screamingnight Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Why would anyone like something that is worse than SOB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalefan Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Days Of Thunder needs to stay. Its a good ride and doesnt take up alot of gas. And the karts are made more for adults. I drive go karts all the time and them shouldnt be called jr karts. They make too much money on them to remove them anyway. I love Days Of Thunder. The rides that should go are Top Gun & SOB. With the room PKI has they can build like 5 or 6 more coasters plus 3 more themed areas. They should build like another woodie that goes though the woods. Makes for a better ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Days Of Thunder needs to stay. Its a good ride and doesnt take up alot of gas. And the karts are made more for adults. I drive go karts all the time and them shouldnt be called jr karts. They make too much money on them to remove them anyway. I love Days Of Thunder. The rides that should go are Top Gun & SOB. With the room PKI has they can build like 5 or 6 more coasters plus 3 more themed areas. They should build like another woodie that goes though the woods. Makes for a better ride. Not to be rude or anything but you have to be joking right? Your are the only person I heard of that like Days Of Thunder. I dont think KI has enough room for 5 coasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Room? Plenty of room. Money coming from Cedar Fair to pay for them? Bwa-ha-ha-ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Where is all the space to put one? And I am not talking about no Top Cat Taxi`s Jam coaster I am talking about one that is at leat 100 feet high with at least speeds of 55 mph and at least 3999 feet long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Length: 3800 feet Height: 148 feet Drop: 138 feet Inversions: 6 Speed: 55 mph Duration: 2:55 Angle of Descent: 55 degrees Capacity: 1500 pph Vortex so 3999 feet and 3800 means it's not Vortex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 I meant a NEW coaster. Thats is Vortex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Only about half the acreage at Kings Island is developed. There's plenty of space for coasters...if that is what Cedar Fair wanted to do... But, look for lodging and things that make money OUTSIDE the park long before you look for big new coasters at Kings Island, In my humble opinion, anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 In my opinion they should be concentrating on coasters more than outside the park. They already have a Kings Island Resort center and I have been there and the room are pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbari Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Top Gun needs to die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 In my opinion they should be concentrating on coasters more than outside the park. They already have a Kings Island Resort center and I have been there and the room are pretty neat. Except I'd rather like to see a neat Downtown Disney-esque shopping district behind Great Wolf Lodge than see half a forest go and a 300-foot B&M stick out like a sore thumb. It would help to start expanding outside the park because, other than PKI and The Beach, there's pretty much NOTHING else to do (except drive another 10-15 miles to go to the Rave theater). Might I suggest transforming Kings Mills Rd. into a mini-Strip filled with quirky attractions (Challenge Park, Mini-Golf, possibly a small midway amusement park a'la Santa Monica Pier), neat restaurants (Rainforest Cafe', Red Lobster) and other stuff? Oh yeah, and Top Gun doesn't need to DIE. Maybe Face-Off, but then that would be a brutal maiming. But Top Gun is too fun to be taken out. ....unless they make it longer and have cooler-looking trains, or design an intuitive Floorless beast shorter than 125 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianchef Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I'd choose the wooden coaster that people keep talking about now as the gossip is getting old. Besides, with it gone there would be lots of room for a large, smooth steel coaster. Now that would rock! Have a great day! Italian Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster-chickie Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Waste of space? Beast takes up how many acres? The Beast can take up as many acres as it wants, since it's a little more fun than "Oh, boy! Lets go get flipped upside down!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 In my opinion they should be concentrating on coasters more than outside the park. They already have a Kings Island Resort center and I have been there and the room are pretty neat. Except I'd rather like to see a neat Downtown Disney-esque shopping district behind Great Wolf Lodge than see half a forest go and a 300-foot B&M stick out like a sore thumb. It would help to start expanding outside the park because, other than PKI and The Beach, there's pretty much NOTHING else to do (except drive another 10-15 miles to go to the Rave theater). Might I suggest transforming Kings Mills Rd. into a mini-Strip filled with quirky attractions (Challenge Park, Mini-Golf, possibly a small midway amusement park a'la Santa Monica Pier), neat restaurants (Rainforest Cafe', Red Lobster) and other stuff? Oh yeah, and Top Gun doesn't need to DIE. Maybe Face-Off, but then that would be a brutal maiming. But Top Gun is too fun to be taken out. ....unless they make it longer and have cooler-looking trains, or design an intuitive Floorless beast shorter than 125 feet. Would would rather have some money wasters than a great B&M? Also why would you want it less than 125 feet? In my opinion it needs to be more than 125 feet. And you want Face/Off gone? Usually the lines are at LEAST over an hour long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrwomann Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I have been to Dorney Park several times. I have ridden the Laser, it`s a unique coaster. Not too many of these coasters are left in the U.S.A. Millenium Force is my favorite giga coaster in the USA. I`ll try Face Off again in the fall. Maybe I was just too hot or dehydrated, but I grayed out on it from pulling too many g forces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 I heard those coasters are pretty neat and exciting. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalefan Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Days Of Thunder needs to stay. Its a good ride and doesnt take up alot of gas. And the karts are made more for adults. I drive go karts all the time and them shouldnt be called jr karts. They make too much money on them to remove them anyway. I love Days Of Thunder. The rides that should go are Top Gun & SOB. With the room PKI has they can build like 5 or 6 more coasters plus 3 more themed areas. They should build like another woodie that goes though the woods. Makes for a better ride. Not to be rude or anything but you have to be joking right? Your are the only person I heard of that like Days Of Thunder. I dont think KI has enough room for 5 coasters. I am not joking. I love Days Of Thunder. I am a big go kart freak. You just have to know where to start at and where to race at on the ride. Works everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I am not joking. I love Days Of Thunder. I am a big go kart freak. You just have to know where to start at and where to race at on the ride. Works everytime. Actually no it doesn't. I usually ****ed all the rednecks off by slowing down their car from the control booth. Only to have the grandmas win....Ah good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Actually no it doesn't. I usually ****ed all the rednecks off by slowing down their car from the control booth. Only to have the grandmas win....Ah good times. Hmmmm Speaking as a Redneck, that's not wise to **** em off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Better to **** off the rednecks than the grandmas.... --The Interpreter, who knows these things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Just take out all of the pay for rides like Days of Thunder and the other two. They take up alot of room and I have already paided to get in the park and for the rides. If your going to have pay for rides sell tickets and a all day pass that way you can keep cost down for people to get in. If you have been to Kennywood Park or any other park that still sells tickets you what I am talking about. Edited July 17, 2006 by Vortex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Kennywood doesn't sell ride tickets any more. It hasn't for several years. Kennywood also doesn't sell season passes. How would you like THOSE bananas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I am not joking. I love Days Of Thunder. I am a big go kart freak. You just have to know where to start at and where to race at on the ride. Works everytime. Actually no it doesn't. I usually ****ed all the rednecks off by slowing down their car from the control booth. Only to have the grandmas win....Ah good times. I didn't even know you could actually control speed.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 You can remotely control the the individual cars from the drive box so that you can idle their engines. The classic line from the rednecks "My car was too slow. Y'all need to put bigger engines in them." Not realizing it was me that was slowing them down...Idiots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkifootballer Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I think pki should put in a new steel coaster behind FOF cuz there is nothing back there and Cedar Fair should put more coasters in pki like Cedar Point. But if i had to choose a coaster to go it would probably be top gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalefan Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I am not joking. I love Days Of Thunder. I am a big go kart freak. You just have to know where to start at and where to race at on the ride. Works everytime. Actually no it doesn't. I usually ****ed all the rednecks off by slowing down their car from the control booth. Only to have the grandmas win....Ah good times. Thing is i had one of the ops do that to see if it works when it was just me and another person. Lets just say that didnt work. I still won. Lol. It was due to the fact that it was where the other guy was. If you are at the very bottom of the track next to the steel and tire wall, you will win the race every time cause there is no banking there and the others cant be too close or they will hit you or they will have to back off the gas. You just have to know where to start and where to go when you race. I been known to do 3 or 4 wide depending on the way the go kart track is shaped. And Days Of Thunder doesnt take up much space. I get alot of good jobs from the ride ops alot when i drive the karts. It would be cool if they had a coaster go over the track. It would make it cool to see the trains going by while driving the karts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Dalefan is really going to have fun when he gets to the Wisconsin Dells.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrwomann Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I heard those coasters are pretty neat and exciting. Is that true? MF is my favorite steel coaster in the USA out of all the coasters I have rode. It's awesome! I could ride it all day. Laser is also a good ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrwomann Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 If I could pick an attraction to be taken out I would pick Days Of Thunder Go Karts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 is laser smooth or rough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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