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I can proudly say that I have never once puked after any ride or coaster. My deodorant is 1 percent below prescription strength and I put on like 8 layers of it before I leave for the amusement park.. you won't smell any funky fumes from this girl!

My friend and I were in line for the front seat of MF, and it had been a very hot day. This guy in front of us had a sleeveless shirt on and he stunk so bad it almost made my eyes cross. The smell was like a sweaty sock filled with old cool ranch Doritos, and every time a train screamed past the queue, it blew the dank smell toward us. My friend was trying so hard to hold his breath but said he kept smelling the funkiness. It took everything I had not to gag.

On a WEEKEND: Olympic medalists + Carmen Electra + employee reunion + Brady Bunch + eating champion = CROWDS from h-e-double-hockey-sticks. No way am I going to KI this weekend. That park's going to be more packed than Macy's on Christmas Eve. Whoever goes, have fun finding a parking spot, and getting to ride a total of 2 rides. I can't wait to see the TRs on this one.

One of the last times I went to CP, as Wicked Twister was coming back into the station, the girl in front of me said "I think I just pooped my pants." I also heard someone on TTD's train yell "MOMMY!!!!!!" right before it launched.

I personally would like to see a short reenactment of Singin In The Rain (the 1952 movie). It's a musical, comedy, and romance mixed into one, and above all it's family friendly.

Great photos and TR! The Giant Wheel is gorgeous, isn't it? Millie is having blocking issues right now, which is why they are only running two trains. From my understanding, they are having problems with one train waiting to enter the loading station while another train is in the loading station. So the temporary solution is to remove a train, instead of hours of downtime while they figure out how to fix it.

I really like the Backlot Stunt Coaster. Some make fun of me because I like it, but I don't care. It may be a small coaster, but it has a lot of elements packed into one ride. At first I thought it was a kiddie coaster, but it took me by surprise. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face after my first ride, which by the way, was front seat.

I am really feeling defensive right now, but I will try my best to be as nice as I can and get my point across. To each his/her own. I've heard: Millennium Force is forceless, Maverick is too jerky, TTD isn't worth the wait, Magnum is too rough, Wicked Twister is too unstable, Raptor is a B&M therefore it's junk, Firehawk is a Vekoma therefore it's not worth riding, The Beast is overrated. Someone is eventually going to have a complaint about Diamondback. I don't go to a car show and start loudly going on about how I think Pontiacs are worthless pieces of garbage in front of a Grand Prix owner. It takes everything I have to bite my tongue when people start trash talking a coaster that is a big favorite of many people, and makes me wonder if they are just trying to start a ruckus out of sheer boredom. That isn't going to stop anyone who loves them from riding the abovementioned coasters. Less people who wait in line = happy Angie.

Ohhhh, I really should have believed ya. That is sad. I think the brat probably needs to do a couple years community service with the SPCA. Same here, Like I said on the website, he needs a therapist. I would be furious if that was my kid. I can't stand the thought of anyone hurting an animal like that. I've had birds eat out of my hand, and I've gotten a growling dog that tried to bite me to sit in my lap later that day. I will talk to birds or animals, they love that, but boy do they get upset when you leave. I went to my friend's house where she had a cat that she claimed was afraid of people, but the cat jumped up on the couch right next to me. I absolutely love animals, and they seem to sense that. Nothing anyone can say or do will justify what that kid did. I can't fathom how anyone could do such a terrible thing.

Please don't click the "Cat's killer leaves kittens without mom" story. I had tears rolling down my face. If you are an animal lover, DO NOT read that. It's horrible.

I'm curious to know what she was doing driving TOWARD Cedar Point around midnight. The park closed at 8 pm.

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments. Cedar Point is such a magical, surreal place. I feel like I'm 10 years old again when I go there, all my problems just seem to vanish and I feel like I'm on cloud nine. 4 out of my 5 trips this year I have blinked tears back while heading toward the exit after the park has closed, and the 3 hour drive home depresses the heck out of me.

Same here. I've got the black Kings Island hoodie with the silver cross logo on front, a red/black/yellow TTD shirt, a black and silver MF shirt, a blue/white/silver CP shirt, and a pink Champion hoodie with the CP logo on it. I've got park keychains on my car keys, and a coaster sticker on my rear window. I wear it all with pride, and my collection is nowhere near done. I wore my MF shirt to KI once, and I had about a dozen people in line for The Beast ask me about MF. I also wore my TTD shirt to our county fair, and when I got on one of the big rides, the carnie skipped me when he was checking restraints.

I'd smash out all the windows on my brand new Sebring if it meant being the first rider in the front seat of DB.

I've heard a lot of yucky things about the Zamperla flyer in CO. I just looked at it and I was like . That has to be the most poorly executed framework I've ever seen. As for me, I've hated both stand-up coasters I've been on. I'm a big fan of height and speed when it comes to coasters, but only when I feel secure. Stand-ups just seem too unstable to me.

Yes, I actually used to be scared to ride a lot of things, including MF, but we'd driven 3 hours and waited an additional 3 hours in line, so I wasn't about to chicken out. That thing pretty much rendered me fearless to the point where I wasn't even scared to get on TTD. Now I will ride anything at any park.

I think what I meant was that I've been on coasters higher than that, so I'm not intimidated at all. I've never been on a B&M hyper. I am really excited. *yells out to construction workers* BUILD FASTER!

I'm a HUGE Millennium Force fan (which is 70 feet taller and 13 mph faster than DB), and I ride Dragster with my hands up (110 feet taller and 27 mph faster than MF). Bring on the B&M hypercandy. I want a piece, and I want one now.

What kills me is when the ride ops announce loud and clear that they have just unlocked the restraints on purpose (while still in the loading station or before the restraint checking process), and people start freaking out thinking that the ride has malfunctioned.

Oh I see now.. sorry! My friend that works there lives like 5 minutes away. He gets in trouble when he tries to ride with a name badge on, so after work he just changes his clothes and rides CP coasters almost every day.. I'm soo jealous.

It's not. I just make the very most of my trips there. I do wish I lived closer, I live an hour north of KI so it's about 3 hours to CP from where I sit. It's worth every second of the drive there, though. My KI platinum pass gets me in to CP at 9 am so I always hit MF and Maverick first. Millie is always my first and last ride on every visit. I had gone July 17 and 18. July 17 was ERT night for MF, but it broke down and they couldn't fix it, so they called the night and rescheduled. It's ok though, I got in at 9 am the next morning and my MF was up and running again, and I only waited 10 minutes to ride. That day, my friend that works there felt bad for me so he took a bunch of breaks and rode coasters with me, and at the end of the night he got me on last train so I'd feel better about not getting to go on ERT. Now I'm addicted to last train and I do it every time I go. What I do is enter the queue around 9:55. That way when the queue closes at 10, I walk all the way to the back of the line so I get on the last train of the night. July 18 was the day I got 9 rides on MF, I looked at my watch after last train, and it was 11:10 pm. Dragster still had trains running with people on it too. It's an amazing thing to be on last train of the night on any coaster, but MF is the one for me.

I've done: - 25 rides in 14 hours at CP - 6 rides back to back on Millennium Force for a total of 9 MF rides in one day, the day's total ride count was 19 - 5 rides back to back on Drop Tower for a total of 8 DT rides that day, the day's total ride count was 16 - 2 back to back rides on MF (1 in front seat) and a ride on Maverick, all between 9 and 10 am RIDE WARRIORS UNITE!

WOW! I haven't looked at the webcam for over a week now. They aren't wasting any time!

Amusmeat park? Kings Island is already a great park. I've been going there for 12 years and have visited the park 10 times this year. IMO The Beast didn't need a sequel in the first place, it's great by itself. SOB is horrible. Even if KI did get a TTD clone, I'd still drive to CP to ride TTD, along with Millennium Force, Maverick, Wicked Twister, Raptor, and Magnum. Not to mention the breathtaking view of Lake Erie is something you will never see at KI. CP is a thrillseeker's paradise, and I have fallen madly in love with the place. Then again, CP doesn't have Drop Tower, Firehawk, Flight of Fear, Beast, Invertigo, or Backlot Stunt Coaster (I happen to like that one). Their kids park and waterpark is also much better than CP's. There is something special about every park.

"Nausea grounded us after seven coasters in two hours." Rookies. "near the top of the 310-foot hill on Millennium Force, something happened to my sister. Staring up at the summit as we clink-clinked our way skyward, this once-fearless daredevil turned into a quaking puddle of nerves." ..THERE IS NO "CLINK-CLINK." It's an elevator cable. GRRR.