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When I left tonight around 10:30 the clock was reading 3:30...

Happens every year... didn't make a difference last year either. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/27730-bring-a-friend-day/#entry638260 EDIT: Sorry, was confused by the title of the thread when I posted my original response

I wouldn't even jump the fence of the Great Pumpkin Coaster to get a $100 bill, things can wait and it's not worth putting yourself and others at risk. Thoughts and prayers to the family and anyone involved.

Found this editorial on Huffington Post about people with disabilities at Kings Island. Maybe someone should have this guy go to one of the charity events geared directly towards people with disabilities. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-lipp/lesson-in-accessibility-a_b_7972334.html

Sounds like a pretty safe couple of days to go to the park.

I noticed that too, maybe that revenue was just too low to even make a sliver onto the pie, or maybe that revenue just washed away...

My assumption would be that it's for Cedar Fair but the meeting was held at Cedar Point hence the title. Glancing at the PDF looks like the meeting is for Cedar Fair as a whole.

1. Beast 2. Diamondback 3. Flight of Fear 4. King Cobra 5. Vortex 6. Adventure Express 7. Banshee 8. Racer (backwards) 9. Backlot Stunt Coaster 10. The Bat 11. Racer 12. Invertigo 13. Woodstock Express 14. Flying Ace Aerial Chase 15. Great Pumpking Coaster 16. Firehawk And yes, it was not a typo, Firehawk is worse than Great Pumpkin Coaster in my book

Wasn't there something similar to this on TR:TR?

It was just an example I was using, but of course you can interpret it to fit what is needed for yourself. The main point of my post was that I shouldn't have to exit a ride because I don't want my daughter riding with a stranger.

Hey now, don't get me wrong, I am not angry at all, these forums are here to have discussions about Kings Island and that's exactly what we are doing. Both sides of the argument are good and have points. And to stray a little bit, there also could be health risks, what if that single rider is severely allergic to something that is currently on that other rider such as peanuts, just throwing that out there.

Don't forget not everyone is rays of sunshine at Kings Island, this did just happen two years ago: http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-warren-county/prosecutors-man-at-kings-island-may-have-been-there-to-abduct-a-child/20874794 If I as a parent was in the situation where I was forced to have my daughter ride with a stranger and I look at the stranger and think they look suspicious I would ask the ride operator to let my daughter ride alone. If there was a refusal and I was forced to take my daughter out of line which we could hypothetically of been waiting in line for over an hour, does that promote Kings Island's #KIBestDay? I think not

Well let's put this on the other foot, would you be happy if you're child was molested while riding a ride? Or do you think that children should purchase two tickets to sit in a row by themselves? Because there is times when a child has to sit by themselves and there is no way around it, well that is unless you have the children rotate with the parent riding, but then that brings back the issue that it's slowing down the queue...

If the park was worried about slowing down the queues they wouldn't have Fast Lane. And don't get me wrong, I have no issue sitting next to an adult on a ride I don't know (in most circumstances, see exception above from silver2005). In fact I rode Flight of Fear with an older gentleman last year at rope drop who I ended up having a good conversation with and I had no issues with that. I don't even know that sitting next to a minor on a ride such as Racer or Woodstock Express would bother me as those rides are well lit, but Flight of Fear is not and if any accusations were to come it would be my word against their's, and now-a-days most courts will take the accuser's word over the accused. And any written policy that Kings Island would post for a single rider to be required to ride with another rider would only be protecting themselves but not the accused. I would suggest if they wrote up a policy such as that that they should include in the risks section of their rides that you could also have a lawsuit filed against you and be labeled an offender for life.

I was forced to ride Flight of Fear with a child the other day too, even after expressing my concern to the ride op that I didn't want to ride with someone's child, they pretty much said ride it with the child or don't ride at all. Was tempted to say not ride at all but I had waited almost an hour in line so went ahead and rode it, but definitely was kinda weird riding it with a kid I don't know.

When do they do meet and greets? I didn't know they did those...

I personally growing up never thought anything major about the blue ice cream, the ice cream I always associated with Kings Island was Dippin' Dots. I tried it for the first time a few years ago and wasn't impressed either, if I get soft serve ice cream I usually prefer the chocolate or vanilla variety.

I hope very many years as my daughter just rode it for the first time on Friday and told me it is now her favorite ride in the park.

Like others, I don't see Planet Snoopy going anywhere, but to answer the question that was asked... I would say I would most want to see a Nintendo theme'd area, especially with how relevant video games are with kids now-a-days it would make most sense, but of course would be a licensing nightmare I'm sure. As for what would be most likely, I have no clue, whoever the highest bidder is?

I agree, Paramount brought a level of theming to the park that was not there before making it more than just a place with rides. Granted, yes they did have shows and themes before Paramount, but nothing close to what Paramount brought to the table. You can still see remnants of what Paramount did all over the place, Flight of Fear's queue for example.

You can go here to see the height requirements for each ride: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/soak-city-waterpark There is more than enough to do for those that are under 48 inches, my daughter is under 48 (without shoes) and loves it.

Off the Charts is a good show, but I think it benefits heavily from having real instruments played instead of a soundtrack like the other shows. I do think the shows need a bit more variety though, comedy show, dance show, animal show, whatever.

The wait for Eiffel Tower was over an hour??? It must of been REALLY busy that day. Just kidding of course

I've always thought keep your hands inside the car meant to not have them out to the side of the car. Didn't think that was in relation to having your arms straight up in the air. On the second lift hill on The Beast it does specifically state to keep your hands down if I am not mistaken.

Found this article and immediately thought of this thread. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/selfie-sticks-and-5-other-things-banned-at-disney-theme-parks-2015-06-30