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Benjamin22

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  1. Seeing all the pictures of the fountains at night has sealed the deal for me, these fountains are a huge improvement and I look forward to seeing more of their capabilities during my next visit. Kings Island did a fantastic job with this renovation.

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  2. 3 minutes ago, KIghostguy said:

    Carowinds was centrally-located to their parks and was deemed to have a strong transportation network, making it a good spot for corporate headquarters. The main reason was that four of the seven KECO corporate executives were from North Carolina.

    I assume some of those executives came when Taft bought Carowinds in 1975? Also I don’t know if you know anything about this but was there any major reason why Kings Island was sold to Linder? I assumed it had something to do with the fact he bought out Taft that same year.

  3. 20 minutes ago, KIghostguy said:

    Paramount’s flagship park was Carowinds. It had been the flagship park of that group since 1986, when KECO moved corporate HQ to Carowinds from Kings Island.

    Can someone tell me why KECO did this? They hadn’t sold Kings Island yet. Hard company to research to be quite honest.

  4. 7 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

    If I remember correctly, the company who did Banshee's sign also did other things around the park as well. Like Tropical Plunge's sign. 

    I think another company did the other signs, the Notice of commencement had 2 sign companies. The other sign company I assume did the Kings Mills auto sign(Based off of their portfolio). I’m assuming the flat, less detail signs are made by that company. Exhibit 3 fabrications (The ones who made the Banshee sign) as you mentioned also does a ton of work around the park.

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  5. 1 minute ago, darkmarkman said:

    It doesn't look like they are making a "plaza" entrance with a sign from these prints. Maybe I am wrong and just don't see it. 

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    The company that made the Banshee sign has been contracted by the park (Per the Notice of commencement)

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  6. 3 minutes ago, calakapepe said:

    This station has the roof of Invertigo, and the body of... I guess Firehawk's?
    Looks like it'll fit in the area well.

    I’ll reserve judgement for the station, it appears the people who are designing it are the same people who’ve done, Copperhead strike, Banshee & GateKeeper, they know what they’re doing.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Reesesp56 said:

    Expansion to where exactly? The land going back to the river is unusable in terms of amusement park expansions. Uneven, steep terrain that would require a massive amount of $$ for any type of walkway the GP can traverse.

    The new rollercoaster seems to allow for some expansion of X-Base but not a ton of room for it due to how close that ampersand is to The Racer.

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  8. Just now, KIghostguy said:

    We have so much unused land. Not only is the giga not using it...but it's blocking off expansion into it as well!

    That’s another thing that’s confused me, this rollercoaster seems to block off so much potential land for expansion, yes they could build over / under it but that seems kind of doubtful.

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  9. Just now, Codyfryguy said:

    It's the stand that sits in Xbase

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    I thought the stand that already exist is the one to the left of the one in question.

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  10. I said a 3/5, When it comes to amusement parks I’d say Kings Island is up there when it comes to theming. Mystic Timbers, I-Street, Rivertown are all themed pretty well. I’d like to see Coney mall get a bit of love but that area is somewhat in decent condition. I think the biggest area of the park that needs to get addressed is Action Zone.

  11. Just now, fryoj said:

    Using Fury's descent angle and peak radius, Project X is 285 ft tall when measured from the backbone footer height. That footer is 10 ft lower than the footers at the peak. That would mean true height would be 275 ft. Thats using the footer coordinates and lift angle from the blueprints. I have trouble believing that myself, but the math has been done by more than one person. I think they can get some with a tighter radius and a steeper drop, but 25 ft is a lot with the margins laid out in the blueprints. I'd be happy to see someone do some math and prove that wrong. But "theres no way they'd do that" isn't exactly proof. 

    Yeah but CedarFair would lower their ROI if they really decided to not go an extra 25 ft. There’s almost no way this thing won’t be at least 300 ft, it just doesn’t make any sense.

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