silver2005

Well, now its official. http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/12/23/busch-gardens-gwazi-roller-coaster/20799551/ http://tbo.com/news/breaking-news/busch-gardens-to-close-gwazi-roller-coaster-20141223/ http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tourism/goodbye-gwazi-busch-gardens-to-close-wooden-coaster/2211242

I'm going to say the Eiffel Tower. Above any other attraction, I feel this is the icon of Kings Island. When people come to the park, they leave with that beautiful sight of the tower soaring high above the fountains. Its up there with Cinderella Castle at the Disney parks, Spaceship Earth at EPCOT, the globe and main entrance gate at Universal Studios Florida, and so on. When people think of Kings Island, they think of the Eiffel Tower.

Or...you know, be patient wait for a confirmation from the park. I'm kind of hoping Gwazi opens next season. Its hilarious to see how many sites are jumping on unconfirmed reports about this.

You know what would be hilarious? If Gwazi operates next year.

^Well, you did get the quote from Wikipedia after all. At this point, anything that goes on in this chain will come down to one of our favorite sayings- watch what they do, not what they say.

This is pretty cool that you've compiled all of this Spectrum91. As much as I like to talk about Kings Island, I do enough digging around for other parks and their happenings to want to talk about them as well.

I'm a fan of eggnog, filled candies, the many peppermint items that come about this time of year, and a cinnamon cookie known as snickerdoodles.

Its one thing to see renderings of a ride. Its another to see a ride as it actually looks. To me, it looks a lot bigger than the renderings could illustrate. I really, really hope I'm able to get down to Charlotte next summer.

That building almost looks too narrow for a vertical lift. Judging by the radius of the crest of the first drop, the lift probably has small radii as it curves up and back to level. I'm guessing the trim brake is there so the negative g forces don't get too uncomfortable. I'm curious to see the rest of the layout they have planned. I also agree on the design of the tower being rather hard on the eyes.

If you want to see huge gaps between support beams, might I direct you to Skyrush's or I305's lifts.

If they do go under new ownership and have to change names, they would need a monumental ad campaign to get the new branding out there.

I'm guessing that silver pole-like piece of steel is a central support for the ride?

Wow. They've really picked up the pace after they topped off the first hill.

The Banshee Construction Thread of course.

I have a request to the KIC membership. I'll be doing research for things to do and places to eat in Annapolis for the Military Bowl. Some criteria is in order for dining tips- 1. Somewhat on a budget, we (the band) get $30-40 a day and have to spread it out to cover all our meals 2. nothing too specialized or fancy

I think they'll have more complaints about the noise coming from I-71 than Kings Island.

I want to answer this, but each year has a lot to process.

Also, the Kingdom isn't really in a position to be getting them back.

Fury 325 has been topped off.

I know we like to emphasize silence from any given park around here, but has anyone noticed that Busch Gardens Williamsburg has hardly promoted their new coaster?

Looks like they're about ready to top off the lift hill.

I rather liked Hersheypark's Sidewinder, and I have only ridden it with the original train.

Geauga Lake minus the overbuilding Six Flags did.

With the rate its going up, it feels like they'll be finishing really, really close to when it is supposed to open, especially considering how much track they still have left.

Even in the Carolinas, cranes bend down in their continuous search of pennies.