I had the great experience of going to KI on three consecutive evenings. Sunday night without kids to do some Diamondback laps and then Monday night with my 5 year old and Tuesday night with my 3 year old for some Daddy bonding time. Here is the data:

- Sunday: 8 rides between 8pm and midnight including two awesome front row rides and then a row 15 as the fireworks went off overhead. Awesome night of riding - total of 57 rides for the year

- Monday: Started off with the hopeful measurement, but 5 year old is still at 47-7/8" tall (he's going to get there soon though!). Despite this, we had a great time riding FOC, Reptar, Danny Phantoms Flyers, and Wild Thornberry's before we decided to try something new - White Water Canyon. We got drenched, we laughed, we stayed on for another ride and got drenched again - way too much fun. After this we hit Shake Rattle & Roll and Viking Fury then went back to Shake Rattle & Roll to end the night with back to back to back rides - the last starting as the fireworks went off overhead which my son loved!

- Tuesday: My 3 year olds trip always start with Scooby Doo if we let him, so since tonight was all his choice, that's where we started. Following this we grabbed a quick dinner at LaRosa's Rivertown where he was fascinated by watching Diamondback first drop and splashdowns. Following dinner, we went back to ride Little Bill's which he loved as always; then he shocked me by saying he wanted to ride FOC which he has always been too scared to try. He loved it - as anyone on the train could confirm as he was literally screaming it when we stopped in the break run "Daddy, that was soooo fun, we went soooo fast, WOW!" And now I have matching on-ride photo's of both boys first rides on FOC! The rest of the night was some more of his favorites - swippers, timmy's, carousel, before he chose his last ride to be a re-ride of FOC . I'm thinking I've got two little coaster buddies in training!

Overall a great few nights at the park.

Thanks for sharing this incredible report. It's times like these that Kings Island is all about!

We can usually tell when someone has had a really great experience at Kings Island as their words just pop right off the page as your words have in this report KIfan80. Thanks for sharing a special family moment with us.

Appreciate the positive reaction guys. Sometimes I wonder if a special personal experience is worth sharing (does anyone else really care) but I enjoy reading about it when others post so figure why not. Thanks.

Pretty soon your two youngsters will be riding Diamondback and The Beast with you! Nice trip report!