PKIDelirium

SpongeBob wore out his welcome, but it was fun during FearFest/Haunt when they would have Elvira on one side and Circus of Horrors 3D on the other (when both sides still worked) prior to the abandonment of Haunt season use and the other side becoming Urgent Scare. The brief return of Days of Thunder in 2004 was nice to get, unfortunately it didn't stay around very long. The Dinosaurs Alive companion show was an upcharge, so I never did that one.

Looks like the usual "cold weather tunnel" for doing trackwork, but trackwork on a GCI less than ten years old seems odd. That section is higher-stress though so maybe a new top layer and fresh steel? I haven't seen a Notice of Commencement for a while, so I'm not sure if GCI has a contract open with the park right now. Most parks have GCI do tracking on their GCI rides (SFMM being a notable exception, but wood track seems to dry out quickly there and Apocalypse got retracked down to the ledgers by a third party a number of years ago now.)

King Cobra eluded me by a year. After not having been at the park since 1997/1998, I got a Gold Pass in 2002 and on my first visit in May, headed up the Eiffel Tower before leaving and got to see an empty space of dirt. I hadn't been aware of the removal until that moment.

Close, but you’ve got it backwards. KI’s building was built before the ride, KD’s ride was built before the building. The bridge crane is still present in our FOF, not sure if KD installed it, and is used for inspection baskets.

That one works. Unfortunately it confirms they're keeping the "castle bridge" for the entrance instead of reverting to the descending pathway and entering the building at queue level like the original.

The track is fine I think, they just need to do better with keeping the trains up because it seems like after they do a proper train overhaul, it's great, but then back to the usual offseason work and it starts getting some rattle and vibration again. They used to do those proper overhauls more often, sometimes just on one train each year and there was a serious difference.

I wonder if they're putting the long-lost lights back on the centerpiece while they're at it.

Magic Mountain probably did with Revolution.

Got a bit of a fight happening now: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/08/business/paramount-hostile-takeover-bid-wbd

And why are there two dozen different kinds of concrete surfacing? And that extra seating area for the mess hall, seems like that, and the turf for it, got relocated to build the pavilion by the Carousel...

The Paramount/Cedar Fair tech integration was tricky too. Cedar Fair had an antique system and adopted Paramount's entirely, but there weren't any apps or "pass accounts" to sort out, let alone putting together two major such systems...

Now if they'd also take the "Kings Island" off the Mystic Timbers sign. Like, you don't have to remind me what park I'm in guys...

Welp.

I know it's probably unlikely, but I'd like to see the "castle" bridge entrance removed and take it back to a pathway down and around in front of the building, entering at queue level, instead of having steps right inside.

I don't think that ever got fixed.

I've always liked the visual of that structure from the ground.

The Core is what I had heard rumors of in the past, but it wasn't released until after the ride opened if I recall correctly.

So, about that Paramount Parks patent regarding Tomb Raider: The Ride? Paramount Parks no longer exists. Who do you think owns it now?

Orion's drop is the exact same as Millennium Force's at 300' even. That horse is so dead by now there's nothing left but pieces of bones. Siren's Curse was not stolen, Six Flags Mexico had their permit to build it fall through, and Cedar Point had a nice section of flat land to put it. The Crypt building can only support a flat ride that could safely operate inside the clearance of the box. If no such high-caliber flat ride like the Giant Top Spin can be found to install, if the building is going to stay it would be a great place for an indoor coaster like the survey concept. Theme it to runaway mine carts, change the entrance and queue from a cave to a mine shaft, it'd fit in great with the other mining themes in Rivertown such as on Beast.

The Saltwater Circus area would be a great spot for a Screamin' Swing to mark the start of Rivertown.

The old fence was getting to be in REALLY bad condition. That said, the new fence would look better if they painted it blue, or put some Soak City logos on there, or both.

Paramount did it as Gold Pass preview, but considering the amount of marketing for the Gold purchase window, I'm not sure if excluding Silver would make much difference...

With the Skycoaster being removed, they've got a good size spot now to build a dedicated venue for the likes of Trailblazers and restore Showplace...

It certainly looks like they’ve added a “swoop” into the turn to the brake shed, based on existing structure above track level that hasn’t been taken out yet. This means Gravity Group track all the way from the top of the first lift through the midcourse tunnel, in addition to the helix rebuild. Hopefully next year they’ll do the final stretch from the tunnel to the second lift, might be able to back off on the braking too.

It's like removing a Chance Toboggan, nothing of value was lost.