KIghostguy

Without exact figures, we may never know for certain. For the record, the full quote is, "Kings Island, of course, we felt had tremendous potential and that ride [Diamondback] certainly gave it, I don’t know if it was a record year, but gave it [Kings Island] an excellent year."

Dick Kinzel said that 2009 was an “excellent” year for Kings Island in terms of attendance.

There's a nice photo of it here. It was a Paramount casualty; I believe it was ripped out in the mid-90's along with the bridge over the pond in Oktoberfest.

The folded maps are back? Hallelujah!!

I know he’s acting like it’s some secret, but you can see everything he’s writing about on the 3-26 drone video.

Due to the coronavirus, the publisher will not be able to begin editing until June.

I don’t believe so. None of the publisher’s other books look to be on it. But it will be on Amazon for certain and possibly at the park.

Yes, it will be available in both hard and electronic copies.

Buying the book electronically (i.e. a Kindle edition). I hope you enjoy the book and I can't wait for everyone to read it. It's a longer wait but it will be worth it.

I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Unfortunately, Kings Island: A Ride Through Time will be delayed. It will be out this summer instead of early May as originally anticipated.

The ship is still brown in that photo. I’m guessing the paint job will be similar to Ocean Motion with the brown ship and white supports.

No staff at the parks until April 5. I don’t even know if Orion will open with the rest of the park if it opens mid-May. I don’t think it’s been certified by the state and from the drone videos a week ago there’s still much to be done in terms of site development.

I have had liberal and conservative friends refer to various topics as “fake news.” It has no significance in regards to political spectrum. I think it was an attempt to be funny/sound relevant, nothing deeper than that.

I’m surprised this is the only video to leak out so far, and that it took this long! I hope we see more soon.

I can see Orion from my house and that’s what it looks like every day around late afternoon/evening. The sunlight hits the rail and metal catwalk, causing that reflection. I’ll be honest, I can’t see anything different in the video or “lit/unlit” images other than the way the sun is hitting the track and catwalk.

If this counts as a giga, Moonsault Scramble was the first hyper and Superman: Escape From Krypton was the first strata.

Thank you, I hope you enjoy reading it!

It’s not an either/or situation. It’s clearly dark blue.

Yes, that's me...and I stand by my statement.

I think people will be very happy with the final light package!

Check the date in the upper left hand corner--August 27, 2013.

You're about a week late on that.

Another drone video has been put up by the same channel of Orion testing.

I'm happy to see they kept Jane Cooper's initials on Flight of Fear. Also, it looks like they are beginning to inflict the "damage" to the area and Flight of Fear hangar like in the trailer. I'm most curious on where the entrance sign will go. There doesn't look to be a clear/obvious spot to put it.

Not sure what you’re trying to say—everything you have written was already said in the blueprints. Also, you have the Orion entrance building marked as the food stand. The food stand is a new build where the hillside was.