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avatar, you can always spot me. i'm the only one getting off SOB with a smile on my face> I'm the one on Drop Tower swinging my feet with my hands in the air while everyone else is gritting their teeth with their eyes closed.

Diamondback, maybe a good way to bring attention to the new ride for 2009? Or the Eiffel Tower, as it is a KI landmark?

I like your idea, and I agree. I have a shirt from CafePress.com with an anti-line jumping image on the front and on the back. On the back, below the image, it advertises a link to another amusement park's website. I belong to that forum too, so I wear the shirt proudly.

Apparently, Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey rented out SFMM for their wedding reception in May of this year. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20199957,00.html So I'd imagine you'd have to have a few stacks to get an amusement park to yourself.

I know that today Honda rented out CP for their employees, so I figured it was something like that, but I wasn't quite sure. My best friend and her husband went because he works at the Honda plant in Anna. She has been texting and pic messaging me all day, and I am jealous.

Kings Island's calendar is showing private events for today, the 7th, the 13th, 14th, and 21st of this month. Anyone have an idea what's going on at KI those days? Sorry if this is already a topic, but I am curious.

Seeing as how he made a generalized statement about the park without doing any actual research, I have to wonder the same thing. Anyone who has been to either park could easily write a 2 to 3 page paper on the rides, the theming, the feeling you get from just being there, the history, the quality of food and service, and so on. It's obvious to me that he has neither been to KI nor CP.

My first visit to the park was when King Cobra was still standing. It was also before: Drop Tower SOB Crypt Invertigo Delirium Firehawk Slingshot BLSC Thunder Alley and FOF had just opened. I remember FOF having almost a 3 hour wait. Wow, I feel really old now. And I'm only 26.

I have not been to Kings Island since August 9. I am having serious withdrawals, and I can't wait to see for myself how this construction is coming along. Don't get me wrong, I look forward to all the updates, but there is just something about seeing it for yourself.

I have never been to Coney Island. It makes me sad to see it go, I hate the fact that I never got a chance to experience it.

I really like the video, it was nicely put together! I can't wait to go this year.

I wish I had gotten a photo of my dad and I on Dragster. His hair was blowing straight back, his eyebrows were arched all crazy, his eyes were so wide you could see the whites around them, and his mouth was twisted into some kind of crazy diagonal shape. When I saw the photo, I laughed until I had tears rolling down my face and my stomach hurt.

I shiver when it's 60 degrees. The wintry weather in Ohio is just too unpredictable to keep an amusement park open all year. Besides, it hurts enough to ride coasters in the rain. I don't even want to know how snow or sleet would sting. That's an ouch factor I don't even want to think about. When it's single-digit temps or a blizzard is brewing, I'd rather sit inside, wrapped in my favorite sweater, with a delicious cup of coffee and a good movie.

3 hours for Millennium Force my first time at Cedar Point. TOTALLY worth the wait.

I meant the shouting expletives in a good way such as on FOF, Dragster, Wicked Twister, etc. Not oversized piles of firewood like Pain Streak.

I could not agree more. A 3 hour drive is a small sacrifice for a stellar park like Cedar Point.

Justin, I live 3 hours away from CP and I've been there 5 times this year. I get up at 4 am, get packed, showered and ready, and I'm on the road by 5 am to give myself plenty of time just in case I hit construction or a traffic jam, stop for food or gas, etc. I get in at 9 am with my platinum pass so I'm usually one of the first ones in the lot around 8:15 am. I wait by the gate until 9 am and then make a mad dash (not joking, I actually do run) for my precious Millennium Force, which usually ends up being a walk-on that early! The drive home is kind of depressing, but that''s the only downside. There has been times when I didn't make it home until almost 3 am. But the CP experience is well worth the drive, trust me, you won't regret it. I was being truthful when I told you that no POV or photo does their coasters justice. You won't believe your eyes when you look to your left while driving over the causeway and see how huge their coasters really are for the first time. It's something you have to see for yourself, there's no word to describe the feeling.

The website reads "From Sunday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 2, this offer will be available online, over the phone or at the park during regular operating hours." They shouldn't print a story with a misleading headline like that, when passes are not on sale yet. I wasn't targeting you, Terpy. I was merely pointing out the article's error in hopes that a hoard of people on this site wouldn't rush to buy their passes, only to discover that it is the 2008 pass that they have bought.

Yeah, I know. I don't make any sense, do I? My favorites are HUGE steel coasters with launches and/or insane vertical drops. Thankfully, Intamin has unveiled many such a coaster. But I'll ride whatever coaster I can get, I'm pretty open minded and always up for a new ride experience. I've heard El Toro is pretty sweet. I really want to ride Voyage though. I have a huge list of coasters I need to ride.

I LOVE YOUR SIG!!

Agreed! I never enter Firehawk's line without a bottle of water. I learned this the hard way after almost passing out from the heat in a 2 hour line on a 90+ degree day. SOB is the worst coaster I've ever been on. That oversized pile of firewood gave me 3 bruises, a backache, and a headache. Advil was my best friend for the next 2 days. Never again. I'll ride Mean Streak at CP before I'll ride SOB again. As far as exiting, I exit through the gate where I want, whether it's marked or not. I always get glares from the guards, but I hate crowds and I just don't want to deal with it. Those TVs are horrible. They are gum magnets and no one watches the vids on them anyway. I LOVE BLSC. I don't care what anyone says. That ride is a ton of fun. It's no sky scraping steel monster, but it's proof that a coaster doesn't have to be a record breaker to be a good ride. Nick U blows away any kid park I have ever seen. I too understand why it's won the Golden Ticket award 7 years in a row. I don't have kids, but if and when I do, you better believe I will take them there. I love the midway music too, it gets you pumped! I'm sorry but they always had such cheesy music playing when Paramount owned the park. Now they play real music, and I love it. I have never found Beast to be terribly rough, and that's why I still ride it. Maybe for a second or two in certain spots, but it's the best wooden coaster I've been on to date. Then again, I'm an Intamin fan so I may be a tad spoiled on smooth coasters.

That's me in the yellow.. Top Thrill Dragster front seat, no hands, and wearing a TTD shirt! Crazy enough for ya?

From the KIDiamondback website: I am getting more excited with every piece of this coaster that is put together.