johnjniehaus

Please say this isn't true.

I think it's what you enjoy in a coaster. I-305 is my favorite coaster period and I have ridden everything at BGW. ACERs I feel are understanding and professional with their complaints but I hear more and more rumbles amongst them about the lack of transparency from parks about retiring rides or having unannounced extended closures. What is very unfortunate is this year Spring Conference in Virginia has a rather sparse schedule of events as compared to Kings Island Spring Con and other ACE events from last year like Preservation Con. It also cost quite a bit more than those other cons that offered more. So having the top ride at KD possibly down and KD making the announcement literally less than a week after the registration for an ACE conference opened up is very frustrating. Yes ACERs won't be screaming about it but I know that I am not the only one that will file a polite complaint at Kings Dominion guest services during my visit if the ride is still down. We all understand that things break or projects get behind schedule but when you don't communicate that in a timely fashion and people invest hundreds to thousands of dollars in a trip, I think the park should know how individuals feel about that. I actually lodged a complaint at Cedar Point last fall after going on a Friday morning before haunt and realizing that 1/4 of the coasters were not operating. The guest services guy was super polite and said he agreed that it should have been communicated on the website that CP doesn't run all their rides during the weekdays in Oct. Obviously the lack of communication comes from someone much higher up than the guest services guy but my point is that guests and even lower level employees all understand the fact that when parks do not communicate in a timely fashion, people get burnt. To be fair, I have already bought flights and hotels for the ACE Spring Conference but had they announced this closure a week ago, I might not have paid for an ACE conference

I'm going to the ACE conference and trust me there's going to be some pretty upset people if this is down during the conference

Glad to see Zulu repainted... maybe they don't plan on removing it as was rumored?

No not really

You know they could just relocate Skyhawk to Kings Island seeing as it is adjacent to the snake River falls plot of land and it always seems to have short lines and I presume power ridership than some other flats at CP

Just stumbled across this information on the world's of Fun website. Looks like Timberwolf is going to be closed all season. Wonder why?

The one and only ride at the park I can never seem to get on is Snoopy's Space Buggies. Only credit in the entire park I don't have now (excluding Soak City). The one time I had a kid (my little sister) they still turned me away because she "didn't need a supervising adult" despite us being the only people in line for the ride.

Actually a scream n swing would look great in that spot. Could totally swing out and over the gift shop. I do wonder if it's too close to Delirium to have another swinging type ride though

Interesting I checked it earlier today and it was still on there.

I personally agree that Top Thrill Dragster was better than Kingda Ka however it's still hurts to see it go and even more so that great adventure has lost so many other rides the past two seasons

For presidents day weekend I made a trip out to Vegas with my partner to get a couple rollercoaster credits during the rather frigid winter months. The Circus Circus hotel/casino is currently for sale so who knows if it's days are numbered considering that sometimes they completely renovate a hotel and sometimes they just knock it down and start over. Regardless it seemed like a good time to visit Vegas and we had a pretty good time. So first up was the Big Apple Coaster at New York New York. The only Togo left in the USA, this one runs premier trains similar to full throttle at Magic Mountain. The cost is $25 and $10 for a reride. You get a 20% if you buy a monorail ticket so we got to ride twice for $30. Still a rip off but hey cheaper than flying to Japan to ride a Togo. So seeming as king cobra closed before I was born, this was my first Togo and I had mixed feelings about it. In the back it definitely had some jarring transitions but the front rode much smoother. The first half of the ride with the three big drops, the loop, and the dive loop was amazing but the mid course and the rest of the ride becomes quite boring. Overall it's a cool ride but they shouldn't be charging that much money for it. However, it had a 30 min line so apparently it's still pretty popular. It's also worth noting that you must put all of your lose articles in a locker for this ride and the lockers cost an additional fee of $1 Adventuredome at Circus Circus was home to two coasters. The S&S El Loco was alot more fun than I was expecting it to be but unfortunately it was having constant downtime meaning we only go one ride in on it because it broke down 3 other times we tried to get a reride. Of course canyon blaster is the star of the show with its 4 inversions and helix through the mountain. Like most arrows it's smoother in the back rows but also gave me a prolonged grey out existing the first loop, through the second loop, and into the turnaround. Very good ride. Of course we rode some of the flats which aren't worth writing home about with the exception of the chance inverter which I believe is a pretty rare flat these days. I personally haven't seen one anywhere else so it was great to finally get to ride one. Adventuredome was priced at $60 which also seemed high for what it was however that must be a trend in Las Vegas.

I have no source so I'm not calling it a done deal however we saw plenty of rides and coasters removed at the end of 2024 without a source so it wouldn't surprise me especially considering that paid attractions seem less and less popular with guests and the age of the sky coaster model can't be in its favor

In my experience with Six Flags Great America, the park can be really packed! If you do not want to purchase a fast pass, you will need to arrive before the park opens to rope drop maxXforce otherwise forget it. Then immediately head to the left as most people go up the right side of the park towards raging bull and whizzer. As for Indiana Beach, I don't have any advice except for have fun! Some rides won't open right away but give them time and they will probably open later in the afternoon.

Yes. I've asked ops for lights on for the last ride and they sometimes do it and sometimes don't. Actually the winterfest ops did it twice for me. During the normal season my experience is they say no or just ignore you. Yes I was able to go in during the ACE Spring Conference last year. Actually if you get a lights on ride, you can see some of the marked supports while you are stopped on the mid course break run. I believe they are on the left side of the train.

Marineland needs so much work it's just insane. However if someone was going to actually invest in that park selling some of that expensive unused property is a good move. Marineland as it is now is one of the WORST parks I've ever been to with the exception of dragon Mountain and it's dedicated crew - they are too good for that park. I would hate to lose dragon Mountain but Marieland needs to tear down all those old aquariums that are awful living quarters for their animals. I don't profess to be any sort of animals rights activist but the exhibits those animals live in at that park is beyond sad. I'm shocked the Canadian government has just shut the entire place down

Kings Island has posted pictures of FoF trains being prepared for the next season and also of The Bat trains being prepared too. I personally don't see Flight of Fear going anywhere. If you have ever gone into the bowl with the lights on, you can see the have replaced various supports and have them marked as to what still needs done vs what has already been replaced. Seems to be that it runs a bit rougher than it once did but I think they are trying to keep it around. I worry about The Bat more especially with it's more remote location - I think it would be missed less by the GP than FoF would be. However, every time The Bat seems to have an issue KI is always on it and gets it running again so I've been surprised before.

I personally would not be opposed to a straddle coaster like the one at BGW. I thought was a really fun family ride. However, I would rather see it go into the tomb raider building and possibly reuse some of those sets. Imagine whizzing past the goddess on a straddle coaster? Sounds pretty good and the que theming is still solid in there too.

Sounds like a bad deal all the way around. First Lakemont, then marineland and now Playland?! Hopefully they can resolve whatever the issue is and get the park back open

Wasn't Orion marketed as a family giga coaster? Mystic Timbers was a family woodie. I think the last addition we received that wasn't marketed to families was Banshee and that was over 10 years ago. Just slap family on it and they will come I think is the new marketing moto

I don't think it was meant to be cloned but if done properly I would not mind to see it cloned at other parks. However, parks like KD or Carowinds won't have the memories or nostalgia that KI fans have of the ride

https://www.coaster101.com/2025/01/22/mightier-canadian-minebuster-canadas-wonderland/ I'm happy to see Minebuster getting some much needed love and attention during the off season. I rode it in 2023 and it was definitely riding rough but the layout was great! I'd love to see them restore the original set of hills that was removed supposedly to make room for the water park. I'm not holding my breath though. Regardless it should be smoother and more enjoyable when they finish with it.

That's the issue/trick with innovation is you have to find a park to buy the ride ...

To me personally, X-Flight at Six Flags Great America has the worst vibration of any B&M coaster I've ridden provided I haven't ridden iron menace. Firebird at Six Flags America beats the crap out of your ears so I wouldn't even call that a rattle but rather an ear basher. By far the worst B&M I've ridden.

B&M - they are a great manufacturer but at what point do they fall into the trap arrow did where every park already has one? 10 years ago I was excited about B&M but these days, their rides are still good and reliable but they are not pushing the boundaries in the unique experience department. The trend of these B&M family coasters, reminds me of when arrow decided they wanted to build wild mice....