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If you plan on getting to the park around opening for Haunt this year, be prepared to wait. They moved the chaperone checkpoint towards the front entrance and caused a huge bottleneck going in. I don't want to make it sound like I'm complaining that the park has a chaperone policy, as it is ultimately done for the safety of everyone and I do appreciate that the park is taking these steps to improve its security, but the delay getting into the park is definitely worth noting.

Not that I'm aware of.

Yes. It was added in the last year or two.

They said in the video that the high speed chain is being designed so the train goes over the first hill at the same speed that it did when it was launched. Everything after the launch, including the quad down, should remain the same after the transition.

I think if they wanted to do a retheme of BLSC the same year as Vortex's replacement, it will highly depend on how expensive the new coaster will be. I don't think the park would want to do a multi-million dollar renovation to BLSC if they're already spending $25+ million for a new B&M or Mack the same year. The idea I was thinking of would be to have a two-year renovation plan for Coney Mall. The first year focusing on a BLSC retheme and some new flat rides placed in the section of the park between BLSC and Diamondback. Then build a new coaster in Vortex's plot for the second year, ideally a coaster model focused on inversions.

Was that pun intentional or not?

I saw on social media that yellow arrow track was spotted pretty close to Kings Island. It makes me wonder if Clermont Steel Fabricators is going to be responsible for producing the new track. I know they produced the new track for Bat last year after the derailment, so it wouldn't be the first Arrow to get new track from them.

Maybe they're reusing old Wolf Pack props for Abandoned?

It's possible, but I doubt it's going to be for 2025. I'm about 70% certain that 2025 is going to be for Soak City.

CCI Son of Beast would've been sick.

It seems possible to just take out Invertigo and have an out-and-back style coaster that utilizes the land between Action Zone and the parking lot.

I do think it's nice that we're seeing a thrilling new-gen Vekoma opening up in the states next year. However, I really don't think The Flash: Vertical Velocity going to fit Great Adventure all that well, primarily because of capacity and I know others have raised their concerns over this as well. Looking at Vekoma's website on the Super Boomerang, they state that the Super Boomerang with one train has a theoretical capacity of 800 r/h. Knowing how Six Flags ops can be, the actual average capacity could very well be lower than that. Keep in mind that Great Adventure is one of Six Flags's most popular parks, serving the Newark, New York City and Philadelphia areas. Given its capacity issues and also the fact it's being built towards the front of the park, I imagine The Flash: VV is consistently going to have the longest wait times in the park, maybe even exceeding 2 or 3 hours on busier days.

If that is something the park wants to do for 2026, then we'll know by next year. Invertigo and Congo Falls would have to close in 2024 so the park can start construction in 2025.

Well, Six Flags used that name in the 90's, so...

Sometimes it's not that simple. If Invertigo and Congo Falls become too expensive to maintain and operate, then it's very likely Kings Island will make the decision right then and there to remove those rides, even if nothing has been planned to replace them. I'm certain the park would have preferred to keep Vortex operational for several more years until a replacement was planned. Clearly, that's not what happened and that plot still sits mostly vacant to this day. Yeah it stinks seeing that hole in the back of Coney Mall, but it's understandable why the park chose 2019 to remove Vortex. I'm hoping the park can at least keep Invertigo and Congo Falls operational long enough for Vortex's spot to be filled, as I don't want Kings Island to gain a reputation for removing coasters all the time. I'm not saying this is going to happen, but if Kings Island made the announcement tomorrow to get your last rides on Invertigo before it closes for good, I would not be surprised. I speculate Invertigo has about five years left at-most, and Congo Falls may very well go with it.

I like the idea of re-theming Action Zone with some haunted dark forest theme. Banshee and Bat already fit this theme well, so they can be left as-is. re-theme Drop Tower to Demon Drop and the other rides in the area too like Delirium and Congo Falls.

Are Railblazer and Patriot out-of-the-question?

I think Valleyfair is more likely to get a new ground-up coaster than Michigan's Adventure (probably from Zamperla or Vekoma). Though I imagine one, if not both of those parks will get relocated coasters from CGA once that park closes.

Something I thought about was retheming the back portion of Coney Mall to an area called Vortex Valley, an area themed to severe storms. The new coaster could have its own name, but still tie back to that storm-related theme. That way, you'll have a new coaster with its own identity while also using The Vortex IP to pay tribute to the fallen attraction.

I thought of the idea that when Kings Island puts in The Vortex replacement, they could re-theme the back section of Coney Mall to some sort of storm-related theme. (I like the name Vortex Valley) WindSeeker could also fit into this theme as well.

You can tell that was built with Snoopy's Splash Dance (Formerly Green Slime Zone and Spongebob Bikini Bottom Bash) in-mind.

Holiday World started land clearing on Good Gravy months ago, it's a different park but it's still the same ride model. I'm wondering if Vekoma is producing pieces for Good Gravy first before doing Snoopy Soap Box Racers.

Looking at their teasing on twitter, it seems this could be for the T-Rex or some sort of new train.

King Cobra was in there too, doesn't mean we're getting a new King Cobra.

The first phase of Wildwood Grove cost Dollywood about $37 million when the area opened in 2019. Also, Big Bear Mountain cost an additional $30 million when that opened this year. (for comparison, $30 million is what Kings Island spent to put in Orion, adjusted for inflation it's even more than that) I do have a ton of respect and pride for Kings Island since it's my home park and I've been going there my whole life, and I'm also impressed with what Kings Island is doing with Camp Snoopy next year. However, Wildwood Grove is just on another level and I feel that area is just going to keep getting expanded as time goes on. I just don't think Kings Island can get that "World's Best Kid's Area" award back, unless the park is willing to invest more money into Planet/Camp Snoopy than they did with Orion which I can't realistically see them doing.