homestar92

We were all new once, and I don't think there are many members here who haven't committed a minor TOS violation. Heck, sometimes the mobile site makes us break TOS without knowing it by double-posting for no reason. *Not condoning TOS violations, mind you, but not every violation needs to be pointed out.

That sounds like it would be really Twisty on your nerves and Robb you of some peace of mind.

There is a way to find out what the circle will be without waiting for it to be finished. I won't say any more than that. I do not have access to any information any of you do not have access to, and I did not have to leave my computer, but I am confident in what will become of the circle. And I'd like to think y'all know I won't troll. I have a reputation to keep. -homestar92, noticing that something that happened in 2011 has happened again.

I'll summarize my opinion here: Ed was gone no matter what. As such, there was NO show for the Kings Island Theater. Now we actually have a show, period. I could stop there, and it's already an improvement, as something is always better than nothing (with one exception, IMO. I'll get to that later). Said show is not my particular cup of tea, but I'm happy that it exists. It will offer a FUN break from rides for those who enjoy that sort of thing. I don't have specific plans to see the show, but I probably will at some point. As it stands, I'm more likely to set aside time from my day to see this show than to sit down to watch another musical revue. Thankfully, we have until late September before I have to make a point to avoid a particular show... -homestar92, who will specifically avoid Festhaus during Haunt for fear of being inadvertently subjected to the insufferable torture that is Graveyard Shift. The lyrics "We are a monster band" are an unforgivable sin, and the syllables don't even match the original song. (On another note, it seems we cannot keep this topic moving without diverting to yesterday's announcement...)

Topics on KICentral lead to the darnedest discussions...

^^People with no noses may find this offensive. Let's try to stay on Lord Voldemort's good side, lest bad things happen on this board.

Perhaps Kings Island is being wed this year. Look at what the major announcements for 2014 so far: Something old: Flight Deck becoming The Bat Something new: Banshee Something borrowed: Cirque Imagine brought over from CW Something blue: Banshee twist ice cream returns. -homestar92, who has realized he should probably get some sleep now...

You say this as if Flash is a positive experience ever, on any platform. Though having been an Ubuntu user since Hardy Heron, I know the pain of Flash in Linux. Chrome solves many of the issues with Flash in Linux, but introduces a whole slew of others. But I digress. This probably isn't really the place for me to discuss such things.

I'm 99.9% sure we will not see the name of Action Zone changing. But I'm 100% sure the look of Action Zone will be very, very different than previous seasons.

I'm sure that some will derive great enjoyment from this show. I will almost certainly not be part of this "some", but to each his own. I had my two consecutive years of enjoyment out of that theater. Because I love Kings Island, I hope the show is a success, but I will not be contributing to the success, as I have no intention of seeing the show.

Something I just noticed: You can get the rider height requirements guide here: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/plan-a-visit/rider-height-requirements It includes Banshee and The Bat, so we know it is, in fact updated for 2014. But there are no surprises. So either the park has done very well at covering ALL of the bases, or the new attraction is not a ride.

There's a difference between marginally regretting a missed opportunity and beating a dead horse to a bloody pulp and then running it through a meat grinder.

Hmm, so it is. I guess my description would REALLY confuse people then, lol.

I always use Chrome, but my posts are split about 50/50 between Windows and Ubuntu. I'll be on the lookout and see if by some strange chance it is affected by Operating System. I'd bet money it's a browser-related bug and OS won't matter, but you never know.

And some who know the ride well may argue that it has no loops. One of my pet peeves is the use of "loop" and "inversion" interchangeably. Though it is, admittedly, a sin I've been guilty of from time to time when describing coasters to non-enthusiasts. I think people would think I'm strange(r ) if I explained Banshee as having an Immelman, two loops, a zero-g roll, a batwing, and an in-line twist. I typically just tell them "it has seven loops". Generally, the non-enthusiast will get more out of the conversation that way. EDIT: I just realized that I essentially just repeated malem in a wordier manner. Carry on then.

I'm using Chrome 33.0.1750.146 on Windows 7. I never quoted anything, but I cut and pasted text within the post itself to change the ordering of my paragraph. All from the WYSIWYG editor. Going back and looking at the bbcode, it looks like a [size=4] tag crept its way into the code somehow. So actually, I suppose I was probably unclear about copying and pasting. No copying from OUTSIDE the post happened, but I did cut from WITHIN the post. It's a really minor thing, so I don't feel like Dane or anyone else need to spend a whole lot of time on it, as I can just correct the posts when I see the issue occurring. I typically try to paste into notepad and copy from there to strip the text of any formatting when I need to copy/paste plain text.

Ermahgerd. I just had an idea that would make me just giddy. A new Bayern Kurve somewhere on International Street (Or off to the side, but still technically in that section a la Grand Carousel or Boo Blasters). It could fit the theme. Each car could represent a different country and it could be like a race, except nobody ever pulls ahead. Obviously, the first car would be the USA, because 'Murica has to win. -homestar92, a Bayern Kurve enthusiast ever since his trip to Kennywood.

Or venture to Valencia, CA. Also formerly possible in Gurnee, IL.

Well, since Ed Alonzo has left us, maybe we'll get a live show with Screech to go with Banshee. I'd give that show a Diamond rating.

I have managed to create the issue again. No copying or pasting was done in the post. Perhaps if I link to the post in question, we can figure out the issue? Normally I fix the font size with an edit, but this time I let it be so I can demonstrate the issue. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/28955-what-live-shows-can-we-expect-in-the-2014-season/?p=598642

Four to five times in the season? That's cute. I enjoyed it many more than four or five times. Then again, I'm the sort of person who let out uproarious laughter every time I heard the "Did you feel that rumble? I sharted my pants" line. The 22-year-old me goes to the Kings Island to take pictures of things and marvel at the feats of engineering while the 6-year-old in me gets let out of the cage he is locked up in the rest of the time.

Roll call of rides beginning with B? Bat, Banshee, (New attraction beginning with B )? This post brought to you by the letter B. In other news, I've grown to hate the sunglasses smiley. Always interfering with my ability to type a B followed by a close paren.

All I know is, if the planets somehow align and we miraculously see the return of OUR Eagles from Carowinds, I will be inclined to make a Windows Movie Maker photo montage set to Ozzy Osbourne's "Mama I'm Coming Home". As it stands, I feel there is only about a 0.001% chance I'll have to do that, as much as I want to.

Hate to double post, but didn't Geauga Lake have a set of Bisch-Rocco Flying Scooters? What happened to those? Could those conceivably be moved to Kings Island? Edit: Thanks to TombRaiderFTW, it wasn't actually a double post.

You... You don't like the Psycho Circus? Stealing Devan's joke here (Some profanity in this video):