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    An apparent “leak” suggesting Kingda Ka is getting the axe

    in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News

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    10 hours ago, Vortex1987 said:

    Look how Cedar Fair has treated other parks. KI for example, got a "lackluster" giga so it couldn't surpass Cedar Point, Canadas Wonderland got a lackluster giga so Mille could be better, Kings Dominions RMC wasn't nowhere near as big as SteVe so Cedar Points can be king, KI always has gotten 'OK" additions since Cedar Fair has purchased them from Paramount. They want Cedar Point to be the top park and now that Cedar Fair management is in charge with this merger, they're going to do whatever it takes to keep Cedar Point king. Even if it includes Demo-ing Ka. Also, for example, Cedar Point is getting ANOTHER new coaster AGAIN for what, 3 or 4 years in a row? Complete crap. They want Cedar Point as the flagship and  they're going to do what it takes to ensure it stays the flagship. 

     

    Man I HATE Cedar Fair.

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    An apparent “leak” suggesting Kingda Ka is getting the axe

    in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News

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    4 hours ago, Vortex1987 said:

    With Cedar Fair calling the shots Cedar Point has to stay the king, not Great Adventure. Ka was taller and faster than TT2 so removing it makes perfect sense to keep Cedar Point the king. 

     

    This is exactly why I hate Cedar Fair's guts. All the other parks get crap and Cedar Point gets everything.

    Oh yeah. Cedar Fair thinks Kingda Ka is a threat to the totally fine and operational Top Thrill 2. The raving success of that ride had led them to close Kingda Ka out of sheer vengeance and not because the ride concept has been a total disaster since opening, 

    Makes sense. 

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    Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge

    in Kings Island Central Newsroom

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    8 minutes ago, Vortex1987 said:

    That building NEEDS a top spin. It’s what it was built for. Bring back the adventure. Make it incredible like TRTR but without the IP.

    I was talking about Action Zone. Not sure what that has to do with TR:TR. But the theme and IP were, and would still be horribly out of place. So, hopefully they won’t do that. 

     

    12 minutes ago, Vortex1987 said:

    Tomb Raider: The Ride is still the best utilized flat I've ever seen to this day. 

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     I will always be salty that I never got to experience Tomb Raider The Ride at peak performance. 

    Pretty bold claim to make without having experienced it. 
     

    16 minutes ago, Vortex1987 said:

    Dam you Cedar Fair for ruining my dream. At least I have a near-perfect replication of it in Planet Coaster. 

     


    Cedar Fair isn’t really to blame. Huss, the ride’s manufacturer, created a faulty product that literally tore itself apart. The ride’s removal was inevitable. 
     

    You should check out the Defunctland video if you haven’t.  Enjoyable if you’re interested in the subject. 
     

     

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    Disappointing Cedar Point Visit 10/25/24

    in Trip Reports

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    Haven’t made it to the Point (yet), but it’s still disappointing to see the lake of care and quality chain wide. I get that as long as people keep showing up, nothing will change. But where’s the pride in the “work”? Standards need to be higher and anti-consumer anything is obviously not the way to do it. 

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    Wolfpack building activity

    in Rumors

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    1 minute ago, DJSkyFoxx said:

    I also get where you are coming from, but I feel the argument for the injuries it caused could be considered null and void considering TTD also caused a catastrophic injury that nearly killed a woman and yet they still green-lit a re-imagined TTD into TT2- albeit not being operational for 99% of the season.  So that is why I say nothing is ever 100% off the table with these places.

    Sure. But TT2 and the decision to try and revamp the ride and that’s so far proven unsuccessful. I wonder if they’d go for something like that now. 

    Ideally, maybe they could do another Beast “sequel” devoid of any direct connection to SoB. That could  be a good happy medium. It would also be a fun marketing/theming/story opportunity. 

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    Wolfpack building activity

    in Rumors

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    6 hours ago, DJSkyFoxx said:

    I wouldn't put it past the park to use the IP again if they knew it would really make them some money. Just food for thought there. Also a side note, the original Bat could also be said to be a failed attraction. It might not have gotten near the bad press that SoB did, but they still brought back the IP.

    Totally get where you’re coming from, but I think there are some key differences there being: 

    1. While a failure, the ride experience was significantly better than SoB (from what I’ve heard), and the closure was more due to engineering issues. 

    2. The Bat didn’t send a train full of park guests to the hospital. 

    With that said, let’s have some fun and say that there’s potential for a ground-up RMC project on the table for the park. As an example let’s use Zadra at Poland’s Energylandia:

    https://rcdb.com/16184.htm

    Per the power of Google, the ride was estimated to have cost around $13 million USD. Which by comparison isn’t remarkably expensive, but for the sake of conversation let’s roll with it. 

    Would the park/chain want to make that type of investment just to have it associated with a ride that had such an overwhelmingly negative history? Doesn’t seem like a solid strategy. 

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    Orion Reviews

    in Kings Island

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    On 10/18/2024 at 5:38 PM, MysticTimberwolf said:

    I think it's more likely Kings Island goes for their Best Kid's Area crown again and turn that plot into a large family area. A family coaster with a bunch of new flats and shops would probably bring in more money than Vortex 2.0.

    I’ve thought the same thing. Even if not a kids area, it would be cool to see how they could expand that space instead of another coaster. I’d honestly rather see something like that with the current state of things. 

    To reference the original topic… Orion has left many people wanting more (I personally don’t give a Snoopy sh… er, poop about the stats). I wouldn’t want to see the same reaction to a Vortex replacement should it be hindered by the merger, budget cuts, etc. Of course, they could have had something in the works for a while, but who knows. 

    Whatever they do, I’m hoping they stick the landing! We know they can. 

    Wolfpack building activity

    in Rumors

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    48 minutes ago, WoodVengeance said:

    My thoughts exactly. If RMC was actually contracted to work on a new project for Kings Island, wouldn't there be a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent them from making posts like this before a potential ride announcement?

    No way knowing for sure, but I can’t imagine they would be happy if that were the case. So I’d assume there would be some kind of NDA-like agreement in place. 

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