Hawaiian Coasters 325

Where did Mike Koontz say that? I'm not saying KI managment doesn't regret Vortex's removal since I'm sure their thought back then if you would ask them now is by 2025 a new ride would be there, but then this thing called a pandemic happened basically destroying their 5 year plan and making the ROI on a 30 million dollar investment harder to get. Then you have the merger with Six Flags come into play. I also think while the desire is to replace Vortex before putting a coaster somewhere else, if rides like Invertigo and Congo reach the end of their lives and they have no choice but to remove them, I think they'd change plans and put the next big thing there first as having a giant empty hole right at the front gate is not a good first impression. If that's the case, we may not get a Vortex replacement until around the 60th anniversary in 2032.

May I ask where you got this information from? Also was the planned 2023 SC expansion the same that we got in 2025 and was Pipeline planned to be retired at the end of 2022 for it?

Those days are over lol. I won't message him like that again. I learned my lesson during the Orion thread lol.

Yeah. I left back in July. It was voluntarily and I wasn't fired or forced out. I have no bad blood with the park or company. I had 6 great seasons as a ride op.

I also remember back in 2022 well before Adventure Port was announced that the big rumor was the 2023 addition was going to be a Phantom Theater revival in Boo Blasters. Looking back, maybe that was the original 2023 plan then it got put on hold when Slingshot left and AP came along and Snoopy and Soak City additions were a bigger priority at the time.

Well I no longer work at KI so nothing to worry about lol.

^^ Mason I believe changed the way permits/plans are filed. The website that was used last year when RiverRacers was leaked, has been basically disabled for several months. I don't know if there's a new site or we're back to going to the City Hall for plans. Has anyone tried that yet?

3 more days until the big reveal!!

It's literally the same thing as Hanks, but a different name. The main downside is they charge like 5 bucks extra for guac OR queso which is ridiculous lol. I'd much rather go to Hot Head where it's like a dollar extra for guac or queso tbh.

When it comes to dressing up the exterior of the building, I'd like to see them attempt to make it like this old original concept art

A couple photos I found of me and my next door neighbor at the time in the Mystery Machine prop they had out front of the ride. This was sometime in 2008. I remember bc I remember my dad pointing out the construction for what became Diamondback. I believe this was her first ever visit to KI and it wasn't too long after they moved into the house next door. We would then go on multiple trips to KI together before they moved away in 2011.

The more I think about it, the more I think how cool this would be with a phantom theater theme. Imagine this, you pass no legs larry directing you and you ascend upstairs to the balcony and cross the balcony with a view of the theater stage then you travel downwards through the rest of the course.

I don't see KI being sold off anytime soon. KI is a major money maker to the chain and has the highest market penetration. I don't think they'd want to let that go. Also I doubt they'd invest too heavily in a park they plan on selling off.

I really hope we get another teaser or 2 between now and then. The "to be continued" has me thinking there could be a part 2 of that teaser video.

What would honestly be cool to do is when the ride is cycled off for the night they allow a small group of people (sign up ahead of time first come first serve) to actually walk the Boo Blasters course with the lights on as a guided tour.

Imo I feel like it would've been better to announce it after Boo Blasters closes to allow focus to be on Boo Blasters getting its last rides. What I would've honestly done is let Boo Blasters run until its closing day (labor day) to keep the speculation going and then like a day or so after it closes, drop this video and have the story be "after the boo castle was boarded up, security was notified of some strange activity going on around the castle so they went in and this video happens..." then announce the official replacement like a week later.

I highly doubt they get rid of the Boo Blasters building. That building has been there since 1972 and I doubt there is anything seriously wrong with it. It also houses the park services warehouse, the Peanuts showplace, and an entertainment green room. I think the new ride is definitely in the boo blasters building and the crypt is either a throwoff attempt or a second attraction for 26 (legacy CF recently likes to do non major coaster additions in packages like how we got Sol Spin + Cargo Loco in 23, Soapbox Racers + the playground in 24, and RiverRacers + Splash River Junction in 25.) That being said idk why they would go through the effort to put the conjuring in the crypt this season when that is a 2026 new ride location unless the plan is to move the conjuring in 26 and start construction on whatever is next in the crypt once haunt ends.

Or they just decided to include a shot of the Crypt as an attempt to throw us off. Tony Clark (the head of PR for the region) has done this in the past lol.

Interesting they also had a small segment at the end in the crypt building. We all know that's where The Conjuring is going, but I could honestly see that being a temporary thing for now. Then if they wanted to eventually put a ride in there, they could move the conjuring somewhere else if it's popular.

I predict the announcement will come on September 25th the same day Over Texas announces their dive coaster. I think we'll see all of Six Flags rollout their 2026 capital plans that day. Whether that be in the form of a press release like we saw CF do the last few years or a video like legacy Six Flags did under Jim Reid Anderson remains to be seen.

I believe back in the day they did Kids Boo Fest in Picnic Grove (if I'm thinking properly). Then it got moved to Soak City.

Ik this likely wouldn't happen due to logistical reasons, but I'd like to see a Haunt on the Eiffel Tower brought back. Also bring back the scare zone at the base of the tower.

2 just like AlpenFury. A booster launch out of the station into the main launch in Congo's plot.

With AlpenFury being a major success, I created a Premier launch coaster concept for the Invertigo/Congo/Timberwolf/entry plaza area. The Action Zone area becomes an expanded Oktoberfest with a dark forest vibe and Drop Tower gets renamed "FallTrum. The station and queue for the new coaster would be on the skyflyer plot and Coaster Connection would become the exit gift shop/ride photo area.

Well that would be a safety violation on the maintineance crew as they can't cycle the train if there's someone in the ride area lol