Honorarius Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 18 hours ago, MaestroJr said: While in line for Mystic Timbers, someone behind me claimed that Top Gun was torn down and replaced with Mystic Timbers. I wanted to tell her that Top Gun is still very much in operation but now know as The Bat, but I just thought nah. Smart move... When people 'know' things, nothing you can do or say will convince them otherwise... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 I'm in line for Diamondback now and I just heard a lady say that the park originally planned to remove Vortex in order to build WindSeeker. 1. WindSeeker does not need that much land, and 2. I am so glad that removing Vortex was never a part of the plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 To be fair, WindSeeker, I believe was originally going to be placed to the right of it's current location (if you're looking at it walking down the midway toward it) behind Vortex's station drop. So the gal wasn't too far off. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xdog42 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, chugh43 said: To be fair, WindSeeker, I believe was originally going to be placed to the right of it's current location (if you're looking at it walking down the midway toward it) behind Vortex's station drop. So the gal wasn't too far off. Interesting, Never knew that. Thanks for teaching me something new chugh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 1 hour ago, chugh43 said: To be fair, WindSeeker, I believe was originally going to be placed to the right of it's current location (if you're looking at it walking down the midway toward it) behind Vortex's station drop. So the gal wasn't too far off. I never knew that either! One really does learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRickster Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 We really need something where Flight Commander used to be... I think parks of this size don't really have a marketable high capacity ride that would fit there. WindSeeker would have been to large, and a lot of the smaller flats really wouldn't get anything out of the investment unless they are part of like a kids area retheme/addition. I'm willing to bet we will see something back there whenever Vortex has given it's last ride. I'm also surprised they took out Action FX theater, but I guess it was causing a bit of a headache for maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Well, it's not like you have to use what's already constructed there. That's plenty of room for a decent size flat. Look how big Flight Commander was in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRickster Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, silver2005 said: Well, it's not like you have to use what's already constructed there. That's plenty of room for a decent size flat. Look how big Flight Commander was in the first place. They could, I also think a lot of parks are scared of the newer flats as far as reliability goes. I've been out of the loop for awhile though, I was surprised to find out that so many Huss giants have already been being removed from parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 ^SIX is building Larson Loops left and right, FUN did the WindSeekers, Canada's Wonderland got Soaring Timbers this year, and there's probably more I'm not thinking of. Point being- the big parks, including the chain parks, still build big flats. HUSS rides, particularly the giant stuff like the Giant Frisbees and Top Spins, have proven a bit unreliable. However, there are other manufactures outside HUSS. Mondial, despite the hardships with the WindSeekers, seem to be on the uptick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorarius Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Do not wish upon yourself the mediocrity of Soaring Timbers... Going to be a LOT of 'Boring Timbers' jokes made... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Doesn't even need to be a big flat. I think Coney Mall is begging for something like a tilt-a-whirl on Flight Commander's pad. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdrummer Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I still think a Screamin' Swing would work well in that spot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRickster Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 11 hours ago, Magenta Lizard said: Doesn't even need to be a big flat. I think Coney Mall is begging for something like a tilt-a-whirl on Flight Commander's pad. The problem is you can't really just market a tilt a whirl. They would want something with an obvious return on investment, and a simple small flat isn't going to help that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'd like to see a Super Round Up in that spot, if anyone even still makes thoseSent from my LG-H820 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Earlier today, I saw a guest enter the parking lot while brushing their teeth. In their car. While pulling into an amusement park parking lot. And driving. I have so many questions. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOULLBEBACK Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 13 hours ago, TombRaiderFTW said: Earlier today, I saw a guest enter the parking lot while brushing their teeth. In their car. While pulling into an amusement park parking lot. And driving. I have so many questions. I worked parking lot security for a year (back when they hired people to attempt to direct traffic). People do very, very strange things:) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 "I thought Mystic Timbers was just a cheap renovation of The Beast and was not anything new! Wow!" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Last week I met a guest who was convinced Kings Island had had an observation tower (the kind with a rotating cabin) at one point. Now when I think of it, maybe he was thinking of the late Space Spiral at Cedar Point. Maybe. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlitfire Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 When I first came out of the park after riding Mystic Timbers for the first time in June, I heard a mother tell her son that the ride in question was not Misty September (or something like that), but that it was called Mystic Timbers. I think I got a smile out of that one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodOldJR Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It really bothers me that the area around Vortex and WindSeeker is so barren. Both of those are big draws and can get lines on crowded days. Adding something to Flight Commanders old footprint could help ease the lines on other rides. It doesn't have to be anything big and groundbreaking, I hear locals and tourists complain about the lack of moderate rides. I really think it stems from moving away from the "Old Coney" days. I got another one saying that Vortex is sinking and that is why it was closed during the storms yesterday. I found this particularly funny this time as just about everything was shut down for the lightning. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 WindSeeker's placement is a disaster! Not sure what they'd do back there, it's already a mess. I wish they would've put more thought into where they should place that thing. Even if they wanted to do something with the old Action Theater building, I'm not sure how they'd get guests back there easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I've never found WindSeeker's placement a disaster, nowhere in the park really fits other than Coney Mall, also it "ends" that midway with something cool to look at. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Voicetek said: WindSeeker's placement is a disaster! Not sure what they'd do back there, it's already a mess. I wish they would've put more thought into where they should place that thing. Even if they wanted to do something with the old Action Theater building, I'm not sure how they'd get guests back there easily. The same way they get people back there for Urgent Scare at Haunt? It's not an ideally situated path, but probably better than The Bat's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 ^True. I just think it feels a little too crowded back there. Perhaps my original description of "disaster" was a little overkill. I just feel like things get a little too cramped back there and could have been laid out a little better maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoman Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I was told that WindSeeker was originally supposed to go behind Vortex's lift hill. Something about the soil or the land not being suitable was why it had to go in its current spot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 36 minutes ago, pianoman said: I was told that WindSeeker was originally supposed to go behind Vortex's lift hill. Something about the soil or the land not being suitable was why it had to go in its current spot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 As we returned to the station on a ride with the ride operator asked how was that ride. A guest replies with screaming F word you at the top of his lungs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 In one and half seasons and at least a dozen trips we have not been on KI's WindSeeker once. Every time we are back there it has been down. Every time. Slightly better luck at CP and have been on it only 3 times. We have had 3 times as many rides on TTD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdeq Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Every shift at Mystic, I will always be asked "Is this a water ride?" and " Is this the Mystic Rivers?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoman Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 My cousin told me that the original Bat at KI was recycled by Cedar Point and became Iron Dragon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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