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  1. Snowrion: https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/1225844860730695680?s=20
    12 points
  2. For posterity - King Cobras removal...
    8 points
  3. I can confirm that what @Bdd127 said is accurate—Jeff Gramke told me almost the exact same thing. There is an interesting tidbit about trying to sell it that I’m saving for my book.
    8 points
  4. Looks like two of the trains have the same color of.. middle spine? So, not sure the color distinction between there. BUT the far right (ours) train has a lighter blue (teal) spine peaking out.. which is different than the one we've seen already. Edit- in person. Im not referring to the animations. Where we have seen a teal spine.. just trying to avoid being quoted.
    7 points
  5. I pulled the King Cobra posts into its own thread here:
    7 points
  6. Come on you guys. You had one job to do.
    7 points
  7. I don’t know if this is true but...
    6 points
  8. The half painted Vortex pictures are pretty cool to look at. It looks so weird like that.
    6 points
  9. Also, on the subject of King Cobra pictures, I found this web site a few years ago and bookmarked it because it because the guy has some nice pictures from the years 2000 & 2001 at Kings Island. Now-defunct rides included in these images include King Cobra, Son of Beast, Vortex (with horrible paint in 2000 and half-painted in 2001: this was a interesting time for the ride, at least in terms of how it looked), and Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal. The OG Antique Cars and Flying Eagles are not included directly but can be seen in some of the shots focusing on other rides. And while not a ride, there are also some good shots of International Street with the OG Pedestals still in place. 2001 has more photos than 2000 does though. 2000 http://www.casabrian.com/parks/pki2000.html 2001 (Includes KCKC Demolished pics as TR:TR was about to be built, and half-painted Vortex) http://www.casabrian.com/parks/pki2001.html I also found this video on Youtube, it is by PsycloneSteve and posted in 2014 and it has some great footage of King Cobra in action.
    5 points
  10. The basket appeared to be up near the apex when I was by about 4 this afternoon. Took a few pictures, Ill look a little closer and see if its worth sharing as now we are back to no eye in the sky.
    5 points
  11. What's enough time to run proper tests? It's 60 days till media day. So it's going to be starting soon maybe not next week but probably by end of month I'd think. To have time for adjustments or whatever during the process. And allow weather buffer days I'm sure.
    4 points
  12. You could probably build a shell similar to the Arrow ones...
    4 points
  13. Looking thought the KIC archives, this is the best picture we have of seeing the station. Entrance Sign and you can see the station. Someone in the queue taking a photo of KC. Here is the rest of the photos of KC on KIC. https://kicentral.com/history/photos/thumbnails.php?album=1 @malem and I are working on a new galleries page we hope to launch soon.
    4 points
  14. Man I wish that picture was just a little more to the right so we can see the clearance on the maybe headchopper. But that's crazy low to the ground there!
    4 points
  15. 4 points
  16. you should be able to touch the grass like on Kumba.
    4 points
  17. Well, the 2020 season is upon us. Just to show y'all something, below is a list of each ride in the park and how old they are. Makes you think, huh? Years of Operation: Banshee- 6 The Bat- 27 Congo Falls- 32 Delirium- 17 Drop Tower- 21 Invertigo- 21 Xtreme Skyflyer- 25 Dodgem- 34 Kings Mills Antique Autos- 2 Monster- 51 Scrambler- 51 Shake, Rattle, and Roll- 45 The Racer- 48 WindSeeker- 9 Zephyr- 34 Flight of Fear- 24 Orion- Opening year or 1 Eiffel Tower- 48 Grand Carousel- 94 Adventure Express- 29 Sling Shot- 18 Viking Fury- 38 Boo Blasters on Boo Hill- 28 Character Carousel- 38 Charlie Brown's Wind Up- 28 Flying Ace Aerial Chase- 19 Joe Cool's Dodgem School- 43 Kite Eating Tree- 14 Linus' Beetle Bugs- 53 Linus' Launcher- 14 PEANUTS 500- 41 PEANUTS Off-Road Rally- 48 Race For Your Life Charlie Brown- 52 Sally's Sea Plane- 22 Snoopy vs. Red Baron- 28 Snoopy's Junction- 38 Snoopy's Space Buggies- 5 Surf Dog- 14 Great Pumpkin Coaster- 28 Woodstock Express- 48 Woodstock Gliders- 5 Woodstock Whirlybirds- 22 Diamondback- 11 K.I.& M.V.R.R- 48 Mystic Timbers- 3 The Beast- 41 Backlot Stunt Coaster- 15 White Water Canyon- 35
    4 points
  18. With track work now complete, the Orion construction live-stream camera will be shut down beginning this evening (Feb. 6) through the end of March. Be sure to check out Kings Island's official Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels to watch new time-lapse footage of Orion being constructed tonight at 7 p.m.
    4 points
  19. KC WAS a classic; an amazing stand up. Fantastic airtime, great intensity, and tons of "holy sh!t" moments. It was a much better ride than Delirium & SlingShot combined. But, sadly, "end of service life....."
    3 points
  20. The turnaround gets quite close to the midway, the LaRosa's and Arcade buildings, and the highest parts of the lift are close to Beast. Caution will be needed. Firehawk and SoB had more clearance around them to work with, so I imagine this is more "surgical" in nature.
    3 points
  21. Please, please, please do not put the Monster Trucks at Kings Island. I don't care that they're temporary, they are way too trashy for a classy theme park like Kings Island. People coming to the park for the first time deserve to see Kings Island as Kings Island, not as some dumpy Monster Truck place.
    3 points
  22. Will monitor for future development. Personally I'd love a smaller scale, lower budget "Tower of Terror" themed to a mine shaft
    3 points
  23. I was unable to take pictures as I was driving, but I can confirm the above picture is correct as 2 hours ago. It really snowed in the KI area. Expect The Vortex to be demolished by Tuesday.
    3 points
  24. Here's the King Cobra segment of the old Coastermania VHS. It sort of shows the station/queue line.
    3 points
  25. From the Weatherbug webcam, it looks like they brought down the lower part of the lift hill.
    3 points
  26. Such a great photograph. Any chance you have more to share? Specifically, any shots of queue line? I completely blank on what that was like
    3 points
  27. what!? ur kidding, right? if thats true then thats actually epic Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk
    3 points
  28. King Cobra may be gone, but I will NEVER forget it. I wish it was still around for my kids to ride
    3 points
  29. In addition, Peanuts Off-Road Rally is listed as 48, which would suggest it opened in 1972. I believe it actually opened at Cincinnati's Coney Island in 1969, which would put it at 51. Kings Island has gone back-and-forth on whether it's an "original" park ride though, considering that not all the cars are original.
    3 points
  30. Here is the link: visitkingsisland.com/ace Everyone registering must have been an active member of ACE by Dec. 31, 2019 to be eligible to attend the Orion Media Day event and will be required to present a valid ACE membership card at check-in. Registration will end Feb. 28. Everyone who qualified will be notified in March.
    3 points
  31. “End of service life”...reminds me of a classic Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”...maybe that’s the term a doctor should use instead of dying...I’m sorry to have to tell you Mr. Jones, but you’re at the end of your service life”. He’s such a “coaster tease”. (I know, groan.)
    3 points
  32. Not that I'm being accused of this, but want to be clear: I wasn't ridiculing KI for making the decision to remove the King Cobra. It was the right call. But I'm still sad it's no longer there.
    3 points
  33. When speaking with Jeff Gramke years ago, according to him around 2000 the ability to test metal fatigue accurately was just coming around and the metal on King Cobra was terrible to begin with so it had reached a point where it couldn't really withstand running year round anymore. Hence why the other two togo's lasted so much longer. The park wanted to get more years out of it, it just wasn't feasible and was somewhat a shock at how far gone it was.
    3 points
  34. Some might say they have actually been in the shed for a while now. What better place to store the trains then the place designed to store the trains.
    3 points
  35. 3 points
  36. Thanks, I missed this announcement somehow.
    3 points
  37. I know this video is a few days old, but in this video, Orion looks massive. Credit to Roller Coaster Expedition.
    3 points
  38. According to Don Helbig the webcam will be down through the end of March. You can find his PSA here: https://KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/35959-psa-orion-live-stream/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    3 points
  39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YMaD3GlX4g Kings Island's official timelapse of Orion
    3 points
  40. I never worry about lose articles. Apple Watch for the win. As a seasoned amusement park visitor 25 plus visits every year of my 32 year life I have learned travel light.
    3 points
  41. Interesting. It was always my understanding that the park tried to sell the ride, even after CF bought the parks.
    2 points
  42. I don't even know what that means. I wasn't told anything about that.
    2 points
  43. Grand Carnival is June 6-28 as per the mailing from the park
    2 points
  44. What’s missing? **Photo taken from Kings Island Drive.
    2 points
  45. It looks like we have a train on the track!
    2 points
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