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I cannot wait to see what occupies the old Vortex spot. From the good press and reviews from my oldest son, who lives in Florida, I'd love to see something like Velocicoaster there! Or a monster ground up RMC in that spot. There is so much potential there. Whatever it is, I hope it doesn't spin...ha! Ever since my first ride on the Rotor, I realized me and spinning do not agree. Build a 500ft tall rollercoaster and I'll be first in line though!

As we learned with Winterfest....they said never again and eventually it returned. They said never to Winterfest at Wonderland due to unpredictable weather and colder up north and what happened... We have a larger staffing pool and season pass base than KD and ours would be much more successful than theirs is...

I will still stand firm in my vote for a new Vekoma and I feel one of their new gen multi-loopers would be a great tribute for The Vortex plot.

Old news lol... it has been posted here since January 28th... https://KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/45859-did-ki-ditch-fast-lane-plus/

Why is BonziBuddy on my hard drive now?

I’d hardly say KD is much further south than KI, probably the longitudinal equivalent of Lexington, Kentucky, who pretty much gets about the same weather we do up here. Having gone to Virginia in the cooler months, I say it’s not too different than what we encounter- some days can be pleasant, some days can be horrible.

Does anyone else remember when Fast Lane was introduced there was only one tier to choose from? I have kept all of my wrist bands over the years as little momentos and I still have the early Fast Lane wrist bands from the initial years when there was only one kind to choose from. This is truly going to be an interesting season with having the one tier FL, ASFL and one time use FL from the Prestige Pass holders.

I came across the post on Reddit. A lot of this stuff we already knew, but this confirms that Grain and Grill is replacing Skyline on International Street and a new ICEE stand is replacing Tom and Chee. That is, if the post is true. Nothing was mentioned about the Subway locations, which is interesting. A lot of people are claiming the Subways are not leaving and that the one in Coney Mall is just getting a new roof, so maybe Subway is staying after all. One user in here even claimed it was on Kings Island’s 2023 park map. It being removed from Kings Island’s website makes doubtful, though.

I feel like a Mack X-treme spinner would be fantastic for the park.

While it would likely be a Mack, I would prefer an Intamin with that. I really enjoyed Velocicoaster and a stall like on Velocicoaster or Pantheon would be unique for the park. Having it go over the pathway would be cool. Do it like Steel Curtain where there is an airtime hill and a stall underneath it.

I'm going to put this here instead of making a new topic for it. Kings Island is seriously lacking in a good supporting or keynote launch coaster. From my weekend at Knotts's riding some Xcelerator, to my few days in Orlando this week riding Velocicoaster, it made me seriously consider the overall line up that we have at Kings Island. We have been lacking in a serious launched coaster for some time now, while FoF is a solid classic first, BLSC just doesn't do it for what I feel like the park is lacking. I'll say it once and I'll say it again, I think Orion is fun, but definitely not what the park needed. We have a good invert, with great inversions, but we're lacking a modern launch coaster that blends inversions with solid speed. I would love to see a reintroduction to Intamin if we could, but even if not that, a serious Mack that actually has the intensity a la Velocicoaster would be something I think the park is desperately lacking.

I’m a little surprised that there is no Mystic this year.