Slightly edited from the original intent of the thread, but...

You know when its near the end of the off season when parks on social media start commenting on their respective opening days.

Sooooo close to park season!

It's already here at a few limited Northern options...

You know it's the offseason when you see a bimodal line graph and the shape reminds you of Banshee's batwing (this happened last night, btw)

You're wondering what surprises the park has in store for the upcoming season that they haven't already revealed on social media

When you play Kings Island games with your friends.

When you start planning your next visit down to the minutes.

When you stay up until 3:20 a.m. on a Saturday night playing Thrillville Off the Rails on the Wii with your 9 year old daughter.

When SFA and KD open tomorrow, but you are far more excited about April 12 and 18...

^^Sorry but I think it's actually... "Ok stunt team, listen up. As with any driving stunt, safety first. So stay seated, keep your head against the headrest, and your hands and arms inside the brioche at all times. Secure all loose articles, or leave them, with the crew, before we roll."

But you got almost all of that anyway.

Say what?!?

What the spellcheck...

I just looked up brioche. It's... Bread.

When you see the forecast for next Thursday and think, "It's going to be a great day for Banshee!" and then are disheartened when you realize that Media Day is yet another week beyond that. It's happened to me several times over the past two days, you'd think I'd learn by now...

When your kids have been asking to go to KI since about November 10th, and the question gets asked more often as you get closer to opening day.

When it's been more than a month since you have ridden a roller coaster.

When you children want to watch the Banshee teaser video when announced on the computer and on your phone, since they can't see it in person!

When you shop for a new waterproof camera that you can't really afford but will probably buy anyway just so you can use it at amusement parks and waterparks.

You know off-season is drawing to a close when...

Several rides are lit up at CP.

Edit: fixed

When you walk outside and swear you hear the unmistakable sound of Firehawk's anti-rollbacks...

When you're making sure you are remembering when every single one of your park visits have taken place, as well as the "anniversaries" of visits taken at least a year ago.

For example, yesterday (April 3) was the one year anniversary of my first (and currently only) Dollywood trip, and next Thursday (April 10) will be the two year anniversary of my first and also only trip to Kings Dominion. I was watching all of my Dollywood videos today, and I'm kind of beginning to miss the place!

Also, for that matter, April 27 (the Sunday after Easter Sunday) will be the one year anniversary of the very first Opening Day I ever went to!

^This past week marks the 1 year anniversary from my very first Disney World and Universal trip. One year ago today I was at the Magic Kingdom and had the great honor of marching in the Main Street Electrical Parade with my marching band. That was one of the best experiences of my life and I will never forget it.

As posted elsewhere, my first park visit and coaster rides were longer ago than I am old. I am told it was...wait for it...sensational.

When you've been to the park the past 3 weeks (4 tomorrow) for job interviews, processing, orientation, and training sessions. It literally seems like a ghost town during the offseason.

On another note, I went to the park today with my sister for her job interview and I saw Diamondback testing! Just thought I'd share that.

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As posted elsewhere, my first park visit and coaster rides were longer ago than I am old. I am told it was...wait for it...sensational.

My wife was a week or two pregnant with our son when we were at Universal. She obviously did not know that at the time. But my son has already rode the following: Hulk, Spiderman, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, the dueling dragon fight ride, and a host of others.....

When you start singing "It's a Small World", en francais!

When you begin to countdown how many days there are until Opening Day.

When you actually plan on what you are going to wear for Opening Day (First time ironically).

When you start to "ready up" your camera for 2014.

When you set your ringtone to Adventure Express's 2nd lift hill audio and your text alert to the Banshee scream.

Yes, the audio for the former does exist online.

When you pass KI on I-71 and look for rides in motion. So far I have seen the Banshee and Diamondback moving!

^^ If you have the audio file that I have, the track is split so that the music is on the right side and the voice is on the left. You can split the audio in certain computer programs. Thanks to that, I've got a text ringtone of just the voice of "now you will pay".

That also means that I have to switch my phone to vibrate every time I go to the bathroom. I have a recurring fear of having some voice say "NOW YOU WILL PAY" when there are other people in the bathroom and it's quiet.

...especially worrisome at Camden Park, with its pay toilets.

^^ If you have the audio file that I have, the track is split so that the music is on the right side and the voice is on the left. You can split the audio in certain computer programs. Thanks to that, I've got a text ringtone of just the voice of "now you will pay".

That also means that I have to switch my phone to vibrate every time I go to the bathroom. I have a recurring fear of having some voice say "NOW YOU WILL PAY" when there are other people in the bathroom and it's quiet.

I have the same file. I merged them to mono for the ringtone, but if (or more likely, when) the Banshee scream becomes particularly irritating, I may set my text alert to just the "NOW YOU WILL PAY" part as you described.

...especially worrisome at Camden Park, with its pay toilets.

There are actual parks that are that cruel? I thought that only happened in Roller Coaster Tycoon...

Camden Park has nickel pay toilets. Most of the coin devices no longer work.

So does that mean that most of the toilets no longer work?

When you begin to wonder what kind of profits could be made off of the lavatories.