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I'll be there with Kat's specially made KIC shirt (big design on back, username on front) and my bought-them-just-to-wear-to-amusement-parks dark green cargo capris. Call, text, come find me, I'll ride with you, whoever you are.

I think KI has a great blend of mild rides and thrill rides. It's Cedar Point that needs more mild rides. You have the Giant Wheel, coal train, a few sparse kids' areas, and that's it. The rest is all towering roller coasters.. which by the way, is fine with me.. but not for someone else. Then again, that may just be me.. I take Drop Tower's free fall with no hands. I love an extreme thrill.

I was just making an overall statement, you're all right. I know what your brother means. I'm fine on Delirium, maXair, and Skyscraper. But those carnival spinning rides that continuously spin so fast everything is a blur.. that's a big no for me. They make me nauseous to the point where I just want to go home.

With all due respect, as I stated in my CP Oct. 10-12 PTR, maXair destroys Delirium. maXair's cycle is longer, it seems to have more swings, and you definitely swing higher.. so high at some points that you feel as if you are upside down. maXair tosses you gently, while Delirium seems to jerk a little after it hits its apex and the ride comes to a halt. I've been on both several times, and there is indeed a marked difference.

I also received a confirmation email, but no phone call yet. I hope that they do not call while I am at work tomorrow.. Thursday is our busy day and I will be lucky to stop for 5 minutes to grab half a sandwich! Way to go Jackson. I'm excited for you!

Thanks again! Can't wait to see mine, and wear it with pride on OPENING DAY WHICH IS NOW ONLY 2 DAYS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZOMG Sorry. I can barely contain my excitement!

Hey now. Don't make me hurt you. *karate chop* Can't wait to see everyone on opening day! (which by the way, I plan on being at CP opening day too!)

I'm seat 169, Angela M. I just hope the park calls to confirm tonight, instead of tomorrow while I am at work and cannot answer my cell phone. By the way, thanks Danielle (keiko_coaster) and Kat (violakat03) for texting me while I was at work to let me know I had won and what seat number I was, so I didn't have to wait 7 more hours until I was off work to know. You girls rock.

I did like the park back when it was Paramount mainly because of the movie theming (most of the movies featured were my favorites), but the park felt more like a traditional family park. Not that that is a bad thing, but eventually people get bored with parks like that and find other parks to visit. (I still slip up from time to time and call Invertigo Face/Off. I am sorry but without the Top Gun theming, Flight Deck has lost its appeal to me.) Regardless of my personal opinion above: With Paramount owning the park, it seemed that the park and the rides were depending on the support of popular movies. Who knows how many movie re-themes they would need to have done to keep the park's appeal, and the guests coming back? Since CF took over, the park has really been put on the map. It's not just because of Diamondback. The music in the park, the publicizing of events, and the cleaning up of the midway (which I have noticed) are definite factors. I was pleased with the repainting of Vortex too, even if only because it's Diamondback's neighbor and will likely be seen in several media shots. To this day, Vortex is still one of my favorites, and it was my first real coaster. I'm also a huge fan of Cedar Point, and I noticed last year that the park is starting to get a touch of CP magic. I feel it when I walk down the midway, and it's great. The best thing to me is, it seems that the park is working harder to accommodate their guests, along with carefully listening to people about what they would like to see, and applying that to future plans. That is one of the things I REALLY appreciate about the park.. that they pay attention to their guests. My vote goes to Cedar Fair.

Thanks Ryan! I wasn't quite sure how the process is going to go. I realize that I have asked about 946,000 questions lately, but I can barely contain my excitement as opening day draws closer!

I know right? I saw them and my stomach growled. When Kat and I went to get our passes April 1, the entrance still had last year's Haunt signs up, and the scroller board (can't remember the term for it right now) was still scrolling the rides that were closed for Haunt last year.

I am wondering the same thing. I am not off work until 3 pm tomorrow, and we are really not allowed to use our cell phones at work. Do we have any sort of grace period to call back and confirm our bid if we cannot answer the phone?

Guilty. Even more so guilty when you post a topic stating you have found such items for those who are trying to find them.

I'm looking forward to seeing mine. I appreciate the phone call earlier! I did change my mind, however. I would like my design printed lopsided on a dirty, stained size 9XL shirt with the seams pulling apart because that's hot. Angie, who has KIC members in her phone because she's awesome like that and everyone loves her LOL

I'm going for sure on the 9th. The 10th is a maybe right now.

Wow this is exciting news. I can't wipe the smile off my face. I am so excited for this event (not reflected in my earlier posts today, but I'm over it!).

What I am asking is, does ERT for passholders start at 9, or do the auction riders get to ride at 9? There is a possibility that I may have one of the seats on the first six trains if my bid stays on the board. And I have friends coming from hours away that are repeatedly asking me what time to be there on opening day. I am sorry for asking such a stupid and difficult question.

Once again, I am confused. Two totally different answers and still no clarification. Tomorrow marks 4 days until opening day.. is there a problem we are not aware of?

You took the words right out of my mouth. I had to post repeatedly in another topic before I finally wrenched a clear answer out of someone about opening day. Keeping people guessing is all fun and games to a point, but then it comes down to reality: some of us like to make plans, especially what time to arrive to an event.. if such details are not available, there are some people that will scrap plans entirely.

I've debated just riding DB all day.. but I have to get my Drop Tower, FOF, Slingshot, Delirium, and Beast fixes in. And Kat (violakat03) and I are going for our first ever rides on Skyflyer.

I was afraid they would tell me to go after my last few posts in this thread! But, as I have learned in many of life's situations, you can only be nice for so long.. sometimes the claws must come out before you get the answer you want!

Thanks. It's nice to see an answer other than "Details haven't been confirmed yet." or "i dunno lolz." That wasn't flying with me this close to opening day.

Well the auction ends while I'm at work and I don't have access to a computer there.. OK! So I guess it's all just going to be one big surprise. "I don't know" is an unacceptable answer to me, but I guess that is what I must keep telling the people asking as the clock continues to tick.

I'm aware that some of you live just minutes from KI and couldn't care less about what time to be at the park, but there are some people that are driving for hours to come to KI on opening day. Understandably, they would like to know what time to be here. It is 5 days until opening day and 41 hours until the auction ends. This should be confirmed by now. Forgive me for sounding snappy, but I don't think this is too much to ask.

So is it safe to tell everyone I know from the CP area who is asking me what time to be there, to be there at 9 am for ERT? If ERT is at 9 am, the auction winners must be riding before then.