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Might have figured not much point to it. Park is only up for Halloween mostly now so be dark a lot of teh time and all the rides around it give views right into it anyway, especially with WindSeeker right next to it so it's not really going to hide anything from view really.

True. Many of the comparison coasters between KI and CP I tend to prefer KI's better. Banshee>Raptor, AE>CCMR, Racer>Blue Streak (and general wooden collection better at KI), Diamondback>Magnum (though this one is close), Vortex>Corkscrew/Rougarou (depending on which you want to compare it too), The Bat>Iron Dragon. GateKeeper is unique but felt it is the weakest wing rider I've been on. However, Valravn and Dragster (though very short) were both great and Maverick is my favorite coaster right now. Haven't ridden Steel Vengeance yet but it looks amazing. So KI might have the better collection for comparison but that's not to detract from the great selection at CP either.

Screamin' Swing would be great. Only ridden Barnstormer at Dollywood but loved it. It would also be one of the easiest to theme as well to any area of the park. Think would work best with some sort of mining/drilling or possibly farm theme in Rivertown or a flying/aviation theme in X-Base. Would be a perfect addition for Kings Island as well since it is a major thrill ride but is one that kids can enjoy as well so still kind of fits the family vibe the park seems to go for overall while being a major flat ride too. I'd be fine with more standard smaller flat rides as well, just feel our park needs more of them overall, but some big ones like that would, and great for more of an "off year" to have a big impact ride with a lower price tag.

For a basic eatery it is ok but it's a pale comparison to how it has been in the past. It's a German themed restaurant that currently serves Asian and Italian food. Would be nice if there was some form of German cuisine offered. Even pretzels and wurst/sausages would be fine. The broken clock would be great to have working again and better shows. It used to house much better shows than the current cover band shows they do. (I believe it even had ice shows but can't recall exactly). Some more décor inside would be appreciated too. Unfortunately as you stated it works just fine currently for an eatery and so I don't see them sinking the money into the place, and overall just don't see the Oktoberfest area getting too much attention in general but would love to be proven wrong.

It was a spinning teacups style ride themed to beer barrels. The base of it also tilted up.

The look in the video definitely seems as if it would fit best in Coney Mall, but you could easily theme it and make it less flashy by having fewer lights and and a different color scheme or design to fit whatever area of the park it would go into.

The rotating suspended coaster would be great for it. Could use the powered elements int he track to make good dark ride sections within the building but then could have more standard coaster elements on the outside. Would be a great use of the space and give a great dark ride/coaster hybrid. A haunted mining theme or something to tie into the Mystic Timbers story that seems to have connections throughout Rivertown would be perfect and could just lightly rework the current entrance and first rooms into a themed mine queue and station.

This reason is why i'm glad they've been seeming to scale back the number of houses the past few years. Initially liked the idea of them having a dozen or so mazes each year but they would be sparesly populated and feel lacking overall. Now this year we are down to 9, wouldn't mind seeing them keep it around 6-8 (especially if have one like Blackout that doesn't really require many people to staff). This can allow them to put more effort into and have more actors in each maze and even the scare zones. So while it might seem more limiting having fewer overall attractions I think the experience would improve and make it a better event.

I kind of agree. Only did the Skeleton Key a couple years but always felt that most of the rooms weren't that amazing. They weren't bad but didn't enhance stuff that greatly. The only one I ever really loved was Slaughterhouse. And I'm hoping that like JubJester said this will just put that many more people into the mazes themselves. Many of them usually felt understaffed and like they could use more scare actors, so if they are closing the Skeleton Key rooms then that is just that is at least 2-3 additional scare actors for the mazes that had them.

I have a few friends down there and some that worked in the hospitality and tourism industry and they've said the same thing. Bugs, including roaches and all others, are really bad with their climate and have to be sprayed for and kept up on constantly. Their apartments usually have routine fumigations and such scheduled as well. It is kind of gross to think of roaches in a food area but it's something that is fairly common or easy to happen in that area.

Agreed seems like everything that gets built now for dark rides are all interactive shooters. Miss having one that you can just ride, like Phantom Theatre.

Yea figure might have some reservations after TR:TR but as that was a giant top spin and the regular ones seem to be fine they could go for one like it. Kings Dominion's is still operating fine.

If we got a ferris wheel I feel it needs to be a large one like Cedar Point's. A regular ferris wheel like the park used to have would be too low of a capacity for the park I feel. I do think the open grassy areas around the base of the Eiffel Tower could make great spots for a few flats. Especially some classics to go along with the carousel, like a trabant and tilt-a-whirl. Agree with you as well. Need some more flats in other areas, especially Rivertown and X-Base (as part of an overall expansion). Ideally would like to see either a dark ride/themed log flume go where Crypt, but was if not a Screamin' Swing (or if not a regular top spin themed to logging), then add a Mack Twist 'n' Splash could fit really well for the area and keep water based rides together still. Then see a Sky Fly and/or a Screamin' Swing if not added to Rivertown. Then would bring back Der Spinning Keggers to Oktoberfest. These additions would give us a great line up then overall with both thrilling and famiy flat rides.

Would love a large flume ride back again like KCKC. It would probably be in my top 3. At least we have RFYLCB, it's still a good flume but one with a bigger drop would be nice too.

Was going to say the same thing. It really just needs expanded, with the number of people not sure I'd want to cut the number of urinals back much but it does need more than one urinal. Especially when people use it to change clothes in

It's possible that it could be going into the old Witch's Wheel spot. I'd imagine that WW is being scrapped though and not moved. Most of the older models like it are being removed. Not sure if parts aren't being made anymore or if they're just getting too old and upkeep is becoming too much for them. Would be nice if they just replaced it with a newer model like KK did, but if the Breakdance is working fine and they have it already they might just use it so they don't have to buy something new.

I personally hope it gets removed. The other buildings used strictly for haunt are more hidden from the main paths, Blackout is behind a fence, Urgent Scare back in the old theatre inside The Racer turnaround, the crypt building is obvious but it isn't a clear sign of haunt. Whereas Killmart is right on the main strip of Coney Mall and it just looks bad with it being a large boarded up building made to look dilapidated. It is a decent theme and a newer house but think it would be better served to be revamped in another area.

Think Der Spinning Keggers would be a great addition to Okoberfest, and be a new flat ride that we don't have in our current line up. Biggest return I would love though is Phantom Theatre. It was a great dark ride and Scooby and Boo Blasters are terrible compared.

It might not be great overall but I do think it is a better experience than Mantis. Rougarou I just found pretty meh after the first couple elements but Mantis I found uncomfortable and couldn't wait to get off.

The small footprint was the main reason I didn't go with Corkscrew either, jsut not going to be able to replace it with much. And I agree with you on the fact that CCMR is a good family style coaster and helps balance the thrills in the area and the park can sue a good mine train coaster. However, a good mine train coaster is the key there and CCMR isn't one. I'd rather see a new mine train or something similar replace it. Can still have it be a midlevel thrill for families but not as dull as the current. Could be really cool to see them put in some sort of mountain with tunnels/mines there that it could weave in and out of too with some mild theming or at least some tunnels like Adventure Express. But if put a mountain would be great to have a log flume that goes through it as well with it and the coaster interwoven together.

YEa I love Thunderbird. I haven't ridden X-Flight yet, but between GateKeeper, Wild Eagle, and Thunderbird I think Thunderbird is easily the best one. I honestly didn't really like GateKeeper much. The layout looks good but it just felt slow and dull for some reason.

Corkscrew was a close choice for me. It's location and the corkscrewing over the path were the main reasons it didn't get my vote. I went with Cedar Creek Mine Ride. It's jsut a very dull coaster overall and not very fun and takes up a lot fo space that could be better utilized by new coaster and/or log flume or other rides.

Wondering about that too. If they take the space from the swings to WindSeeker I think they might have enough room for the whole track on that side of The Racer. But they could have it cross under Racer as well and utilize space back there.

Love the addition of the antique cars back to Coney Mall. Was really expecting something to do with Racer with some of the talk about visits from execs and people from RMC. Would have loved to hear about a refurbishment of it alongside this. Was also expecting it given it was National Roller Coaster Day, but didn't realize i was the anniversary of the closing of the old antiques cars.

Totally forgot about that one but had thought of it before. Think it would be great and would look better.