KIBeast

Terp, I'm sure you are of my generation. The Bat (Original), Hannah Barberra Land, The Scooby Doo roller coaster, Winnie Witches' cauldrons, The Demon, Der Spinnin' Keggers, The Bayern Curve, The Skyline, I could go on.

I prefer Coke over Pepsi, so I wish the entire chain would change.

Gatekeeper is going to be a great addition. According to what I have heard, these wing riders don't have much of a problem with downtime. I won't miss DT or SS. DT was boring and I never rode SS because it looked uninteresting.

On IJ:ST, there was supposed to be bumping that simulated the mini coopers going down stairs that never happened. It was in a tunnel and the bumping was to be simulated by the cars and not by the track itself.

I'll take Rainbow Chaser for $15,000, Mr. Trebek. http://www.rides4u.com/rides/used/category/14/name/ASC/25/1 #16 from the top Back on topic, I've heard that these were maintenance nightmares.

Don't care what the name will be as long as it's a giga. Haven't experienced a B&M giga, but I have been on Millenium and I love that one. If the B&M's are as good as what folks are saying, then I'm all for it. I like what Shaggy posted, but I was figuring that they would utilize the old SOB spot considerably more...I had heard an old rumor that the folks at KI don't want to place anything in there that at least "appears" to be larger than the Eiffel Tower. Then again, that may have changed by now. Was that some of the reason that SOB was built where it was and the way it was? Meaning, it appeared to be lower than the tower from the interstate.

Wouldn't they be "Great Value" coasters if they were Wal Mart branded?

I was just wondering the same thing myself about the banking. Now my question is, how long did it take Arrow to figure out to bank the turns and what was the first "successful" suspended with banking? I got to ride The Bat...it was indeed a wild ride and was insanely swinging back and forth. The trains were the coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time and I still think so to this day.

I thoroughly enjoyed Dominatrix at Geauga Lake myself. Had some high speeds on that one, plus the interlocking corkscrews was always cool.

Goofy rumor that started with Magnum XL200 and was somehow transferred to The Vortex. I believe the rumor about Magnum was an April Fool's joke ran wild by the enthusiast communty.

I was told by the managers that the another main reason for no Wal-Mart at Camden's location is the problem with the flooding. Rattler looks really cool though.

I can't see Racers going anywhere. There's not too much you could do with that area, I'm thinking.

I rode SOB several times in its' original form. I remember one season, my brother and I went and rode it. When we came back to the station, there was no line, so usually when that is the case, you can re-ride without going through the line again. The ride ops would not allow us to do this. I think that speaks volumes for that coaster. My assumption is that the ride ops were told not to allow anyone to re-ride. Did anyone else have this kind of experience with SOB ride ops? My wife never got to ride SOB with the loop and she was only moderately impressed with the ride. I tried to explain to her how much cooler the experience was with the loop in. She agreed it probably would have been cooler, but she didn't convince me that she would have loved it that much more.

^No doubt about that. My brother and I had to be evacuated off of Flight Deck on the lift hill once. Not really exciting or anything. I've heard from a few disappointed folks that have been having the same experience at KI this year...much downtime on major rides.

Canada's new coaster is a giga, not another hyper.

I think I'll just wait until next year to make a trip to Cedar Point. This is going to be another great addition. Not sorry to see DT go, I thought it was really boring and felt it only warranted one lap and have been several times since 2000 when I first started going to CP.

Camden floods really badly, so I don't think Wal-Mart is interested.

I got the job and I am working in food. I started Sunday at Boardwalk Cafe and today, I was in the Sugar Shop. Who knows where I'll be on Thursday. I like it a lot! It's just fun to be around all those kids and watching the fun that they are experiencing. It's going to be even better when I finally get to take my family on a trip there. I know my boys will love it.

I think that this will be a great addition to Camden. I am going to apply for a job there tomorrow. Wish me luck!

I really hate this. I rode it for the first time in the same year that Dragster opened and I really liked it. At first, I always walked right past it getting to another coaster and my best friend talked me into riding it. Wound up being just as good as surprise as TTD.

I'm going to call Camden tomorrow and see whether or not they would tell me if there's going to be a new ride installed or not. I'm thinking that they might tell me since generally speaking, they don't really keep secret as to what's going on there like some of your larger parks; i.e. Cedar Point, Kings Island, or any of the Six Flags Parks. I'll post tomorrow whether they give me any information or not. At the very least, they may give me an official date of when they would make an announcement about a new attraction.

I'm not positive about any of this, but here is my opinion. I'm thinking that you should be ok for Diamondback and Firehawk. I know that the requirements to ride those are higher than most of the others, so my thinking is that you should be able to fit. If there is a test seat for Diamondback, you may want to give that a try first. I'm almost positive that there is no test seat for Firehawk. As far as The Beast goes, I've seen some pretty big people ride that one, but I couldn't be sure as to whether or not you could fit. Hope this helps you a little.

Screamscape is also predicting that Cedar Point may be getting a wing coaster for 2013, so my official guess is going to be Cedar Point. Not that I believe what they are saying.

I don't believe there ever was, Gordon. I had heard similar rumor back in the day about a girl who had fallen from The Bat...supposedly. Never saw any news about that one either. Terp, people often forget that way back in the early days of coasters, it was a badge of courage to walk away from certain coasters alive and bruised.

I hope that they do get a new ride. I was not really sure about the removal of the Hot Cat. I have seen in recent years where ridership had really declined on the Ferris Wheel, so that one wasn't really a surprise. The Hot Cat, I had not really noticed whether or not that one had low ridership or not.