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The Crypt: Gone for 2012!


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The reason everyone was so unhappy with it was becuase it was so short only 2 flips and if they made it longer it would be a very popular ride

Do not generalize... ;)

Don't you think that if Cedar Fair could make it much more thrilling, they would have? The ride, sad to say, was on life support in it's last years, and the 9-flip cycle did a couple numbers on the machinery as well. When the ride was Tomb Raider: The Ride, it suffered moisture exposure (something the ride was never meant to be exposed to), causing problems with the machinery.

I loved The Crypt for what it offered, and I didn't expect anything more. The pleasant surprises I found were what made the ride wonderful.

Also, The Crypt would be seen in the public's eyes as a ride that wasted their time, so why would they ride something that wasted their time, even though marketing says otherwise.

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Yep. $20,000,000. Same as Son of Beast. Only Diamondback was a more expensive investment for Kings Island when it debuted in 2009 at $22,000,000.

Makes me kind of sad: $40,000,000- down the tube on what were SUPPOSED to be Paramount's 2 biggest, best rides they ever added to the park. Instead, their best rides they added were Flight of Fear, Drop Tower, and Delirium...at least in my opinion.

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Kings Island also announced on their Twitter feed that, “The Crypt has reached the end of its service life. Will be replaced by an all-new Halloween Haunt experience.” While putting the building to use, short-term at least, as a new Haunt is a good idea, it really is a shame that what was imagined as being such a unique thrill ride concept back in the days of Tomb Raider, lasted less than a decade before being shut down.

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I'm almost 100% positive that the first row from The Crypt was used on Delirium's seats.

I do not believe so. If you take a look at Delirium's seats, they are bracketed and have different backs that fit to the Delirium gondola, the Crypt seats were similar, but different.

There's a member of this site who knows for sure, I'll see if I can get him to rear his head.

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Thank you for clearing this up for me, AZ. That seems pretty cost effective, right? You could, in theory, replace all 50 of Delirium's seats this offseason, and only need to cast 50 new fiberglass seats, with little cost to the park. Although, I have no idea what fiberglass costs these days, so it could be expensive. Plus, you'd have 6 extra seats just in case!

Or you could just keep the same shells and replace the hardware and restraints.

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(From Screamscape)

(7/31/12) We know Kings Island was planning on putting the former Crypt attraction building to use for Halloween Haunt, but according to the latest rumors, we may see the huge indoor space put to use to hold a two or possibly even three level haunted house structure.

Thought this may help...

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(From Screamscape)

(7/31/12) We know Kings Island was planning on putting the former Crypt attraction building to use for Halloween Haunt, but according to the latest rumors, we may see the huge indoor space put to use to hold a two or possibly even three level haunted house structure.

Thought this may help...

I just lol'd

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