KIfan73

It's about time!

I just happened to notice that today marks 5 years since I joined the KIC online community! I would just like to say how much fun it has been to read and participate in this website. It's been great meeting other members both online and some even in person. It's also been great to be able to learn so much about Kings Island-a place I've always found to be so interesting. Here's to another great 5 years!

The guy they interviewed for the video in this article seemed to know what he was talking about! http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Kings...eKayIM6uhg.cspx

I chose #2 because I don't want to see anything get removed. If it's removed, then that's just one less thing in the park. It's not free to tear things down, so then that could cause something new to be built to be delayed.

The way I felt after the last couple times I rode SOB (both before and after the loop removal) was very similar to how I felt after my truck was T-boned a few years ago.

I doubt the timing of this meeting (as far as the season is concerned) is really an issue. However, I will point out that Tax Man opened discussions of the admissions tax at the last council meeting... which was something that was NOT originally scheduled to be discussed. He's trying to sneak this in quietly... at your expense. ...and while no one that will actually be footing the bill is around...

I assume it's no accident this is being brought up at a meeting after the season is over... I'm just picturing a mob of sweaty, tired, fanny-pack wielding park patrons/enthusiasts catching wind of this and heading straight to this meeting after pulling out of the Gold Pass lot.

That would be one interesting off-season blues party! And now that we know that some people at park believes that the "C" in KIC stands for complainers, i'm surprised that the park hasn't offered to bus all of us members over to the meeting...who knows what we could accomplish! I can smell the buffet at the International Street Restaurant pep rally already!

That would be one interesting off-season blues party!

It must work for Cedar Point... http://www.cfmarketplaces.com/stores/store...istmas-C63.aspx

Wild Thornberry's River Adventure!

Sorry, yes, this is what I meant.

Wow, in 2010 no one will know the names of any of the rides in the park!

By next year they'll probably be working for peanuts.

GREAT trip report! Thanks for sharing the great photos. Even though I was at the park on September 25, it seems like so long ago already!

I can't believe it! Wasn't I just reading TRs about the first rides on Diamondback? Wow, that was fast!

Wow, that's the most interesting post I've read in a long time. Thanks. I'm trying to imagine the "movierail" concept.

Maybe the spirits of all the old zoo animals that used to roam that area of the park have conspired to make SoB unsuccessful. Maybe they don't like it being on their 'sacred' land.

Wow, I forgot about those bracelets. A girl I was dating and I got one of those bracelets at KI that year. Some friends I was with did. They had several people in it, so it wasn't quite as...overpriced.

Let's see... Neat jobs I would like to do just for the fun of it.... #96...caricature artist at Kings Island.

One would think that anything to do with KI has been covered at one point on KIC. However, do you ever have a caricature done of yourself or someone in your family? Have your name made out of wood at the wood shop? Do you ever play games in the arcade? Have an antique photo done? Ride the Zephyr? That's all I can think of for now!

This seems like an awfully interesting statement... http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...0107/910160339/

It's got to be the first visit of the season. This year it wasn't until June 15. After reading KIC all winter (and attending the off-season blues party!), looking at pics on the Internet, and feeling like it's been years since I've been to the park, the drive there, parking, and walking through the gates is my best memory of the park every year.

^Yes, that's true. Good point.

That's one thing I love about those rides-mostly The Beast and Adventure Express-the fact that you can't see the ride easily from the queue. I can only imagine how thrilling and suspenseful it was to ride The Beast in its early years. It seems to be an art that's completely lost now.