silver2005

There's also, you know, this certain iconic giant tower in the middle of the park to take pictures from if you have trouble with camera angles.

I'm of the opinion that with Timbers, Banshee and Diamondback, Kings Island already solidified their coaster line up, and there isn't much competition for them to deal with (at least no nearby parks that are on equal footing), so anything they get from here on out is pretty much the cherry on top. I'm hoping for a bit of variety and originality from here on out. I'm okay with sacrificing a bit of capacity for something really unique, mainly because these recent additions have also had the added effect of spreading out the lines in the park, and most of the more popular rides are pretty good line chewers. In short, Kings Island's next coaster doesn't need to be a giga IMHO.

They are also a major ice cream chain outside the park, though pretty exclusive to the Cincinnati area.

There's a piece of advice I've learned here over the years that should be aptly applied to this thread. Just because event B happened after event A doesn't mean event A caused event B. I think you guys are stretching and grasping at many, many coincidences. Also, another bit of advice I've picked up, those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know.

A few other things I've noticed about this season- - Flight of Fear is running with an annoying vibration, at least near the back of the train - The ride ops are spieling less, even on KI&MVRR - Food service is quite good for this early in the season all around - more things working on Boo Blasters (though our guns weren't working very well) - Beast is suspending operations for fireworks around 25 minutes before they start now - Ride ops are doing a lot more small talk when checking restraints, in a good way - Watch the fireworks from International Street at least once this season, its such a great show, can't wait to see if they include the OTC band This season looks to be one of the best yet. There's a lot of potential for something special, especially for a year without a real new major attraction like a Banshee or Mystic Timbers. There's a lot of good energy at the park.

Yes, very minimal waits today. Most everything is a.cycle wait and walk on. Wind has kept Drop Tower and WindSeeker down. Beast has had a lot of hiccups today.

Would one even have enough time at CP or KI do pull off 2 meals visiting both?

KI just proved that GCI's can do well in bigger parks even after building several bigger coasters (Diamondback and Banshee). It's not all about building bigger.

^Uhhh...

I've heard that attached to a boardwalk section along the beach, which, looks kinda plausible now with the activity around WindSeeker and Wicked Twister.

Crap, the Phillies are away during my off day.

You guys do realize when they do pictures of food for advertising and promotions, etc, they dress up all that food and add air and stuff to it, right?

Does KK have any buildings they could use for a dark ride?

Though it might be a bit too close to GWL, that's about what I'm thinking too.

^They don't have the means to have that kind of plan right now though. They're a niche park and should continue to operate like one. It's a wiser long term plan than putting all their eggs in one attraction. Not to mention there is no way that Kentucky's government approves of such a large expenditure.

Glad I waited until preview night to add the drink plan.

A lot of the worst medical conditions are the ones you don't see or aren't obvious. People do what they need to to cope with everyday life and fit in. Just remember that everyone has something they're going through in one way or another. I'm happy KI has a system like that in place.

I'm going with a bit more detail than that. Element by element, this doesn't have anything that RMC hasn't done before. Even the transitions aren't atypical for RMC. And its not like they haven't built anything this scale in terms of height and speed before either (see Goliath which isn't too far off in those particular stats). I'm leaning to something new with the trains.

EDIT: Edited out claims about other coaster sites in light of the thread about that being deleted.

I just thought of one possible snafu about putting a giga in the area most of you are going for. I wonder if Kings High School would have any issues with a giga heading out too far in that direction with noise concerns. There's also a bit of housing not too far from that either. The giga I envision (if KI gets one) would start in Action Zone and most likely involve removing Timberwolf, Congo Falls, or both for the station and queue area, and take it past The Bat and into the area around the greenhouse/old camp grounds, out behind GWL. They could also relocate the Blackout building and use that area for the station/queue.

I wonder what changed about these new sets of trains or if its something in the layout that made them go for 52" instead of 48". I think every other RMC is a 48" requirement.

Sorry, unless you're Bruce Willis and start yelling 'yippee ki yay (insert expletive which I can't say because of the TOS here) everywhere you go, then it doesn't count.

I'm kind of working out what I'm going to do on my off day, and one thing I'm considering along with visiting downtown Philly and/or cruising through Allentown is doing either HP's or DP's water park. I plan on leaving Erie pretty early so I can get to Allentown in the early afternoon. Thoughts on both? I know HP's is getting new slides this year, but DP is closer to where I'm staying and wouldn't involve paying extra for admission. Any other suggestions of neat things to do would be welcome, preferably within an 45-60 minutes of Allentown. I'm not doing Gettysburg since I've been there twice with my family already. Oh, and what are the restraints like on Superman: Ultimate Flight and Joker? I'm particularly concerned if there's anything solid that you lay your stomach against. I'll have to ride them early if its too odd (has to do with my medical condition, I'll probably get both early anyhow due to their low capacity and Joker being a spinning coaster).

I could ride Flight of Fear all day, but I'm picky when it comes to riding Firehawk. If the loading procedure, lift and brake run weren't so annoying with laying down, it'd be a bit better, even though it has the coolest loop in the park when it comes to G forces IMO. silver2005, who will get to see how B&M flyers compare to Vekomas this summer.

The real test will be if they can keep that up consistently, or at least do so on weekends while also adjusting with much slower weekday shifts. I'll get my turn this Friday.