[Kings Island losing B&M?]

3 minutes ago, Fye Coasters said:

Ki is not and will never loose B&M idky this is even a thread lol 

The thread is just terribly named, what they’re asking is if B&M will ever build another coaster at Kings Island

[Kings Island losing B&M?]

7 minutes ago, SonofBaconator said:

What do you mean refurbished Vortex?

Probably the newer Vekoma trains, maybe repaint it and re-profile portions of the track? 

[Haunt 2019 Discussion]

40 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:

It has been a couple of seasons since I went to Haunt and it was only once.  What exactly is a scare zone?  If it doesn’t require waiting in a 2 hour line that sounds like a winner to me.

It’s just a themed pathway really with a bunch of scare actors, it’s not better then a maze of course but it’s definitely nice to have as you’re walking between rides/mazes.

[Haunt 2019 Discussion]

Kings Island still has the most scare mazes though in the chain correct? They might be tied with Knotts.

[Area 72]

32 minutes ago, upstop said:

I’m thinking that the area will get some really cool and unusual flat rides. Maybe even a dark ride.

Is there really room though with those buildings currently there?

[What comes after the 2020 Giga?]

1 minute ago, Hueney020 said:

I do not agree with this. Cedar Fair has already shown that they are investing in the major parks more than the others. I do not see Kings Island going over 5 years with out a coaster just for the reason they need to make sure Kings Island stays relevant. 

Also someone mentioned Blacktopping would cost roughly 6 million not saying they would do it all but really 6 million is nothing when you look at how much they put into the parks during an off year. They could easily break this down into a three year project at 2 million a piece but I doubt it will happen. 

It’s a 30 million dollar coaster, if the attendance doesn’t change much then I see us moving to at least a 4 year cycle considering Cedar Fair has indicated that they will be making less large individual investments. And since it appears they’re going to move back to the one coaster a year (maybe two) I don’t see Kings Island getting a coaster every 3 years.

[Injury on Copperhead Strike]

I wonder what happened, sounded like something was wrong with the train or seats.

[What comes after the 2020 Giga?]

11 hours ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

My 10 year plan that's partially me dreaming:

2020 - Orion+Area 72

2021 - Planet Snoopy expansion/Camp Snoopy +Invertigo/Congo closure/Timberwolf removal

2022 - Soak City expansion + repaved parking lot

2023 - RMC record breaking woodie + Action Zone renamed

2024 - park improvements (front gate upgrades and new ground up restaurant.)

2025 - dark ride in Crypt building + BLSC closure

2026 - flat ride package

2027 - Double launch coaster (either Mack or Intamin. My take would be Intamin blitz, but likely a Mack)

2028 - Planet/Camp Snoopy expansion

2029 - new interactive activity (like forbidden frontier

2030 - Soak City expansion

Only way I see us getting 3 year coasters is if Orion is successful and draws in a noticeable increase in attendance, if not I foresee us going onto a 5 or 6 year cycle.

[Kings Island Season Pass Holder T-Shirts]

Cool that they launched the web store, I remember back a few months ago they were talking about adding it, glad they went through with it.

[Kings Island losing B&M?]

53 minutes ago, THE_BEASTmaster said:

 

A floorless coaster is way different than an inverted coaster. Your feet a dangling over the track, where as an inverted coaster the track is above you.


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I mean in my opinion they provide nearly identical experiences, large inversions no airtime. Dive coasters at least “hang” you over the drop & wing coasters provide a more unique experience (especially if they’re launched)

[Kings Island losing B&M?]

I don’t see the purpose of a floorless coaster when we already have Banshee. A launch wing coaster or a dive coaster would at least provide a more different ride experience.

[What comes after the 2020 Giga?]

6 minutes ago, Magenta Lizard said:

In that case, next should be a resurfaced parking lot followed by the return of the backwards Racer.

I do also feel that since Mike Koontz became general manager, the park has been paying a lot more attention to guest feedback, though. Especially on the little things that make a big difference. 

Mike Seems to be doing a fantastic job, this year was probably one of the best years when it comes to additions in my opinion with the several all around improvements that were needed. 

Does anyone know how much it’d cost to repave the entire parking lot (I’m aware they’d likely only repave the most used portions)

[Kings Island losing B&M?]

I don’t know how I feel about a dive coaster, they’re fantastic supporting coasters but I’d kind of prefer a Launched Wing coaster after riding Thunderbird. As to where they should put it I say take out Invertigo and Congo falls and bam you have a fantastic front entrance coaster. I’d be incredibly upset if they remove Vortex for a cookie cutter Dive coaster, not worth it imo.

[What comes after the 2020 Giga?]

Here’s what I think would be nice 

2021 - Flat ride (A Screamin swing would be perfect but I’m not getting my hopes up)

2022- Water Park investments 

2023- Family rides?

2024 - Maybe a Dive Coaster in Action Zone where Invertigo and Congo falls is?

Id love for Action Zone to be gone (One less paramount scar) and be rethemed to a haunted area, Haunted Hollow sounds like a cool area name.

[Did you all see this?]

56 minutes ago, BeastForever said:

Now THAT much I am glad of. Very, very glad in fact...

I-305 could be the name of the highway (and maybe it is).

'Fury325' to me sounds more like an internet screenname than it does a roller coaster!

I hope they don’t push the whole Orion, The ride thing a lot. I don’t see why that’s necessary. Kind of like Volcano, the blast coaster.

[Cedar Point worst day]

A 5 hour line on Millennium force? Most of the time you can almost walk into the ramp... maybe you just went on a really bad day.

[Kings Island 2019 Discussion]

1 minute ago, coasterfanatic83 said:

The fountains at KMAA are not working today. Has this been going on for a while? I haven’t been to the park in several weeks, but they were functioning last time I was here.

Hopefully the beautiful area of our brand new ride isn’t already falling apart. 

One of them (The one closest to Vortex) seems to go down more often then the other fountain. They were both down on Thursday.

[Platinum pass question?]

Just now, LuvingKI said:

We're thinking of Getting the Platinum with the all park fastlane, is it for certain you can buy it from CW and activate at any park and never actually go to CW?

Most likely, but it never hurts to call customer support to confirm. I know you’re able to activate your Platinum pass at another park so I’d assume so. It’s the same price so it shouldn’t Matter.

[Orion Coming to Kings Island in 2020]

I really really really hope IMAscore could do the score for this ride, but I don’t have my hopes up. 

[Cedar Point worst day]

40 minutes ago, collin.klopfstein said:

Is this rare?

 

It’s intamin so probably not 

[Did you all see this?]

2 minutes ago, veritas said:

Mr. Crowe never said it was a bad ride... Just a bad design choice by the design team. And other than him not thinking this is a true Giga. Is his opinion that much different than many on KIC??? Couldn't they have made it just 13ft taller???

We really don’t know why this giga is the way it is, considering it’s the same price as Fury (If not more) and it’s a 1,000+ ft shorter definitely gives me an impression that the price of steel or something has gone up a decent amount. This giga already was pushing the budget, that 13+ ft isn’t noticeable to anyone but Coaster enthusiast who want to bash a ride because it isn’t the best coaster ever built

[Did you all see this?]

I scratch my head a bit from their line of reasoning, out of their 2 main arguments one of them is severely flawed. They argue that most Coaster enthusiast feel a giga is 300+ ft above but from I’ve been able to tell most enthusiast agree that this is indeed a giga coaster. I get the height of a giga coaster is one of the aspects that makes it was it is but you’re not going to notice a 13’ ft deference. 

[Did you all see this?]

Just now, Winterfestguy said:

Since anyone (including parks) can contribute to Wikipedia, what is the actual definition then of a “giga”?

 

I’ve always based it off of the hyper definition, either 300 ft tall or 300ft drop. The park seems to agree with this mentality.

[Orion Coming to Kings Island in 2020]

1 minute ago, FreedomPenguin said:

Is that a solid capacity? How many hour wait can you foresee. The good thing ive come to understand is, B&M giga shouldn't be down very much compared to intamins coasters. 

I don’t expect there to be long lines, Fury 325 usually is almost a walk on the 4 times I’ve been to Carowinds.

[Orion Coming to Kings Island in 2020]

Anyone know the song they used for introduction video? Thanks.