FUN&ONLY!

I think it has been there for a while now. When Firehawk opened, they had all of these white lines painted on the concrete, and maybe those marks you are seeing are the remnants after the paint was removed. I’ll try to find a picture, but good question!

The whole point of this thread was to decode and figure out what the park was getting in 2020. Yeah, we may have figured it out faster than some people would have liked, but I think the mission was accomplished! I think it is cool how so many people were so dedicated and spent quality time going out to get blueprints, making concepts, and taking pictures of track for us to enjoy. Heck, we even had a couple of people with so much passion that they went out and flew planes to get pictures for us. Are people sad that most of it is over now... yeah, but it was fun while it lasted. I, for one do not feel the slightest bit of disappointment, and I enjoyed every minute of the past few months worth of decoding. I think the problem is that people enjoyed decoding this project so much, and they are just sad to see it be over. I completely understand that but like @TheBEASTunchained said way back on page 1, “Here’s to 2020!”

I don’t think the building will be removed according to the plans, but they could maybe put a small entrance plaza right next to the old Firehawk photo booth where you enter the giga. It would be nice if it looked like Banshee’s entrance.

That that is true, but I know some people that don’t even know there is an area behind The Racer! Oktoberfest is also pretty forgotten, but I think it just needs a new ride or coaster like what X-Base is getting in 2020!

I still think the park will have announced, let alone tease, the new coaster before supports start going up. Imagine people seeing a coaster rising high when the park has not even said a word about it. However, it does look like they will want to go vertical fairly soon, so I hope the announcement is not too far away!

It would be really cool if Kings Island could make it extend from the Invertigo/Congo Falls plot of land and go over or under the front gate with a renovation of the main entrance (if they can only use Invertigo’s space, that would be ideal). I am not saying that they should build a completely new entrance because of the International Restaurant being there, but it would be nice for them to maybe put some stone or brick over the outside of the current entrance (idk... I just think it would be cool if they spruced it up a little bit). They could also update the ticket booth area like Carowinds did when they got a new entrance.

I also hope they don’t announce the coaster before they play the announcement video. The crowds at previous Kings Island announcements have gone crazy when the video shows the new coaster. Carowinds announced Copperhead Strike right before they played the video, and I was kind of disappointed. The hype gets insane when Kings Island plays the announcement video!

Looking back at previous Kings Island new ride announcements while being owned by Cedar Fair, I am betting on the new ride being announced on a Thursday either in late July or in early August. Mystic Timbers was announced at the end of July and Banshee was announced at the beginning of August. Also, it seems like almost all of Kings Island’s recent ride announcement have been on Thursdays. Banshee, Mystic Timbers, and even the Antique Cars were announced on Thursdays, from what I have looked up!

I really want to see how they can spruce up the area with this new coaster. Even if they aren’t doing a full-blown X-Base expansion, I am positive Cedar Fair will still want to pretty up the most forgotten area at Kings Island. Also, because many people think that the area will be rethemed and because the Flight of Fear locker area is to be reworked with the addition of the old Firehawk queue line, do you think they will paint and try to spruce up the Flight of Fear building? I, personally think that it could really use a little face lift!

Is it possible for an indoor water ride? Because they could put one, or relocate Congo Falls, to the Tomb Raider building where there is already plumbing and electrical. But, I still don’t see the point of getting wet in an air-conditioned building. I do hope whatever goes into that building next has water tied into it like Tomb Raider did!

I want Congo Falls to stay too, but Cedar Fair keeps on removing in-park water rides, so to me, it seems like it is a possibility.

I could possibly see us getting a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster to replace Invertigo and Congo Falls because they aren’t too expensive, and they can fit in a reasonably compact space. Also, it would give Action Zone a second top tier coaster, balancing out the crowds. As of now, I feel that Rivertown has the most top tier attractions with Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, and The Beast. Adding a new coaster to the opposite side of the park will give the park a more equal balance of attractions throughout!

As can be seen from the Decoding 2020 thread: people will do it anyways. Everyone in the coaster community likes to speculate about their home park’s future!

It’s a good thing we got that green Intamin coaster instead because Cedar Fair would never have given us an inverted coaster with Raptor so close...

It would be kind of nice if KI could get a giga coaster eventually, but we all know that won’t happen because Cedar Point has Millennium Force!

I would be all for that too, but I just don’t see it when Cedar Point has Magnum! LOL!

I thought it was Kings Island would not get the same type of coaster until 20 years after Cedar Point got the same kind, but I am probably wrong...

I don’t want a launched spinning coaster either, but I see it as a possibility. I am on team Intamin launch coaster like you!

The 20-year theory is actually convincing now that we are getting a giga in 2020, so I hope that does not mean we don’t get a multi launch coaster until 2027... I can’t wait that long!

True, but the spinning aspect makes me think that it will be more marketable and easier to break records... not that the park cares about records anyways as can be seen from the 2020 project!

My only question is: would Cedar Fair build a multi launch coaster at Kings Island with Maverick so close, one of the stand-out rides at Cedar Point? The same can be said for a new RMC. I feel that we are going to end up getting a Mack Extreme Spinning Coaster because they are different...

I would take an Intamin launch coaster any day! The newer ones look to be really great now that Intamin can put inversions on them with only a simple lap bar. I could also see us getting a Mack launch coaster, which does not seem quite as good, but it would still be pretty lit! If Kings Island is still doing the whole “budget” thing an Intamin is cheaper than a Mack...

Funny you mention that. Apparently, some guy got in trouble (a long time ago) when a guest asked “how do you make the ice cream blue?” He responded saying, “We grind up The Smurfs and throw em’ in there!”

I couldn’t agree more, the GP do have at least some sense that the park is getting a massive rollercoaster next year. Going up the lift on The Racer or Banshee, you will hear people say “oh look, that is where the new rollercoaster will be” like @Hawaiian Coasters 325 said. I have even heard GP use the term “giga” to refer to it as. I guess John Materese is doing a good job!

I still don’t think we will see a single piece of track at Kings Island until after the announcement. With Diamondback and Banshee, did the track ever show up at the park before they were announced? That should give us a pretty good idea of what to expect.