Presuming the park is packed today, but out of curiosity, if you're there, how crowded is Kings Island today?

Looks like Banshee has a full queue.

Is anyone up there today? We will be up there around 3

^ I'll let Terpy handle that one.

I'll handle it on his behalf as Terpy is having a Dipper of a day!

Yes.

You know you love it! #jonathan

Yes the park is pretty packed. Kid rides are a 15-20 min wait, Action Zone was wall to wall people....

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Yikes. Sounds like my hopes that the cool weather would keep people away have been shattered lol I guess I will plan on not riding much and hoping hard it rains and washes people out lol

Yea it's been a great day to walk around and see shows, lil shark is loving it!

I have seen a bunch of people who looked like they wanted to go to Soak City

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We will have to catch some shows then. First thing we are doing is the carousel, now that the band organ is finally back!

How many other KICers are there..me and Lindz might possibly make the trip after showers and lunch.

Devan we are on our way now and I know for sure shark and lil shark are up there. Not sure I have even met shark or know his name lol

I haven't either. But wouldn't mind another meet up. Packed park for me means shows, Eiffel Tower. International Street relaxation, and relaxation

Packed park for me means pick what rides I want to do the most and am willing to wait for which narrows it down to maybe 5 coasters and flats and besides that walking around and catching shows

Hey everyone my real name is Matt and lil shark is Michael! We have been up here since a little after 10, so we are actually heading out. I would love to meet up with y'all sometime this year. But a sleepy 1 year old is nothing to mess around with haha

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Banshee is a full queue and then some. We are going to catch the 5pm show of Cirque Imagine

I'm at Kings Island right now and it is a great day to be here! Other than the long lines of course.

Holy cow even Viking Fury has a long line. They have all but two queue lines open in the station! If I didn't have a baby shower tomorrow and dog sitting I would have come tomorrow.

Long lines or not, when we were walking around earlier the nice temp and cool breeze was wonderful

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That's why I go in October a lot. Cool breeze and short lines! Hahaha

^ Unless you desire to ride at night, when October lines are quite long.

if someone goes today please let us know how busy it is, thinking of going later in the day

We pulled in to the parking lot at 10:30 and it's filling up fast. The gloomy sky is not keeping people away. I have my youngest niece and nephew so we'll be in Planet Snoopy for the day. I'm not going to be much help for wait times.

This worries me about tomorrow. I plan on going with my fellow diabetic friend tomorrow. For a little get together before our diabetes camp in a few weeks.

Keep in mind that mid-July to early August is peak season for amusement parks, so naturally the park will be more crowded now than it was a month ago. Just don't let the crowds get you down, and remember that good times can be had even if you don't ride much.

So anyone from KIC down there today, how is the park, its a nice Sunday it seems

My wife called from the line to meet the Avengers. She said it extended from the Eiffel Tower or wherever the meet/greet was setup around the Eiffel Tower, back to the smooth stand along the path next to Diamondback's pond. Don't know how quickly its moving, but she gave the impression that its not moving very fast. Said she heard from 1 employee (security guard I think, so the information isn't nearly as reliable as if it had come from Don, reader beware) that the meet/greet was a lot more popular than they were anticipating. She said they were bringing out the Avengers 1 at a time due to the heat. Sounds like they should have had this in the KI Theater or somewhere w/ AC where all 3 (Iron Man, Thor and Captain America) could engage the crowds comfortably all at once. I won't be joining them until later, and even then may do an exchange and take the son on rides while the Wife takes the girl and goes home with her mom, so this is all 2nd hand (at best), but figured there may be some thinking about heading up there this afternoon to meet the Avengers. I'll post later if I get to talk to her again about how long it took her to get thru the line.

If the Avengers can't take the heat, how are they going to defeat Ultron??

Thanks for the heads up. We are actually heading up now to see the Avengers. Maybe some of the crowd will have disappeared....

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OK, so my wife just called, she thinks they're about "15 min" away from meeting them, though she seems to think all 3 may be out there when she gets to the front (which would be good I suppose) All told, seems like she'll be standing in line for roughly 3 hours. Thankfully she had her mother along with her today so she could take the kids on the Grand Carousel (bet they didn't realize the Wurlitzer was working), Eiffel Tower and a few other things.

Yea we just got here line extends almost to the Diamondback drink stand. We were told it was at lead a 2 hour wait and no guarantee if any of the characters would be there. Off to Planet Snoopy oh well

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Just an update from later in the evening. I got to the park around 5:45 or a shade after, meet them in Planet Snoopy for a ride on Boo Blasters and a few other things. We headed out towards the Tower, then circled back around b/c my son wanted to get on White Water Canyon. I reluctantly agreed (love the ride, just hate being soaked the rest of the evening). As we passed by the tower, we saw where the meet/greet was set up. At this time it was a little before 6:30 and the characters were gone and the line dispersed. I have no idea if they shut down the line when they anticipated that the back of it would get to the front around 6:00 or if at 6:00 they just said sorry to everyone waiting in line (would certainly suck to be in line w/ your kid a few spots away and have them just walk off).

On a side note, the park was completely out of 48" wrist bands. How the heck does that happen, I would have assumed they had those out the wazzu unless they had a bad shipment and didn't realize it until they opened up the box. Don't know how long it takes to get those restocked, I assume those are the most important ones since the list of rides added at that height is second only to the 36" mark, but includes many of the parks most popular attractions.

On another side note, I walked past the motorcycle parking area and noticed every single bike had a small piece of squareish wood under the pedestal. The first one had a nice chrome pedestal, so I just assumed it was the owner wanting not to scuff up the kick stand. However, then I noticed it on all of them, including bikes that had older rusted up kick stands, so I figured it was a KI policy. Anyone know why? Seemed strange, but I'm sure there is good reason; just can't think of it myself.

The wood keeps the kickstand from digging holes in hot asphalt...