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They took down the crane and reopened it at about 700. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

My friend sent me some pictures of a crane doing work on Diamondback. Diamondback is also not operating today. What could be wrong? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Just had another kibestday. TR coming soon! Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

Teenage mutant ninja family Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

I'm on the bus right now, on the way to Kings Island, and a guy was just complaining to the bus driver about his fastlane wristband. To the bus driver. Wow. People. Metro is not associated with Kings Island. Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

I would have went and got it out of there and kept it. Free Banshee cup! Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

Google Maps has yet again been updated! Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

For everyone who thinks that it is laser tag, it is actually laser maze. Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

Are you talking about laser maze? Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

It wasn't even open, I just shot the picture thru the glass of the door on the side. Sent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk.

I took that photo, thus I did not cite the sourceSent from my Nexus 5 using tapatalk. Edit: in case anyone is wondering you can look thru the door on the side of the arcade. That's how i got those pics.

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1: Drop Tower - The Best first drop i've ever experienced. 2: Diamondback - seat 8-2. And if you can help it, dont pull the restraint down as far as it will go. 3: Vortex - Very back (7-3/7-4) Intense airtime! 4: Banshee - 8-4. Its almost a vertical twist in that seat! 5: Beast - The first drop after the second lift.

I had an idea for an ideal expansion for KI in 2015. Not saying this is going to happen, but its my guess as to what might happen. First, a new ride in the big tan box. This would be a dark shooter ride like Wonder Mountains Guardian at Canada's Wonderland. It would have a thrilling coaster section first, and be kinda like Flight of Fear, but then have a shooter section and then as a surprise at the end, a track drop section, and then a launch and another coaster section. It would also be like Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It would have 2 inversions, but they would be unexpected, and hard to tell if you are upside down. Probably a good family ride. Here are some layouts i drew that would work for the tan box. Next would be a general refresh of the area of Rivertown with Diamondback's drop/helix, the big box, and The Beast. Possibly taking out the blacktop and putting in concrete. (Like they did with Banshee) They could also extend this concrete all the way down the path that is used for Backwoods Bayou, and the path that goes down next to Vortex's batwing and all the way to WindSeeker. Third would be some Flying Scooters next to Vortex where Shake Rattle and Roll was. (This would be if SRAR doesnt come back) They could call them something like 'Miami Eagles' or 'Kings Island Flyers' or something like that. Here is a layout that I drew. Fourth, they could repaint Diamondback and The Racer. They need it. Plus they could treat the water in Diamondback's splashdown, so it wouldnt wear down the wheels and the paint so much. And thats my idea for a 2015 expansion!

You say that yet you still have it as your avatar?

Looks like Gatekeeper, Banshee, Furius Baco, and Full Throttle mixed!

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

^^ Scream is a freestanding Drop Tower. Heide Park's website says that Scream is taller. http://www.heide-park.de/en/heide-park/park/attractions/transsilvanien/scream/ But Kings Island claims that Drop Tower is the Tallest Gyro Drop. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides-12-14-11-44/Drop-Tower-2

According to Wikipedia, Scream at Heide Park in Germany, is taller than Drop Tower at Kings Island. But Kings Island employees refer to Drop Tower as the 'Worlds Tallest Gyro Drop'. The employee i asked said that Drop Tower is actually taller than Scream, but Scream. (According to Wikipedia) Is taller. Does anyone know which is taller?

IMO they need to strip it of electronics, motors, lights, and trains, and get all new everything except track/supports/building. Maybe Full Throttle style LSMs and trains. I think the electronics are just too old.

I've never been on a Boomerang, but i have been on an Inverted Boomerang. That being said, my least favorite Vekoma Inverted Boomerang, (If that counts), is Invertigo, here at Kings Island. Invertigo is also the only inverted boomerang i have been on, making it also my favorite Inverted Boomerang.

I meant July Second, not June first. And no, i didnt win. (Those choice of prize displayed boxes must weigh 10 pounds!)

Needed.....while it may be an inconvenience for you, it's actually needed because people will freak out that their restraints aren't going to lock and then they'll report false information somewhere and guess what, it could end up on the news, resulting in us talking about how false news reports are a pet peeve. Also, they have to say downbar if they've unlocked the restraints so the other ride ops know to recheck them. A lot of times it happens 2 or 3 times in a row on Drop Tower.

July Second 2014. So i got to Kings Island at about 4:30 and went in through the SS entrance. Then i took the KI&MV Railroad to Rivertown, where i rode Diamondback. Then, i went to Coney Mall and rode Vortex and Backlot. After that, i went and got a 6 inch sub from Subway, devoured it, and then rode Drop Tower. Then, I went and rode Banshee, and then went and saw Cirque Imagine. Got an awesome front row seat! (Loved the new act!) Then i came back out into Action Zone, and they had parked Drop Tower, and closed Invertigo, but Banshee was still running. I didnt get in line for anything for fear of waiting in line for it to close when i got on or something. But the rides stayed open for another hour. Of course, right when i got in line for Diamondback, it closed. Then, i went and rode Kite Eating Tree, just so i can say ive ridden it. Not a bad ride! Then, i got band aids from first aid, (i cut my finger yesterday) and then rode Boo Blasters on Boo Hill. Boo Blasters had a delay for about five minutes, and i was stuck in a pitch black skeleton section. It also kept speeding up and slowing down. (Weird.) Then i got ouf of that and walked around in the rain and took some pics. Then i spent 7 dollars trying to win a Microsoft Surface in the Coney Mall Arcade. Then, i left.

"Nnnn nnnn nnnn nn n nn nnnneeeeCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!" (Drawn out awkward confusion in Cirque Imagine) " Upbar! Ladies and gentlemen, your restraints are now unlocked. Dont worry, i did that. They will be relocked and rechecked. Downbar!" Pompeii by Bastille and Ain't it Fun by Paramore *walks to seat and someone is there: "Hey, i was 26." "NAH AH! I WUZ TWENTY SICKS!" "No, i was in 26. I heard him say 25 when you walked past!" *person in my seat pulls down restraint "Well now you have to go ahead and find anuthur seat!" *Watches as someone takes 25 as well and pulls down restraint. *Complains to ride operator "She took my seat!" Ride op goes and says: " Upbar! Ladies and gentlemen, your restraints are now unlocked. Dont worry, i did that. They will be relocked and rechecked. Downbar!" *People in 25 and 26 move down to 24 and 25 and i go to 26 and thoroughly enjoy falling for 3 seconds with someone shrieking in my ear The one misting fan in the queue for Diamondback that squirts water on you and the FunTV so you get wet and cant see the music videos. Random person comes up and yells "AAAAHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOO" in my face! (Has happened more than 3 times) (Bonanza themesong here) Some coasters just never get new signs. *Cough Invertigo *Cough Cant Boo Blasters just stay the same speed throughout the entire ride?