HTCO Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Can't wait to see this all clean and shiny when it's finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Track is finished, now just time for the pink supports to be blue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 hopefully a differing shade of blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 The park has tweeted the supports will be royal blue, the track aqua. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thekidwholives Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 i was actually on King's Island facebook page, and I saw someone had posted some pictures of the Invertigo itself, the track is already painted, but not the supports. anyone else excited as i am? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thekidwholives Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 oh oh oh, and I will bet everyone here, that with this new paint job, comes a lot more people, which means longer lines, and less amount of time to ride other rides D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 oh oh oh, and I will bet everyone here, that with this new paint job, comes a lot more people, which means longer lines, and less amount of time to ride other rides D: You will be correct. It is actually a wonderful marketing ploy, even the smallest change can have big affects. The re-release of movies in 3D, or phones that are updated in different color skins, or in this case the change of a color scheme on a coaster. While the original product has not been changed, people tend to be attracted to anything that appears 'new'. So I would not be surprised to see Invertigo having an increase in ridership this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I wonder, new paint job mean could be up for sale? I like the ride but it has been around awhile and such a short ride experience. Maybe ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBOB Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I wonder, new paint job mean could be up for sale? I like the ride but it has been around awhile and such a short ride experience. Maybe ???? I highly doubt that. Although King Cobra had been painted before it was dismantled, it had its own reasoning behind it in the form of inferior steel (plus, maybe a few possible other reasons). Just because a coaster has recieved a fresh coat of paint doesn't mean anything spectacular is going to happen to said coaster. Like many have said, good paint is important in the same sense as someone with very sensitive skin wearing new layers of sunscreen at the beach. Anything is possible though. I'm just waiting on the inevitable rumors spread by guests that Invertigo had been removed and replaced by an updated model, despite all the information and pictures posted by Don on Facebook....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 ^^ I think that's reaching a little far, though I suppose it's not impossible. Sometimes a paint job just means new paint, guys. Let's appreciate the fact that, in the past two years, KI's addressed two paint jobs that used to be some of our biggest complaints about KI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thekidwholives Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 noooooo, i hope the lines arent to long, i wanted to ride it really bad D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhimes90 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I passed Ki today and took a picture of Invertigo. They have started to paint the main supports. It looks pretty awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Looks like a Delirium color of supports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks everyone for posting these updating photos, as there not updating it every day on Facebook. It's looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 They are, however, updating it, as this was posted a short bit ago: Painters spent today putting the finishing touches on the new aqua-colored track on the Invertigo roller coaster. Painting of the supports to royal blue also began this afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150799888078368&set=a.226729858367.174830.155893938367&type=1&theater I do say, I like the light blue/red combo that it has at the moment, it reminds me of Serial Thriller and is very striking. I'm sure the light blue on dark blue will look much more calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Agreed that I wouldn't mind if they just touched up the red. The blue-on-blue seems awkward to me. Even if the supports were more purple it would look good, but just based off of pictures of the completed Stinger, it looks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.S.Coasters Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 ^Those were edited shots of Invertigo, the track is nothing like that. Here are a few closer (zoomed in) shots I took 2 days ago. Full album- Invertigo 2012 pictures by Kaboda317 - Photobucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I know. I'm saying I prefer the photoshopped image that made it appear more blue-green track and violet supports. The reality is light blue and dark blue, which I find far less compelling based on imagines like: By the way, Dorney Park's slogan for their new Stinger? "Scream your Face Off." http://www.dorneypark.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.S.Coasters Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm sure that will confuse a lot of people, which was a pretty stupid move especially since it hasn't been called Face Off in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 That's the slogan for Stinger at Dorney Park, not Invertigo at Kings Island. Probably 90% of the patrons of Dorney Park won't even known it's an old ride from a park in California, and those who do won't care much about the slogan since it was called "Invertigo" from its opening day at Paramount's Great America. Only Kings Island's was called "FACE/OFF." Invertigo opens at Paramount's Great Amerca (1998) -----> moved to Dorney Park / repainted / renamed Stinger (2012) FACE/OFF opens at Paramount's Kings Island (1999) -----> renamed Invertigo (2008) ------> repainted (2012) I wouldn't be surprised if they renamed our Invertigo to Stinger, as well. All it would take is one additional sign being made. The park map is already being changed anyway to reflect the new colors, so a new label would be simple. Then, just like that, the ride would have an all-new identity. Wouldn't necessarily match Action Zone, but I don't think that's a priority (or at least, it wasn't under the old regime). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 That's actually funny, that what Kings Island said about Face/Off when it opened in '99. Scream your face off on Face/Off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thinking outside the box here...but IF (as some here have speculated) Action Zone is due for a re-theme/makeover the Stinger name could fit theme wise with Congo Falls if some sort of new jungle themed area were to be created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 That's actually funny, that what Kings Island said about Face/Off when it opened in '99. Scream your face off on Face/Off. While at Kentucky Kingdom the then Twisted Sisters were marketed: Face your fears head on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thinking outside the box here...but IF (as some here have speculated) Action Zone is due for a re-theme/makeover the Stinger name could fit theme wise with Congo Falls if some sort of new jungle themed area were to be created. Prior to 1999, that area did have a jungle theme. Congo Falls is what remains of it, and Adventure Express was annexed to the Oktoberfest section when the Paramount Action Zone debuted. The problem is, that would require new identities for Flight Deck, Drop Zone, Delirium, Thunder Alley, and Invertigo (and Son of Beast?), plus substantial landscape changes. Just adding enough pre-grown trees to justify a jungle theme would seem way out of budget, especially when that money could be spent elsewhere. You're right that a scorpion and jungle river right next to each other would make sense, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrealNightmare Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Anyone else see that Worlds of Fun is painting their Boomerang as well? Don't know what colors yet but I called it. http://www.worldsoffun.com/blog-article/online-fun/A-Springlike-Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 GYK: Drop Zone? What's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 My thought (fantasy is probably a better word) was more along the lines of only a part of the area being rethemed. Rename Invertigo, add some more foliage, re-theme the eatery (whose name currently escapes me) and you could have a nice little area. Little being the key word there. Will it happen? No, but these are the sorts of thoughts the off-season brings. Anyone else see that Worlds of Fun is painting their Boomerang as well? Don't know what colors yet but I called it. http://www.worldsoff...-Springlike-Day In an answer to one of the questions posted under the blog entry they state that it will be re-painted its original colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrealNightmare Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Good. I was hoping it wouldn't be the same as these two. Now if they had painted it like Carolina Cobra I would have loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 GYK: Drop Zone? What's that? Drop zone (n.): an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or suppliers are landed from an aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ. But really, that's one of the few "new" names I won't concede to. Invertigo is a Vekoma Invertigo. Drop Tower is a Drop Tower. While we're at it, Top Gun ought to have been named Suspended Coaster. It's just silly, and to me, remains a testament to the lack of vision at Cedar Fair [of old]. I absolutely refuse to consider that a group of people came together in a room and truly decided that the best alternative to the name "Top Gun: The Jet Coaster" was "Flight Deck." It's just not possible. And in fact, I imagine that there was no group of people together in a room. Someone just placed the order for a new sign coming up with the most generic replacement they could think of. Drop Tower is no different. And in my (flawed and biased) opinion, it does matter. Drop Zone: Stunt Tower had torches, a dramatic and chaotic logo lording over the plaza, etc. Drop Tower removed the torches (why?), replaced the once-powerful logo with a cartoonish, dropping "o," etc. It's little things, but somehow I truly think it matters. It has nothing to do with the movie, in my opinion. I'd guess that most people polled wouldn't know a movie called Drop Zone ever existed, much less connect it to the ride at their local amusement park. End rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 ...and that logo still exists in at least three places... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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