gforce1994 2510 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Over the course of the last week, it seems new construction materials were dropped off at the park (large crates of lumber). Any thoughts on what this is for? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 8 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said: I am not making fun of you. Do you any pictures of the materials? If it is large crates of wood, I think it could be for offseason maintenance on their wooden rollercoasters. I could see Kings Island re-tracking more of The Racer this offseason. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
PKIDelirium 410 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 That's by the Field of Screams haunt. It could either be related to that attraction, or just staging for offseason trackwork on Racer and/or Beast. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
CoasterJack 102 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 It could just be wood for a re-tracking over the winter. Don't know if it would involve GCI, or just some yearly maintenance on The Beast. Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 1 hour ago, CoasterJack said: It could just be wood for a re-tracking over the winter. Don't know if it would involve GCI, or just some yearly maintenance on The Beast. True, but I believe GCI’s not scheduled for this upcoming offseason. Link to post Share on other sites
FUN&ONLY! 2440 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 57 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: True, but I believe GCI’s not scheduled for this upcoming offseason. Honest question, how do we know if GCI is scheduled or not this upcoming offseason? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 There’s documents submitted to counties/cities where owners of properties will list the contractors hired for the year. Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin22 2411 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 10 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: There’s documents submitted to counties/cities where owners of properties will list the contractors hired for the year. GCI was on the 2020 notice of commencement, furthermore they already did work earlier this year on racer. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
FUN&ONLY! 2440 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, gforce1994 said: There’s documents submitted to counties/cities where owners of properties will list the contractors hired for the year. Technically, on Kings Island’s latest Notice of Commencement submitted to Warren County, they do have GCI listed as a contractor for 2019, 2020, and 2021 additions and improvements which likely includes The Racer’s re-tracking in 2019 and 2020, but it could also include 2021 re-tracking. For anyone interested, here is the full document filed last December for 2019, 2020, and 2021. It and more of Kings Island’s filed documents are accessible on the Warren County Recorder’s website. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Nemo 2088 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 It's a bit much to try and dissect this (or spend time on) to even come to any conclusions regarding this. It may not even be a delivery. It easily could be relocations of already owned products. Link to post Share on other sites
Rivertown Rider 1919 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 I agree that it is probably Racer retracking. It would make sense to finish the retracking and then go back to Racer's original paint scheme for the 50th. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 More wood has been dropped off. Link to post Share on other sites
coaster sally 419 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Does every little thing need to be analyzed to death? We know they are not building a new woodie over the off season.... Link to post Share on other sites
FUN&ONLY! 2440 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 53 minutes ago, gforce1994 said: More wood has been dropped off. At this point, I am hopeful that they are doing some significant GCI re-tracking on The Racer this offseason especially given the proximity of the new wood to the ride, but I wouldn’t be expecting anything more than that. Maybe they are repairing a fence or something. I really don’t think they are building anything new. Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, coaster sally said: Does every little thing need to be analyzed to death? We know they are not building a new woodie over the off season.... Or they could be rebuilding a woodie over the offseason. Link to post Share on other sites
Vortex 632 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Realistically probably just maintenance on The Racer or Beast. With only 3 parks open I don’t see anything new in 2021 unless it’s something small. Season passes went on sale with out any announcement for 2021 Cedar Fair parks. Link to post Share on other sites
gforce1994 2510 Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 It’s looking like it’ll be a partial rebuild of The Racer. For those wondering what I mean, check Racer 75 at KD, a large portion was rebuilt. Link to post Share on other sites
Oldschool75 7305 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Does every little thing need to be analyzed to death? Kettle...black?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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