just noticed that on KI's twitter they are giving the last tickets away right now. call 513-754-5700

Im on

cant freakin wait!

i guess i didn't realize that SDATHC was going away with the Nick Universe transformation- thought that was on a different license.

guess there was just 20 tickets, all gone now!

I wonder if they will turn on all/some of the effects for the last riders? When I was on it Sunday NOTHING popped up or shook when you hit the targets. (I know I hit them because the lighted dot would go off.) The only thing that seemed to work were that the paintings would light up. I asked one of the rode ops if there was a reason why nothing was popping up and he just gave me a "I just work here" kind of a shrug and walked away. I was VERY dissapointed that these were my final rides with Scooby and the ride wasn't even close to running good.

I know, I know...KIC...Kings Island Complainers...

All of the props are off, including the cutouts in the queue, which makes me VERY happy I already got video of it!

Hopefully they will fix the issues to make everyone that purchased tickets last ride be a memorable one. It is gonna be truly sad to see it go. Truly one of the all time classics of Kings Island IMHO.

The last time I rode it, only a couple of the effects were working. The only one I really remember is, the clock that tips forward and makes a loud bang when it gets near your cart. I think it is a clock. The Werewolf chasing Scooby wasn't even working.

I got a ticket im so happy.

Didn't they say that SDatHC will be staying, except Scooby will be removed?

The last time I rode it, only a couple of the effects were working. The only one I really remember is, the clock that tips forward and makes a loud bang when it gets near your cart. I think it is a clock.

The clock was NOT working on Sunday.

The Werewolf chasing Scooby wasn't even working.

This WAS working on Sunday.

Yea I think that it will but It probly will be themed to like a Summer Camp.

Yesterday, when I rode, each and every effect seemed to be off. (and, somehow, my score was 419. Shouldn't the scores be in increments of 5, 10, etc?)

I find it interesting that we didn't have a cool contest like CP for final rides...

i was lucky enough to get a ticket for me and my 2 sons. see you there!

i got a ticket, and im psyched!!!!

i wonder if they will give us a picture or something to commemorate it? i think that would be great of them if they would!

I wish videotaping were permitted...

Darns too late! Sounds fun though. Anyone know what day it is going to be?

November 1?

Does anyone know why only 20 people will be the last riders? Is there more to this?

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I'm dreaming that tomorrow they give out another 20 tickets...

^^That is what I was wondering. At first I thought one person per ride vehicle, but I KNOW there are more vehicles than that. Maybe there will be another give away tomorrow or on a following day?

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I'm dreaming that tomorrow they give out another 20 tickets...

From our mouths to Don Helbigs ears.....

The 20 tickets that have already been exhausted were the last 20 riders. There will not be additional riders.

there were 2 rooms on sunday where the targets didn't even light up... really dissapointing.

and does anyone know why they always have the flouresent lights on in the waiting area? it totally takes away from the theming... *sigh*

Because CF does not care about theming.

We plan on riding SD&THC first thing after the ERT. After riding several of these at other parks including strangely enough Six Flags St Louis, KI's is the worst of the bunch. While I will miss Scooby and the gang, I am hopeful that in the re-theming they will make it better.

I'm just hoping there will be a dark ride next year. I was just trying to think of all the great dark rides in the legacy Cedar Fair parks. I know a few of the parks *USED* to have them, but I can't think of one of them that survived. Okay, I'll give you the Calico Mine Train at Knotts, and that one is pretty memorable.

I hadn't ridden Scooby at KI since August, and it was a let down after riding the St. Louis version a couple days prior, it's a shame that apparently (per reports above) that their maintenance plan for the ride lately has been "Is it essential? No, then forget about it". That's what makes me think not only the theme, but the whole ride system may be going.

I wonder if they chose 20 final riders becuase that is the number of Fright Lights that are still operational?

Last time I rode that ride we left the station with 0 points each, and returned with 0 points. All three of the guns were inoperable.

It has been stated many times that the ride WILL be staying. Also, KD posted some infomation about what their last rides for their Scooby ride mioght be like and what will happen to the ride next year. I can only imagine it would be similar for our version too:

http://twitter.com/kingsdominionva

the ride will remain, but scooby theme is being replaced by a basic ghost shootout theme...

we are looking for the light switch too!...

Not much. But now we know it will be like a normal ghost shooting game, which I don't believe had been announced yet.

We plan on riding SD&THC first thing after the ERT. After riding several of these at other parks including strangely enough Six Flags St Louis, KI's is the worst of the bunch. While I will miss Scooby and the gang, I am hopeful that in the re-theming they will make it better.

Wonderland's is worse- it has a capacity of roughly 7 riders per hour.