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    FearFest Ideas

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    More scareactors! It dosnt matter how much fog, lighting and themeing you have if you dont have somebody to hid from the lighting and themeing and jump out at you right when that plume of smoke hits the lights and your blinded for a second.

    King Cobra Supports

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    While waiting in line for PsycoPath a few weekends ago, I was thinking about the King Cobra grave yard and how there isnt a single support section in it. I looked to my right and notcied those trailers you always see when you walk into FOF's pavilion (Picture here)

    Then I wondered, Are the supports for King Cobra in these trailers? I know somewhere I have heard they are used for plushie storage but I just dont know about that. I counted seventeen trailers. Does Kings Island really use 17 trailers just for plushie storage? Where are the King Cobra supports?

    So I went home and did some thinking. King Cobra is 95' tall. At the tallest sections of track (lift and turnaround) the track supports have 3 divisions of them meaning that there are 3 actually sections of tube to make the long section. If there are 3, then it could easily mean that they are all either 45' or shorter. (asumed since 45+45=90 which is near the total height of 95')

    Any ideas?

    Face/Off Question

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    http://extremepki.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1547

    See where the "track" for the chain ends? The chain "flips" back to the top and travels to the other side of the track and to a gear at the bottom, then back into the track where you can see it at the base (for the first lift, the second lift goes about halfway down from the top of the spike)

    It is PHYSICALY impossible for the train to be hoisted past this position from the thrid car...unless gravity starts working differently, then I think the least of our worrys would be Face/Off...

    Face/Off Question

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    The train guide ends before the top. There is also a block in it so the train cant go that far in case of a computer error.

    Normally, a proxy sensor senses the train is at the top of the hill, and it holds the train or releases it (for the second lift). I'm sure there is also a manual device that will turn off the lift if activated incase that the PLC somehow crashes and dosnt automaticly E-Stop. I dont know when that would happen, but it could...I think.

    Filmed?

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    Actually, there is one difference in the PKD show.

    The cast yells out, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR NOW?" and the guys at the tech booth yell "AC/DC!!!". Where at PKI the cast just says "Now for some AC/DC!!!"

    Oh, also they have different stage lighting.

    Yeah.

    Maverick

    in Rumors

    Posted

    There is no way this will break the inversion record...to put a little bit of water on the flames there...

    We have 2 confirmed inversions and what seems to be one coming...

    Official PKIC Trip?

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    Would it be too much to add an extra day to the CP section of the trip?

    I'de really like to take my time at the point and get the most out of it (as it would be my first visit) Depending on the days we are at CP it may be good to have a day and a half, but I'm sure an extra day is always good!

    Me and so many others want King Cobra back!

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    Since some of you say that the reason KI took down King Cobra was that there werent any parts, think about this. Paramount Parks STILL OPERATES TO THIS DAY two other TOGO stand up coasters. There are even TOGO stand ups that have been operating longer then King Cobra did!

    Where did all of these rumors come from about the steel being low grade? If there was even a HINT that the steel was sub-par wouldnt you think that Kings Island managment at the time would of seen that? Why did it take them from 1984 to 2002, 18 years, to notice this?

    King Cobra was demolished because the park did not want it anymore. I dont see how people can say that the problem was lack of parts when there are exact clones still running. (Star Jet and Skyrider)

    King Cobra can be 'revived' but it would take a good ammount of work to make it possible. I estimated this at one time. Here it is:

    Well lets see, our average steel coaster this day is about...15 million.

    The track length is about 2219'.

    Supports are very minimal on it, even in the helix which is pretty fast.

    Now lets say you had somebody come in and buffer all the rust off of the track and rehab it. I'de say that could be a few million, Cost: 3 Million (which could be a big overstatement but just from what I'de guess) (for the track and supports)

    New Paint job: Cost: 1.5 million

    Footers and necessities (loading ramps ETC): How I remember the station was layed out, you entered from just about where the op building for duhlee is now, went under the lift, made a right turn, que gates, about 5 rows, then went up a ramp to the back of the station (where the last car in the train would be). The operators booth was ABOVE the track. Cost: 1 Million

    Train Rehab: Maybe some foam or somthing, fix minor paint chips. Cost: Minimal, not counted.

    So what are we to? 5.5 million for repairs and to put the ride back up, and 6.5 if a park bought the ride. Now if a park say in China bought it, you have to count in shipping costs and such, but it all depends on where the park is.

    What Souvineers Do You Buy From Pki?

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    I have recently bought a shirt, 2 postcards, a Vortex pin, a beast mug, and beast Nalgene.

    Total=25 dollars. I think that the merchandise at PKI is actually of pretty good quality and very decently priced. If I wanted a band T-Shirt from a place like Hot Topic, that would be 20 dollars. I got a nice looking Vortex (loops and corkscrews section) shirt for 15 dollars. The Beast mug and Nalgene cost 4.26 total with tax.

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