Rivertown Rider

I am totally for it but there is no reason for a ride to be taken out as much land as the park has. I've never ridden a Mack but Maverick is my favorite steel.

I hope it is something for the dry park but any addition is good.

Thanks for the pic. It is crazy to see how much additional ground has been moved since I was there in November. Opening up the park with additional lands and pathways is a great idea.

I'm hopeful that they will offer the same menu as the Island Smokehouse but also offer the Gourmet Mac and Cheese as well. I think inside it will look similar to the Smokehouse with outdoor patio seating. I would love to see more indoor seating though. I agree that we will see many infrastructure improvements around the park.

I would strongly suggest going to Dollywood on a weekday as you'll easily be able to ride everything multiple times with very minimal waits. My experience the last couple years a lot of the rides are walk-on during the week but some of them can easily get up near an hour on the weekends. Because of the parks smaller size the crowds can be more noticeable. Also because the season pass is such a good deal if you are going multiple days you might want to consider it.

This is true. Bring them back to Mason.

I think the biggest part of the problem by jukebox is you have people standing in line for the restaurant, people in line for ice cream, and people gathered watching the 3 point challenge. They should move 3 point challenge to a less congested, more open area in the park.

Adventure Express at night. The tunnels and ambiance are great when it starts to be dusk.

I'll vouch for Waldameer as well. Ravine Flyer II is great and worth the trip alone. You don't expect that great of a ride to be in a park the size of Waldameer but it is amazing.

I think both Firehawk and Vortex could use a paint job but Firehawk needs it more at this point.

The best place for a giga is back in X-base and using part of the old DA area. That area needs a capacity machine and it also draws more people to that area of the park. Dispersing crowds throughout the park makes sense especially as congested as some areas like Rivertown have gotten with 3 of the top 4 coasters in park located there.

Is there a particular reason why the Flying Eagles aren't re-opening until 2019, because I know of a park in Mason, Ohio, that would really be great with them and would make a nice addition for 2018. Yes, I know we have flyers but they are not as good as those flyers that we had originally.

Kings Island was definitely the flagship of the Paramount Chain.

^ Technically it would be part of four decades, from the 80s until now. I would still love to see Congo moved over to Rivertown. I do like the idea of it sharing an entrance with WWC.

The buildings behind the freestyle building were added around September of last year. I figured at that time that they would tear down the other arcade storage buildings but they have remained so who knows what they are for.

I'm thinking '19 right now. The infrastructure type improvements we are seeing this year along with the fact that the road projects around the park should be done by then. I'm looking forward to going up ET when the park opens to see if they have done anything with that area around the former Dinos area. It makes the most sense to put a big coaster back in that area to drive more people to that area of the park.

If I had to pick I would say... Action Zone. No just kidding, it is Rivertown. The Beast has been my favorite ride for years and I love the feel of that area of the park. Mystic was a solid addition that fits in great.

I hope it is multiple new restaurants as well. I think remodeling some of the existing locations (i.e. Festhaus) to better increase efficiency would help tremendously.

I'm hopeful that we start to have some flats in that area of Coney Mall. It doesn't make sense to have all that abandoned space right out in the open. I mean the Killmart building is used less than 20 times a year. I like when the Haunt buildings aren't taking up prime real estate. Even smaller flats like a Musik Express or a Tilt a Whirl with some LED packages would really liven that area up.

Or just ride the train, eat the pork, and ride the train back to the dry park.

I think BLSC would be great in Action Zone and then bring back Les Taxis to its rightful location behind ET.

KI dealt with a big coaster last decade that had a lot of downtime. If we are getting a giga it is going to come from a manufacturer that specializes in safety and reliability. B&M checks both of those boxes.

It was crazy how busy it was the last day of '16 was and then the rain hit around suppertime and cleared a lot of people out. I typically try to use my free Fastlane a couple weeks prior to closing and it has worked out the last couple of years.

While I like the Mystic Timbers queue (minus FunTV), I think it would have been nice to make it an indoor queue to help add to the mystique of the theme. Basically once you get to the steps it would become an outdoor queue. Putting the security videos in an inside queue would be easier to hear the security conversations and you wouldn't have the distractions of the area around the ride. It would also make the wait better during Winterfest.

Both the Banshee and Diamondback cams are currently down. It is probably nothing but it would be great if it was something.