SonofBaconator

I kinda agree with all of you. Here's my take, the theming and the ride have to even out. I believe that a ride shouldn't have to rely on it's theming so much that the ride would suck if said theming was removed. Banshee is my favorite example as its a great ride with some really great theming-the lights, the mist, and the scream as you crest the lift hill (my favorite part). However, if those extra features weren't there, the ride would still be amazing nonetheless. The theming is good enough to where it enhances the rider's experience but it doesn't totally take away from the actual ride. But then again, the LIM in the white building greatly contradicts my point... My two pennies

We know that parks like Disney, Knotts, and even Seaworld use animation and special effects to enhance the rider's experience, but is that always the case? I know we have Adventure Express, Flight of Fear, and BLSC, but should KI and other parks like them invest in special effects or not?

Before you all get out your torches and pitchforks saying there's other threads like this let me get my say in. I'm studying to be a business marketing major so I'm approaching this topic from a business and demographic perspective. Speculation has been our drive to discover what's around the corner in Kings Island's future. However, there have been some speculations of future plans that seem almost inevitable to be true-water park expansions, ride additions, ride changes, etc. We look at other parks and compare it to our own, and vise versa, to predict the future. One of the best examples I can give is the speculation for a giga to come to KI in the near years. Hyper coasters are fun and intense but having a giga just adds that level of excitement to a park. Popular Cedar Fair parks like Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, and Kings Island are constantly coming up with new thrills to please their guests. So far, four out of the five parks I have mentioned all have gigas so the presence of a giga at KI is inevitable. Further more, Cedar Fair looks at its guests input to see what's best for the park. No, they're not going to RMC Mean Streak because you say please. What I mean is they look at the trend of certain rides, if the trend is bad, and see what they could do to fix it. Look at stand up coasters, over the years their popularity has decreased exponentially and its not getting better. Cedar Fair has been approaching this matter slowly but surely by either getting rid of or modifying some of their stand up coasters. So what I'm trying to say is that stand up coasters will most likely retire from the Cedar Fair coaster roster. So here's my analytical prediction of what's to come based on current knowledge- not what KI lovers want but what KI lovers need Giga addition before the 2020s hit so KI will be up to date with it's more popular sister parks I don't see a wooden coaster coming anytime soon because The Beast is so popular that nothing else would be able to live up to its reputation. Son of Beast was different because it paid tribute to The Beast and the two rides complemented each other because of the similarities in theme. Expansions in places that have poor attendance. I'm mainly referring to X Base because its probably one of the least visited sections of the park. There only reason people go to X Base is for Flight of Fear and Firehawk which have atrocious lines. Normally when there's large rides in an area, there's also restaurants, restrooms, games, smaller rides, etc. Each section of the park has its own identity except for X-Base which more or less piggybacks off of Coney Mall I'll probably think of some more as time goes on. What do you guys think? Please feel free to voice your opinion on whether what I've said is accurate or bubkis.

I love Vekoma but am I the only one that would prefer Firehawk to be a B&M?

I've been thinking recently of all the coasters and other rides in the amusement park industry that have been changed from their original state and came up with a central question- does the changes a park makes to a current ride qualify it as new? For example, would you consider a coaster like Rougarou new because of the complete change in name, colors, and cars? Or what about The Bat? The list could go on. What's your opinion?

Giga, they have a new game at ki that was named giga. This happed at KD before intimidator 305 debuted.

Thank you kindly

Forgive me if there is a similar thread but what are some thoughts about a giga coaster coming in the future? Centerion has been haunting me for months.

Besides the new color scheme, what else do you think will change about The Bat, (Former Flight Deck), in terms of cars, que music, he que in general, the station, etc?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIsD5xGTd90&feature=youtu.be

No sorry. I'm not going to waste my time waiting in line just to find out the ride has broken down. I learned that last year at Busch gardens

Yes. S.O.B. pulling a Terpy

I know, that needs to be fixed

It seems that the Intamin virus has became a growing epidemic that shows up everywhere. Am I the only one here who expects to see a post about Intamin every time I read a thread?

Why is it that when we have a thread, we always end up talking about Intamin?

Where they on drugs?

I'd like to bring back the Rivertown and Coney Mall themes. Now a days, Coney Mall is less like the historic Coney Island and Rivertown is not like it used to be.

So much history and old charm has left that park, it's disgusting. They lost their railroad and tons of other great attractions during Paramount's rein. But then again, what Paramount park didn't at that time?

Is that why they have pre drops?