I got there around ten o'clock, I got my pretty photo taken at the season pass place for next season. We entered the park but sadly no early ride times because my three friends didn't not have a gold pass. I headed up to Eiffel Tower to get some nice views of my favorite regional amusement park. We then waited five minutes for rope drop behind the to tower and we sprinted off the back lot stunt coaster nice fun ride the lights were on in the tunnel you know after the second launch it was pretty cool. 8.5/10. We then proceeded to the worlds longest wooden roller coaster great ride on that 9/10. And guess what do it being my birth party thing (that's why I got to bring three of my friends up from Columbus) me and my friends and my dad purchased Fast Lane in the diamond back shop we then rode diamond back 2 times with Fast Lane awesome 10/10. We then decided to head to coney mall. One more ride on back lot and we were at my favorite multi looping arrow roller coaster Vortex. Picked seat carefully sitting in the famed 5-1 and instructed my friends to get 7-1. Super ride I love the first drop and the loops 9.2/10. Then we headed to Kings Islands oldest coaster (along side with wood stock) The Racer nice ride on that 9.0/10. We the head to my personal favorite and you guessed it Firehawk by now the lines were getting pretty long but guess who had Fast Lane me got a epic ride on my favorite ride 11/10. It was then time for Flight of Fear but the Fast Lane was an half an hour and my brother had just arrived and we went and got him at the drop place, he is six so we headed to Planet Snoopy wait now we head to ride Viking fury and he loves that ride then went to Planet Snoopy and got in line for surf dog waited 45mins and he then went to boo blasters while we hit up diamond back 10/10 we then meet my dad and brother meet at the front gate took him back to drop off spot. We went straight to Flight of Fear and rode it forgot how much fun and intense that ride was. 9.8/10. I then went to my very first haunt mysteria I found quite fun 8/10 we then went to flight deck( one of my favorites) super fun especially because you know how flight deck slows down half way up the lift hill so I decided to scare Aaron when it slowed down so I looked at him in horror and he looked so scared but it kept going and hit best he could during the ride being restrained and all. At the top of the hill I got an awesome view of the park super fun, fast, and intense ride.10.4/10 We then hit up Invertigo really fun 9/10. Then to Diamondback and beast night ride, we hit diamond back first 12/10 then went to holiday horror and was awesome 10/10 then for my final ride of the night a beast night ride 1,000,000,000/10.

Did you look at the world's longest wooden rollercoaster's son while you were there? Thanks for the TR!

Happy Belated Birthday.

Thanks for sharing your trip with us (and for loving Firehawk!)

Yes I looked at the world tallest fastest woeoden roller coaster. They had done a lot at very bottom of first hill (well not the first but you know what I mean) and all the way to the like half way in the helix.

I felt sorry for anyone who purchased a single admission pass on this day! I never seen KI as busy as Saturday! When the fastlane for DB is reaching its entrance,its busy!

Yeah I kinda felt bad too.

I felt sorry for anyone who purchased a single admission pass on this day! I never seen KI as busy as Saturday! When the fastlane for DB is reaching its entrance,its busy!

What were standby lines like? Were any major attractions under 60 minutes?

Even passholders who drove a long distance could be upset having spending the entire night in lines. However, not everyone visits expecting to (or even wanting to) do rides/haunts non-stop all evening. Some groups have a lot of fun just being together.

If excessive passholder re-visits are making wait times unacceptably long, perhaps gold/platinum passholders should be limited to one "free" Haunt visit per season. Haunt nights are extremely limited in quantity, after all. (I'm assuming there would be too much passholder resistance to upgrading KI's Haunt into a fully upcharge event.)

Wonderland's Haunt is an up-charge, even for season pass holders. Perhaps a marketing campaign can be trumpeted: "Renew your Gold Pass today for $99.99 for free admission to Halloween Haunt in 2012!"

^ As are Knott's and Carowinds'. Those events were never "free". Charging customers extra for something that used to be "free" is always a challenge.

The lines were so long i didnt bother waiting in any a bit after ERT, the crowd was so large it was hard to tell where the lines even began during the early evening. I was really suprised by how many people had young children with them after 6, my wife wasnt happy with many so called mothers!

The best time to come where it is not as crowded would be on Sunday. But if you wanted the Haunt experience, then come Friday or Saturday, but expect heavy crowds on Saturday.

I went to Haunt Saturday as well, but mostly went in the mazes with friends. (This was my first time in ANY of the mazes, by the way.)

We only went in five mazes, and they are ranked from most to least frightening.

1. Wolf Pack

- They fit all of that into a rollercoaster station?!? Neato. Plus, the actors made me scream. Bonus points!

2. Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror

- Really loved the new idea of a wax museum haunt. Kept me guesing. Only complaint was that to me, the Crypt theming in the queue didn't exactly fit.

3. Tombstone Terror-Tory

- Zombie cowboys/westerners? Don't know about that.

4. Slaughter House

- Great actors, but juust a little too gory for me. Plus, my experience was hindered by a group of 10-year olds behind us who kept cussing out the scare actors.

5. CornStalkers

- Simply didn't scare me as much as some of the other mazes.

The walking actors were great as well. One lady jumped out behind a gravestone and yelled at a fellow teen who happened to be texting. He started running, and my friends and I couldn't control our laughter.

Great night!

us monsters try our best with what is presented to us. glad you enjoyed your experience.

You guys are awesome.

Just one question: why do most of the actors snarl? Like in Tombstone Terror-Tory, some of the cowboys snarled at us. Didn't know that cowboys snarled.