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  1. General observation from the IS webcam....

    Great weather day for KI. Nice cool temps. 

    The fountain look as if it needs cleaning or maybe a chemical balance. There seems to be a good amount of either debris or algae build-up on the fountain floor.

    Also,  I believe some of the jets (the ones closest to the webcam) are not firing / working. Seems like maintenance would be on top of these minor details. 

     

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  2. Are restraints copy written for each Manufacturer?

    The reason I ask is automobiles have basically the same seat belt (lap and shoulder) arrangement and differs little from make to make.  With this being said, could B&M use a Copperhead Strike restraint for the Surf coaster or would that be copyright infringement?

  3. On 6/2/2020 at 3:51 PM, gforce1994 said:

    Here’s a look at the original Aeroplane.

    https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/7066
     

     

    A few observations with regard to this restored video...

    Funny to think this was almost 100 years ago.

    -Must have taken an enormous amount of effort to mount that beast of a camera on a moving coaster. You know how large production cameras were during that period.

    -Weird to see women wearing hats & fur coats with men wearing suits and brim hats. How in the world they kept those hats from flying off is insane

    -Station crews using manual brakes although I do recall Racer having these when KI first opened. Can't recall if Racer crews actually used them tho.

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  4. Interesting note....on the 1983 map it shows The Bat's queue house still standing but then removed from the 85 & 86 maps, Does anyone recall what they use that building for during the 83 thru 86 seasons? 

  5. Basically it was this car in black with a tan interior and it had a full color original "Beast" logo applied (or painted) on the hood.

    It was pretty much like what you would see on the late 70's and early 80's Firebird Trans Am's with the firebreathing chicken on the hood. Other than that, these cars had NOTHING in common  except they were both GM products.

    I'm sure someone (to this day) is kicking themselves in the rear for not using a 1979 Camaro Z28 or Corvette for those Beast cars. They would  have been much more collectible. 

    Chevette.jpg

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  6. 34 minutes ago, Beast Night Rider said:

    They most likely had this planned to have 1 piece left so they can have media come out to cover the track being completed. It should make for good coverage and photos tomorrow bc the sun is supposed to be out finally!

    Correct BEAST NR....

    Here is the vid for Fury's last piece and you can see the all the media  folks in the upper left hand corner on the ground. ***Fun Fact, Fury 325's last piece was installed on Jan 30 2015. 

    Source: Carowinds

     

     

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  7. So...graduated from Kings High School 1979 (Beast opening year) and for our Grad Night was had Hall & Oates & Chic (Nile Rodgers). 

    Yes, we had LOTS of Beast night rides. IIRC, the park stayed open until 2:00 am so you can bet we took advantage of it.

  8. It ceases to amaze me how dark it is on the webcam. Like the track that they are currently installing is blending in with the tree line SO much that it is impossible to see the actual  track piece being attached. 

    Very frustrating

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  9. Just an observation from the webcam...does it look like the walk back to Orion from the midway will be the same distance as it is from AZ to The Bat?  I know Firehawk's entrance queue was right there by the lockers, but from the webcam view, it looks as if Orion's (actual first) entrance queue will be a good ways back there. 

    Am I wrong on my visual measurements?

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  10. Good morning from Sunny Florida. Weatherbug cam isn't working for me this morning. Landing page MSNKS  just goes to "Featured weather cameras" in Penn, Florida, Nevada and Cedar Point, ...anyone else seeing same or am I doing something wrong?

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