SonofBaconator

https://www.cagreatamerica.com/blog/2019/railblazer-retrospective—plus-some-notes-on-2019

Because the big box sitting in Rivertown looks so much prettier

To be fair, CF inherited the mess when they purchased the park. I think when the park got Diamondback in 2009, it was much easier for them to let SOB go.

My theory is Firehawk has been on the chopping block and they wanted a coaster to replace it. This is similar to thr situation with Banshee, I read somewhere that KI was going to get an invert anyway and they decided to add it when they got rid of Son of Beast. @Shaggy might be able to correct me or not.

Ironic that the two coasters demolished by Cedar Fair will be replaced by B&M

If they do retheme it, it would have to follow another coaster. Like I said before, they missed a great opportunity to retheme the area when they added Banshee and brought back The Bat but they didn't.

@MonteCristo Intamin coined the term Giga when it built Millennium Force. Morgan doesn't classify Steel Dragon 2000 as a giga coaster officially, but it does exceed 300ft. Carowinds called Fury 325 a giga coaster when it was announced in 2014. I think its whatever the industry and enthusiasts want to call it. Personally anything between 300-399 feet is a giga. Now you could argue Millennium Force and Intimidator 305 are Giga- twister coasters where as Leviathan, Fury 325, and Steel Dragon 2000 are Giga-hyper coasters. I'd imagine if B&M made a 300 foot dive coaster it would be classified as a giga- dive coaster. Its all subjective.

I remember when my best friend and I would shell out seven dollars for those ginormous turkey legs they sold in Rivertown and Oktoberfest. They were delicious.

The block between the station and the lift hill along with the insanely long break run at the end almost eliminates stacking- and that's even without a MCBR. Diamondback is the only coaster I know of with a MCBR that is infamous for stacking.

Are two stations that hard a feat? I think B&M would be capable of making two stations on a coaster similar to Flight of Fear or Millennium Force.

A better example could be Millennium Force since that is indeed a giga that has both a loading station and an unloading station. I was amazed at how fast loading was with that extra station.

@upstop very good questions. It's so strange that over the past couple of days the threads have been talking a lot about Oktoberfest, and I think it's mainly due to the fact that older areas are getting love like International Street and Coney Mall.

In addition to this, I would take a page out of Verbolten's book retheme Adventure Express to the Black Forest to remain consistent with the German theme. I don't know how easy this would be, especially with the animated statues at the end of the ride but it would be an interesting change.

Correction- it was called the woods by user @bkroz but its the same general idea as the Black Forest. This is his work below. I would follow this concept and expand upon it so both sections flow evenly.

A KIC member once had the idea of merging Oktoberfest and Action Zone into one area called the Black Forest. I wouldn't mind this as long as its done right. Action Zone already has a creepy vibe going for it so it could adopt the Black Forest theme, but the German and European theming would have be consistent throughout both areas.

Something tells me FoF will get increased ridership this season and next

RCDB also considers The Voyage a wooden coaster even though its technically a hybrid in my book.

Ever since Cedar Fair Entertainment Company bought the Paramount parks in the mid 2000s, it seems like they've been straying away from cloned rides. Initially we saw some rides share the same name: multiple Flight Decks, Vortexes, and so on. However, in the more recent years we've seen these names change to better reflect their parks with a few exceptions like Racer 75, Patriot, and BLSC. In terms of cloned rides, I can't recall a time Cedar Fair has built a ground up cloned coaster. With exceptions to WindSeeker, Delirious, and a few smaller rides, most of their flats have been somewhat original as well. With all this in mind, is it safe to say that Cedar Fair trying to avoid cloned rides, and if so why? Is there a certain standard that the company is trying to set? Do they not want to just mimic the practices of rival companies Six Flags and Sea World? Or is it something else?

When I see Cedar Fair in relation to Six Flags, I often ask myself- is less more? I've never been to a Six Flags park but given everything I've read and researched, it seems to be quantity over quality with the company. I feel like while Cedar Fair doesn't operate as many parks as Six Flags, they seem to put quality care into their parks. While parks like Valley Fair, Worlds of Fun, Dorney Park, and Michigan's Adventure haven't received new coasters in quite some time, I still feel like they're well taken care of.

So everything changing in 2019 Return of the Antique Cars Improvements on The Racer Removal of Firehawk/ Mystery B&M project Huge International Street renovations 2019 seems like an awesome year to me

The question is, will the shops change entirely or will the exteriors just be redecorated?

I actually asked CF officials during a pannel if they were ever considering adding a hotel. They said that they see Kings Island is more of a regional park; however based off of the additions and improvements the park has been receiving as of late I think that might be changing.