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OK, it's not stuck anymore. Dvo told me it was. If you click the cam image, it gives you a larger picture. I have yet to have a rollback on that or get stuck on the top. I think it would be sweet.

Check it out! http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/webcams/index.cfm

It's $10 per person. If you have a platinum pass and it's not a Saturday, you can get buy a ride get a ride free tickets at the Season Pass Center at the front gate.

Show me a flat ride that beats this. Then we'll talk.

I only ride coasters? I'm confused.

Meh, I've been on Skyflyer. They winch you all the way to the top of the launch tower on RipCord at Cedar Point. Besides, I like the feeling of not knowing exactly when you will drop on Drop Tower. I have yet to ride Demon Drop.. I'm told it's good.

Definitely Drop Tower. I have yet to find a ride that gives me a gut wrenching feeling like that bad boy.

I couldn't agree with you more. I wonder if some people own a mirror. What bothers me even more is 12 and 13 year old girls running around the park in booty shorts and bikini tops. Parents seem to forget that there are stalkers, rapists, kidnappers, child molesters, pedophiles, and murderers out there that see that kind of thing as a target. When I'm at the park and I see grown men eyeing these young girls and checking them out, it makes me want to throw up.

"Magnum has a loop at the end" "Millennium Force goes 80 mph" "You're tall enough to ride that Top Drag Racer" After exiting MF: "Diamondback was faster" (bull****) "How do you get to that big blue one?" "You'll run into a burning building, but you won't ride a coaster that goes upside down?" In line for MF: "This is just like that other one, but it's blue instead of red." (NO IT IS NOT!! And it's not RED, it's MOLLY ORANGE!!) ALL heard on Saturday.

It's about time they created a site for us crazies. Angie, who arrives for ERT and then laps rides and coasters until she's nauseous and keeps going until the park has closed

I too have noticed the way line jumping is pretty much overlooked at Kings Island. We shouldn't have to repeatedly call the park and tell them it is a problem. Four of my friends from the Cleveland and Detroit area drove down to Kings Island on opening day, and even they noticed the line jumping issue on just that one day. One of them even noticed ride ops directing line jumpers to their party, and the four of them were so disgusted with the situation that they all left after only two hours, and said they aren't coming back to the park. These are the kind of people that base park impressions on guest experience, no matter how big and bad the rides are or how great the park looks. Yesterday, Cedar Point had a zero tolerance policy for line jumpers. Security was straight throwing line jumpers out of the park left and right. The ride ops were watching the queues and picking up the phone to call security every time they saw a line jumper. I was impressed.

So yesterday I woke up at 4 am, wide awake. After a few minutes, I thought to myself.. I'm going to Cedar Point. So I threw some stuff in a bag, grabbed a Mountain Dew from the fridge, and I was off to America's Roller Coast. I will fully admit to speeding on the way there most of the time. This morning, however, was not the case. Sheriffs and state highway patrol were out in full force yesterday morning. I got to the parking lot around 8:15-8:20 am, and there were already a few rows of cars, but it wasn't bad. I walked around to the marina entrance so I could hit Millie first. When I did get there, there were only 8 people there. Millie was testing, and the red train was sticking on the hill again. The girl behind me was making fun of her boyfriend because he wouldn't ride Raptor: "You'll run into a burning building, but you won't ride a coaster that goes upside down?" Then she started telling him about Millie and Maggie, and getting every fact wrong. Even telling people the park was open until midnight. Then this guy comes up with his 2 kids to the color coded height measurement thing, and he says to his son: "You're tall enough to ride that Top Drag Racer!" At that point I just stayed silent. The people behind me were asking how to get to "that big blue one" over there. So I told them just follow me if you can keep up. After they scanned my pass, I started off in a jog to Millie and cut behind the Dodgems. I was to the railroad tracks, and turned around to see absolutely no one behind me. So I kept jogging, and made it to the station. I was 1 out of maybe 10 people waiting for the first train. They were still unloading the water dummies when I got there. I chose the back of the train, of course. After that, I ran back for another ride to see the line to the bottom of the ramp. I ran back for a third ride, and the first queue house was already half full. It didn't help that they were stacking trains. I was trying to call my friend Ben that works there so he could meet up and ride with me before he went to work, but he wasn't answering his phone. I decided at this point that I would take some time and make a circle around the park. I wanted to hit Raptor and maXair, but I saw on the way that the Space Shot side of Power Tower was walk on, so I went for it. As I was entering the queue, two kids cut in line. One ride operator saw them, and told them to go to the back of the line or they were getting kicked out of the park. They rolled their eyes at her and kept walking. She angrily grabbed the phone and dialed a number, and a few minutes later, security was taking them out of the line toward the front of the park. I went over to maXair, which already had a bit of a wait, but I didn't mind. We had just started swinging, when I felt a jerk on the down swing and the ride promptly ground to a halt. A few minutes later as we started up again, the ride op loudly repeated the spiel about loose articles. When I looked over at him, he had a camera in his hand. I was going to ride Wicked Twister but the queue was full and the line was out onto the midway. I was shocked.. Wicked is almost always a walk on. The park was really starting to fill up, and it was a gorgeous cloudless day. I took this opportunity to snap a few photos. I really like these America's Roller Coast flags combined with the CP flags. I grabbed some cheese fries and a free ice water, and hit Raptor, partially because I love Raptor and partially because I wanted to say hi to my friend Schuyler. The wait read 1 hour 45 minutes, but I only waited an hour and a half. They were throwing trains out left and right, and the queue never stopped moving. In this line, we saw a man jump with his son from the first part of the queue to the back part of the queue. Someone on the exit ramp saw him, and pointed him out to a ride op in the station. There was an uproar in the queue about "that line jumper." A few minutes later, security showed up and removed him and his son from the line as people were clapping and cheering. Someone on the train behind me lost their glasses to the first loop, even with a glasses strap. Raptor is one of those rides where you are guaranteed to lose your loose articles. I wanted to hit Magnum and Skyscraper, so I went that way and hit the Space Shot side of Power Tower again. As I was exiting from my ride, I saw a group of preteens jump from the blue queue to the red queue. A ride op saw them, and threatened to throw them out of the park if they didn't go to the back of the line. They didn't listen (in fact a couple of them laughed!), so once again, security showed up and escorted them toward the front of the park. I hit Magnum partially to check if Skyscraper was running, and the ride was horribly rough and jerky for some reason. It didn't help that the trims were on. But I still enjoyed it. I headed to Challenge Park and got a ticket for Skyscraper. It's now $10 a person as opposed to last year's $20. I was chatting with the ride ops, and told them to crank that bad boy up to Mach 4.. boy, did they listen. I'm surprised I still had my contacts in my eyes when that ride was done. That is by far the best flat ride I've been on to date.. it makes Slingshot look like a kiddy ride. I checked Dragster's wait, and it was showing at 1 hour 45 minutes.. I skipped that one. I headed back over to Millie, and the wait was showing at an hour and a half, but I only waited 45 minutes in line. I headed over to Mantis so I could say hi to my friend Tony that works the ride. The wait was showing at an hour, but I waited anyway. When we finally got to the station, I didn't see him. I asked where he was, and he had gotten assigned to another ride for the day. The ride op told us "Enjoy your wickedly twisted ride on the big bad bug".. I didn't. It was worse than I remembered. Rough and shaky, it beats the living crap out of your ears. So I pretty much waited an hour in line for a coaster I didn't even like just to say hi to someone that wasn't working after all. I went over to Sweet Tooth to visit my friend Ben, and grabbed some chocolate Dippin Dots for my wait in Maverick's 1 and a half hour line. My ear got bitten by one of the restraints, but it was still a fun ride. I wanted another ride on Skyscraper, so I headed back over to Challenge Park. I can't get enough of that ride. It's extreme and very intense. Once again, I got a ride at a speed that was likely to break the sound barrier. I thanked them for the ride, and stumbled out of Challenge Park. At this point, I was getting a bad headache and wanted to chill out, so I headed for a leisurely spin on the Giant Wheel. I got 3 full cycles. If you have not been on the Giant Wheel, I insist that you do, even if you are a thrillseeker or a ride warrior. The view was so breathtaking and beautiful. The sun was starting to set behind the peninsula, and it cast a golden shine on Millie, Magnum, Dragster, and Power Tower. The lake sparkled as gulls floated over and sailboats lazily drifted across the water. I was completely in awe at the view. I wish you all could have seen it. I did take some photos from the Wheel. My baby looks so beautiful at sunset. I was freezing when I exited the Wheel, so I went out to my car to get my hoodie. I got another stamp added to the mess that was already on my right arm. I wanted to end my night properly, so I went for Millie. I got 2 rides in, and decided I was getting on last train. This girl was cussing at the ride op because she was politely told to get a locker for her backpack. I turned around and told the girl not to yell at the ride op for doing her job. When the queue closed, I walked to the back of the line for my third and final ride of the day. I got last train of the night in the very rear seat. So I started my day with 3 rides on Millie including first train, and ended my night with 3 rides on Millie including last train. Aside from the park being busy, I had a great time at the Point.. and I am so proud of Cedar Point for cracking down on line jumpers like they did yesterday. It was one of the things that made the trip totally worthwhile. Ride count: Millennium Force - 7 Skyscraper - 2 Magnum - 2 Power Tower Space Shot - 2 Raptor - 1 maXair - 1 Maverick - 1 Giant Wheel - 1 Mantis - 1

That half pipe looks enormous. It's always fascinated me to see how people do the BMX and skateboard stunts without falling and breaking every bone in their body.

The bashing and insulting in this thread is getting more ridiculous than the abuse of the SRL.

Whoops. I honestly thought about voting for gold. That might look really nice.

I vote for blue. Everything at KI seems to be red, wooden, or yellow. Let's mix some new colors into the landscape.

People also do not realize that the weather up by the Great Lakes is harsher than it is down here, especially in the winter months. Cedar Point's coasters cease all operations and take a beating from Lake Erie weather for 6 months while their trains are in storage. Trying to fire those bad boys up on opening day is much like leaving a car outside in the cold for 6 months, and then starting it.. do you really expect it to run like a dream?

Awesome photos.. makes me miss the place already. Hopefully you had a good time even with MF and TTD having issues all day. Did you get any rides on Magnum? It was running trimless all day.. made for some stellar night rides.

Backward Racer.

HURL Fest?

Mall of America: Pepsi Orange Streak Cedar Point: Millennium Force Magnum Raptor Maverick Wicked Twister Blue Streak Mean Streak Dragster Gemini Mantis Cedar Creek Mine Ride Corkscrew Iron Dragon Woodstock Express Kings Island: Diamondback Beast Flight of Fear Firehawk Son of Beast Flight Deck Invertigo Racer Adventure Express Vortex Backlot Stunt Coaster Runaway Reptar King Cobra (defunct) I realize this list is still short, but I plan to visit a few new parks this summer.

I really do not understand why the gold pass is a limited time offer and goes away so early. It seems like yanking that deal is a great way to turn people away from the park.. the gold pass is a much better deal than the basic season pass (where you have to pay extra for a parking pass) and makes more sense than a platinum pass for people who don't go to any Cedar Fair park other than Kings Island.

Just don't go on a Saturday and you'll be fine. Guessing wait times is kind of like taking a shot in the dark, though. I went on closing day last year and it was dead, everything was walk on. I also went on a blazing hot day in July last summer, and it was so hot that everyone was in the water park or fanning themselves and chugging drinks in the shade, so the waits for the coasters and big rides weren't too bad. I'll gladly wait any amount of time to ride Millie, Maggie, Maverick, and Raptor. I've waited close to an hour to ride maXair and Blue Streak. IMO anything else isn't worth over a 45 minute wait.. (although I will admit to waiting 2 hours for TTD at one point last summer.. I went for 3 days and just didn't care).

I haven't been on Fairly Odd Coaster yet. Kat said she'd ride it with me, but I/we always get drawn over to that delicious new B&M hyper.

Oh dear God.. I just about spat my Mountain Dew all over the screen. Edit: I forgot something in my PTR. There were 3 brand new Magnum banners hanging in the ride photo/exit, and they were letting people sign the banners.. I GOT TO SIGN ONE. XD