homestar92

I agree with your last sentence, it would be a dream if Cedar Fair never built unreliable rides with extensive downtime, that's for sure ;P

I don't like the idea of recurring billing. I enjoy paying in one lump sum and not needing to think about it for the rest of the year. If I'm paying a monthly bill, that feels like a debt to me. And I HATE owing people money. I pay upfront for absolutely everything I can. So unless I can pay a year's balance in full and in advance AND the pricing is similar to what I'm paying now, I could not possibly be more opposed to the idea of a "membership". Would it stop me from purchasing whatever package is necessary to get unlimited KI visits? Probably not. But would it put me one tiny step closer to finding a new hobby? Maybe. I honestly don't know how to feel. Not to mention, amusement parks are my way of escaping the worries and troubles of real life things like work and finances. I think a monthly charge would kinda kill the spirit of that for me. But hey, that's just my opinion. Maybe I'm in the minority.

And if Six Flags had bought Kings Island, season passes would cost twice as much and regular parking would cost $2 more than what PREFERRED parking currently costs. Also, The Racer would be gone, because who needs a 40 year old woodie? That space would be much better used as a queue for another ride.

Except that RMC's coasters don't use wooden track, so... I don't even consider Outlaw Run to be wooden.

Looks to be 45 degree angle of ascent. No one will have the actual angle of ascent, unless they obtain the CAD drawings. It could be 41.345 degrees for all we know. We can figure out the run of the lift hill from the leaked blueprints. The rise of the lift hill will be 168 feet minus ~15-20 feet to account for the starting height. In the decoding topic, I had guesstimated it at slightly under 40 degrees. But I'm no engineer and they were just that, estimates. But I'd guess that we can expect to see it reasonably close to 40 degrees. I'd wager that it wouldn't be any higher than that.

You can't definitively say that it was a spike in attendance just because it was built by Intamin.I don't care who builds the ride, as long as its a good ride. I as well as most everyone else will ride it. The manufacturer does make a difference with how safe I feel while riding. A giga from any manufacturer would increase attendance. I am sure if you ask the average coaster rider, they wouldn't know who built what. From what I've experienced, Intamin's Rapids Rides seem to be the best. WWC and Kennywood's Raging Rapids are spectacular. Rip Roarin' Rapids at Carowinds (Built by the Kings Island Entertainment Company, no less) was quite a snorefest. Raging Rapids in Boulder Canyon at Holiday World was only marginally better. I do not know the manufacturer for the latter, but I surmise it isn't an Intamin. The boats are completely different. Either way, I found that at both Carowinds and Holiday Wprld, I escaped the respective rapids rides without so much as a droplet of water hitting me. Raging Rapids and WWC (both Intamins) are relentless in the soakage. And I'm no Intamin fanboy. I would rather ride an Arrow or a (non-hyper/Giga) B&M. But with the Rapids rides, I can say with certainty that Intamin is my current favorite. Congo Falls is also an *INTAMIN* water ride. Ironically, the Arrow log flume across the park consistenly has longer lines than the Intamin. Hmm... Remember, wait times are not an indication of popularity. Though in this case, I think the Arrow flume probably gets more riders. It is undeniably a better ride on almost every count. I think Congo Falls could do better in the water park personally. The capacity is great and I think people would be more willing to ride if they are already in a swimsuit.

I'd be thrilled with one of these in Rivertown: But I'm pretty sure they aren't being made anymore, and I really doubt Kennywood is willing to sell. But it's worth noting that it is my all-time favorite Amusement park attraction that isn't a coaster.

I didn't want to tear anything out, and I wanted to move out of Action Zone. Outside of Action Zone, I can't think of anywhere else that there would be room for a coaster, and even still, all I could fit was a Wild Mouse. I'm the kind of fan who'd rather keep the rides we have than remove something to get something new. I like KI's coaster lineup, especially with Banshee. And I feel that if I remove anything, I'm taking away from what is more or less a complete lineup.

I want to know how CP was even in the running for best Children's Area. I mean, they are divided into four areas, none of which are spectacular. I also want to know why Nickelodeon Universe was nominated for "Best Kids' Area" rather than "Best Children's Park".

OK, you got me. 6 year plan time (because that's all I could think of). 2014 - Open Banshee. General "sprucing up" of Action Zone. Invertigo's sign repainted to match its color scheme. 2015 - Fresh coat of Paint on Vortex, Racer. Tower Gardens restored to former glory. Remains designated Smoking Area, but only partially Begin planning stages for next major coaster to come several years in the future. 2016 - Congo Falls relocated to Soak City and renamed. This will allow guests to enjoy the ride in swimwear and without shoes, making for a better experience. Also brings a high-capacity attraction to the water park. 2017 - Space once occupied by Congo Falls becomes home to Flying Scooters, known as "The Flying Owls". These are brand new scooters and KI's old ones remain at Carowinds. KIC'ers complain incessantly, but 99% of people don't know or care that they are any different. Stage 1 of AZ retheme to Spooky area. 2018 - Renamed rides in AZ. Invertigo becomes Scorpion. Delirium becomes "The Pit and the Pendulum" and receives black and orange paint. Flight Deck becomes "Bat's Revenge", and receives theming. Colors remain (for now). Drop Tower becomes "Perilous Plummet". Action Zone formally renamed to "Fear Fest" as an homage to a bygone era. 2019 - Crypt's building Demolished. In its place, the coaster that began planning in 2014 is built. It is a spinning wild mouse named "River Rat". Since it is inexpensive by coaster standards, it also comes with a new flat to the area, a normal-sized, Suspended Top Spin. No idea where that'll fit. Use your imagination. Diamondback receives new paint since after 10 years it is likely beginning to fade.

I'm pretty confident the effect you would see from that would be pretty much nil. Vortex has awkward transitions. That is the source of the "roughness". The brilliant man in my avatar designed it like that on purpose. I think the biggest effect you could see in making it smoother would be a change in restraints, or possibly a change in trains. Since Vortex is located in Ohio, and Arrow survives through S&S, in order for any changes to occur, a prerequisite would be that S&S does not object to them. Also, sit in the first row of the fifth car. The roughness will be dramatically reduced. Hope I don't come off as a pretentious know-it-all. I am actually thrilled that someone has taken an interest in my beloved Vortex. I have many a friend who will not ride my favorite coaster in the world with me because they feel that it is rough.

Not to be that guy, but... It is a violation of Ohio State Law to put your hands up on The Beast. That said, I think many of us will openly plea guilty to that one.

~2 oz once you consider how much of the cup they fill with ice. Ice is just water, only colder. So it is still between 6 and 7 ounces.

I started a conversation with a KICer in line for Millennium Force once when it broke down for about 2 hours... (yes, I know, different park. That made it even cooler) Though I don't remember his username, as he said he isn't a very regular poster. Whoever you are though, thank you for recommending the corn dogs from the stand near Iron Dragon. They were delicious.

Well, a news station has reported that it had an incident in the past. Time for the popcorn. I can't wait to hear how many people died on it. Or maybe some seats fell off or dummies fell out in testing. Clearly at least one of those things MUST have happened.

At a Cedar Fair parks, that can change from day to day based on how many rides are currently closed.

And I'm fairly certain the button is just a prop and doesn't actually do anything. But the kids don't need to know that.

I like how they bill Fire Chaser Express as "The Nation's first dual-launched Family coaster" I rode a dual-launched family coaster last Thursday, and I'm relatively certain that I was in Kings Mills, OH and NOT Pigeon Forge, TN...

Magnum is better than Diamondback in every conceivable way. Just my opinion, but I'm quite sure I'm nowhere NEAR alone in that thought.

Do I spy water dripping from above rider's heads on the first Arrow Suspended Coaster? (On the lift hill specifically) Some things clearly never change

I suppose I discussed the Hurler without a discussion about my own personal worst ride. And that's hard to answer with one answer, so I'll have to justify something with a ride I like. For me, I have literally never ridden a coaster that I found completely unenjoyable. All of the coasters I've ridden have some aspect that I can say something positive about. That having been said, I CAN tell you my worst coaster-riding moment. Fan of Arrow that I am, it was very heartbreaking for me when I crested the lift hill on Phantom's Revenge and saw those beautiful, wonderful, square-ish Arrow cross-ties transition to those ugly, round, flimsy-looking Morgan ones. I ADORE Phantom's Revenge, but I love Arrow Loopers more, and I do wish Phantom's Revenge could have existed without the loss of an Arrow. And for those who haven't been to Kennywood since 2009, yes, only the brake run to the top of the lift is Arrow. The track from the top of the lift to where the Arrow Track formerly ended has since been Morganized. The scaffolding-style Arrow supports are still present in these parts, however. It is quite strange and heartbreaking to see Morgan track on top of those beautiful Arrow supports. Ignoring the ride's history and judging only by experience, however, Phantom's Revenge is my second favorite coaster over 200 feet (which, in Phantom's case, sparks another interesting debate entirely )

One of the prizes you can win at the Coney Mall Guess Your Weight game is a souvenir cup, the prize that keeps on giving! They give away the ones shaped like Snoopy's bird pal, Woodstock. In my opinion, for soft-drink drinkers, very much worth the $5 IF you win the very first time you play (or the second time for non-passholders) Homestar92, now proud owner of both a standard red 2013 cup AND a 2013 Woodstock-shaped cup. Also a 2011 blue WindSeeker cup... somewhere... I seem to have misplaced that...

*points at construction fence* "The Rock n' Roller Coaster used to be there, but they moved it over by Firehawk and renamed it so they could build Banshee." I have no words...

Four days. So we've made it longer than them XD But to quote Shakespeare, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." And if the dame did get changed, then congratulations, everyone who bought a shirt now has a collector's item lol

I thought it was very comfortable, lol. The seats were very nicely padded. It honestly was like sitting in a La-Z-Boy recliner, IMO. In fact, I thought the Woodstock Express at Carowinds was by far the roughest coaster in the park. Certainly not as well-kept as KI's version. I believe that as of 2012, the "Do not stand up" sign still had "Da Rules" on it, indicating that it was never fully de-themed from the Fairly Odd Coaster. EDIT: Referring to Carowinds Hurler again.