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2 hours ago, Gabe said:
Yep; even on premise signs have to be under a certain lumen at night, must display each message for 8-10 seconds and can't have lots of animations. Congress hasn't updated the Highway Beautification Act to reflect electronic signs, leaving it to the states and locals to handle. Luckily, the big companies have banded together to put forth standards of their own that others have abided by. If anything, I'd like to see them with a bigger LED panel.
Businesses or ODOT?
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2 hours ago, grsupercity said:
Its sad that its another park I will miss out on. The second I heard Elitch Gardens was closing I flew to Denver to make sure I didn't miss the park. I was a year shy of GL in Ohio before it closed.
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.
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On 5/13/2017 at 2:15 PM, gforce1994 said:
There are survey markers that have been placed by The Bat queue. Attatched is a photo. A red marker indicates electrical line or conduit. Thoughts?
Im thinking it's a case of Ash Bore.
Or not. There's demo going on, image from twitter
Theres something being demolished. It’s behind GWL.
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?
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On 4/26/2018 at 12:14 AM, gforce1994 said:
BTW, the pipes seen by The Beast match with the runoff pipes underneath The Bat. Looks like if the construction may be altering the runoff ditch that runs by Firehawk.
Opens a fresh new can of worms. Why would they want to be altering a runoff system that has worked perfectly for x number of years?
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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.
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On 4/22/2018 at 1:59 PM, IndyGuy4KI said:
I hate to bust anyone's bubble, but I just got off WindSeeker and stared at the old Dinosaurs Alive area the whole time I was on it. I saw not one bulldozer, tractor or shovel over there. All I saw was dirt from the old dino dig area. Sorry no giga construction over there.
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.
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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.
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1 hour ago, coaster sally said:
Does every little thing need to be analyzed to death? We know they are not building a new woodie over the off season....
Or they could be rebuilding a woodie over the offseason.
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More wood has been dropped off.
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There’s documents submitted to counties/cities where owners of properties will list the contractors hired for the year.
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Last weekend, I tried out several of the Tricks and Treats offerings. When I tried out the churro at Hanks, it came with a sauce similar to Boysenberry at Knotts Berry Farm. Did anyone else try the churro?
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1 hour ago, CoasterJack said:
It could just be wood for a re-tracking over the winter. Don't know if it would involve GCI, or just some yearly maintenance on The Beast.
True, but I believe GCI’s not scheduled for this upcoming offseason.
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8 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said:
I am not making fun of you. Do you any pictures of the materials? If it is large crates of wood, I think it could be for offseason maintenance on their wooden rollercoasters. I could see Kings Island re-tracking more of The Racer this offseason.
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Over the course of the last week, it seems new construction materials were dropped off at the park (large crates of lumber). Any thoughts on what this is for?
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9 minutes ago, malem said:
The cash price is now listed on the Wishbone menu board; I believe it's around $13.
It’s more than that.
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43 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said:
There is a BIG difference between "likely" and "occasionally."
It depends on which lift model you use.
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On 10/9/2020 at 10:44 AM, jsus said:
That was the implication, since I'm only aware of the ride being down last weekend, not the weekend prior. Again, @IndyGuy4KI reports the park hopes to have the ride operational this weekend (tomorrow). You seem to think it's a possibility that they're replacing a piece of track, and for the ride to reopen in that one-week timeframe, how else do you expect that to work logistically? They just had an extra piece of track fabricated for funsies?
Like the claims that INTAMIN had already redesigned and fabricated the s-curve that replaced the heartline roll on Maverick... but waited until they knew they needed it to go to the expense of air freighting it to the US instead of shipping it with all the other pieces?
Are you sure they would be using electric scissor lifts outside that require being plugged in, vs. a gas or diesel model?
They are occasionally plugged in.
Furthermore, I’m never said they would replace a piece in a week. You’re misquoting me which is rude.
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17 minutes ago, BB1 said:
On that same track of concept, Banshee is, besides Orion IIRC, the most technologically advanced coaster in the park. It's practically a computer that just so happens to be a coaster at some points. With the amount of sensors it has, I wouldn't be surprised if one went out and it just needs that kind of work done instead of track work.
True, however, the area where we saw the work being done has no sensors (the sensors for the section between lift top and brake entrance are on the top of the lift, not the bottom of the drop).
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3 hours ago, jsus said:
Nondestructive Testing (see Wikipedia)
Essentially, it's referring to a method or series of methods of testing the structural integrity of a material without doing any damage to it. Examples include using an x-ray scanner to look below the surface of a piece of steel track to look for things like tiny cracks invisible to the human eye, that when stressed, can cause the whole piece to fail. The repeated stress of a roller coaster train riding down the track can cause even the smallest defect to grow, ultimately leading to catastrophic failure.
The one thing that makes me question a sensor or simple wiring issue like that is I would expect KI's maintenance department to have been able to resolve that last weekend. That said, I'm no expert here, so anything's possible. It's also way more likely than fabricating a replacement piece of track and installing it within a week.
I never said they were fabricating a piece of track and installing it in a week.
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14 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
So you're saying the wires that you saw could not have been a wire pulled back out of conduit to be replaced (maybe to a sensor) because it developed a short?
To me, a faulty sensor due to shorted out wiring seems way more plausible than a track issue. I could be wrong, you could be right, or we could both be wrong.
Respectively, being open to more ideas and different possibilities adds to the discussion and makes it more fun.
The cables were likely used to power a scissor lift under the first drop.
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4 minutes ago, Maddog said:
From what the park has already said this doesn't seem too serious, especially if they hope it to be running so soon!
I think we've gone off the rails (pun intended), discussing the possibility of a whole track piece getting fabricated to replace some unidentified defect--given the aforementioned timeline estimation of operation.
Also, this comment:
Seems to conflict with this comment (from the same person):
So were there wires laying around or not? Perhaps there was a wire pull which needed quickly re-done?
The wires underneath were external wires only. They had nothing to do with the ride. The area in question is the bottom of the first drop, where there are ladders and boards strewn about.
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I should have said I’m not the one to introduce the notion of it being a crack. With the work being done where there are no motors, no sensors, and no electrical equipment, it’s hard not to deduce that.
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34 minutes ago, DeltaFlyer said:
You did not answer the question- how does replacing the defective piece of track solve the issue that caused the crack to develop?
I’m assuming it was a hairline stress fracture if there a crack produced during the manufacturing of the piece. If they did a second piece it would be unlikely be there in the second go.
24 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:We are going down a rabbit hole here over the assumption that @gforce1994 made about it being track work. At this point the park is not stating the exact problem, just that they hope to have it open this weekend. Lets hope Banshee is up and running for us this weekend.
I never assumed it was trackwork. Someone mentioned a Reddit post in an earlier comment.
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6 minutes ago, DeltaFlyer said:
You are suggesting replacing a piece of track with another of the same design, using the same CAD files. How does that fix the source of why the crack was there in the first place (if there even is one)?
If you are suggesting a manufacturing defect, then the replacement piece will undergo the same testing before leaving the factory as it did before. If it is a design flaw, as in the track piece needs additional reinforcing or tighter tie spacing, then that would no longer be working off of the original plans. You'd have to reengineer that segment and perform FEA all over again. Should we add an additional footing and support column while we are at it?
They can easily pull up the specifications for that specific piece. Since the manufacturers know the dimensions of the piece, they can easily build a new one. The track section in question lies beneath a support.
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Why is there no Vortex tombstone?
in Kings Island
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