Nick_Plummer Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Follow up of last years discussion topic! The original 2015 Discussion thread was lost recently so I decided to put it back up again because I started last years discussion as well. I can't wait for another fun year at Kings Island and I can't wait to read all the great things you guys have to say! 5 Quote
rhyano Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 does anyone know if the park will have a construction tour, that would be really cool if it did! 1 Quote
Coolbfitz Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Snoopy's Splash Dance May Dance In Peace. It's Already Ripped Up And Gone! 4 Quote
KIfan73 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Since a place like Kings Island tears out things they've built (usually) more often than the average construction project, I wonder if they use any special techniques when they build something that will make it easier to tear out at the end of its life cycle. 3 Quote
marth555 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 from KIs twitter @KingsIslandPR Special events a big part of the discussion in today's marketing team meeting. Announcements coming soon! #KingsIsland #KI2015 anyone got a guess? 4 Quote
silver2005 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Just to re-post this, ERT for 2015 will reintroduce Diamondback into the line up along with both new rides in Planet Snoopy and Banshee. From KingsIslandPR's Twitter https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/553682740210831361/photo/1 7 Quote
Magenta Lizard Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Maybe that passholder special preview they talked about? Quote
malem Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 This is the last weekend of the holiday season pass sale. The "Buy Now Pay Later" option goes away Sunday night, and prices may go up. Platinum prices will almost certainly increase to match those at Knott's Berry Farm, where the sale already ended. Quote
marth555 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I am quite happy Diamondback is going to be on ert this year 13 Quote
Ride On_17 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Almost halfway through KI's off season! We made it this far, we can make the final stretch! 6 Quote
freaks76 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I like the put Diamondback on ERT. With it and the new rides on it, Might be some short lines in the mornings. 5 Quote
lopan Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Anyone gona make a pics from the past type thread like someone usually does during winter break? :-) 1 Quote
purdude86 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I like the put Diamondback on ERT. With it and the new rides on it, Might be some short lines in the mornings. Yea and with Banshee still being fairly new and popular but on the other side it will split the morning crowds up a bit more for ERT between the two locations. I look forward to being able to ride both Diamondback and Woodstock Fliers in ERT. Hopefully Boo Blasters will still be running for it as well and maybe Surf Dog, then I can get all my rides in that area before the park opens then head around through the backside then. 3 Quote
TombRaiderFTW Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 ^^ Paging standbyme... wherever he is. 4 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Anyone gona make a pics from the past type thread like someone usually does during winter break? :-) My dad uncovered a stack of old photo prints of me at KI in the early Paramount days, from multiple visits. I need to stop being lazy and sort, scan, and upload them. I hope to have that done within the next month or two. 8 Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 In just a little over month two, the off-season will be no more... 8 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 In just a little over month two, the off-season will be no more... Precisely my point. I hope to have them posted by the end of the offseason. 2 Quote
freaks76 Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 In just a little over month two, the off-season will be no more... Precisely my point. I hope to have them posted by the end of the offseason. Get to work! 6 Quote
TheBEASTunchained Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 @KingsIslandPR made some important tweets regarding the 2015 season today : (Tweet can be found Here) (Tweet can be found Here) 10 Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 A map that's functional? What a concept! 7 Quote
Magenta Lizard Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 I wonder if they mean the print one or the interactive ones. I originally interpreted it as print, but reading it here it occurred to me they might mean their new technology in-park. 2 Quote
purdude86 Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 YEa I'd guess the new in park tech. Probably the touch screen maps and the GPS map on their app. I don't see what all you could really change from the print map to make it easier to follow than it is now, aside fomr making it more realistic drawing buts don't think that's going to have much change on finding your way around. 1 Quote
Ride On_17 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I hope more of them are installed, including at other CF parks (cough cough Cedar Point). Granted they were installed after my KI visits last year, but they seem awesome! 2 Quote
homestar92 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 I'm not sure if it's the electronic maps or the paper ones. Traditionally, the paper maps have been referred to as the "Park Guide" so it would be in line with what we've seen in the past if that's what he was referring to. Then again, there's no reason the electronic ones couldn't be referred to as a "Park Guide" so, it could certainly be that as well. I would guess that the changes are not with the actual map itself. I think those are made by a third party or by designers working for Cedar Fair rather than the park, since all the Cedar Fair parks share a common style map. But they could certainly add some descriptive text to the guide portion of the park guide. For example, directions relative to major attractions that are easier to find. Something along the lines of, "Subway locations can be found in Coney Mall to the right of The Racer's entrance, or in Soak City near the Tropical Twister" might be more helpful than just numbers on a map. Then, if you know where Racer is, there is no need to search the map for Subway. I feel like there's a third Subway in the park that I'm forgetting... 1 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 I feel like there's a third Subway in the park that I'm forgetting... Nope, just those two. 1 Quote
Ride On_17 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Two too many. (That is, unless those in-parks Subways expand their offerings and lower their prices. But since that will never happen, KI can go ahead and get rid of them and I'd be happy.) 5 Quote
homestar92 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Two too many. (That is, unless those in-parks Subways expand their offerings and lower their prices. But since that will never happen, KI can go ahead and get rid of them and I'd be happy.) I can agree with this. As I see it, there's one perk to Subway being there, and that is that you can smell it when they are baking their bread from the Red Racer station, and I enjoy the smell of bread being baked. Can't say I've had Subway at the park in, well, ever. Assuming it's the same quality as Subway outside the park, it's decent food, but I'm not going to pay that when I can get much larger portions for the same money at nearly any other food location. 1 Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 But it isn't. Only the lower end/cold subs are available. And they are seldom made correctly. I'd rather have botched funnel cakes than the park's Subway. Meatball? No. Flatbread? No. Subway? I just say no at KI. 3 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Quality is the same from my experience, but they have limited meat choices, a limited selection of breads, veggies, and sauces, and at the one next to The Racer, no microwave or toasting oven so you can only get cold subs (the one in Soak City has one or two more meat options as well as microwaves and a toasting oven). EDIT: It's not just "lower end" subs. They have some of the ones that are more expensive at a regular Subway as well. Quote
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