RollerColt
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I’m really starting to like the choice for having the ride at the back of the park, it will add some mystery to what’s lurking, or in this case leaping, deep in the woods just like The Beast does.
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4 minutes ago, fryoj said:
Capacity is a product of how quickly guests leave the station more than length of ride. I'm sure someone else on here knows the average time for a train to enter a station, remove guests, reload, and leave the station. But the recreations look like around 2 minute for the train to leave the station and run the course. That would be mean they need a train to leave the station every 1 minute to run at peak capacity. I think they are going to stack trains because that seems really quick.
Agreed, that was another thing I was wondering about to be honest. The crew is going to have to be very efficient for it all to work.
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Something I’ve been thinking about in terms of overall track length.
It could be possible the ride is short due to consideration of ride capacity.
If the trains are carrying 32 people at max, this thing could be a people eater, offering a lot of rides in the span of an hour.
This has been a focus point in the past. See: Diamondback and Banshee.
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9 minutes ago, BSBMX said:
The 286' comes from the crest height (per the latest blueprints) and subtracting the footing height from the ground directly below the crest (from the first set of blueprints). If you measure from the ground at the station instead of directly below the crest, you get more like 296'.
This is all subjective though. It's up to KI to determine where they measure the drop height from (heck, if you measure from the Little Miami River, you get something like 436'!). I'm betting they'll play some smoke and mirrors on us and say it's 300' tall. It definitely has a 301' drop, but from station track up to crest track, you're only going up 276'.
Yep, there in lies the rub. They can honestly play with the numbers from the actual ground to crest.
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Any Cedar Fair execs that live in Dayton?
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10 minutes ago, silver2005 said:
I honestly hope after this, KI moves away from building new coasters at the rate they've been. I'd like to see some more creative flats or a decent dark ride, spruce up the non-coaster line up.
Not a bad thought. Some might disagree, but I think some of the next steps will be ride replacements. Nothing lasts forever as they say...
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1 minute ago, homestar92 said:
Lol, where did he get the 305 foot drop from? I saw one post here that initially speculated 330 and was corrected and then since then the consensus has been 301. I don't think I've seen anyone on this forum give 305 as their estimate.
I like that we, as a collective community, are now referred to as “roller coaster experts”...
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This site has come a long way in the speculation department. I remember all the ups and downs with the Diamondback thread back in the day.
It’s pretty awesome that we have so many different walks of life helping out with knowledge. Architects, engineers, mathematicians.
This ride may not be what some are expecting, and that’s okay. We’re all human! Personally, I’m just amazed to have something like this so close. We’ve got the whole summer still to go, and a lot still to uncover. Keep marching forward ladies and gents!
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7 hours ago, DustinTheNow said:
Hey I’m gonna just put this here ... enjoy!
Oh Dustin, now you’ve done it... John Matarese is gonna be all over this!
Looks great!
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Just now, Shaggy said:
That wasnt me...
You're right. My lack of coffee is showing! Better scurry back to my corner... I meant Magenta... My apologies to both of you!
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3 minutes ago, DustinTheNow said:
After careful inspection and measuring the footer locations, namely the main spine footing locations for the lift spine, along with an understanding of B&M’s drop shape, I have some semi-bad news. The Coaster looks to be (only) about 285 ft. I am assuming based on placement of the drop into a “valley” that the drop will exceed 300 ft. This will be a Giga in the same way Apollo’s Chariot is a Hyper. Take it or leave it.
Remember, as Shaggy has mentioned, we currently do not know how high the station initially will be.
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Well. What one evening makes.
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It should be noted: They are very strict with how we do things here because we have a very strong relationship with the park itself. We are essentially the closest thing to an "official" forum. What we do and say can be seen by some as representing the park.
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The process is very early. Keep watchin' what they do people. Fun times are ahead for us all! I have a gut feeling there's a name floating out there that will throw us for a loop!
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So cool to see the speculation thread has begun. I wonder if the weather (rain, rain, rain) has played a role in the timeline for clearing out certain areas.
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That looks amazing! I'm stepping back in time! I can't wait to take my daughter so she can experience all of this stuff. It really means a lot for Kings Island to focus on these details.
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"Your Adventure Awaits"
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1 minute ago, MonteCristo said:
This is great! Hopefully the ambient music will go along with all of these wonderful updates.
Ah, I remember walking in to a glorious fanfare and seeing International Street. It added to the magical experience, one I hope I can reciprocate for my daughter when she's old enough.
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@SonofBaconatorI was thinking along the same lines. I think this summer Kings Island is going to hit some feels for the older generations.
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Man, John Matarese has gotten lazy with his writing. Is that really news worthy?
I've had work colleagues coming up to me telling me "Hey did ya hear Kings Island announced their new ride?"
I'm like... "uhh... no. That's a fan submission. Very well done, but it's a fan submission..."
Social media has completely gone off the rails with false information and news.
Although it is keeping the park in the buzz, so that's a plus for the PR group I guess!
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While the capacity and mechanics of the ride weren't the best, it was very fun when it was working. Did they do any hints about the future?
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I still remember when King Cobra came down. Tomorrow will be an emotional day.
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7 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:
Nope. No announcement yet on when The Announcement will happen. Be sure to keep an one on our Announcement (err News) section for an announcement of when The Announcement is likely to occur.
I see what you did there...
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Has there been any news on when the announcement will happen? Is later this week meant to be Friday the 28th?
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Decoding 2020
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Probably eluding that the original blueprints were a diversion. Disclaimer- I don’t support this theory.