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Now I’m interested, why did nobody buy the second gen version of the ride with the batwing? That would have been compact and more thrilling.

Ohio State Fair has been cancelled.

The one at Elitch is very forceful. Strong airtime followed by strong positive gforces. It’s a fun ride.

The funny thing is I’ve seen documents refer to both names in the same season. It’s clear there was no definite answer to it’s true name.

I was doing a bit of research on the Screamin Demon as part of a recreation, and I had a few questions: 1. It was part of a $5 million upgrade of the park. Was the ride really that expensive (Beast was $3.2 million), or were there other additions as well? 2. Why did they drop the sixth car in the 1980s? 3. Did the ride really have multiple color schemes, as images show different color patterns. You can check out the recreation: https://www.facebook.com/coasternation/videos/302273457440884/?

It was later, you are correct.

That’s going to be an interesting situation. It could be that they’re opening the hotel only.

That’s the Wisconsin one. We’re talking about Ohio’s one.

Kalahari in Sandusky set to reopen on June 5th.

I’ve played around with that and gotten 13 inversions in that space.

DelGrosso’s has cancelled 2020 season.

Universal City Walk reopened today, and from the early reports, it sounds like it was messy. One Fox35 reporter shared video of a guest yelling at one of the employees checking the temperature of the guests entering.

Originally, when designing The Beast, the park had wanted to build the Shooting Star where The Vortex was. Wooden coasters tend to much cheaper than steel coasters, and the park will need to build something to attract guests after Orion opens and the pandemic winds down. A coaster like that would fit the KI line up as well as provide another solid coaster for the park’s lineup. The Shooting Star was beloved by Cincy, but there is evidence from executives from other contemporary parks that the coaster was mesmerizing. The last time there was a Coronavirus pandemic, the Toronto metro region was hit hard. That’s why CW got Time Warp. I think many large parks will follow that strategy, building small compact thrilling coasters to bring guests back.

I say rebuild the Shooting Star in that spot. It’d be a perfect, economical fit.

Well, in the 1970s helixes were defined as horizontal loops. That’s how SFOG got away with calling Mindbender the first triple loop coaster when it has two inversions. They still call the helix a loop: https://www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia/attractions/mind-bender . The second gen invert uses the same support and footing design as the wing coaster, so his prediction was almost spot on. His statement on park’s reopening has been consistent, wait until Shanghai Disney reopens to determine the length of time until the park can reopen. The issue is the Shanghai Disney case is bizarre, as there are regions within China with clusters of COVID-positive individuals. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens when the first park opens, since they need to time it right to ensure profit, while minimizing the chance of spread within the park.

Nope. Those trains are much heavier than the current trains and would be very expensive to reinforce the support structure.

As you’re all probably all aware, “The Cincinnati Kids” is a beloved episode of the Brady Bunch. I’m curious if there was any conflicts between Hanna-Barbera, Redwood, and Paramount? If you did not know, in 1972, Filmation (the rivals of Hanna-Barbera), was hired to make the animated series The Brady Kids. At that time, Filmation and HB were in a rivalry with each other, as the corporations were pushing out a large portion of the weekly showing of cartoons. I’m curious if there were any conflicts between the parties during the production of the episode, and how did Paramount secure the rights to use HB rights, when they were contracted with the competitor? In regards to the park, I noticed the color schemes in the various sections appears somewhat brighter then in the pictures I’ve seen from that time period. Were the colors really like that?

As of now there are over 3000+ cases in the Cincy region, with the number of cases growing exponentially. The parks in the region won’t reopen until the number of new cases have leveled and the total number of cases start to decrease.

I thought the posters at the front gates were for the rides. Or was that from an earlier period of Paramount’s ownership?

Absolutely. They had no theming for Face Off or Invertigo, which had they placed some would have resulted in better guest satisfaction. They were well received, but ironically the movie themed section in the park owned by a major movie studio was the weakest section of the park.

Absolutely. Its strange why they would do that. It looks like the studio and chain weren’t on the same page.

Is it me, or does the CP statement seem to indicate Halloweekends Operations since they say “some of your favorite rides and attractions”?

I’m shocked they didn’t just originally stay with Top Gun considering how many rides they had named that.

True and we’ve also seen what happens with rides that were themed after series taken off the air. I’m guessing the costs for the rights for The Outer Limits were too costly considering it was going off air, so they removed the references to save money.