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Also worth to note that in 2025 the tournament is expanding to 2 weeks which would likely mean more people coming to the area. Wonder how this will affect the park as this will likely mean more people coming to the area.

Taron is an Intamin btw. You must be thinking of FLY?

I believe Time Traveler has been a big hit at Dollywood and it has a magnet on the train that makes it a controlled spin and not an uncontrolled spin like tea cups. Now Ride to Happiness takes that magnet off and runs as an uncontrolled spinning coaster. I think knowing how the park would want the ride to appeal to a wider demographic, if KI gets an Xtreme Spinner it'll likely have the magnet on and ride like Time Traveler.

I worked Monster a couple times this year and heres the thing, those pod doors (especially for someone who is short and out of shape like me) are HEAVY to lift up. Not to mention the control operator manually parks the ride and they have to park it perfectly to safely load and unload people. You also can only load and unload one at a time so that slows everything down. Not to mention on low crowded/short staffed days they only staff 2 operators (drive and load/unload) and since there is only one operator loading and unloading they can only load one side which reduces capacity even more.

Didn't Carowinds and KD get the Intimidator coasters in the same year? Also, KI is getting SSBRs while CP is getting TT2 the same year. Ik those are different sized projects, they're both still fairly big marketable additions.

2026 is also rumored to be Valleyfair for their 50th anniversary. I could see 2026 being KI and Valleyfair. With Carowinds I think it depends on what they go with for 2025 which is rumored to be a water ride per recent surveys. My hope is they go with a Mack powersplash as it would knock out 2 birds with one stone: A) a new coaster and B ) a new water ride in the dry park. It also would give the park another launch coaster. I also wouldn't rule out on Carowinds getting a family coaster in their Camp Snoopy ie Snoopy's Soapbox Racers or Snoopy's Racing Railway or even something different than those 2.

Yep a wall is up. Not surprising considering the park opens tonight and Snoopy will be open tomorrow.

Update 9/28/23 Snack Shack is officially gone

Also wondering why they didn't replace the remainder of the blacktop that runs by Flume and Mystic's entrance when they built Mystic. Right now it just a small sliver of blacktop mixed with pavers and it is ugly imo. I wish they would replace that with all pavers.

Update 9/27/23 Construction has officially started. Snack shack is pretty much gone and it looks like concrete is being ripped up.

That circle is Woodstock Gliders. It's hard to tell with the sun glare when this screenshot was taken.

It's hard to tell on the webcam so take with grain of salt, but it looks like activity has started.

There was a funeral set up in the rides graveyard though.

It honestly wouldn't shock me if the park chose the family boomerang last minute bc they saw Holiday World was getting one so they were like: "oh that looks cool, lets get one of our own and make it different enough from that". Ik there was rumors about us getting a ride like Snoopy's Racing Railway. Maybe the park was originally planning that, but saw the family boomerang as an option and liked the idea more.

Usually the way it has worked is an audio story plays and then there is this explosion that goes off and that's when Haunt starts.

If I remember correctly, if there were to be any new tombstones like for a ride about to be retired (which for Firehawk and Vortex there was a funeral set up in the graveyard area) that doesn't get put out until the week of the opening of Haunt likely bc they don't want anyone to see it and leak it before the actual kick off of Haunt.

According to this article, it was said construction would begin this fall. https://attractionsmagazine.com/expanded-camp-snoopy-at-kings-island-includes-new-kids-roller-coaster/ Adventure Port began construction mid October. However, that was an October announcement and last minute addition. Maybe they're waiting to get Haunt started to begin construction? I'm also wondering if they could still do the nativity thing during Winterfest in the old theater area where beagle scout acres is going. All they would need to do is block off the left side of it for construction of Soapbox Racers and then once WF is finished, start construction of Beagle Scout Acres. Does anyone know how technically how long a family boomerang takes to construct? With it being a cloned layout and not that large of a ride, I would think they could get it put up within a few months.

KD did something similar in 2021 (was supposed to open in 2020) with their Soak City expansion where it was a new section called Coconut Shores that featured a fusion fortress, a kids wave pool, and the beach street food truck area. Maybe KI could do something similar? I personally would love to see us get a larger water playground like one of those fusion fortress complexes that have some thrilling slides along with kids slides along with more than one bucket. Unfortunately I feel like we would lose Breakers Bay for it as I believe KD's replaced their smaller wave pool. I think the beach street would go where Pipeline was extending onto the midway near Mondo Monsoon.

I don't really think our Backlot Stunt Coaster needs much of a retheme. I think the high speed car theme fits with what I think a retheme of that back section of Coney Mall could be themed to. Give it a "Route 66" style theme. Call it "Route 72" like Valleyfair did with Route 76 and just give Backlot new theming signage with Cincinnati references instead of Los Angeles. Basically instead of riding through a Backlot in Los Angeles, you are riding through Cincinnati. Vortex's replacement can still be themed to a "Vortex" or storm type theme, but have the storyline be along the lines of it's the 1950s and a major storm rips through Route 72 and you board your 1950s style hot rod to ride out the storm similar to how the Mystic Timbers storyline was set in the 80s.

Glad you guys finally noticed it was getting a touch of paint. It started last week with small sections being painted, but now it's finally coming together! I worked at Drop Tower tonight so I couldn't see the new paint update, but these pics really look great. Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow evening.

Wasn't RCCA the one who pitched the idea to build a wooden hyper coaster to PKI?

If they really want my interest when it comes to events/advertising...partner with ASA entertainment again and bring this event back to the park! Anyone remember this? Also was one of the few times outside of Spirit Song Cedar Fair used Timberwolf.

But here's the thing, you also need people to staff food/drink stands as well as other areas. KI is more than just the rides. Also don't forget those who work need a break every 6 hours (5 hours if you're a minor). While yes you can technically staff some rides at like 5 people, that's at bare minimum and they need more to be able to send breaks and rotate positions. Also the gold tags/area supervisors need to be available as much as possible in the event things happen (like if a safety issue were to happen and the operators involved were to need to be disciplined for it, there needs to be extra staff available to come and take the involved operators' spots so that the ride can continue to operate while the involved operator(s) get disciplined/retrained).

Since no thread has been created yet, I decided to make a thread specifically for construction updates on Camp Snoopy. As the summer season starts to come to a close and Haunt and Winterfest quickly approaches, we will likely start seeing construction start soon. As we follow construction, I just want to remind everyone of a few ground rules from past construction update threads: * No trespassing. I know this may seem like a common sense rule, but those who have been around on here for awhile may remember that during the construction of Banshee someone snuck into the construction area to get photos. Suffice it to say that the park was not happy, do not do it again! * Along those same lines, make sure any photos taken are from appropriate areas. Absolutely no taking photos from rides unless it is from the Eiffel Tower. * If you share a photo that isn't yours, you must provide the source where it came from. * Make sure that conversations are done in a polite manner. Every once in a while we'll see some debates that get out of hand. Please let's try to not have that this time. * During construction/decoding seasons KIC gets a lot of new visitors posting on here so it is important that everyone knows the terms of service. You can find the terms of service here: https://KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4128-terms-of-service/ * The final rule is have fun. Construction season is always an exciting time here on KIC. Here's to another season of construction as we see the construction of Snoopy's Soap Box Racers family boomerang coaster and the refreshed Camp Snoopy! Let's start with photos of I took of the area pre construction that we can compare to the finished product as a before and after when it is done!

If I were to pick a Vekoma model for KI, I would go with the bermuda blitz model in the style of Lech Coaster at Legendia. I have heard nothing but good things about Lech Coaster and people who have been on it have raved about how intense it is. I think if KI got a ride in the style of Lech coaster it would become that new shining star attraction to enthusiasts. Here's a POV of Lech Coaster: Another good option is the double launch shockwave model in the style of Abyssus at Energylandia. Now if KI were to go with any Vekoma looping coaster launched or not, I really would love to see them pay homage to Vortex and do a batwing element like what Abyssus has in the same spot as Vortex's batwing.