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Live look at some people on this forum rn

I understand that. You know more than me regarding construction that is for sure. That being said, you cant say the road is being removed. That is blatant false information. I dont know how you dont see the problem here.

So its not being removed yet? Is it currently being removed? Or is this you extrapolating information? Serious question btw.

Let me add on and echo what @SonofBaconator has said. I agree with everything that he has stated. I do not want to get mad at @gforce1994 and I want to respect his decisions and have a cool and interesting debate with him. Yes I agree markers are interesting especially for an amusement park, but you cannot just say things and follow it with "I know what markers mean and trust me". That is not how life works. I also know that there are much bigger, more important things in life than KIC. Posts like his make people not want to continue to read, and it will ultimately drive down traffic to the site. It is sad but true. People come off far to mean and hostile on this site. I am trying to be nice and understand where gforce is coming from. I would love for him to be right, but at the same time, you are acting like a 12 year old with an IQ of 90. All people are asking is to just give us some additional info as to why you think the things that you do. It really is not that hard and a very simple fix. I can assure you if you do that people will start to take you more seriously and show you more respect.

@gforce1994 so is the only vertical construction possible a nice new mega coaster? Also what is your experience? And what specifically are you seeing that you know leads to this? I would love to learn and believe you. Just show us what makes you feel that way. When you just state random thoughts and say you are right, you lose a lot of credibility. It is the equivalent of me telling a patient I know they have lung cancer while walking out of the room and saying nothing else. No. You show images, test results, etc. to support your diagnoses.

I agree that there are a lot of markers down. I just think there are other things that can warrant a lot of markers. Ill be the first to say I am wrong if it turns out to be a coaster; I hope you are right!

I wasn't questioning if there were markers or not, and I don't think others were questioning that. I don' think anyone would blatantly lie about markers. I think the debate or questioning was about what they are for. It was being said confidently that these would be for a coaster. I and others put our opinion in the forum that we find that unlikely. Also, no need to drop the "feel lucky I shared these". These aren't special secrete pics. That being said, thank you for sharing them, but there is no reason for talking high and mighty.

I am not one to defend the park or defend Don or any other associate; I think a lot of people on this site hold them to a god like standard that is quite creepy. I also did not get offended by what Don posted. I think it was to be taken light heartedly. I'm not here defending him, but I am also not here chastising him. Quite frankly, I'm not like sally that complains about everything, and I am not like you, gforce, that would say the park is doing a fantastic job after they commit a mass genocide. I don't think this is that big of a deal. On the other hand, I do agree with @BoddaH1994 that we can politely say we disagree with actions the park does (i.e. marketing or other aspects). Being a good honest fan of the park is someone who is able to politely suggest areas of improvement while not being rude and also not kissing the parks backside in regards to anything they do.

I definitely think Kings Island has areas to grow in (i.e. marketing department), but I will give them the benefit of the doubt about stuff this year in reagds to park hours. Im confident they did it as any easy way to cut cost, and for that I cannot blame them.

I truly think it is safe to rule out a significant park expansion for this. That is like comparing apples to oranges. CF has lost SO much money from this. I'm glad they were able to open back up this year and try to make some cash. Comparing this to 20mil in CP over two years during a time where there was not a pandemic with dramatic cash loss is not fair.

I hate to be a Debbie downer, but I doubt this is anything big at all. I would be amazed if Kings Island gets anything big for at least 3-4 years with Orion opening and COVID. I truly cannot imagine the money CF has lost this year with COVID. Im sure we will see that in the coming years with them cutting down on costs. I am not envious of the people in the decision rooms looking at what can/should be cut to get some of this money back. Props to them!

Here is something I found online I think can help you. Just wanted to share.

What do I think we will get? Dive. What would I love to see? Floorless. Even though I think those coasters have come and gone I believe, I think that would be a great replacement for Vortex.It could easily have 6 inversions and be a great fit for that land.

That light package is amazing. I thought Banshee's was top notch, but this takes the cake! Props to Kings Island!

I like the blue a lot too. I would have loved black supports, but I think the silver will age much better.

You know you can respectfully disagree with decisions the park makes, right? Like that logic just isn’t how marketing works at all. I’m not one of those “angry enthusiasts who demands stuff”, but I have to agree the marketing for Orion, in my eyes, was subpar. We weren’t in the meetings so I’m sure there is stuff we don’t know, but I think that is fair to say.

See although I disagree with the mask rule, I feel that if you are an employee for the park, who is requiring people to wear coverage, then all employees of all ages should be required to enforce that rule. I can see some difficult individuals causing problems. It will be difficult regardless to be honest. Also, masks that people will be wearing will not stop the spread. It will be very "half assed" and almost required just in order to check off a box. That is the problem I have with a lot of these rules. Masks are helpful to an extent, but when you are at an amusement park, you are gonna be in connect with A LOT of people and objects.

Totally agree. Although with how people attack people on social media for doing activities during this time I can't blame them.

I would be very surprised if management or others haven't ridden Orion yet. I remember they posted pretty early about them taking their first rides on Banshee during winter/spring 2014. I would imagine they just didn't post anything due to the negative connotation of riding it during the corona pandemic.

I hate to break it to you, but there is going to be a second wave regardless.

Yes I would. I respect why others wouldn't, but I would go in a heartbeat.

To be honest, I'm struggling to see how limiting the amount of people in the park will help. You will still be close to people in the queue line, you will still be close to people in line for food. I feel like limiting the amount of people in the park per day sounds like a good idea but is a bandaide approach to prevent the actual spread.

I'm sure it will be! I'm looking forward to that day.

I remember both of those opening days so well. Can't believe its been 11 years since DB opened. It's crazy how fast time flies. Those days are memories I'll have for life.

This aged well