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And say Cedar Fair bringing in Diamondback wasn't worth anything?

Do they? I'm pretty sure Son of Beast was at one point the tallest wooden coaster and Beast is still the longest wooden coaster. Sounds very small to me too...

I think a silver (track) and blue (supports) color scheme would be very interesting!

Intimidator 305 track was in containers I believe and that was even closer being in Virginia.

Seems as though Intimidator 305 has been closed since Monday due to need for a custom gear box part for the lift. Also seems like there may be an issue with getting the part into the building that houses the gear box. Also the train stuck at the top may need to be taken down by a crane. Seems like I305 might be down for awhile, oh the problems for Intamins continue...Any guesses how long until it will be before its back up and running? Picture via Screamscape

So the new ride will have Snickers train wraps like some Six Flags coasters?

There is an ABC 36 news here in Lexington, KY.

Gad198 brings up a good point, rumors I've been hearing is that Mack could be the manufacturer for the Dollywood ride. Now I am not saying the track is or isn't Intamin that was spotted, but it's a possibility. By the way does Mack have a USA plant? If so where?

Hilarious how people think they know what's coming... Similar to people thinking it was completely obvious that SOB would come to this demise because they took their time to observe their options for its future.

I am amazed to see everyone's opinions on the stereotypical Kentuckian. I don't get why people must assume that all Kentuckians are like this. I for one am none of the stereotypes and sadly I have to live among these other stereotypical people. Also the Louisville area is very urban and not many "white trash" or "hicks" are found there.

Really cool experience! Glad to have a fellow Kenseth fan as well!

Apparently the leaked video showed that Holiday World is getting another water coaster. It will break the world's longest water coaster record and is named Mammoth. (not official)

Yes CP has a great variety, but they are not tied for the most coasters in one park. Six Flags Magic Mountain added 2 coasters this season making them the highest with 18 versus Cedar Point's 17.

Dick Kinzel said at Coaster Mania 2011 in response to a question about SoB that a fix would be around $20 million from Rocky Mountain. GCI woodies go for about $8 million ex: Prowler at Worlds of Fun. It is much cheaper than what treatment is in talks for SoB.

I thought about it, but the rest of my group wanted to go to Diamondback. Last year when I went to Kings Island I went straight to Firehawk and it broke down like second train into the day.

Luckily the night of June 29, a friend of mine invited me to go to Kings Island the next day and I figured I would not be allowed to go on such short notice. Nonetheless I was able to go and was excited considering I had no for sure trips to my home park this season. Also knowing that WindSeeker had opened up at the park days ago I was ecstatic to finally be able to ride it. Upon waking up early at 6AM I left Lexington at about 7:30AM. We made great timing by getting to the park at 9:20AM even with traffic crossing over into Cincinnati from KY. We got our tickets and went through security and waited for 10AM to strike. Upon 10AM we immediately went to Diamondback knowing the crowds were very lite that morning and that it would become busier as the day went on. We got quick rides on Diamondback, Beast, Vortex, and Flight of Fear within the first hour of being at the park because of the short lines. We passed WindSeeker and saw mechanics working on it and it looked to be extensive work, so I became very worry some if it would open at all that day. We then made our way to the Action Zone part of the park to ride Flight Deck, Delerium and Drop Tower. On our way we stopped for a quick leisure ride on Adventure Express. Drop Tower was a bit crazy because we got stuck on it about 10 feet up from the loading position. Why you ask? Because someone was stupid enough to unbuckle their seat belt...This truly is something I find stupid and ignorant, but apparently it was funny to them. We waited to be lowered and let off and for one test run to go and then we were back on to ride. It was nearing lunch time now so we decided to check up on Firehawk and WindSeeker first before eating. Firehawk had a 90 minute wait or more all day because they were only running one train, so we skipped on it. And we found that WindSeeker was open for about 1 cycle and when I then looked at the crowd, it was PACKED. Luckily we skipped it and went to LaRosas in Rivertown where I watched to see if WindSeeker ever ran again and it never did (glad we skipped it). After eating we hit up another ride on Beast and then walked over to Boomerang Bay for be at the wave pool and ride some slides. We only rode about 3 slides due to the lines being so long and were not about to ride Tasmanian Typhoon (Tornado/Funnel ride) because it was packed all day. We were at the water park til about 6PM and then decided we should go back to ride some rides. We came back and me and my friend split away from the rest of the group to go get in line for WindSeeker which was now operating. The line was into the overflow queue, but surprisingly went extremely fast and we only waited about 25 minutes for a line that said 45 minutes. I was excited to finally ride this new ride, but overall was not extremely pleased. I knew heading into it that it wasn't going to be extremely thrilling, but I figured it would be a bit more than what it was. It gave a great view of the area and the swinging was enjoyable, but not extremely fast or anything. I would still ride WindSeeker again because it is a calming and relaxing ride with a great view so high up. Then it became to be about 8PM and we wanted to go back to Action Zone to hit up Invertigo which we skipped earlier in the day. We walked in Coney Mall to once again check Firehawk which was still a 90 minute wait so we skipped it again. We passed Racer which was a complete walk-on so we had to catched a quick ride. I still love The Racer a lot its still a really nice woodie IMO. From there we went back to Action Zone where we planned to end the night on Drop Tower, but we didn't. We rode Inveritgo which had a very short wait and then made our way to Delerium. Delerium also was very short wait and we rode it twice to finish out the night. Me and my friends all really enjoyed Delerium so we rode it a lot that day. It was a nice way to finish the day ride wise. I will also say that Huss Frisbees are my favorite thrill ride. We then walked to International Street as it was 9:45 and realized we had skipped dinner (had a big lunch) and stopped at Skyline Chili for some coneys and watched the fireworks to end our day. Overall a really good day, great weather and I was just glad to be at a park again especially my home park Kings Island. Ride Count: Diamondback -1 Beast - 2 Flight of Fear - 1 Shake, Rattle & Roll - 1 Vortex - 1 WindSeeker - 1 Racer (Red) - 1 Adventure Express - 1 Delerium - 3 Drop Tower - 1 Flight Deck - 1 Invertigo - 1

Does anyone know if WindSeeker was open all day today? I am heading to the park tomorrow and was trying to see if still any of the issues were lingering.

I am really starting to think this track is wingrider style and will be going to Dollywood. Latest hints from Dollywood deal with flight and the park is a traditional American park. It's possible it could be themed to an eagle or something of the sorts.

If you haven't seen, the CW WindSeeker opened up again for the past 2 days I think. Someone has put a POV on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1bUK9-afQ&feature=related

So that rumor about seats flying off is now hitting the Kings Island WindSeeker? About a week or so ago there was an identical rumor about that happening up at Cedar Point. It's all just lies and no proof to go with it.

Manta and Kraken are both great. I definitely recommend the shows! I went in April and especially liked Blue Horizons, Clyde and Seamore, Pets Ahoy and Believe. Now that One Ocean is open, its had rave reviews for this new Shamu show.

Testing may begin today or tomorrow, they currently have test dummies in every seat. This is from the distant WindSeeker cam on the website.

1. Maverick - Cedar Point (beastfan26) 2. Millennium Force - CP (coasterguy15) 3. Diamondback - KI (Indyguy4KI) 4. The Beast- KI (McSalsa) 5. Prowler - WoF (thekidd33) 6. Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point (Centurey) 7. WindSeeker - Kings Island (jcgoble3) 8. Intimidator - Carowinds (Coney Islander) 9. Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point (LordSkippy) 10. Intimidator 305 - KD (TombRaiderFTW) 11. Dominator-KD (TylerRider) 12. Silver Bullet - KBF (KIfan1980) 13. Xcelerator - Knott's Berry Farm (TH13TEEN) 14. Big Dipper - Geauga Lake Park (PhantomTheater) 15. Flight of Fear - Kings Island (RingMaster) 16. Raptor- CP (Diamondbackcmh) 17. Behemoth - Canada's Wonderland (sethdawg17)

Finally Coney Mall is getting some nice improvements that it much deserves!

I am right there with you. It sounds like a new version of a stratacoaster but themed to a dinosaur.