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^ If people do that...they won't be welcome here! --Robb

Actually there is...I just haven't gotten around to installing that one yet! --Robb "In due time..." Alvey

With the current generation consoles coming down in price, it seems that a lot of people have multiple systems, and for all different reasons. What Video Game Console do you own? and why? What are your favorite games, or favorite genre of games? We have all three. Here is what we play the most on each one: GameCube: Mario games - Mario Party, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, etc. PS2: Katamari Damacy, Taiko No Tatsujin (the Japanese version of Taiko Drum Master) XBOX: MAME games! Yay classic 1980s arcade games! --Robb

Hey everyone! I'm still adding some new features to the board and tonight I added a "Statistics" page. You can click on the link above the "TPR" logo. The stats page gives you the top posters, top active topics, top viewed topics, and top downloaded files. I hope you enjoy the new addition! --Robb

^ We were probably there at least 2 hours. I mean we did like EVERYTHING in the rides section, wandered around the gardens, saw the awesome fountains, played in the gas line obstacle course, went to the gift shop, went BACK to the rides area, saw the model trains, went into another gift shop, visited medieval santa, all in like 2-3 hours! --Robb "It was a full day!" Alvey

^ I had the HC30 with me at Cypress Gardens. So that was the last camera you saw me with. --Robb

^ LMAO!!!! It's scary how much history of my "18+" life you know! --Robb "Who basically grew up with Kevin!" Alvey

I have made it so that now when you hit 'submit' when posting, you will now be redirected to the post you just made instead of the forum you were in. Do you guys all like this better? --Robb "Still tweaking a few things" Alvey

Hey Ted! Thanks for posting those! Those pics really kick ass! I had seen those before over at your www.coasterfanatics.com site. Thanks for sharing them here too! --Robb

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Kings Island (KI), this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Page. Official Park Website Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 February 19th, 2005 - Italian Job Stunt Coaster construction photos - SEE BELOW! May 20, 2005 - Italian Job Stunt Coaster opens September 22nd, 2005 - Park's award winning kid's area to get total revamp November 30th, 2005 - Ghoster Coaster is removed 2006 June 4th, 2006 - Fire near Son of Beast July 9th, 2006 - Major accident with Son of Beast July 13th, 2006 - Q&A with Kings Island Public Relations about Son of Beast accident December 13th, 2006 - State of Ohio release report on SoB accident. Park says SoB will be modified by removing the loop. 2007 February 5th, 2007 - Kings Island to get Geauga Lake's X-Flight, to be renamed Firehawk March 28th, 2007 - Five new shows announced for 2007 June 9th, 2007 - During Coaster Con, new trains spotted on SoB transfer track October 12th, 2007 - Geauga Lake's wooden coaster trains end up at Kings Island 2008 March 8th, 2008 - Racer will no longer run backwards during the 2008 season August 6th, 2008 - Diamondback announced August 20th, 2011 - Diamondback construction photos August 28th, 2008 - Model of Diamondback on display at the park. September 14th, 2008 - Diamondback construction photos October 15th, 2008 - Diamondback construction update November 11th, 2008 - Diamondback construction update 2009 January 27th, 2009 - Diamondback aerial photos covered in the snow March 12th, 2009 - testing phots of splashdown element June 18th, 2009 - Son of Beast closed for the season August 27th, 2009 - Kids area to be rethemed as Planet Snoopy 2010 March 31st, 2010 - inside look at Boo Blasters conversion April 6th, 2010 - Son of Beast removed from 2010 park map April 28th, 2010 - Snoopy's Starlight Spectacular announced August 23rd, 2010 - Kings Island announces new thrill ride for 2011 August 24th, 2010 - New ride will be a Mondial Windseeker 2011 March 18th, 2011 - Dinosaurs Alive! announced April 4th, 2011 - New ride enhancements for The Crypt May 10th, 2011 - Dinosaurs Alive! pricing details July 18th, 2011 - Kings Island announces Fast Lane system September 2nd, 2011 - waterpark to double in size for 2012 October 11th, 2011 - Trick or Treat with Dinosaurs at Dinosaurs Alive! 2012 February 14th, 2012 - Invertigo getting a new paint scheme! February 15th, 2012 - Vice President & GM Greg Scheid now on Twitter! February 20th, 2012 - Gold & Platinum Passholders get 1 hour ERT every day March 3rd, 2012 - Kings Island debuts 40th anniversary park logo April 27th, 2012 - Kings Island debuts new park food options May 11th, 2012 - Soak City Water Park construction near completion July 27th, 2012 - Son of Beast to be removed! September 22nd, 2012 - Son of Beast demolition has begun! November 20th, 2012 - Son of Beast completely demolished! 2013 March 27th, 2013 - Maintenance work continues in prep for 2013 season April 11th, 2013 - World's largest dino animatronic coming in 2013! June 29th, 2013 - Footers appear for anticipated 2014 coaster, let the speculation begin. August 4th, 2013 - Beast behind the scenes tours announced for August! August 8th, 2013 - Banshee is announced 2014 September 20th, 2014 - Report from Haunt RIP Party! November 1st, 2015 - Woodstock Gliders announced - the return of Flying Scooters to Kings Island 2015 August 19th, 2015 - 7 story water slide complex coming to Soak City in 2016 2016 Jue 28th, 2016 - Mystic Timbers announced for 2017 August 18th, 2016 - Kings Island announces the return of Winterfest for the 2017 season 2017 2018 August 16th, 2018 - Return of Kings Mills Antique Autos announced for 2019 season 2019 August 15th, 2019 Orion announced is King's Islands' new coaster for 2020 2020 December 8th, 2020 - Camp Cedar Campground to open in 2021! 2022 October 19th, 2022 - Adventure Port themed area announced for 2023! 2023 August 10th, 2023 - Camp Snoopy announced for 2024! 2025 March 25th, 2025 - The Beast re-tracking effort announced! _____________________________________________________ PKI has posted a few construction pics on thier website. There's not TOO much to look at, but it's still kind of interesting. http://www.pki.com/italianjob/construct_photos.html --Robb

^ Yeah, above all...that IS the secret! You can go from making a crappy POV look somewhat decent! --Robb

How to add your Birthday: 1. Click on "Profile" above 2. Click on the "Profile" tab in the Profile Control Panel 3. Use the pull down menu in the "Birthday" field to add your date! Then your birthday will automatically show up on the calendar, and you'll get a slice of cake on your Birthday! --Robb

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Aulani - A Disney Resort & Spa, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. Official Resort Website Below are some links to past updates from the resort, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 February 18th, 2005 - Disney testing group vacations in Hawaii and Wyoming 2008 October 16th, 2008 - Disney unveils plans for Hawaiian resort 2010 January 19th, 2010 - Disney reveals new details for 800-room Aulani resort 2013 January 20th, 2013 - New details on Aulani expansion released! October 21st, 2013 - Ka Maka Landing now open at Aulani 2014 March 18th, 2014 - Aulani: The Music of the Makaʻala now downloadable! _____________________________________________________ Original Post: Disney is up to some weird stuff lately.....

But we've never had a bad experience at the WDW version of Millionaire! --Robb "WDW rules!" Alvey

^ Nah, you're not the only one..I mean, I like Nitro a lot...but I've always thought it was overrated. I like all the Intamin hypers over Nitro, and I even like Raging Bull better than it. Nitro IMO is better than Apollo or Silver Star, though. --Robb

Well, being that Dorney is one of my least favorite parks, can I vote for one of their water slides as my favorite ride there? ' The "Red, White, and Blue" slides are AWESOME!!!! Seriously!!! Other than that...I'd have to go with Laser as my favorite coaster. Steel Force USED to be good when the trims were always off, and before the days of the Intamin hyper came along...now it's only just a 'good' ride IMO. Talon was one of my least favorite B&M inverts, but at least Silver Bullet has knocked Talon up a notch! The Wild Mouse there always seems to run low capacity and I think I've only ridden it once or twice. Thunderhawk is still really good in the front seat, but those trims REALLY kill the ending of the ride. Seriously, this coaster COULD be as good as Phoenix if it wasn't for those trims. It's smooth, it's got good air, and has potential for more...but it just doesn't deliver. And while Hydra looks interesting....I'm not holding my breath after the last two Cedar Fair commissioned B&M's. --Robb "So yeah...not too much positive to say about Dorney." Alvey

For me it's hands down Intamin. They make some of my favorite rides, coaster and non-coaster. Expedition GeForce, all SROS's, MF, Goliath, Acrophobia, Blue Fall, Drop Zone, Grizzly River Run, their parachute towers, etc... They even did Soarin' Over California, and even though I'm not a big fan of it, it IS a great ride system! And I can't wait to ride one of thier Aqua Trax rides! So yeah, for me it's all about Intamin. They make kick as coasters, and they make tons of quality 'other stuff' too. 2nd for me would be B&M, but most of thier coasters have been very 'hit or miss' lately...mostly 'miss' for me. --Robb

My story was basically the 'end' of me wanting to play at the DCA version. The short version is this.... I got in the hot seat after some 14 yr old kid had just been in, where the audience was all obnoxious yelling out answers, etc, and they still allowed all that. OK, whatever....because they were doing the same for me too. So anyway, I got in the hot seat and the "Regis" was all cool and joking with me and having 'fun.' At about the 8,000 point question or so they called time. So they asked me if I wanted to come back to the next show, which was in an hour. I waited around the hour, came back, and was first in the hot seat. However, this time around the "Regis," who was the same guy wasn't very joking, in fact he was pretty cold and rude to me for no reason at all. It was almost as though they just wanted me out of the hot seat as quickly as possible so they could get the next person in. I answered a couple of questions, and I used the 50/50 on one and I got it wrong, the audience went "Awwwwww..." BEFORE I even said "Final Answer." So then I jokingly said "Ahh, heck...I guess I'm going to make B my final answer." And the "Regis" says...sorry, you can't do that! And I was like "What??!! You allowed that all last show!" "No we didn't" "What??? Yes you did! And those guys (pointed to a group of passholder Millionaire regulars) who were in the last show know you did!" (They all went 'yeah!) At that point they actually TURNED THE MIKE OFF on me and told me to leave!!! The audience was actually booing the Regis for doing that too! I was so pissed off! It was like they were changing the rules around to suit them! I mean, at the end of the day I didn't really care because it was just some stupid pins, but it was one of those things were I felt really slighted for no reason at all. Gregg was there, he can vouch for it totally being unfair and uncalled for! --Robb "That's my story." Alvey

I like them both...but of course it depends on the ride. I would say that Hypercoasters are my favorite type of Steel coasters, simply because I'm not into rides that are inversion after inversion after inversion, etc, etc.... Naturally people who seem to like wooden coasters also seem to like hypers because the are kind of the 'steel equivalent' of woodies, so to speak. I also like both woodies and hypers that have "Ejector" airtime, not floater air. So that's why I prefer hypers like Expedition GeForce and S:ROS over hypers like Steel Force and Nitro. --Robb

^ Yeah, getting to a park at opening for us is VERY key. It means we can get the most done at a park in a shorter amount of time, and it's not very often that we have to wait in ANY lines, even for a parks 'newest' big ride. We plan our trips so that we are at every park at LEAST 30 minutes prior to the park's posted opening times. There are a LOT of parks that open their gates 15-30 minutes prior to the park opening the rides, and hold you in one central area, then do a 'rope drop' and let everyone in. That's why we like to be there early enough so that we don't get screwed and end up at the back of the crowd. For example, PKD does this, and in 2001 if you wanted to get a ride on Hypersonic, you NEEDED to be at the park an hour before opening, because they open the gates 30 minutes prior to opening the rides. If you weren't at the front of the crowd, you could expect to wait 2 hours for Hypersonic. The same thing goes for X at SFMM, and many other lower-capacity, popular rides. As for staying late, we normally don't. It might look from our videos and photos that we 'rush' through parks, but we normally do not. We always take our time and try to have a 'smart' park day. Meaning we'll hit the rides that we think will have longer lines once it gets more crowded earlier in the day. For example, if a park has a Wild Mouse, A good Sally dark ride, or any other ride that is low capacity. If a ride has a brand NEW coaster that's sure to get a 2 hour wait later on, we'll hit it first and sometimes manage to get two rides before it gets too crowded. We're also not big on re-riding something over and over again. Which is one reason why we don't go to many enthusaist events. As much as we like parks and like to ride, we found that even our favorite coasters we don't ride more than 5 times. Usually once or twice on most rides gives us our fill. We prefer to ride MORE rides at a park, including non-coaster rides, than one ride over and over again. Unless of course it's Expedition GeForce, Pheonix, or some of our top 5 coasters! I'd say our average park day is anywhere from 4 hours at a small park to 6 or 7 hours at a larger park. It's very rare that we visit a park and DON'T get everything in that we want to see. And it takes some tricky navigation, using a parks premimum line pass (like fastpass, express, or fastlane) to make it happen, but we always seem to come out ahead! Anyway, that's enough on this for now. Please ask any questions you have! --Robb

Yeah, can you upload your park so we can all check it out? Thanks! --Robb

^ Do you have a photo of the track that you can upload also? --Robb

OK, below I've attached an image that should help you. Under the "Add an Attachment" panel below: 1. Click "Browse" to find the picture on your hard drive. 2. Click Add Attachment once you've selected the file you want to upload. At this point you can continue to repeat steps 1 & 2 if you have more photos you'd like to upload. 3. Click "Submit" to post your message. You can click on the "Allowed Extensions and Sizes." The current allowed extensions are: gif jpeg jpg png tga tif And you can upload up to 150kb photo. I hope this helps!

How about READ THE INSTRUCTIONS which is the first thing you see on this board: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=143 --Robb "Dude, you are REALLY close to being banned." Alvey

^ Ok, dude... I have sent you 2 PM's now and posted about this in one other thread about your overuse of exclamations, etc, and your spamming the boards with posts like these. One more time and you may be the first suspended user from our boards. Please don't make me have to do that. --Robb "I'm a patient person, but don't push me over the edge." Alvey