SonofBaconator

Eh, they don’t need to break records. Take Valravn which debuted as the tallest, longest, fastest, and most inversion filled dive coaster at the time. Now you have Yukon Striker which took some records away from Valravn. People don’t ride Valravn or Yukon Striker because they break records, they mainly ride them because of the drop and inversions. Breaking records is just a marketing ploy to generate exposure. I don’t think people rode Top Thrill Dragster any less because Kingda Ka broke its records.

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I wouldn’t be so sure. If you’re going backwards from 410ish feet, you’re going to need some height to burn off that speed, unless they plan on slowing down the trains on the rollbacks or not having the initial launch reach the top hat at all and go halfway up.

This was just a rebranding concept I made years ago, nothing really much to read into.

IIRC, you need goggles to ride Formula Rosa which I don’t think CF would want to bother with. In addition, to break the 149 mph record, you’d need a lot more track to burn off that speed. In terms of height, the spike could be record breaking but I’m not certain of its practicality going from a spike that’s higher than the top hat. I think the thing that Cedar Fair wants to sell with this renovated ride is the constant rollback. In theory you’d get 3 rides in one: the constant rollback of Superman at Magic Mountain, the vertical spike that sends you down face first, again similar to Superman, then a full circuit high speed run like the original TTD.

It’s all about chances. Cedar Fair gave Intamin plenty of chances to show their reliability and they failed to do so: Maverick and I305 had to be redesigned after their initial layouts were constructed, Shoot the Rapids was removed after its accident, TTD’s accident was a PR nightmare for the park. It seems like it was one thing after another. It’s a shame because Intamin produces fun rides but they’re maintenance nightmares when you get down to it. I haven’t heard anything negative about Pantheon or Velocicoaster so maybe they figured it out but nevertheless, they left some scars on Cedar Fair. Who knows, Zamperla might end up the same way but we don’t know until the product is finished. We saw Cedar Fair take a chance on RMC and their additions have been prone to maintenance issues ever since; I believe the original Wonder Woman raptor is undergoing some changes but I could be wrong. These are interesting times in the roller coaster world.

So many people are getting triggered over Zamperla and I’m loving it

I had the thought that if Invertigo ever bit the dust, a surf coaster could be its replacement.

It’s curious that they’re sticking with a racing theme

I was born in the late 90s towards the end of the Disney Renaissance so needless to say I grew up with a ton of great 90s films and remember watching older films that have since been seen to have controversial elements: Dumdo, Peter Pan, etc. Since then there have been studio acquisitions and remakes galore; not to mention the closure of most Disney Stores across the world. With all this said, the question has to be asked: “how will younger generations remember Disney?”

I’ve never been at the park to witness this, I honestly wish they did more of it:

A wild mouse would also be cool but I’m not sure we’d get one since CP has one- maybe if it didn’t spin.

Someone on Reddit made some cool merch not too long ago:

They were being painted iirc

Probably more along the lines of “it’s safe to get whatever props are leftover can be placed in a storage building or taken to another Haunt maze.” It’s not like the building is going to collapse by the end of the week and they’re running against the clock before the floor caves in beneath their feet.

Are there any parades this year or is it just for Winterfest?

It might’ve just been a timing thing. I’m sure there’s a lot of projects around the park that they’ve wanted to get done that have been placed on the back burner for some time. Maybe someone finally decided that they were tired of looking at an old building that hadn’t been really used for years.

Considering it’s been talked about a few times on here and people have been posting pictures and videos on KI related social media pages, I thought I’d mention it on here that it does indeed look like there is activity in the Wolfpack building. I’m not sure how to share footage from Facebook but on Kings Island Uncensored, they had the lights on and were working when it was darker out. I assume it’s being gutted by staff for removal but nothing has been confirmed by the park. Edit: I was able to find a link: https://m.facebook.com/groups/kingsislanduncensored/permalink/1468539920635173/?mibextid=l2pjGR

I think a “grown up” version of Woodstock Whirlybirds would be cool but maybe in the form of a people mover for grandparents to ride with their grandkids through different scenes. Basically I want to copy Magic Kingdom’s People Mover and have it run through A72

It’s not impossible to find two of the same attraction at parks around the globe, we saw this with the Antique Cars behind the Eiffel Tower as well as when Cedar Point used to have two car rides, two Dumbo rides at Magic Kingdom, you get the idea… What is one ride that would be a practical candidate for duplicating on a similar scale? My immediate thought went to the Flying Eagles.

I missed seeing this. It would be cool if it was brought back somehow in a bigger way

Given that it sat as a haunt building for nearly as long as it was a former station, I don’t read much into stuff like that anymore. If anything the building might open back up for haunt or it’s used for some type of storage.

Water parks are kinda tricky in my opinion for a number of reasons: Competition (or lack there of): Soak City doesn’t really have any immediate competition if you think about it. Sure you have Great Wolf Lodge next-door, Land of Illusion not too far away, then you have Coney Island, which is 20 miles away, but those don’t necessarily pull people away from KI. Climate: This is a hit or miss with all seasonal attractions but it weather can have a longer negative impact considering most water parks in the Midwest are only open 3-4 months out of the year. Capacity: Depending on the attraction, you will almost always see inferior capacity when compared to dry park attractions. Most slides only allow one rider at a time (unless it’s a tube slide) which can increase wait times for guests. Now none of this is to say that you can’t invest in your waterpark, but I think additions have to address the issues I listed above: low investment, not limited to weather, and high capacity. Multi-level play structures seem like a safe investment considering they check off all the boxes I mentioned previously. In addition I don’t think it would necessarily hurt to have two “lazy rivers” in a water park.