I'm dissapointed that they don't have the right waterslide pictures to go with the ride. I mean, I know the slides look ugly, but atleast let them have a warning from the pictures on the website! LOL

Also keep in mind that parks that are really well-themed (notably, Universal's Islands of Adventure & Tokyo DisneySea) do not rely on films. Islands of Adventure has only one Island themed after a movie. The others draw from other sources (comics, children's books, and mythology).

I assume you're talking about Jurassic Park. In that case, you forgot a little thing called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Although, Harry Potter were books first... Same could be said for The Cat in the Hat, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic 4, even Popeye was a cartoon first, later turned into a movie... Come to think of it, even Jurassic Park was a book first.

I once read a PTR on another site for DisneySea. Wow... what a great looking park! I'd love to go there... it's just a little hard being that it's in Japan!

Also keep in mind that parks that are really well-themed (notably, Universal's Islands of Adventure & Tokyo DisneySea) do not rely on films. Islands of Adventure has only one Island themed after a movie. The others draw from other sources (comics, children's books, and mythology).

I assume you're talking about Jurassic Park. In that case, you forgot a little thing called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Although, Harry Potter were books first... Same could be said for The Cat in the Hat, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic 4, even Popeye was a cartoon first, later turned into a movie... Come to think of it, even Jurassic Park was a book first.

I once read a PTR on another site for DisneySea. Wow... what a great looking park! I'd love to go there... it's just a little hard being that it's in Japan!

Haha, of course! But, the Harry Potter area is not yet open, and offers only one new attraction. As for Spiderman, Hulk, etc. it's very clear from the props, Island decorations, and queue videos that the rides that they're based entirely on the comics (not to Mention, Universal only made a deal with Marvel, not with the half-dozen movie studios who have released films based on those characters). And The Cat in the Hat ride is clearly not based on the movie (how weird was that movie, right?) nor Popeye (how weird was that movie?!). Jurassic Park is the only area with a direct movie theme (until Potter opens).

And, consider even The Magic Kingdom - with the exception of Fantasyland, neither the themed areas, nor most of the rides within them, draw inspiration from movies. Some loosely do (Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise, etc) but Enchanted Tiki Room? Big Thunder Mountain? Space Mountain? Liberty Square? The Haunted Mansion? Mickey's Toontown Fair? Sure Pixar has invaded many classic attractions, but for all intents and purposes, the park was originally constructed quite seperate from movie tie-ins. So again I say: the only correlation between movie studios & well-themed parks is that movie studios have a larger budget, and can fall-back on their character libraries where appropriate.

If not mistaken- the last version of the ki website was mostly the same as the final PKI years- just de-paramount-ized.

...And The Cat in the Hat ride is clearly not based on the movie (how weird was that movie, right?)...

Especially since the ride pre-dates the movie by more than four years...

NEW WEBCAM!

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/fun/webcams/index.cfm

It's the Webcam that sits atop Action Theatre, pointed down Coney Mall. It's typically shown on Local News Stations.

ha, ha!! you can see part of Son of Beast's lift hill.

That webcam is the one that WCPO originally installed. It has been there since at least the fall of 2005, because you could see the Tower lit up for Winterfest that year through that webcam. Glad to see it made its way onto the site. I wonder how long it will be before the International Street webcam will go live. You could see the webcam in place above the front gate on opening day.

Something else added today: On blog entries and on each individual attraction page, there is a Facebook "Like" button. If you're logged into Facebook and click the button, it will post a link to that page with a note that you now "like" it on Facebook. Similar to the way you can become a fan of pages on Facebook...but now integrated with the KI site.

New website! Awesome!

Kings Island Website

Edit- Adventure Express, The Crypt, and Backlot Stunt Coaster are '5s', even though they are marketed as family rides...

I work Adventure Express....and I ask myself the same question all the time and have people tell me im lying when I tell them the ride rating is a 5....I could see it as a 4

Dont know if this has been posted yet-

New webcam. Racer webcam, kind of lame tbh. From Top of action theater it seems.

^look at the post 5 before yours. (post #36)

Something else added today: On blog entries and on each individual attraction page, there is a Facebook "Like" button. If you're logged into Facebook and click the button, it will post a link to that page with a note that you now "like" it on Facebook. Similar to the way you can become a fan of pages on Facebook...but now integrated with the KI site.

Very Cool! The like button Reclaimer is talking about on the ride pages is below the menus on the left side of the page. I found it easily on the Blog page, but took me a minute on the ride pages. According to the site I am the second person to like the DB page.

You can also join groups like Save Son of Beast from KI website

New website! Awesome!

Kings Island Website

Edit- Adventure Express, The Crypt, and Backlot Stunt Coaster are '5s', even though they are marketed as family rides...

I work Adventure Express....and I ask myself the same question all the time and have people tell me im lying when I tell them the ride rating is a 5....I could see it as a 4

It may not have the thrill of DB, but I still ride it every time I am in the park. I am also one of the dorks who move my arms up and down as we go up the final hill.

I have found there are links that do not work. It would be nice if one could print out or download a copy of the park operating schedule for each of the four choices that you can view. It looks nice, just has a few bugs to iron out.

New website! Awesome!

Kings Island Website

Edit- Adventure Express, The Crypt, and Backlot Stunt Coaster are '5s', even though they are marketed as family rides...

I work Adventure Express....and I ask myself the same question all the time and have people tell me im lying when I tell them the ride rating is a 5....I could see it as a 4

It may not have the thrill of DB, but I still ride it every time I am in the park. I am also one of the dorks who move my arms up and down as we go up the final hill.

Don't forget, to be a full dork one must make booming noises along with the arm motions.

Looks like "Racer Cam" has been added!

look at post #36 and #41

The IS webcam is now online! Its the best one so far imo.

The International Street webcam is up... and in the nick of time! The webcam looks awesome with today being such a windy day. Every shot is different!

My question: Would KI be able to put a webcam in BBOBH? It would be neat to get a 'screaming' picture for every car passing by Boocifer.

^^awesome, you must have caught it right after it went live. i was on the web-site about half an hour ago and it wasn't there.

I like the new International Street webcam! But The Racer cam is still messed up.

The camera is not working for me ...

^i had to refresh my browser about 3 times before it finally came up for me.

Really like the I-street cam.

Odd, I can`t seem to see the I-Street cam right now. It appears as a broken link at the moment.

Photo Galleries are starting to pop up for rides and concerts