SonofBaconator
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Mine certainly isn’t the “biggest” but it was low hanging fruit: not overhauling Action Zone around Banshee’s debut. When Invertigo was repainted in 2012 they could’ve called it Screamin Demon to set the overhaul in motion. They also could’ve repainted Drop Tower to reflect the eerie feel they were trying to accomplish with Banshee/The Bat.
Like I said, it’s not the biggest missed opportunity but it was a missed opportunity nonetheless.
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Paramount was not shy about putting cloned rides across their parks, but their decisions on which park got what was….inconsistent.
So the question has to be asked: why? Was KI considered for a Hurler?- why did Paramount decide to put a Hurler clone in two of their parks that were in neighboring states? By that logic why didn’t they give Carowinds an IJ:ST clone?- was that the plan down the road? I could go on.
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From what I gather, the Invertigo model was extremely popular amongst roller coaster enthusiasts compared to the original sit down version, so naturally only 4 were ever built…
I’m kind of surprised we haven’t seen a modern version of the Invertigo model with new track and vest restraints.
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I’m honestly surprised they’re still keeping Vortex around.
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11 hours ago, Tr0y said:
Iron Menace would likely have not been a thing considering the last ground up B&M built at a SIX park was X-Flight in 2012.
They added a dive to FT in 2022
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I always wondered if Top Thrill 2 and Iron Menace would’ve even been projects to consider post FUN/SIX merger as opposed to pre merger like what had actually happened. Thoughts?
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I love Hanna Barbera but aside from Scooby Doo, there has hardly been any exposure anymore to warrant a comeback.
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With Coney Island management wanting to build a larger park elsewhere, was Northern Kentucky ever considered when finding a new place to build the larger park we know today as “Kings Island?”
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On 2/11/2024 at 9:50 PM, OverlandTaxis30 said:
What do you mean?
Lionel can always make models based off of any Crown locomotive since they’re all 4-4-0s
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6 hours ago, OverlandTaxis30 said:
Still, not having Lionel build running models would have been great. Missed opportunity if you ask me.
There’s still time
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5 hours ago, brenthodge said:
Love them personally, but re-rideability is bad for story based attractions. At a regional park with a huge regularly revisiting customer base, I think you would see dwindling numbers fast. I don’t think you could make a compelling enough argument (unfortunately) for these types of attractions. Just look at the maintenance on the story-based elements they have for rides. After the first season or two, when most of their core market has “heard the story” they let all of those elements slide into disuse and just focus on the ride.
You make a good point. The only thing I can think of that would amend that would be changing stories-similar to how Chuck E Cheese used to change out their shows with different music back in the day; but even then you’d have to update the show nearly every other season to keep it fresh.
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Have attractions that aren’t ride based- like the Hall of Presidents or Country Bear Jamboree. They’ve done a live action show in the KI Theater for the past two seasons. If entertainment wanted to focus resources on different shows, KI could still use the PT theme for a sit down animatronic show.
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The Racer helped get KI started: The Beast helped KI grow
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5 hours ago, CorkscrewMcPuke said:
I do have to wonder what happened to The Beastie's queue sign. Does anybody know if it survived to the present day?
I don’t know about the sign but I know vulture is in storage.
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Well^
I’m not trying to be conspiracy theorist here but….
With this announcement, the kids area is going to be nearly perfectly split into 2 halves. I know the Camp Snoopy theme ties into the Apple TV show and we also see this with Knott’s, but here’s my question: Why not go all the way with it?
It could simply be a budget thing to just update the back part of the kids area but for some reason this reminds of of what Paramount did in the 90s…but in reverse. In the 90s the back part of Hanna Barbera Land became Nickelodeon with both sections coexisting up until the Nickelodeon Universe rebrand.
With the upcoming merger of FUN and SIX, could the park be leaving the front part of the kids area open for a rebrand? Could we see “Bugs Bunny Boomtown” or “DC Superfriends” take over the “old” Planet Snoopy? Could we see Woodstock Express and Boo Blasters return to Scooby Doo IP?
If they overhauled the whole kids section I wouldn’t even bring this up, but the fact that they split the kids area into two halves leaves the possibility open for the the “older” section to be considered for a rebrand that doesn’t involve Peanuts LLC.
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Not to be critical at all but how much longer until companies quit using the pandemic as the reason to cut budgets? I acknowledge that during the pandemic and the years following there was a huge financial struggle across the board but are we going to be hearing pandemic well into 2030?
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20 hours ago, Tr0y said:
They’re getting ready to add additional parks to their portfolio after they purchase some from the fire sale Six Flags will be having post merger.
I’m sure there are a few parks SEAS wouldn’t mind acquiring from either FUN or SIX.
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I wonder if they changed RFYLCB due to people not knowing about the 1970s film and making negative assumptions.
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I’ll start. Aside from International Restaurant, the second floors of the buildings along International Street can’t accommodate people in a hospitality capacity. If there was one thing I wish they had some foresight on, it would be the potential revenue they could’ve earned by making the second stories of I-Street fully accessible for parties or special events like they do for International Restaurant.
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Backlot. Remove all the city theming and plant grass and some trees. I don’t care what it’s themed too as long at the Hollywood stuff goes away.
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I honestly still think a 150-200ft tower complex would be a cool addition.
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I’m just worried about attractions down the road. Are CF parks going to get Larson Loops, and other six flags esque installs?
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I know you’re going to get budget cuts with mergers across the board but I hope this isn’t the theme of the new company for the rest of the decade.
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4 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:
So any updates on Camp Snoopy? Photos, videos, any sort of update from the park?
Coincidence?
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Biggest missed opportunities in the park’s 50+ year history?
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A lot of my missed opportunities are thematic:
Why wasn’t Woodstock Express painted yellow in the first place?- it would’ve had a double meaning as Woodstock himself is yellow and that was the coaster’s original scheme when it was Scooby Doo.
Why wasn’t BLSC rebranded to Greater Cincinnati? When ownership changed hands, it would’ve been cool to see Cincinnati type billboards instead of having it themed to Hollywood- even the license plates on the train still say “California.”
Why were the dinosaurs in Dinosaurs Alive all gray? I understand this was a product of Dinosaurs Unearthed but I feel like having all the dinosaurs be close to the same color probably got boring for kids after a while. I understand accuracy is an element to education but we have no clue what exact colors dinosaurs were… they could’ve gotten creative with some of them- the Columbus Zoo was able to do it:
https://www.columbuszoo.org/blog/dinosaur-island-returns-extinction