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And Diamondback is almost consistently ranked in the Top 10 Steel Coasters in the World list by the Golden Ticket Awards

The curve was way to tight for those trains to navigate- even with them being narrow gauge. There was a derailment that resulted in one of the engines going through the curve. I believe Crown Metal Products- the company who built the trains and the railroad- advised against such a tight curve but the park added it anyway. They also had to worry about the houses seen in the bottom of the left picture.

I'll discuss that in my next chapter!

I think adding a smaller scale coaster- like a 4d freespin or a spinning coaster wouldn't be bad additions to the park. Both designs have come a long way since their original conception to the point where they're built on much larger scales. Cobra's Curse and Time Traveler look like awesome spinning coasters, same can be said about the S&S free spin clones. I've said it once and I'll say it again- add this!

To be fair, these are all cloned rides, just on a larger scale. Paramount gave us great flats- Cedar Fair gave us great coasters

Paramount- dreamers not the doers. If I'm being honest, when you hire the worst coaster company ever to build the first ever looping hyper wooden coaster you got a problem.

Everything. Unfortunately, trains are transport rides nowadays. The only few parks that operate non-transport steam locomotives that I can think of are Worlds of Fun, Dollywood, and Knott's.

@NewD4y20, you asked us for our thoughts and opinions so please don't bash us just because you don't agree with them. Like what @silver2005 said, 4d coasters are fun rides, though I cannot fully back it up since I've never ridden one yet. The only thing I have against s&s 4d freespins is that they are all clones, which is fine for a chain like Six Flags or even Sea World, but not for Cedar Fair parks.

Ironic isn't it? In all honesty KI would have a pretty full roster after a giga, however... Realistically something from Mack wouldn't be out of the question, especially if its a spinning coaster since the park doesn't have one of those. As to where, if they removed BLSC I wouldn't mind as much but they could also use other areas of the park. I honestly don't see anything from Gerstlauer as their Infinity coasters make arrow loopers somewhat obsolete. I know @chugh43 and I wouldn't mind a 4d free spin but it would have to be on a much larger scale to keep up with KI's attendance.

let me finish my semester and it'll be my best chapter yet

Hurts don't it? Everyone knows the basic knowledge of the Miami valley railroad- I always try to dig deeper when I do my chapters. Maybe I'll do it but it'll take a while

I refuse to share my knowledge of the Miami Valley Railroad in the Amusement Park Railriad Thread until way later because there's so much information and I know if I'm wrong I'll get called out

Has the train changed this year or is it the same? I haven't had the chance to go yet this year but last year I was a little disappointed that they just did the 12 days of Christmas. I get there's a budget and time schedule the park has to follow but I thought they'd add something similar to the 2005 Winterfest train ride. Does anyone know how the park did the train in the Taft years?

I like to think that Boo Blasters was meant to just be a quick and easy cover for Scooby Doo- a lot of the props that weren't Scooby Doo themed stayed the way they were and other parts were easily replaced. This was a simple concept that was applied to all of the now defunct Scooby Doo rides. I think its up to the park on what they want to do with the ride. With the rate KI is bringing back old favorites- eagles, antiques, Winterfest, The Bat, etc I wouldn't put it past the park to bring back Phantom Theater in some form or another.

Whatever company buys the properties, I'm sure the parks named "Sea World" would get renamed and rebranded in some way.

Gotcha, I was looking for the word "Firehawk"

That article is talking about Boomerang- not Firehawk

The trolling continues...

Even timeless characters like Looney Tunes have since been forgotten. The Peanuts are, for lack of a better term, basic and easily marketable to almost everyone.

As long as this song plays in the que

Where's predator?

To be honest- I hope 601 would be repainted blue like how it was at KD.

However freespins and regular wings are two completely different experiences

The wheels were sent to Tweetise Railroad to be worked on- hence the absence of the wheels in the picture above. I'm sure they want to get it up and running on the off chance that one of their other locomotives breaks down. Its been not operating for quite some time so its been a pretty slow process.

Here's the issue with what your argument, @RuthlessAirtime- Son of Beast seriously injured a lot of people. Remembering the ride is one thing, but paying homage is another. Its hard to pay homage to something that was responsible for a ton of injuries- that's why it was a PR disaster like @rhyano said. Memorials merely recognize the ride's existence and impact on the industry. You never see the park post flashback photos of Son of Beast unless its relating to its demolition. What's wrong with being original? I'm sure we'd all love to see an original coaster concept as opposed to countless Beast spin-offs