I just noticed that Fast Lane passes are not available for opening day. Why? I was planning on buying one for that day to bypass the lines. Now I might not go that day at all.

Probably because so many people go on Opening Day, they don't want the passes to run out too fast, just my guess.

I like the new website.

As for the map, Invertigo got it's loop back!

You're right about that! See, it's that sort of thing that's surprising. It seems to really truly indicate that Kings Island representatives saw what we were saying here and made changes accordingly. It seems unlikely that they'd decide to go back and add trees, a loop, change colors, add dimensionality on rides like Vortex, etc. while we coincidentally mentioned those same (admittedly) insignificant things here. They paid attention. And there really was no reason to change those things except so that we would notice. Bravo, Kings Island representatives... If you read this, we noticed!

I wonder why the picture for BLSC is a paramount one with the water.....

Maybe we'll get back the good old' BLSC

^ I don't know if it's been like that in past years, but now that you mention it... With the attention to detail we saw last season, I almost wonder if the "splashdown" will return. It's not like it isn't already functioning at Kings Dominion.

When I heard Kings Island got a new website today, I knew there would be a lot of talk on here. The map dosen't say the rides name where the ride is located, so we don't know if The Crypt is The Crypt. Son of Beast isn't on the map, so that kind of comfirms no operation for 2012 (But that was thought very likely already). Gonna seach the internet and hope to find something like 'Crypt is not being torn down" but probably not .

You can search all you want but I doubt you will find anything on that.

Can anyone else believe the area's largest/best hotel Great Wolf is listed on the featured hotels.

Why is the water park gated off from the rest of the park? If you look at the train tracks are also walled off.

It's supposed to make it look like there's a fence separating it from the train tracks, funneling people through that aqua blue and yellow shade structure. I think.

New site looks great! I can't for other park too. I think the only thing I don't like on it is the menus they seem to drop down to slow maybe its my computer? Also is this new for the easy pay option for either a season pass or platinum pass? I think that is really nice!!!

You can search all you want but I doubt you will find anything on that.

Can anyone else believe the area's largest/best hotel Great Wolf is listed on the featured hotels.

Didn't find anything...

Gary,

I had not known that KI discontinued the practice of only one lap on the lazy river a few seasons back. The last time I went to KI`s water park to swim, was the season pass preview weekend for Boomerang Bay, back in 2004! I definitely will be hitting it up this year though!

Did anyone else notice that if you search "Son of Beast" on their website it brings up 3 results!

If you go on the "FAQ" section and then go on "KI by the year" it gives a more in depth description of it.

Did anyone else notice that if you search "Son of Beast" on their website it brings up 3 results!

Yeah, and none of them talk about the ride operating now or in the future. Please, until further notice, consider Son of Beast to be decorative and nothing more. Or, better yet, do as Kings Island would want you and pretend it does not exist.

Pretend WHAT doesn't exist?

Aparently something called Son of Beast, never heard of it.

Talking on Facebook, someone asked why The Crypt isn't on the new website, answer from somebody is the ride was removed. LOL, people assuming false things.

I was just not used to anything about SOB on their website but

now all of a sudden I just forgot what SOB is, or what you called Son of Beast?

But I too have never heard of it.

Son of Beast reads in your avatar, because you want to know what this thing is? Or is it a person? Yeah, probably a person. I like that wooden structure under your post, to bad nothing like that has or ever will be made or opened. Congrats on 100 posts, I make a big deal when I do it, so congratulations! Son of Beast, what Beast? Defnetly not the roller coaster, some sort of Beast.

Just a couple of thoughts-

I love the new park map. The details are great! Thumbs up Kings Island!

Second of all, Fast Lane IMO is going a little overboard. I mean, do we really need that on the Eiffel Tower? Next thing you know, they'll put it on some made up ride like Son of Beast or The Crypt.

Lastly, on the park map, why are The Racer trains white? Sorry, a little detail I just noticed.

WOW. The new website for Kings Island is very, very nice...and the park map is VASTLY improved over last year's, thanks to some error fixes and...TREES! And the map is STILL very easy to use for navigation because the trees aren't huge. Nice job, KI!

As for Crypt...ouch. There goes ANOTHER $20,000,000 Paramount-era ride that was very hyped up possibly down the toilet. At least Son of Beast now has a friend in SBNO land. Perhaps Cedar Fair has something planned for these two, perhaps not and they are both to be demolished to make room for new rides...

Whoa whoa whoa... We got a British Invasion show! Totally digging this!! Something i've always waited for!

It will be very sad if Son of Beast and also The Crypt will both be standing but not operating (SBNO) in 2012. Hopefully a announcement will come soon from the park Concerning both rides.

http://www.cedarpoint.com has also been updated to the same look.

"

Cut Your Wait Time On The Racer."

If Fast Lane is coming to The Racer, I'm worried they might take one side and use it for just Fast Lane riders?

If so, then maybe no more blue train, or red train, unless we pay?

I really wouldn't worry about that. Like, at all.

http://www.cedarpoint.com has also been updated to the same look.

Hasn't that been the layout they have been using for awhile? Plus it's not the same layout as KI, KD, CW, Knotts, or Soak City

Also they updated http://www.knotts.com/, http://www.canadaswonderland.com/, http://www.kingsdominion.com/, and http://www.soakcitycp.com/

Edit: CP just showed up for me.

You must still be seeing the old layout, the new one is identical to the others.

Kings Dominion's hasn't changed for me. Cedar Point's didn't until just now. Must be like when they first updated the Carowinds website from the original Paramount Parks layout--it takes time for the change to take effect.

It looks like Knott's got their own Fast Lane system.

^^ Interesting, but not surprising. Down for a year or down for the count? I'd imagine it's the latter. RIP Giant Top Spin. You were a good ride for a year or two, and get an A for effort for a few years after that.

I've seen a few Top Spin rides down for along time. Geauga Lake had one that was down every time i went.