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The Eleven Commandments, in case you forgot: 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before God. 2. Thou shalt not make any idols. 3. Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain. 4. Thou shalt keep the Sabbath holy. 5. Honor thy father and mother. 6. Thou shalt not commit murder. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not give false testimony about his (or her) neighbor. 10. Thou shalt not covet. 11. Thou shalt not mess with Adventure Express, or else NOW YOU WILL PAY.

Let's not jump to conclusions about service life. If the upkeep is kept up I can't see why these coasters can't operate longer than 25 years. This is very sad indeed.

Remember how Busch Gardens Williamsburg removed Big Bad Wolf, citing a 25 year shelf life for Arrow Suspended Coasters? Ninja is 26. Not saying there's any truth to that, it's just odd. This is not good at all. Other than Ninja, there are three Arrow Suspended Coasters left operating with their original suspended trains. All three are at Cedar Fair parks. *gulp* Either way, this is horrible. Obviously hoping those seriously injured are alright...

Sure can! Both train stations have convenient upgrade kiosks disguised as regular ole train station ticket kiosks. From what folks are saying about Hogwarts Express, it would be worth it. And it's an entirely different attraction in each direction...

Yeah, and walking that trail reminds you of the drastic changes in elevation... I have slightly grown bored of the trail (Have been almost every Sunday since the park opened) but my son absolutely loves it. Looks like, Sundays are Dino Days for us....

Also recognize that the first week of August is most students' last week off for summer, and that Diagon Alley will be less than a month old at the time. Universal has hit it out of the park with Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, and wait times will reflect that. When Hogsmeade opened, folks were waiting for 90 minutes or more to get into shops and restaurants. With that pressure distributed between two Wizarding World lands, it shouldn't be quite as bad, but recognize that if your time is short, you may have to buy a wand from a cart instead of waiting an hour or more to get into Ollivander's. It depends on your priorities. If you're going just for the Wizarding World lands, you can do it all in two days. To me, that would do a disservice to two of the greatest theme parks in the world, though. Don't make the mistake of trying to meticulously plan which park you'll visit first and where you'll run to and what order you'll do rides in. Just like Kings Island, things rarely work out that smoothly. Go with the flow, try not to stress, and get lost in the moments. Universal has a really cool dichotomy: you'll be dropped off directly in the center of the kidney-bean shaped CityWalk. Two identical bridges branch off from each end of the kidney bean: one toward the Pharos Lighthouse, and one toward the Universal Studio Gates. You can plan until the cows come home, but when you first land there and see those two park icons, you'll just end up going with the flow anyway and following whichever path feels right to you.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's something that will be open all season and not just for Haunt. We don't need another permanent structure that sits there closed for 90% of the operating season. It might make sense to us because most of us go all season long, but for people vacationing, it just looks like one more attraction that's not operational. How does that look for our park? I don't know, I'm just sort of against building permanent structures that are visible and that take up useful space, but then only having them open for one month. I might be wrong, but it's just how I feel.

Ride ops on Diamondback who put singles in odd rows and couples in even. Because why wouldn't strangers want to sit right next to each other and couples four feet away?

Here's one that I just experienced earlier today: some guy had one of those strap-on camera mounts on his chest and was attempting to hook it up just before we hit the lift hill on The Beast. The ride ops spotted it and stopped our train on the lift hill for approximately 10 minutes. They explained over the speakers for him to put it away, but the guy wouldn't and a ride op had to climb up to us to confiscate it. The other riders gave him plenty of grief about it.

About the only positive thing about my sleep disorder is endless early morning hours to spend doing silly stuff

Just hope we don't end up seeing something like this. (Photo from Theme Park Review) If that happened, then HUSS fault would it be?

I get text message notifications whenever Kings Island PR posts a tweet for the purpose of "Tweet-Ups" and I had a lump go in my throat when I saw a tweet come across saying "A popular attraction is leaving the park a week from today". I clicked on the link and it was talking about the freaking noodle. I thought it was going to be SRR, thankfully it wasn't because I would of been very mad.

Wow, so sorry to hear about that. Thoughts are with you and Julie's family during this. Keep your memories close!

As shocking as that pic is, look at the positive: the people appear to no have suffered a major injury & the train looks to have not fallen to the ground.

I also recall the park stating a while back that Banshee had given 500,000+ rides and was the most ridden ride in the park so far this year (which it should be as it is the big new ride). And this was like a month or so ago. So, under 30 minute waits are a sign of the ride's high capacity and not really lack of popularity... This news pleases me because if it's true, then Banshee joins the list of "Crowded Day Bail-Out" coasters along with Vortex, Bat, Adventure Express, and Racer- thus you have 5 fun, thrilling rides you can get in on a single day at Kings Island even when crowds are at their worst. Though you're still going to have to make some cuts with rides like Diamondback, Beast, Flight of Fear, Firehawk, BLSC, and Invertigo which are either low capacity or super popular or sometimes even both as they will eat 1 hour plus easy on crowded days...and FOF & Firehawk often get near or over 2+ hours...

I wore my Outer Limits Flight of Fear shirt today in honor of it being the first time in a month it's been up when I have been at the park. The ride ops really loved it, I wasn't expecting them to notice so much.

It has incredible capacity, and is doing its job, as B&M's do...

Banshee goes the speed for which it was designed. It is what it is.

I bet you can buy up. Uni would be pleased to take your money.

If you say so. I suppose all those bones were created by Clarence Darrow and were cooked up to confusigate us.

That's a fowl comment. I don't eggzactly agree.

You are going to LOVE Universal Orlando. LOVE it. It's fantastic. When I visit Orlando, Universal is my primary destination every time, above Walt Disney World. The two parks are snuggled right up to each other and VERY easy to walk between. For that reason alone, get a Park-to-Park ticket. It'll let you bounce between the resort's highlights, especially at the end of the second day. You'll be kicking yourself if you go to Islands of Adventure on Tuesday, then Universal Studios on Wednesday and realize you can't run back and re-ride Spider-Man that night. Also remember: Diagon Alley has two major attractions: Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, and the Hogwarts Express. The Hogwarts Express is a fully-immersive dark ride (so it is NOT a simple train like Kings Island's or the Walt Disney World Railroad) that travels BETWEEN Diagon Alley (at Universal Studios) and Hogsmeade (at Islands of Adventure). You cannot ride the Hogwarts Express attraction unless you have a Park-to-Park ticket. You board in Kings Cross Station at Diagon Alley and get off in Hogsmeade at the other park (or vice versa) so without a Park-to-Park ticket, you will miss that E-ticket, headlining, major ride. There's nothing I'd tell you to skip, but with time being short, focus on the obvious headlining rides (Forbidden Journey, Gringotts, Revenge of the Mummy, Spider-Man, Transformers, Jurassic Park, Hulk, Dragon Challenge, Men In Black) but be sure not to miss Poseidon's Fury, E.T., and the Horror Make-Up Show. You'll find that Universal's two parks contain as many headlining attractions as Disney World's four, and doing it in 2 days won't be easy! If you're staying on-property at one of the resort's three deluxe hotels, your room key counts as FREE, UNLIMITED front-of-the-line passes (not good on Gringotts or Forbidden Journey, last I checked). You can also purchase once-per-ride Express Pass Plus online or at the park, with prices fluctuating based on expected crowd levels. It can be pricy based on the time of year, but it will definitely relieve pressure from your vacation and allow you to relax a bit.

Spiderman is a fantastic ride that you can't miss. A hidden gem is the Twister experience. Lots of fun! Incredible Hulk is tons of fun too.

Got wood?? Sent from a signal coming out of the Vega system.

Lol... right but he wasn't a REAL hippie. He was the shiny rich suburb kid version of a hippie. His whole get up was most definately bought at the mall.

The weather is cooperating so far! Already been on Delirium, Banshee, FoF, Firehawk, BLSC, Beast, DB, WWC, and taken a 30 minute lunch break.

Delirium is a Huss ride... Remember how long it took to get a part for that a few years ago. SR&R isn't exactly a new ride, we'll see how long it takes to stroll down to the local Budapest Sears for a replacement part.

^ That just gave me a massive facepalm. Transmitted from Wild Space via my datapad's DROID brain

Oh, yes, those are footers. Kings Island's building a roller coaster in a tiny field right next to The Beast. World's shortest inverted coaster.

That's why it was only 10 minutes. What is usually maybe a 30 to 45 minute wait, is a 10 to 15 minute wait on Banshee, that's the beauty of the ride!

I don't know where to post this because I just have to get it off my chest. Due to the request of others I cannot say anything on Facebook. So, this seemed like a more logical place. My friend Julie lost her battle to cancer yesterday. While I am going to miss her, I am so happy she's no longer in pain. Her daughter contacted me Sunday and told me I needed to come see her because she had gotten worse. So Princess Sparkles and I went to visit her and I am so happy I was able to tell her I loved her one more time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went to Kings Island for the first time Monday, and had a great time! Banshee was awesome! Is it weird that the line was only about 10 minutes for a new ride? The line also moved quick.

I'd argue that drive tires constitute a launch. It's just rare that they're used as a primary launch for a train to complete a course. See also: Jet Rescue at Sea World in Australia.

Indeed. But, it IS a launched B&M coaster...

Using the "stealth assassin" in the one article is sad. This is bad news as it is. There is no reason to create more drama. I pray it sounds worse than it really is.

We were just at Carowinds and this sign was hanging up behind Hurler. Things appear cleared out from what Zach said. I am too short to see. They are clearing land at the front gates, too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Kings Island @KingsIslandPR Tweet-Up! First 3 followers to show me this tweet on their device win a Banshee poster. You will find me on I-Street. http://t.co/R9bdUVUvaF Take advantage guys and gals, I'm not there so I can't do it

Just because Don said you will did out this fall does not mean it's haunt related, hence Banshee's announcement; then again u could be haunt related. Sent from a signal coming out of the Vega system.

Although I haven't been to World's of Fun this season, I know that things like this are what makes an already great amusement park train ride even better. All one can do is hope that this is successful enough at WoF to make the decision easier to add this type of thing at KI once again. Take notice to what is being done at some of the FUN parks lately......The revival of some of what used to be "key-features" of the whole park and whole family experience.

goodyellowkorn182, everything you said, I couldn't agree with more! Transforms ride is also a blast and would highly recommend it as well, Horror Make-up Show is a must as well! As for food, in UOR park the best place to get a burger is Mel's Diner, which the burgers are amazing! Same for their chili cheese fries! IOA I would recommend eating at Comic Strip Cafe, which has a nice little variety of foods. (both places are fast food and Universal does offer a more of a sit down kind of restaurant as well, can't vouch for them since never been in them, we always get Meal Deal). I would say it really wouldn't hurt to get a 3 day two park ticket, since it might be extra busy still being summer and the new Diagion Alley being open. All and all, I hope you have a blast and please do a trip report when you return! Note: I would not recommend skipping any of the rides (except maybe kiddy rides...) at either park as well! They are all a blast and great fun in their own way!

I don't see why they'd get rid of them anytime soon anyway. There is plenty of other area to build in the park still and we probably won't get a huge coaster type attraction for a few years anyway. This makes them some money too and something different for kids and families, and a break from the rest of the park. I went through it for the first time this year and thought it was just ok but kids I saw int here seemed to really like it too. And it was still a ncie trail to walk along

Storms are staying just to the north of us for now, but I have a feeling we're going to get a good pouring soon.

ya like *coughcoughstuntcoastereffectscough*

Don did say during the tour he couldn't tell us now, but we'd find out this fall. So, it's as good as telling us it is for Haunt. View down in the pit they've dug next to the site. Tecumseh Building delivery http://www.tecumsehbuildings.com maybe?

We lived across the street from the Mcann's , they were obviously devastated by the loss of their son, we lived in centerville oh at the time and the Mccanns moved to morrow where his dad Jim either was or became a winemaster at Valley Vineyards. I'm not sure why I posted this, but I found a leather pouch at a yard sale over the weekend that was a Kings Island Souvenir and it got me thinking about that whole situation. http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-LEATHER-POUCH-PURSE-KINGS-ISLAND-EIFFEL-TOWER-ROLLER-COASTER-RARE-/231277416789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d9355155

My 6 year old and I were standing in a rather long line for Drop Tower on Thursday evening and there was a guy in line right behind us who was trying really really hard to look like a hippie in the midst of his seemingly normal looking friends. That's all fine and good... look however you want, but you do not have to take a bath in patchouli to get your point across! It was slightly tolerable when I was up wind of him and tried not to breath too deeply but when the line turned so that I was downwind when the big whoosh of air came, it was like instant migraine every time... I felt like my face was going to fall off as my sinus's instantly clogged up. Even my daughter whispered to me asking why that weird man smelled so bad and could I please sit next to him on the ride so she wouldn't have to smell him. Too much perfume is way worse than BO in my book! People should have some consideration, especially knowing how close they are going to be to other people in the lines.

Just heard a guy talking to his kid outside of Adventure Express and told him "it's like The Bat. Almost the same."

In line for Banshee: "You know back when this thing opened in 1949, there was a disco ball."

I hope you guys had a fun visit! Yesterday was my first weekend day off since the start of the season down at Coney. What were your thoughts on Wipeout?

Dude I was at the friggin naval base in Norfolk... On the friggin base and when the call for colors happened a few sailors (mainly guards) kept their backs to the flags and continued to talk... Really really pd me off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk