Coaster Kid Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Ok so I am starting my show The Coaster Report this saturday but I have brain block. I need help to choose a ride to talk about. I dont want to do DB until about 5 episodes. So can anyone help me figure out a ride to do? oh yea and if you want to be in it come to KI on friday this week and send me a message on KICentrel so I know your coming . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 How 'bout Adventure Express? It's an underrated coaster. You could highlight its many surprises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Kid Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thats a good idea I will be doing alot of background things about it if I can find stuff about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 You're right by looking into doing things besides Diamondback. Let's face it, the ride is spectacular, but if I have to hear another podcast about how it's the tallest ride in the park, has great air time, is the B&M the park has needed for year etc etc etc one more time I'm going to go ballistic!! Many of the rides at Kings Island have a HUGE historical significance that many people can recite, but very few (especially the younger ones) can understand. The Beast Yeah, The Beast is talked about a lot, but I don't think people understand how huge this was when it debuted in 1979. New stations from all around the world would have Kings Island's phone ringing off the hook looking for the latest updates in the construction. Things that big simply weren't built like that at the time. The Grand Carousel Built in 1926... 1926!!! That's older than most of my grand parents! Now that companies like Chance make carousels a dime a dozen out of fiberglass it's hard to picture what a work of art Kings Island's Grand Carousel is. Each horse was hand crafted by Italian designers. In one of the many floods that Coney had, the horses were swept down stream and were retrieved as far away as Memphis,TN! Maintenance is a constant thing with the Carousel. There's always one horse that is being refinished and repainted. This is done in the sign shop. Fun Fact: Recently during the rehab of a horse, a ticket fell out of a horse. What was this ticket? It was a ride admission ticket from Coney Island! This decades-old ticket survived flood, transport, dozens of paint jobs and countless riders and ended up on the floor of the sign shop at Kings Island. Just think - that ticket could have been dropped by your grandmother on her first date with your grandfather! The Racer Yeah yeah... "Sparked the second golden age for roller coasters" but what does that mean? That is something that most youngins' can recite, but really don't have the capacity to really appreciate... even I'm guilty of this. Flashback to 1972. If you look at the history books, many amusement parks were meeting their end during this decade. American interest in amusement parks in general was weaning. That was, of course, until a park that was nothing more than a concept at the time announced that it would build the longest out-and-back racing coasters in the world. This garnered incredible media attention and put Kings Island on the map. This made building coasters not only more attractive, but a necessity for having a "talked about" park. You can attribute the building of The Racer for being indirectly responsible for everything from The Beast to Top Thrill Dragster! Fun Fact: John Allen, arguably the greatest coaster designer to ever live, designed The Racer. I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Rebbie, President and CEO of Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters Inc, in 2004 and I asked him if he had ever met Allen. His response was priceless, it was something like, "Oh, I met him several times. One time I asked him if he ever intended to design any steel coasters and he responded, 'You have to check the welds on both sides in order to make sure it's a good weld when you're building a steel coaster. That's the only way you can make sure it's really safe... and I don't know a son of a ______ that's small enough to climb inside the steel tubing of the track to take a look for himself.' Obviously with advancements in technology you can check it from both sides now, but that's why you never saw a steel from Allen." Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad It was built in 1972 and is model off of the Civil War-era locomotive The General. The actual General now resides in the Kennesaw Civil War Museum in Kennsaw, GA. Live Shows and Entertainment Why not talk about how going to a show at Kings Island is in some cases like going to an AAA baseball game or an AHL hockey game? Stars such as Carmen Electra, Susan Kay Johnson (Miss Ohio, 1987) and Susan Perkins (Miss America, 1978) can trace their humble beginnings back to being show performers at Kings Island. Check out Kings Island's Media Center for more story ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvo Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Viking Fury FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Kid Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Im just making this clear that this Series will be on Youtube becasue i have no idea how to do a podcast. And im still open for a guest apperance form KICentrel. Hey if this gets kicked off pretty well maybe we could start putting it on the KICentrel youtube channel. That would be aawsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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