IndyGuy4KI

Don't put to much stock in the weather people with this crazy weather. I almost canceled going Monday myself cause all the local Cincy stations I looked at online said rain most of the day, but for maybe a few hrs. I decided to go and about 11:00 the sun was out till I left about 5:30. I ended up with a sun burn because I was prepared for a overcast day and possible rain not sun shine.

Same here! People will even hand me coupons not knowing KI sells season passes, much less know I have one! I have been getting that question a lot as well. Just today in a meeting I was showing my co-workers the pictures that I took Monday. Several now want to go ride WS as well. I was hoping to have a PTR up by now, but been so busy getting ready for camping this weekend, it might not get up till next week! Edit: Thanks for sharing the paper pcc! That was awesome!

Seeing those lights from underneath on CW's is very cool Can't wait to see them at KI!

Thanks Standbyme! My skills were a little rusty, but now that I have done one I want to try another getting some better quality pictures and video from the park to go with it. I am sure another opportunity will come up to do this again. Glad you enjoyed it!

If the wait time signs at the ride entrances were more diligently kept there could be sensors on them to give the times? Although, I would personally rather Ride Ops keep up the capacity of the ride than worry about a wait time on the sign.

Very cool, thanks for sharing. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. So will they have an Ark as the center piece of the park like our ET?

I really loved the Invertigo pic. Thanks for sharing! Glad you had a great day!

One thing that we need to understand here is that the majority of KI's guests are vacationers, not as much locals or enthusiasts. Most people are not going to mind shelling out the $5.00 for DA or the extra 2 more for the 3D movie because KI is something that they do once or twice a year, not every week or so. Sure, some will not do it due to the extra charge, but when you are vacationing people tend to spend more money than taking a day or weekend trip. Also, if you think about Xtreme Skyflyer or Slingshot, those are not family attractions and they charge up to $25.00 per person for them and they always have a line. So why wouldn't a pay attraction that can be done with the family for near the same price as one of the other single attractions not be popular? I think this is going to be very popular with families!

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnL6ZugiMv0 I think it is a great commercial! Way to go KI!

Some of you may know from my PTR that Avatar and I rode over to KI for opening day. During that time the high school radio station I work for was having a fund raising marathon. Since I was going to be at KI, I got an interview with Don to talk live on the air about the 2011 season. I put the audio from the interview with some pics I took on my phone and a few from Oldiesmann into a video. The quality of some of the pics (camera phone) and the audio quality is not the best since it was done over a phone line, but I think it came out well. Oh, and yes I got permission from the park to use their graphics for the video as well. Please keep in mind that my target audience was for non enthusiast teenagers and parents back in Indianapolis. So some of these questions you will already know the answer, but there are a few for us as well. It is close to 15 minutes in length so grab the popcorn! I hope you enjoy it!

Glad you did. Had a great time on opening day with you!

I've eaten at the buffet numerous times and have never had anyone show me to a table or get me a drink. Its a buffet; isn't self-service kind of the point? Was this something special they were doing for Mother's Day? On opening day a bunch of KIC'ers went and had to wait to be seated and drinks were brought to us. I think this is new new RJ experience this season.

Great TR Kirk! I always look forward to reading your comments about the shows. Something I don't normally spend the time to watch while at KI. I did get to see American Country Opening day and was very good.

Oh matter if it is from there or there, there is always a place for you here. Just know oh matter where there is you will never be that far as you are cared about here in our hearts and minds which make you close to those who care and even for those who could care less. Very clever and funny guys.

Very sad indeed! Looks like it would really take a lot to get that park in usable shape!

I would be willing to bet with the enhancements and updates we have seen in PS, RT, and CM that they plan on updating the rest of the dry side of the park before they touch BB. You have to hand it to CF for an awesome job sprucing up each area of the park. To me, that has been one of the best things that CF has done for KI. I think I would be happy with any update for the next off season, but I am sure they have something up their sleeve for the 40th anniversary! Edit: For Terpy!

Welcome to KIC dkeysor42! In the past 2 seasons with DB and Beast ERT I would usually ride DB about 5 or 6 times on Friday's 30 min ERT before the GP made it to the queue. If it was a little busier it would be 4 times. Hope this answers your question!

I think this is year 7 or 8 for my season passes to KI. I upgraded my Gold pass for the first time this opening day to Platinum to attend Coaster Mania. So this season I have 1 platinum pass and 2 gold passes for the family.

A suggestion I made at my employer is now a serious discussion. Things are getting bad for all of us-the only one balking at the idea lives a mile from work, so its no problem for her. It all depends on the state of Ohio and whether overtime kicks in after 8 hours-if it does, won't be an option. I am a year round employee for a school district, we are getting ready to have our third year of 4 day work weeks in the summer . It is not so much gas, but building cooling and lighting cost that get greatly reduced having everything off an extra day.

Jesse is right, it is beautiful. If that was not intentional, it is pretty awesome that it worked out that way.

Always nice to see an article like this. Thanks Terp!

Yesterday coming to and from Holiday World I saw gas prices from $3.91 to $4.21. Luckily I filled up the car in southern Indiana for $.3.99. (I did not see the $3.91 till after I filled up!)

Excellent choice Ryan and Dane! I know Jesse cares very deeply for KI and the KIC community. Having him added to the admin team will be a great asset for the members of this site!

I am surprised they did not point one over towards DA construction!