silver2005

Then again, the former Paramount parks all have rides named Drop Tower.

Also, is SIX really that soul bound to DC and WB that they have to theme every ride to DC characters?

^, ^^Uhh....CF did all their announcements at the same time this year. The theme with SIX for 2018, it seems, is flats. Also, SFMM getting a flat ride? What new spore of madness is this?! Glad some form of Top Spins are still getting built. And I get to ride the one at NJFTP next summer!

@malem, did you use your dining plan during P&G Day the year we went?

Sugar Sugar- The Archies Let's Dance- Chris Montez The Locomotion- Little Eva Tears of a Clown- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Stand By Me- Ben King Isn't She Lovely- Stevie Wonder Anything by Earth, Wind And Fire

I'm about as far west and south as you can be in Hamilton County and I'm 40 minutes away with no traffic or construction.

Say what you want about MIA, but they have quite a diverse music set for the park. They had freaking Dave Brubeck playing (making the saxophone player in me very, very happy ).

How much infrastructure work is there with Dinosaurs Alive! in place? Is it just the electrical stuff needed for the animatronics and lighting? Also, please answer in a way for us non-engineers to understand.

I wonder if this move with the smokehouse for 2018 is a precursor for a 2019 investment for Coney Mall or X-base, especially with the dinosaurs likely on the way out.

I wonder if CF would be into building custom Topper Track coasters at the parks. Oh, and Wolverine Wildcat would be a good contender for an Iron Horse conversion if they don't re-track it. I would think WOF's Timberwolf would also be on the list.

All the rides in the adult sections of the park will be open except Congo Falls and WWC (maybe sans a few flat rides depending on staffing on Friday nights), but Planet Snoopy will be closed. You can still walk through it, but none of the rides will be operating.

One thing I hope they do with the shed is do some minor changes every year to keep it fresh. Even after a few re-rides, it kind of loses its impact. It's a nice little touch of added character for the ride, but it definitely would benefit with some variety.

I wonder if B&M was in the running for the Knott's project since what they are actually getting is suspiciously similar to a dive coaster a la Valravn.

^^My only issue with that layout is that there are some peculiar smaller elements after rather big elements.

^He also slightly predicted the Timber naming epidemic.

^I've seen it. No way does it have the design features that make Flyers more comfortable. It looks more like a knee jerk design than something they put effort into, and, BTW, no coaster has them yet.

I'd just be happy with new sets of PTC 2 bench trains for both Beast and Racer. Sure there'd be a slight capacity dip (I would do 7 car trains for both, 4 for Racer and 3 for Beast), but I think they'd track slightly better than the 3 bench trains.

^I remember the rest of the area pretty well, I did start riding KC right before Action Zone was created (I probably don't even have 10 laps on KC due to the lengthy lines). Plus, 10-12 year old me back then was more focused on Top Gun marathons than paying attention to details.

With the way the kids area has been re-themed and re-routed, I imagine the path starting there to the water park has changed somewhat. Before even the first glimpses of Nickelodeon came in during the late 90's, it was much more wooded back there in the area around the Picnic Grove. One thing I hated that the park did when rebranding the water park to Soak City was getting rid of so many trees around the original section. It used to be very, very green in the water park (in a good way ). I also miss that awesome stone Water Works sign by the lazy river. silver2005, who has many fond memories of the original Water Works. I have something I want to confirm as well. During the time where the area to the left of the entrance was known as Adventure Village, what was in the spot where the Action Zone water tower used to be (circa 1994-1998, between the time the animal area and trams were retired and the birth of Action Zone)? I seem to think there used to be an in-ground amphitheater there.

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.