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I feel like he'd just opt for a floorless at that point

I was gonna try Breakers this summer until the pandemic hit. I've never stayed in it but have been inside a number of times for seminars, studying, and dinner. Its a super fun place and I recommend it to anyone!

Fun fact- one of Dragon Fyre's 3 trains was given to their Vekoma Boomerang- The Bat when it opened.

A raptor would be great. I also think they could get an S&S 4d freespin and a Premier Sky Rocket II. I know this is the Six Flags route but they're compact, affordable coasters. I know Ed Hart doesn't care for launched coasters but I wonder if he'd open to something fron Premier.

Even though we already have Beast, Mystic, and Racer, I wouldn't say no if we got either of these honestly

Not everyday you have a hyper go through thr middle of the park...at least that looks like a hyper Posted from Place Workshop. I believe these were super early plans since the name on the download says "4-24-2014" https://placeworkshop.com/portfolio-items/californias-great-america-master-plan/

I think some websites like to spin yarn to get more hits on their channel. More hits, more exposure, more $$$. Also some people believe that bad publicity is still publicity. Someone goes online and says "don't visit this site, they're not credible and post inaccurate information." Then the people will go to that site to see for themselves which expands their exposure. Some websites can refrain to report on something until they have all the facts necessary to make a legitimate argument while others will report on whatever news they can find. Clickbaiting has become one of the many demons of social media.

The Beast has it worse. I always thought the park didn't clean them off to encourage re-ridership. You leave a bracelet on one visit and you go back to see if its still there later.

I wish. I've been isolating as much as possible because I have people on my life I have to take care of and going out to places like KI, even with PPE, isn't worth it to me personally.

I hope the other half (closer to the entrance gate) gets rethemed. I mentioned this before but I'm not a fan of Drop Tower's color scheme.

Might as well sell them at the gift shops

Hey some of us like it

You can still have the water but you'd have to overhaul the que and design it so guests can't through anything in. Its honestly more trouble than its worth in my opinion. The lack of water kind of adds to the theming in a way- the lake dried out because people evacuated the facility due to The Beast's presence.

That section has been though pretty significant changes. It never had a true, permanent identity. I consider Action Zone to be in 2 parts- the pre-2014 side and the post 2014 side. The pre 2014 side consists of Invertigo, Drop Tower, and Congo Falls- these rides weren't really touched when the 2014 season began. The post-2014 side was affected at the start of the 2014 season and consists of Banshee, Delirium, Bat, and Skyflyer. Its like pre-2014 reflects Paramount where as post 2014 reflects on Cedar Fair. In my opinion the pre-2014 side needs to catch up to match the post-2014 side. I think playing on the spooky theme would fit in nicely since many consider KI to be haunted anyway. Call me a heathen but I think the wacky colors of Drop Tower need to go. The checkers and bright colors remind me too much of Paramount. Something like dark blue, purple, and orange would reflect the section well imo. Timberwolf is a toss up but I don't mind its presence. I wish Congo Falls was in Rivertown but oh well.

Both Arrows nonetheless. I also think height, speed, and wear and tear play a factor. For example Vortex probably experienced greater wear and tear in its 33 years operating than Corkscrew has in its 44 years. Again I'm no engineer but I'd say The Bat has seen a good amount of wear and tear during its life with the swinging trains and its design which allows it to pick up speed throughout the course of the ride. @BeastForever I agree that The Bat isn't going anytime soon. I've stated that if Iron Dragon goes that they might split its parts up between us and Wonderland. I could see CW wanting to keep theirs a little longer because it interacts with the mountain and Yukon Striker. If anything I could see The Bat leaving before Vortex.

Exactly. I'm no expert on wood structures but I know wood can't hold forever. I wonder if they were letting the station remain until the wood would be deemed unsafe to hold a certain amount of weight. Maybe its gotten to the point where they'd rather just demolish it vs replacing the wood then having to go back and replace other pieces wood later on. Like I said I'm no expert but that seems like a lot of work to keep a haunted house standing. Isn't it the same wood from 2000? If its indeed the same that's 20 year old wood. Also how high is the structure from the ground? Maybe it could be recycled, the wood track still stands emerging out if the station after all. Only time will tell.

I feel like people will prefer 200ft range which has more common with hypers, dives, and so on. Personally I prefer the 100-199ft height range. Such great coasters have been built in the low 100s- Mystic, Maverick, & Copperhead Strike to name a few. Fun fact the current average height for KI's coasters is just under 105ft

The Joker ride at Six Flags Mexico has its que inside a funhouse. It seems kind of dangerous but its a Six Flags park so it doesn't shock me as much.

Perhaps the station has outlived its usefulness. Its possible this might've been planned for a while. Maybe Mr. Koontz is trying to phase out the recycled haunt buildings like SOB. The Killmart building was repainted to go along with the Antique Autos. Wolfpack is out of the way of the public eye for the most part, unless of course you ride The Bat, so if it got torn down not as many people would notice. The attraction's been around since what 2010? Its going on 10 years of service so maybe they're gonna demo the building or put a more modern haunt in it.

More than likely its small. But even still, that small percentage still encounters the same rides when they visit each park- Batman clones, superman clones, joker clones, giant frisbees, boomerangs, etc.

A lot of people don't realize the second season of the Banana Splits Show was filmed at Coney Island. The 1st season had segments filmed at Six Flags Over Texas. Here's some footage of old Coney Island

I believe this is the Lake Como Railroad at Coney Island

Here's the old KIMVRR route from King Island History's Facebook page Notice there's no covering over the tracks where the coaches are stored. Also note the slight curve after the storage tracks that would be later straightened. Finally, and probably the most obvious, notice the original loop to the left. Today the current loop would be where the houses are and the slides within the lazy river would be where the old loop was.