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Well. We’ll all find out what they are up to on the 17th.

“Shrugs shoulders”

I just had an idea of what Dollywood is building. Maybe it’s an indoor RMC dark ride coaster like the new Fire in the Hole in Silver Dollar City. I rode that twice last month and it has a splash down element. Hence where the water element comes from.

If I am understanding correctly, it looks like they are just putting new “skin” on their existing trams and buses. I was just at SDC last month and they were already using trams and buses.

I did not see that at first. Thank you. Now that I have seen it up close, I noticed that the other pair of blue flip flops on the upper left also has the year 2027 on it. Make of that what you will.

I hate to put a damper on everyone’s excitement. But… How do we know it’s actually a teaser for a future attraction? How do we know its not just some sort of fun decoration on the path which goes from Splashin’ Safari to the Fourth of July section (hence the red, white, and blue flip flops)?

You never see much merch for the K.I. and M.V. railroad. Not even stickers. It deserves more respect.

That sounds almost similar to how I would’ve brought back the drive-it-yourself car ride to KI. Albeit my idea involved removing the stunt coaster altogether and bringing back two car tracks. One with modern cars in Coney Mall and the other with Antique Cars in Rivertown. All that aside, I don’t know how much space the old circus area would have had for a drive-it-yourself ride.

I think people would be too busy getting wet or trying to avoid getting wet to take much notice. Personally, I think the K.I. and M.V. Railroad could utilize more scenes and figures along the stretch from Rivertown to the water park.

While I like how they replaced most of the LA references with those of Cincy, I, personally, am not a fan of the new name. It still has too much of a movie vibe and seems more like a lazy renaming. How this could have been better in my opinion is that the cars would also have been dressed up to resemble taxicabs and the coaster be named, “Queen City Tour Taxis.”

When you can’t hear the train whistle. Even during the months when sound is less muffled.

I would add more scenery and hidden animals along the route of the K.I. & M.V. railroad. Particularly along the stretch from Rivertown to just past Mystic Timbers. To be more specific, I would put in a pioneer village scene in that empty space across from MT. And in the wooded area just before then, is where I would place the animals. And just for fun, I would put in Bigfoot for people to spot.

Those actually don’t look too bad. This is a use of sponsor logos which I don’t mind. Have them be a PART of the design and blend in with it, rather than just plastered all over like a billboard in a collage.

While I like the retro logo concepts above, having both the crown and flag adorning the word “Kings” makes (in my mind, at least) the logo look “heavy” on one side.

Knott’s has two train rides. The big narrow gauge one, the Ghost Town and Calico, is still steam powered. The other one, Grand Sierra Railway, is of the miniature variety and THAT was the one that replaced real steam with a steam outline. Also, it was not a C.P. Huntington model that replaced it. The new engine is a 2-4-0 and resembles the original engine more than a Huntington would have. Plus, I would not mind too much of the change in motive power, as long as the train ride stayed.