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Here's the ride vehicle reveal at IAAPA. Hopefully it isn't as shaky as the other B&Ms that have come out recently, but I have my doubts. I'm going to try and be optimistic though, so maybe they changed something in their manufacturing to get rid of the rattle/shake.

Here's the reveal of the ride vehicle for NightFlight Expedition. It looks REALLY cool, and I cannot wait to ride this new ride whenever I end up back at Dollywood! I see multiple speakers inside the boat, which is really cool to see as well! Super excited for this new addition! Also @IndyGuy4KI-Are we able to rename this thread to be a NightFlight Expedition thread in general? I wasn't sure whether to put this in this thread, or make an entirely new one. Please move this to another thread if it needs to be moved. Thanks!

Yes I agree with what everyone has said! Looks very cool and am super excited to see all this come together in the spring! Here's the video on YouTube if you care to watch it there:

Nobody inside...maybe that's why it is closed all the time!

What do we think this "special surprise is"? Maybe an IAAPA-related surprise?

I don't know if I would say it feels like Dollywood... But I really do hope Herschend is somehow able to help with making operations faster, especially on the two woodens. Timber Terror and Tremors can take forever even with a short line because ops aren't great. And faster ops would also be good on Aftershock as well. Stunt Pilot has great ops, mainly because of the continuous loading station. But increased ops would be a great benefit for that park! The park is growing rapidly, good move on Herschend imo as long as they can avoid becoming like Six Flags

Honestly, the sounds for me that makes me remember Kings Island most is the music that plays on I Street. I can hear them in my head right now, and could hum them to you any time of day. Here are some other ones that are classics for me at KI: Sol Spin squeaking (not sure if they fixed this?) Mystic Timbers siren-thingy at the top of the lift Trim Brakes Banshee Scream Diamondback rattle sounds after the first drop If I rode it more times, then probably, "and the winner is....YOU!" Flight of Fear launch humming/screams During the Haunt, the sounds for me are the slider guys that make sparks and stuff when they slide through crowds of people...that's definitely one for me. Or the pyros.

Very excited to see what they decide to do with the park! Silverwood without Herschend was able to buy Eagle Hunt and Stunt Pilot (which both are really fun rides!). Just imagine what they could do with Herschend!

I think if we lost the trims on that drop, it might become THE SCARIEST ride ever created. It has enough speed as it is, I can't imagine what it would be like without those trims. Now if we lost the trims at the beginning in the long straightaway, that would be sick! The pacing on that ride would be amazing!

Beast 2.0! Very interesting! Is it normal for them to be doing this? I thought they would just do some pre-cut track if they were going to do some referb, not necessarily take off a whole section of track. Anyway, thanks for the update and picture!

Nice that The Racer and SSBR are running again this year! Although, everything is always subject to change

No I ever thought of it like that...I suppose I could see it, but I don't think that was where the inspiration came from for the name. Here's a Tower Topics video made a while back that talks about it. The history behind the name starts around 5:55.

It's cool to see the difference in the park back when the old picture was taken to the present day picture! For some reason, I forgot how cool the Winterfest lights look until I saw that picture. Very excited to return this year, I just hope it won't be as cold as it was last year!

Villian Con Minion Blast uses blaster type guns. The thing was actually kind of heavy. But it looks like the flashlights will be much smaller and lighter, with a light attached. Seems like you'll be pressing in a button for the flashlights? We may learn more on how this works at IAPPA. Photo credit: Universal Orlando and Kings Island

Nice trip review! How does Iron Gwazi rank with the rest of the coasters you have ridden? For me, it's #1 even better than SteVe. BGT is home to my favorite ride of 3 different types. Sheikra is my favorite dive, Montu is my favorite invert, and Iron Gwazi is my favorite hybrid. I absolutely love that park!

12th now! I did vote for KI, but I have to say Dollywood's Christmas event is really fun! One of my favorites, if not my #1 favorite Christmas event at a theme park!

Far more convenient, but I hope it doesn't take forever to load. Just imagine all those people who have to load the app before using their meal plan... I've never used the Six Flags app before. Is it better, worse, or about the same as the Cedar Fair apps?

Loved hearing your thoughts on your trip and these two amazing new rides! I love both of them but I think I like SC better. My CP rankings are: 1. SteVe 2. Maverick 3. Siren's Curse 4. TT2 5. Milie or Valravn

I went one time last year when it was too cold even Mystic Timbers and The Racer couldn't run. I highly doubt Express will be added, but I think they could do some really cool Christmas theming on that ride!

A couple mazes were changed this year, and some were improved. We even got a new maze this year! But my question is: Which was your favorite this year? My favorite was Order of the Dragon. I think it's a great maze addition, and hope to see more like this in the future!

Hey shout out to the Banshee crew last night-they were crushing it! Super fast operations and just a station wait. They ops were so fast, that we got the slow chain going up the lift hill because the train in front hadn't cleared the break run yet! Actually, all the lines were super short last night and the only thing we waited for was The Beast (about 15 minutes). Overall a good visit, but it was SUPER cold especially when the wind blew. I can definitely see them dropping the Thursday Haunts next year, because there weren't a lot of people there last night, not have there been on Thursdays.

Operations are usually very very good a this park, they all got headsets and everything. Velocicoaster hits like 60 second intervals pretty consistently. Velocicoaster and Hagrid's are both amazing rides, but I would add the Hulk to that list too. Islands of Adventure Must-Rides: Velocicoaster Hagrid's Incredible Hulk Coaster Spiderman Jurassic Park River Adventure (although it closes January 5th, 2026 until November of next year-MAJOR referb) Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Those are just the best rides there in my opinion, but there are more rides that are good too. Universal Studios Orlando Must-Rides: Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Revenge of the Mummy Transformers the Ride: 3D (not a must-ride, but pretty good in my opinion) Those are the must-rides I would say, but there are other rides there that are good too Single Rider: Universal uses Single Rider Lines, and they save quite a bit of time. But I will say Velocicaoster Single Rider will not save you much or any time at all. Plus, the regular queue line is super cool and much better than the Single Rider Line. So don't use the Single Rider Line on Velocicoaster. But, every other ride will definitely save time going in the Single Rider Line. Mummy, Gringotts, Hulk, and DEFINITELY Hagrid's will save you time. Now the Single Rider Line does often skips big portions of the queue theming, so if that matters to you I would recommend doing the regular line the first time. But after that if you want to save time and don't necessarily care about seeing the lien again, then go ahead and do Single Rider. Hagrid's Single Rider Line is amazing, and can save you tons of time!!! Now if you are a huge HP fan, then you might want to go in the regular line, but otherwise do Single Rider. The wait was a posted 125 minute wait and we waited 10. Such a time-saver. Sometimes the line can be hard to find off of the regular queue, but it is there. The Single Rider Line may be closed, but if you just step over the chain and go down there they don't say anything and just let you go. That's my biggest hack at Universal: USE THE SINGLE RIDER LINES!!! That's all I got right now, but if you have more questions feel free to ask!!

Very cool design! I love the barn/flight theme and like how it goes over the pathways and everything!

Don't tell Logan...

I personally like the staggered trains because they are longer and you get some serious airtime in the back of those super long trains. I do feel like the 4 across trains are faster, but Diamondback isn't meant to be a super fast paced speed ride-that's Orion's job. Diamondback is there for the massive airtime. I wouldn't change a thing on Diamondback. It's perfect and is my all-time favorite hyper!