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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.

Someone on another site brought up another situation that could tie into it, and it’s an interesting point. As many know Paramount almost moved KD’s FOF to Carowinds, with the ride replacing the Carolina Cyclone. If you play with satellite imagery, you can get it to fit, if you remove Ricochet as well. Would KI be receiving CW’s Ricochet? Ironically, few coasters of the same model as Ricochet were built, and one of them is themed to Sponge-Bob. Would the ride look something like this?

This was brought up in the media, and it’s an important point. We know a second wave of the virus is coming, it’s only a matter of when and where. The problem with the parks’ reopening is that it could put them at risk of being a local source or hot spot during the second wave. The amusement industry is driven off of good reputation, and having a park be a hot spot is the worst possible event for a park’s or chain’s reputation. This is why Disney, even though Florida is reopening, won’t reopen Disney Springs-even though it’s in phase 1.

That would make sense. Would Tomb Raider be as costly since they had to pay for licenses from the studio and video game developers?

One of the marketing bosses at Paramount at the time told enthusiasts that.

Rights are really messy at times. Fox (possibly Disney) has the rights to the Adam West Batman, while everything else is through Warner.

Even though Paramount did not produce or make the film, they apparently had the rights to it.

True, but Paramount wanted their films to have rides, regardless of how it did at the box office.

The company as a whole consisted of several departments each working towards their own goals. There is a well known example where Paramount wanted TG at Carowinds themed to Godzilla, but the cost for the rights from a sister department were so high that the Parks brand balked at using it.

Paramount had the rights, but charged the park to use those rights. That’s why Top Gun was found at most of the parks (nearly all), because the cost for the parks was relatively low.

If we’re both thinking of the same coaster, that would have been an amazing ride.

It would have been the most interesting ride. They tried to resurrect the concept, but I think the threat from Kentucky Kingdom was the final nail in the coffin.

Speaking of a proposed ride, has anyone heard of ....

I think it would have been an excellent ride. I think the ride would have used the 2 bench PTC’s since those could handle turns better at the time the ride would have been built.

The thing I wonder is how Dinn’s version of the ride would have looked considering how many of Dinn’s coasters featured underbanked turns that created laterals.

It would fit nicely indeed. BTW, here’s a POV of the Star.