silver2005

Describe what you mean by 'different'.

Thinking about going to Kings Island on 1 of the next few Fridays (May 1st, 8th or 15th). I want to go on my own to get out all the emotions after my last UC undergrad band concert. I'll be in need of a good ride session, that's for sure.

Invertigo has more down time then any of the coasters at Kings Island anymore. Firehawk would like to disagree. Also, compared to other similar models (both inverted Boomerangs and the Giant Inverted Boomerangs), ours has had the least amount of downtime.

+1 vote for Skylab's return from me.

I have a question to those who've been to Carowinds or Canada's Wonderland kind of recently- Do Behemoth and Intimidator have the same slow loading issues as Diamondback?

To the extent of any default on The Bank of Kentucky's (or its successor's) loan, yes. And now you all know why I won't set foot in Kentucky Kingdom, because all this is being done with taxpayer dollars.

Already covered here. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/30859-immersive-dark-ride-planned-for-kings-island/

A park in Norway known as TusenFryd will be adding a pair to a Vekoma designed wooden coaster known as Thundercoaster. So far, they've only been added to small coasters with some success and the rather large Hades which hasn't helped. We'll see how they help a medium size woodie. http://rcdb.com/1042.htm

I remember back in the 90's that Vortex had lines that would extend all the way to Antique Cars, sometimes to Scrambler. I was at Flight of Fear's opening day which was insane. Imagine X-Base's crowds it gets now, but with only Flight of Fear there. Yeah. I've also had to park in the grass as well, about where the new wave pool is now. Back when they had The Beast paw prints from the Eiffel Tower and it had queue lines painted in Rivertown, it would often extend to past Rivertown LaRosa's (thank goodness for the Coca-Cola Cool Zone, I miss that). Son of Beast's line would go past Delirium/King Cobra and sometimes to AE's queue.

^That's for 2 days. Single day admission at the gate is $44.99 at HW.

Beast has re-tracking through parts of the layout- I saw it around the 2nd drop and just after the brake run, perhaps some after the 2nd tunnel as well.

To me, Flight of Fear should be completely off of Fast Lane as well, Plus or not.

I haven't been on many Flying Scooter models, but from what I was told at Woodstock Gliders, they didn't pair up 2 adults at a time, I think they said something about weight issues. Is that a common practice or is something else going on with how KI is loading theirs?

Scratch that Goble, we're going to send you to the Hartland when they open. You are to ride everything.

Wow...Planet Snoopy is packed. EDIT: Kings Island just posted this to Twitter- https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/589142821908705280

Soak City cam- my eyes, the goggles do nothing. Its really bright now, but when its normal, it shows 4 slides in great need of paint.

Goble- stop riding things.

Its running. Saw it at the top of the loop a couple frames ago.

Has any snapping taken place yet on Woodstock Gliders?

Yeah, Planet Snoopy looks fairly crowded.

And most notably- not smoking. EDIT: Dear KI- invest in better webcams.

Its hard to see with the distortion, but Sling Shot's ball is still there. It might look smaller than what you're expecting.

^She looks beautiful. How are the Banshee, Beast and Vortex crews doing?

Well...this is only preview night. Maybe they'll improve for tomorrow? silver2005- crossing his fingers in hopes of a good Diamondback crew this season.

I'm super impressed by the new food venues and options. I'm hoping this new attitude food department just sweeps over the entire park over the next few years improving all the food stands. EDIT: Stacking is when all the trains are in the station or on the previous block sections. It indicates they are taking long periods to dispatch. I hope this isn't a season long thing...