Kings Island 2016 Discussion Thread

[CoasterOhio]

Tables are being set for the Banshee Brew festival!

[thekidd33]

I haven't been to the brew festival before. Will crowds be any bigger this Friday than a typical Friday in May?

[CoasterOhio]

Possibly, due to the fact that it's suppose to be really nice this weekend, and a festival is obviously happening. It was successful last year.

[flightoffear1996]

Not a comment on the park operations but we were at the park Sunday in line for Skyline right before it started to rain. Then it down poured.  Guest came in and flocked in the skyline and sat at tables not eating.  While, paying customers couldn't find a seat to eat at because of this. Downright rude if you ask me!

[Jdm_4ever]

Not a comment on the park operations but we were at the park Sunday in line for Skyline right before it started to rain. Then it down poured. Guest came in and flocked in the skyline and sat at tables not eating. While, paying customers couldn't find a seat to eat at because of this. Downright rude if you ask

Unfortunately this happens every time that it rains. People even flock to the food locations that don't have indoor patios such as street larosas, and even though employees tell them they can't be there guest do not listen and insist on being in the way.

[stashua123]

Does anybody know what happened to the dramatic music that would play on Banshee's lift hill before the Banshee scream? I just realized that it was gone this year.

[Italian Job 2005]

I never remember any such music

[stashua123]

You can hear it in the background on the lift hill on a POV shot last year.

[upstop]

It was there last Saturday.

[stashua123]

I heard the Banshee scream but not the music, I guess I might have bad hearing or something. 

[diamonbackandbeastlover]

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

[Italian Job 2005]

I appreciate the music, though I've never noticed it on-ride before. They should definitely keep that on.

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[Infinity]

I've noticed that Diamondback's crew has been doing better with reasonable dispatches. It is not at all as good as they were when the ride opened, but it is better than last year. Let's hope they can continue to improve!

[diamonbackandbeastlover]

Last time I was riding an associate was going around and taking people's bags after one train dispatches and would hand them over to another associate on the other side once the next train came in.

[rhyano]

Does anybody know what happened to the dramatic music that would play on Banshee's lift hill before the Banshee scream? I just realized that it was gone this year.

It wasn't gone for me opening day, here is the music 

[Oldiesmann]

I'll be up at the park tomorrow before work. Hopefully it won't be too crowded in the morning since the Banshee Brew Festival doesn't start until 4.

[Creed Bratton]

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

Unacceptable? Nah.....what's unacceptable is a ride operator not checking restraints or letting a child who isn't tall enough ride. 

 

[diamonbackandbeastlover]

Well yeah. I agree. But part of a ride is the theming. You are giving an extreme example of something unacceptable. I'm just talking about things that are easily forgotten and it will just keep happening over time more than likely which is why I said unacceptable.

[jbum123]

Try riding "Its a Small World" at Disney without the tracks playing.....

[jdawg1998]

Try riding "Its a Small World" at Disney without the tracks playing.....

 

I don't know if that would make the ride a million times better or a million times worse...

[The Interpreter]

Ahem.

There are those of us who love, cherish and adore that ride.

Thank You.

[bengals fan]

I have been on Small World when the sound quit and it was boring for the last half.

[CoasterOhio]

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

 

There is sometimes where operators will stop Banshee at the top of the lift hill, (right when the scream is triggered) and then move the train again causing the scream to go off once more. A double scream is what they called it (also said they usually do it during haunt)

 

As for music. It's probably something that you just couldn't hear due to the loud train, and other noises going on. (When I last heard the audio this year, It sounded quite quiet to me.) 

[chuck norris]

Not sure if this was posted yet, but the new front signage was put back up this week.

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[TOPGUN1993]

 

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

 

There is sometimes where operators will stop Banshee at the top of the lift hill, (right when the scream is triggered) and then move the train again causing the scream to go off once more. A double scream is what they called it (also said they usually do it during haunt)

 

As for music. It's probably something that you just couldn't hear due to the loud train, and other noises going on. (When I last heard the audio this year, It sounded quite quiet to me.) 

 

The operators don't do this, the ride system auto stop because of blocking.

[NightlyBeast]

When I asked a Beast crew member why the lights in the double helix tunnel were on he responded with "They are supposed to be".   /facepalm

[upstop]

Try riding "Its a Small World" at Disney without the tracks playing.....

Or being stuck 100 feet from the exit platform for 30 minutes. Just within ear reach of the singing doll.

[CoasterOhio]

 

 

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

 

There is sometimes where operators will stop Banshee at the top of the lift hill, (right when the scream is triggered) and then move the train again causing the scream to go off once more. A double scream is what they called it (also said they usually do it during haunt)

 

As for music. It's probably something that you just couldn't hear due to the loud train, and other noises going on. (When I last heard the audio this year, It sounded quite quiet to me.) 

 

The operators don't do this, the ride system auto stop because of blocking.

 

 

Nope, The operators do purposely do this sometimes.

[TOPGUN1993]

 

 

 

More than likely just a button that a ride operator forgot to press. Unacceptable but understandable. The Banshee scream is probably automated and can only be disabled by the maintenance team.

 

There is sometimes where operators will stop Banshee at the top of the lift hill, (right when the scream is triggered) and then move the train again causing the scream to go off once more. A double scream is what they called it (also said they usually do it during haunt)

 

As for music. It's probably something that you just couldn't hear due to the loud train, and other noises going on. (When I last heard the audio this year, It sounded quite quiet to me.) 

 

The operators don't do this, the ride system auto stop because of blocking.

 

 

Nope, The operators do purposely do this sometimes.

 

Silly me....... what do I know....

[kingsislandfan1972]

I wonder if Kings Island has any future plans for the old Paramount Story area, the only use I see for it is for Haunt.