mikejenkins1

Ok, I just rewatched and love that series. Who were Walter and Nancy Duff? I hear they hung out with Woody Harlson (who also attend Hanover College in Indanawith my sister). I am just trying to remember their claim to fame besides being park employees. And how were they picked for the video?

Well see CP WindSeeker doing full testing and full spin today on cam. I would expect from what we are hearing they will be next. Kinda funny as it was supposed to open KI, CP, CW and appears to be ending up in reverse....

I would expect an opening sson from KI/CP. Not sure when but the CW one is running and definitely at full speed. WOW.

try this link, I just did and it is fine and working: http://www.cetconnect.org/KingsIsland/videos.aspx

Does anyone know of a book version of this or any others on the history of Kings Island? There are great books on other parks but none on KI that I know of.

From what I remember reading, the ride will take 1 minute to ascend, 1 minute spinning on top, and 1 descending. I'm not sure if this is will remain true though. Well watch the CW WindSeeker run and if you time how it runs now that seems to be the answer. It seems to take longer on way down but think that is now just because they have just started running it. Like all rides, it will get tweaked as they learn and use it more. But I do not expect more than 1 min on top. It is a pretty big arc so it may seem slow but think it is moving faster than you think.

Well it appears that CP has their WS in test mode now. Cams show what appear to be in a spin cycle. They were working on it quite a bit during CM this weekend. If CW has theirs going maybe all will be up soon!

Yes we will be back again at CP later this year (with Platinum Pass) and hope to ride it then. It will by far be the best with views. Finally rode power tower down this year and view at top will be similar and is great.

We were at Coastermania there Fri/Sat and the only thing we saw was workers on it late friday night. When did you see it going? BTW, Coastermania was great as usual!

yeah it is the same marketing speil you get from how tall buildings are. It is 800 ft tall after a 100 ft antenna on top of a 10 foot concrete block..... I agree no biggie, the 300 ft is what sells it

I am sure once they get it worked out it will be a fun time! Well still wondering why they built all at once. I was wondering if they ordered the one for CP and then got a deal on four. So decided what the heck and put them in the other parks. It just seems with the delay/confusion at Knotts that the location and such was last minute. Not for sure of this but would be curious to hear what is known about the multi ride deal. It might have been a good deal but then build one and test it out for a year then build the others. Remember Stealth when they built it in CA and then ran and tested it for a year in the park before even opening the ride. Not saying they need a year but same idea. Build/Test/Fix then build more.

Nah, temp attraction with a rental tent.... For more realistic it would be camoflauge and such.

So will this ride be Extinct before it even opens? Wow self combustible dinos. Now I might pay $5 to see this! Hmm not a good start to the year.

On the webcam at 8:45 and there is a fire in the woods behind FOF and maintenance bldg. Putting up a lot of black smoke and not a very small fire. Anyone heard what happened?

I just saw pictures of the WindSeeker in Canada and they recently added dampers to the arms. Ideas are to keep it from excessive swaying. Any idea if those will be on any of the other ones? Do they have higher winds there and would CP not be one that would need it if it is an issue due to the location there?

Just curious about the 4th WindSeeker at Knotts. We have heard a lot about the other 3 but how iis that one doing?

Something tells me that they can not say that to an insurance company. You always prepare for something like that with a backup. It wont happen it does. That ride in China where the car came off and went flying...... Also, do you think this ride will be the full 3 minutes. I have watched the CW version testing and it was a 2 min video and I do agree it might be a little more in time but not much. This will have a very long slow line since it is single threaded. So 3 min ride, 1 minute load, 1 min unload...... not sure aboui that.

Just curious, what is the backup for if the connection at top does come loose? Is there a cable attached to the arm as well?

Yet I have heard they are having electrical issues and doing a re-wiring.

Well looking at some pics online it was noted it will be a giftshop......

Let's hope. You gotta admit having a tent for the front entrance isn't exactly a vote of confidence for a long run. Maybe it's there just to provide a big "reveal" on opening day. According to picture 3 on the link provided, it is a gift shop. Still shows signs of here today, gone next year. And hope it can stand some windy days or there will be merchandise all over the place. So from all the pics I still do not see a trail. Will it be paved/easy access? What about strollers/wheelcharis?

My guess is this is the ticket selling area.

It is all the way up but does not appear to be rotating. Maybe just testing up and down procedure now.

Well watching the Fox19 time lapse cam this morning and notice a crane on site and doing something about 1/3 the way up on the tower. Could support the theory of technical issues or not. So are they waiting on State Inspection before they can test it?

yeah they had their tower built before KI even started theirs. I thought back then that maybe CW was going to be the first to open.