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What are you looking forward to the most this 40th anniversary season?


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What are you looking forward to the most in the 2012 season?

With an extended ERT session, new shows, a new Soak City, new food options, and being KI's 40th anniversary season there is a lot of things to be excited about this year!

Here is what is listed for the ERT lineup - Early rides include: Diamondback, Invertigo, Eiffel Tower, Flying Ace Aerial Chase, Woodstock Whirlybirds, Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, Linus’ Launcher, Great Pumpkin Coaster, Charlie Brown’s Wind Up and Surf Dog.

I am looking forward to all the new rides in the ERT lineup and bringing over my kids to enjoy ERT in PS. I am also looking forward to the new food options and trying those out. I am also excited to see the 40th anniversary spirit wear, and hoping I find a polo with the logo on it!



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Yeah, they need to sell polos. I would definitely wear a KI polo to work occasionally. Oh, and bucket hats...great to block out the sun.

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Riding Diamondback again after 6 months, and of course the extra ERT rides.

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I'm looking forward to being able to visit the park again :)

Really hoping that the new food lives up to the hype.

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Yeah, they need to sell polos. I would definitely wear a KI polo to work occasionally. Oh, and bucket hats...great to block out the sun.


I look every season and have not seen one in years. I would have one for every work day of the week if they sold them. I have totally wore out my Beast 25th anniversary polo's that I got years ago!

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2004 to be exact. There were once Son of Beast polos, too; but with scalloped colored contrasting collar trim.

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For some reason, I want to ride Invertigo with the new paint job and ERT scheduling. Still the same ride, I know, but it will seem different.

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For some reason, I want to ride Invertigo with the new paint job and ERT scheduling. Still the same ride, I know, but it will seem different.


I am very eager to get up close to it and see the new paint job as well!

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I still have my two PKI polos from the 90's that Kings Island gave us to wear while working. I also have several of different colors with PKI logos on them from 2005. Not counting my Paramount Kings Island work jacket from 1996.

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More than anything, I am looking forward to seeing all the fun people that I don't get the chance to see off season, especially the wild and crazy DB ERT gang.

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I am hopefully looking forward to walking into The Emporium this season and buying a full size park map! :)
(Actually more than one. ;) )

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A full size park map?? Do you have an extra 365 acres just laying around? ;)

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^VERY good...I asked for that! :lol:

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I am hopefully looking forward to walking into The Emporium this season and buying a full size park map! :)
(Actually more than one. ;) )

You should had posted that yesterday, April 1st and offered to sale it to someone/1

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I look forward to seeing my first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower from Interstate 71.

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The first drop of the year on DB. Though, having your first ride of the year with my daughter in the front row of The Beast with the whole coaster to yourselves is a close second...see if that can happen again this year.

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The first drop of the year on DB. Though, having your first ride of the year with my daughter in the front row of The Beast with the whole coaster to yourselves is a close second...see if that can happen again this year.


Remember that the Beast is no longer included in ERT.

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I'm very excited for the new food options! While Skyline is fantastic, I do love me a good cheesesteak and real hamburgers!

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The first drop of the year on DB. Though, having your first ride of the year with my daughter in the front row of The Beast with the whole coaster to yourselves is a close second...see if that can happen again this year.


Remember that the Beast is no longer included in ERT.


Correct, but at 10am on Weds May 16th, I would imagine that the Beast queue will be empty.

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I'm very excited for the new food options! While Skyline is fantastic, I do love me a good cheesesteak and real hamburgers!


That cheese steak does sound good!

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I'm looking forward to riding the best ride in the park, Vortex.

I'm not looking forward the ridiculous fast lane bridge on Vortex however.

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Haveing my daughter reach the big 48 inches mark and ride some of the bigger coasters that she keeps telling me she wants to ride. She really wants to ride DB but i had to tell her sorry a few more years for that one

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The new CF CEO said the french fries will be made the old fashioned way. That I will buy!

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I thought they still did that at KI at the potato place near the train and that the fresh fries thing was for CP only? I may be wrong though...

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Rivertown Potato Works has kept the good fries. From what I've heard, CP had good fries, but changed it a few years ago to the kinzelfries. The news is that CP will again have the proper fries.

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I can't wait to ride the Beast!

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Looking forward to just simply being there :) The sights of people having fun, the smells of grease, the sounds of people screaming, the feeling of wind in your hair, and the taste of blue ice cream! (it's a full-sensory experience!) And riding all the rides, of course! Especially Beast! :D

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getting the heck out of west virginia, even if it is just a day... oh and to ride vortex my first time, beast again, fof again, dt again, hopefully slingshot, diamondback, ws, oh oh and flight deck.

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I was first hired by Kings Island in 1972 and 2012 will mark the 40th anniversary when I was first hired by The Park and I look forward to welcoming back all my friends with their pets for me to take care of. I plan on taking my 90 year old father to the park for him to enjoy all the live shows and take in the sites.

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Honestly, I look most forward to taking my 3 1/2 yr old daughter to Dinos Alive. She talks about it all the time... like any time I ask where she wants to go today.

Aside from that, I just can't for that "in the park" feeling ad the mood that comes with it.

Gotta say my first time over those glorious first 2 hills on DB!




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