pkimike

How in the world can you say this? "I liked the parks better when they were Paramount." Cedar Fair hasn't even owned the park a year yet. Give them a chance. It will be a couple of years before anybody can say this either way. I like what they have done so far myself. A new coaster, a cleaner park, new shows. I guarantee you there will be a new steel coaster in the next 3 years that we would have never seen under Paramount. I think we will see a new sit down restaurant too. What's not to like so far? You may be right but I don't see how you can say this when they are a little over a month into their first full season.

One reason I could see Dominator or any other coaster coming to KI from GL is the price of gas. That is if they close the ride side. I think using the rides at GL give CF the chance to add rides to other parks without a lot of cost as they pay down their debt. Selling some of the land there would also help with this. Dominator is the coaster I would want from GL!

What KI needs to be a complete park are: 1. A B&M invert. 2. A hyper in the lines of Magnum or Apollo's Charriot. 3. A nice sit down restaurant. 4. A few more flats. If they had these things KI would take the next step in the theme park world.

I think you are refering to my post. The comment of KI needing steal coasters was made in Kinzel's interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He said, "We didn’t close [the deal] until June 30 of last year so we didn’t have a lot of time. To order a coaster, it takes two or three years. We’re moving the coaster from Geauga Lake and, hopefully, we’ll get a big bang out of that at Kings Island because we felt they needed a steel coaster." It wouldn't shock me if they were planning another coaster because he made the comment that KI was the best family park and CP was the best thrill park and they were going to work to make them both have elements of each other. I am not saying there will be a new coaster next year but based on Kinzel's comments I would say there will be one soon. The 2 to 3 year design comment makes me think 2009 unless they move another one next year from up north. Here they are: "Kings Island is a beautiful park. It was built in 1972 and it has all the magnificent fountains. Kings Island was done with a master plan. I was just there and I went up into the Eiffel Tower and looked around the property. I’m so proud that’s part of the Cedar Fair family. We have plans for that. We have plans for all of the Paramount parks. Certainly, we were limited as to what we could do this year because of time. We weren’t able to put our rides or some of the things we wanted to put in the first year because of time restraints. We don’t want to change Kings Island’s appearance. There’s going to be more of an emphasis on families with teens, sort of like Cedar Point. For the last nine years, Cedar Point has been voted the No. 1 amusement park in the world by everyone in the industry. But Kings Island, for the last seven years, has been the No. 1 family venue with its Nickelodeon theme. In the Cedar Fair parks, we’ve been very successful by putting in coasters and thrill rides and trying to combine families with the teen market. You’ll see a lot of the family elements that were at Paramount parks introduced at the Cedar Fair parks and you’ll see a lot of the Cedar Fair elements introduced at the Paramount parks." http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stori...&thispage=1

You may be right but KI does bring in a lot of money and Cedar Fair has commented on how bad KI needs steel coasters. It would not shock me at all if KI got another coaster next year especially with how excited people are over Firehawk.

So I guess there is no point to ride any wood coaster except The Beast?

Why would someone want to Photoshop something that we all know is true? I'm willing to bet this is real. There would be no point in faking this. If it is fake the Hauntguy just wasted his time for nothing!

It is rides like AE that make a park well rounded. I think it is an excellent Mine Ride that is much better than the one CP has. It is a ride most of the family can ride.

I understand what you are saying. I really enjoyed the park when I visited it for the first time last summer. I look forward to going back again this year. I remember telling my friend I was with that "I bet they close this park soon and move the coasters to other parks." Think about it - They own KI and CP in the same state. One in the North and one in the South. They both have 3+ million visitors every year. Do they really want to have 3 parks in the same state? I don't know. You look at the large amount of money they spent on the Paramount parks and you can see how selling the ride sides land and using GL rides as new rides at other parks would help them with the debt they have aquired. CF does have stand alone water parks and GL could become one. Things are different then when CF bought GL. They now own KI and have a large debt. I'm not saying it will happen this way but I saw the ride removals coming when I was there.

I saw the same track heading north on I-75 right by UD Arena.

I was told at one time the The Racer is about the middle of the property. Don't know how far back they go but based on The Beast I would say they could go back pretty far.

I don't know if this has been mentioned. Sorry if it has but anyone else notice this. “The Nickelodeon Universe area and attraction detail, along with other new 2006 attraction information, will be announced after the conclusion of our long anticipated WinterFest holiday event.†Maybe I need to read it closer but does this give us a hint there is something else coming?

The ride I am talking about was operated by the driver just like the tiques. It was back behind where Reptar and the Maze is. It just seems like you could put a similar ride there. Just speculating. Sunshine Turnpike sound right. It covered a lot of space.

There used to be a car ride in the back of HB land. This ride wasthe same kind of ride as the ride we are talking about. I don't believe that the land there has been used. I would think there is a good chance that is where they may go. No inside info. Just speculation.