CANADAS WONDERLAND RENAMES ALL PARAMOUNT THEMED RIDES

[peteytherocker]

Are you guys for these new names

http://canadaswonderland.com/attractions/c...ry.cfm?ac_id=23

FORMER NAME......NEW NAME

Top Gun...............Flight Deck

Italian Job............Backlot Stunt Track

Cliffhanger...........Riptide

Tomb Raider.........Time Warp

Drop Zone...........Drop Tower

Only these smileys can describe how weired out i am by these awful names

but i got to admit riptide and time warp are good ideas

[teenageninja]

I'm not sure what the real surprise here is, 3 of the 5 rides mentioned, we have and were renamed to the same thing. Time Warp and Riptide are names they already have used/use currently.

[Thrill_Biscuit]

Seems generic that they're naming the rides pretty much the same thing as KI. It's Canada, so maybe they could add some Canadian flavor to the ride names:

Top Gun..........Take Off, Eh

Italian Job........Red Barchetta

Drop Zone........CN Tower, Jr.

Eesh. I'm too tired for this.

[iChase]

^ Nice.

So all these names seem like someone got bored while playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. The Paramount names were interesting or at least cool.

[RaCeR]

Isnt this old news.I thoyght somone had posted this before?

[The Interpreter]

Isnt this old news.I thoyght somone had posted this before?

No and yes. MOST of the names had been posted before:

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=Wonderland

Others, as you can see, had not....

[KIBeast]

^ Nice.

So all these names seem like someone got bored while playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. The Paramount names were interesting or at least cool.

I agree and disagree. Some names were pretty cool, others were kinda cool, but named after crappy Paramount movies.

[iChase]

True true. I do have to say Face/Off the movie may have sucked but the name applied to the ride (not saying the ride sucks, saying the specific scenario).

I was thinking today, I kind of miss the movie and TV feel of having Paramount in the park. I think Cedar Fair will do wonders but I just miss the movie integration. Now, if only the movies were good.....

[art_star]

I miss the integration to an extent. I liked some of it, especially Tomb Raider. Sometimes they could give you a feeling of adventure as if you were actually in the film. But I wish they would have left the atmosphere of some parts of the park alone. The Bier Gardens. The Antique Cars.

Being raised on Paramount's Kings Island myself, I will miss the movie characters that used to walk around, hearing the Addams Family theme and the Beetlejuice theme while sitting on International Street. Watching Star Trek in the Festhaus.

[iChase]

I have to say I hate IJST, or at least where they put it. Antique Cars was a great classic ride and that area of the park was perfectly tranquil. I could have been fine if they had put it in Action Zone. I think atmosphere is a huge part of KI, that's what bugs me about the POSSIBILITY of getting a coaster on top of swan lake.

[Thrill_Biscuit]

^ I agree. I'd hate to see Swan Lake go, coaster or no coaster. Green space and ponds are very good for amusement parks, especially KI.

[DiSab]

Italian Job........Red Barchetta

Love it.

--DiSab, a die-hard Rush fan for the last 10... months.

[Cory Butcher]

I have no problem with any of the owners that have ran Kings Island or how they did run the park. You may call me naive...(Someone doubtlessly will after I post...just do it tastefully!)

I firmly believe that all things happen for a reason, and that everything that happens, builds on what happened before it.

Example: Shows had to leave, before they could come back! (Yes, I know they shouldn't have left to begin with, but they did!)

And, that's my take.

[iChase]

Wow, you are really naïve.

Sorry, had to.

I can see what you're saying, I just hate to see more concrete vs. grass and beauty.

[The Interpreter]

(Another believer in the invisible hand guiding the free market...As for me, I could have done without the entire Premier Parks era over at Gary Story-land....and the jury is still out on how the Cedar Fair era will change the former Paramount Parks...)

[italianchef]

Good move, Canada! We are doing the same here in the United States.