peteytherocker Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 ^ Nice. So all these names seem like someone got bored while playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. The Paramount names were interesting or at least cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaCeR Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Isnt this old news.I thoyght somone had posted this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 ^ 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_star Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 ^ 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Italian Job........Red Barchetta Love it. --DiSab, a die-hard Rush fan for the last 10... months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Butcher Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 (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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianchef Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Good move, Canada! We are doing the same here in the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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