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Also, Firehawk was the most restrictive ride at KI as the maximum weight limit per passenger is around 250 lbs according to Vekoma.

RCCA was primarily a coaster construction firm, and played a role in the construction of several Six Flags coasters (which have not been RMCed). They were getting a lot of offers from parks. KI was not the first one to approach them about a wooden looping coaster.

It was conceived early on. The docs I have are from 97-99, and they're pretty interesting. The 96 docs indicate that the park would get an Intamin Launch Coaster in 98, water park expansion for the next two years, the proposed flyer in 01, the RCCA Wooden Coaster (listed as Hyper) in 02, and Drop Zone in 03. There were other undated projects as well, such as a new multilevel go-kart area and a Star Trek attraction. Only 2 of the proposals that were anticipated in early 1997 did not see the light of day, and those were the 01/02 expansion projects. The fascinating thing is the 01-02 projects nearly saw the light of day. I knew the story told by @Shaggy was true since KD was well on their way on developing the flyer as well. The flyer would have been tucked into the area besides Grizzly and the wooden coaster would have been on the far side of the park along the interstate. However, when Paramount axed the flyer project for KD, they needed a roller coaster to fill the gap. They relocated the CGA S&S coaster to KD, and installed Apple Zapple (then Richochet) the following season. The fascinating thing was that the wooden coaster proposal was the second giant wooden coaster project canned by KECO/Paramount in the 1990s. The first one would have been a giant Dinn coaster over where The Bat stands today. I should also add, that Great America had their fair share of dropped proposals. There was a concept called the "Brady Bunch Groovy Train" Morgan Coaster that involved two elevator lifts. The ride was supposed to go in the plaza across from where RailblaZer stands today. The ride had an elevator take riders up 201 feet, before they dropped 201.1 feet. Riders would then encounter an 157 foot airtime hill, 143 foot heavily banked turn (like on Phantom at Kennywood), 112 foot airtime hill, 20 foot hill, and then a 100 foot curving hill into the brake run elevator which took riders back to ground level.

I’m curious to what the salvage value would be if they were to scrap it. However, the $15 million price tag with the relocation costs probably made this ride the costliest ride in KI History.

I have the docs for KD, spent the last hour trying to dig them up. The funny thing is the plans list (Drop Zone in 03), Volcano in 98, go-kart arena, and Waterpark Expansions

Actually, @Shaggy, there is a bit more to the story. The KD ride was replaced with Hypersonic XLC, and after that, KD was going to be receiving the second RCCA wooden looping hypercoaster in the woods along the interstate.

They said it’s lived it’s service life. Now it’s being sent to Rumpke Park for eternity.

I wonder if KI will get a flying coaster in the next few years after 2020 investment. This might sound ludicrous, but hear me out. The Flying Dutchman coasters were supposed to rotate back on the chain lifts. This can be seen in the promotional material. Vekoma has made a new model of their flying coaster that ensure both the rotation is done quickly and efficiently, as well as maintain high capacity. Vekoma is also rolling out a launches flying coaster next year, FLY at Phantasialand. The ride includes a station that would dramatically cut down on the wasted time in the station. Furthermore, if this launch coaster is introduced without a problem, there likely will be a market for the new coasters.

A coaster is leaving.

SOB is permanently dead, as dead as the Bengal’s chances of winning the Super Bowl.

KI does have 12 flat rides though.

Couldn’t help but predict the future tombstone:

By the clock, there is a sign that has the date 10/28/18 on it with the following hashtags: #RestInPiecesKI #ItsBigItsGone #RIP2018KI . From these hashtags, it sounds like something is getting the axe, but what?

You can’t close down a stand if it never opens.

Doing away with them altogether.

Word around the block is that the Fright Lane won’t include the Skeleton Room keys. I was curious to which maze had the best Skeleton Room.

First off, ewww. Second, what would a theme park have to do to get the eatery running again? Third, this would make a great HHN attraction. Thoughts?

Yeah, it’s because an elephant fell off of its arm, prompting the immediate removal of the ride.

It was a Ticonderoga standard, which is a #2 pencil.

Don’t get your hopes up. They’re updating CCMR. 2nd coaster represented by #2 pencil.

Also, I just noticed in the animation that WindSeeker is stuck spinning at the top for the entire ride!

Who’s tried the Johnny 5 burger at Reds? Thoughts?

He was not blaming the one who made the video, he was blaming all of us in general, even though we correctly guessed the park was getting tiques.

So apparently the reporter who reported the Son of Beast revival story is now blaming roller coaster enthusiasts for the infamous story. This is pure insanity. Regardless, I am pumped for the Antique Cars!