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I heard about the power outage today from a friend that is there. Apparently Bat, Banshee, Racer, and Express were all down because of power

I noticed the same pot hole that you did. I swear it's more than a pot hole, it might be a boulder just sitting there on the track...it hurts real bad

I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction!

If I'm correct, this new Vekoma model was presented last year. And from my understanding of this Screamscape article, Vekoma has just now listed their new "Suspended Dark Ride" on their website. According to the article, this is rumored for Dollywood's new ride. So why do I put it on this thread? I was thinking, "hmm...you know what? This fits just right into the 'family thrill attraction' category, so is it out of the realm of possibility for KI to add one of these?" This is personally something I'd love to see based on the video, and would like to see there be an interactive part of the ride too. This would probably have to go in the Crypt building, or else replace Boo Blasters. What do you guys think of this possible addition? Sources: https://screamscape.com/html/dollywood.htm#2026 https://www.vekoma.com/suspended-dark-ride

Lawn Ornament 2.0? We shall wait and see...

I got the chance to visit Holiday World for my 6th visit this past Thursday. As usual, I had a blast and enjoyed this amazing theme park! It had been 2 years since my last visit, so there were a couple things that were new. For this trip report, I will just talk about each part of my day: Opening-There were not many crowds at opening and it was super easy to get through security (HW now has these new metal detectors like Disney does. It boxes all of the metal items for the security guard to see and they can decided whether they want to look at it or not. Makes the process so much faster). We were like the first 30 groups in, so we made our way to the the Halloween entrance for rope drop. You can also go to 4th of July rope drop, which is better if your trying to ride Voyage, T-Bird, or Good Gravy! But we wanted to get a locker first in the water park because the last time we were there, there was only one spot to order the lockers and get a wristband and the line was sooooo long. Which leads me to my next section: Lockers-There is no longer one singular place you have to get lockers-you can now buy a locker at each individual station and just enter your code instead of the previous wristband. You also had to enter your locker number before entering your code. First Hour of Ops-Before the water park opened (11:00) we had an hour to get as many rides in as we could, so we headed for Voyage. The line was a super crowded station wait (there is no attendant telling people which row so it's just a massive crowd of people) but wasn't that bad at all. Rode T-Bird before heading into the water park at 11:00. Splashin' Safari-After getting our bathing suits on, we headed straight for Mammoth because it usually always has the longest line. We waited roughly 45 minutes for it before getting on and having a really fun ride. Not all the boats/rafts were on at first, so that contributed to our wait time. We then went to Wildebeest and waited probably 35-45 minutes or so. BUT, it should have taken 10 minutes because the line was short. BUT, there was this group of teenage kids who were riding the slide and they valleyed or something and the safety check came on. So the ride broke down and it took a good 15 minutes to start it back up. But when someone valleys they let them ride again. So these teenage kids get on the ride again and when they're on the ride THEY BREAK IT AGAIN!!! Somehow they ended up backwards???? Don't ask me how you do that on Wildebeest...Anyway, the ride got running again and we got on it. I remember it having more airtime than when we rode it recently, but it was still great. After that, another water coaster: Cheetah Chase. This one was like 30 minutes long and I really enjoyed this and it's speed after riding RIverRacers Rode a couple tube slides with little waits and went on Cheetah Chase before it broke down too. Waited like 35 minutes this time. By this time it was dinner time, so we headed back over to the dry side to eat and do some more coasters. Dry Side At Night-We went to Plymouth Rock Cafe, which is a great option. Kinda like Coney BBQ, just Thanksgiving food. The food was a little dry, but I forgot to ask for gravy...I thought it came with it automatically! Otherwise pretty good! After dinner we went to Legend to ride that and it was smoother than I remember. Not as loud too. Decent ride, although not as good as Voyage. Next was Raven, which had just opened when we got there. Went towards the middle to hopefully get a smoother ride....WRONG! Every seat on this ride is terrible. I used to be able to tolerate Raven, but holy cow THIS WAS BAD! This needs RMC or some miracle treatment or else it SHOULD be torn down. What a terrible ride! (I didn't think it was too bad my last few rides in previous years, but this ride was BAD) Anyway, went back to Thanksgiving after ice cream and a stunt show. Rode Voyage, then the rest of my party went to Gobbler Getaway. I like Gobbler Getaway, but it was getting close to close and I wanted the credit, so I went and rode Good Gravy! Smooth, fun family ride, I think it's better than Soapbox Racers, but that's just me. The queue Is what does it for me. Rode T-Bird 2 more times (no line) and then 2 more rides on Voyage (no line. In fact, you could just stay on). I learned that Thanksgiving rides actually don't close until 9:00 that night (8:00 close, 8:50 drone show) so if you didn't care about the drone show, then you could ride longer. Drone Show-The drone show was Holidays in the Sky, and it was pretty good! HW has the best drone show out of everyone, and they care much about the show. Spectacular how they program the drone to do what they do. A few even shot firework out of them, which I thought was really cool! One drone did fall out of the sky though... Overall Thoughts-Very fun day at Holiday World and enjoyed almost every moment...besides the breakdowns. Water park was very refreshing. I'd rate the whole day a 8.5/10

Single Rider Lines are at a few parks (particularly Universal) and work at some, while not working at others. Do you think KI would benefit from Single Rider Lines or would it be a bad investment?

I mean, if KI didn't get the 2026 promised ride (or any other park), that would be crushing for SIX and things would go down hill from there. But, if we didn't get one in 2026, then we would really have something to complain about and maybe they would give us something bigger and better (Tilt coaster maybe?)...yeah no that's not happening. If we lose the 2026 ride, we may not see another one in a while.

I really like that CP put some effort into the theming. They could have just left the ride sitting on concrete, but they actually incorporated a story and added some water features and more. CP really did a good job on this coaster, and I think a ton of people are getting excited to ride it. I know I am! Next time I'm there (hopefully this summer) I will definitely ride Siren's Curse and press my luck with TT2 (both I haven't ridden yet) On a separate note, I think that if Siren's Curse is successful and doesn't have a ton of downtime, then we could definitely see some more of these pop up, which I think KI is at the top of the list for a new thrill coaster like this. Photo credit: Sandusky Register

A little tip for Epic: look at wait times at "closing" time and a little after... That's all I'm going to say. I've been checking every night for the last 4 nights and noticed something after the park "closed"

For those who have been to the park recently, is Banshee back up to 3 trains yet?

If you gotta go you gotta go I guess

I picked up on that pretty quickly Thanks for the answers!

For those who have been to Epic, (maybe @BB1 and @jzarley could share some of your thoughts after your visit?) how do the lines in the park compare to the wait times on the app? Are the posted wait times accurate or longer than the actual wait?

I know that the Rivertown funnel cakes, Rivertown Freestyle, Tower Drinks, beer carts, and Pig Pens were all closed last Monday. However, Skyline was open, and so was the Auntie Anne's in Rivertown, which is never open anymore.

Like Georgia Surfer? Yeah I wouldn't like that either and wouldn't tease it so early if it was that

And so it begins! If we follow the timeline, we can see a sort of pattern of major rides popping up every 5 years or so: Raven-1995 Legend-2000 Voyage-2006 Wildebeest-2010 Thunderbird-2015 Cheetah Chase-2020 --------------------------------- Well, we got Good Gravy! in 2024 as a "filler". The last "major attraction" will be 7 years ago in 2027...this one's going to be big! (Side note: Mammoth kinda broke the trend in 2012, but besides that the trend is consistent). A new coaster every 5 years...I'm guessing we got another one coming! I'll bet you that this next attraction will be a really good addition...whatever it might be. The photo screams water park, and the colors red, white, and blue hint America or 4th of July. My guess is that they will release another hint on July 4th, or July 4th, 2027 could be significant in some way. It could even be a ride themed to America. They already have Frightful Falls as a log Flume, so guessing not another one, and they just removed a river raft ride, so I wouldn't think they would just replace it with the same thing. The location is close to the 4th of July section, which is one of the most lacking lands (except for Christmas, which is kinda interesting. I guess it's Holiday World's "Main Street") I personally would love yet another water coaster, but it's not in the water park. So if I were to take a wild guess, I would say a water attraction of some sort, like a water coaster but from MACK rides. We shall just have to wait and see what ends up happening! Another side note: I find it interesting that Holiday World is already teasing for 2027 and KI has been silent about anything yet coming next year

Really liked this piece Don! Couldn't agree more! I will always remember the "Thunderbird is clear for launch!" and then hearing the thunder and rumblings of the barn...and the delightful screaming from guests as they launch down the track. So many good memories with this ride, can't wait to hopefully get back on it later this month!

Another Siren's Curse Chronicles episode if you haven't seen it already: The theming and pond effect look really cool! The rusty station look kind of reminds me of Iron Menace a little. Hopefully Cedar Point cooks up a good queue with immersive elements! Can't wait for the next episode with the POV!

So something that's been on my bucket list at KI for a while now has been to ride Flight of Fear with the lights on. I've heard that they sometimes do this for the last ride of the night, but I was curious if they could turn them on whenever they wanted. I've asked a couple ride ops and they usually just say, "I can't do that" or "I don't know how" Got any tips on how to ride Flight of Fear with the lights on?

Went to the park yesterday, and wanted to share a few things: Banshee's blue train was in the storage building yesterday, and I'm not sure why. Any ideas? Orion seemed very fast and shaky (specifically the silver train), and even made me grey out a couple of times (I wasn't super hydrated though, so it could have been that) The Adventure Port Freestyle was open today, but like usual the Rivertown one was not. I rode The Beast front row yesterday for the first time. Not sure why I hadn't before, probably because I really like row 17 Anyway, it was amazing, and I think I might prefer the front over row 17! Seemed oddly smooth up there too. Cicadas must be dying, as there aren't as many as there used to be (Yay!). They are definitely still around, but not as bad as they were last week. Another great visit! I got 31 coaster rides in, and I think that might be a new record for me. Mondays seem like the day of the week to go so far this year. Last year Wednesday seemed to be the day to go.

I agree with Red Racer being better. Slightly smoother ride and wins more often than not (not that winning matters ) Blue has good views of Orion, but not as smooth.

Yes it is. It would be great to have menu items and pricing! Now that I think of it, they don't even have food items or pricing on their website

Rode RiverRacers last Friday. Here are my thoughts: First drop was super fun! Very steep and fast on the way down, slow on the way up After the drop and hill, the part before the bowl-shaped element was alright The bowl element was a fun addition, provided some forces (very small forces though) After the bowl, the ride was really slow...like REALLY SLOW! And before I knew it, we splashed down (I did get a big splash at the end) Overall, the drop and hill was super fun, but the rest was slow and when I blinked the ride was over. I wish the capacity was higher too, because the line can get pretty long.