Ki Man

Never rode the ride. Probably won't waste my time in line waiting for it. It's got a seriously slow moving current...looks so boring. I seriously forgot about the ride until this incident happened! Really crappy, sorry for all those involved, glad it wasn't any worse than it was. A boat capsizing...being locked in your restraints.. absolute nightmare.

Seriously...cameras still put the date stamp on there? That's ugly as hell. Get that outa there!

No it literally means what's being talked about in this thread is 90% trash and speculation is all over the place/scatterbrained. But go ahead Merth cat and 'decode' all you want.

Have never had a problem with Maverick and it's probably my top 3 favorite steel coaster. You just have to lean forward.

Cheers mate. After Riding Raging Bull I need to get back up to Kings Island to get on Diamondback. I swear, I enjoy Diamondback, Raging Bull, and Goliath all about the same. Raging Bull's station has a clock in the station to show how good (or usually bad) the crew is doing with the operations haha. They weren't too bad, I waited 45 and 30 minutes for it.

Let's be honest here. Kings Island is very consistent with running three trains and/or the most trains possible, as quickly as possible. Unlike 90% of the Six Flags parks or other Cedar Fair parks I've been to. We're pretty lucky that the ride ops take pride in working on the rides. This thread has turned into a b!tchfest. Of course stacking happens, sometimes people take a long time to put things into bins; people try kicking off their flip flops, there's a large guest on the ride that has trouble getting in; they're not ontop of their game all the time. But Diamondback is the gem of the park, along with Beast and there's a manager there pretty often - the crew isn't as badass as the 2009 crew, but it's aight

I just got back from Six Flags Great America, experiencing their season of backwards - Batman and Viper; can you imagine if Kings Island decided to turn The Beast backwards? People would be lined up for miles. That would be so much fun! X Flight was fun, just as much fun as Wild Eagle; neither are a top 10 or top 20 in my book, but they're a not of fun, unique rides that are a must visit in the park. I really wouldn't mind Kings Island adding a wing rider; although I'd rather see something else. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Has anyone else seen the new Projekt Helix going on at Leisberg? I'd kill for that. It's like Super Maverick on the side of a hill.

When I was working I'd let you sit back in an empty seat

I liked BORG Assimilator way better than Firehawk, but that was one ride in 2004. Superman was pretty fun. Either way both were pretty dull after the first ride to me. Firehawk is a piece of sh*t. It hurts your body and causes a headache to wait in line to ride. And makes your pay extra to pay.

Guess how many test runs Firehawk was able to get in before it opened. It was like, 60. Also, it broke down before both employee parties in 2009. I don't want a roller coaster with a computer in the back of each seat. It's a maintenance nightmare. Here's YoungStud again with his prime opinions superior to anyone elses.

Roller coasters don't have a 100% guarantee that they will thrill everyone, and he didn't wasn't impressed by the Intamin rides he's been on. It probably means he's been on a lot of coasters. Personally though, if you've been to Cedar Point, you've been on Maverick and that Stengel Dive will change your opinion. We get it YoungStud. You love Intamin. You're just repeating yourself and it's getting really annoying now. Sorry we don't all wet our pants over Intamin like you do. I personally have a diverse palate and love GCI, GG, and Mack, Intamin, and B&M. My favorite ride is Scooby Doo's Spooky Coaster in Australia. Give me a long ride duration and theming.

Yeah I meant to just report to user on some, not actually report the post that I flagged. Someone said you could go to the profile and report the user. Sorry. Thanks for letting me know though.

Yeah the oppression of the opinions is an important thing to get out of the way but, more importantly I'm asking if the moderators are actually checking to see if the IP addresses match. With the influx of new members it's really easy for people to make a new account and star hazing and trolling. YoungStud, trolls don't have actual opinions on rollercoasters, they're here to p!ss people off and be @sshats. They're not real people.

So we've all noticed many new members and lots of trolls. Are there any moderators to clean up this site or check IP addresses? Or are they actual different users/people. Or is there no way to prove it? Because these people are really degrading this site and making it pretty much impossible to actually discuss a topic. I'm sure there are many more who agree with me here. I've flagged a few posts and haven't gotten any response back. Personally I've been blasted for a having an opinion and fanboys can't take their coaster being criticized. So they redirect their anger at the user, which is absolutely ridiculous. Can we see some action taken? This site has KI days involved with the park and I'm sure the park looks at this site every once and a while, it probably doesn't look good when there are posts like Big Sexy trash talking GM's and PR's of Kings Island.

I doubt he knows anything, he's uploading things on Youtube, and look at the titles of his videos. He's begging people to subscribe to his videos like a 14 year old. Like this one. "Ride broke down in storm then they had to get people off ride. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE" Also his videos are shot in a terrible quality and out of focus. There's no way he has any insight. Just saying. It's probably Big Sexy 3.0.

Is there a link to his Google account where there are other pictures? Or is that tiny little picture it. Any little picture like that I'll be very skeptical about.

Maybe I should create another account and start talking about things I want. Like World Series trophy, another Gibson Les Paul to add to my collection, Mila Kunis, Bunbury VIP passes..

And two of the three are Vekoma.

Look at what Rocky Mountain did to Texas Giant! It's now a top 5 coaster. Mean Streak is a bigger mirror image of Texas Giant...why are they not starting construction on revamping this ride right now? Seriously? I would have put off Gatekeeper. But yeah, the ride is pretty bad, just as bad a old Texas Giant. Moves super slow around the turns...has a brake on the first drop. Jackhammers...

Son of Beast wasn't that bad... I've been riding rides from Egypt to Australia. And in my opinion. It was the worst. Right there with Hurler at Carowinds. A wooden coaster with Premier restraints? That was the worst. It was slightly not as sh*tty with the Twisted Twins trains, but still the worst I've been on haha.

I'd love for a Gravity Group, GCI, or Rocky Mountain coaster to be put in. Hell just as much as a B&M Invert. But of course who wouldn't want an Intamin Giga? There are only two in the world. And let's be real here, sure Intimidator 305 had some issues but they did do the re-profiling in the off season. I don't really hear about many problems with Millennium Force. I305's issues stem around the huge drop into the 5G turn around, which causes stress on the riders and the wheel assembly/trains. Nothing can compare the "cost to maintain" like SOB. Both financially and PR wise.

Great posts guys. Like this thread needs even more senseless spam. Classy. Putting Kings Island Central on the map. These concrete footers look similar. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

If we got a Raptor clone, I'd have absolutely no problem. Though with the terrain I know that's not going to happen Give me some forces baby!

Did this actually happen? I hope so. Hahaha. It all comes down to personal preference. I like Diamondback, Maverick, Beast in the front - for different reasons. Diamondback has stronger airtime in the front, The Beast is a front seat ride, and in my opinion so is Maverick. Different seats create different experiences. Ever been on the front seat (No, not row 2) of Millennium Force or Top Thrill Dragster? Uhm, yeah. The views.