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It also depends on a lot of things. Weather might deter people, the fact that it isn't a year a ride like Banshee is opening (I remember WindSeeker's debut year's opening day being fairly light), etc.

It should be obvious about our lack of keeping time in this thread. We've been doing this.

I just thought of a reason for the lack of advertising outside of the state. My thinking is that the Kingdom is hesitant on spending taxpayer dollars out of state due to the election(s) to decide their fate, perhaps 1 saving grace they're making for themselves.

One thing I always do with Cedar Point trips to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the park size is planning to go 2 days. That way I feel I can take my time.

For the record, Kings Island has it posted on their Facebook page that there are 10 days left today. Just sayin'.

If you want to get pedantic about it, then the hours between midnight and 10 am on the 17th would be considered 1 day from it regardless of the hours left.

The last day before opening would be 1 day before opening.

Uh....last I checked, 18-7=11.

I totally forgot that area has Alpine Coasters now. I'm definitely looking into that whenever I get back to Gatlinburg.

A big nemesis of all B&M's- wind. I can recall several incidents involving the combination of both resulting in stalling (luckily, in the cases I read, no riders were on board).

I'm okay with indulging in those things. To me, its kind of par for the course when visiting that area. Also, the National Park is worth all of that and then some. Simply beautiful stuff.

I'd also suggest going down there for more than Dollywood. The Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area has tons of things to do, and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is not to be missed.

Kentucky Kingdom has a marketing team?

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I see it says 'Board seeks protection if attendance drops'. What exactly does that mean?

Excited to hear about the lighting package. Maybe they'll take a page from Kings Island?

It seems odd to me that Dollywood would be going for so many coasters in a small time frame. I kind of hope it'll be something else.

Somebody has Holiday World envy....

Brick pavers perhaps?

Would The Beast have experience with Vortex's harsh grip? And I thought The Beast was hard to tame... Lest we forget the unfortunate Son...

I'll put it this way BB1- the Hartland will need much more than claiming a 'flagship ride' (which, I've read and heard nothing but awful reviews of T2) to save its skin. To me, T3 is being 'added' out of convenience if anything.

T3 and El Condor are prototypes of the SLC layout. There are subtle differences. 1. Shallower 1st drop angle. 2. Straight track on the last bit before the brakes whereas the others snake through s-curves. Some even have an added helix.

I'm crossing my fingers that the Diamondback crew gets better. My rides on it last year were pretty low compared to most years, mainly due to seeing triple stacked trains nearly every time. Hopefully the fact that its added to ERT will help that. Bat is another one I hope to get on more.

I would love to have been in the room and learn the mindset of those who thought this was a good idea and their arguments to that end. I mean, something this dumb has to have some level of convincing themselves of something that wasn't going to happen. Its like they've never been on social media before.

I have a rather important one- how about not being funded by taxpayer dollars where they flip the bill if your project(s) flop?