Dom497

I don't think so....where's the blue "screen" in that picture?

We got some activity for the announcement near the construction site (purple and blue lights)

^There will be a live blog: http://KICentral.com/project-2014-announcement-live-blog/ ------- If only someone knew how to get around a 403 error, we would probably find some sort of picture here: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/images/banners/ (I'm not a hacker, nor do I wanna be so I'm not even gonna try) If KI has already read this post, I'm sure they took down whatever images may have been already uploaded just to be safe.

I posted this early today, but now that we are less than 24 hours, it is officially the final countdown. but at the same time

Where is the announcement taking place anyways???

Nothing special (other than the word "fly" maybe?) but this is from King Island twitter account.

^^That can easily be because there mayl be some extra themeing on the trains (there is always the possibility of this happening)

I see the world record right now: "Largest Que line." They got to prepare for crazy 4-5 hour que waits like with Diamondback! This queue would probably hold 2-2.5 hours at the max...

^You obviously haven't seem Gatekeeper's queue... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUYtay_-IBg And the video ends before the end of the queue...

Someone drew out the layout on top of all the footers currently poured a few pages back and the blueprints seem to have not changed.

^I think its about time we all agree that the blueprints aren't false and that it is some variation of an inverted coaster (could have a different train layout, etc) I personally believe its a normal Invert

^That was talked about a long time ago...your a little late to the party. Welcome to KIC!!!

^That would be funny to read in a news article and even better to hear a news anchor say that!

There shall be a parade of flatbeds with supports and track tomorrow after the announcment!!! EDIT: Yah, 200th post

^But if this is an invert, having a control booth above would mean the booth is above the track and you would hardly see any of the train (maybe even none of the riders) EDIT: And it will be one long day tomorrow...they just had to pick 10pm.....why not 10am!!!!

Keep in mind the lift hill is not 200 feet long. That is the distance of the lift if it travelled at a 0 degree angle; so techinally, the lift hill will be longer than 200 feet but the height varies depending on the angle (you can have anywhere from 1 foot tall to however long the lift hill is (which would be a vertical lift; which we know will not happen))

That doesn't quite make sense as it would go through that circle I pointed out yesterday (which we think is either a fountain or some sort of signage like Gatekeeper) Also, that means it would go through the queue....

The blue line is the one I am talking about

What is the random curvy black line that is running throught the very beginning of the queue?

It looks like the control booth is at the top (like Gatekeeper), but with an invert this just wouldn't work. hmmmm....

Its probably a line for Fast Lane, not single riders.

^No, no, no, that will happen tomorrow night when half of us say we love the coaster while the other half say we hate it.

I was gonna post this video at the 24 hour mark, but seeing that this thread is slowly dieing, I thought now would be a good time. (I'll probably repost this at 10pm tonight )

B&M inverts have a large cover that covers the wheels. This makes the train look wider. I now believe this is what we are seeing in the blueprints after another user pointed this out. The other possibility is that there is some sort of theming on the sides of the train.

^Last year someone was able to track down a shipping date for Gatekeeper's track through UPS.