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I would think at a minimum, it would be a hybrid. I don't see an all wood structure for another project that big again.

Personally 1. I 305 (I just can't bring myself to call it anything else) 2. Orion 3. Fury 4. Millie 5. Leviathan I got my first rides on I 305 in the pitch black of night this past summer. That was something else. I think I ended up getting 15 rides in over 1 day and a night. At most 4 rides in a row before I felt I would pass out.

To everyone who think The Bat is going away. Your dead wrong!

In the event of a ground-up RMC coming to Kings Island, I would expect the park to use an all-steel support structure similar to ArieForce One. Kings Island has played it safe with their recent coaster additions as of the time Cedar Fair took over, and I think that would apply here as well by minimizing the risk of any potential structural issues like we've seen with Steel Vengeance for example. I wouldn't be surprised if no wood ended up being used at all. However, it's also because of the park playing it safe with their coaster additions that I believe an RMC at Kings Island is unlikely to begin with.

I always renew at Wonderland.

I'm on board with them doing a "sequel" or "requel" as people like to call it nowadays. But that's also just cause I wanna see another new wood coaster added to the park lol :p

I asked when I went a few days ago if I could take a few behind the scenes photos and they allowed me to take as many photos as I wanted. I had an eerie feeling walking through that building.............. it was kind of creepy. I had an absolute blast.

Please note that LUBS is the original creator of the base park that I used. I made an ENORMOUS amount of modification, with Captain Nemo and TombRaiderFTW's help, to get it as physically spot on as Planet Coaster can get. LUBS and I consider it a collaboration. He's working on the video at the moment and when it drops I'll show it here! When PlanCo2 drops, I'm going for TR:TR. Again. Except this time I HOPE the top spin is fully controllable so I can get it as accurate as possible.

My giga rankings are as follows- 2. Fury 325 8. Millennium Force 10. Orion 15- Project 305 I was fortunate to ride Fury 325 on a particularly hot and humid day, which, I am of the belief that makes steel coasters run faster, so Fury 325 was absolutely hauling the day I rode it and blew me away. I feel Fury's first drop is almost identical to Orion's, but everything after those drops is better on the Fury side for me. Orion feels too much like a scaled up hyper to me (and I have a bunch of the hypers I've ridden ranked above Orion because they have more meat to them despite being around the same length), I want a little more layout creativity and low areas that help give you a sense of speed when you're going that fast, which is why I have MF as my 2nd favorite giga of the ones I've ridden. Fury has those low seeping curves between the 2nd hill and the treble clef turn around as it screams above the entry. MF has some nice drawn out parts close to the ground with a lot of trees around as a reference which lets you appreciate its speed (especially at night, MF is the best night ride of the gigas I've ridden). The length of Fury and MF also put them on top for me with both being over 6K ft long. I will give Orion some credit as it has 2 giant hills in the neighborhood of 200 ft that get you up at a good altitude while also incorporating a good mix of laterals and airtime and the helix is decent. Project 305 is my least favorite. It feels like a 2 trick pony to me. A decent first drop as trick one, and a high speed course as trick 2. It's the least re-rideable of the 4 I've been on for sure. It does get pretty intense, but there isn't much else to it than that and with so much of the rest of the ride being so small and low to the ground, it felt it was over too quick. The transitions are a bit too quick for my liking as well (not as bad as Mavrick's quick s-curves to me, but still not appealing to me, and yes, I think Maverick is good but overrated).

Canadas Wonderland is the best deal for all parks renewal. Even though the tax is higher (I think 13%), plus one will probably have to pay a credit card surcharge for foreign transaction, the exchange rate still overcomes that and it is a better price than US parks.

I personally do think the final helix and airtime hills on fury 325 are weak compared to the injector and the really forceful helix near the end of Orion. However, all things considered, Fury is the superior ride. Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland while still run is clearly the worst of the B&M trio of gigas. Having said that, I personally will take an Intamin giga over a B&M giga any day. Millennium Force and I-305 (now pantherian) are both in their own league. The sense of speed and the low to the ground elements are unmatched and the speed is really showcased. You could argue that Fury has the best collection of elements on a giga coaster and also has the highest top speed but the intensity of I-305 blows Fury away for me. Even millennium Force still has a crazy amount of straightaways and turns that highlight the pure speed of the coaster. You do have to treasure milli for not having a single trim the entire ride

As someone who thoroughly enjoys his hot chocolate, I'd be ****ed too. I would think that if I bought a hot chocolate add-on, that I could realistically get it at any Kings Island stand where it was sold (Starbucks being an obvious exception). Considering the cost of actually making said drink is minor, they shouldn't quibble over specific locations. That just frustrates the consumer. I went and looked at the option on the website: SEASON PASS DRINK PLAN PLUS ADD-ON Includes ICEEs and hot beverages Enjoy Coca-Cola Fountain Beverages, ICEE, hot chocolate (available seasonally) and coffee (available seasonally) and get FREE refills during the 2025 season, plus get the rest of 2024 for free. Only a 15 minute interval between refills. *Drink Plan will be added to a 2025 Season Pass. Not valid for specialty hot chocolate or coffee. Not valid at Starbucks, Caribou Coffee, or Tim Hortons. Frozen cocktails are not included. Present pass at designated beverage locations in park for a disposable cup. Must be used only by the passholder this is assigned to. Not valid for an All Season Bottle. Unless Aunti Ann's is selling "specialty hot chocolate" with some premium marshmallows I don't see why they should be excluded. The Sweet Spot categorization is just plain dumb, I don't care what department line your building is under if you are selling me a beverage. I'd be willing to bet all the hot chocolate in the entire park comes from the same basic powdered mix

And this is exactly why I am going to return to my previous days of "Goal 0 per-cap dollars spent while in the park" when I am there this weekend. Im going to be happy if/when my pass scans at parking tolls and turnstiles, I can get my FL wristband smoothly, and my drink plan scans smoothly, hell I am not even taking a chance of getting an ICEE or hot chocolate with mine even though I do have the upgrade. It is genuinely sad when those thoughts of "Is this interaction going to end well or not?" have to even be in one's head every single time you pull your pass out to use it when attempting to spend time at a place designed to be relaxing and fun.

See the full daytime SOB Interactive in this KIC video.

All these complaints about KI has Mike on a bender.

What new Icee stands? It took them nearly the whole season to manage to add two (2) machines in Rivertown. But somehow they had no trouble sourcing the booze slushie machines for Mike's many new bars.

You can thank S&S for giving them replacement railings.