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There really aren’t many night rides to be had during the summer. It doesn’t get dark until after 9 and they close the coaster most of that time for fireworks. It’s ridiculous to close a star attraction (beast night rides) for 5 minutes of silliness.

Front gate coasters are basically parking lot coasters. The overall location for Orion is fine. One can see it and build anticipation from the moment they come through the gate. Although they should have stayed farther away from The Beast.

I heard the Carowinds March (the oringibsk Carowinds sing) song on Racer Radio this week That was nice.

They had 3 other full cast live shows in 2018 on the regular schedule and those performers except cirque were in the parade. This year they have 1 full (but excellent) show in the regular schedule The cutback in luge entertainment this year was definitely budget motived as the whole park has operated as a COVID fest all season.

There is no way it cost as much as Fury. Theme parks inflate the numbers for marketing.

It appears it was built on a California hyper coaster budget https://www.coaster101.com/2021/07/23/orion-behind-the-scenes-at-kings-island-coasterstock-2021/ “Originally, Cedar Fair had a contract with B&M to build a hyper-coaster, dubbed “Megabite”, for sister park California’s Great America. When the construction costs for that ride went up Cedar Fair decided in June of 2018 to move the ride to Kings Island and redesign it specifically for their park.”

it seems Cedar Fair really cut back on their song licensing fees this year. The same playlists are being used at multiple shows at different parks under different show names. And then there is the horrible outdated music loops playing all day long in the parks.

Yes it should be more attractive to everyone. Unless they want more of the trouble they had opening weekend. The crowd is already so questionable they weren’t allowing re entry.

It belongs in Area 72, they just need to make room for it off the midway. There is an empty plot between Racer and Flight of Fear….

I’m here on Sunday 7-18. Park is crowded. It’s a mgmt fail not to open the food booths all day as they are pure revenue (no dining plans).

It has a great vibe. The costumes and face paint are great. It fits the theming of Area 72 perfectly. The location isn’t the best as it jams up a narrow midway.

Traffic has been backing up on the road waiting for the parking lot to open this year. I’m surprised they let that happen, cause if there is an accident the park will have some liability in the situation.

Sane my e here. Plus I love there is 5 hours of night tine park. And no blazing heat.

That’s just what this park needs after the fights this year. A dark themed event that’s already problematic enough that they don’t allow re entry. Having indoor events is also still a bad idea given that appx 40% of the people are unvaccinated AND not wearing masks. But hey! Short term profits.

That’s where I heard it. I consider that part of Oktoberfest as it was in the original park.

Coney had a classic rock soundtrack this week. Still the miserable out of theme country music in Oktoberfest. But a slight improvement

You are right. But with the fountain and all the synchronized lighting, they coukd add to that and have a finale show that doesn’t close rides and threaten to potentially set fire to the place. Plus they are dangerous to those setting them off. im just not a fan of fireworks. The fatality of the Blue Jackets player is a reminder why.

Nightly fireworks are such a waste of funds. They don’t increase the gate at all. They could just run the fountain and light show a couple times a night and save funds for park improvements

The music throughout the park is absolutely horrible. They must be trying to save ASCAP fees or something. The only place that has a great track is Area72. The Kids Bop in Snoopyland - like mentioned above. some lyrics are appropriate. Pop music/country style in Rivertown - HORRID The same 10 song pop country loop playing throughout Coney, Oktoberfest and Action Zone is absolutely ridiculous. It is out of theme, and the music is AWFUL Pop music/instrumental in International Street - right type of music (instrumental) but wrong songs (pop)! This is at least tolerable. Plus the AWFUL songs in before & after the Royal Finale this year. Did I mention how much i hate the pop country in HALF the park?! I would rather have silence than most of this garbage.

I give the park huge credit in operating it as a racing coaster. Both sides are open every day and they dispatch the two trains together. Unlike American Eagle at Six Flags GA that they refuse to race because they haven’t maintained the structure. I was just saying do you racing on racer isn’t very even because of the lift hill and far turn around. Racers cousin at Kings Dominion Is the perfect racing roller coaster. A couple years ago they put a computer synchronize lift Hill on the coaster. As Long as the trains are dispatched within about 20 seconds of each other, they always leave the top of the lift hill at the same time. The chain lift speeds adjust to accomplish that.

The real steam train whistle that can be heard throughout the park.

Are they still playing that God awful Luke Bryan type pop country 5 song loop all over the left side of the park? They must not want to pay ascap fees this year.

It’s a good ride but flawed. The re tracking has made it ride great. Racing coasters bare rare and we are lucky to have one. But it doesn’t race well. One lift hill runs slightly faster and one of the turnaround trim brakes slows the train more than the other. The wierd Y design after the third hill is also odd. You lose view of the other train. And then there’s the long flat run at then end where the final drop was removed. Not perfect but still a treasure for the park. Even on busy days the lines are short because of 4 trains. Thank goodness CF is renovating it instead of what they did to Thunder Road. They didn’t paint the new track this year. Will it end up ugly and gray as they replace wood?

Whatever they planted doesn’t seem to be a very fast growing vine. This was planted four years ago.

Giving credit where due today Thusrday June 3! The original forecast was for 60% to 90% chance of rain all day. I went to the park since I had the day off against my better judgement given the forecast. The forecast changed a couple times during the day. It stopped raining about 1 PM let’s start it again around 630. They close the rides at 630 and actually reopened them after 7 in the rain until closing. The park operated today as it has traditionally They even ran both sides of Racer until closing. The only closed rides were Viking Fiury and Dodgem which seem to have rain issues plus WW Canyon.