Everything posted by IBEW_Sparky
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Son of Beast station condemned
Send in the Cranes.
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St Louis Blues- silver2005's Missouri TR and Planning (and more)
Neslon-Atkins is an incredible museum in KC if you’re interested in that form of entertainment/knowledge.
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St Louis Blues- silver2005's Missouri TR and Planning (and more)
Sweet deal, I was using MS since its the one everyone used to Love to hate, I didnt mind its roughness it was just stupid slow/shuffly in the second half. I can get down with Woodland Run with it running as you describe it. My partner and I may end up heading there before the end of the season and it will be their first time at the park, I wanted to know if it was worth queuing up for.
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St Louis Blues- silver2005's Missouri TR and Planning (and more)
Ive not been since Labor Day 2020, what about the back-half? Does it still run like a pile of.... does it still make old Mean Streak feel smooth in comparison?
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Season Pass Complexity and Unfairness
Spirit and Jet Blue airlines come to mind.
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Kings Island Searches for Executive Chef
Sorry, that guy’s in Charlotte on the Board, SF’s version of the “harumph” guy in Blazing Saddles.
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Memorial Day Eve at Cedar Point | 05.24.2026
Even when they DO add something I expect guest service to be top notch, Im sorry and anyone who wants can call me an a$$, but simply put I want/expect Pat and Will Koch era HW level guest service every time I come into a park that (when a passholder) I dropped as much on the pass as I did on my iPhone. Throughput.... throughput, throughput, throughput (safe of course)... is what I desire as well as proper "You pay a part of my salary so Im going to be nice, attentive, and efficient" interaction at food and drink stands or restaurants. Ask anyone who has gone to a park with me and they will say I am the NICEST person to the ride-ops and all other associates in any park provided the same courtesies are afforded me when we interact. The automated spiels mentioned being on some rides is a start.... yes I understand blocking, load/unload times, and the fact that more often than not its the guests that slow said load/unload/dispatch times down but I have no desire to listen to smalltalk over the mics. All the Sirens Curses and TTD2s and whateverelses dont cut it with me unless there is a minimum of BS attached to riding said coasters.
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Memorial Day Eve at Cedar Point | 05.24.2026
Thank you very much for this, this is the information I needed to make an informed decision this season on whether or not to attend that park.
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New Event to Debut at Cedar Point
Corporate has shown many times over they care far more about your $ than they do your/our thoughts and opinions. They tried it hoping to fet away with it, this one failed.
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The Voyage: Celebrating 20 Years of Wooden Roller Coaster Greatness
Exactly this. The Voyage is the one and ONLY roller coaster on the planet that, if magically placed side by side with SV, would make the decision hard on which to ride if I only had time to ride one.
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Kings Island General Discussion 2026
Umm, not having to blow extra dough on Prestige to get all parks passport... which I would have with the jank stunt they pulled with KI Gold requiring Prestige to get APP... when all I really want/need is access to the parks I mentioned and maybe CP once or twice. This eliminates my requirement for both needless upgrades.
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Kings Island General Discussion 2026
After seeing the new options, I am also happy to have not bought anything yet. The new Regional Gold will be perfect for me, considering all I will be doing in regards to SF this season will be KI and SF:Great America primarily with many trips planned for both and it ends up saving me a decent amount of money. Even if its only a couple hundo or less in savings once all my add-ons are placed, that will still drop the monthly or will open me up to getting things I may not get on the pass otherwise.
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
If there is anything left proper in this forsaken pile of a land, this suit will fail miserably. This is why there needs to be a penalty put in place of 10x requested damages if a suit like this is filed and the plaintiff loses. My thoughts, wont change them, dont try.
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Dollywood Introduces Drink Program Changes
They could never, ever put a timer on a Freestyle machine, ar least not at any of the KI locations… has anyone actually taken time while in line to watch WHY the lines are so long? Because the people who need an instruction manual for walking and the kids get utterly baffled by a drink dispenser with more than 5 choices and the assembly line grinds to a quick halt.
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Herschend Signs Deal to Acquire Silverwood Theme Park
As much as I hate to say this considering I USED to consider it my adopted home parl, WoF needs to go. The company with all of its current problems doesnt need WoFs problems, buuuuuuuut since I have a feeling FUN will wish to remain in that region and the choice would be WoF or SF/StL they will dump SF/StL given the choice. With the condition of their financials, I can most certainly see VF, MiA, and/or Dorney out the door as well. Now, with all that being said, I already envision Herschend pulling a bit of a Gary Story here with the number of expenditures they have been making in the past few years, so to me it is not something I see them being able to do in the very short term, maybe 3-5 years but does FUN have that long? My thoughts are "no", but Im spitballing and on my way out anyway so Im just putting thoughts out as a JAFO.
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Cedar Point Survey to change Fast Lane functionality
Exactly all of this, and @KI Guy, reasons 1 and 2 on your list. There is no roller coaster in the World at this point and time in my life that is worth more than a 30 minute wait (15 ish at KI simply because I could make the drive there every weekend if I truly wished to), and you flat dont get on Mav and SV in less than 30 without FL+.
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Cedar Point Survey to change Fast Lane functionality
This is why I continue to hold off and am still over 70% against getting a pass again, because ANY limits to the amount of times I can ride a ride with FL+ will kill any desire whatsoever for me to have one again. I know, I know they arent doing anything to FL+ YET, but I think we also all remember 11 and midnight closes and didnt think those would ever go away.
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Elitch Gardens/Glenwood Caverns
I am going to COS next May to visit my Mother, scout jobs and network, and attend the Thunderbirds demonstration at the Air Force Academy Graduation next year and Im happy to see you had a good experience at Elitch because I am planning on stopping in for a bit.
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Woman Suing SeaWorld Orlando After Being Struck in Face by a Duck
This is the 2nd most “2025”thing Ive read about this week, as in “Absolutely nothing at all that occurs in nature nor anything people will come up with in their unsound minds surprises me this year” thing.
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International Street cam
They still have 3 weeks to announce any kind of pricing they wish to/feel the market will bear.
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Kings Island Halloween Haunt 2025 Discussion
Now THAT is the kind of show Im talking about... THAT is what I want to see when I sit down for a show!!
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Monster appears to be retired ?
I actually wouldn't be mad at that, although I like Skittles more, hehe.
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Do You Miss Paper Maps?
If I happen to get another pass, Im going to play with them a bit just for my personal entertainment. Ive still got my old hard card, and Im going to make an exact, two-sided copy of it and place the new number over the old one before laminating it. Old-school metallic dark gray pass with the new numbers
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Do You Miss Paper Maps?
As silly as it sounds, I absolutely spaced the idea of printing the screen image of the barcode and laminating it for wallet keeping! Im definitely utilizing that if I get a new pass!
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Restaurants OR Food You Want To Bring Back To Kings Island?
I dont think food trucks that do not accept the meal plan are sustainable at KI. To your point, as much as I and maybe some others without a meal plan or pass in general enjoy things like that to have a different or off the wall option, it doesnt fit KIs guest demographic of majority local passholders who likely DO have the meal plan. Im not sure how the ones at CP performed, but if they did not succeed there with that different demographic, then odds of them surviving here are... IMHO... below low.