Everything posted by Stoan
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2023 General Kings Island Discussion
I give them a month before a new guard station is set up over in the Timberwolf road
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Kings Island 2023 Food News and Reviews
My favorite thing they did at the old Skyline is have 1 person running the line and 2 cashiers. Then I can just watch the manager and at least 3 other people roam in and out of the back door, where they did... something? maybe.
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Kings Island Prestige Pass
For the longest time I always thought it would be a cool idea to have a check-in, check-out thing at each of the major rides. A little pipe with a QR scanner, or RFID the passes right at the entrance to the big ones. Then a 2nd one right as you get to the end of the line. As you walk by just scan your pass to check-in and scan again to check-out when you get out of the line. It can be a little thing for you to help count your rides, maybe an incentive for CP to give you those Pass Perk things that they say they will use but never do. But the real purpose is to count ridership, AND give real-time updates to line length. If it took Gold Pass holder 12-098754392017 thirty minutes to walk from Pole 1 to Pole 2, the line must be 30 minutes. Dump the data that is twice the current average, and you get actual useful data for riders and the park to see what rides need help and which are running smoothly. So much data to be gathered in this un-intrusive way for the park. Where are guests going, how long are they willing to wait for things, what rides are running well, are some rides struggling at certain times of day. But instead they have the linekeeper stand there with a button clicker to simply count people.
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2023 General Kings Island Discussion
I was told last year they discontinued paper maps, which makes me and my collection sad
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Kings Island Prestige Pass
Front of the Line and Bring 2 Friends a year was what sold me on it. The VIP area is one of those, If you read the book the movie is terrible, sort of things. Like we went to the VIP area as soon as the Prestige Pass was up for sale last year and saw what it was. Comparing it to this year, yeah it is a huge downgrade. However I will be happy with just a place to sit and some fans on it in the height of summer, and in Soak City even if it is really just dedicated seating I will be happy to not have to get in at opening just to find a place to set my bag.
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Kings Island 2023 Food News and Reviews
I wonder if they go at a lower temp in the oven to try to pace out the day a bit better. It'll be food safe cooked at 2 hours, but not overcooked and dry at 4!
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2023 General Kings Island Discussion
Kings Island Facebook group is saying a bunch of cops showed up and someone might have tried to bring in a gun. Again this is all hearsay.
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Kings Island 2023 Food News and Reviews
I'd be happy with a simpler menu, but holy hell do they need to cook that rotisserie chicken more. It's barely crisped skin
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Red Racer Retrack Reviews
A nice wooden rumble but not a painful jerking about, it's about as smooth as can been expected. Great ride. I told my wife the same thing
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2023 General Kings Island Discussion
Did the old James Bond, days of thunder building have blue signs on it? One says shipping and receiving, another small one had a cactus on it
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Kings Island Prestige Pass
They are like 4-6oz plastic cups. I mentioned they need a recycling bin
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GRAIN AND GRILL NEW FOR 2023
Currently closed today. Not sure if they are opening later
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Kings Island Prestige Pass
Construction for the official spot next to the bathrooms across from Enrique's. They did take out a small bit of the gardens.
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Kings Island Prestige Pass
Flavored water and smaller bags of chips than last year. Though right in front of the Glockenspiel so that's cool.
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Fast Lane in 2023
50 dollars MORE than regular
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Kings Island 2023 Food News and Reviews
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Ride Wait Times 2023
So far it's empty and mostly parents
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Fast Lane in 2023
Is this when we start speculating that eventually they will change the name to Fast Lane (minus the plus), and new rides won't be available until they introduce a new original exciting product called "Fast Lane Plus" at $25 more, which is totally different than that old silly Fast Lane+.
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2023 General Kings Island Discussion
Mason spring break was last week. So it'll either not be super crowded, or early it'll be crowded with middle and high school kids
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2023 KI shows announced
I went to Disney a few months back and rode Mickey and Minnie Run Away Train. Phenomenal dark ride, very few mechanics mostly projectors and music. The ride car itself adds a lot to the experience. Almost nothing to break down without the car itself just being broken
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Kings Island 2023 Food News and Reviews
Peoples' reaction to Skyline on here is my reaction to alcohol. Oh yay ...
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2023 KI shows announced
I went to see Off The Rails once and it was like 15 minutes long?
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Parking lot lights
Thank goodness we got those lights to shine 200 feet up, now I can see all the air up there, and less stars. Aside from that, they really did need better lights. And a better parking lot, perhaps even a tram.
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The Beast No Limits Recreation
Did you just go find the oldest post you could think of?
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2023 GOLD, PLAT, PRESTIGE PASS PREVIEW DAY
I mean i like preview night, but it kind of stinks that it sounds like most of the new things aren't going to be there to preview.