silver2005

The fact that this site is 20+ years old is mind boggling enough. I'm from the era when all the once numerous and prominent coaster fan sites were just being born.

Is Racer being all done this off season or will it take multiple? I have to imagine a wood coaster takes significantly longer to paint than a steel coaster, especially a pair with nearly 7000 ft of track.

The Racer queue, the Tiques queues, and the Carousel have/had some of my favorite architecture and theming in the park, too. Also- Racer Radio in the lower queue please.

One thing I hope they do with Racer also is completely revamp the queue. Keep the style, but remove half the queue not used and put in some plants or something, spruce it up. Then do the same for old man Beast when it turns 50.

CP's only way to survive is as a destination park. They don't have the luxury of being all that close to a major city like Kings Island is, thus they need to build shinier things than KI to attract people there. Cincinnati is also at a kind of crossroads where a lot of traffic and people flow through unlike Sandusky, which is much more isolated geographically.

I feel compelled to post this even though its completely out of context. Also, ACE is pretty much irrelevant anymore. silver2005, who has no idea what is over.

^Considering the amount of work done on the Coney Island Cyclone and it still has one, doubtful on the removal of the ACE plaque.

I've had coins fall on me on both SOB and Vortex on loops. I've also caught a scarf on Diamondback's first drop before.

Your screen name is Chuck Norris and you didn't solve the problem with a roundhouse kick?

Didn't you already set aside your Car Wash ERT budget?

^What would the incentive of the drone operator be if the park announced the re-tracking ahead of a single piece of wood being removed and then providing pics of the work before the drones could? And yes, the park should adapt to that stuff. That's what a good PR staff is for. They're letting the drone operators walk all over them otherwise.

Park could've gotten out ahead of it and announced before there was even track work. They should be aware this is going to happen time and time again and just embrace and get out ahead of it. We need to quit being naive and surprised the drone stuff happens.

^I really dislike Timberliners. They're way too overengineered. You can feel every little nook and crannie on Kentucky Flyer. They hug the track too tightly. Give me Flyers any day.

Even though KI has their own department to work on the PTC's, I generally like the trains that do go back to PTC more than KI's Racer and Beast sets. The ones rehabbed by PTC feel like they track better to me from a ride comfort standpoint. The sets at KI are just more padded than most other sets. I almost want KI just to get 7 all new PTC trains if they stick with them, or at least 4 for Racer's 50th.

In case you missed the point of me posting that video, @NegativeGs asked if the trims were original which is a resounding yes.

Even if they were different systems, they served the same purpose being in the same spots. Another thing people have to realize is that Beast probably uses one of the heaviest trains on a wooden coaster out there. Even with the lower track with it being a terrain coaster, that's a lot of wear and tear through the corners.

Here's your answer. POV circa 1979. Trims on the same places sans the helix.

I'm glad the 10 pm closes are back, especially with my new job and the shorter hours.

@malem can test his weather resistance riding a coaster in the snow without winter wear at last. Eat your heart out GCI.

On trains, while I would take Millennium Flyers on Beast in a heartbeat, my concern would be a drop in capacity unless GCI is willing to make their trains go above 12 cars. Beast needs long trains since its such a long coaster without a modern/efficient block system. MF's are also way more proven than Timberliners.

I'm guessing it's just some routine retracking. The bottoms of the first 2 drops and the curves in and out of the brake run need some TLC.

^Pfft, wimps.

Double secret probation confirmed. silver2005, inter-cross threading.

Its a wonderful concoction of chili, Philly cream cheese, and cheddar cheese. Wait, wrong thread. Or, crossthreading?