DeltaFlyer

Just found out from the fine folks at Gould Manufacturing that we will be receiving 20 cars for KMAA next year, which are being manufactured as we speak.

Hello all! I will be heading down to the IAAPA expo next week and wanted to create a place where we can discuss any major news/developments. If anyone else here is going, I'd love to meet up as well! If anyone has any questions they want me to try to ask a manufacturer, let me know and I will try to get an answer.

You are likely seeing the clearing for the new dorms. There is a thread on that here.

Something tells me it would always be closed...

First post, here goes- I did a little digging into the Notice of Commencement that was filed with Warren County for the "2018, 2019, and 2020 Additions and Modifications for Kings Island Park". I compared this document with the one that was filed for the 2016-2017 modifications, which included GCI for Mystic Timbers. I noted if the company was present in the 2016 document, their field of work, and notable things they've done in the park if I could find them. Company Area of Work 2016-2017? Notable Work? EXHIBIT 3 FABRICATIONS LLC Signage Y Haunt Sign, Reds Grille Sign PLAS PLUMBING Plumbing Y Paramount's KI Site Utilities PATRIOT INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTING SERVICES INC Rigging/Moving Y Winterfest Eiffel Tower Lighting Rigging QUEEN CITY AWNING Awnings Y KINGDOM PRODUCTION INC Theming/Signage Y BAYNUM PAINTING Ride Painting Y Firehawk (2007) Vortex (2008), The Bat (2015) PAINTING CONTRACTOR LLC Interior Painting Y DALLAS FLOORING Interior Flooring Y MODERN DAY CONCRETE CONST Concrete Y ASHLEE FENCE ENTERPRISES Fencing Y OHIO HYDRAULICS INC Hydraulic Hoses/Fittings Y HICON INC Stone Paving/Masonry Y CARDINAL LANDSCAPE Landscaping Y DENIER ELECTRIC COMPANY HV Electrical Y Drop Zone, Diamondback T S GARNETT CONST INC Excavation Y BREHOB ENGINE & COMPRESSOR CO Air Compressors Y Most rides in 2018 KONE INC Elevators Y JOHN R JURGENSEN COMPANY Paving/Aggregates Y BEACON ELECTRIC INC HV Electrical Y Banshee (2014) SCHMIDT PROGRESSIVE LLC Fiberglass display fixtures Y REFLECT SYSTEMS INC Digital Signage Y Entrance Turnstile Displays TRUE EDGE INC Metal Fabrication Y R E MIDDLETON CONST Concrete Y WindSeeker Foundations PERKINS/CARMACK CONST General Contracting Y Mystic Timbers Entrance/Photo, Funnel Cake Building QUEEN CITY BLACKTOP Paving Y CAMPEON ROOFING INC Roofing Y FENTON RIGGING CO Ride Erection/Rigging NO TRIDENT ENGINEERING INC Pumps/Water Ride Install NO Diamondback Splashdown, Tasmanian Typhoon BOLLINGER & MABILLARD Coaster Design/Engineering NO Diamondback, Banshee You can see that we have B&M listed, but note the other two additions- Fenton Rigging and Trident Engineering. Fenton did ride erection back in the Paramount days, though I'm not sure on which rides specifically. Trident Engineering does water pump engineering, most recently at KI the splashdown at the end of Diamondback. There is another rigging company listed, but they seemed to have only been used for hanging the Eiffel Tower lights for Winterfest. In 2014, the Adena Corporation out of Mansfield, OH was the steel erector and general contractor for Banshee, a B&M project. Since then, they have also installed Diamondback, Intimidator 305, Maverick, GateKeeper and Valravn. We don't see Adena Corp listed on the Notice of Commencement, but it is possible that they are contracted by B&M directly, not through the park. This leads me to believe that Fenton may be the contractor which will be removing whichever coaster it turns out to be. If that were the case, it is unlikely that it would be scrapped, otherwise a demolition company would be listed instead, like it was in 2014 when O'Rourke Wrecking was contracted to demolish Son of Beast. TLDR: No demolition/scrapping company was listed on the Notice Of Commencement, which could mean a relocation instead of demolition.