Racer06

I think you need to re-cheak where you get your information as that is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. While take something out that is the parks signature monument?

If you need to close your eyes during the whole thing or just when your at the top for those long few seconds. I would close them at the top which I have done before as it makes it alot easier and stuff if you are scared of heights. But I then open them when goin down.

Part of Americana is being torn down in the near future as Couch wants to expand his RV business by building a showroom and stuff like that. I have heard that he intends to keep the Screechin Eagle there (ride is fully fuctionable from what I here). They are removing the front of the park. I believe the back of the park will remain there. At the moment you are able to walk along the fence that is in front of the park and look at it. You are not allowed in or anything but you can view it from the fence.

True but it all depends on what Cedar Fair wants to do. It would probably be cheaper to just fix the sign and replace only the top part. But as the sign does have a Hollywood feel to it then they may want to get a new sign totally. I was just showing that it is possible to remove part of the sign without getting a whole new sign.

Yes it can be done without replacing the whole sign. Here is a pic of the construction of the sign which shows that it is possible. All pictures are from pkicentral.com just to let you all know. Picture to show you how it is done incase you are wondering Full sign when it is completed If you notice only the top part of the sign needs to be changed due to the round thing at the top which was made for the Paramount logo. It could be used for something else so then they would just have to change lettering. But otherwise anything on the sign looks to be able to be removed and changed.

I have seen the construction photos for that sign. That sign is made in several pieces. The part of the sign with the Paramount Kings Island on it is separate from the rest of the sign. All they have to do is take that off re-do it or create another piece for the sign and that problem is solved. I do not think that it would be too costly to re-do that.

Depends they will have to look at which one is more profitable. I have never been to Fear Fest but have heard very good things about it. Also is the survey that they have, have Fear Fest in it to determine what the people visiting the park feel about the event? Personally to me Fear Fest sounds a lot better then HalloWeekend. And Kings Island from what I have heard does a hell of a job at running it also. So if there is no problem with it then why fix something that is already working? Would not be logical I think for them to change the concept of an event that everyone loves. And for the Tomb Raider thing. While those props may be on loan and I have no idea if they are or not. As I think that they may be repilicas of objects used in the film. As many of the Paramount Parks have some kind of Tomb Raider ride of some nature... But if they are on loan then Cedar Fair could always rent them out or something. Or they can make that ride the first ride to re-theme. However I think re-theming that ride would cost a lot of money due to everything involved in it. It would be a whole new ride once re-themed, so I do not know how you can do it with still making it cool. They could always make it a dungeon ride but it would still have to be re-themed a lot, like getting rid of the movie when you get ready to board the ride. Also changing the set of the ride as that statue inside is from the movie which the ride is recognized with and everything.

Ya Paramount license meaning ride names but the name of the park will most likely not be known as Paramounts Kings Island and just be known as Kings Island. As this is no longer Paramounts Kings Island it is Cedar Fairs Kings Island. Just that Cedar Fair does not add their name to the parks like Paramount and Six Flags do. The decision Cedar Fair is making is on Ride Names, to see if they want to re-name them and re-theme them or contract the names through Paramount.

List of things needed to be changed by next year. Not counting ride names asscoiated with Paramount Movies. The Paramount Story (Should be changed into a museum that displays the history of Kings Island. They have more then enough to do it, like take a peace of King Cobra and rest one of the cards on the track. Put some of the Phantom Theatre people in there. Put some of the Paramount things, like a section for just the Paramount era. Put animal cages from the Animal Safari in there, as I believe they are still there. And fill the place up with other things that the park still has. Maybe even the old Flight of Fear car with the shoulder restraints. And models of rides like The Beast and stuff. Really cool concept if they did it.) The Paramount Theature (Just change the name and take off all the stars around the building. Maybe do some retheming and then you have a perfect place for shows.) Name change for the motion theature next to Racer and Vortex New Logos (As the logo for Kings Island really is nothing that special as all the parks basically have the same logo and everything. Change the logo to make it something new and cool. Maybe even put the Eiffel Tower in the logo, with some Nickelodean Characters in there aswell. Or put a ride in the logo like The Beast. Also fix the logo for Action Zone or rename that area entirely. Also the thing in the middle of the Action Zone has to be done away with as it says Paramount on it. But that can be painted over.) No more Movie Posters (Quite weird to see the park without movie posters... So I have no idea what it is gonna look like as the entrance to the park as those posters and so does Action Zone and various other places in the park. So I am not sure of what the park will look like after doing away with all that.) Ridding the park of everything to do with Paramount except Ride Names/Nick (like merchandise and everything I have said above. That is quite a lot to do if you think about it.)

I think it was changed to Scooby because a deal they made with Hanna Barbera. And also the ride changes every ten years from what I have read. Enchanted Voyage to The Smurfs to Phantom Theatre to Scooby Doo. Kings Island still does have all the props mostly from Phantom Theatre as some were used in Fear Fest.

The Eiffel Tower going to Cedar Point? That is about the stupidest thing I have heard all day. That tower has been in Kings Island since the day it opened. It is the Kings Island trademark. It would make no sense to move it, nor is there any reason to move it. Terrible decision if it ever happened.