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I was extremely pleased with the reprofiling of the turn into the brake shed as well as the removal of the first set of trims on Beast. Going over that 2nd drop without the trims the first time totally took me by surprise. I'm excited to get to try it in a few different spots along the trains to see where it gets the most air on that 2nd drop. Seeing Queen City Stunt Coaster get some love was also a pleasant surprise. I will say it was a pretty good preview day all things considered, especially with the food service. And good googly moogly was it crowded. I may or may have not parked nearly to the Soak City entrance today (though I came at around 3). A solid first step into the Six Flags era.

So apparently the flume is being evaced including them needing to drain the trough.

I will say, the weather forecast somehow improved slightly for tomorrow. I'm really hoping that is the case as I won't be there today until I get off work, either at 3:30 or 6.

I'd also recolor the trains for sports teams- red for Reds, orange for Bengals, and blue for FC.

I'm hoping whoever owns that Skyline isn't that insane where the employees wear a shirt and tie. I'm really hoping this is just a corporate promotional image.

Well, considering the weather tomorrow will be far more appealing than on Saturday, I expect some decent crowds tomorrow.

You don't want coney buns soaking with chili for extended periods of time. Also, mustard gets added before the chili. Also doesn't account for chili cheese sandwiches, which, to me, are a bit tougher to make. I do agree there should be a 2nd location though, but I can't think of a great place to put one. I time myself at work all the time for efficiency's sake. From seeing an order pop up, it takes me about 20 seconds to make orders of 3 or less coneys and 30-40 to make 3-5 ways regardless of how customers want them. I can make a full rack of 8 in under a minute. Heck, I just had a $660 Door Dash order a week ago where I work at the Ft Wright location that we knocked out in 15 minutes (which included 2 coney kits and 20 fries). Using coney racks really streamlines production and also makes the food look better because you learn to control the chili runoff, even if the coneys are different and ways are even simpler. I also think KI should expand their Skyline offerings to at least include chilitos and simple burritos (not the deluxes). I have a pet peeve with how the KI Skyline isn't consistent on cheese portions either, especially on coneys. For running the Skyline stand at KI, I would say an ideal staffing would be 2 people on coneys, 2 people on ways on busy days, and for reduced staffing, 1 on each and have 1 extra as a floater (who can also help stock things) where the individuals make the whole coneys and ways orders in full, not as an assembly line.

As a Skyline employee at an actual restaurant, there are ways to teach speed. At the Clifton location, you either learn speed or not work there with the demand. Kings Island needs to take notes from the actual restaurants. The other busy ones to look to for advice on speed are Oakley, Dent and Newport. I think the problem they have just by my observation is that they try and do it assembly line style when they should have one person doing only coneys, one person only doing ways, etc.

Well, I was going to go opening day, but the forecast is pure suckitude, so I'm going preview night after work. On the unlikely chance the weather isn't as bad as the forecast, I may go up Saturday, but that's a really, really big if at this point.

They seem to have their dates mixed up...

So no one thought to check that this still exists? Thrill Ride | Monster | Kings Island

Vortex was more forceful than Banshee and it was only 48". It's more about ride restraint and seat design.

Hot take- just outside the front gate before you get to the metal detectors.

Wasn't there a wedding ceremony held on Drop Tower when it opened?

Psst- there's more to parks than coaster count.

I have a question about using my pass at SFGAm. I know the add ons like the meal plan and all season FL won't work, but do I still get discounts on food, merch, and/or parking? Also, could someone explain the difference between Fast Lane and Flash Pass?

Disregard this post.

I always try to ride it once per visit, so my ride count is probably in the dozens. Of the 4 I've ridden (KI, CP, Carowinds, KD), I'd go with CP's being my favorite with Lake Erie in view, though that one is also the least likely to be running due to the winds.

^Because what Action Zone needs is more concrete... Why not just use the current queue area as the pre-show and save all that unnecessary space you used for the queue for said new ride/restaurant? That queue seems like massive overkill for a Drop Tower.

I went there a lot with my family when it was Wings. They served Montgomery Inn fare, mostly ribs. The name Wings was in reference to a very old Paramount movie. It was also the first movie to win Best Picture. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018578/

I actually like both the examples given. A clone of Cyborg at SFGAdv would be cool, too.

Beast is my favorite in the park, but a few ones after that for me are Diamondback, Banshee and Bat. One thing I miss about Racer night rides are the chaser lights that ran all the way down to the turnarounds. For non-coasters- Delirium, Drop Tower and WindSeeker.

I see a perfect pad for an S&S Screaming Swing if this is true.

Personally, I preferred Top Thrill Dragster to Kingda Ka. TTD only had lapbars compared to the meh OTSR's on Ka. Also, they didn't do great on maintaining Ka's paint as it felt like you were going over a highway rumble strip at 128 mph. The extra hill didn't really add all that much IMO. Though, Big Droppy Thing (the Drop Tower connected to Ka which I'm to lazy to look up the spelling), was my favorite Drop Tower. I think a lot of people forget they're losing 2 rides with this. SFGAdv could definitely use a Drop Tower soon.

Considering I'll be going mid-July, I hope so. I have more hopes for that than TT2 at least.