silver2005

Those songs you didn't identify as X-mas music were, in fact, that.

I have more- - Terms of Endearment - Goonies (Fratelli Chase) - Independence Day - Star Trek - Chariots of Fire - The Saint - Beetlejuice

I hope they move the camera eventually or else we're going to have to get really creative with the Diamondback cam.

I wonder what SFGAm ride would have renamed by CP. I imagine the word 'hawk' was involved.

Guys, don't go assuming that the issue of loose articles is such a black and white issue. There's a lot of grey area to think about (much of which just listed by calakepepe). The medical situation I was in required me to carry certain items that required me to have a backpack at the park (I won't say what they were because its extremely personal territory). And to be honest, I wouldn't mind sacrificing capacity for the convenience that the bins provide over the lockers. Also, let's not pretend we don't have issues with power hours, at least going by some posts around here regarding that issue. The crews don't have to be so fast all the time, but you can still get steady line flow with bins. It's not as hard as some of you are making it out to be. For all of Paramount's faults, they still ran rides at decent capacity numbers with the bins. Why is it suddenly such an issue with Cedar Fair? But as stated before, this isn't as much about convenience as it is about money.

I carried bags on all the GCI's I've ridden with little problem despite their craziness.

I'm sure they do some studies through the industry about what's popular, what demographics to target, what companies are reliable, and a myriad of other things (psychological and sociological) to narrow down their choices. Based on their wants, they pitch their idea out to all the companies and take what they consider the best value for the right amount. This explanation is probably an extremely slimmed down version of the actual process.

I do believe they are at the part of their plans that they initially projected where spending per year goes way down, so I wouldn't expect a lot of big things in the immediate future. In my opinion, the main section of the park is fine (like the entrance side of the park and the area immediately surrounding the water park). I think they should focus on sprucing up the area back by Storm Chaser soon, get the crowds spread just a little more.

So Goble, if you participate in the spinning of the wheel and you get a front of the line pass for Vortex, what are you going to do with it?

You all are terrible, terrible trolls for keeping this thread going.

My 2016 season was a hiatus from Kings Island, but I did manage to add 2 new parks that I've visited, Holiday World and Kentucky Kingdom. Before that, I haven't been to many small parks or parks that weren't part of a chain. I was impressed in one way or another by both, but I'd have to say KK surprised me the most given their situation. Holiday World lived up to expectations, both the dry park and Splashin' Safari. The hiatus turned out to be a great decision as I felt a renewed energy when I came back for the Mystic Timbers announcement, plus the Haunt meet up was fun. Now armed with a 2017 CF Platinum Pass, I'll definitely be going to KI a bit in 2017 in addition to trips to Sandusky, Muskegon and Pittsburgh for a few parks (CP, MIA and Kennywood).

I have a few under this category. The first 2 that come to mind are why I'm the enthusiast I am today. Both were on P&G Days. The first of which was when I discovered Top Gun and instantly loved it. I was still weary of Racer and didn't care for airtime quite yet and every other coaster just intimidated me. Even lowly Adventure Express wasn't to my liking. Top Gun was just different- the suspended nature intrigued me, it was the quietest coaster in the park at the time, and I loved it's location away from the rest of the park. I think I marathoned it for 6-7 rides when I first rode it. The 2nd was a P&G Day where I conquered Vortex and Beast in the same night. I rode Beast prior, but it scared the pants off of me. It felt sooo good to finally take a liking to coasters. Soon after, a trip to NJFTP and my first ride on Medusa got me hooked to where I wanted to learn more. I used to spend hours on RCDB. Other visits I remember well were SOB's opening night and my first ride on Diamondback. The later especially because it was my first new coaster after all the medical problems I had. I didn't think I'd ever ride coasters again and it was an incredible welcome back to my love of amusement parks and coasters. That and the wonderful feeling of finally getting a B&M at Kings Island. Recently, I'd have to say my first KIC meet ups from the Banshee announcement through closing day 2014 were quite memorable. I was in transition from a site I didn't care for anymore and was looking for another coaster site to call home, and after that season, I was set on staying here. Met a lot of great friends here.

I just noticed something about the rendition regarding the shed. There's another section of straight track before the curve into the station that almost looks long enough to accommodate a train. The 'shed' surprises may lie in that section. How many trains is this going to have? If there's 3, that might be another block section. Even newer GCI's with only 2 trains sometimes have a few block sections before the station. Still not going with drop track though.

^Good googly moogly.

Current wait time for all attractions- approximately 6 months.

^Whoops....I totally forgot about the train tracks. My mind lost track of the ride's orientation for a moment.

Also, reference GCI on how out-and-back layouts can have a bit of variety.

^Agreed. I, again, raise the question to people who think the shed has drop track to tell me where they'd put the storage track. The shed is the only logical place where storage track could possibly be, and GCI doesn't seem the type of company who'd design some hair-brained combination drop-track/storage track contraptions. As for a queue, I think they could re-use some of the old WWC queue, which, they'd only need to widen a little bit to make an efficient enough queue. As great as GCI's are, I don't see them building as lengthy a queue area as, say, Banshee and Diamondback.

RMC picks their projects? That's news to me. silver2005, pulling a Terp.

As a huge GCI fan, this is just beautiful.

Really? The LA Times talking like Racer is notoriously rough when they've had Colossus pre-RMC, Psyclone, and CGA's Grizzly at their doorstep?

I'm guessing they're building to a point where when they move the crane, it'll be within an ideal distance as not to over extend to keep building. There don't appear to be a lot of options on where to move it given what they've already built, the trees they've left intact, and the terrain. I'm guessing the next placement will be somewhere on the old WWC queue.

malem's bane- going to parks during good weather with special promotions attached.

It was quite windy today. May have hampered them lifting up the higher sections and trying to connect them. They were having trouble placing the lower portions due to the swaying.

Looks like the wind is being a bother to the crew this afternoon.