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Don`t forget that the shows at the park are amazing! I have gone several hours after arriving sometimes just catching the shows before even riding a ride! And the park looks amazing at Christmas time as well for Smoky Mountain Christmas.

Thanks for sharing those photos. I love Dollywood. Outside of Kings Island, it is the only other amusement park that I have had a season pass to.

The Flying Bobs that Indiana Beach is bringing back are actually the Flying Bobs that used to operate at Coney Island.

I received the same thing. Got a reservation for July 3rd at 10:30am for myself and my wife. We are not taking our kids for this first visit.

Yes, that is correct.

I only visited The Beach in the summer months one time. I enjoyed my visit, but it was back in the late 90`s or early 2000`s, and we only went because we got comp tickets to go. They definitely have (had) some unique attractions. I also attended a few Holiday Fests. It was certainly a unique experience riding a pedal boat in the lazy river. The Beach has seemed to be limping along for the last several years. I am surprised someone hasn`t bought it and redeveloped the land. While it does sit right next to the highway, it is kind of in a far off spot from the main road.

The park has not yet opened the reservation system.

And before Invertigo was built, that used to be a small picnic grove accessible to park guests, before they entered the park.

Which would make sense, as The Festhaus is under construction. It opened in 1983.

I wonder where they got this ride from. The colors shown in the picture almost make it look like it could be the Flying Bobs that used to reside at Coney.

Can you please provide a link and what the tweet actually says, please?

I was down at Coney for about an hour today doing some work for scheduling. There were quite a few people at the pool today. I don`t know if capacity was reached or not, but there was a nice group of people there. I also wore a mask the entire time I was there. It didn`t really bother me, but I wasn`t outside the entire time, or doing anything strenuous. I would hope that KI`s hours will go to at least 8pm when they open. I will be hard pressed to make it up to the park after work if they close at 7 like Worlds of Fun is. I will likely have to take a vacation day to visit KI if I cannot get a reservation during a weekend.

I am still sad that the rides were removed. I personally think it was the wrong decision. But Coney survived the rides being removed once before. The saving grace is the pool (and next door Riverbend, where Coney actually operates the concessions and receives parking revenue, although with all the canceled shows this year, that will be substantially less than in past years). I would like to think that Coney will be able to expand the water park aspect and add in some unique water slides to the market. Stuff that Kings Island does not have at Soak City. Time will tell though.

That is a really big sign. Hopefully, Zephyr, Scrambler, and Monster`s signs can get some love in the coming seasons. I still miss the lights they used to have around those signs.

Love the new sign. I cannot wait to see it in person!

I agree that having a Snoopy themed dark ride to replace Boo Blasters would be a perfect fit for KI. I would imagine that it would not be that hard (or expensive) to do. It would also fit with the Planet Snoopy area better. Keep in mind that the ride is more or less the same ride as what opened in 2003, just with the Scooby references removed. It would be nice to see a refresh. I would enjoy a Snoopy themed ride (and I know my son would too). I wonder if they would have to jump through some hoops/licensing agreements with Peanuts Worldwide, LLC . Peanuts Worldwide is 20% owned by Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, and DHX Media owning 41% and Sony Music Entertainment Japan owning 39%. Presumably, they would have to give sign off (and maybe royalties) from Cedar Fair for the use of the Charlie Brown characters. It looks like Cedar Fair last renewed their license agreement with Peanuts Worldwide in 2017, to the 2025 season. https://ir.cedarfair.com/news/news-details/2017/Cedar-Fair-and-Peanuts-Worldwide-Extend-Peanuts-Licensing-Agreement-to-2025/default.aspx

It looks like most of the footage in that video posted to Worlds of Fun was actually filmed at Kings Island.

Very cool pictures. Thanks for sharing those!

It still boggles my mind that things like indoor family entertainment centers (FECs) are allowed to open, but Kings Island is not. And trampoline parks? How do you sanitize a trampoline park? The whole thing seems flawed to me.

But, Dewine also stated that Ohio would open things in a coordinated effort with surrounding states. Both Indiana and Kentucky are reopening things ahead of what Ohio is doing, which could likely force people to visit those states instead of people spending money in the state of Ohio. Again, how is going to a zoo (with limited capacity and indoor exhibits closed), less safe than going to an indoor restaurant? I am all for being safe (I have to wear a mask at work, which is irritating with my glasses), but it seems like restaurants were quick to open, and that Dewine is dragging his feet on zoos and amusement parks....

I just saw a report that DeWine has canceled his press conference today. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/06/04/cincinnati-zoo-reopening-ohio-governor-dewine-announcement/3145039001/ More: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-governor-mike-dewine-cancels-press-conference-george-floyd-service/95-40ce646f-5ca2-4557-8e01-949805e2d8e8

Thanks for those sharing those insights!

The Beast still runs three trains. Yes, the brake shed is not a block section anymore, but they can park all three trains in the station and just outside the station. Now the top of the lifts are the block sections on the course. Which is why the train on lift one will sometimes stop (it has to wait for the other train to clear lift two before it can depart from lift one). Back before they redid The Beast`s brakes, they could only park two trains in the station due to the skid brakes, so it wasn`t uncommon to get stopped at the top of lift two.

Taking those photos from the top of the Eiffel Tower was the longest I have ever stayed up there. I must have been up there an hour and a half. And packed against the railing on the top platform for that long. Hard to believe that was twelve years ago!

Looks like it is the former Budget Host Inn, located due east of the Castaway Bay property. Also located right across the US 6 from the parking lot for the Amazement Shop (one of the Cedar Point rides maintenance facilities).