silver2005
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Did anyone else notice the shipping container by Beast's second drop?
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Beast does have a rattle as it goes off the 2nd chain into the new track, but no such thing as it gets towards the helix.
EDIT- I heard fricken Stairway to Heaven today in Coney Mall.
Thank you KI staff.
Also, Racer's rock play list is a bit more modern now, not just 70s.
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I am very impressed by the improvements of the ride ops today compared to yesterday, especially for opening weekend.
Sans Banshee and Monster.
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This will happen during e-stops.
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I will say, the use of the term ghost notes is a clever pun.
Yes, ghost notes are a thing in music, particularly in jazz.
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So not only is it raining, but the temperature dropped significantly. Kind of an ugly, miserable rain.
Phantom Theater is a HUGE improvement over Boo Blasters. I do prefer the original due to nostalgia, but the new one is good.
Beast's retrack is solid. A bit more laterals starting the drop into the helix and the trim is smoother.
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Preview night observations-
- Red Racer feels like its running a bit faster and harder than blue, in a good way
- The new I-Street music, while nice that it's different, could be turned a bit louder (throughout the rest of the park, too)
- Crews are very much still learning (that's obviously okay, but felt more prominent tonight compared to other years IMO)
- I'm still not used to the Six Flags logos (I'll probably feel that even more so when I go up to CP in June)
- It was WAY slower crowd-wise than I though considering the good weather today and the not-so-good weather for Saturday.
I came in the evening so I didn't chance PT, but I will be getting to it early for opening day.
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I think I may have been on the first public train on blue Racer today.
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I have but one thing I wish from this ride-
A reprisal of the original's music. That music went hard for the early 90s. Plus the inspiration it took from Bach and ALW's music was nice, too. I'll take a clever nod to Phantom of the Opera as well for aesthetics.
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Username Pass preview Opening Day
IndyGuy4KI Yes Yes
Mythic Rider Yes Yes or No
(Cedar Fair FanBoy)WoodVengeance No Yes
silver2005 Yes (6-ish) Yes
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1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
Son of Beast begs to differ. You could hear the train going up the lift back at Vortex.
As much as I hated SOB, I actually didn't mind that for whatever reason.
EDIT: Also, Firehawk's were way more high pitched.-
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I'm a little hesitant to say they removed them. I feel that the helix would pull some serious positive G's, in kind of a bad way, with no trims.
Also, there are hotter days in the summer where it runs kind of gnarly (even as a self proclaimed Beast fanatic, I admit it can have its bad days), even in the better seats, and in those scenarios, I'd rather the trims stay.
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https://www.facebook.com/visitkingsisland/videos/1496369315185897/
Is this just KI using typical amusement park speak or is there a possibility the trims before the helix are gone?
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I know its early, but it appears opening day may be a bit rainy.
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^It also had the most annoying anti-rollback noise ever.
I still liked it, though. I prefer it to the 2 Superman clones I've ridden (GAm and GAdv)
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11 minutes ago, Swiftdrawer said:
I wish the former is what happened to me on Flight of Fear. Then I could have gone through the entire thing before it broke down LOL. Whew, you basically got the closest thing you could get on any ride to laying down in bed on Firehawk, then. Awesome XD. But still must have sucked, especially with the tightness of the main restraint.
Firehawk's seats were that you were tilted back enough where all the blood rushed to your head, but I could barely keep my head up enough to feel something close to comfortable. There was also a piece of hard cushion where your back rests which was very annoying. It was easy to miss it was there on a normal cycle.
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I've only been on weekdays and lines were sub-20 minutes for everything.
I've been on HWN on a Saturday, but I was mostly walking around with KICer's and didn't ride much as we had ERT, I sort of remember Raven and Legend not having too bad of lines (like 30-40 minutes), but I think Voyage and T-Bird were at least 45-60 minutes.
Splashin' Safari is usually packed regardless of day, but they do move the lines fairly well, especially on the water coasters. Mammoth really chews through lines.
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Flight of Fear- the train stopped a few feet before it was supposed to in the unload station and the train had to be manually pushed to get it on the sensors to unlock.
Firehawk- been stuck laying back in the station for about 15-20 minutes.
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I feel BGW is one of those parks that doesn't need a giga coaster. It's almost too scenic to have something that big kind of dwarf the park.
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I didn't see on the KI website, but what are the preview day hours?
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1 hour ago, disco2000 said:
Why do parks in general have so much trouble opening day...
Because guests have inflated views on what seasonal parks' opening days are when the reality is most of the staff is either newly trained or a few months out of practice, systems are getting the kinks out, and it creates a perfect storm.
Even for parks that are opening big new rides.
There are a TON of better days to go.
When I go to KI's in a few weeks, its more to get back to the park and enjoy it slowly, not to go all ride warrior (that's for mid-May or early June for me at the earliest).
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I think I got the dates for Missouri lined up-
July 23 or 24-26- St Louis
July 27-28- KC
July 29-Aug 1- Branson
I am now leaning hard for 2 days for SDC, especially upon being surprised how cheap Reds @ Cardinals tickets are.
EDIT: I don't want to jinx anything, but assuming everything I plan on riding is open at the time of my visits, I will be getting to 200 coasters ridden this summer. SDC will be my last new park, so it'll happen there.
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So alas, I have my summer schedule figured out. I am committing to a Missouri trip in late July, plus, I'll be including TR's for my CP and MIA trip, and hopefully I get myself to KK this season as well.
This is the furthest west in the US I've been in a while. Everything in Missouri will be new to me, so, as always, tips are welcome.
Here's the likely plan of things.
CP and MIA- Leave Cincy 6/13, MIA on 6/14, go to Sandusky 6/15, CP on 6/16 and 6/17. Will be spending some time re-exploring Muskegon and Port Clinton/Sandusky as well.
Missouri Trip- This trip is contingent on the Reds as I want to see a game in St Louis, and with the way my band schedule works and the fact the Reds have a weekend series right after my last band concert of the summer in late July, I will be starting in St Louis, then go to KC, then end in Branson. For St Louis, along with SFStL, I will be exploring downtown. The City Museum and the Arch are high on the priority list.
KC will likely be short and sweet just for WoF.
I do want to ask about Branson. Is it as attraction dense as G-burg/PF? Also, for a first timer, is SDC a 1 or 2 day park on for weekday visits? I can do Dollywood in a day, but I'm infinitely more familiar with it than SDC.
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Kings Island General Discussion 2026
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Aaaand KI plays the National Anthem at close.