Creed Bratton

@SonofBaconator it was a feasible idea....it just never worked as it should have, so an in house system was created and it is very meh.

There are times it stops....and when it does...it's just as uncomfortable to stare up into the sun as the lift hill. I wish the lift worked as it was originally supposed to...that'd make it more bearable.

No it does not. For now, it looks like we shouldn't expect any changes to Tom + Chee at the park.

They do communicate with each other.

Nighthawk at Carowinds has a covered holding brake section prior to returning back to the station. It even has a fan.....would be nice if KI would add one to Firehawk. The queue definitely needs something different...maybe more mist fans...maybe more shade structures. The one thing I don't necessarily like with Firehawk operations is that they only let a certain amount go up to the station...when there's plenty of room to allow for more folks to go through...especially when both sides are open.

Most t-shirt companies wouldn't have "Mystic Red" but would likely have a purple hue close to it....hence purple I'd agree....I wouldn't normally tell people I don't know to follow me....I don't see myself inviting someone to follow me on the back of my shirt. Mystic Timbers doesn't have a Blue and Green Structure.....brown and tan would work

Purple and Blue! Woo! Could be interesting.....what would a shirt be like if it featured Adventure Express colors? Brown and gray?

Cost for back graphics/lettering will generally cost more..... I'm fine with just a plain back.

I'd love to see another t-shirt...as long as it's affordable.

At one point, KIC shirts were very plentiful....it was easy to spot someone from KIC....maybe it is time we bring out some more!

I'd be down....maybe Starbucks will have these mugs

I may do it just because I want the mug...not necessarily the hot chocolate lol

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I'm assuming the trailers would be construction offices....most projects have trailers of some kind on property for the crew/construction managers.

It's likely from the new lights placed for Winterfest.

I kind of glanced at it when I was there for the ACE event...I'd love to see some more rides...less "spinny" rides too.

You can see the horror on the faces and you can see the crack on the arm....but I can't understand why they didn't release these earlier.

Sure they can, they can say “this work is done for refurbishment.” It’s not likely we’ll see a Skywarp at KI, especially in 2018. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm not really sure how to react to this....a former Paramount guy......will he bring back the "old paramount days" or will things be headed toward a more positive direction? I feel as if the old paramount days were to come forward again.....with story driven attractions....we may be seeing rides billed to be these amazingly themed attractions to then be let down a few years after the open, ala Italian Job, Tomb Raider The Ride, etc.

Let me rephrase....I have the screenshots of the snaps.....I'm wondering if anyone has pictures of the actual rides

Did anyone else happen to see Kings Island's Snap Chat today with the removed rides graveyard? Wondering if anyone here has pictures of the rides featured.

Yeah, I've not heard them as much recently in the parking lot.....but I still hear them. I just think they need to make the ride experience itself a quiet ride. I'm imagining for Winterfest: "If you look to your left, you'll see our resident bear, polar bear" or "if you look to your right, wave to our very own Coke sponsored Polar Bear." Of course I'm also imagining, "Above us, below us and all around us, you'll see Diamondback our tallest, fastest and meanest roller coaster that came in to Kings Island at the cost of $22 million! It's not currently open, but return in the spring to ride." Like none of that is necessary....don't say anything, let me enjoy the views around me and relax. Of course, then I imagine if Cedar Point were to do the spieling on their train (all in fast speech).... "You'll see on your left our very own ghost town where some residents are still hanging around putting out a fire oooooh and look to your left now for Rougarou opened in 2015, originally opened in 1996 as Mantis....a former standup coaster. Rougarou is a floorless coaster." On your right, you'll see Millennium Force, opened in 2000 at a cost of $25 million........we're now arriving at the station please remain seated until I instruct you it is safe to exit....." Or "On the right you'll see Maverick with a 95° first drop, originally slated to have a heartline roll but it was removed prior to opening...oh and look to your left....you'll see construction on our new for 2018 attraction, Steel Vengeance....it's the first Hyper-Hybrid Coaster reaching 205' tall.....with a 90° vertical drop, 4 inversions.....we're now arriving at the station please remain seated until I instruct you it is safe to exit...."

I guess my struggle with it aside from the jokes are that it's just noise. The music is nice...but it's just noise. I don't understand why Kings Island has a "let's entertain the guest" feel on the train while they ride it and other parks in the chain don't......Cedar Point, nothing but silence from their crew until the train is nearing or arrived in a station (they also have animatronics on one half of the route which if guests want entertained this fulfills that desire) and Dorney Park is nothing but informational (they give the history of the park/rides and then give information about happenings at the park throughout the season). I'm not sure if other parks in the chain have a train and what they do. I remember one trip this summer riding the train, the guy doing the spieling was telling really awful jokes...like had no relevance to the train, to the park or anything. I looked at those I was with and we all had this look of "Please make it stop." I may be in the minority...but I truly find our train featuring music and spieling that is overdone annoying. It'd be nice to be in the park where you're not being talked at through a microphone and a speaker. I don't believe every experience in the park has to be entertaining....sometimes a quiet (aside from guests talking) moment in a park is the best way to recharge for the next portion of your day at a park.

But it needs to...that's something that KI can improve on!