Everything posted by Gabe
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Kings Island General Discussion 2025
Does anyone have a link to the thrill seeker bundle? I'm a season passholder but taking my daughter and a friend on Mon. I saw it under daily tickets when I checked a couple of weeks ago but don't see it now, or forgot where to look. I thought it was available to buy throughout July?
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RiverRacers coming to Soak City in 2025
The coaster says it's 530 feet long. Is that per side? Cheetah Chase is 1700 feet long, so you'd think if this one is 530' per side, the park would advertise its (longer) length? smh.
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Possible water coaster 2025
A quick glance at their website shows they're behind the slides at CoCoCay (Royal Caribbean's private island), so that's a good sign.. HW used ProSlide for Mammoth and CC, so I'll be curious to see what these guys have in mind for KI. May finally be a reason to start visiting SC again next year.
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Black Bear sighting hoax at HW
Note to this (now fired) employee- please don't waste first responders' time with this kind of nonsense: https://www.wthr.com/article/tech/science/environment/no-black-bear-not-spotted-outside-holiday-world-black-bear-hoax-indiana-dnr/531-2ec4801e-aac2-4ff0-8e20-46cf237b49b5
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I asked AI some KI questions…
There's an iFly over in Liberty township.
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GRAIN AND GRILL NEW FOR 2023
Yeah, it's confusing since the term Executive Chef gets thrown around a lot and people often think it means the No. 1 chef, which isn't always true. A good ex is cooking shows like Hells KItchen. the winner is called "Head Chef" or "Exec Chef" at one of Ramsay's properties, but that person serves under the "Chef de Cuisine" or something along those lines.
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Activist shareholder wants Six Flags to sell or spin off its real estate
It's def a slick presentation to be sure and while I think a sale-leaseback of some of its properties would help. the plan they have in place to increase attendance in 2023 is an oxymoron, given that to accomplish these things, you need labor, which is one area where this group wants to cut back. Did Chapek suddenly join this investment group? This smacks of his tenure at Disney, which for the parks anyway was to offer less and charge more.
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Winterfest Closings 2022
I know it's been played out, but for anyone thinking of showing up Friday:
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What is on your Made to Thrill poster wish list?
I'd like to see a poster of an old favorite-the "It's Fried!" concession stand (since renamed the more palatable "Coney Confections and Treats")
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VIP Experience coming to KI in 2022
haven't they used the picnic lounge for corp events? It's big, covered and can easily provide food/bev service. I'd guess its there.
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Think we will see teasing in 2022?
Inc. CF. there are only 3 water rides on the 'dry' side of the park-2 of which are basically next to each other. CF still is popular and provides a nice soaking (and I mean soaking!) if that's what you want on a super hot day, so I doubt it's going anywhere.
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Beast project details revealed!
coming soon (hopefully)-a commemorative piece of old Beast track w a COA for 197.90. I'd be tempted..
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Cool Kings Island Gear
I bought some cheap frames at IKEA for $5-6 each (I believe 11 x 14), and a sketch pad (not spiral bound) at Michaels (or Amazon). My wife then put a piece of sketch paper in the frame to serve as a 'mat', then centered the poster in the frame....they look nice and the investment was minimal. You don't even need a hook to hang them since the frames only weigh a few ounces. A simple push pin or nail will do the trick.
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My Genie at Disney Parks
In essence, this harkens back to the old paper ticket system, where you could grab another ticket after 2 hours even if you hadn't yet redeemed an earlier pass. I'd venture to say even in low season, the amount of FP you could get with the now retired system going one at a time after your initial 3 would be about the same, given that you had to space your first 3 out as well. If you were to arrive at rope drop, you could prob get through the whole park between Genie+ and/or standby, depending on the park hours. Sooner if you splurge for a a la carte option.
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Holiday World limiting attendance; Possibly restaurants and attractions as well
Heads up for those looking to visit between 8/28-October 31 (weekends only). The park is limiting attendance due to rising case numbers. The county the park is located in currently sits at the highest level of spread (red) in Indiana's system. Source: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2021/08/23/holiday-world-santa-claus-limit-attendance-due-covid-quarantines/8244751002/
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My Genie at Disney Parks
Yep. If you made your FP selections for later in the trip, it was a bit easier to get FOP or 7DMT. Dining was still touch and go. If Disney were smart, they'd incorporate an alert system in Genie (or prob Genie+) like other 3rd party aps like MouseDining so.I agree the EMH benefit is all but gone. Much like KI-you get 30 extra mins in the AM. For the eve, the Swolphin is included as well. you can usually find a decent rate there that is a decent amount below what you'd pay for a deluxe. At this point, the only advantage to staying onsite is the transportation. The Skyliner is really nice when going to HS or Epcot. They need to build a spur to AK and one to the TTC and another MK area hotel (Poly, GF or WL).
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My Genie at Disney Parks
That's not the case. Genie+ will let you get onto all of the non e ticket rides as many times as you can throughout the course of a day (one at a time). The extra, a la carte e-ticket upgrade only will let you prebook 2 rides per day per park (no details have been announced as to whether the rides can be at 2 parks, given the park hopping rules currently in effect). As it stands, even though FP+ was free, raise your hand if you went to Disney and couldn't get an e-ticket FP as one of your initial 3 (unless you were extremely persistent in trying and/or got lucky the day or 2 leading up to your trip). If they could expand the a la carte option to dining for the popular restaurants, that would be worth it as well, since, again, trying to get an ADR at the likes of 50s PT, SFDI, Ohana, Le Cellier and soon to be Space 220, B & C is hard even in 'low' season. Instead of taking the $20 cancellation fee per person, take the $20 up front (for a party of 4 or less? per person?) and allow access to prime booking slots. As for the regular Genie, it doesn't provide anything that a 3rd party app like TP doesn't already. It just serves to get those folks using Disney IP.
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50th Anniversary Updates
Why paint it now and have a fresh paint job be exposed immediately to winter conditions? Why not do it in March-April, along with the (hopefully) fully repaved parking lot?
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Ride Wait Times 2021 Season
Weekends are still busy, so if it's your only trip and can spare the expense, I'd get it.
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Under-invested parks?
MA has always been the ugly stepchild of the CF chain. Before they got their Planet Snoopy expansion last year, I don't think there was any investment other than upkeep in almost a decade.
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Do you consider 2 small chicken wings a “meal”?
Has there even been brisket served at the either KI BBQ locale this year? It seems like its always Sirloin Roast, which usually looks fatty and tepid, along w rotisserie chicken, which looks dry, along w the pork ribs, which were decent, but again, dry.
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Kings Island Items In Charity Auction
Except its a seatback, not the entire seat. And why does this seatback not have the all the black sweat stains on it? lol. Was it an extra one they just never used? I don't recall that those seats were replaced until they went all black a couple of seasons ago.
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Kings Island Items In Charity Auction
Without a doubt, the Scrambler car has Jungle Jims written all over it. I'm sure they'd be happy to make room for it somewhere inside the store and fill it with food! They certainly have the means to buy it and the room to showcase it.
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Kings Island Haunt 2021
Honestly, that poster almost looks like a bad photoshop! The woman's expression isn't interested in eating at all, but more so on her partner lol!
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rudeness in the park?
Granted, mine is a small sample size, since I've only been sev times this year, but I've had nothing but good experiences each time.