Creed Bratton

I don't disagree with you at all Terpy. I often wonder what's the absolute minimum the park could charge for admission and not belly up.

I don't know..they may have...season processing is open today...so I don't think it's out of the question. The park doesn't close down on Memorial Day, July 4th, etc. so why not have people working on Easter?

McSalsa that looks like a good ride! If I'd have to pick a coaster at KI that is the scariest, I'd have to say Invertigo just for the feeling of complete drainage after riding it.

I've paid full admission a few times last year in between my employment and getting my pass. To someone who has been at the park several years it's no big deal when you realize how many the park has to pay, maintenance on each ride, what little theming we have, contracts the park has, ride/attraction development...it's okay to pay the higher price. To the general public it seems a bit steep and that is understandable especially if they have a family of 4 or whatever the situation is. This is why I always encourage people to buy season passes, even if they visit twice a year. My first pass was $70 and this was the first pass I have ever owned. Two trips would have paid it off. Now, I upgraded to the Plat. Pass but I've already got my money's worth on it. So yeah, I understand why the price has been raised. Inflation and all admission prices that head toward park costs. Like someone said before other parks are raising their admission prices too. It's not just Kings Island. We're living in a time when we have to really watch our money if someone can't afford a trip to KI this summer they have several options. They can save up for a trip, get a pass (if they plan on attending multiple times), getting cheaper tickets (at Kroger, etc.), or ultimately not visit (which stinks).

So is Q basically saying they're not going to be happy with anything that Cedar Fair does and that they should just run the show? That's basically what I'm getting any time that I read anything from Q, other than shareholders should have a say.

Unless they were scheduled to work originally...

I wasn't necessarily flipping out....it was just a simple question of how much face time the ops would get on the ride. For DB it was between 5-6 hours last season for training.

Training is typically on going. When I trained at DB I was there for about 5-6 hours being trained to do everything but drive the coaster.

Well worth the read! I found it interesting that Screamscape was interviewed for the story.

Maintenance I'm sure already know how to operate the ride....with them testing for rotation and what not. I'm sure they've already worked with the restraints and any of the controls in the drive box. I'm guessing that opening day operations will be ran by Area Supervisors, Managers, etc. while training seasonal ops. It'll be a smooth transition I bet.

I guess the only thing I'm worrying about is how much face time the ride ops will have to learn all of the operation protocol.

I am not worrying about it opening on time. They have people around the clock working on this to ensure that it opens on time. My guess is by the end of the day today they will have the remaining arms and seats up and start testing Monday. If not today (for the arms) they'll have them up on Monday and test starting Tuesday and will continue to test until the State comes in and approves.

Okay, I get it now! Thanks for the clarification.... ps....you did better at drawing than I did.

Find it interesting that CP's WindSeeker already has the queue line up. What do you mean CedarPointer by a skylight..I'm not sure what exactly you mean...please help me understand

Saw that too! Wonder what's on the agenda for tonight. I've been waiting to hear when the seats would be attached.

Terpy I have to disagree with you here, I upgraded from my KI Gold Pass to a Carowinds Platinum Pass on opening weekend. But you are correct, calling the park is a good idea. When I called Carowinds prior to my trip they said I could upgrade, however they wouldn't send it to me in writing. (It's a good idea to get it in writing if they say you can) So I then emailed the Carowinds via their website "Contact Us" and got an answer/statement by the next day saying that I could upgrade to Platinum from a Kings Island Gold Pass.

I thought I noticed that but thought it was my eyes playing a trick on me! Thanks for making me realize I wasn't crazy Haha

It may be....WindSeeker area has work lights on.

That's what I ended up guessing too! There seems to be more and more people coming to work on the ride tonight.

Looks like some evening work is being done..not sure what though!

Anyone else notice on the main park map page, that they still have the old bungee pay for attraction?

I don't mind the map at all. I think it looks nice. Yeah it kind of stinks that there are no trees, but we got to think of this as when GP looks at the maps (who have never been to the park before) will just want to see the relation of a ride, say Diamondback to Flying Ace Ariel Chase. I don't really see a big stink coming from the GP that there aren't any trees on the map. Terpy I am with you, the fact that their isn't a loop on Invertigo is an error. I do wonder as well why The Racer trains are brown. I think that Vortex's track is orange on the map because the rails got painted in 2009. There's a picture floating around here somewhere of Vortex where the rails are glowing orange...so that's my idea as to why it's orange on the map. Has anyone else noticed that aside from it saying what the building is, the map does not show what Action Theater is playing? I'm assuming what it will be...but just found that interesting.

It was down most of the day due to winds. But when it was open, it was a lot of fun!

Check out the picture they just tweeted..... www.twitter.com/kingsislandpr Edit-- apparently the picture went away...so I re-linked it.

From what Don Helbig, told me in an email interview for my blog was that the Flight Commander area was not even considered to place WindSeeker on. The site for WindSeeker was also picked due to balance the skyline.