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There are mugs for sale in The Emporium with the lettering "The Bat Flies Again!" across them, and the ride's logo above it. Pictures of it were posted somewhere on KICentral at the end of last season. It's blue with black letters / logo.

One of my favorites is The Emporium, located on International Street. It's a great place to find all kinds of interesting hats, shirts, keychains, etc.

I'm strongly considering heading out to the Kingdom late next week, but that's only if I hear that T3 is operating by then......

So......Quick question.....A bit off topic from the discussions above....BUT.... Have any of you KICentral members tried out any Kumbak SLC trains before? I was curious and thought maybe I could get a preview opinion.

Wow !! Thanks for that link, I wasn't even aware that those were still available for purchase......I've been wanting one for a very long time!

With the inaugural COASTERSTOCK event at Kings Island now behind us, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share our thoughts and help the park with some feedback about the event. What was your favorite part of the event? What would you like to see more / less of next year? What types of things weren't included in the event that you think would be a good addition in the future? What was your overall experience at the event? Would you return to the event in 2016? This would be a great place for us to all share our opinions on the first ever COASTERSTOCK event, and give the park the feedback that they so frequently have asked us about ever since the event has ended.

While / before Banshee was being designed, Greg also took a trip to Sandusky, and some other parks around the country to look at inverted coasters and try out the different elements that they had...... Research before purchase is a good thing. Just look at Banshee as an example!

My best guess would be storage...... .....And then if they are still open in a few years, they can slowly bring them back and brand them as NEW rides!!! .....Well.....

Schedule didn't end up permitting for me to go to Holiday World for today's Media Day, or for Opening Weekend. Although I'm definitely going to try and go next weekend. I'm not a frequent visitor to HW, so any guess on crowds next weekend? (Sat. 2nd, and Sun. 3rd)

I noticed that on preview night and have been thoroughly disappointed about it ever since. It was one of the more sad moments of the evening seeing that one more element of Coney Mall is gone...... .....Hopefully we'll see it return this season.......And SOON!

Music has been removed from The Beast's 1st lift hill and replaced with the already previously existing simple "Arms down" message. The peice of material covering the entrance sign for The Crypt has been removed, making the sign clearly visible once again.

Another Opening Day at Kings Island is now in the books! With that, and Season Pass Preview Night on Friday, some of us got to ride the new Woodstock Gliders flying scooter ride in Planet Snoopy. How was your first ride on Woodstock Gliders? Was it what you were expecting? Which seat was best? I thought this would be a useful place to discuss our experiences on Woodstock Gliders and any other thoughts we may have on the ride! Feel free to also share photos / videos of the ride here as well !

Most rides are currently running / testing including the snake in Rivertown..... And the new Woodstock Gliders ride, which is (as I mentioned in another thread) displaying its light package right now..... ( Live Still-Images captured from Kings Island's Diamondback and Planet Snoopy Construction Cams )

Aaaaannnnnddd...... Now we have lights! ( Live Still-Image captured from Kings Island's Planet Snoopy Construction Cam )

Wow.....THIS is pretty awesome. I may very well attend Media Day now...... And pretty cool that this is also for the benefit of GKTW !

First we receive a new set of Flying Scooters..... ....Next we get a "new" set of Antique Cars...... Hey! Not a bad idea BB1 ! .....On a related note..... I couldn't necessarily say that it would hurt my feelings to see BLSC removed to make way for a set of Antique Cars.......Yes, I'm serious......

And I'd recommend you not worry about what I post. Have a nice day. Anyway I won't waste my time or money on Kentucky Kingdom as i do not value that park at $40 for a day if that's indeed what pricing is when it comes out. Sorry I offended you, it wasn't my intention. But thanks anyway, I suppose I'll have a nice day.

I'd recommend not spending as much time on this thread, if you feel annoyed enough to post about it....... There are many other threads that you might not find quite as "annoying" but personally, I think this thread has been a great place for discussion about the Kingdom over the past few years.

Well..... ....I suppose you're right..... I'm not sure why I didn't think about that considering I'll be in attendance at the park for preview night on Friday.......

Woodstock Gliders doing some testing right now..... Just one week until this ride makes it's debut! (Live Still-Image captured from Kings Island's Planet Snoopy Construction Cam)

^ That's interesting...... I wasn't aware of that. Possibly to test sizes and fit to the track?.....

.......And there she goes.... (Live Still-Image captured from Kings Island's Banshee Cam)

Kentucky Kingdom on Facebook : "Skycatcher getting ready for flight!" Photo : Kentucky Kingdom via Facebook

I'm looking forward to EVERY part of the event. I tend to enjoy events where I can be surrounded by a bunch of folks that have a passion for the industry as much as I do, getting to do what some of us enjoy doing best. The ERT will be great, the guest speakers will be great, the train tour should be fantastic, and everything else that I didn't mention will also probably be equally great! What a FUN event this should be!.....

^ Another thing that makes it pretty neat is that the camel is probably the only animal in the bunch who happens to know what day it is.......