Rivertown Rider

I will second Brad's take on the new mac n cheese bar. It was such a welcome addition last year and the portions and options are not as much as last year which is disappointing. Hopefully the park gets feedback and improves this in week 2.

It is a somewhat simple sign but The Beast has one of the best-looking logos there is so it was my number one. Banshee would be a close 2nd.

I think KK would be smart to go in a different direction than KI or HW and put in something like an RMC raptor. It would be a nice addition for them and it would be something unique compared to their direct competition.

I would agree with most of you that the signs are pointing towards Firehawk. The wreath colors: red, black, gray, and yellow all point towards Firehawk. It has red and yellow cars, black on part of the restraints, reddish track (more a burgundy), and gray supports. Firehawk has seemingly been down more this year compared to previous years. When it is up it has longer wait times but it also has horrible capacity. Invertigo probably has better capacity and it is running only one train. The location of the ride would be a good area for a giga. If you look at the other two gigas that Cedar Fair has installed semi-recently, Fury 325 and Intimidator 305, they are both off the main midways a bit. Fury was located right next to Hurler, and Intimidator which is probably a good example for KI since we have a similar (not exact) layout to KD. I305 is located right next to their Flight of Fear. It makes sense to put a Giga entrance back in that area of the park because it helps more evenly disperse the crowds in the park. You would have Banshee over in AZ, the big three in Rivertown, and this new coaster which would help bring crowds not only to FOF but also Racer, the flats in Coney, and probably would help Vortex a bit as well. Locating the giga there would also allow the park to use some of the vacant land that SOB used to occupy. The park in the last five years has made several major/minor updates to the Coney Mall area. These have included the re-paint of Shake, Rattle, and Roll; LED lights added to Dodgems, Shake Rattle, and Roll, and Zephyr; re-painting the Subway location; Coney Bar-B-Que; and next year's Kings Mills Antique Autos. If you stand in front of Coney Bar-B-Que and look towards Firehawk you can easily visualize what a giga would add to that area. The other benefits are we would probably get the bathrooms back in that area we have wanted for years and possibly even a new restaurant. The only thing that doesn't point toward Firehawk is the "ItsBigItsGone", as Firehawk would never be classified as "big" by most people in the size-sense but maybe it is referring to the something "big" that is going to replace it. I figure that the park will continue to tease a little while longer before the final announcement is made. It is kind of funny that whatever attention Kentucky Kingdom hoped to get with their recent teasers has been overshadowed by a faux cemetery at a park two hours away.

I agree. Riding them at Kings Dominion this summer, that smell brought back a lot of memories.

I think Vortex still feels a nice niche at the park. It is nice to look at and it is a great people eater. While not the smoothest ride I would take it any day over something like Invertigo. As far as BLSC goes, I still really enjoy the ride but after riding Verbolten this summer I would love to see BLSC get a re-theme that fits in with the area a little better.

They just added another tweet of the now torn down Peach Basket.

As of right now Beast and Firehawk are still closed. Ride lines aren't overly bad.

Plus it would only need to be opened 20% of the time.

I could see them turning the Killmart location into a restaurant. I think it would be great to see it turned into a gourmet Mac and cheese location.

I am hoping that it does go back into the woods a little bit as that is something that makes Kings Dominion's antiques nice is how secluded they are.

Are we sure they are not putting in a third set of Antiques?

Great addition to the park. They already have a great top two but this will add some much needed quality and give them a solid top three.

Skyride, Der Spinning Keggers, our Eagles, and KCKC.

A question I have is will the Antiques go back into the former Dinos area or will it all stay on the midway side of Racer?

Name: King Cobra Location: Action Zone In addition, after riding Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City in May I would fully support something like that coming to KI. For people who are concerned about us already having one multi-launch, I would say that Time Traveler and BLSC are completely different type of experiences from each other.

I voted for Corkscrew. It is just a rough ride even if it is nice to look at from the midway. I do think Wicked Twister will be the next ride removed though. I feel like they will move it to one of the smaller parks like Michigan's Adventure where it would be much more popular. When I was at CP a couple weekends ago everything had a wait and WT was virtually a station wait or two the whole time I was there while everything else had a wait time. I think its strict size restrictions and the fact that it is pretty much a one trick pony hurt it in a park with so much more to do. I did really enjoy it though.

One big benefit as others have mentioned is that it gives something that kids and grandparents are able to do outside of Planet Snoopy. One other benefit of having something to entice grandparents is that they will potentially spend more money on food and beverage as well as buying souvenirs for their grandkids. This could be as good of a low cost big return attraction that the park could have done.

In Don's blog post it said later this fall.

Well... there is a different restaurant in its space now called Coney Bar-B-Que. They don't have bacon and cheese fries but they do have a lot of great food options.

The great part about the location is how it will enliven that area of the park again. Maybe they will give those bathrooms an update and do some general sprucing up around the area.

I am happy they are bringing them back. I'm surprised there was nothing announced about Racer or an additional flat, but this is a welcome addition to the park.

I'm curious to see where in the park the Antiques go. Up closer to the Eiffel Tower close to the land in front of Backlot and besides the Carousel would be a good area if it is big enough combining those small pieces of land. Another good area would be behind Racer in part of the old Dinos area or to the left of FOF.

Antique Cars Racer Refurb (re-tracking/lighting package) Coney Mall sign Zodiac-similar flat Year-Round Mac n' Cheese Bar

Or two sets of bumper cars (yes I realize one is pint-sized).