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Nothing would fit the theming in New France quite like an advertising wrap for Snickers on one of Invadr's trains.

@SonofBaconator What's really interesting is that Jeff Gramke is/was "in charge" of this, as well as The Beast. The guy is still around KI. See the screenshot below of the page here. Sounds like if the giga is actually coming, itll be awesome!

If the permit filed with Warren County is accurate, which I'm almost certain it is, there should be some work happening during the end of 2018.

If a GiGa is coming in 2020 when will land clearing start? What month do you think we would see signs of something happening? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The theme for next year's HoliWood nights is Airtime, a takeoff on the movie Airplane!. More info at https://www.holidayworld.com/wp-content/uploads/HWN2019.pdf

@sixohdieselrage, the story of The Beast is awesome. Mr. Gramke gave a talk at Coasterstock and I was starstruck. If I could have only heard Al Collins give a talk. Plus, hearing Dennis Speigel's thoughts on The Beast...it is so awesome to hear these folks who were so key to the birth of my favorite roller coaster. With the Great Coaster we got with Mystic Timbers, Diamondback and Banshee, I think what we get is gonna be pretty awesome. I'm pretty excited!

@jtro223 Well, yes. I just wasnt aware he was one of the Chief Designers of The Beast.

I would think pretty soon.

I'm back with another concept. I give you Meteor Strike!

Maybe for a change Holiwood Nights and CP Coastermania won’t be the same weekend so we can attend both (since CP Coastermania is typically the first Friday in June which would make it June 7).

Agreed. I went for the first time last year and they treat you like royality. (Trimless) Voyage ERT and Legend ERT were amazing and so worth it (also, the respective backstage tours were cool)! As well as coaster ERT, there is waterpark ERT and they bring out the characters to have some fun too. I will certainly be there next year!

I've been several years now and it's a lot of fun. Definitely one to go to.

Backwards racer!!!

Pretty awesome they're gonna have horse drawn carriges.

https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2018/october/the-graveyard-of-old-kings-island-rides I enjoy that the park does the defunct ride graveyard every year, but I'm surprised by the number of errors in this blog post. Misspellings and wrong years for several attractions...

It looks as though the post was edited and several of the issues were corrected. Here are all the corrections that have been made: Phantom Theater opened 1992 (previously said 1993) Der Spinnen Keggers previously misspelled as Der Spinning Keggers Bayern Kurve previously misspelled as Bayern Curve There's still a few errors though: Flying Dutchman is listed as having closed in 1991, but 1990 was actually its last season Flight Commander is listed as having opened in 1991, but actually opened in 1990 Rotor is listed as having closed in 1982, but I'm pretty confident its last season was 1979 McScrappy's Slide is listed having closed in 1994, but it operated in 1995. This part has been updated though to note it opened as Flying Carpets, but that should be Flying Carpet.

I know. There were a lot of errors in the blog post. And maybe next year they will have Firehawk a grave.

The Clown Band- More roaming entertainment like in the 70s and 80s. Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal- The big box of fun needs to go "International" Street- Maybe add some elephant ears to the menu since they have them at the Rivertown Funnel Cake stand, flags of the corresponding countries on the buildings.

I think you misunderstood what I meant. After all this is a Kings Island site and I don’t expect to average poster on here to be well knowledgeable on Wonderland’s attractions.

Interesting ideas! I hadn't thought of it that way. The impression I had was a bit more straightforward, haha: The Miami River Lumber Company opened in the woods near KI. However, not long after, something evil took residence in the shed and caused all employees to flee and put the entire facility on lockdown. (In the middle of the frantic evacuation, one of the trucks is crashed into the entrance sign and promptly abandoned without so much as turning off the radio.) The only employees left were security people who are there to keep people away. We, as guests, are trespassing on the Miami River Lumber Co. grounds, along with the guy and girl shown in the video. (I'm assuming we consider ourselves "urban explorers"--think Adam the Woo on YouTube.) We wander the grounds (i.e., the queue) to explore, and we come across an abandoned backpack and radio. We hear... something in the shed. We push forward, eager to see what's caused everyone to head for the hills. As you approach the station, the guy and girl "see" you on the security cameras and, using the company's PA system, urge you to run--there's truly something awful lurking in the shed. They urge you to hotwire "that truck" (i.e., the coaster train) and escape. (This is the audio that plays just outside the station--it's one of the harder audio clips to make out, which is a little frustrating. It's one of the most important parts of the story!) So, you do just that. The truck roars to life, and you pull out of the station. As you do that, someone in the security office catches you on the cameras (and, I'm assuming, has found and apprehended your fellow explorers.) He tells you to stop via the PA and go home. You press on--and just before you're out of earshot, he warns you not to go into the shed. The next bit is a little fuzzy to me, so I'm probably taking some liberties here: I think the noise after the security guard warns you about the shed is supposed to be a microphone screech, as if the guard has been suddenly yanked away from the microphone by... something. And then the ride begins. Story-wise, I can't choose between three different scenarios for what role the ride itself plays: Scenario 1: Throwing caution to the wind, you take the truck for a joy ride. This is your adventure, and you'll make of it what you will. You hop hills, make sudden turns, and splash through a nearby pond until you happen upon the shed. And you try to stop, but something has taken control of your truck and draws it into the shed... (Alternatively, maybe you just think everyone's overreacting and decide to call their bluff by entering the shed yourself? Maybe it's curiosity?) Scenario 2: Fear grips you when the security guard is pulled from the microphone--you want nothing to do with this shed, and you hit the gas and begin flying through the woods to escape. You don't know which way you're going, but you have no time to think--it's fight or flight. Alas, you suddenly hit the brakes--you ended up at the shed after all! Was it your poor sense of direction, or did the woods themselves lead you here?! Before you can put the truck in reverse and escape, something takes hold and causes your truck to enter the shed... Scenario 3: Much like what's shown in the announcement video, you're meant to imagine that the woods have suddenly gotten a mind of their own and are chasing you through the woods. They lead you to the shed, and you have no other choice but to enter... Regardless of which scenario we're meant to experience, we enter the shed and discover what lies inside. I guess, for the story's sake, we technically died? The tale pretty much ends there. It might not win any awards for best storytelling, but I really love the theme of Mystic Timbers. It's simple, but it's definite. (Even better, it's not the blatant clone of Verbolten's theme that I was afraid it would be!) It makes me incredibly happy to have storytelling at KI again. And it's even an awesome ride without the theme, to boot. But with the theme, I've honestly felt myself be more excited to re-ride MT than I have any other new ride since I've been buying myself a pass, which has been every year since 2008. Mystic Timbers is a big win for KI. For me, the storytelling is a large part of why I think that. I honestly hope we see more like it in the future.