They should have a contest to pick the new names for the attractions in Soak City . They could do it on facebook.

I remember a few years ago at a six park, we had to rent an innertube if we didn't want to wait in ridiculously long lines for the "free" ones at the different attraction entrances. I wonder if KI will start renting tubes for the new pool.

I would ask if anyone knows about KI's plan, but coastergod knows I don't want to rattle terp's chain.

They should have a contest to pick the new names for the attractions in Soak City . They could do it on facebook.

That sounds great! Though I can't think of any good names at the moment.

On Kings Island's website under the 2012 Gold Pass VIP Perks, it says that Gold Pass members will have special sneak preview days for the waterpark! It's under the Exclusive Soak City Access heading.

Grab your favorite chair and spot in the sun when you flash a Gold Pass and get into Soak City 30 minutes early prior to waterpark opening each public operating day. Plus, we are giving you access to special sneak preview days exclusively for Gold Season passholders.

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/goldpass/benefits.cfm

Yes. At the GOCC party back on 12/10, I believe Don said it was a preview "weekend" (I'm not totally sure on that). My guess is that the preview days will be the weekend before Soak City opens to the public.

I really hope the crosswalk issue is corrected with Soak City- I can't believe that nobody's ever gotten hit at the crosswalk, especially since nobody ever seems to *look* before walking across the road...

A slight exaggeration, I trust.

If nobody ever looked, thousands would have died by now.

Terp, no fan of sweeping over-generalizing.

Do you think people will scratch their heads and say, "Oh....we got a new pool? Cool...I guess..."?

People have returned season after season to Kings Island with far less incentive as far as "new attractions," and they'll continue to do so next year.

Instead of considering 2012's new Soak City and wave pool to be a huge attraction addition year (comparing to 2007, 2009, etc) consider it an infrastructure year that just so happens to include a medium-sized addition (2010, 2011, etc). Very few of us would argue that the water park was fine the way it was and that it could sustain another five or six years with its then-current offerings. In fact, many people here said that the water park needed major updating and upgrading.

So just like last year, when we saw many, many small improvements throughout the park and a few medium expenditure attractions (WindSeeker and Dinosaurs Alive), this is yet another year of much-needed small scale updates and refurbishments with a fair sized attraction thrown in for marketing purposes.

There's nothing wrong with years like 2011 or 2012. Remember that for a very long time, that's how Viacom ran the parks. A handful of parks got clones of the same medium-sized ride or received their own medium-sized attraction with general park improvements thrown in. Years like that allow every park to get something new (which every park is next year, as far as I've seen) as opposed to two or three parks getting huge coasters while the other parks receive virtually nothing and sit stagnant, waiting for their "turn." Many people here were absolutely enamored with last year's way of doing this. We enjoyed the repainting, the attention-to-detail, the ride soundtracks, the returning effects, the small details that indicate at least an interest in maintaining the train and Backlot and the Crypt... 2012 looks to be shaping up similarly. No $25 million addition, maybe, but a refreshed, revitalized change or two with a nice attraction that was needed.

But will Kings Island operate both wave pools on all days???? We shall see? This would help with the crowds, but really they need some new slides too, as some of the slides are getting mighty old.

^That's kind of the point. The wave pool was always so packed. This one will spread out the crowds. Kind of like Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, they have Wildebeest but they made Mammoth, to spread out the crowds. And it works!

^how do you know that works if mammoth isn't open yet? haha

I can't wait to try out Kings Islands new 650,000 gallon family bathroom!