Klabergian Empire

Several things: 1. Thank you @Hawaiian Coasters 325 for the update. Orion's progress is really coming along! 2. I think, just by reading the last few pages of forums, that lots of people are REALLY upset about the webcams are down. Trust me, I am too. But remember, there was a time when webcams didn't exist, and all people could do is stay tuned to newspapers and TV stations for potential updates on anything with the park. Not only that, but we should be THANKFUL that the park is generous enough just to provide webcams not just for the park, but just a live view of the construction. I think we should all calm down and wait for the webcams to come back up. They probably will soon enough and we will get right back to watching Orion come together!

Looks like the fountain has been drained for the Ice rink.

I still stand with my previous statement.

How many cranes does it take to build 1 Giga coaster?

From WLWT:

My question is what could they possibly use a crane that small for (considering the size of Orion)?

Just took a look through the weatherbug camera on I.S. and I could clearly see the red crane from there.

Thanks! Tbh, I had no idea

Dumb question, What's an MCBR?

From Twitter:

I would imagine the big crane will be put together to say the least. EDIT: Looks like the white-blue crane is assembling the larger red one while the yellow crane is working on the brake run.

@Shaggy, that second photo is AWESOME!

Just passed the park on my way home from the Sauerkraut Festival and OH BOY ARE THEY BUSY!!! There were cars lined up to get in both ways on Kings Island Drive and their lot was filled from the entrance all the way to Soak City.

I see what you are saying, but think about where else they could use those lights. Like for orion for example, or and extension to Racers lights.

I personally think they should save the lift hill trailing lights and use them somewhere else.

Am I the only one who misses how much trees and wilderness used to be around the train?

On Sunday, October 13, 2019, MeTv will air the famous Brady Bunch Kings Island episode "Cincinnati Kids" at 1pm est. Here is a tweet by Chad

I remember when Vortex was down because apparently the chain itself broke and they were going to put a new one on I was told

Basically do to it what they did to SoB's station.

I know this is off topic, but did the maintenance sheds behind Racer get painted?

Mystic Timbers looks cool in the fall colors:

After initially watching this, I thought he had a good point too. But, after thinking about it AND talking to a friend of mine (who used to work at the park), I'm starting to disagree with this a bit. My main disagreement would be about the brakes. My friend that I mentioned was working at Kings Island when Vortex opened and he was on maintenance, so he knows very well the in and outs of Vortex. I told him about the brake theory and he said that it doesn't make sense because when they design brakes on roller coasters, they design them to be used under the worst case conditions. Since he said that with three trains running there would be a little more use than normal, he said it is very unlikely that Vortex is closing simply because of it's brakes.

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