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  1. 5 hours ago, Taylor.B03 said:

    I'd hope that this would disperse crowds, It's an interesting move especially seeing other Cedar Fair parks get rid of haunt entirely.

    in all fairness, haunt needs to disappear for a while until crowds can conduct themselves better during this time. that's one of the many reasons why i left.

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  2. 1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

    I remember that as well. They could not get mother nature to cooperate at all.

    not to mention they would call off the experimental thursday due to weather then fridays would be worse and NOT call off those days...

     

    ...fun times ant the FUN & ONLY...

     

    ...come on, get happy...

     

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  3. 3 hours ago, Captain Nemo said:

    Who here is old enough to remember when the tunnels got you wet by spraying you?

    To add to the discussion on the cannons, it would at this point make sense to give control back to the operators. Considering that the only ways on the ride to get wet are the waves the boat makes when the cannons don't work, and it's kind of a let down during the finale when none of the cannons go off. 

    When I worked at WWC and was at Tower 3 (The finale) I would play a game with those looking out from the lookout point. At the controls we had the option to blast 2 cannons. One of which was better than the other. If I got a thumbs UP from guests I would give a high blast that would cover the entire boat, but if they gave me a thumbs down I would time it just right and hold the blast button for just a second to give a low blast which would absolutely DRENCH a single person on the boat. Most of the time people gave a thumbs down lol 

    Here's a video on YouTube that shows one of the controlled cannons from Tower 3. At 12 second

    https://youtu.be/whg76qUHSfM

    Man that was the absolute best! If KI currently has those cannons disabled at Tower 3 I hope they read this topic and bring it back! In addition since the park is now cashless they should just make the guest cannons free. 

    ME! 

     

    does anyone else remember when before the canons there were rubber hoses that would spray in every direction? my aunt called them snakes one time. 

    rotag whos as old as white water canyon.

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  4. On 7/6/2022 at 9:49 PM, SonofBaconator said:

    I was thinking more along the lines of altered character audio, the presence of Jack-o-lanterns and additional Halloween props, and so on- not so much incorporating live actors.

    i see dur point

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  5. 7 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:

    If Phantom Theater were to come back, what would you like to see? Would you want the layout completely remade to look like what it used to be? Would you like to see some scenes changed? Would you like to see some scenes not returned?

     

    Honestly I would like to see the whole theater returns to reflect what it used to look like with some minor changes. For one I would personally like to see the lobby area where the main que room is to be brightened up a little bit what is seen in the picture below:

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    https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2022/may/giving-phantom-theater-life---an-interview-with-rick-bastrup
     

    Speaking of que, I would also bring back the outdoor part of the que as well.

    I don’t know if this is possible but I think it would be cool if every other ride vehicle would alternate facing positions for certain segments of the ride; other parks of the ride the cars would be facing the same way. For example, when entering the prop room some cars would face the right side of the room and look at what’s happening in that scene while the other set of cars gets rotated to face the left side of the room to see what’s going on on that side. This would give a different ride experience depending on where you sit; similar to how your get a different scene on Mystic Timbers when you enter the shed. Like I said I don’t know if that’s possible but it would still be cool nonetheless.

    With regards to the rest of the ride, I think that it should remain the same but with modern technology. I love to see the pepper’s ghost effect return along with the rotating busts. Also it would be neat if it could be over laid to reflect the Halloween Haunt and Winterfest seasons respectively.

     

    the key to having haunt actors as part of the ride is keeping them from tearing things up like a dog with a new chew toy.

  6. On 12/29/2021 at 12:41 PM, johnjniehaus said:

    Ok here's my list - 

    Blue Circle: Viking Fury entrance should be moved and the Der Spinnen Keggers (aka drunken barrels) should be put across from the Festhaus.

    Yellow Circle/Square: This is currently the Tower Gardens that while I guess has historical significance is really boring and Idk who actually goes in there. Anyway I'd love to see a HUSS Condor there. They are really showy rides when it comes to curb appeal and is different than anything we've had in the past. 

    Green Square: This is behind the theater and near Diamondback. I think a ferris wheel perhaps? Not a small Eli one but not a huge one like CP either. Something in the middle. See my photo below. 

    Purple Circle: Seeing as Bayne Curve is a thing of the past, a Matterhorn would fit the European/Octoberfest theming abd it is also a great ride! Cedar Point should just sell us theirs. Lol 

    Red Circle: Finally a Trabaunt. Was my favorite ride as a kid at Coney Island and I was steamed when they took it out. KI apparently use to have one called Wheel of Fortune over near the log flume. Bringing it back near the Dogem would not only pay homage to Coney Island but bring back a classic I enjoyed as a kid. 

     

     

     

     

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    id love to see a return of der spinning keggers or a trabant. id also like to see what i saw onetime on a ride manufacturers web page of a teacup ride themed around half barrel shapes. but more than anything i would like to see a giant skystar wheel like the one in the smokies for the island.

  7. On 9/24/2021 at 7:08 PM, King Ding Dong said:

    Cheeto Dust

    You pick the coaster.  :P

    regular or flaming hot?

     

    On 9/25/2021 at 10:46 AM, Honorarius said:

    I'd like to a coaster done with that glow-in-the-dark paint...

     

    i as well

    as for my choice id like to see something in a king fisher blue and royalty purple

  8. On 6/9/2022 at 12:20 PM, Shaggy said:

    The footage used in the KI YouTube video was filmed just prior to its closure.  There are certain unfortunate indicators in the footage that it was near the end of its life - most notably the condition of the attraction's animatronics.  The park edited the footage from the ride too, for instance, the levitating dress does not appear because in its final 2 seasons someone had ruined it with fake blood.   Adding the blood was a poor choice made by someone that wasn't smart enough to realize the ride was designed to be tongue-in-cheek, not macabre.

    Prior to the closure, DAFE, as well as ACE was invited for tours.  Most of the figures had been removed by the time of the ACE tour.  There were also several "personal" tours given, both before it was deconstructed as well as after the transformation to Scooby had begun.

    Final rides on Phantom theatre were done by the general public.  I was in the 3rd to the last car.  The final 2 were filled with employees that worked on the ride.

    Here's some fun, abeit dark & overexposed pics of myself and friends playing around with some of the props during an individual tour we took before PT was removed and during another tour as it was being converted to SDATHC...

     

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    thanks shaggy for these B.T.S. photos

     

  9. me and a friend decided on a spur of the moment trip to IB since it had been 5+ years for me and she had never been. we got stuck in rush hour traffic around indianapolis and we thought we were going to be late getting there for opening. thanks to gps and my driving we got there with half an hour to spare before opening. when they opened we parked on the side where you had to walk the bridge to get into the park (she was not a fan of how it bounced from all the foot traffic). first place we stopped at was the IB Crowes Nest shop. thought about getting a shirt since they had them in my size but decided we would later so we arent packing around merch while we were there. as we past my favorite ride LoCoSuMo, i made mention that i would like to ride that at some point today as the rides didnt open for another hour. we noticed as we passed by the slushy stand that one of the flavors was "red, white, and boom". upon asking, turns out its like a bomb pop which means i cant have as im allergic to cherry anything. we slinkered down the boardwalk and i noticed that there pirate ship they did shows off of was missing along with the boat that serves food. we stopped off and looked at all the carp, and we both came to the conclusion that its hard to stop looking at, yet they are a beautiful disgusting fish that are like puppies wanting fed. we finally made it down to fascination (which is my favorite game of all time) to discover that all game including this one are by a cool cash card only. so we had to back track down past the sweet smelling gourmet popcorn (which i noticed they removed all the clocks for each time zone) to the escape room challenge to get and load up $20 onto a cool cash card.

     

    after loading the card we proceed back to fascination to be told our card had no money. so we went back to escape room challenge and after the system glitched for a min or two, our card was fixed. so to test it out we went instead to the shooting gallery were some of the targets worked and my friends quick trigger finger made the 15 shots go by super fast. next we went into Dr. Frankenstein's Haunted Castle which is an attraction i love going through when i have others to go through it with me. we both had fun despite the fact she was overstimulized from the jump scares, half of the animatronics werent working, and we tried every door in the room of doors and the only way out was through the chicken exit. at one point i thought she was going to need my inhailer. afterwards we checked out the arcade and played my favorite arcade shooter that you dont see anymore called CarnEVIL. checked out the IB History Museum and made it back to the fascination parlour. we played several rounds of fascination. i was like a kid where after every win from either side i was like "AGAIN?!". then we mossied on down tow the souvinier shop where i see they finally stopped selling IB ceramic ashtrays (i died a lil at that moment). then we were going to go to guest relations to turn our one day ticket into a season pass. they was busy so we decided to go for food and drinks.

     

    well the rooftop gardens was closed, but the skybar was open. we found out that this season the rooftop gardens is for private events only (unlike years past). so we sat down at the bar and saw some new drinks to try and they now have whan you scan the QR code, you can order food from inside the park and have it delivered straight to you in the skybar. so from the pronto pup stand i ordered nachoes with chili, cheese, and jalapenoes, popcorn chicken with ranch, and deep fried pickles with ranch. i ordered a drink called the lazy river and it just wasnt for me. now my next drink, OMG!!! it tasted like BBQ! it was called a BBQ bloody mary. it had curveball BBQ whiskey with bloody mary mix and vodka. it was garnished with a pickle, an olive, and a spicy green been that i gave to my friend as i dont do green beans. and played about $24 worth of music in the jukebox. the bartender who was mopping the floor before anyone else showed up enjoyed my music selections and told me i cold come back and be her jukebox dj anytime. we decided it was ride time, so we decided to go do LoCoSuMo. the closer we got, the more we determind that it was probably best if we just go cause she was getting tired and i started to get winded. by the time we got back up to the bridge, i had to take a few puffs of my inhaler. the drive home was tiresome and filled with rush hour traffic again. at some point we stopped to rehydrate but omg did the trip home feel long. we both came to the conclusion that i need to get into better health before i head out to another amusement park.

  10. On 9/17/2013 at 3:31 PM, XGatorHead 8904 said:

    I have this episode on VHS. Every year I watch it and The Brady Bunch's The Cincinnati Kids episode the night before KI's opening day.

    Once, rotag was at my house and since he had never seen The Partridge Family episode, I played it for him. I made sure to point out the log flume riding infraction to him and he couldn't believe that it actually aired that way.

    sorry to revive a dead horse, but i was just talking about this 2 days ago to a friend who was making me watch a Leif Garret video, then started talking bout the partridge family.

  11. 58 minutes ago, Oldiesmann said:

    As a certain member (who hasn't been active here in several years) would say, yes, someone has seen it (those who have been here a while will get the reference :P)

    i miss terp, saw they was gone during my hiatus.

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  12. 3 hours ago, beastfan11 said:

    This was probably 10+ years ago, but I remember reading a piece about the closure of the ride. There was a tour before it was removed and I think there was a “raffle” where a POV was given to one of the attendees. So maybe it’s the same video? Totally guessing. 
     

    Edit: Found the article. 
     

    http://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/phantomPharewell.html

     

    And here’s a bonus for anyone interested!

    https://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/phantomTheater.html

    i completely forgot those article exist.

  13. 1 hour ago, super7 said:

    I’m an animal lover but some animals don’t belong in some places.   Geese crap as big as dogs do.   And they have no distinction between doing it on the grass or walkways.   

    Just like the skunks they use to have.  (I think they are gone).  Adorable but a huge potential problem with guests

     

    It’s best to humanely discourage them from the area if one wants a clean park.    I have seen low, non electrical wires put around the water to keep geese from making a hangout.  Some solution like that. 
     

    CP has a seagull problem in which there isn’t a solution.   The front midway is usually a  littered with seagull crap.   

    alka-seltzer...

     

    ...i tease, dont shoot me...

  14. 1 hour ago, BeeastFarmer said:

    Before my time here.  Care to elaborate?

     

    some insider information got leaked to these forums and the park knew 95% of the people who post and we was scrutinized heavily until they found their culprit. needless to say said individual didnt have a job no more.

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