Decoding 2020

[Tr0y 2089]

I hope our giga claims the longest brake run in the world from Leviathan! I figure the announcement video will somewhat go like this:

Kings Island dares you to come face to face with The Beamer! The Beamer! 250ft of forever stopping brake power. At a 250ft deceleration attack on your senses. The Beamer leaves you yawning into your restraint system. Brakes you longer than any other coaster. Come face to face with The Beamer! The Beamer! the biggest, baddest, longest brake run in the world! 

[fyrfyter 1094]

I hope our giga claims the longest brake run in the world from Leviathan! I figure the announcement video will somewhat go like this:

Kings Island dares you to come face to face with The Beamer! The Beamer! 250ft of forever stopping brake power. At a 250ft deceleration attack on your senses. The Beamer leaves you yawning into your restraint system. Brakes you longer than any other coaster. Come face to face with The Beamer! The Beamer! the biggest, baddest, longest brake run in the world! 

I’m still banking on a South Park Line Ride myself. It will have the best theming ever. Should set the park back about $150!!

[JCoaster25 633]

I don’t know why I didn’t google what a pole barn was earlier. It literally exactly describes what’s being built right now...

You live and you learn.

[Codyfryguy 727]

 
Maybe these aren’t done yet, but maybe they are gonna drill, because the markers said pier, which in construction terms is a buried Column.
 
 
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For those of you who may not know exactly what a Pier footer would look like here's a picture of a deck that I've been working on that has Pier Footers granted it's not going to look exactly the same considering this is for a building but it gives you a good idea of what is going in there

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[Hawaiian Coasters 325 4270]

Now that we know this is most likely a pole Barn, what do you all think will go in it? #whatsinthepolebarn 

[RuthlessAirtime 959]

I'd be okay with the drop length matching or barely beating Fury's if they're truly using that ravine to get a longer drop.

If they're using it to lengthen the drop to just barely get a drop over 300 (like 305ft) and the true height is under 300ft, it will feel like a cheap Six Flags move to me. 

Dunno why you'd spend all that money just to have the actual height be barely under 300ft

[Hawaiian Coasters 325 4270]

I believe I've posted this on another thread for sure, but I would love for the queue line to have some indoor parts. Similar to Cobra Curse's queue which is what I'm showing. Something like that would be perfect for a space/sci fi theme. They could also put blacklight in it. 

 

[bjcolglazier 983]

1 hour ago, RuthlessAirtime said:

Dunno why you'd spend all that money just to have the actual height be barely under 300ft

Because 99% of people don't freakin' care! That's why. That said, we'll see what we get. 

I am genuinely curious what records this ride will break, because I gotta believe it's going to break some. Which ones I don't know yet. At the end of the day though, it will be judged for years---perhaps decades---on how much fun it is. No matter how tall or fast or how big the drop is---all those records will be broken in a few years---I just hope it's a great ride!

Edited May 21 by bjcolglazier
I had more to say

[RuthlessAirtime 959]

10 minutes ago, bjcolglazier said:

Because 99% of people don't freakin' care! That's why. That said, we'll see what we get. 

If the marketing trends regarding every single ride ever built are any indicator, people absolutely do care. The KI marketing team doubly so.

[fryoj 4176]

16 minutes ago, bjcolglazier said:

Because 99% of people don't freakin' care! That's why. That said, we'll see what we get. 

I am genuinely curious what records this ride will break, because I gotta believe it's going to break some. Which ones I don't know yet. At the end of the day though, it will be judged for years---perhaps decades---on how much fun it is. No matter how tall or fast or how big the drop is---all those records will be broken in a few years---I just hope it's a great ride!

This is surely going to set many coaster records for "Southwestern Ohio"

[bjcolglazier 983]

5 minutes ago, fryoj said:

This is surely going to set many coaster records for "Southwestern Ohio"

And I mean...that's a thing, right? What does Cedar Fair do with an amazing park a short drive from Cedar Point as far as records are concerned? How much do all those pass-holders care, even---so long as they are getting coaster love?

[FUN&ONLY! 1723]

Guys remember that no matter the length of the ride, Cedar Fair and B&M know what they are doing. I feel that this has really shown with Banshee and Mystic Timbers as Banshee’s inversions and Mystic’s elements seemed to have been really thought out and made for a great ride experience! And remember... the guy Cedar Fair has working closely with the manufacturers to design their rollercoasters, Rob Decker, absolutely loves Kings Island, per Banshee and Mystic Timbers’s Media Days. I know that Rob and Cedar Fair will do everything in their power to give Kings Island the best giga they can, and when you install such a world-class ride, it really makes the chain look good at the same time!

[KI FANATIC 37 3867]

Yall are getting way to frazzled about this before we know anything. Your minds are thinking the worst thing possible. 

 

Try and sit back and enjoy the process. Who knows the next time KI will get a coaster of this magnitude. 

[New Horizons 289]

1 minute ago, KI FANATIC 37 said:

Yall are getting way to frazzled about this before we know anything. Your minds are thinking the worst thing possible. 

 

Try and sit back and enjoy the process. Who knows the next time KI will get a coaster of this magnitude. 

thats exactly why we are being critical of the layout. because we likely will not get anything like it ever again,

[silver2005 23835]

I feel this thread is starting to go into a mobius loop, just people repeating the same points over and over.

[KI FANATIC 37 3867]

3 minutes ago, New Horizons said:

thats exactly why we are being critical of the layout. because we likely will not get anything like it ever again,

I didnt mean it bad to you all. But people are acting like we are getting Little Bills 2.0. 

I think its fair to be harsh if the layout was not a giga, but from all I've seen I'm pretty set on it being that. People are getting angry about a 310ft lift or a 290ft lift. I don't really think that is something to get angry about. I understand that everyone wants the park to get the best it can, but we are assuming aspects of the ride that we literally no nothing about at all. All I'm saying is it seems a bit premature to complain! Nothing bad at all.

[jcovelli 418]

1 minute ago, silver2005 said:

I feel this thread is starting to go into a mobius loop, just people repeating the same points over and over.

Yep.. that means it's time for something else to be leaked, or more plans to be found.

[Codyfryguy 727]

Yep.. that means it's time for something else to be leaked, or more plans to be found.

Like these?

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[presto123 1876]

Just now, Codyfryguy said:

Like these?

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Disappointed. I was hoping for a longer backrest. lol

[Logan 478]

6 minutes ago, silver2005 said:

I feel this thread is starting to go into a mobius loop, just people repeating the same points over and over.

Mobius loop giga confirmed

[Codyfryguy 727]

Disappointed. I was hoping for a longer backrest. lol

I've been sitting on this meme for a while

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[jcovelli 418]

1 minute ago, presto123 said:

Disappointed. I was hoping for a longer backrest. lol

i was hoping for taller, 30 inches.. pshhhh 

[fryoj 4176]

12 minutes ago, Codyfryguy said:

Like these?

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Come on guys. The mods have been clear that they aren't allowing leaked plans. 

[KI Guy 1736]

6 hours ago, Shaggy said:

You know... it would make a ton of sense for them to name a "possible" new coaster "Shooting Star."  It actually works on multiple levels...  a nod to history, fits the Coney/XBase space theme etc etc etc.

If it ran with 2 trains... (unlikely, but maybe...) Polaris and Orion.

Just sayin'...

 

Great minds think alike.

 

[Creed Bratton 14501]

I skimmed through all I missed...but as for the construction going on next to Racer...has anyone considered it could be storage for Grand Carnivale materials including the parade floats?

[upstop 12258]

Actually that makes a ton of sense for it to be Shooting Star. Hopefully the finale is through a tunnel helix as well!

[Logan 478]

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You can’t just reveal the Michigan’s Adventure 2020 plans in this thread Cody smh

 

 

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[FUN&ONLY! 1723]

I have been wondering... for those of you who attended Coasterstock, was there someone who asked about a giga? I am just wondering because I know that someone had asked this last year, and Mike Koontz gave an interesting answer!

[Pagoda Gift Shop 869]

Questions were submitted via Facebook and selected by Mr. Helbig.  I'm sure there were probably a lot of questions about a giga, the construction, etc. but none of these were chosen by Mr. Helbig.  I thought this was a pretty smart decision by the park, given that they couldn't really answer them right now anyway.

[Turtlepower 491]

So I found a flyover vid that was uploaded today, and looks pretty recent (I think the work behind FoF is happening, but not 100% sure). Qualities not great but it does give a decent look of the overall current clearing. It has me wondering how tight some of this track will be to the tree line. One thing I didn't like about Carowinds big coasters was the parking lot view they provided. This will sure not be that.

 

I copied the attached image from this youtube video: