teenageninja

Gordon, Even though I am a mechanical engineer by trade, I don't have enough details to properly solve this problem. However, I can assure you that those billboards are not designed to handle the load of a rollercoaster track.

That would be way too heavy for a sign like this.

But with this attitude how will we ever get out of the shadows of Cedar Point!

Toronto is significantly larger than Cincinnati, I won't debate that. Charlotte is probably similarly sized if you spread out the market. Using Cincinnati and Charlotte's actual population probably isn't a great marker when both parks are not located in the city proper.

This new coaster is going to be called Everything sponsored by Einstein Bros. Bagels.

I'm going to argue a bit with these numbers. The greater Cincinnati area, including Dayton, NKY, etc is far larger than 301k.

And route the Flight of Fear line where? No thank you.

Re: T Shirts For what it's worth CincyShirts and Homage have had Kings Island apparel in the past.

I was just about to do this.

You have to know the reference point at KI to know how to map these.

I think you are thinking of Delirium. However, TR:TR and The Crypt suffered a lot of downtime in general.

Vortex is unlikely to get removed until you start to see it have frequent mechanical issues. Parts are pretty readily available and despite it's short line times, is one of the most ridden rides in the park. I do wish they would replace the trains with the new Vekoma trains though.

I work for a company that makes forestry clearing equipment. They can do some serious clearing in the course of a week. My assumption is that they have a guideline of when they need to have the forestry cleared prior to grading of the ground as well as the pouring of footings. Surprised how close they have this going towards The Beast, but excited about it nonetheless. I also believe those maintenance buildings will be moved.

It's part of how the ride works, though. The cars run on something like a cam. Would require additional hydraulics to raise and lower and would be a lot more expensive.

You can get a crude measurement of height and width with google maps. As for height Wikipedia claims 80 feet.

I don't think so. They run plumbing in the winter all the time outdoors. The water inlet isn't below freezing, and they likely aren't testing it until the system is complete. I don't feel like they were behind schedule. They likely had a target date of Memorial Day to get everything dialed in. They could have opened the park without the fountains open for all that it matters. The fountains work, they just aren't synched to the fireworks show yet.

Brutal winter? I would beg to differ. It was pretty mild. Yeah, it was cold, it's winter, it gets cold. We didn't have any significant snowfall events. That had nothing to do with their preperations. 100% agree here and truth be told, the park isn't going to hold KIC's opinions in as high as a regard as what they perceive the GP overall. KIC and enthusiasts make up a very small portion of their attendance.

My guess is that the other awning wasn't protecting the games there enough and they had to toss something up temporarily.

Could that new building be storage for the floats for The Grand Carnivale?

I would imagine the Pedestals are at the graveyard where a lot of the old stuff from the park is located, out behind Racer. The Pedestals were likely removed because of Winterfest.

There were 3, now there are 4 :). I actually don't think I'm getting a pass this year, but I thought it was crazy there are people waiting at the gate already.

There are people waiting for the gates to open as of 11:45 AM

Everyone just watch out for strollers when you over imbibe on $10 Budweisers.

I honestly for a fact can't say I've seen anyone visibly intoxicated at the park outside of a Haunt night, this includes the several years I roamed the park in Park Services. If your son is getting trampled repeatedly in his stroller, this sounds like another issue going on.