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I'm hoping the announcement starts late, I can't get there until 10:10, my luck <

What time do we think it will start since its after the fireworks

I know this is a webcam, but I cannot help but think that SOB former station looks like it belongs to Flight Deck? It just looks that way even though it's not. Anybody else feel like this at all? I think the same thing

Can someone who is there confirm if the fence is actually coming down or not. I realize you won't be able to go over there until 10. It's hard to tell from the far away foggy cam

This is not trying to be mean, but can I just say this: queue.

What time do we think this will start. Things never start on time, but like how long do the fireworks last, etc.

Actually in the above pic it could be a fence.

Yeah I can't think of what that could be.. At all

The line that separates Fast Lane from regular

I think I finally understand this! The stairs appear to be enclosed as well, it looks like the Fast Lane side will go underneath the little balcony that appears to connect the stairwells to the station once you're at the top.

And from the blueprints, you can also see doors that you will have to open to get inside. Hopefully this means a lot of themeing. (You also can see an exit door. Just hard to make sense of it. I'm curious why it's all blacked out and doesn't have the individual steps drawn, unless it was a ramp I wish there were steps because then I could figure out station height.

Can someone point out where the stairs are in the close up of the station and queue. I can't locate them

So here is how tall the lift would be if we assume the 200 feet of space it can occupy. If the angle is 30 degrees = 115 feet tall 35 degrees = 140 feet tall 40 degrees = 168 feet tall 45 degrees = 200 feet tall This does not take into consideration the height of the starting point of the lift, so that could add between 10-20 feet as well

I can't tell from the close up detailed station and queue picture, but is the station ground level or up high?

On the blue prints why does the track seemingly disappear at certain points?

What about OzIris. Even though its in France it was still just built last year. If you look at inverted coasters, there is a trend starting with them again, just not in the US... Yet. We will probably start that here.

This confirms the obvious that the announcement is about the sight. "Clues around the announcement location have included scarecrows and owls, and mysterious screams," spokesman Don Helbig said in an email. "A lot of anticipation by our guests wanting to know what was going to replace Son of Beast." Via WLWT channel 5

This should go in the "guests say.." topic, but it's funny. I was waiting in line for Delirium the other day, and a mother was arguing with her kids about the construction. They were saying it was a new coaster, but there mom was insistent "no they're rebuilding Son of Beast with better supports"

I have a guess that they maybe have some kind of a large teaser prop or countdown now sitting in from of the dinosaur as soon as you walk in

I'm thinking Don read this post and is toying with us with his tweet about The Bat. But I never mentioned The Bat. Don's tweet could just be a Kings Island history flashback. Yeah I don't think his tweet has anything to do with 2014. Just a possibility he read that and is having some fun. More than likely you're right though.Here's something I found I thought was interesting: [Originally posted by Vortexfan May 28, 2012] Sorry I'm on a tablet and this is the best I could quote it. " Leviamania was definitely a huge success. Thanks to everyone that attended. It was a bit hard to hear at times, so I wanted to share this tidbit of information from the Q&A (Norm, Park GM): Canada's Wonderland was meant to get a B&M inverted intead of the Vekoma SLC model! The deal was ready to be signed HOWEVER, Cedar Point had an exlusivity deal that B&M could not build another invert with 200 miles (as the crow flies) of the park. Canada's Wonderland is at the 198 mile mark. Cedar Point refused to let Wonderland build what could have been an AMAZING invert. So we got what we did." The term "as the crow flies". We have scarecrows on the footers and the owls are actually scarecrows. Do a google search for owl and scarecrow and those exact plastic owls come up. The crow does not fly in that area ie a B&M invert may be built there. Just wanted to throw that out there in case those really are the clues. I know I know I'm overthinking it. But hey isn't this what the Decode 2014 thread is for. But KI isn't more than 200 miles away from CP either...

I really just don't think anyone knows either way, there isn't really evidence yet

Lets all hope so!

So apparently there is some private event tonight behind timberwolf where they are announcing some new haunt mazes, does anyone know anything about this?

I am at the park right now, near the north lot, which is blocked off, and there is a large flatbed check over there, a lot is going on, but I see no tracks or supports etc. the truck is in an unload position though.

What were the exact location of the supports?