Thrill_Biscuit

I want a Bengals-themed tilt-a-whirl where Zodiac/FC/etc. used to be.

Congratulations! PKIC is very professionally maintained, and you guys do a great job of somehow keeping the PKI "feel" going during the off-season.

You're Right! And Before You Know It - We can call NU - Stricker's Grove II. LOL

^ A little paint, a little landscaping and a lot of imagination can make any carnival-ish ride look right at home at any theme park. PKI has always been good with this.

HS! The Jumping Star is almost exactly as I imagined it would look!

Do they have any programs for underprivileged or disadvantaged people? That looks like a of someone's paycheck for just one person to enjoy their parks. I love Capitalism, but something seems a little prohibitive in their management. I hope the idea doesn't catch on for awhile.

This post was edited. Concept art no longer available on my site. Can't wait to see what PKI has in store! Long live HBL!

woah, the image on google earth is a lot more recent than 1993, you can see SOB, the image is from 2001 i believe. Oops! I meant 2003! (Sorry)!

Brilliant! Much more alluring than "Turbo Coaster", or "Gun Violence: The Experience". ^ You know, because of the helicopter!

If you have a sat/map like Google Earth, for example, you can zoom in on PKI (at about 1 meter resolution!). The image there is from 1993, so you can get a good visual idea of how much land is available for development (you'd have to know what the parks official boundries are, though. I don't).

Brilliant! Much more alluring than "Turbo Coaster", or "Gun Violence: The Experience".

Think outside the box: What if Paramount made a film about The Beast? Then it would be the first ride in the park to be named after itself!

^That's right. It was the "Scooby Doo" and it had a golden-yellow paint job. It pre-dates "Beast" by 7 years. This re-naming will at least settle a lot of confusion. Every time (and I mean EVERY time) I visit the Eiffel Tower, some guest up there points down to The Beastie and says "That's the Son of Beast" (always because they think SOB is The Beast, they can't SEE The Beast, and they've never even HEARD of Beastie).

^^ Why wouldn't PKI ever build something as cool as this?

At least "Stunt Track" gives PKI the feel of a "movie-studio" theme park (like some attractions at the Universal parks). "Turbo Coaster" has almost a 70's, Disco-Era feel to it, like "Supertrain" or "Love Boat". Egh!

A major park? I guess that rules out The Beach and Coney Island.

The 20th anniversary of ST:TNG is 2007. Perhaps a Jump 2 called the "Q Continuum"? Or, maybe by a twist of sophisticated irony: bring back "Skylab" and call it "Enterprise" (just thinking of it puts me in a timewarp).

Ditto!

My favorites at: Paramounts Kings Island: Vortex Funtown/Splashtown USA (Saco, ME): Excalibur Top of the World (New York): Minolta Helicopter Simulation (destroyed 9-11-01) Walt Disney World: The Haunted Mansion (the dancing ghosts!) Americana: Raging Thunder

You get caught in Action Zone with a handful of 3D glasses from SBSP3D; pay $50 per pair.

Brilliant! PKIFan73, that would be awesome! Great idea!

I noticed that, too! The spotlights make the tower look "sharper" (hi-def!) at night than do the flood lights. In fact, I've mentioned before in other posts that the tower looks like something out of an industrial plant, or oil refinery when lit with floods. When I was a kid, the Eiffel Tower looked a lot more majestic when the lights came on. Lately, it looks awful (especially with the bright, 'square' lamps that shine down from just above the upper deck. Looks like a big street light). I hope they reconsider the lighting scheme; it would bring back a touch of Kings Island magic that has been missing for some years now.

If it's not too lame, I'd like to see some variation of "Swat", or even a "Skyscraper". The latter would most likely be upcharge because of its limited capacity, but the former looked cool on the Discovery Channel!

Oh, Spongebob....Whyyyyyy? The driving school idea is ingenious! Heck, my kid would be happy with a Plankton-themed tiltawhirl! I always wondered why the Action FX Theatre line area wasn't themed with Pineapple, Easter-Island Head and Rock, with foam "Flower Clouds" attached to the side of Racer. ....and animatronics popping out of the windows every half hour to entertain the HUGE lines that were always there. But I digress. I trust PKI will always come up with something cool.

Poor little coasterwuss. What the !@#$$ is that nonsense about the theming at PKI? The only "active" theming on any of our coasters is the "stone monkeys" on the end-lift of AE (not counting the static line theming on FOF and TG, or the 'music' on Beast)! This must be the only coaster this cat really rode at PKI before opening his cyber-yap about the SOB. Hey, why don't you just hop on and enjoy the ride for real, dude!