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If I remember correctly, Invertigo, when it was Face/Off, was advertised as (Paramount's) Kings Island's twelfth coaster. Many Vekoma Boomerangs are leaving the Cedar Fair chain.

I remember when the park did something similar back in 2015 when they teased that something from 1972 was being removed for 2016. Many thought it was The Racer, but it turned out to be the old toll booths out front for the new north entrance. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/08/18/whats-next-kings-island-announcement-planned/31954197/ Perhaps it's not a ride or something inside the park that'sgoing to be gone. What's big and outside of the park? My guess is that maybe it's the parking lot sign and here's why... "The winds are eerily calm..." On September 27, 2003, the original parking lot marquee fell over in a windstorm https://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/kings-island-sign-collapses-overnight If the winds are eerily calm, the sign might be getting removed or receiving a serious facelift by the park rather than a sudden accident requiring the replacement. "... the ill fated demise of one of our own." Now this is something interesting. Perhaps the words on the little sign near the funeral scene was not referring to one of the park's own attractions, but rather the park is playing around with the idea that the sign is referring to itself and "one of it's own" is going away. That's just my theory. Usually if an attraction is going away then the park announces it ahead of its closure in order for fans to get their last rides in.

Someone mentioned how there are old, dead flowers and new flowers to suggest it died twice. Could mean two things. First, Dinosaurs Alive is still back in the woods, just closed to the public and no Dinosaurs, and it's officially going to be removed. Secondly, if it's Firehawk, it could symbolize how it "died" when X-Flight was removed from Geauga Lake and it's going to "die" again.

The only reason I think it's a coaster or a ride/attraction is because I dont think people would pay attention if there were a gravestone for just the old Tomb Raider building. That being said, it could be Action Theater as that is/was an attraction.

It would be interesting to see if it gets removed. I know the park is able to expand without removing any rides, but removing Firehawk would open up access to the back woods and more onto the LCS land. It would be weird to see it leave. It looks pretty good where it is from the midway.

I saw the Coasterstock 2018 Q&A with Mike Koontz on YouTube, and I think he said that the PTC trains weren't designed to go backwards if I remember correctly.

With Walt Disney World receiving the Skyliner Gondolas, it would be cool to see a small version in Coney Mall. I especially love the lighting on The Racer, much like the lighting on the Eiffel Tower at night.

Can you imagine how insane a giga coaster with a 90 degree drop would be? Nobody could have expected Steel Vengeance to have a vertical drop when Mean Streak was being converted. I think the park would probably go that road to make our giga the greatest one ever built.

That's so crazy to think about that there are still a lot of Lion Country Safari structures still standing after 25 years. Almost easy to forget that it existed. I wonder how much is all left back there, like foundations for the monorail track and fencing, etc.

Hard to believe that Peach Basket was just operating yesterday. They're moving fast, possibly to look out for winter weather to avoid delays.

I got a few photos last Friday if that area as well. I had no idea the Coney Mix It Up stand was built in 1975. It always looked like a new stand.

I would love to see a webcam in that direction. I think Valleyfair had one for their Route 76 construction.

What if it's the Giga? It was always rumored that Outpost 5 would be the station for a B&M Giga.

Mystic Timbers in 30 years. The Racer and The Beast have such rich history at the park and are so celebrated by the park that I doubt they'd get touched. From what I've read and heard, The Racer is not sound enough to receive the treatment anyway because it was built with Douglas Fir and not Southern Yellow Pine. I also believe age has a factor in there as well.

Maybe they're replacing it with a Zamperla Endeavour and calling it "Wheel's Revenge." But in all seriousness, this is actually very sad. HUSS Enterprise rides are rare classics you don't find anymore.

Why not a steel structure for the lift and a wooden structure for other parts of the ride?

Maybe the No.5 in the poster is upside down because the timbers are... ..."twisted..."

Robb Decker was seen walking along the ride recently. Was he involved in Knott's Ghostrider renovation a few years back?

I think it's pretty interesting with the poster that reads "Oak Strong and Iron Bound" with "Mason-Sandusky" underneath. A lot of people on Reddit are speculating with the "6919 site," suggesting that if you combine the 3,415 feet of track on both sides of The Racer, you get 6,830 feet, and can possibly be lengthened with an RMC Möbius loop conversion. I certainly hope that isn't what's being teased here, as its ridership from last season was higher than in 2015 when they led people to think it was closing then.

I would love to hear some late 60s early 70s songs on Coney Mall. Harry Nilsson, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd all tie in with the theme of Cincinnati's Coney Island in its final seasons. Maybe re-landscape the area to look much like it once did. Japanese Yew shrubs and Ginkgo trees adorning the midway like at Coney Island.

When I first watched the video a while back, I knew so many of his facts were confused. The part about the carousel was a real doozy.

I've never been on Thunder Run, but I know RMC retracked it. If it's really good, then that may be the only "RMC treatment" I'd be alright with on The Racer.

The posts on social media about The Racer all seem to revolve around the coaster building boom it sparked. If these are teasers for whatever will happen, it's pretty interesting. With the ACE Landmark plaque returning, it would be odd to disqualify it from its status. Maybe they're pulling a Kings Dominion and will relaunch it as "rACEr 72," playing homage to its Landmark status.

If they put Topper Track on the ride, it will be in some sections but not all. I would hope that it's a traditional retrack instead.

I noticed while riding The Beast this season that there are some red and blue boards on a sawhorse near the first drop. It's probably just something to get enthusiasts speculating. It has also been mentioned before that the park has been posting a lot about The Racer on social media, which is something that they did back in 2015 with the "Two things from 1972 that everyone has experienced will be removed for 2016" tease which led everyone into thinking The Racer was closing back then. Could the PR department be leading the enthusiast community down that road again? With the return of the ACE Landmark plaque near the entrance, I would certainly think that's what it is.