When and if we meet at Kings Island, I am getting you on the Red Racer. Period.

I'll be too busy making my CP friends severely jealous of my Diamondback ride count.

There is absolutely nothing mentioned about recaR in the Plaque Text. The Landmark Status was given because it sparked the Second Golden Age of Roller Coasters.

Actually it does say something about recaR. "On May 18, 1982, it became the first racing coaster to ever run trains backwards on one of its tracks."

i bet it will be flight suits for associates at flight deck again!

I don't care much about plaques, all I know is the funnest times I ever had on a wooden roller coaster was on the recar, a ride I have ridden more than any other ride in my life.

The Paramount Story, Hanging Gardens, does sound quite reasonable as being refurnished somewhat.

Im thinking it may have something to do with Paramount story. That area hasnt had anything done to it yet. I think it would be great to see a history walk or something there. Showing the history by year and that would give them something to do with Trains and stuff from the old rides. Idk just though it be cool

that would be neat....especially if they put one of the cars from The Bat in there...but sadly, imo I dont think this will happen

^I bet those trains are long gone, now the footers on the otherhand.........

true very true..all they would have to do is go over to Vortex and dig one out lol

^I bet those trains are long gone, now the footers on the otherhand.........

Shouldn't that be the footings, on the other foot?

^ lol...you just had to say that didnt you?

When an opportunity is at hand, so to speak, I usually take a stab at it!

Terpy, who notes that even visually impaired pigs get a few truffles

i just thought of something, could it be that congo falls is being changed back to amazon falls?

I knew you would take a stab at this one soon lol...it would also help if i was better at editing my own posts too lol..that is my down side, like many ppl, i cant proof read my stuff and catch everything cause I will end up seeing what ever im talking about in the post and it still not really be there

When and if we meet at Kings Island, I am getting you on the Red Racer. Period.

I'll be too busy making my CP friends severely jealous of my Diamondback ride count.

My my are you missing out. I pitty you.

My my are you missing out. I pity you.

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I plan on going to at least four new parks this year, riding Diamondback, and experiencing everything CP and KI has to offer.

I ride what I like. Forward Racer doesn't do it for me.. I'm not missing out on anything.

My bet is placed on the new Paramount Story replacement. I bet they could put a Phantom Theater car in there too and maybe an animatronic.

Well, maybe they are going to finally paint poor ole Flight Deck. It could sure use a new paint job. The remake on the Paramount Story is another interesting thought too.

Just to clarify -- since the name conversion last year, the area formerly known as the Paramount Story has been renamed Tower Gardens. This changes was not reflected in the 2008 park map.

I didn`t even think of The Beast paw prints. But now that you mention it, that would add a classic element back to the park, and cost a trivial amount of money (albeit more than a few nickels). Not to mention that this is The Beast will be 30 years old this year, and still the longest wooden roller coaster in the world after all these years!

yeah, true, and they have discussed something about The Beast Entrance because some guests can't always find it easily

I am guilty of not being able to find The Beast's entrance. Along with Vortex's entrance, The Beast's former entrance wasn't that well marked.

Just to clarify -- since the name conversion last year, the area formerly known as the Paramount Story has been renamed Tower Gardens. This changes was not reflected in the 2008 park map.

I'm ashamed to admit, I had no clue. Thanks for posting that info!

do you know if they're doing anything with that area or just leaving it as a garden. id like to see them do a little something more. not a whole lot or anything but...you know...just a little something something. not gonna lie i miss the paramount story...i always enjoyed walking through and looking at all the stuff back there

If its officially named tower gardens I'd like to see a little more actual garden type of plants back there then.

see they could almost do like what other people have been saying and put old parts to rides and such and play it off as a memorial garded OR....just make it just a flat out really pretty garden...either would be neat

I think what could be returning is the pond by The Beast entrance, with the running water and everything! I think this, along with the paw prints would bring The Beast back to how it was before. And since it's The Beast's 30th anniversary and they said they would be bringing something back this sounds like the perfect fit!

G-Force, sending in his two cents...

Ialong with the paw prints would bring The Beast back to how it was before.

They could make snake prints (if there is such thing) along with that too!

First time I rode The Beast (95 I believe) - I also believe they had foot prints then, but perhaps not. My wife and I were standing in a huge line, way out of the queue and into the park proper. Some late teens in front of us were eating ice cream cones, for one of them the ice cream fell out and hit the asphalt. It was a HOT day, the ice cream was already soft, and the kid picks it up and starts eating it. Thinking of thousands of shoes, the somehat sticky asphalt, ewwww!!!!!

I rode The Racer backwards back then, I wasn't impressed, it just seemed to hurt if memory serves. It was awhile ago, and did NOT hurt anything like King Cobra did. This past year we returned to KI - The Racer ended up being one of my favorite rides - the front seat was great. Of course I'm a sucker for Gemini too!!!

The Beast paw prints have come and gone numerous times over the years. Last time they had them was in 2004, I believe. But those "prints" were not unique to Beast alone.

I expect most of you are too young to recall that Top Gun (errr... Flight Deck), Beastie (errrr... Fairly Odd), Outer Limits (err... Flight of Fear) and Vortex (errr... Vortex) all once had "prints" leading to them.

Shaggy

What was FOF prints? Space ships? lol

The Beast paw prints have come and gone numerous times over the years. Last time they had them was in 2004, I believe. But those "prints" were not unique to Beast alone.

I expect most of you are too young to recall that Top Gun (errr... Flight Deck), Beastie (errrr... Fairly Odd), Outer Limits (err... Flight of Fear) and Vortex (errr... Vortex) all once had "prints" leading to them.

Shaggy

I don't remember some of those. I've been riding FOF since 1996 but don't remember any kind of prints or even any very good signage (except for the sign at the base of Racer's hill) leading to FOF. I seem to remember something leading to Vortex but don't remember what. Same with Beastie.