KIfan73

Or location??

Being one of the, if not THE best thing in the park, as is, I hope they don't change a thing about the fountains. I believe that those and the Tower alone would qualify as a world class destination.

I'm always jealous of all of you guys that can determine which is the best seat on a ride, and can name/analyze all of the different elements. After a few decades of visiting Kings Island, 99% of the time I still just get in the shortest line (but I do know not to sit on a wheel seat) to get ride as quick as possible. I will say that Banshee has completely blown me away, and I love its first drop, as well as the rest of it. I didn't think I could get so excited riding a ride again....it was just like when I first rode Vortex the first time well over 20 years ago.

That should be their commercial for Haunt!

Can't believe no one has mentioned The Bat/Flight Deck/Top Gun's first drop...I still giggle after all these years.

I almost forgot about that. I rode The Beast a week ago, and it was the smoothest ride I have ever had on it. Unbelievably smooth.

Can't believe how much has happened at the park just since I went a week ago...organ came back to The Grand Carousel, Shake, Rattle & Roll has vanished, videos at Banshee, the Haunt building was put up (just dirt last Wednesday)...not to mention the 10 millionth DB ride happened!! Sheesh!

I guess this could be the beginning of something for 2015. Maybe they're moving the ride to somewhere else in the park.

I sure hope it comes back. Truly one of the most enjoyable rides in the park.

Wow, I told myself I needed to ride the Grand Carousel on my next visit ,so, for the first time in years, I just did on Wednesday. Was it working then??

I was surprised to hear the guy on the bullhorn next to Banshee's queue say that fanny packs weren't allowed. I would have thought that would have been secure enough. With that said, the park seems to be doing good job of letting people know before they get in line what they are and aren't allowed to have.

^Thanks! A few thoughts from my trip on Wednesday: The park looked, as you can tell from the pics, fantastic. The landscaping everywhere looks great, and it seemed like every square inch of the park was spotless. How you can keep that much acreage that clean is a truly mind-boggling feat. Even though the park looked relatively light crowd-wise from the pics, the lines for everything mounted up very quickly. You can see the empty Bat queue in one of the pics. That was shortly after 10:00. By noon-1:00 the line was backed up to at least the halfway point of the queue. Reminded me of 1993. As you can also see from one of the pics above, the FastLane pass line was really long. Maybe a FastLane for the FastLane line? I am also wondering when, if ever, the park would offer a FastLane for the food lines. It sounds like I'm joking but I could seriously see that taking off. The line for every place to eat in the main park was huge. I love mornings at Kings Island, and I also like breakfast foods (especially oatmeal), so I was really glad to find it at Starbucks! It's really good if you're a fan of oatmeal. Don't know if this is a new thing or has been there for awhile. I really like how many places in the park offer the 10% discount for Gold Pass holders. I used it a lot.

Haven't done one of these in awhile....the weather looked great, and haven't been to Kings Island since May, so I went for it! These are just some general pics from around the park. Everything is looking great right now! Enjoy! Isn't this always the best feeling?

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/07/08/whats-lurking-at-kings-island/12372243/

^Yes, the best part of the ride is that, when riding it, it feels nothing like it looks when it is operating.

All of the special events Kings Island has been doing makes me wish I lived closer than 90 minutes from the park so I could do them all!

Thanks! My friend was also wondering what these were used for, and I told her I knew just the place to find out!

A friend of mine just gave me this awesome gift...I have never seen or heard of these before. It's really well made, like a real dollar bill. Anyone know the story on these?

^I couldn't agree more!

I was actually glad to see those temps....I run a lot better when its cooler out. I thought it was 40s for the start (but warmed up quickly) of the Color Me Pink run last year...I remember it being fairly chilly.

Kings Island is great. Beer is great. Something about an ice cold one at Kings Island is just really amazing. I like to mention this whenever I get the chance: The Biergarten (so cool that it's called that now) - formerly Hank's Back Porch Bar - is a real gem at Kings Island. I've always found the staff there to be very experienced and professional. It's a very relaxing place to go. Plus, how appropriate (if you're 21 or over of course) to have a beer at the Biergarten?? It's just plain nostalgic!

I rode PT for the first time when I was about 20 with some friends. I knew nothing about Kings Island at that time, we just happened to walk past it. I even thought back then that it seemed really out of place in the kid's area. After seeing videos, I can see why kids liked EV and Smurf's EV so much.

It's too bad there's no dark ride for today's kids to look back on as fondly as many of you on here do about what used to be there. I think Kings Island has done a great job of updating and adding things where it's needed, and I think what is there now should be their next "target". I was lucky enough to ride Enchanted Voyage, but unfortunately I was too young to remember it!

How lucky is it that when they add something like that to a popular ride that slows down its operation you're able to buy something to bypass the line?