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In all honesty, it's cold. Seriously, 15 degrees and steady is not my kind of weather. But this is the kind of weather that makes me remember all of the warm summer days I had to ride some of my favorite Kings Island attractions. Whether it be from the 2004 era Crocodile Run laps for hours, or from the spectacular night rides on The Beast that I have had over the past season they all come back to me as I sit here facing this cold death that we call snow. (I hate the cold by the way, hence why I don't want to move any further north.) With that being said, I thought it would be best to get our minds off of the cold and into the warmth of our favorite rides on any Kings Island attraction. This could be anything from coasters to waterslides, and everything in between pertaining to your favorite ride on a Kings Island attraction. This is a new resolution of mine to start to respond to my own polls as I have been lacking in doing so. For me, it was my first visit to Boomerang Bay at Kings Island. I honestly don't know whether or not if it was just the perfect patch of sunlight or if the Crocodile Run is truly that photogenic, but lapping the Crocodile Run (Lazy river for some of us who have not been able to be blessed with the great theming that was Boomerang Bay.) at the perfect time of the afternoon with the sun starting to set under the honesuckle that lined the river was amazing. The perfect balance of shade and light with an Australian themed river was just the best experience I had at the waterpark, and something I honestly miss from it.

When you find and purchase a kangaroo crossing sign in honor of Boomerang Bay.

That's exactly what I mean. It's blasphemy to touch graves and it's against the law, but to have set the entrance a little bit over would have been better than right next to the graves.

If you were to take a closer look at the way the new gate is set up, it takes you almost directly next to the old graveyard. Sure, it would be a nice setting for Haunt, but I don't know how I feel with starting out my day going right past dead bodies in the ground at the FUN park during the Summer.

Maybe it was the Kings Island Inn and that's the reason why it shut down? Or, better yet, they might have been ghosts themselves if they have been in there and working for the past few years!

When as you recline in your chair inside and look outside to see what looks to be as if a scene straight out of a New England horror flick, dead trees with a deer staring straight at me.

Taking a step back from last week's poll, let's take a more critical look at 2016 and what it holds for us. Every year we get new coasters, new slides, and new flats. Some are the best of the best, marking a strong highlight in the year, others are just flat out unneeded (Like Italian Stunt Job). With 2016 being a very diverse collection of attractions with their own historical markers, they all have different priorities for various enthusiasts. Going along with last week's poll, what are your 2016 priority attractions?

I am honestly ecstatic for 2016. New waterslides at the waterpark, a new enterance, it's going to be amazing. Hopefully i can do more this year than last year, and maybe get to more meetups than before. Oh, and i have the utter most privledge of being the first to post in this topic! Happy New Year!

If there would be a meet up, i wonder if Sccard could get us a discount? BB1, ever hopeful

As 2016 is only days away, this lets us reflect on the past, but more explicitly what we need to do in 2016. With parks like Cedar Point and Dollywood getting major attractions in 2016, along with other parks, it makes the season seem so packed with new thrills. So with this being the last week of 2015, what is your go to park for 2016? Note that you could rank your priorities and or just state your most important park for 2016. Happy New Year!

It's a love hate situation with me and Paramount. First, they gave me Boomerang Bay. By far one of the most influential things in my life as I went through a huge Australian phase of my life. And really, personally that was my favorite phase of the waterpark as honestly Soak City vs BB just doesn't add up. The great theme to that just really doesn't add up as it was so detailed. But if you look at how deteriorated it became from improperly managing both parks, Paramount left a bad stain. Sure, mind you that the park had some amazing theme, but it was also with bad treatment of various attractions which led to their demises. Also let me just mention Led Taxis and the Flying Eagles were taken out for the atrocity that is Backlot, originally a Paramount product dubbed Italian Job Stunt Track. We lost some and we got some, but with everything that came with Cedar Fair makes me like the transition much more than I do of the latter.

Thanks for the Boomerang Bay photos, it brings back some great memories!

If I remember correctly I did give them my email in terms of future announcements, but not my address. Nor that I was a Season Pass holder, but I was interested in buying one(at that time). If I did get a free Season Pass, I was never notified and I never spent money on one.

So today as I was scrolling through my spam folder I found a few interesting emails from Kentucky Kingdom to yours truly. The first stated that I could renew my season pass, when I don't even have one nor did I go to Kentucky Kingdom last year. The 2 others were about buying or renewing a season pass, when I didn't even venture to this park since 2014. So I must ask, was I given a season pass to KK last year for free or what because I never bought one and this email states that I did.

A few summers ago, on a WindSeeker at Knott's Berry Farm. Riders were stuck at the top for a while, it was also the same incident that led to the new yellow evac systems for various WindSeeker installations.

A tragic comedy filled with dramatic soliloquies, comedic satire, and maybe a few puns here and there! Surely this is written by Shakespeare, no? Wrong! By KIC's very own community bringing you the new Broadway topic "Kentucky Kingdom"*. *Please note that this is in no way a regular musical, but a tragic comedy in Opera format.

Christmas is that time of the year to give, reflect, and to sometimes get some of the most festive sweaters ever. But for many coaster enthusiasts who live near Kings Island, it is bitter as what we really want for Christmas is to ride one of our favorite coasters at Kings Island. So with the Christmas holiday coming up, I thought it would be interesting to pose this question; If you could ride one coaster for Christmas, in any weather(modified for top), which one would you ride?

Every year as we get a new attraction, it leaves questions of what else could we get, or better yet what do we need? As I was thinking of this poll, I was reminded of how every year we want x or y but we might actually get z. So, with this week drawing close to our Christmas poll, this will serve as a base for next Week's poll: What park upgrade do you think we need in the coming years?

What about the other 75%? I have YET to see a Kentucky Kingdom sign in the northern Bluegrass, better yet to hear a word of it. If you can't focus on your in state profit, then you're fried(chicken, bock bock from beautiful Corbin KY! Look at where that started, hm?). Kentucky is a gold mine, better yet a coal mine, if you dig it with a spade you're not going to go far, but if you dig it with a pickaxe you will get riches. As well, hear me out too to say that I WANT KY to have a park. I want to see a park that Kentuckians come to as if it were Cedar Point South. To see a tourism buzz from Kentuckian grounds, not from territories where already Banshees fly with ThunderBirds. I would scratch the other markets make a bee line for the home front and build a true Kentucky park! If you have a loyal regional fan base, then after move forward to other markets. But if you can't get someone who is in the same state, and CLOSER to Louisville than someone in Indy, then it's ludricous. Maybe I don't have that PR degree, but I do have some respect for what is a great up and coming market that I call Kentucky.

I think it was the big wooden thing at Action Zone. Or maybe it is the big steel thing in KennyWood? Any who neither were dark rides so I don't know which one he is talking about.

As every year brings something new and fresh, we sometimes loose an iconic, classic attraction that we loved. Whether it be a high thrill ride, or a mellow boat ride, dark rides at Kings Island have definitely left a deep mark in Kings Island history and Kings Island's enthusiasts. So this week's poll is Dark Rides at Kings Island, which one was your favorite? Which one left the largest mark in Kings Island history?

When you get likes from Terp from posts you vaguely remember posting.

Blue Ash Chili, Skyline, Jimmy John's, and Buffalo Wild Wings just down the road. That Skyline has one heck of a train set and BAC has a great Reuben. Then if you go further there's McAllister's and some other dining spots.

Oh wow, maybe it wasn't a bad idea not to buy a Platinum Pass with the Meal Plan. Better yet, how long has this been stated? Will people be given a refund if they were told otherwise just months ago and bought their meal plans? This business strategy is ludicrous, if I want dinner, I can go before the Haunt. I have done it numerous times prior I don't see how it would be different now for me. Sure people do have to eat, but they can take their money elsewhere. Also you might throw in that it is really only for 2 months, but those would be the months that I would want to use them and would be more convenient. BB1, who is just fine with some local flare instead of a theme park burger.

Every year at Kings Island brings excitement and anticipation of new and better things to do at the park. From attractions to food, but one of the more volatile things is the events. Whether it be park funded or a meet up, it's always an amazing time to connect with other enthusiasts on some of your favorite attractions. With the 2015 Season over, it is a great time to ask, What was the best KI event in 2015?