With 10 days to go until Kings Island opens for the 2013 season, In your opinion, What are the 10 best things about Kings Island?

in no particular order

~rides

~food

~shows

~staff

~haunt

~environment

~scenery

~the lights around night fall

~how easily picturesque everything is when you stop to look at things

~the park is just as great when you rush from ride to ride as it is when you slowly snake your way around the park

1. The people. People make Kings Island. It has good ones.

2. The Midwest. It's a great place to be. Jeff Seibert said it was the Midwest, anyway.

3. Its customers. Good folk. Well behaved.

4. Its access. Easy to get to. Compare Geauga Lake. Or Lake Winnie.

5. Its sitdown restaurant, now that it has one.

6. The ride mix. It's missing a little something, but that'll be fixed soon.

7. The water park included with admission. Many places, it isn't.

8. The many, many memories I have of Kings Island, many with people I can never go with to the park again.

9. The grand entrance highlighted by the Royal Fountain and the Eiffel Tower.

10. The many, many friends I have made there over the years, and will in years to come.

I'm not sure how I'd pick 10, but The Racer that brought back rollercoasters after the great depression would definitely be somewhere on my list.

In no order

1. The worlds longest wooden coaster
2. The world's best kids area
3. the largest animatronic dinosaur park
4. the largest amusement/water park in the Midwest
5. One of the top 10 steel coasters
6. the more or less themed sections
7. the rides
8. the family rides
9. the peanuts
10. blue icecream

6. The ride mix. It's missing a little something, but that'll be fixed soon.

Little like the Smurfs? Are you helping them escape from Gargamel?

This old dinosaur may be more apt to help his kinfolk in 2013....

1. I'm probably going to be obligated to say the employees.

2. Flight of Fear's theming
3. Philly cheese steaks
4. Entertainment
5. The Eiffel Tower
6. We still have our train
7. Blue ice cream!
8. Everything is always really clean... much better than the last time I went to a Six Flags!
9. Reds Hall of Fame Grille
10. The Beast

Which Six Flags?

Terp, who likes to ask questions.

Elitch Gardens in 2006 or 2007. It was... not a nice park. I've heard it's much better now, but nothing like the old Elitch Gardens...

And no longer a Six Flags. Today's Six Flags management is not the Six Flags of old. And the old Elitch's was splendid. Moving downtown was almost certainly a huge mistake.

10. always the anticipation of another season

9. Kids Land

8. Water Park

7. Best larosas in all of the cincinnati/larosas area

6. Eifel tower

5. Log Flume

4. Flight Deck

3. Racer,

2. Monster

1. Beast

And no longer a Six Flags. Today's Six Flags management is not the Six Flags of old. And the old Elitch's was splendid. Moving downtown was almost certainly a huge mistake.

Ah, if I'm near one I should give them a chance sometime... although it seems there's no Six Flags kingdom very close anymore...

1. That it's fairly close to get to for me

2. The rides

3. The scenery/layout/general beauty of the park

4. The memories I'll always treasure, and the ones I've yet to make

5. The food

6. Clean and generally safe

7. The employees, especially the ride operators who make the station waits fun and entertaining

8. The park's ability to make me forget any troubles while I'm there having a good time

9. The nighttime atmosphere, especially in Coney Mall

10. The general ambiance and energy of the park

10 - It's Past

9 - Soak City

8 - The Racer

7 - The Beast

6 - Flight of Fear

5 - Food

4 - Haunt

3 - Ed Alonzo

2 - Firehawk

1 - Diamondback