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BTW, Google Maps lists all the KI restaurants as having carry out. Coney BBQ anyone?

It would have been a rainy Coasterstock for sure. It was raining pretty hard while I was up there about an hour ago.

Just took a drive by the park. Didn't get any pics as it was raining a bit hard and there isn't a good spot to stop and take photos without trespassing somewhere. Orion looks dominating in its presence and it kind of evens the skyline out with DB. They actually kind of look the same size from afar. Also, the campground by the McDonald's and Wendy's is coming along a bit. Didn't get a good look due to driving and rain. The interchange on Western Row at 71 is also done.

Just saw an overview of all the zip codes in Hamilton County (where I live) and how much the virus has hit each, and my zip code has the highest rate of infections. Peachy.

Shooting Star wasn't anything close to compact. Imagine a ride with similar stats and layout to 1 side of Racer there. It would require something be removed in some direction and would be pretty under capacity. I think someone may be confusing Shooting Star with Wildcat at CI. Though, Grizzly at KD isn't much to write home about, especially compared to Beast and MT already on the premises. I'm still on club RMC as The Vortex replacement. I'm not too concerned on inversion count because they're great rides even without inversions. Something of similar size would be more of a concern, something in the 140-170 ft range. My second choice would be Mack launcher with some umph to it. Not Copperhead style, I'm thinking more of something that can get up to 70+ mph (a few Macks have gotten to the mid-60 mph range so its not too far off to expect from them). My last choice, and this is coming out of left field, is an S&S Free Spin. They have better capacity than some are letting on as I found demonstrated when I rode Joker at NJFTP. It had a smoother running line than even some of the B&M's (Superman and GL) and Kingda Ka there. It would definitely be an attention grabber like Vortex was.

Wait, is @VortexBFForever becoming a security guard?

Just got an email from Skyline corporate and they say they'll be letting dine in open up on the 21st and that it would be up to each individual store on how to go about opening up again, even within the corporate stores. Also stated much about keeping social distancing and some stores having plexiglass between tables. I also would think for the safety of table workers that there'd be no one sat at counter.

I have heard that BGT wasn't keen on upkeeping Gwazi pre-Millennium Flyers, so I think that has something to do with it, too. I don't recall Wildcat at HP getting a re-tracking and it certainly didn't feel that way when I rode it a few years ago and it runs stellar. I also think warmer climates have something to do with it as I hear SFMM's (who also isn't good at wood coaster upkeep) Apocalypse can be disappointing in its roughness.

To me, Millennium Flyers are my favorite wooden trains out there by a mile. PTC's do have their own character, but I find myself limited to where I sit on them because there are only certain seats to me that are comfortable (front wheel seats on 4 seaters and front and middle rows on 6 seaters). On MF's, all the seats are good and you can do more intense elements due to the fact that they are articulated designs over the more clunky multi-row designs of PTC's or others. GCI's also age incredibly well due to how they track better. On GCI's, I feel I'm more out of my seat than in them in terms of airtime. Timberliners, to me, are over-engineered. I felt on Kentucky Flyer, it was hugging the track to much and I could feel every little bump through the course. It felt not unlike driving on the rumble strip on a highway the entire time. Not a fan of the restraints either (not entirely detrimental, but being so used to PTC and MF restraints, TL's are inferior). PTC's are my favorite in terms of multi-row trains to me. The only other companies' trains I've done in this category are Gerstlauers (which are alright on coasters not named SOB, but they bump you around more than PTC's), Intamin (no complaints there, but they use a different method to build their woodies so its kind of like an apples and oranges comparison) and Premier (the original SOB trains which are garbage). I've yet to ride Morgan wooden trains so no opinion there.

I hope they're not as over-engineered as Timberliners.

Weren't there posters for Paramount movies at the entrance plaza on the right going towards the employee and handicapped parking?

They must have fixed the endless time loop feature.

Yeah, the PT music, as awesome as it is, isn't totally ripping off ALW's Phantom of the Opera score.

@King Ding Dong just buy yourself a Freestyle Machine and get it over with.

The later B&M stand ups like Green Lantern are a bit better as they smooth out the transitions. I found GL to be vastly superior to Mantis due to that small change.

There's a SIX example I know of on the whole naming rides to failed movies. There was supposed to be a Nick Cage led Superman movie in the late 90's, and they got SIX in on it by naming SFMM's 400 ft coaster Superman: The Escape when it (eventually) debuted. That Superman movie never happened BTW.

If it would have turned out anything like Twister at Knoebels, which is a glorious lateral machine, then I'd be a-okay with it. Most CCI's are heavy in laterals as well. I wonder if it would have been RMCed or not considering KI is probably the best at taking care of wooden coasters in the entire CF chain. Depends on how big it would have been, too. If we're going by the John Allen line of thought concerning height, anything below 120 ft might have lasted a while.

I think to some degree its helpful that people post articles with inaccuracies as it educates them when they are picked apart why they're inaccurate. It also can show which sources are more reliable than others.

Dorney's timing on this couldn't have been better, seeing that the 2 major parks they're stuck between are both adding new coasters for 2020. If this GG woodie gets themed, it'll be kind of on its own because none of Dorney's other rides have a hint of theming. There's not much around the area where Possessed and the former Laser site is. The thing I didn't get while I was there was why everyone was condensed around the entrance and rides like Steel Force were walk ons, and I went on a Sunday.

^My biggest gripe with CF is all the trees they removed in Soak City. The original Waterworks section was gorgeous with all the added foliage. I wish they didn't rid the area around DB from as many either.

I remember 2007 involved a lot of eye rolling from the GP with the ride name changes.

I imagine walleye season will hold that area over a little bit w/o Cedar Point.

I'm completely skipping not only going to the park this season, but going to anything relatable if those kinds of things re-open (like going to the zoo, sporting events, etc). I'm even contemplating giving up concerts and band until 2021 as well, or at least after the second wave dies down.

Something about the Paramount era height measuring signs was something that was kind of quintessential Kings Island to me.

^The POV I used was meant to show that AE didn't cross SOB. Yours is from 1995 which can't show that proof.