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Absolutely. Furthermore we’ve seen Knott’s do food festivals, and be successful at pulling them off.

They were same as usual. They were inspecting bags, and doing the normal procedures.

Here’s a look at a nearly completed Coney Mall and semi completed Oktoberfest section. The interesting thing about the early visualizations is the fact that the park would have had a pathway between Coney and Rivertown at the back and middle of the park.

The engineering of it was a nightmare from the initial conception of the ride. SOB was originally pitched by RCCA to a SF park (they went with and SLC), and that when dropped, Paramount picked it up. The cars were designed with a rubber ring in between the steel halves of the wheel. The rubber was supposed to be a dampening agent, and it was supposed to be a critical part of ensuring the ride ran smoothly. It seems that this design was dropped in late design which is extremely fascinating. You have a ride that doesn’t have the proper wheels that were designed for it, you have wood superstructure collapse during construction (progressive collapse), and you have a wood structure where the members are slightly weakened. Speaking of the POV is not an HD POV, it is a video that has been enhanced through AI algorithms. Furthermore, it was likely shot at 30 FPS, and the computer generated a new frame between every other frame to produce a 60 FPS footage. The person did an amazing job with the upscale though. The footage was indeed shot as part of Discovery’s Top Ten Coasters 2002 special. While shot in high quality, the original footage has been upgraded to 4K quality by computer algorithms. Edit: Furthermore, the first commercial 4K camera came out in 2003, a year after this was filmed.

It’s interesting that nearly all the tombstones don’t have a birth year listed.

More markers have appeared at the drop off lot. It looks like they will tear out the drop off lot.

It tested for the entire day.

Generally steel, but I thoroughly enjoy a great wooden coaster!

There’s also concrete coasters. I wouldn’t put too much thought into it.

I rode it at 4:02 and got stuck on it for a bit. It was an interesting experience. The ride would raise vertically, and rotate normally, but when it came time to descend, it just stopped rotating on cue. Everyone on the ride thought KI’s staff did an exceptional job dealing with the situation. In all, the ride is built to deal with these situations, so there’s nothing to be concerned about.

True, I know early concepts don’t look like the final projects. There are numerous differences such as the lake in front of the park entrance, a bridge over the main fountain, the kid coaster being relocated to the south end of the park, and other differences. I just found the Fort Washington theming interesting because it was a nice tie to Cincy History, and it seemed like a mix of time periods -1790, 1849, and 1890.

I was looking at some old concept art, and in the location of the canoe ride, there was an island with a prop Fort Washington model on the island. Why was the prop and theming never set up when the attraction was actually built? Was Rivertown really going to be themed to the Cincinnati of the early 1800s as well?

It’s a business. I see no problem with it. Its like airlines who say if you fly x miles to join medallion. There are benefits for joining medallion. You’re trying to say that the system is wrong and everyone should get the benefits, but that is how many industries work.

Anyone else getting Coney Vibes from these views? One major difference of the original concept was a Racer with split lifts.

As originally proposed and visualized, Coney Mall was a two midway area. The first midway ran in a North South orientation from The Racer to the Sid and Marty Kroft theatre and featured Haley's Comet, Racer, Ferris Wheel, Dodgems, Whip, and the Giant Slide. The second midway ran in an east west orientation from the Sid and Marty Kroft theatre to the Antiques. The second midway had Tumble Bug, Haley's Comet, the theatre and the Antiques. There are no flying scooters in the early visualization.

The churros were amazing, imo.

Businesses or ODOT?

Elitch won’t close. The park is owned by a spouse to a heir of the Walton family. The owner has a history of having his businesses get their way (LA Rams for example). If anything the city will relocate them. Furthermore, with this pandemic, the housing community might not proceed as originally anticipated.

It looks like this turned out to be Ash Bore and some sitework by the future site of the dorm complex. Speaking of The Bat queue, would it be better if there were trees and TV’s by the old monorail crossing?

I know. I’m kind of kicking myself for not sharing them. I did share one of the survey stations. This along with the drainage runoff improvements by The Beast indicated that there was a large ride coming into the park. Similar steps were done for Fury and Yukon Striker.

The funny thing is, around this time, there were surveys being done for this plot of land. Along with the markers that popped up a few weeks later. I never shared these to kic. Rereading this thread, there were a lot of clues pointing to something large being built. New drainage system, strengthening surrounding rides, markers, and survey stations. I must admit the ride they built there was the perfect ride for the park.

It’s looking like it’ll be a partial rebuild of The Racer. For those wondering what I mean, check Racer 75 at KD, a large portion was rebuilt.