SonofBaconator

With Vortex's land being the biggest elephant in the room for KI, I think the Crypt building will continue to be put on the back burner as it isn't really losing the park any money at this point and functions as a haunt attraction. Sometime this decade I expect it to be touched but I wouldn't hold my breath with Covid-19 pushing any potential projects back.

Can someone a little older answer me this- what was 2007 season like? I was still in elementary school at the time and wasn't as big on coasters as I am now. What was it like to see Paramount gone and Cedar Fair in charge? What was the atmosphere like? Were you all genuinely happy, sad, mad, etc?

I wonder how enthusiasts speculated back then. "I wonder if we'll get an SLC like Canada's Wonderland"

Crazy that was 17 years ago. Back then would you ever think we'd have 3 B&Ms, and a GCI?

On subject with Dorney, I wonder if the park will attempt to theme parts of the park to Philly since its the nearest major city. Cedar Fair has been working to theme certain rides and sections to the regions they inhabit so I'm still kinda suprised they haven't tried to capitalize on that yet.

Michigan has a football program?

I'm often curious of the compulsion some people have to always be right about everything, to not sit back and think to oneself "hey I don't always need to chime in and feel like what I'm saying is right." I suggest a solution to this compulsion: sit back, take a breath, and tell yourself "I don't always need to feel like I'm right. I don't have to always chime in. Maybe people don't agree with me for a reason." Its not hard to do, heck I do it myself from time to time and I feel like its made me a better person.

Unfortunately its not illegal in the US to not wear a mask so you can't force that on people.

Hand sanitizer and lysol kill 99.9% of germs, not 100% Like mentioned by others, there is no guarantee that things will be 100% safe. The only way the park would ever be 100% safe of disease would be to never open again ever. People can get sick at KI regardless if there's a pandemic or not. Everything comes with a risk, how big of a risk is the debate that'll decide what opens and when.

From what I've heard, Six Flags America isn't that great of a park. All the people I know who live in the DC/ Baltimore region prefer to go to KD, or BGW. There's also some individuals who chose to trek to Great Adventure for their thrills. I wonder if gutting it and closing it would financially benefit any chain that would own it (whether that be Six Flags OR Cedar Fair). The east coast is oversaturated with parks in my opinion.

Before the shut down happened, the arena I worked at discontinued their souvenir bottles and replaced them with paper cups so people weren't handing their bottles over and cross contaminating everything behind the drink counter

@139Signal27 you bring up a lot of interesting points including the Great Escape one. My main question would be if Cedar Fair aquired Six Flags America, how would that fare for Kings Dominion? The parks aren't that far from one another geographically so I'd be interested to see how thay would play out. I do agree New England would also be a solid choice if it ever happened.

Yes it would be. I know a lot of people wanted Dorney to get a GCI however I think CF wanted to give the park something truly unique since they haven't gotten anything in quite some time.

Not to create another thread but I wonder how Cedar Fair would run a Six Flags park if they acquired one. (I wouldn't count Geauga Lake) They'd have to remove all the IPs from their rides and replace them with temporary ones like "Flight Deck" "The Bat" etc to start. I'd assume they'd take the same approach that they did with the Paramount parks.

Steel coasters can't be re-tracked the same way wooden ones can so I have no reason to believe The Beast and Racer would ever be in jeopardy.

That's where it gets tricky. I'd say focus on the actual spaces. I'd be interested to see how many people they can allow in the parking lot to justify the park being open.

I say limit the amount of cars in the parking lot

That's largely why B&M makes longer break runs for coasters that lack MCBRs like Banshee, Orion, Fury, etc

It wouldn't serve its purpose if it didn't bring the train to a complete stop

Ah I see! I thought you were afraid of posting a POV

Notice how the video is gone now I'll supply another one

I think you won this thread with your comment. If you're on this site just to seek out any potential benefits or perks, you're on here for the wrong reason.

It still amazes me how much the landscape has changed since 2008. Now we have three B&Ms, a GCI, a WindSeeker etc. Additionally three of the coasters in this picture are since gone. I love looking at these old shots because you can really see how things change over the years. https://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=294&pid=7298

Even though Orion is the shortest B&M giga, its going to be one that'll maintain somewhat constant speed. The 1st half will feature taller elements but after the reverse treble clef its going to be closer to the ground. Plus those 4 near miss elements will be awesome.

CS is very opinionated about what he rides. When you have the longest coaster in the world, a lot of the elements are going to be drawn out more- larger hills, longer curves etc. The final helix on Fury often gets scolded because its a longer curve that really starts to kill the train's momentum.