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With Coney Mall getting the Antiques in 2019 and the B&M project in 2020, I suspect the foot traffic will stay in that section of the park. I have no idea if the park is finally going to brand X-Base as its own thing or if it'll stay a subsection of CM.

Its listed as an attraction on the haunt site. Remember, its actually part of International Street

I think the only complaint I have about this ride is the pacing. You start out slow going out of the station for a while until you reach the barn where you launch from, then after that it seems like you're barely making it through the inversions then speeding through twists and turns. Maybe its because I've become accustomed to Maverick's fast transitions and inversions that I'm not used to a launched coaster that slows down at certain parts of the ride. I'd still love to ride it though.

I've never ridden a standup to really hate them so I guess I'll always consider them holes.

On the topic of Mack, I think Cedar Fair wants to install more Macks down the road. Europa Park, Mack's own amusement park, has won the golden ticket award for best park consecutively since 2014. The only thing that's keeping Cedar Fair from installing Macks like crazy, however, is the fact that they manufacturer their rides overseas which costs a lot, opposed to B&M who manufacturers coasters in our own backyard.

I feel like Carowinds is going to use that name if/when they convert their Vortex to a floorless coaster. They used it to throw everyone off before they announced Fury 325, similar to how KI did the same thing with The Bat to throw people off the Banshee trail

Could there possibly be low attendance due to the lack of new coasters going to their subordinate parks? Dorney Park, World's of Fun, Valley Fair!, and Michigan's Adventure haven't received new coasters in nearly a decade. Maybe there's not as big of an ROI as there is with the superior parks like KI, CP, CW, & CWS, but I feel like not adding new coasters is hurting their attendance in some form or another.

It was actually Simon Kenton at the time

With President Trump visiting the tri-state today, will the closure of 71 affect tonight's attendance in any form?

@CoastersRZ I wish Kings Island would convert #12 back to its original look. Its current look is somewhat inaccurate and kinda cheesy whereas the old look was classy, more accurate, and unique. It used to bare one of the rarest smokestacks built by Crown.

Or whoever flashes a check first.

Worlds of Fun's locomotive, #33 Eli has a new paint job paying homage to its original look http://unwof.blogspot.com/2013/05/9-old-rides-original-rides-from-1973.html http://unwof.blogspot.com/2013/05/9-old-rides-original-rides-from-1973.html

I'm personally not a fan of the Virginian park's layout myself for the same reason

If you want a Bengals coaster, I'd refer you to @Thrill_Biscuit

I think the removal of Firehawk defines the bar for Cedar Fair's expectations for their major money making parks like Kings Island. Just makes you wonder about other parks that have low quality rides. Think about Canada's Wonderland and the coasters they have; Flight Deck and Timewarp seem like likely candidates for removal or relocation since they don't fit the mold for Cedar Fair standards. @MisterSG1, might be able to elaborate better on this.

I had no idea Europa park was run by Mack until now. Its so odd that a single manufacturer can give so much variety to one park.

I wouldn't. There are already 3 gigas in the chain that are blue, not to mention that one of them is only four hours away. Go green or go home

A ride on the train

Are there theoretically other coasters that could operate during Winterfest? The only one that comes to mind is The Racer, only if they operate one side. I know MT can run in the cold but I don't know if I can say the same for the near 50 year old coaster.

Most haunted park?

This is meant to be a companion thread to "Ideas for Better Thrills", except for the Haunt season. I think altering Boo Blasters for the Halloween Season might prove popular among guests- maybe add some Halloween theming and other props to make it seem like a Haunt attraction. Knotts changes their log flume to a spooky theme every Halloween season and it looks really cool. I always thought the pathway to The Bat would also be a cool scare zone.

Pics?

I think YK is going to be the first of many that break from the typical dive coaster mold. This one is the closest thing we've seen to an out-and-back layout for a Dive Machine and it is the first to incorporate a vertical loop. Hopefully we'll start to see more Dive machines that take inspiration from traditional looping coasters with more elements, inversions, and such. The 200+ft drop can stay the same, but I'm hoping that we get some tighter elements and less copied layouts in the future.

So can I Giga- its obvious Floorlees- I always felt like flooess coasters were sort of a gimic but almost every park has one or is getting one in some form or another Modern Launched Coaster- Excluding puny BLSC, Kings Island hasn't received a launched coaster in over 20 years. I'd be up for something like Maverick or Helix coming in the future. 90°+ drop- Kings Island doesn't have a single coaster with a 90° drop or higher and that really bugs me. Maverick or Fahrenheit immediately come to mind. Standup- I know they're getting purged like crazy in the industry but there's a lot of GP that still miss King Cobra; perhaps because it was gone too soon for it to be hated. Nevertheless, I'd tolerate and welcome a short stand-up coaster like Georgia Scorcher to the lineup. Other than that I think all holes are filled.