KingCobra

I guess that is a better name than say, Shot Over The Rapids, or Flung Over The Rapids.

If that drawing is accurate, which you never know. Also looks like some nice additions to those who will enter from the parking lot season pass gate.

While I do agree with many of these points, I thought of something interesting with the Peanuts debate. Also remember what the original theme was of ride now called Boo Blasters on Boo Hill? Scooby Doo, which debuted in the early 70's I believe. While there are still reruns of Scooby on television today, so too can you see the Peanuts specials every major holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines Day). My point being, that both Paramount and Cedar Fair have used cartoons that debuted many years ago. But I have seen children of all ages who love Scooby, Snoopy, any one in one of the larger than life characters. Everything has its pluses and minuses, just be glad that we do have an amazing place like Kings Island, and that it is still around after all these years and management.

I did not go this year, but did attend twice last year, and I really did enjoy the park, but it is a half-day park, at most. The coasters are all really nice, but after that, it was a real drop off. I guess only time will tell if there is any truth behind this protest. But, regardless, if there is enough public response to it that either a) keeps people from attending or keeps potential employees from applying and current employees from returning, it could be the begining of the end.

I don't know if i would call Scooby Doo and the Haunted Castle a cardboard cutout style attraction for babies, and especially not Boo Blasters. Personally, I think Boo Blasters can be frightening to some younger ones, and even when it was Scooby Doo, with some of the scenes.

As said, i will really miss PA, it was a unique ride, but Cedar Point has over the years removed older attractions to bring in newer ones. DA seems to have been a good success at KI, and Cedar Point being in an area where there are a lot of vacationers, with numerous things to do on the Lake, i think that it should be able to succeed as well. Just because there are two dino attractions only a couple hours apart, I don't think it will cause any more competition then is already there.

I believe that the track of King Cobra was scrapped a couple of years ago, and the trains were sent to Dominion for its TOGO standup for parts.

It is things like this, that makes the family owned parks extra special. While family owned parks seemingly are dwindling, its great to see Holiday World thriving.

It seems that there are only trim brakes on 2 of the hills. Compared to a mid-course that could bring it to a crawl, I would much rather have the 2 trims.

i have seen cups from years back this year. Beast 25th aniversary cups, and Flight of Fear as well.

AE's last hill being theamed as it is, its better then a un-theamed lift hill to just get you back to the station. Ninja at SFMM does this, which personally i think is a really disipointing end to the ride.

While on the topic of lockers in Boomerang Bay, it is also important to know that the Bay closes at 7 even when the park closes at 10. After 7 when the gate there is closed you are not able to get items from lockers or out the gate to the parking lot. So make sure when you get lockers over there you get the items out before 7.

Those who visit the park, especially for the first time, would much rather know a simplistic map of where attractions and shops and shows are compared to where trees are in relation to them.

That is correct that with the opening of Diamondback, the ACE walkback instead became the coaster club/gold pass ERT on Diamondback and Beast. Another interesting thing to note is that the walkback was not for passholders, but members of coaster clubs (though there were many times that the membership cards were not checked). Though there were times during the walkback if the ride crew was ready there was a chance to have a ride or two before the general public arrived. And also if Beast was not going to open on time, I do remember having the walkback go to Son of Beast, Face/Off and Tomb Raider during its first year of operation.

I would actually think the Days of Thunder uniform was from the attraction of that name, which is now Thunder Alley. The go-carts located in Action Zone.

I like what Cedar Fair has done, though I wonder what would have happened if CF had the park say 10 years ago. Would we have ever seen Son of Beast/ The Italian Job or Tomb Raider or would have things gone in a totally different direction?

I havent been to the park since summer of 2007, but I can't say that I am totally shocked over this. With the removal of Chang and the Twisted Twins which as been SBNO for 3 years-ish (I may be off there im not sure) it seemed that the park was heading in this direction. Losing in my opinion the best coaster they had (Chang) and then the land the park sits on, between being leased and also having a road divide the park and the height restriction put in place by the airport near by the deck seemed stacked against survival. I am hoping that something happens with that area, especially with the future of Freedom Hall after the Cards no longer play basketball, it could be financially crippling to the area.

I would definately enjoy if they had just a normal top spin in, having ridden the one at Dominion. Though there they could get some grease on their brakes, you could hear from a good distance away. (Kind of reminded me of the days with King Cobra's brake run.) It seems that the giant top spin model (the one KI has) was built in a way not for the intense ride cycle but more to have a ride cycle that would mesh perfectly with the theming of the ride compared to the normal top spin that can do about anything. It is unfortunate in a way that things happened with The Crypt over the years, but hopefully it can be somehow salvaged.

And I am not arguing against the fact that people did complain about it, just more that there are always two sides to every story. While I will agree, from its Tomb Raider days the ride is not nearly as enjoyable, if it keeps ridership up, and more importantly downtime down, it should help the lifespan of the ride.

It could also be seen, in the ridership rising also with people coming from greater distances because of such things as Diamondbacks first season and the 30th year of The Beast. From the times that I did ride it this year I never heard anyone openly complain about it, nothing I could overhear atleast. I even at one point heard one person say they really enjoyed the ride.

I do like how alot of parks have put in coasters like this, another one that comes to mind is at Busch Gardens Williamsburg when I was there over the summer. This is one area in my opinion where Cedar Point really lacks. I mean they do have Jr Gemini and Woodstock's Express but that is it. Compare this to Kings Island for example with a greater variety of coasters for kids, not only in numbers but types ie. wooden, suspended, steel.

Sheikra at Busch Tampa has an unique video system, where instead of it being solely of you on the ride, it has cameras placed at different locations throughout the ride.

There was a time at Cedar Point, where in line for Top Thrill Dragster on two separate occasions an individual took a video of the ride. Both times, a ride op saw this, and made them delete the video.

I have seen where rides have been stopped low on the lifts for employees to go out and retrieve cameras from individuals who have them out. Its dangerous especially if the individual loses the camera it becomes a projectile that can hit and injure someone behind them. I do know there use to be POV's of both Beast and Son of Beast a couple years ago taken by the Discovery Channel when they were in the park filming both coasters for a upcoming thrill rides show. But that was under special and controlled circumstances.