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This will honestly fit better with Rivertown. Gives Diamondback a little more of a rustic look and no more McDonald's lift hill lol.

They used to have a walking trail by The Beast many years ago. Also, the pathway from the leftover part of Dinos Alive that wasn't used by Orion is still there. Maybe if they want to, they can do something like Forbidden Frontier back there.

Actually, I know it's the gravel and that is not what I was sharing. I was mainly sharing the white thing to the left of the gravel and the white/black thing behind the tree to the right of it and the day I posted it, it looked like there was some digging going on on the ground there, but again it is hard to tell from the webcam. I agree, it is likely nothing, but it's usually fun to speculate. I'm glad I learned my lesson about messaging media personel. I will never ever do that again even though I actually like John and it was great to meet him at the Orion announcement.

Mercado painting has started!

I wasn't here back in 2016, but I believe the demolition of the funnel cake stand that led to Mystic Timbers was caught on the KI Webcam back then. Did the park move the cams back then?

Yes, but what is that white thing in the left part of the circle I drew. Or (ik it is hard to tell from the webcam), the white thing behind the tree that from here looks like one of those digging trucks (from where I was watching, it looked like it was moving and digging, but again it is hard to tell.)

Is that what I think it is....

Which is barely 60 feet tall and not supposed to open until Summer 2024. I never said TTD was for sure not being done by Zamperla, I'm just saying I have a hard time seeing them go with a company who's prototype model isn't supposed to open until Summer 2024 and the tallest coaster they've built is less than 200 feet tall. I just feel going from barely 60 feet to 420 feet would be a huge undertaking and a bigger risk than going with Intamin or Mack but that is my opinion. Again, I could see them investing in this for like Xcelerator at Knott's, but I think they wait and see how the lightning train performs before taking on the investment.

I have a hard time believing Zamperla is the one doing Dragster as the first lightning train coaster is set to debut in Summer 2024. CP tends to open their coasters in the spring and I think 2024 is when they open the reimagined TTD. Plus, that would be going from barely 60 feet tall to 420 feet which would be a lot for Zamperla. I could maybe see CF doing Zamperla for Xcelerator at Knott's if the prototype in Canada works out, but I don't think TTD is it as I think CF would want to wait to see how the lightning train performs before investing in their own. I could very well be wrong though.

I must be living under a rock. Can you explain to me what KI Universe is?

I used KD's just so we could get an idea, but I agree I think the play structure would be larger like that mainly so the current structure splash landing can be mainly reserved for little kids and the new bigger structure would be for everyone. I also put the mini wave pool in like KD so we can still sorta have a "second wave pool" but for kids.

We all know it's long overdue for Soak City to receive some love with the last addition being Tropical Plunge in 2016. I decided to dream up an expansion idea that would be Soak City's largest expansion in years. I based it off of recent CF trends with waterpark additions as well as something new and unique for the area. Here's are what the numbers mean: 1) Twisted Pipeline: a White Water West slidewheel. The second in America. The only other one being Medusa's Slidewheel at Mt Olympus. The ride I used for the overlay is one at Chimelong Waterpark in China. Let me say it fits really well and would be very unique for the park 2) Little Miami cliffs: a cliff jumping experience similar to Mountain Bay cliffs at Canada's Wonderland. Guests would have 3 different levels to jump from 3) Miami River Lookout Landing: a large multi story play structure more than twice the size as the other one (splash landing) would feature more thrilling slides, 2 large buckets, multiple dumping/splashing equiptment that would make for a very fun experience for people all ages. 4) Little Miami waves: a kids wave pool with smaller waves for those who aren't quite ready for the large waves of Tidal Wave Bay. Both the play structure and mini wave pool would replace the current smaller wave pool like KD did for Coconut Shores 5) Beach Street: a food truck inspired dining location with multiple food offerings like walking tacos, pizza, seafood, etc as well as a stage with live music on select days in the summer just like KD. Would replace the current pirate ship play structure. However, the additions of the mini wave pool and bigger play structure would make up the loss of that. Remember, this is just a concept. Nothing has been confirmed by the park, but this was fun to make and it took a while which is why I'm releasing this at almost 2 in the morning lol. Here's the picture. Enjoy and let me know your thoughts!

Like I said above, when it comes to live music outdoors, it's kinda hard to plan for that on NYE here as weather is very unpredictable. I think if they were to do a live band or live bands on NYE, Festhaus and Brewhouse are likely where they do them.

An idea I thought of is what if they had a live band come in and do a performance in between the balloon drop and the main countdown to midnight? Ik the first year they did the NYE thing, they had River City come in and play between the balloon drop and midnight, but the last few years they haven't had any live bands do things? I believe Carowinds had a live band play as part of the NYE thing this year on their bandstand. Obviously the weather is too unpredictable here to plan for a live band on the bandstand on NYE, but why not bring in a live band to play in the festhaus after the balloon drop? Just a thought.

The reason they close the lines at 10-10:30 is because they cannot be running past midnight. Rides have to be cycled off and keys out of the control panels before midnight as right at midnight, the certifications expire.

Oh the Children's Museum! I remember going there when I was little! Fun Fact: both KI and the Indy Children's Museum have historic carousels that were relocated from another local park.

You do realize the park is NOT at fault right?! The park can't control the temperatures.

This is what I try to educate people on. People always say they should expand and build a whole new section behind Banshee, while I think that would be cool and I have made concepts on that, I think the likelihood of that actually happening is very slim as the amount of things that you would need would likely not be worth it for the ROI and the ROI would be better if they just retheme/add rides/replace old rides in current areas.

They would need to work with the state to change how ride certifications work as the ride certifications end at midnight on NYE. That is why rides close at 10 on New Years Eve as they aren't allowed to be running past midnight.

I literally just saw this on Reddit the other day and was going to share it here! Great work! However, I think they'll keep Drop Tower and I'm not completely sold on the idea of removing Timberwolf quite yet. I did make a concept the other day of cutting Timberwolf in half and giving it lawn seating and using the other half for new attractions.

Heres a new concept of mine. This one involves basically splitting Timberwolf in half. Based on observation of this past year's concerts, the concerts weren't even half sold and it's pretty obvious Timberwolf won't bring in the big acts that Riverbend does so they don't really need the 10,000 seats. This idea will allow them to use some of the land for new additions/new coaster (I have here a B&M surf) in part of the land and in the other half where the stage is, install grass for festival style viewing and still have concerts (more like what the Busch Gardens parks are doing) where it is more up and coming/local acts and is free with park admission.

According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, the new apartment complex will be along Beach Boulevard to the west of the beach waterpark. Here's a screenshot of Beach Boulevard from Google Earth: Also the developer for this complex is based out of Indy. I believe the one who purchased the beach is based out of Lexington. Also, according to a statement in the CBC article, it says that the beach will likely be developed for a different purpose: "Milhaus has not had any direct conversations with the new owner of the Beach property, but the developer plans to extend the Beach Boulevard road connection to the north to help link the surrounding district, Vogelsmeier said. The Beach came under new ownership this fall, and its new owner has since said he plans to redevelop the site for a different purpose." Link to article: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2022/11/14/milhaus-the-beach-mason-apartment-community.html?ana=cincinnati_local12_bd

I would turn that whole area or at least a good chunk of it between Banshee, the dorms, and Kings High School into a complex that includes a Hotel like Universal Dockside Resort (I enjoyed my stay there) along with a city walk area and it connects with another entrance to the park that would access a new section of the park. I made a little concept awhile back where a new area behind Banshee connects AZ with A72/Adventure Port and it has a separate entrance gate/pathway that connects to a hotel. Even though it isn't drawn, they can definitely do a CityWalk area near the hotel maybe relocate the greenhouses and have the CityWalk adjacent to GWL as well. The coaster I have in the new themed area is a B&M surf (modern King Cobra). The whole area is a Safari themed area. Ik this won't happen, but if I could invest in Mason/KI, this is likely what I would do.

Area 412....sounds like a copy of Area 72 lol

Not necessarily Kings Island related, but last night I had a dream that me and Mike Koontz were riding Maverick and we got a rollback on the second launch and ended up stuck in the launch tunnel.