[Defunct Coaster Footage]

On 2/25/2022 at 2:30 PM, Oldschool75 said:

Yep, have it all

Could you PM me with it please?  It would be greatly appreciated!  Hard to come by a lot of it unfortunately.

[Defunct Coaster Footage]

44 minutes ago, KIBeast said:

I posted a video from YouTube on another thread for Scooby's Ghoster coaster. It was the only one I found on there. I don't have any personal footage, but found some.

Screamin' Demon

King Kobra

The Bat 1981

Couldn't find Bavarian Beetle, outside of a really shaky home video

I think all that exists of it is that shotty home video.  Crazy there isn't as much.  Most of the pictures have a full queue but not many people filmed on or off of it

[Defunct Coaster Footage]

Hey guys! A friend and I are currently working on a docuseries on Kings Island's former coasters as well as current coasters and oddities of the park.  I was wondering if anyone had an footage of 

Bavarian Beetle (I know there is a shotty home video and BSAH video)

Demon (Can't find anything at all)

King Cobra (My friend asked but might as well ask again)

Scooby's Ghoster Coaster (I know there is some footage but I was wondering if there is more)

Coasterstock Flight of Fear with King Cobra's trains 

Ferris Wheel that replaced Bavarian Beetle

If you have anything else, it would be really cool to add just to have an archive if it isn't posted anywhere.  Thank you so much if you have footage I will be sure to credit you!

[What new attraction would make the best sense for KI?]

Kings Island has many holes in its lineup. Not a single spinner, ejector machine, inversion focused sit down, or and intense launch. As of now, I’m guessing there are a few contenders for the next coaster:

S&S free spin (bigger model)

S&S hyper (Steel Curtain)

Mack multilaunch

Mack spinner 

B&M Dive

B&M wing

RMC hybrid ground up

There’s pros and cons to each. The free spin isn’t a groundbreaking ride and could be seen as the same thing as SFGAM’s Joker, but is cheap, don’t take up a ton of space, and are good rides. The hyper isn’t reliable but isn’t like anything in the area. The multi launch is very expensive but has a good ROI and a good ride. The spinner doesn’t have a ton of cons, but I don’t see them adding it. The dive could be seen as a Valravn ripoff as well as the wing with GateKeeper, but they’re GP magnets. RMC would be an enthusiast magnet, but I doubt CF works with RMC for a little bit. What are your thoughts?

[Indiana Beach Announcement]

Any speculation? I’m guessing they’ll do a little bit of everything to satisfy people. I was just talking to Fitzy and my guesses are they will get some new food options (haven’t been able to go there yet, but I’ve heard they’re limited), some updated walkways/scenery, and a new smaller investment coaster. I’m thinking either a GTX, rmc Hoosier Hurricane, or a Gravity family to add to the wood tradition the park has. It’s their first year back I think they want to make a big statement that they’re serious without breaking the bank 

[Action Zone retheme?]

Why not a haunt theme? Make a year-long haunt section. My favorite haunt is the outpost 5 one. Bat and Banshee are already themed. Just slap some scary imagery around and you’re golden (I’m guessing that Invertigo and Congo falls are on their way out anyway)

[Possible coasters that could be gone in 5-10 years for parks]

I’m interested to see the general consensus of what people think:

F - refurbish, R - relocate, S - scrap

CP: Wicked twister (R), Skyhawk (F)
KI: Invertigo (S), Congo Falls (S)

CAN: Flight Deck (S/R), Time Warp (S/R)

CAR: Nighthawk (S), Vortex (F)

CGA: Sky Tower (F), Grizzly (F)

KD: Anaconda (S)

The list goes on, but I’m curious on what the community thinks

[Kentucky Kingdom Experience - 7/13/20]

8 hours ago, SnakePlissken said:

I was at this park last summer and I have never been so constantly stapled as I was there. Usually I'm fine with rmc restraints but both Storm Chaser and Lightning Run made me sore after a few runs. Wonderful Water park and food but the dry side left me unimpressed.

I only got stapled once. The ride ops were pretty nice. There was once where a lightning run op tried to push my seat down (I’m a smaller built guy and it didn’t need to go down farther) other than that it was really good. A few times the lap bar would come down farther on the ride, but that happens on any coaster

[Kentucky Kingdom Experience - 7/13/20]

58 minutes ago, ThrillKingsFitzy said:

Today me and @ThrillKingsOryan visited Kentucky  Kingdom for the first time ever. 
 

First words are in my opinion, this is the best park. It is run by some of the best employees. Every ride is great (besides T3, but we don’t talk about that) and every single ride (besides T3) is underrated. Here is mine and Ryan’s review for the coasters.

Storm Chaser - #1 in the park and in the world for both of us. Most aggressive coaster ever with some of the most insane airtime you can find on a coaster. First drop gives awesome hang time and is super whippy in the back. Rode it three times. Last time we rode it, we had a fist size room for airtime.

Lightning Run - Second favorite for both me and Ryan. Insane ejector airtime, best in the back. We rode it 4 times. Last time we got stapled pretty hard and left sore because of the ejector airtime we got while stapled.

Kentucky Flyer - Great family coaster, has great ejector in the back, especially on the drop. It is a very short ride but is really easy to marathon.

Thunder Run - Pretty underrated wooden coaster. Good airtime on every hill. But do not ride in the back. You will get stapled and jackhammered hard. Front is where it’s at.
 

Roller Skater - Good ride for the kids, but is very boring. It’s actually pretty rough, and it the back you get beat up.

Flat Rides:

Cyclos - Best flat there. Has insane hangtime. That’s all I need to say. 

FearFall - Drop Tower that was disappointing for us. Good stomach drop but Drop Tower at KI is way better.

Scream Extreme - New generation Zamperla enterprise. It’s an ok flat. You can feel the G’s on the ride a lot. Not the best flat, though.

Mile High Falls - If you don’t like to get wet, don’t ride this. We didn’t really enjoy it that much lol

We got 13 or 14 rides in total in a matter of 7 and a half hours. If you like exhilarating ejector machines, than this is the park for you. Also, it’s a great family park. There aren’t many family rides but almost all of the rides are a height requirement of 48 ft. Kentucky Flyer is the perfect coaster for people to start riding coasters, so if you have a kid, take them to Kentucky Flyer first. We did not ride T3 because we didn’t want to be even more sore than we already were from the extreme airtime we experienced on the coasters we rode. I definitely recommend this park and will revisit in the future.

If you guys are wondering, Hurricane Harbor is included in a regular one-day pass. You will have to pass through it to get to some of the rides.
 

 

Honestly this park needs a graceful airtime machine. I know the airport is near so 200+ for a hyper would be tough, but the possible raptor by eye of the storm and my the turn into the TTDU of storm chaser will fit nice. I was talking to my cousin since he was at my house when I got home and he said the one we don’t talk about was terrible and he only rode it once. I wouldn’t say KK is the best park tho, I went on a dead day at KI and marathoned Diamondback (before mystic was there) and got multiple rides on each coaster. What the kingdom does outdo KI on is its flats. Cyclos was absolutely insane, and was infinitely better than Delirium and I love Delirium. 
Best part of the park was definitely the laid back ops. Besides the op that tried to (and eventually did) staple me, they didn’t even push the lap bar down at all, and I’d get anywhere from both of my hands pancaked to fist length between my thigh and the lap bar

[Kings Island Archive Site?]

2 hours ago, Oldschool75 said:

How about RCDB.com ? Lol


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I’m wanting it to be different than RCDB. I believe that there isn’t an archive of merchandise that was sold or promos (I know some rips exist on YouTube, but not at a central location). 

[Kings Island Archive Site?]

I’ve been thinking of making a KI archive site. It will be a site where every coaster that has operated at the park has a page that includes 

Opening date

Closing date (if defunct)

Height, drop, speed, length 

Commercials, promo materials, or reveal trailers

Picture of the coaster

Pictures of any merchandise (if it has any)

POV (if exists)

Wiki-esque history blurb

What would be a good name for this? I’m thinking Kings Island Archives, but I will listen to what people think sounds good 

[Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex]

On 6/3/2020 at 11:03 PM, KIghostguy said:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the station’s already been demolished.

Well... guess that’s not happening then 

[Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex]

I thought of a perfect way to keep the old station for the next coaster and be able to make it so the lines aren’t overflowing into the midway. If you didn’t know under The Vortex station, there is an old switchback (not sure if they are still there) that was used for The Bat. I found this out when my dad told me about it when he rode it when it was open. He said that rarely, if ever, spilled in the midway. What they could do is bring the underground switchbacks back (I’ve heard that it was used as a break area) and put a coaster in it. My guess is either a surf coaster (I’m guessing it will be a stand up esque ride but more in a jet ski seating) or a Mack multilaunch ala Copperhead on steroids. Do I think this will happen? Jokes over. Do I think they will keep the old station. Probably not. I think they’ll keep it for a haunt building until a new coaster is under construction 

[What KI Rides Have You Never Been On?]

The only credit I need besides Orion (for obvious reasons) is Great Pumpkin and the other rides I haven’t ridden are the upcharge attractions and wind seeker (for obvious reasons) and I’ve never been to the water park if that counts 

[4D Free Spin?]

I’d rather see an airlaunch or an S&S were to come to the park. FoF and BSC are both clones and just aren’t great in the first place. Maxx force wasn’t open when I went to Great America, but it looked awesome 

[Coaster March Madness]

1 more day for 1st round votes

[Coaster March Madness]

29 minutes ago, ThrillKingsOryan said:

53 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said:

Best of 5

1 Steel Vengeance -3 vs. 16 New Texas Giant (New Texas Giant eliminated)

2 Lightning Rod -3  vs. 15 Wonderwoman (Wonderwoman eliminated)

3 Iron Rattler-1 vs. 14 Millennium Force -2

4 Voyage-2 vs. 13 Goliath (SFGAM)-1

5 Maverick-3 vs. 12 Raging Bull (Raging Bull eliminated)

6 Orion-2 vs. Diamondback-1

7 Time Traveler-1 vs. 10 Mystic Timbers -2

8 Storm Chaser-3 vs. 9 Outlaw Run (Outlaw Run eliminated)

 

West

1 X2-3 vs. 16 Silver Bullet (Silver Bullet eliminated)

2 Twisted Colossus-3 vs. 15 Timber Terror (Timber Terror eliminated)

3 Ghostrider-2 vs. 14 Tremors-1

4 Goldstriker-3 vs. 13 Hang Time (Hang Time eliminated)

5 West Coast Racers-1 vs. 12 Apocolypse-2

6 Tatsu-1 vs. 11 Railblazer-2

7 Xcelerator-1 vs. 10 Cannibal-2

8 Joker-3 vs. 9 Medusa (Medusa eliminated)

 

East

1 El Toro-3 vs. 16 Montu (Montu eliminated)

2 Fury 325-3 vs 15 Intimidator (Intrimidator eliminated)

3 Iron Gwazi-3  vs 14 Superman (SFNE) (Superman eliminated)

4 i305-2 vs. 13 Skyrush-1

5 Wicked Cyclone-1 vs. 12 Jersey Devil-2

6 Phantoms Revenge-1 vs. 11 Nitro-2

7 Phoenix vs. 10 Mako (SWORL)-3 (Phoenix eliminated)

8 Shellraizer-1 vs. 9 Twisted Timbers-2

 

Intenational

1 Zadra-2 vs. 16 Wickerman-1

2 Eejenaika -3 vs. 15 Steel Dragon 2K (Steel Dragon eliminated)

3 Wildfire-2 vs. 14 Flying Dinosaur-1

4 Expedition GeForce-3 vs. 13 Behemoth (Behemoth eliminated)

5 DC Rivals-2 vs. 12 Nemesis-1

6 Takabisha-2 vs. 11 Lech Coaster-1

7 Leviathan-1 vs. 10 Karnan -2

8 Shambhala-1 vs. 9 Hakugei -2

Confirmed matchups 

1 Steel Vengeance vs. 8 Storm Chaser (central)

1 X2 vs. 8 Joker (west)

2 Fury 325 vs. 10 Mako (east)

 

[Coaster March Madness]

20 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said:

1 Steel Vengeance -2 vs. 16 New Texas Giant

2 Lightning Rod -2  vs. 15 Wonderwoman 

3 Iron Rattler-1 vs. 14 Millennium Force -1

4 Voyage-1 vs. 13 Goliath (SFGAM)-1

5 Maverick-2 vs. 12 Raging Bull

6 Orion-2 vs. Diamondback-1

7 Time Traveler vs. 10 Mystic Timbers -2

8 Storm Chaser-2 vs. 9 Outlaw Run

 

West

1 X2-2 vs. 16 Silver Bullet

2 Twisted Colossus-2 vs. 15 Timber Terror

3 Ghostrider-2 vs. 14 Tremors

4 Goldstriker-2 vs. 13 Hang Time

5 West Coast Racers-1 vs. 12 Apocolypse-1

6 Tatsu-1 vs. 11 Railblazer-1

7 Xcelerator-1 vs. 10 Cannibal-1

8 Joker-2 vs. 9 Medusa

 

East

1 El Toro-2 vs. 16 Montu 

2 Fury 325-2 vs 15 Intimidator

3 Iron Gwazi-2  vs 14 Superman (SFNE)

4 i305-1 vs. 13 Skyrush-1

5 Wicked Cyclone-1 vs. 12 Jersey Devil-1

6 Phantoms Revenge vs. 11 Nitro-2

7 Phoenix vs. 10 Mako (SWORL)-2

8 Shellraizer-1 vs. 9 Twisted Timbers-1

 

Intenational

1 Zadra-1 vs. 16 Wickerman-1

2 Eejenika-2 vs. 15 Steel Dragon 2K-

3 Wildfire-1 vs. 14 Flying Dinosaur-1

4 Expedition GeForce-2 vs. 13 Behemoth

5 DC Rivals-1 vs. 12 Nemesis-1

6 Takabisha-2 vs. 11 Lech Coaster

7 Leviathan-1 vs. 10 Karnan -1

8 Shambhala-1 vs. 9 Haikuge -1

Just add on from this

[Coaster March Madness]

Due to some unfortunate circumstances March Madness was canceled but Coaster March Madness wasn’t 

Central Quadrant

1 Steel Vengeance vs. 16 New Texas Giant

2 Lightning Rod vs. 15 Wonderwoman 

3 Iron Rattler vs. 14 Millennium Force

4 Voyage vs. 13 Goliath (SFGAM)

5 Maverick vs. 12 Raging Bull

6 Orion vs. Diamondback

7 Time Traveler vs. 10 Mystic Timbers 

8 Storm Chaser vs. 9 Outlaw Run

 

West

1 X2 vs. 16 Silver Bullet

2 Twisted Colossus vs. 15 Timber Terror

3 Ghostrider vs. 14 Tremors

4 Goldstriker vs. 13 Hang Time

5 West Coast Racers vs. 12 Apocolypse

6 Tatsu vs. 11 Railblazer

7 Xcelerator vs. 10 Cannibal

8 Joker vs. 9 Medusa

 

East

1 El Toro vs. 16 Montu 

2 Fury 325 vs 15 Intimidator

3 Iron Gwazi  vs 14 Superman (SFNE)

4 i305 vs. 13 Skyrush

5 Wicked Cyclone vs. 12 Jersey Devil

6 Phantoms Revenge vs. 11 Nitro

7 Phoenix vs. 10 Mako (SWORL)

8 Shellraizer vs. 9 Twisted Timbers

 

Intenational

1 Zadra vs. 16 Wickerman

2 Eekenika vs. 15 Steel Dragon 2K

3 Wildfire vs. 14 Flying Dinosaur

4 Expedition GeForce vs. 13 Behemoth

5 DC Rivals vs. 12 Nemesis

6 Takabisha vs. 11 Lech Coaster

7 Leviathan vs. 10 Karnan 

8 Shambhala vs. 9 Haikuge 

 

Vote on each and the one that gets more votes advances

[Will Vortex Leave?]

7 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:

I come from the future. Vortex lives to be over 30 years and wooden coasters have evolved thanks to companies like GCI, RMC, and GG. Also make sure to get a lot of rides on the Antique cars because they'll be gone in 05

But in 2018 a new Antique Cars will come. Also enjoy (if you even can) Son of Beast because it will be gone and make sure to go to Geauga Lake soon and keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times thank you. 

[Favorite Cedar Fair coaster by manufacturer]

Yeah

[Vortex Removal Updates]

I hope Ki does something similar to Alton Towers and puts the batwing at the entrance of the park. It would be so cool and a nice tribute to the coaster 

[Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex]

As unlikely as it is, I the land is big enough to hold a raptor and an infinity. I doubt Cedar Fair is going to add 2 coasters in a year, but maybe with a 3 year gap in between each 

[Action Zone retheme]

11 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

YES 

[Action Zone retheme]

If you guys have any other type of retheme I’d love to see what you’d think