pkifootballer Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 does anybody have any photos of top gun when it first opened? i was walking through there yesterday and was curious of what it onced looked like when it opened. i have heard when it opened the park spent alot of money on the themeing and was wondering if anyone had any photos. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCryptRaider Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I was kinda wanting to see it too. But this is in the wrong section, be careful where you put threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I miss the old billboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 These are the only pictures of the theme I could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback FOF Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Those are old. Those have been taken in the last few years... I think. Great Wolf Lodge is standing already, so they're only from a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I think I may have found some pics..let me see if they are any good and I will share them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 NOTE I DID NOT TAKE THESE PICTURES MYSELF nor do I want credit for them this is what I can find for now...maybe if I search a little bit more on the internet though, I will find something else.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback FOF Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wow, I sorta like that color scheme. I also like how there are more trees and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 same here, I have been trying to find some pics of the old line where you go under the station that they dont use anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 NOTE I DID NOT TAKE THESE PICTURES MYSELF nor do I want credit for them this is what I can find for now...maybe if I search a little bit more on the internet though, I will find something else.. I do not remember the track being red? HUM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yeah, I don't think that is our Top Gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSoB Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I'm not sure of the years but Top Gun was previously a red color for a few years... If you look in the station and some other parts of the ride you can see it coming through. This is of course also along with the rust and the fading grey that covered up the red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Actually it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Also look at these: http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3505 http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3506 http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 WOW! I guess I was wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofywdw Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 ^Actually I think it is. EDIT: (Ooops I was outposted by a few seconds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 yep believe it or not this is really our top gun when it had its first paint on it...ir really was read and suprisingly i can remember some of it...and yes you can still see at some parts of track that it was red before, when in the station, go to the front car line and look after the train has gone up the lift hill...there is a small and i mean small sliver of red pain on the track just a little bit before the lift hill starts...there are only small specks of red left on the track and you actually have to know what to look for but when you know what your looking for you can always spot it out. the track was only red for like 2 or 3 years if i remember right...it wasnt red for that long for some reason...i guess it faded, and i actually remember it being just a lighter color of red than in that pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofywdw Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 You can also see a good deal of the red near the rear of the station as well. I really wish FD would have received a new paint job rather than Vortex. I still love you Vortex, but Flight Deck stole my heart first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 yeah i agree, it really needs some TLC and new paint severely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoeter Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I also agree that Flight Deck needs a new paint job. Even if Kings Island is planning on keeping an industrial steel look- at least clean up the rust to make it look better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 they need to do something with it...dont know what but something needs done...even if its something little but still...it needs quite a bit of tlc i would hate to just have to watch the thing rot over time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I think they need to bring the red track back. It looked very nice that way. I wonder why they painted it in a different color from the original. I am guessing the red was the original color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Im still dreamin. Bye-bye Flight Deck, Hello B&M invert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkifootballer Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 Im still dreamin. Bye-bye Flight Deck, Hello B&M invert. ha yeah that would be nice... it just makes me so curious to wonder what they actually had for the themeing when top gun first opened. i heard rumors of fog and special lighting under the station where the line went back into. idk it seems like the ride would be alot better if they kept all of their theming to the ride or at least tried to keep as much as they can without the top gun name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Im still dreamin. Bye-bye Flight Deck, Hello B&M invert. I hope you are not dreaming about getting more B&M coasters! Who says you cant have more than 3 inverts in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkifootballer Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 haha the more coasters the btter. thats what i always say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor75 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Im still dreamin. Bye-bye Flight Deck, Hello B&M invert. ha yeah that would be nice... it just makes me so curious to wonder what they actually had for the theming when top gun first opened. i heard rumors of fog and special lighting under the station where the line went back into. idk it seems like the ride would be alot better if they kept all of their theming to the ride or at least tried to keep as much as they can without the top gun name. Yep they are all true, it was kind of made to look as if you were walking through the decks of an aircraft carrier. I believe they even had a small R.A.D.A.R. screen and some missiles in the underside of the queue area. That is if my memory serves me correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofywdw Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Im still dreamin. Bye-bye Flight Deck, Hello B&M invert. And throw down another 20 million? And create another ride that not all of the family can enjoy? Why not just give Flight Deck some TLC. I love B&M inverts, so powerful an intense. But the park is not in a position, especially after Diamondback, to construct a brand new B&M. I would love to see B&M try to work with that terrain though. Something like Nemesis would be fun but that is just me dreaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast79 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 B&M Inverts are fun but Flight Deck is a classic. I would like to see them bring back the old colors and theme. I loved the walkway under the station and the fog in the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I would love to see B&M try to work with that terrain though. Something like Nemesis would be fun but that is just me dreaming. Ooooooo................. Jackson, who's off to Roller Coaster Tycoon 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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