Gordon Bombay

lol don't you mean your parents are?

Where do they advertise their trash can designs at?

Good eye emobeaver, those vending machines are typically under one of the huts there and stocked during the winter. Wonder why they were disconnected, moved, and facing the other way.

Ryan, why didn't you tell me you were going up to the park? I would've skipped out on school early like I did last year about this time when you guys were up there shooting Firehawk construction.

I don't know for a fact, but this previous summer like KiBeast I noticed the cycle was a bit longer on maXair, either that or it takes their ride longer to reach the home position.

^That was the first thing I thought of when I first saw this video. Man, that was a great tv show... Ha, thanks Kawana!

I'm sorry that to you my comment came off as a little unprofessional, however the only reason the matter wasn't adressed in private is because he has ignored the majority of requests I have sent to him through private message. His behavior and random, content less posting has been agrivating to other users (as shown by their responses earlier in the topic). One word responses and posts that feature no content are ruled against in the site's Terms of Service agreement which you agree to when joining this site. Under the guidelines of the third rule down... His reply to pkifreakhog was not needed and misleading. PKIfreakhog had an honest question, with JacksonPKI's response he gave no basis as to why PKIfreakhog should believe they weren't having it. Had he given some reason to back up his statement, sure that would be fine, however he gave no basis and his history has shown that he wouldn't have any information on the subject. No reason to guess at the answer to question then give no basis for why you're guessing. I feel that I have a good relationship with the majority of the members here on KICentral and I certainly appreciate any content and conversation the members bring to the table. My job is to enforce the terms of service. Yes there are other KI related sites out there, and your more than welcome to hang there as well as continuing to be a valued member of KICental. However no one brings you as much exclusive content as KIC or gets you closer to KI. Not to mention the renowned forums community to which I am glad to say I belong to.

Why is that? Who do you know in ACE or at the park to give that kind of information? The original poster was asking a question, and you're doing nothing to help him, just taking a guess and potentially mislead him. Once again, I remind you, if you're going to post something, make it worthwhile. If you don't think KI is going to have the event then please say why that way you're not giving out any false information. Thats pretty rude to the original poster who is looking for an answer to his question, if you really know the answer or think you have some reasoning behind your statement, then please post it and don't waste the original posters time.

I think those colors would look great in Rivertown.

Why didn't arrow think of that? Well, remember this. Ron Toomer was a lazy designer. It's obvious in the horrid transitions that most arrows have. Not to mention, he basically bent a coat hanger and said wow, I designed a loop. Lazy designer? Like you could do any better?... In reguards to the transistions, The newest multi-looper from Arrow is Tennessee Tornado and that opened up in 99! So if they are rough now, how well they are maintained has alot to do with it. And don't even get me started on the technological breakthroughs that have occured in the past 20 years in terms of train design, maintenance techniques, steel fabrication, and the overall coaster design process....Oh and if you honestly believe he designed customers rides from coat hangers then you are an idiot. Please quote me where I said I could do better. Too bad the best Arrow looper had nothing to do with Toomer. Look, I rode Vortex in its' heyday and rode it last year. It's just as bumpy as ever and I would say that KI does a stellar job of maintaining that coaster. I did some reading about Toomer's desgins and it has been greatly debated before. Yes, many of his coasters still grace many amusement parks to this day. I just can't remember exactly where I read it and the writer made a lot of sense about many things that could have been done, even back before computers, that would have made his coasters a lot smoother. Maybe you never claimed you could do better, but if you don't have the expertise to question his methods and designs then don't call him lazy. The man made a good living designing great rides, some sucked, but a lot of them were great. Like Boddah pointed out; Magnum XL. If you don't have an experience in his field or knowledge about it then don't go criticizing him, I'm sure Ron Toomer wouldn't go on some other message boards and say "KIBeast is a lazy (whatever KIBeast does)

Yeah, I believe due to health problems. He is still alive today.

^Tennesse Tornado at Dollywood is the only Mega Looper not designed by Ron Toomer. Why didn't arrow think of that? Well, remember this. Ron Toomer was a lazy designer. It's obvious in the horrid transitions that most arrows have. Not to mention, he basically bent a coat hanger and said wow, I designed a loop. With all due respect KIBeast, but what made Ron Toomer a lazy designer? I don't really see how anyone on these boards could have done better. For the time the mega loopers were coming; they were technological break throughs, done by hand, without the aid of computers. Some Arrow's have rough transitions sure, but before there were computers ride makers like B&M and Intamin were building their early rollercoasters which were not always stellar to say the least. Toomer developed and perfected an early product that became instantly popular at amusement parks throughout the world and many of his coasters are still popular today. The whole coat hanger thing comes from a video where he is discussing with a group of engineers various new concepts Arrow want's to pursue and he folds the coat hanger to give a rough visual idea of what he's thinking. When it came down to actual drafting and design the man was a renowned, college educated engineer. He didn't actually use a coat hanger to design the rides.

I don't think a new film is neccesary, especially when only on the weekends does the ride really get a line to where you have to watch it. It goes with the story well.

Because the log in is only for those who have proper access to it to add photos and content (Such as myself, the other mods, and the admins). You can see everything there is to see by just viewing it, no need to log inl

Then why restate what's already been said and just take up space? Please put a little thought into your posting. If you have an opinion, give some reasons to support it, if you don't, which you often do; then you're not really contributing to any conversation.

And why is that? How about some content with the post?

^I think the OP knew that JZ, i believe he was asking a "what if" as in what if you got to decide to change the theme, if it had to be changed, what would you change it to? I am glad that you posted about the MGM licensing, I didn't know that it was a licensing agreement with MGM, I thought Paramount had produced the show then it got cancelled and they decided not to tie into it anymore. Was this a similar agreement with MGM like the one to use the James Bond movie in the Action Theatre or was that through SimEx iWerks?

Which station effects are you talking about? The rumbling and voices still work, the fog doesn't. A few lightbulbs are out, but for the most part most of the station lights still work.

As woofer says.... "why not just dig a hole and bury money in it". A re-theme of fof would just be a waste of money that could be spent effectively elsewhere.

I take that back, that video may not have the original control panel as it is from 85, not 79, but I am fairly certain that the box did at one time have to seperate panels, and instead of levers it was more of a system of pins that could be pulled out to release air in the brakes and manually let the trains come forward. The more the pin was pulled out, the more air released, the faster the train came in. This was for maintenance personnel only.

Are you sure about that Intperpreter? I know that there was a panel located behind where the operator sat at the main control panel that had manual brake levers that controlled the air for the brakes, but I'm fairly certain that was for maintenance use only. I think The Beast always had a computerized block system where the brakes were released by electronic buttons in a system similar, but much older than what is used today. You can see the original operators panel at about 3 minutes and 5 seconds into this video... In the booth directly behind the operator panel he is showing the kid was another panel with the brake levers.

I think I'd rather have a bear claw at Stan Mikita's than a cold burger at Tuckers.

I think it would have been perfectly fine if they had built that at Kings Island and called it Son of Beast instead. I wonder who would've built it and where they would have put it.

-Photo courtesy of Coaster-Net.com Ah, the Rye Airplane by Fred Church, if only it could be ridden today...

Not to mention The Beast has always had trim brakes, and in the same locations as the current ones. The former skid brakes were removed in favor of using magnetic trim brakes that slow the trains down more abruptly than the skid brakes did, however the trains still go the same speed.