arichmann Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 they have now been officially announced on their website. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Noice! For everyone: Character Carousel: Nick-O-Round Charlie Brown Wind Up: Backyardigan's Swing-Along Flying Ace: Runaway Reptar Joe Cool's Dodgem School: Jimmy Neutron's Atom Smashers Kite Eating Tree: Plankton's Plunge Linus' Beetle Bugs: Swiper's Sweepers Linus' Launcher: Danny Phantom's Phantom Fliers PEANUTS 500: Nick Jr. Drivers PEANUTS' Off Road Rally: Go Diego Go Race for Your Life Charlie Brown: Wild Thornberry's River Adventure Sally's Sea Plane: Timmy's Air Tours Snoopy Surf Dog: Avatar Snoopy's Junction: Aventura de Azul Snoopy's Splash Dance: Bikini Bottom Bash Snoopy vs. Red Baron: Blue's Skidoo? The Great Pumpkin Coaster: Little Bill's Giggle Coaster Woodstock Express: Fairly Odd Coaster Woodstock's Whirlybirds: Lazy Town Sportacopters Notice, Fairly Odd Coaster was not renamed The Beastie, and Scooby Doo & The Haunted Castle's replacement has not yet been announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I like em, especially Woodstock's Whirleybirds. But, Snoopy Surf Dog... seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Being an adult, all of those names at least make sense because I didn't grow up with Nickelodeon. Having said that, I feel bad for all the kids that grew up with Nick and Nick Central/Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 OK, I take back the comment I made in the 5 @ 5 topic yesterday, which is suddenly no longer in that topic... I think that's the first time I've ever had a post of mine deleted! I must have p***ed someone off. Actually, upon further review, the posts that I was complaining about seem to have been deleted too, making mine no longer needed. I like the names, I'll have to tell GatorGirl what they are tonight. She's been looking forward to them as much as I have. I actually tortured her a little bit over this past weekend by showing her the picture of Snoopy out in the snow in the parking lot. She loved it! Still no name for SD&THC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I like the Logos more then the Names I grew up with Nickelodeon and hate it, I'm more then happy to get familiar with Peanuts, and Planet Snoopy is looking epic. I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyMan98 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 The only one I hate is Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. How does that have to do with a wilderness adventure?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsktgrvy Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 The only one I hate is Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. How does that have to do with a wilderness adventure?? It fits well, actually. It was a movie of the same name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_for_Your_Life,_Charlie_Brownwiki page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 The only one I hate is Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. How does that have to do with a wilderness adventure?? I'm guessing you never saw the Peanuts special titled "Race For Your Life Charlie Brown." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyMan98 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 What is the show about......the only Peanuts ones I have seen are all the holiday ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 What is the show about......the only Peanuts ones I have seen are all the holiday ones. The gang goes to a camp and they all build rafts and race down the river. That's it in a nutshell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yet it's still 3 times better then a Nick Movie with a plot Twice as complex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 It will be interesting to see if the current water features on RFYLCB (the coconuts, the jaguar, etc) will be replaced or just removed. PS! I think I may have been the first to use the abbreviation that it will doubtlessly come to be known by!!! Happy days!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I wish there weren't so many character repeats...why not have Pigpen, Lucy, Marcy, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder? The plus side is I couldn't really be anymore dissapointed than I already am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB_TOM Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I am still not sold on this Snoopy thing. I think the folks at KI (and Cedar Fair) need to go back and rethink their investment in Snoopy. I think that many kids will not recognize Snoopy and will not take to the theme. The rides, they will, but again, I think the theming is not set for kids, it is set for adults to relive their childhood with Snoopy. BTW, definitely feel that these ride names need to be reworked. Not happy with them, and wish I had a fix to how generic they sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I will add that I AM happy that The Great Pumpkin ended up as a ride name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 i like them all but snoopy surf dog, but i guess it does kind of fit it. i'm guessing snoopy will be in a pose similar to this: snoopy surfing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakota2112 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I think the theming is not set for kids, it is set for adults to relive their childhood with Snoopy. I agree. Perhaps that will help parents to get their kids interested in the Peanuts eventually... but right now, I'd bet money that the parents will be much more in tune with the new theme than the kids will be. I never cared for the Peanuts when I was a kid, so I'll be just as lost as my son Actually this could be a genius marketing move... after all, the parents are the ones with money to spend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback96 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I still don't get why our FoC couldn't be turned back into The Beastie. Is it really that hard to change the logo for Ghoster Coaster at CanW to say The Beastie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I still don't get why our FoC couldn't be turned back into The Beastie. Is it really that hard to change the logo for Ghoster Coaster at CanW to say The Beastie? No, it isn't that hard. But if you ask me, it's just another instance of Cedar Fair seeing what folks want, but not taking the extra time to do it. It surely won't cost any more money to make a Beastie sign than it takes to make a Woodstock Express sign... But it's just "too much" to do that, I guess? Their big thing is "turning the park back to the way it used to be." If by that they meant that they removed "Paramount's" from the name, then they were right! If they implied that they would do anything beyond that, they were not telling the truth. If you ask me, it would've made more sense to unify all the Cedar Fair parks under Hanna-Barbera than under Snoopy. But one license needed renewed and one didn't... Cedar Point folks are not as connected to Snoopy as we all are of Hanna-Barbera... Just sayin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cort Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Simply Generic.... Where else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 In Cedar Fair's defense (what am I saying?!) what would anyone here have named them that would be "less generic"? I don't know what could make them any better (or worse, really...). They're named exactly what I'd guess they'd be named for the most part. Was "Danny Phantom's Phantom Fliers" un-generic? Or "Timmy's Air Tours?" If so, how is it any less generic than "Sally's Sea Plane"? Flight Deck? Generic. Boo Blasters on Boo Hill? Generic. Drop Tower? Generic. But I wouldn't call most of the Planet Snoopy names generic. Just... simple. The same way that Nickelodeon Universe and Hanna-Barbera Land were simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomkatt7 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 About The Beastie/Woodstock naming. My guess would be that they did not see a reason to pay for licensing, and then use a name that they didn't have to pay for (Beastie). You can bet, if I have to pay for something, I will milk it for all it's worth! Like the guy in the McDonalds commercial that digs up the whole sidewalk because he paid to rent the jackhammer all day. "Just gettin' my money's worth" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 You know the ride names and logos all look and sound very nice to me. I am quite pleassed with how this has turned out so far. Now the true test is the resulting look of Planet Snoopy. Will there just be new paint or will the signage and decorations of Snoopy and the gang fill the area? That is the true question in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyMan98 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I wish there weren't so many character repeats...why not have Pigpen, Lucy, Marcy, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder? The plus side is I couldn't really be anymore dissapointed than I already am. Exactly! Mainly the only characters named are Snoopy and Charlie Brown. At least have a little more. Maybe it's because many kids don't know anybody else's names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCryptRaider Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Honestly, the names are okay, but some of them are straight up corny... But what can we expect from the people who created the oh-so-original names Flight Deck, Drop Tower, and Invertigo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAHill Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I'll be perfectly honest. While I do enjoy most of the names (save for SSD), I will admit the overuse of some of the character names are a little too repetitious. It's a little strange, but I think most of the names are already growing on me. I'll have to study and memorize these new acronyms for the ride names, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I like the new names. And I have to add I'm VERY VERY HAPPY that The Great Pumpkin will be used as a theme! What about SDATHC? Boo Blasters in Boo Castle anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH13TEEN Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Honestly, the names are okay, but some of them are straight up corny... But what can we expect from the people who created the oh-so-original names Flight Deck, Drop Tower, and Invertigo. Paramount came up with Invertigo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 actually vekoma came up with Invertigo, that's what the model Invertigo is, is called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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