silver2005

That might have been a name they were floating around for the Knott's coaster.

Dang those were long trains on Beast. Is it safe to guess that those trains were the only ones of its kinds made by PTC specifically for Beast?

I don't recall such a thing. Though, Paramount did temporarily stop selling the blue ice cream during their first year or so. Now there is the infamous Raspberry N' Chip at Graeter's though. Was UDF at KI before Graeter's in the 90s? It might have been one of their flavors.

Sorry to tangent, but for anyone observant, there's a blatant misspelling in this picture. silver2005, who believes the shirt is a symptom of what is the worst bowl game ever.

I'm more interested in Haunt. Winterfest can be a turn off in a hurry with the way winter weather is around here. Plus for me, there's college basketball to be watched. #winterpriorities

Upon further review, this seems like a bit of overkill, at least for me. Exterminator was pretty wild with the spinning, but adding in all those insane elements seems like one of those moments a la RCT- spinning coaster 1 looks too intense for me! I'd probably still ride it though.

So I was talking with the trumpet player from OTC today, and if they're back next year ,and I may still have a chance to be in the show. They apparently do take outside help for when the individuals need days off (the guy I know in the band only performs 75% of the way through the season). Look out for the group during Haunt and Winterfest! BTW, could someone give me a PM if/when audition info comes out for the park?

There is one thing I've been forgetting to add- Kings Island, Cedar Fair, please, please, please rehab Racer. Even the good seats are getting towards the uncomfortable side and it looks so barren without the chaser lights strung all the way down the layout.

Makes sense that KI has a large season pass base- it has few competing parks, its very close to its main market city (Cincinnati) as well as withing decent driving distance from many others (C-bus, Indy, Dayton, L'ville, Lexington) as well as large suburban growth very close by (West Chester, Liberty Township, Mason). I could see KI being the only seasonal park in the chain without a Pre-K pass.

Does Busch Gardens Tampa just have this massive collection of amusement park train equipment or something?

I have a few songs to add- Heard on I-Street- ET Theme (Adventures on Earth)- John Williams Ride of the Valkyries- Richard Wagner On the Carousel- John Phillip Sousa- Semper Fidelis

^Other way around for Mack. They have a few hypers, but have yet to go for a giga.

Anyone else reminded of SIX's team up with RCT2 by this?

^They don't roar nor click when entering the lift though. The question of the OP was for the base of the lift.

I do maybe 1-2 gung ho ride marathon days at KI a season, usually 1 using FLP, and that's it. I sometimes don't mind going slower or even waiting in line, especially for KIC meet ups, plus I spread out my visits. I think I would get tired and kind of spoiled of the park if every visit was with FLP. If you go through my TR's, I pay a lot of attention to park atmosphere (even at KI, I love any and all spontaneity during visits), and being a psych major, I like to people watch as well, not to mention taking in a few shows (coughOffTheChartsHornSectioncough). In short, I definitely wouldn't go for this.

TBF, they may have the NTAG incident on their minds.

^Both CA parks announced coasters on the same day though.

I just realized that KI must really be going cheap since CF even convinced Knott's to announce the same time as the rest of the chain. Knott's usually does its own thing and announces kinda separate from the eastern parks. I was pulling for that Boomerang to go to MIA though. Also disappointed Dorney didn't get anything either (more so since I'm going there next season).

Out of left field, Knott's is getting a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster called Hangtime, something similar to Smiler at Alton Towers but with a third of the inversions (5). 150 ft, 57 mph, a holding brake at a 60 degree angle, 96 degree drop. Similar trains to Smiler (4 cars, 4 across). Still waiting on renderings as they didn't show them on the live stream via Facebook. Its light aqua blue track (think Invertigo's track) with white supports. EDIT: Here it is. https://www.knotts.com/explore/hangtime

Cue Goble melt down in 3, 2, 1...

But its never been done at 2 separate parks before...I think.

^So we now have sequel rides? silver2005, asking questions.

BTW, it's pretty much confirmed that KBF's new ride is a coaster since CF said there'd be 4 coasters and 3 have been announced, and no way is it going to Kings Island. I was pulling for MIA to get Knott's Boomerang...

My only problem with Twisted Timbers is that it tries to do too much in too little of a space later in the layout, similar to my criticism of Storm Chaser.

Hopefully they solve the issue of only having 8 riders per train at some point.