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What I expected to be a day full of downtime and large crowds turned out to be one of my best theme park days of the year!!!!

-Met Captain Cacao after waiting 5 minutes.

-Waited 15 minutes for Hiccup meet and greet.

- Didn't wait long to meet Mario.

- danced with some stilt walkers celebrating the 4th

- 14 Zen rides on Stardust racers

- on and off Battle at the ministry using single rider in 20 minutes. Decided to ride it again to see the entire queue when it was posted 45 minutes and waited 25 minutes.

- walked onto monsters unchained.

- ate in each land

- currently jamming out to the DJ around the cosmos fountain.

- a brief delay with bowsers challenge loved it!

- Donkey Kong up and running most of the day minus the weather delay.

Such a great day!!! Now back to jamming with the DJ lol

So I was at the parks yesterday (7/3) and had an issue which needed resolution at guest services and we were chatting it up. I had asked him if he thought the split between Comcast and NBC Universal would impact the parks and he confidently said yes, and then said "with exception of the roller coaster, construction has been paused." I don't know how accurate that is or if Universal would share that type of information with line employees but he seemed pretty confident when we discussed it. I wasn't able to get any additional information because there were people in the line...I should probably take it as a grain of salt. What do you all think?.

Has anyone been to Epic recently and saw that Toad or Donkey Kong were greeting guests? Just curious. Me and my 2 sons who are big fans will be there next Wednesday.

I'm going to great adventure tomorrow for the first time this season. How have the operations been? Are there any shows as of yet? I heard El Toro was on just one train for a while. Is that still the case? Just want to know what to expect.

Hello. Anyone going to Kings Island this weekend. I actually have a flight scheduled to come into Cincinnati to visit Kings Island and I'm concerned about the park in the rain. This will be my first trip to the park. My question is how does the park handle rain? Will they close everything? It doesn't seem that this weekend will be a wash out but weather channel does say rain throughout the day.

Hello. Can you please watch, like and comment on my latest theme park vlog? I would really appreciate it.

Hello everyone. I was just thinking about upgrading to Disneys top annual pass and it got me thinking about Universal. I'm not a Universal pass holder yet but I love the parks. Currently have a pass at Disney. When Epic is finally added to the Premier level pass, what are your guesses to what the overall cost might come out to? I can easily see it matching Disneys pass even with one less park. Thoughts?

So the USA today 10 best was just released and Disney and Universal parks were blatantly ignored. I will list the winners below. These parks are chosen by a combination of an expert panel and popular vote.

1. Silver Dollar City

2. Knoebels

3. Lost Island Theme Park

4. Kennywood

5. Sea World Orlando

6. Kings Island

7. Busch Gardens Williamsburg

8. Holiday World

9. Cedar Point

10. Hersheypark

Most of these are nationally recognized destination regional parks. I've been to all of them and they are lovely in their own right but are they really better than Disney and Universal parks? I have my own thoughts. What are yours?