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Then why not be 100% LOL Didn't last years map at this time have Slingshot on it.... Can you explain away WHY they removed Subway from the website then...it has been scrubbed from every place, including obscure FAQ links.

Between someone posting a screenshot of the Subway sign removed from the webcam and the website not showing Subway as a Dining location, you may want to rethink your 92% sure LOL Considering there is a drink stand almost right next to the old Tom+Chee, I doubt it will be another soft drink stand.... Let's see them keep open the ones they already have before adding another one LOL. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/dining

It was kinda sorta, but they never said how many points you got and what points got you what. It was levels but you had no idea how much you had to spend to get stuff.

Hopefully they know this time that it is not King's Island

I don't think the Ohio River has flooded high enough to fill the pool yet

Yes Racer was running backwards, Vortex was still around, and Soak City was on the north side of the park lol.

Associated with the right maintenance is having the budget to perform that maintenance, and that is usually higher for a steel coaster than a wooden coaster. Sure steel is a strong material, but it doesn't last forever and is only good for so many cycles. There is a big part you are missing, and that is service life and repair costs of steel coasters compared to wooden coasters, and that is why we see things like Vortex, Firehawk, and King Cobra disappear, and eventually our other steel coasters will leave as well for the same reasons. A wood coaster can last longer because it is easy for the parks to buy lumber in bulk and the type of laborer needed and access to the piece that needs replaced is easier than for a steel coaster. Our wooden coasters are walked daily and if you visit enough, there are times you can see a piece of wood has been replaced mid-season as a result of these daily inspections. And then sometimes we get off-season sections replaced as we have seen recently. Due to the design of the wooden coasters (walking paths the entire length) and the type of laborer needed for wood (compared to a welder), it is cheaper to maintain wooden coaster than a steel coaster. While steel is stronger than wood, it is subject to higher loads, fatigue and as such has a defined service life. Sometimes the service life is shorter than expected, and sometimes it is longer. So many factors come into play. Maybe it got bad steel; or the stress loads were higher than anticipated; or the temperature of the location of the ride impacted the steel more while it was being operated. Steel can only handle so many cycles before it starts to fatigue and it typically deforms and weakens at the welds. Steel coasters are subject to annual non-destructive testing inspections for the integrity of the welds. Other testing such as holiday testing, ultrasound, and several other methods are used to detect imperfections that are not visible to the naked eye. And at times portion of the track is removed in the off-season for destructive testing. At some point these inspections provide how much longer the ride is able to operate until wide-scale fatigue failure occurs. Sometimes is matches up with the intended design life or service life, and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes prototypes are overly designed (factor of safety) and can last a lot longer, and other times it is determined that it was under designed or didn't meet the factor of safety the manufacturer was looking for and results in expensive modifications during its first year of operation and/or a service life not as long as other coasters. I think the original The Bat fell in this latter category and would have been gone much earlier and may have been gone before or during Paramount. I don't think the coaster as built/with modifications would have made it to the Cedar Fair era. Part of the maintenance of steel coasters is repairing any welds that are beginning to fatigue. This is extremely expensive. The ride manufacturers require certain methods, type of welds, materials, etc. to be used on their rides. Plus, unlike wooden coasters with a walking track the entire length, steel coasters usually only have that on the lift hill, MCBR, and final brake run. So now you need cranes or other equipment to hoist the laborer and material in place. With a wood coaster, you can carry a couple of pieces of lumber with you to the location. The specialty labor required for a steel coaster weld repair, along with the parts cost is orders of magnitude greater than for a wooden coaster. You may be asking well why don't parks re-track and replace components yearly on their steel coasters like they do for wooden coasters? Again, the answer is cost. Depending on the nature of the repair, it could cost more to repair than a new coaster. Same thing with automobiles - sometimes the cost to repair a vehicle after a crash is more expensive than just buying a new car. Or restaurants. Many times it is cheaper to demolish and rebuild on site than it would be to remodel and get it up to current code. The initial build and fabrication of the steel coaster is always cheaper in the factory and onsite in an open field than 30-something years later. Access is more difficult, more levels of approvals are needed. More specialized laborers are needed. The cost of the materials are more expensive, etc. Further, by the time the ride has reached its original design life, many of these rides will have lost enough ridership as they have aged that the ride's popularity would not justify replacing all the steel components needing replacement, especially if it would be cheaper to simply build a new coaster. Does that mean that no steel coaster is ever rehabbed and track replaced - no - it has happened and will continue to happen on a case-by-case basis.

Forces on the track of a suspended coaster are usually higher than on a traditional coaster. So in your example of The Bat and Adventure Express being about the same speed, the point being made is that the suspended coaster track is always in tension with the train cars pulling the track away from the supports, whereas Adventure Express track is in compression pushing the track into the supports. Now of course the design accommodates those forces, but it is still in issue that needs to be considered. Constantly trying to pull something apart versus pushing it together usually results in an object failing first by trying to pull it apart than by squeezing it together.

Charlie Brown did better than the pass perks most have got (well not got LOL):

^Plus the meal plan doesn't get you Skyline outside of the park...

^The issue is not that they can't do CP nights....I suspect the analysis has determined the return on the investment wasn't there. Or maybe they plan to repackage/rebrand it.

Like a Swiss fondue place...

A whole lot of going away and not a lot of what's coming....

Then you end up in a circular loop as another section of the TOS says you have to name the source...

It is good practice to know and be aware of the TOS one agrees to by signing up for any social media platform one is posting in...

The link may still show open, but try to put something in the cart and will say sold out. EDIT - the link has been updated to sold out. The probably couldn't change it until the last transaction was processed. Congrats to all that got tickets.

See ya there. When I first clicked the link it put me in the waiting room and I was like no tickets for me LOL, but it immediately went to the purchase site. And glad you get in this year Indy!

See ya there!

Paramount and Six Flags has done something similar, so sure it can be done, but it tends to cheapen up the place. Anybody remember Top Gun brought to you by Gillette? Heck, even Kings Island has. Anyone remember Fast Lane brought to you by McCluskey Chevrolet?

Looks like KIC needs to revise this page then https://KICentral.com/coasterstock/ And also the name of this Thread LOL

I thought it would be a link to the CoasterStock Facebook page....

It is a per person rate. Depending on their job it could be anywhere from $15-18+ per hour. Since the daily rate equivalent to stay in the dorms is $14/day, it is fairly easy to work enough to pay for it LOL. Once the season starts, it is easy to work 40+ hours per week. Again depends on department.

Yes they have a dorm on the north side of the property across from Great Wolf lodge. It is a subsidized rate to live there. For 2023 Regular season it is $98/week.

How else are we supposed to get tickets unless we tell everyone else the wrong time just kidding of course....but it always amazes me how people that want tickets to an exclusive event that sells out quickly are the first to broadcast the sale date to everyone and then wonder why they couldn't get tickets LOL. So is the Kings Island website not considered public and dates shown is not considered advertised by the park?

Full year revenue up 23% compared to pre-covid 2019 and 4th Quarter up 42% compared to pre-covid 2019 4th quarter. All the while attendance was down 4% compared to pre-covid 2019, thus proving you don't have to give away the gate and can still produce record revenue... Sold a record 3.2 million season passes in 2022. https://www.cedarfair.com/blog/2022/cedar-fair-reports-record-results-for-2022-fourth-quarter-and-full-year?fbclid=IwAR0cDnU62DvgYDzRcRr_GutzZU_gLEZSRVVc80_nvk8IcM8jxho_2xBmU2E