SonofBaconator

But those are deaths nonetheless, just letting you know. Its very unlikely Cedar Fair will call on Intamin for another big project like I305

Yes, several. https://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/forums/roller-coasters-theme-parks/144070 https://coasterbuzz.com/News/oakwood-investigation-considers-us-deaths-on-intamin-rides https://www.coaster101.com/2012/02/24/14-year-old-girl-dies-on-intamin-giant-drop/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intamin

But you have to understand from a company's standpoint there are no freebies or second chances. B&M's are more reliable than Intamins are. The early 2000s were great for Intamin but more recently their rides have all been issues. Companies like B&M are safer and have had far less incidents than Intamin. Sure Intamins are fun, but at what cost is fun if you know their newer rides aren't as safe? How many deaths has B&M caused?-zero As great as Maverick is, the coaster could have seriously hurt/killed people if they stayed with its original design...

Cedar Fair hasn't installed a ground up Intamin in 8 years. B&M has delivered two gigas to the chain that have been well received by both the gp and enthusiasts alike. In terms of safety and reliability, I think installing a B&M giga would be a smarter move on the company's part. They wouldn't want to install a 300+ft coaster that isn't reliable.

Well that is true, its fun to have a little mystery.

Maybe do it like Mystic Timbers where you learn the story in the que or while walking toward the ride

More likely they have to do a lot more extensive construction in the future

They probably had to remove Vortex's track to allow for equipment and such

Doesn't need to be a story, just flying like a bat

That track is likely to go in the tunnel that theyre building so they'll be able to reinstall Vortex's track for spring

Things I want to see in a KI giga Height- This is a no-brainer but I'd like to have something that doesn't barley scrape 300ft B&M- This is strictly about reliability. B&M is the best candidate and currently has two gigas under its belt Length- Diamondback is over a mile long so I'll be shocked if a KI giga would be smaller than that A great layout- Fury 325 and Leviathan are nearly the exact same layout. I want to see more than just the typical "L" shaped layout that we've seen on the other B&M gigas. A terrain giga would be absolutely amazing Theming- None of the other gigas around the world really have any theming, maybe aside from I305. With the work the park did with Banshee and MT, I would be bummed if there was little to no theming.

Sorta off topic but I decided to show the timeline from 2000 until now to show nearly the last two decades of the park. Action Zone Rivertown

Perhaps its a dive-rsion

The Royals left Cincinnati in 1972.

I wish the trains ran on time tables like at the Magic Kingdom instead of trying to cram every single person on one train.

I've been giving this a lot of thought recently and here's my two cents. If they can make it work, why not? I think The Bat, however, should be the only coaster to get VR. It would be unique for the park to make a story for The Bat similar to MT and Banshee. Making a VR experience that makes you feel like a bat and maybe even interacting with a Banshee would be awesome. VR would be optional of course. Thoughts?

Remove BLSC and add a Mack like Blue Fire or Helix. A night ride would be incredible

Something needs to be done, that area has so much potential

I always thought of a mountain with a few rides where BLSC currently is so it could seperate Riverton from Coney Mall. Maybe retheme the current blsc and enclose it in the mountain and add in another small coaster and a flat

Yeah they need a good inverting coaster. A dive or an invert would fix this problem nicely. I honestly hope its a dive but I don't know how soon we'll see anyother one in the chain. They wouldn't want to one-up Valravn

So you basically want Wonder Mountain?

So it looks like they're using the old space from Skyrider and the space next to Wonder Mountain? Interesting. I still think its a dive or a compact GCI

The best realestate for a giga is the old Lion Country Safari. I can almost guarantee that if we got a Giga, to would be in Coney Mall/ X-Base (if they ever decide to expand it and make it its own section). If they can fit a roller coaster in a tight space like they did for Mystic Timbers, I don't think adding a Giga to X-Base would be an issue.

That was a play on words. Saying that those seats look "cool" would be inaccurate