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I think that technically, I could make it... I get off at 6, and if I hit the highway immediately after, I could probably roll into mason at about 8. It would be a stretch, then however, I'd have to drive back to Indy, only to be at work at 6:30 tomorrow morning, and that sounds terrible. So I will be watching from the live stream tonight.

Ok, I thought I remembered someone linking the track codes to the prints, but couldn't recall. So now, maybe the new hashtag could be #whereisthetrack

Here's another thing to think.... Did anyone ever 100% confirm that the blue track is ours? What if the blue track is going somewhere else all together, and our excitement had the blue track being ours?

Ah ha, well that makes sense then.

Interesting turn of events. I thought "surely they aren't going to take a piece to the park yet, the crane is still in a pile of parts in the parking lot." Well color me wrong.

I also have to ask at this point, how much info do you guys think will really be revealed tomorrow? Do you think they will throw out the stats tomorrow, or do you think they'll leave a little to the imagination? It's a tough double edge sword. You want the general public excited by throwing out the stats, but it's fun to mess with the enthusiasts too!!

But what's in that little metal tin that's in there with the Eiffel Tower trophy?

LOL I can see the conversation now "KIC is trying to get into the lock box, take the lock off, and pull the stuff out, they're gonna get it figured out"

My wife and I were watching videos online last night, and there was a pic of Vortex when she was actually deep royal blue and bright orange. It was beautiful.

The problem with the removal of Vortex is (that it's still one of my favorite rides in the park, and it is such an iconic coaster to me, and to me it's the biggest nostalgia of feeling like a bad arse the first time I rode it) that it's such a beautiful coaster. If they pull that out of there, then whatever they add back is going to have to be something amazing, because of its location and the fact that it is very much a decorative fixture for that area.

"Go look at the posters" is also a great way to get people to come to the park. Hard to say for certain though, there may be info hidden in the posters.

It's wild to me too, because I heard that same rumor from my own dad. Growing up, finding out that it never happened, it's odd to see that these stories got shared among numerous people. Same thing of course, The Bat was torn down because so many people got killed on it.

As a weee lad, I remember when the train would leave the station, looking up at the driver thinking "That guy has the best seat in the house, getting to look down at his amazing coaster". Back then, and still to this day, I often like to believe that there is some strange feeling of loving ownership that a ride op and or driver feels for their coaster.

I could see that being the case. The part that is approved is the station, so it makes sense that the station and transfer track footers are done. There are an awful lot of holes already dug for other footers though. It's hard to say.

If TEOTWAWKI is leading to a name of the coaster, given the theming of the area being area 51 ish, it may be a more war of the worlds theme.

Viking Fury (much to my daughter's dismay) was still down yesterday. She was consoled by the fact that she got to ride Flying Ace, and White Water Canyon (2 times back to back much to her dad's dismay). My son is now tall enough for Woodstock Express, so he got to ride it (9 times)

I was at the park yesterday. Took the kids up in the tower for the first time in their lives, and took some time to study the construction site. Didn't see any real new work done other than maybe some new holes in the ground. Later in the day there were some trucks parked over there by the footers that have already been poured. It's like the whole thing has kind of slowed for a minute.

When the rope drops, and everyone is running to X Base to look for posters instead of running to their favorite ride... LOL

See my avatar picture.... that was one of my absolute favorite coasters as a kid. Part because it was super fun, part because I was YOUNG when I first rode it, and you were really cool in my little world if you rode that when you were as young as I was

That's weird.... Steel Force is 200 feet tall. The Statue of Liberty is 305 feet tall. I'm confused by their statement.

It's an interesting theory.... but as a layman, I can say that this is the first time I've ever heard that name, and I don't know that a campaign for a roller coaster for the general public would use such an obscure reference.

Well that made it more confusing.... However, the W is out of sequence number... so are they throwing it even more off by hanging them out of sequence now, and then moving them back into sequence? Is it going to be a hashtag? Will it be #URWRONGKI?

It would end up looking something like this.

I've heard the rattle on Banshee while on the ride, I've only heard the rattle on Diamondback from the ground. I've known for some time that B&M's rattle, so it's never been a concern.

I'm not sure if it was one of the coasters at KI or the Starliner in Panama City Beach at what was Miracle Strip Amusement Park.