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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    Finally made it to chicken shack for winterfest. Very good. Got the smoked wings, which included fries and toast (during the season the meal didn’t include the toast unless you got salad). Yes, I ate some toast prior to photo ;)

    Special honey mint garlic sauce, which tasted mostly like honey… didn’t taste mint nor garlic, but the honey glaze was tasty.


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    Beast project details revealed!

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    ^ Did The Racer what? 

    I think he was asking “did The Racer lose their ace status when they retracked it this summer”.

    Although it’s not a relevant question since The Racer didn’t change its layout or angles. They just replaced old wood for new.

    As previously mentioned, The Beast is an ace landmark as a historic addition to coaster history. None of that changes with this retrack… especially as it will continue to be as long, tall, and fast as it was when it was originally given the ACE designation.


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    Teens banned from KI for a disturbance they say they never had a part of

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    What video? Also again it’s plausible that it’s a case oF mistaken identity given how dark it is at Winterfest. For instance this season during Winterfest I was accused of filming on a ride even though I hadn’t. Not saying they’re innocent.

    There’s a video news story in the included link. In that story they talk about how these kids visit the park regularly, and include some footage of them in the park on previous visits (from their own cell phones). One of those videos is of them on The Racer, filming themselves. In the case of on ride filming (which wasn’t what ban was supposedly based on), this isn’t just an accusation… it’s a self incriminating video they shared with the news reporter.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    Bread bowls on the dining plan

    I got there right after opening.

    The photo of the Turkey pot pie bowl was the first one I was served. The bread was hard as a rock, literally I could not bite the lid. Fortunately I said something to the staff, and they apologized and immediately remade it with fresh bread. Final product (which I didn’t think to photograph) was great.
    Net: if you get there close to opening on a day that was open the night before, (Ie next week Monday-Friday)… be sure to check that you’re not served day old; pre cut bowls.


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    How many times have you ridden Orion?

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    Well since the year is almost over and each visit this season makes a new personal high for me 90 visits after 6 Winterfest visits. I finished this season with 1245 rides on Orion making my 2 year total 1522, this year I had nearly 1800 total rides on rollercoasters and added 24 new credits to my total bringing me to 150 different coasters ridden. I attempted to hit 100 rides on Orion twice this past season failing each time mostly due to issues with the ride but did hit a high of 69 rides in one trip. You can usually find me at the park hanging out with fellow passholder Jeff Hellman. If anyone else out there is over 1000 rides or getting close come find me, even if you are not say hi I love meeting fellow coaster lovers.  I am going to try and get in 50 new credits next year to hit the 200 mark but only time will tell. See ya all at the park

    My family got 6 flags memberships this summer and hit the following in one week, gaining 44 new credits in the process.


    America
    Great adventure
    New England
    Great escape
    Darian lake

    What’s your plan for hitting 50 next year?


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    Interesting security observation

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    So we went to winterfest last night just for dinner and walking around a bit.

    Left by 7:00.

     

    As we left, my kids noticed 3 different pocket knives near the base of some bushes.

    Not all together, and it wasn’t like they were walking in the landscaping pulling back branches.

    This was as we walked out of the park we could clearly see these knives just sitting there.

     

    Although there typically aren’t issues with winterfest… knowing the history this season of teenage fights; I picked up the knives and brought them back to security to deal with (they locked them up on the lockers… so hopefully the owners could describe them and get them back???)

     

    I believe if you do have a weapon, security will allow you to turn it over to them, they lock it in a locker, and then give you a “valet ticket” of sorts to get it when you leave.

     

    Should the PA announcement as you enter better explain this process? Currently it just says “weapons are not allowed, please return them to your vehicle”… and apparently people are too lazy or just don’t value their knife enough to justify the 5 minute walk back to their car at that point. Or should security sweep the nearby landscaping with a metal detector throughout the night to locate dropped weapons (and maybe add some small signs by common hiding places telling people to not leave items in the bushes)?

     

    Or am I an over paranoid parent who should have just left 3 knives in plain site along the path?

     

     

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    How is no one talking about the parking lot finally getting repaved?

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    They may not actually be repaving the lot right now, just preparing to repave.  Most asphalt plants shut down in the area for the winter and reopen in early spring.

    They are indeed repaving right now.
    A section near the entry gate (sort of as you drive to preferred parking) is now completed. Repaved and new yellow lines painted.

    The parking section signs (Ie row numbers) were still removed when I went last night, but surely they will be reinstalled when the project is done.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    I noticed in chefs Twitter he makes reference to looking for a golden ticket for food.

    While I LOVE the chef plate, it doesn’t have a mass appeal for most guests.

    I really think if they allowed you to use a meal on a snack instead (ice cream, funnel cake, etc) that would be the kind of improvement that the masses would respond to.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    Last Chef's Plate I was talking to Don and Chef Major and Chef said through Haunt (I'm assuming weather permitting).

    I was told the same… although they didn’t sound positive.
    It’s Friday and they haven’t put out anything yet… so I’m not sure if I should plan to be there or not tomorrow.


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    What food would you like to see added to the park?

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    The mobile ordering, snack inclusion and 50% off all dining for the top membership tiers help SF make up for some of their food quality deficiencies. 

    Exactly. So if Kings Island could maintain food quality while adding mobile ordering (shouldn’t really cost them much and it spends up the ordering/payment process for everyone, so it could actually generate more via shorter food lines)…

    Likewise if they would allow meal credits to be used on small items INSTEAD of a meal… they might also save (Ie if I use it on a $6 ice cream instead of a $13 pizza meal)


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