coaster_junky

That is regarding the "August" halloween Announcement, not a new attraction for the park......these topic boards are different. the same question was posed, what do you speculated could be announced, nowhere was it confirmed that this "august" announcement, that was leaked by a news channel, was going to be about Halloween Haunt. just because the park has said that there will be an announcement in august about Halloween Haunt doesn't mean that it's the only thing that's going to be announced in august. Personally I don't think its the same thing because to me "fall" is not August. It's Sep-Nov. ...and personally i think they are the same, the time periods are close together and you asked the same question that was implied at the start of the other thread. it gets confusing when there are two threads going on with the same question, especially when the only difference is the month it's taking place.

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24023

i think what goodyellowkorn meant was that the two turn-arounds on The Racer are legs! haha well, at least that's what i got from it.

wow, congratulations on pulling a post that's nearly two years old out of the closet, the qscott86.

^you've got me rowling!

^^they'll remove things like faux splashdowns mid-season, so why not add something just as obvious to the ride mid-season? maybe you'd like it if they were adding trashcans to the ride experience!

someone better get the florida gator's girls fastpitch team on the phone.

^to me that seems like a waste of paint, every time i ride Drop Tower i try and look down, but due to the restraints you can't really look over the side of the gondola.

i've heard that it should be up and running by the end of next week. also, the area that you referred to as 'the slow part before the corkscrews' is the mid-course brake run, it's there to do just as you have seen, prevent the train from entering the next block section if the train before it is still in it. i haven't been to the park in a while, but is the third train sitting on the final brake run, or is it pulled off into the maintenance shed?

i really wanted to do this after seeing how much fun it looked in 2010, but unfortunately i'll be in florida partying with mickey, donald, and the gang then.

didn't flight deck, then top gun, at Kings Island have it's running rails cut and welded on site?

i don't even think water will be okay if it's just in the pool. the ride gets hot enough that it could easily cause the water to evaporate and cause problems with it.

sorry, i know this isn't at Kings Island, but yesterday at steak n' shake a girl, who was taking the 'damsel in distress' gag to a new level, yelled above the restaurant, "i just don't understand it, when we got here i was starving, and now that we're leaving i'm not hungry anymore!" many people were blankly staring at her like 'really?'

i understand everyone complaining because of the photographers being aggressive, but it's kind of silly to be angry with them because you didn't get an extra ride in on your favorite ride, especially when some go as often as they do.

^Firehawk? they had land cleared for it, but not many actually noticed it until it was announced in february.

this is the proposed area in grant county, kentucky where ark encounter will be built. i live roughly fifteen minutes north of here and, if possible, i'm going to ask the judge executive if i could take pictures during construction. if so, i'll be sure to post the progress here. blue- roughly the area where ark encounter will be located once completed purple- veteran cemetery north, located in williamstown, kentucky yellow- interstate 75 red- williamstown, kentucky exit (cannot recall exit number)

I find wildcat to be more fun to ride than cedar creek mine ride and gemini combined. edit: this was a response to a post that is no longer here.

what exactly is it called if it balances perfectly at the top of a hill? lucky?

on rides like Invertigo and vampire, it usually happens when the catch car on the second lift hill doesn't grab hold of the train, in turn causing the train to not fall down the second hill far enough to have enough speed to complete the circuit. on rides like top thrill dragster and Flight of Fear, the launch just didn't give the train enough speed to make it through the course.

i'm on the fence about it. however, i lean more towards the not...

my best guess as to why Kings Island's Drop Tower's brakes start higher is that the ride carriage for it weighs more than the one for kings dominion's Drop Tower, meaning it takes more time to slow it down.

the lockers by the crypt were removed when Diamondback was built, weren't they?

i'm not completely sure of the parks layout but i believe that the entrance will be close to the full sized ark and then the rest of the park behind it. ark overview: park overview: i'm really excited about this, first because these are usually shot down by those of other religions and second because it will be located nearly in my grandparent's front yard.

to me it looks like it's just a problem with the number of the 'giant' rides they have out, giant frisbees, giant top-spin, and the topple tower, the have so few of each model out (two giant frisbees, one giant top-spin, and one? topple tower) and they don't have a large supply of the larger parts for the rides meaning instead of wasting money keeping basically an extra of a one of the rides they just make/order the parts as needed (i.e. when Kings Island waits for over a month waiting on a piece for Delirium.).