MaestroJr

The rides I would imagine will operate would be Boo Blasters, Flight of Fear, and honestly I don't know what else, possibly some kiddie rides or maybe Mystic Timbers would be cool. Winterfest will be very cool this winter! Looking forward to it.

Interesting.

Mystic Timbers for its fast terrain and the shed is better at night. The Beast for its unexpected jerking and dark ride through woods, especially during Haunt. I think its a tie for third between The Bat, and Adventure Express. They are both great night rides and The Bat is fun for Haunt as well. MaestroJr

Hey guys, I havent gotten to Kentucky Kingdom yet this year and would just look to know if the new trains for Thunder Run are comfortable/feel different then the old ones for those of you who have gone to visit the park this year. I rode Thunder Run several times last year and look forward to riding this year with the new trains. Any information or details on the ride experience with the new trains is greatly appreciated! Thanks, MaestroJr New trains look very nice by the way! Image courtesy of Kentucky Kingdom's twitter page

Nice report and pics, look forward to hearing about Holiday World!

If you look towards the bottom of the photograph, you can see a canoe I believe, thats probably what there doing and defiantly an awesome picture and would have been a cool thing to watch The Beast get built back then. Nice photo, Magenta Lizard!

Sorry to bring up a thread this old but I was just reading and got bored and noticed that in this Shaggy said that Maestros balcony was being ripped out however it is still there today. I just wanted to know shaggy if you saw some of it being removed and if the "lightning windows" got boarded up then as well. Again sorry, just curious. MaestroJr

1. Banshee 2. Beast 3. Invertigo 4. Flight of Fear 5. Diamondback 6. Firehawk

No I mean at the same park, to me if you ride Flight of Fear at Kings Island and Kings Dominion it is 2 ride credits because they are at different parks, but The Racer is at Kings Island and it mirrors itself, so if I counted it, to me it's 1 but I don't keep credits so that's just my opinion. I don't consider new restraints as new credits unless the actual track is changed, I don't claim to be right or wrong its just my personal opinion. MaestroJr

Vortex does look nice and sounds good as well. It's nice to see them do some work for it's 30th anniversary. The new Vortex sign looks great as well.

If you ride only the Blue Racer once and never experience the red train, do you really miss out on that side. In my opinion The Racer is one credit only because it's the same coaster just with two sides. Both do the same and are identical. Either way if you ride either color train, you've ridden The Racer regardless.

Great report and photos KatieF, good to hear that most of the rides are functioning great, especially Adventure Express and Boo Blasters which have gotten some nice work done during winter. Glad you had fun!

I figured the whole time that it would be a dark ride type ending, so it really wasn't that much of a surprise and while I do think it may have been a bit overhyped in ads, with #whatsintheshed being on all merchandise before and after the rides opening, I think that the previous statements are correct in that Kings Island wants as many as possible to ride Mystic Timbers and when they do, I think they'll agree that it's a fantastic ride! I certainly have enjoyed Mystic Timbers and I know most everybody else has too.

Mystic Timbers to me comes close to The Beast but the shorter ride length and okay shed ending makes it a close second. I will say that Mystic Timbers is much more thrilling then The Beast in terms of twist, turns and airtime! Two great wooden coasters regardless.

That's nice to see! It's good to see them put work into Boo Blasters because last year, I rode it 9 times throughout the year and every time most everything was broken. The worst was Boocifer at the organ who turned around and said "dance to my phan" not being able to finish the word phantom. He then turned around and said nothing as we passed by. But if you remember this happened to Maestro on Phantom Theater a lot as well. He would get stuck and not turn all the way so he would face the wall and talk and taunt the wall instead of people basically. I'm a lover of Boo Blasters, so I look forward to many rides this year and hopefully it will work well for me too.

That would be interesting to see new technology as time goes by.

My opinion is that Mystic Timbers is a terrific coaster but the shed is also a nice touch, but do you guys think that Mystic Timbers shed will receive regular maintenance and care for the long run or do you think it may go the way of Adventure Express. And also do you think that losing the shed to any technical problems will make Mystic Timbers any less appealing?

On First Rider night, we all started clapping and dancing when "man eater" came on in the shed! Did anybody notice the old Coke machine that glitches up?

Hey Jarrett, I don't know if you remember but I took a ride with you on Mystic Timbers during the First Rider event and I really enjoyed our little chat about some things that I didn't know about the ride, you sure know your stuff man! It was a fun night and Mystic Timbers is awesome!

Very cool pics and nice trip report! Yesterday was a lot of fun on Mystic Timbers!

Been looking forward to this event for several months now and it was a fantastic, fun night at the Island! We had a beautiful evening in Mason, Ohio and truly was a magic time. I arrived at around 6:00 and headed straight for check-in. Checked in, got my Mystic Timbers swag and headed for the Reds Hall of Fame Grille for some dinner! Very strange to see an abandoned Kings Island but I met a few employees along the way to help make the walk more fun! Then I got some burgers and chicken plus a Coke in the Reds Grille and then we waited with anticipation for the opening statements. Then after getting to see Andy Dalton and announce the top 5 fundraisers, Don then asked if we were ready for Mystic Timbers, in which our response was yeahhhhh! We then got in line for Mystic Timbers and took our first rides on the brand new coaster! I rode until 9:00 when they said it would be done for the night and truly had a spectacular time! I rode it 10 times and didn't stop for anything, just got back in line again and again! It is a truly thrilling, fast, fun, and unique new woodie. WARNING, SHED SPOILER AHEAD!! The shed was a very cool ending to the ride and is very unlike any other of the parks coasters. It is a very similar concept to Adventure Express in where you've made it to the end and now the monster finally gets you! Thats all I'm gonna say about it though so I don't give away too much. Overall the ride is very fun and has so much airtime and almost never stops until the end. It is truly incredible in the dark and will rival The Beast for night time supremacy, although in my opinion The Beast is still slightly better because there is no lights or anything surrounding it, where Mystic Timbers is slightly lit up in some spots. I think I might have seen some fellow KICentral users there as I know there was many there and I think I spotted chugh43 in one of the trains on the ride as well! I also appreciate those who spoke with me and rode with me as I had a lot of fun not being by myself! Overall it was a very fun and memorable night on Mystic Timbers and I really enjoyed riding it and spending time at the Island for the first time this year, and it should be a memorable season! I'm extremely happy to have been a part of the Inauguration of Mystic Timbers, and also thank you to everyone who helped support a great cause! Now its picture time! Beautiful Ohio Sky over Diamondback, truly a great day for some coaster rides! As the sun goes down, our excitement grows as we are about to ride Mystic Timbers! Some very important people to make this all possible are in this photo, including Don and Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback, Andy Dalton! Nobody in line tonight at Planet Snoopy! And lastly the iconic Kings Island Eiffel Tower and fountains and front of park as I left for the night! Also we got some really cool Mystic Timbers merchandise! Had so much fun on Mystic Timbers and I hope everyone else who went did too! I look forward to many more rides on Mystic Timbers this season. Thanks for reading. Total ride count, only one ride of course! Mystic Timbers- 10

I agree! The Beast is more fun because you know that heres a 38 year old roller coaster that beats the heck out of you, but thrills you at the same time and doesn't cause real pain. Mystic Timbers is actually more thrilling then you might think, as even I had doubts, but after riding Mystic Timbers last night, I was surprised and I think other people will be surprised on how thrilling it is. I do still prefer The Beast as my favorite wooden coaster, but I think when you ride Mystic Timbers, it defiantly is up there with its elder coaster!

Had a great time today, got 9 or 10 rides in, (cant remember exactly, lost track after 7 because I was having a blast!) and Mystic Timbers was a lot of fun and a great new edition to the parks wooden coasters. It had some great airtime with plenty of twist and turns and I also really liked the tunnel in the middle! The Shed was a cool addition, nothing spectacular, but cool. I think everybody will be very pleased with Mystic Timbers, and it rivals The Beast for best night ride thats for sure! At night in the pitch black, it was even better. I still prefer The Beast, but this is a great ride and I hope everybody has as much fun and loves Mystic Timbers as much as I did today! The event was very cool as well and we even got to see Andy Dalton! Had a lot of fun and I think Mystic Timbers is one of my new favorites! MaestroJr

My Kroger is adding new Kings Island signs and promotions which is a great sign and got me really excited when I saw it today! It even had a cool Mystic Timbers sign, so excited to ride!

I'll be there, should be fun!