teenageninja

I'm not saying that they made bad choices in rides, but the difference in FoF and a $25M giga are pretty different. CP was getting B&M after B&M in the 90's and we got a themed off the shelf coaster that's been installed in 3 different parks. Not saying they were bad additions, but the fact that Cedar Fair has installed 3 B&Ms now in 11 years is a big difference vs. Paramount.

bEcAuSe ItS nOt A gIgA - Some teenager who didn't get to experience KI installing such great rides like Invertigo, Backlot, and TR:TR.

I would politely ask if you can have your own row when being seated. The worst they can do is say no.

I've walked up the lift hill of Vortex pretty much to the top when I was working the ride. I've walked up the block brakes of FoF multiple times. Been on lifthill 2 of The Beast.

If you build a dark ride and the main feature is that it's a game in which the targets you shoot trigger things to happen, it's a pretty valid complaint. If you offer something on the menu and it doesn't include part of the description, it's a valid complaint. The other day, I was at Burger King. I ordered an Angry Whopper, they told me they had no jalapenos. I decided to order something else. Had they told him that they had no honey mustard, he probably would have ordered something else.

Amazing resolution. Probably some banners for Grand Carnavale.

Think that confirms that the concrete pad they built was for the Grand Carnivale floats.

Nothing gives me more satisfaction than explaining to a 16 year old, who is likely working their first job ever, why I am upset with my experience.

That will never work.

Agreed, was actually thinking that it might come at the end.

@DustinTheNow that looks really awesome.

If you've never worked at the park, I can assure you, you can never understand how people treat you as an associate.

Nope, in fact, in 2010, there was a massive power outage at the park and I had to help evacuate Congo Falls (as I was in Park Services at the time, not the rides department). @Gordon Bombay the Arrow coasters brakes, if I recall correctly, use an accumulator to maintain air pressure in the pneumatic brakes. The accumulator could have a failure which would cause the brakes to lose their holding power. They use air pressure to close the brakes, instead of open them. Not sure how that is handled on the controller side. Those are the only coasters I'm familiar with though.

It's not. Most rides at Kings Island don't have generators.

Not to mention that the parks on ride videos are generally shot in a far higher quality than your cell phone can do.

They won't. Likely won't see vertical construction start anytime soon.

Not so fast on this one. Kings Island's Action Theater is currently the only one which is SBNO. Wouldn't be surprised to see them re-open it at some point, at least one half.

Wake me up when there is something interesting to discuss instead of going in circles over and over again how this coaster is going to suck because it isn't the tallest or longest giga. Or how the plans can't be real because you are disappointed. JFC.

It's not free, you already paid for it.

This was my exact thought, actually.

It's been discussed that the station length is probably too short for stadium style seating.

For the people complaining about the layout, it seems to me that it's more of a complaint about the length of the layout, not the layout itself. In terms of height, I would rather the ride be 286 feet and drop 301 than be 301 and drop 286. Having ridden Fury, I think this turn around can be really awesome, especially given how it appears to be over 90*. The Shambrahala helix looks pretty interesting. I also like that this ride has no MCBR. Am I disappointed that it's not a record breaker? Sure. Records get broken though. If you would have asked me 15 years ago if I ever thought Kings Island would have any rollercoasters on par with what's at Cedar Point, I would have laughed. Maybe a lot of you were too young then, who knows. I would urge all of you to relax your disappointment until after you saw the ride video and what all Kings Island has in store for this ride and possibly Flight of Fear.

It's been discussed several times. They are filed with the City of Mason, not Warren County.

^ The Paramount Action Theaters were probably being designed at about the same time as Back to the Future was. I'm not sure if the intention was to be the same, but Days of Thunder was a pretty fun little ride. There were some decent attractions in the theater over the years, except Dracula's Haunted Castle. TR:TR was done pretty well on the inside, but the outside failed pretty bad. Source: Tomb Raider Chronicles and Technifex

That is a maintenance road. It appears there will be something there for Haunt, but I doubt they'd want to remove that access year round.