mikejenkins1

Yes the old shoes are (were) at Kentucky Kingdom when were there years ago. I saw them and realized we had to relive old memories. I am not sure if they are still there however. They were in the back area of the park.

where will the lift hill motor building be located?

Well lots more blue supports arriving today. Would expect vertical contruction of those soon as not much space left to drop them :-)

It is impressive they are working three areas now. Station, lift hill and final approach. I figured it would do like Gatekeeper and go from station thru the course flow and then finish at the brake run.

Would 'Amusement Dark' have to do with anything CP might be announcing? Heard their are rumors of a new dark ride.

Just curious (shaggy lives near by), are the old shoes from KI still on the Kentucky Kingdom property? We rode those on Easter many years ago when KK was still in operation. Actually rode most rides there. Not a big fan of T2 and hoping the sisters get a good makeover.

And the first to report what they find is......

And since we see no other work/clearing beyond the area behind AE (the valley), do we assume that is as far out as this ride will go?

so all you ride builders, what are those new large footers near the fence for?

Raptor II - The Sequel

Were these possibly just light poles for highway lights or such? Sounds more like that than supports for a ride.

Where is our aerial picture person? Some one needs to do a flyover so we can map out the footers.

We need current pics. I am reading of lots of new work and would like to see some latest pics....

You have to ride tensely, but if you don't, you'll end up with bruises This is why I dont ride..

You have to ride tensely, but if you don't, you'll end up with bruises This is why I dont ride..

But please use the I305 type harnesses. I have not ridden I305 but have Maverick. I hear CP will not change out the harness but if they did I would ride it again. Do not like the head bashing. Even my kids complain about it.

Yeah, I have done many tours in FOF and seen all the 'stuff' in there. As for the shed, I would say it is cleared out when/if that area gets used. I still believe 2014 ride is not a big as a footprint as some believe but hopefully wrong. But really, when do you just get rid of stuff. Some of it is 'historical' for the park but is just rusting outside so why keep it all. They just need to build a big storage building and store whatever they keep there if it is worthwhile to keep. Hey they tried selling SOB track pieces, so how about bolts. Anyone know really how many pieces of SOB were sold? I did my time on that ride and way over it.

Try 'snickers bar' scrambled = 'bearskin'

So is there any proof or rumor that the area cleared is not the entire area for the new ride? So what ride would fit in that area?

Well my bet is Gravity Group for the next coaster. Take out what dont work and replace with what does. Rode SOB many times including with ACE at 6AM on preview day and it was by far the worst ride Ive been on (except the loop). So hoping GG will take all they have done to today and make the KI ride one up on all of them. How about an inversion in a tunnel?

Well Jeff mentioend a couple years ago when there was lots of change in personnel that he was not getting the same connectivity/response from the new group and thus discontinued it. But it is worth always asking again to see if he could try again and see.

Sorry if I am a reader and not responder. I love the trip reports people do and I have never responded to them. I know you can count views so to me that was my response. If someone knows people are reading it that was good for me and not trying to diss their hard work. I do hope you post all of the pics here as I am a resident of this area since the park was built and love to see pics from the past and current. Still wish KI would publish a book just on the story of KI. There is the coney island book and the videos of the start of KI, but a nice coffee table book would be a good addition.

Yeah, as soon as I read this I thought this should go in the 'Guests say the darnedest things' thread. I would let it go and laugh this one off. This is an everyday item at many parks I would assume.

They have had it for specific rides but never as a whole park event.