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Sweet, thanks all Didn't realize there was another thread about it! I'm excited hehe

Anyone have a link to a live feed for the announcement at 2? I have this: http://www.wlwt.com/video/24743680/detail.html But the video isn't working, only audio.

Do like I did. Start out with Woodstock Express, then Adventure Express, Racer, Beast, Vortex and BLSC

Yesterday we were on Zephyr and the ride op said during our ride "Coming next year, the world's tallest swing ride!!! Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding. But wouldn't that be awesome?" Kind of amusing now

I'm proud to announce that my 8 year old conquered The Beast (3 times!), Vortex (2 times), Racer, Flight Deck and BLSC. Her exact words after the ride stopped on Vortex "OMG that was AWESOME! Let's do it again!" Her next statement was "I hope I get really tall before next summer so I can ride Diamondback." *wipes a tear* I am so proud And one lucky KIC'er was there to witness the event unfolding hehehe. It's a fantastic day when your kiddo can ride the "big" rides with you.

Thanks for the info. That would work out great. We can pop in for that right before we leave. We caught Down Home Country last season. I have to say, all of the show performers (even in Planet Snoopy) give it their all and make it enjoyable.

My only complaint about the tower is that there are no benches up there. Especially on the side facing the parking lot. That side is always breezy and wonderful on a hot day. BUT, I understand why there are not benches up there. Speaking of the tower, I'm very thankful for it and the people who work there. Beautiful (and safe) views for all

The poor kid behind Hugh Jackman lol......

This is the only show we haven't had a chance to see. Well, I take that back....we haven't been able to catch Snoopy on Ice. They never seem to have a show when we are in town. Maybe tomorrow we can drop in for Way Too Much TV while having lunch.

Thank you so much for the picture! I've been searching high and low for pictures of the ducks or even videos on Youtube and this is the very first one I've found. If anyone can direct me to other pictures, please do so. Thanks! Good job KI and KI patrons! You are most welcome. I wanted to get more pictures, but everyone was gathering in for a last minute toss...

It was pretty bad today. Blue Cross and Blue Shield was there, along with several church/youth groups and the soccer team. Our shortest wait time was around an hour. We were soaked during the last rain, so we came back to the hotel. Going back after the duck event tonight. Hopefully the crowd will thin out some. Still having an awesome time though

We left the park for this event, since it was crowded and we were literally soaked to the bone. Going back after the event is over tonight...Here's a picture I grabbed today of the ducks

I hold on when on Beast, but that is it. And yes, I do not hold on for Drop Tower. Quite the air time experience when you let go

Bah. Well, classes will keep me away from this one...but I'm going to pass the info along to one of my good friends and his boyfriend. They love coasters and usually hit up Dollywood, but maybe this will send them North

Ah Dr. Terp has graced the thread with a sonnet of sorts Nothin' is better than a rhyme about sports.

We will be there late Friday, all day Saturday and part of Sunday. Sunday is when one of my friends is joining us for the first time. As for us, we visit enough that just being there is fine now. Or maybe we are just getting old lol. That being said, I do want to get my DB ride count to 50 before the weekend is over. We'll have a great time regardless, I just want to be prepared if it's going to be busy. We've been there for opening day, closing day, Haunt the weekend before Halloween, Memorial Day, Labor Day and everything in between. I've waited 2 hours on one ride before and loved every minute of it I was just curious if UC fans are as crazy as us UK fans heheh.

As much as I'd love to attend Spirit Song, I avoid that week at all costs lol. Now, if this were UK visiting, I would be decked out in blue and white with several cameras handy hehehhe

So I see this on KI's facebook page: New UC head football coach Butch Jones and the defending BIG EAST Conference champions make their annual trek to Kings Island for a “Meet the Team Day” Sunday, August 22. Beginning at 12:45pm, the team will walk down International Street and take part in a program on the bandstand near the Eiffel Tower. Following the program, the student-athletes will take part in a meet-and-greet and autograph session until 3:00pm. I'm curious as to how this will affect attendance at the park? We are going this weekend. We thought a random weekend would be less crowded, now I see this and wonder. This will be our kids last trip of the season and I'd love for them to be there when it's not crowded (Every time we take them, something pops up special in the park and it's hour long or more waits. When we go alone, everything is walk on. Go figure) So, since I've never been at the park during this event, how's it gonna be?

I forgot about the lockers at Flight of Fear and Firehawk. We rented one on the side facing Flight of Fear. Inside the door was an old sticker with the rules and such for rental, with a big PKI logo on top.

While in line for Drop Tower, I noticed a sticker on a support beam for the shed. Right across from the fan in the row you wait in before loading. It said "I love the way we talk". It's randomly placed at the top, almost near the roof. Not sure why I happened to notice it, but I found it intriguing. Who placed it there? Why? And how? That's high up! What strange things have you noticed around the park?

In line for Drop Tower, someone pointed over to Invertigo and said "That was the first coaster ever built here" On ET at night, some guy said "Hey look, I can see downtown Cincinnati! That's where Dad lives" It was the ballpark.....

LOL, now I WOULD know who he is I figured football player just by his build. Once I checked the roster, I narrowed it down. Couldn't remember much about his face, but I saw his arm tattoo the entire ride up in the air. And he had hair about 8 inches long in a braid.

Our day began at 10am. It was HOT and downright humid. We walked to Diamondback and the line was pretty much non-existent. Less than 10 minutes later, we were on our way up the first hill. Green train rocks my socks. We managed to snag that train every time this trip. Since the line wasn't long at all, we rode 3 more times, then decided to move on through the park. From Diamondback, we went over to The Beast. Walk-on to the 3rd seat. Our morning ride was excellent. From there, we walked over to Vortex. Once again, walk-on. We tried out seat 5-1. I'm a convert! It was a great ride from that seat. Spongebob 3D was closed (we wanted indoors, it was hot and humid!) so we walked to X-base. We didn't have small bills or change with us for the locker, so we decided to ride Racer. Only the Red side was operating, so we walked on to the fourth row. I forgot that my sunglasses were on my shirt, I quickly remembered after the first hill. Something hit the floor, I looked down and there they were, so I secured them with my feet. The hubby helped with his feet too. Kept them in place until the ride was over and grabbed them. My sunglasses now have a small Racer battle scar After a great ride on Racer, we walked over to Adventure Express. Walk-on to the front seat. I love that little coaster. Excellent ride. By this time I'm starting to get hungry. The BBQ in front of Outer Hanks looked so very tempting, but we wanted to ride some more first. So, we hit up Delirium. The line for it was 15 minutes at the most. Excellent ride, much smoother and higher (I do believe) than earlier in the season. After that, we decided to take a bit of a break. So, Stunt Grill called our name. Had an excellent hot dog and waffle fries. We enjoyed the nice cool seating area. Didn't want to leave, but Flight Deck was calling our name. The line was maybe 5 minutes. We went straight to the backseat. My husband and I took a picture and got photobombed by the kid behind us...I laughed Our Flight Deck ride was wonderful. We had a good laugh at the woman and kid in front of us. The kid kept saying "Just wait until I tell Daddy how much you screamed!" hehehe Drop Tower was next on the agenda. This was probably our longest wait. Right around 30 minutes. Well worth it though. We checked out Invertigo from the top, it ran without anyone on it once, and never ran again the rest of the day. So, we crossed that off of our to-do list. From Drop Tower, we walked over to Snoopy on Ice, hoping to get a little relief from the heat. No show today. Boo. So, we walked over to Planet Snoopy to ride the ride formerly known as Avatar . We were placed in the middle, not my favorite spot, but the breeze was nice. It was blazing hot, so we wanted indoors. Boo Blasters it is. This time, we purchased the 3D glasses. I loved it! My husband beat my score though. Boo hehe. After that, we needed some water. I got myself a large blue ice cream. On the way to the ice cream stand, Peppermint Patty took an interest in us. So she grabbed my husband's hat and turned it sideways then pulled me over for a hug. We have 2 great pictures of that, thanks to the woman with her. Sign, Sealed, Delivered was minutes away from starting, so we had seat in the middle row and enjoyed. Great show! I believe that is the first show I've taken in there. I rarely stop riding to take in shows, but it was so hot. My husband decided he wanted a Frappuccino, so we went to Starbucks. I got my usual White Chocolate Mocha (hot! yeah I know I'm weird drinking coffee when it's hot). While enjoying our drinks, we noticed Don't Stop the Music was beginning, so we went out there to enjoy the show. Looked around and noticed Mr Don Helbig and a photographer. The show was excellent. My husband said he liked Don's haircut..hehe...they share the same barber apparently. After the show, we went up in E.T. and enjoyed a nice breeze. While up there, 2 little boys were escorted down for spitting. They were right beside of us spitting towards the Starlight Spectacular side. I can only imagine how mad the parents were when they found out (they were not with the boys up there). From ET we went to the fountain and sat at a table. It was just miserably hot and humid. We sat there and people watched for a while. That's almost as fun as the rides lol. Unfortunately, the hotter it gets, people tend to lose clothing...and dignity. I needed eye bleach many times. Have some respect for crying out loud. My eyeballs were assaulted. We sat there until Snoopy's Starlight Spectacular began. If you haven't been for this, you should go. It's beautiful! I wanted to get in a night ride on The Beast, but we were right at ET again, and I wanted to see the fireworks from there, as well as SSS. So, we went back up on the tower and stayed there until closing. I loved the fireworks from up there! After the show, we headed back to the hotel where we slept peacefully. At 8am, we were up and ready to go back to the park. We were not aware that Diamondback was running for ERT since it wasn't on the website, so we got in 1 ride before the park opened at 10. We were going to ride again, bu the line formed all the way out past the ice cream shop. No thanks. We decided to hit up the coasters we didn't ride the day before, so we were Stunt Coaster bound. No line, so we walked on to row 3. Great little ride, could've done without the heat lol. I told my husband they should change that scene to an avalanche and have snow and ice go up in the air. X-base was next on the agenda. This time we brought change. We waited around 30 minutes for Firehawk. We had the last row. I learned a lesson that day. Do not keep the superman pose while barrel rolling. You might just cause yourself to get a sore shoulder the next day. Or maybe I'm just getting old. Regardless, the ride was fantastic. Outer Limits...er, I mean Flight of Fear was next. The line was out past the que, so we waited. In the blazing sun. Did I mention it was hot?? Once we got through the door, we didn't care if the wait was 5 hours, we would have enjoyed it haha.. We rode the last seat. Our wait was around 45 minutes total. The park was getting very crowded. From there, we walked over to see if Invertigo was running. It was not. So, we rode Delirium again. This time, we waited 30 minutes. Excellent ride. Too bad people can't remember their seat number. Someone tried to take my husband's seat as he was placing our things in the bin. I explained that was his seat number. They said "Well, we are 42 and 43." I replied "Ok, this is 48 and 49......" I am not sure what happened, but the kid in seat 50 had to get up and go behind the gate, we had to all unlock and move down a seat so they could get in. They ended up taking seats of the people next to me. That didn't go over well. At all. I heard some choice words said. Drop Tower was next. The wait was right around 35 minutes. Once again, great ride. I took everything in as we were at the top. This time, I didn't hold on. Nice little air time on that ride. The park was full of groups (we seem to go every time a bunch of groups decide to visit) so we were on our way for one last ride on Diamondback. It was almost noon and I had to be at class in 5 hours, and we were four hours away. As we walked by the Viking Fury, we noticed no line, so we walked on and rode. For whatever reason, that particular ride made my husband queasy. After that, we made our way to Diamondback, but not before getting myself a cup of ice water. I could feel my heart beating in my face I was so overheated. I do not sweat, so when I get hot, it gets really bad. 3 cups of ice water later, I was in line. Row 3, green train. We were happy. Green train is our favorite. Apparently, we were riding with someone famous. Not sure who he was, but the guy with him couldn't fit in the seat (they were in front row) and the guy in front of us begged to ride in that seat. They unlocked us all and let him up there. I couldn't figure out what was going on until after we got off the ride. Everyone was running up to the guy asking him to say hi to them and take pictures. I still have no idea who the man was, but he made some little girl's day by saying hi. She grabbed her cell and called someone with OMG OMG OMG OMG hahah. (upon further inspection, I'm pretty sure it was either Fanene or Peko from the Bengals) We bid Diamondback a fond farewell until Labor Day. After that, we had to go. The park was really filling up and quite honestly, I'm glad we were going. I do not like crowds. Anyways, we had an excellent trip and I can't wait to return. I can't believe we can only visit two more times this year. Boo. Here are a few random pictures from our trip:

We were on Delirium yesterday around 11am. There were no problems with it then. It was rotating faster than the day before and swinging pretty high. Seems to be running much better than earlier this year. We also rode it several times on Wednesday with no issues. The only ride that was down while we were there the past few days was Invertigo. We were in Action Zone from 10am until noon and didn't notice anything wrong with Delirium.

I told my husband I want to ride everything in the park tomorrow (except for the wee rides). His response, " Even Crypt? *sigh* No" If you've never been on it, go for it. It's always good to try out a ride you've never been on. But for those of us who remember it from the glory days, meh. It's good for a breeze and a break from the sun.