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10 hours ago, TOPGUN1993 said:
It's looked like this for a number of years.
They typical store bike racks in this location for parking lot events. (Robbie Knievel, walking/running events, Haunt, etc)
It has not. They’ve cleared up, and tagged a lot of the trees for removal.
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7 hours ago, Snowball said:
Pretty sure there's always been a clearing there.
There hasn’t. It was cleared in the past week.
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7 hours ago, DoomPlague said:
Seems like they have a little hidden storage area hidden in there. Maybe just freeing up more space.
I remember eating with my family in the picnic area that used to be there.By the parking lot? They have adequate facilities already.
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It looks like a span of the pullout has been replaced. Been awhile since I’ve seen it have Top Gun/Flight Deck track colors.
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2 hours ago, KIghostguy said:
It looks beautiful, can’t wait to see it in person. I am absolutely baffled why this wonderful production is only lasting until August 21? It seems tailor-made for Haunt. And it would be great to do a Christmas version for Winterfest this year…
There’s a thing called school. Theater work is very labor intensive.
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On 6/3/2022 at 9:16 AM, BoddaH1994 said:
Here’s a cool perspective. I got this photo by sticking my phone over the fence near WindSeeker.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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If anything, they should be doing a sequel to Phantom Theater. An urban exploring film crew enters the abandoned theater and begin trying to film the Maestro, etc.
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15 minutes ago, disco2000 said:
Given what happened at a similar ride at Carowinds, I am shocked they would start the ride - or did they not start it with that there?
It was started and run with the door dash bag there.
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Well, I guess nobody picked up on the most important news of the weekend-DoorDash now apparently delivers to rides.
Carry on.
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10 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:
If SS is being removed it appears as though it is very much being removed for a reason. Why paint it, dress it up with its own logo for a few weeks, then take it down? It doesn't add up, unless this decision was very very recent.
Icon Park happened, and Funtime manufactured Sling Shot.
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2 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:
Another good question:
Are ANY Slingshot rides operating in the chain?
Carowinds, CP, and others.
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1 hour ago, silver2005 said:
Staying off this thread for a while to avoid spoilers.
There’s a 118 foot loop after the MCBR.
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1 hour ago, silver2005 said:
I don't think parts of the structure can handle constant no trims. I would need a massive overhaul beyond what they actually did. You may as well get a new coaster for that kind of redesign.
Actually, it potentially could. The 1979 structure couldn’t withstand trims being taken off, however, with the new 2022 structure it theoretically could.
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4 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said:
I don’t know. I can’t imagine something that loud not being hear-able for miles. My guess is their goal is to have the shows over by 10:00.
Uh, a typical concert can be heard for miles. Some performances at local amphitheaters can be heard 2-3 miles away.
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1 minute ago, coaster sally said:
This accident is worse cause it's on level ground. Several things failed for this to happen. On valravn you also have gravity contributing.
I was mentioning the floor as they needed a new floor for the floorless cars.
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1 minute ago, Boris81 said:
I am planning to visit Kings Island during Memorial Day weekend.
Any guesses when Orion might reopen?
Valravn had been closed for nearly two weeks in 2016 when the same incident happened and it reopened with two train operations after that (3 trains were back on Valravn 4 weeks later).
Valravn was different as the floor in the station was damaged.
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25 minutes ago, CorkscrewMcPuke said:
I keep seeing this sentiment, but I don't understand it at all. The Bat may be an Arrow product, but it's nowhere near as intense as Vortex. There are plenty of Arrows that are much older than Vortex that are still holding their own. What ultimately killed Vortex was how good it was.
True. They’ve retracked a section of the ride heading into the far helix. They’re taking intricate care of the ride.
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2 hours ago, Coasterteam said:
I'm not there but I'm on the off-site webcams, the Diamondback line has overfill filled up, and nearly the normal queue out the entrance. It's a lot of people.
Diamondback just went down for something, bunch of people leaving queue all of a sudden.
Basically all the large rides went down in really bizarre ways.
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2 minutes ago, disco2000 said:
Was told it is too windy.
Sorry, I had baked beans.
Joking aside, I wonder what the wind speed limit is.
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1 hour ago, Oldiesmann said:
No details on how it started but this definitely seems suspicious... https://www.yourerie.com/news/breaking-news/fire-reported-at-the-blue-streak-roller-coaster-at-conneaut-lake-park/
It was a demolition and controlled burn that got out of hand.
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Well, after Christmas, they have removed Santa and replaced him with two elves. It looked like they were portraying it as elves taking their boss’ sled on a joyride.
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2 minutes ago, CoastersRZ said:
I kind of suspected this might be happening when the front of the organ was missing when I rode the Carouse at Winterfest earlier this year. Hopefully the restoration will allow it to play continuously. It adds a certain nostalgic fee to the carousel.
Thanks KI for taking the time and money to restore this historical item!
When I visited the Carousel Museum in Sandusky, they had an exhibit featuring a see through Wurlitzer. There’s horror stories of repairs that don’t work out properly.
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15 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
I love this! So nice to see the attention to details around the park.
Agreed.
There’s a few people in the world who are capable of restoring these organs. It’s fantastic the park is able to restore a gem of an organ.
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9 minutes ago, silver2005 said:
Park could've gotten out ahead of it and announced before there was even track work. They should be aware this is going to happen time and time again and just embrace and get out ahead of it. We need to quit being naive and surprised the drone stuff happens.
So the park has to make alterations in their game plan because of a criminal? The park has gotten ahead of it, it’s just that you’ve lost events. One bad grape can sour the bunch.
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50th Anniversary Updates
in Kings Island
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I felt it as well on Thursday.