CedarPointer

I was always very concerned that my Demon Drop car would go rocketing off into a tree.

I think the last slide on that page is a KI stock photo. Her nametag looks like it says "Kings Island" on the top... it's definitely not "California's Great America". Edit: In fact, it looks like it was taken in the games booth between Racer and Coney Confections. It's also very sad that I could tell that.

I'd wait.

The huge shade structure over them is gone too, it looks like. Even the support poles.

The metal detectors by the front gate seem to be gone.

"Welcome to PARADI E"? P.S. ...metal detectors...

I feel like I'm being mocked.

I thought they did change those? Some of them were definitely newer displays, especially the one that should show your photo that said "DVI 1: NO INPUT" when I was there. Ah, technology!

I think we also saw Disney's epic failures (please try to tell me that Journey Into YOUR Imagination was better than the original, or that Mission: SPACE is a better attraction than Horizons) and would like them to avoid wrecking anything else... BTW, I do think the monorail wrap looks good, although I'm not sure about them going down a road of using the monorails as mobile billboards (although they've been tasteful so far).

You get into all CF parks for free (but NOT gold perks), you can eat at the employee restaurant (apparently you can eat at CP's too? I've never tried it), 25% merchandise discount (but not on food and certain other merchandise), and 4 free tickets after you've worked 28 shifts (which you MUST give away, you can't sell them). Also, just curious, which Skyline? I worked at Coney Skyline in 2010 and 2011, so PM me if you have any food-related questions.

http://www.discoyeti.com/node/33 (15:23 in the video for a list) Some are subtle (swooping pterodactyl) and some are pretty major (lasers in entry/exit tunnels). They probably aren't as obvious if you never rode with everything working. Also, the show lighting is much brighter than it was when CTX opened. Not to mention the original fountain, which was sadly removed a while ago... Things have gone downhill a lot in the past decade or so. Merchandise has become the same everywhere (I had to look in 3 different stores before I could find any Epcot merchandise at Epcot... everything else was the generic "Disney Parks" stuff), food has become the same everywhere (although I do appreciate their attempts at healthy food quite a bit), rides have closed with no replacement (Wonders of Life, anyone?), theme has gone out the window in favor of synergy (MILF does NOT belong in Tomorrowland), and most of all, the emphasis on show has been changed to a emphasis on capacity. This is really unacceptable for a Disney park. And yes, it was like that for at least a year. Really, I'm just disappointed in how they don't really seem to care as much about the condition of the parks anymore. Maybe we should get Oriental Land Company to take over for TDO...

I sense sarcasm. The place isn't falling apart. But it's not being maintained up to Disney standards. In fact, it's not even up to industry standards in some cases. Splash Mountain has been in this state for days at a time. Sometimes the AA's have been down for a week or so. But Disney won't close it down for proper repairs while Big Thunder is under refurb. I won't even bring up Disco Yeti. Ooops, I just did. ...or the horrible state of Journey Into Imagination, or the infamous angler fish in The Living Seas, or the current state of Wonders of Life, or Luxo Jr. at DHS, or MuppetVision in general...

I think it's 44. I think this is the cup they use: http://whirleydrinkw...UB&cat=cw&sub=s . Diamondback cups were 46oz IIRC. Paramount ones seemed to usually be 32oz. (WHY do I still know this stuff?! )

The WS cups said KI on the front and it was molded into the back plastic.

I hate the tall cups with the fire of 1,000 suns. They are impossible to get under the drink machine properly. I dearly miss the old Diamondback cups. I won't miss the creepy face in the clouds of the WindSeeker cups, though. I had been around those for weeks before I noticed that face.

KI used Trauth.

Lesson learned: Anything involving a bat will NOT last at KI.

Three words: chicken wrap day.

I suppose that a $2 film playing to a few people makes more money than a free film playing to a whole house, right?

That's interesting...as a non-employee I always envisioned dirt-cheap meals for all "on the clock" employees at the cafateria. I used to think that too. (btw, it was Oscar's under Paramount, CF changed it to Backstage Cafe, then it was changed to Cornerstone Cafe in 2010.)

Reminds me of something... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlNOwwQQJk ...and not in a good way... but I like the commercial, just not the screaming...

Wait, what? Where is this Subway? I love Subway. http://local.subway.com/FWPCons/frmSiteMainPage.aspx?CC=USA&LC=ENG&SS=3757-0

I found out recently that there's a Subway on Kings Mills. I think I found my new favorite place to eat in Mason.

It's free stuff...

Backyard BBQ is pretty cheap. It's not the best food, but it's cheap compared to anything else.