monkeyman

Yeah, we should try to set that up sometime!

Yes, I saw that also. Guiness did get a reading of 78.6 mph.

C'mon people, lets quess a little bit here.

Lets see, what movies could possible be themed into a FLYING coaster?

Just so everyone knows, I looked for the speed of SoB and, like you all have said, there are many differents speeds, so I just settled for saying "speeds of 75 mph." ~Monkeyman~

Is everyone forgeting that a new area would get MULTIPLE roller coasters! ~~Just thought this was a great topic, needing a bit more attention.~~ Have a great day, ~Monkeyman~

"I'm" is is suggested and like, iamb and immy!

Thank you everyone for correcting me. I haven't turned it in yet, so I can still fix it, and for all of you to know, I am not in high school. ~Monkeyman~

OK, here is my final copy of my school newspaper's PKI article. I worked hard on this, and I hope you all like this. Well, here it is.... Paramount’s Kings Island By: Tyler Siders When people think about Paramount’s Kings Island, they associate it with its 12 roller coasters, which attract many visitors. Other guests go to Paramount’s Kings Island for its water park. PKI (the acronym for Paramount’s Kings Island) attracts over 3 million people annually for a variety of reasons. PKI offers its guests food, a day away from work, (your parents will like that) and even a little bit of exercise believe it or not. PKI also offers live shows and karaoke. PKI also has many rides and attractions for you to enjoy. First, I will discuss the next year’s new upcoming attraction, Boomerang Bay (BB). It is a new and improved version of the older water park, Water Works, and will have an Australian theme. Among the new rides, Tasmanian Typhoon and Coolangatta Racer, are the most major. Have you imagined riding in a large raft though dark tunnels, only to flow into a funnel to swing around and around? If you think this sounds fun, you should ride Tasmanian Typhoon. Coolangatta Racer will take four racing riders into four different, dark passages that spiral around, then dumps out into a couple of connected bunny hills, so you can see all the other racers. Among the new rides of 2003, Delirium was the most popular. Delirium sends willing riders into the feeling of a tornado, spinning around, and swinging up and down, both at the same time. Huss Rides, the creators of Delirium, used simple motors to power Delirium. One causes Delirium to swing back and forth, as if a giant pendulum. The other motor is lower in the swinging arm, used to spin Delirium at an amazing 8 feet per second. Delirium is so fast and confusing that it will make you feel delirious, and thus the name Delirium fits perfectly. PKI is most famous for its many roller coasters. One of the more exciting coasters is Son of Beast (SOB), the tallest, fastest, and only looping wooden roller coaster on the planet. SOB, will first take you up the gigantic 215-foot tall hill, then drops you at speeds of over 75 mph. Then, after other hills and twists, SOB heads into the only loop of a wooden coaster, 115 feet high. If you think you can last 7,000 feet of shear terror, then ride SOB. Another coaster, my personal favorite, is Flight of Fear (FOF). When FOF came to PKI in 1997, it was the only coaster to launch the riders using linear induction motors (LIM), which are like gigantic electromagnets. FOF launches riders at speeds of 54 mph. Originally themed to the television show, The Outer Limits, the ride is themed inside an alien spacecraft. After the copyright for the name contract expired in 2001, The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear, changed to just, Flight of Fear. FOF has the most twisted track in the park. If you were to ride it with the lights on, yes all the lights are off in this ride, you would see another part of the track directly above you almost constantly. Last, but not least, the world famous Beast, which opened in April of 1979. Almost 25 years later, The Beast is still one of the most popular rides. People from all over the country come to PKI each year, mostly to ride The Beast. When The Beast opened, it was the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden coaster in the world. Since the n, all of these records were broken except one. The Beast is still the longest wooden in the world, with an amazing 7,400 feet of track, and with around 1000 of those feet are in tunnel. If you seek awesome roller coasters, tame family rides, a relaxing water park, good eateries, and great shows… you ought to visit Paramount’s Kings Island. It is one of the top parks in the Midwest!

and it always broke down.

yeah, the Grandson of The Beast will be bigger and faster. Or will it it be the longlost Father of The Beast, or possibably the Mother of The Beast, or the Father and Mother will come in the same year.

Thank you very much Italianchef. My first grade teacher told me at the end of that year, when she was moving to Flordia, that she believes she will be in a library one day and she will see a book written by: Tyler Siders. Back then, all us little kids would try to get the longest paper, and sometimes we would get six pages. But that is off topic. I should be able to post my article within the next week or so. ~Monkeyman~

Yeah, Beastfreak, they probabally will.

I would say PKI is defanantly the most widely known paramount park, although the year Stealth came out, PGA got the most attention, but that all died out the next year. SOB's attention and Beast's attention never died out like crummy old Stealth.

Very possible......very possible........

OK, I have already started on the PKI article. I've gotten very far, half of a page, after only writing an opening paragraph, a paragraph on BB, and a paragraph on Delirium. As soon as I get the final copy, I will post it in a different topic. OK, I'm done with the rough draft now, and I've e-mailed it to Italianchef. I will post it soon!

I will be sure to post our final result, which shouldn't be done until the end of the month. I have the weight of two girls who probably don't know the difference between and Inverted coaster and a Wooden coaster, so yes, I will be doing almost all the work. And ItalianChef, I will need some help, so I will PM or E-Mail you the rough draft. Monkeyman

Two people already want to, so I'm going to help (do everything basically) them. They need help, they probabally don't even know what a tophat is, so, yeah, they will need desperate help.

I work for my school newspaper, and I was thinking about making a section dedicated to rollercoasters and thrillrides (mostly PKI). I was just wondering if you think this is a good idea. Thanks, Monkeyman

maybe they don't want to waste money on TG because something new will replace it soon, that is the only ride majorly affected by low upkeep, so that is something to watch.

Beastfreak is trying to get every one worked up about the 05 ride going near The Beast, or maybe he is trying to state a fact, The Beast will, for the first time, be able to be seen from a ride

wow, it only took 5 minutes, i would have never guessed.......i would've agreed with Dane

well, i'm not sure which of these, if any, is the offical website, but i hope these can help............. 1. www.rollercoasterz.com/bolliger_and_mabillard 2. (if you just want to see a list of the rides they have made) bm.digital-coaster/search.php 3. www.tpne.8m.com/bandm5.html by the looks of it, none of these seem to be the offical website, but i hoped i could help you anyways

well, i figured that arrow could be designing one, or their partners, S&S

well, since paramount seems to like giving parks the same type of ride, and it is rumored that PKD will get a floorless, i think a 2005 floorless is a major possibilty, although a BM flying coaster is close 2nd, i'm not sure PKI will want to go with a BM, so the floorless might be an arrow or SS, but hopefully a BM