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Nice catch!

Short video teasing the “new” facade has found its way to Instagram. Check it out! The disembodied flashlight hands are… a choice. But I’m impressed with the amount of work that went into this. Still think it looks like a castle, though. Looks good!

Feel like there’s another door/entrance right around that area that leads directly into the lobby/queue area. You might be onto something.

This one’s on the list. My wife did it years ago and loved it. Can’t wait to ride it.

If it we’re to be inspired Music Hall/CSO, they’d bulldoze the entire building and replace it with an unwanted concert venue designed for the ultra-wealthy. Thank whatever god you believe in that they’re not involved in this project, architecturally related or not.

Man. If the filled in the castle dental molding, it would’ve looked 100% better. Looks fine from this perspective. What’s inside matters the most. Definitely still looks like a castle.

New episode of “Behind The Curtain has been dropped. And on Opening Day. Go Reds. Nice interview with Rick Bastrup. Can’t wait to see more.

Ah. Another “Dick” for the parks.

Well, I’m keeping the credit. *adjusts fanny pack and glasses*

Spot on. The exception, at least in my hopeful opinion, would be for the parks that “work,” I.e. Cedar Point, Kings Island, etc. If they can generate revenue then I would hope the board can see stuff like this as valuable and embrace it. Definitely not applicable to every park in the chain, though.

More than just tradition, too. Hate to be so corporate minded about this long standing tradition, but it keeps people in the park until close. More people in the park = more money to spend. I feel like John Reilly’s recent comments about the lack of revenue as a result of canceled seasonal events would apply here, too. But who knows.

Already using that $8 million wisely. Great. (Thick Sarcasm)

Might finally be getting that Little Bill’s Giggle Coaster RMC reboot we’ve been wishing for.

100% agree. New water ride would be my top choice for that space as of now. Plenty of space in AZ to develop the next big coaster. Anything coaster-wise built in The Vortex will draw comparisons, for better or worse.

Truly appreciate your creativity. There’s so much that can be done with this space and I look forward to seeing your other ideas.

Shame on them. Hope they’re all voted out. Public opinion on this has been pretty strong. Coney feelings aside, there’s much more that these funds could’ve gone to that would’ve benefited the city much, much more. Pretty transparent and embarrassing,

If someone paid $90k for that I hope they intend on being buried in it. Wow.

Scoreboard is at $2k. Somebody must’ve been a real Master Blaster…

Love Camp Cedar. We rent a cottage at least once a summer for a staycation. Excited for these changes and to have a bit of HB back in our KI experience.

Totally. I’d really love to see something akin to the original facade, but I’m hoping this is more of a situation where they feel like this is more of an opportunity to build off of what they have as opposed to any type of budgetary constraints. Mentioned this elsewhere, but I feel like adding something similar to the original marquee would go a long way in taking this from a castle to a theater, amongst a few other changes.

Totally get this. Hahaha. Just one more month and maybe we’ll be able to sleep again normally.

Haven’t been on it so I’m not totally aware of the capacity. But if there’s a way to increase riders per hour without affecting the actual ride experience, then I don’t see why they wouldn’t want to. Especially in a (new) park that has issues with wait times on other marquee attractions. Man, I’m hoping to make it to Epic soon.

If it means more budget for the actual ride experience/show, I think it’s worth it to update what’s there. But yeah, an original facade would be preferable. Guess we’ll see. Ultimately, I’d say what’s inside the building will matter more.

Appreciate it! I’m a visual person, so I had to take a bit of time to obsess over what it could look like. Haha. Can’t wait to see what the finished product is.

Just a rumor, but I heard they’re trying to Increase capacity. Grain of salt.