LordSkippy Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Using an understanding of the past to predict the future doesn't necessarily work that well in the amusement park industry, especially on as small a scale as Kings Island, 2009-2013. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesharrison Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Or the website is old and the ride its advertising is not new any more, the site gets barely any traffic, and they simply decided not to renew the domain any longer. If this thread were correct, literally every action the park has taken in the past year is directly related to the new ride. Which is entirely untrue. *Technically* the domain is still active, and parked on Cedar Fair's JobNet site. http://sonofbeast.com is still forwarding to http://kingsdominion.com. I doubt they'll let these domains expire for a long while, as it could be potentially dangerous for the company if the domains were then sold to some freelance web designer that could pose the corresponding sites as "official" websites of Cedar Fair. And as a side note, they still own pki.com (3 letter domains are EXTREMELY hard to come by), and it just forwards to http://visitkingsisland.com. I would also speculate that they still haven't purchased http://kingsisland.com hasn't been purchased yet because the current owner wants quite a chunk of change for it. (I couldn't imagine that KI/CF hasn't approached them for it...) Sorry if my thoughts aren't coming out clearly...it's all part of the web domain market that can be quite confusing, even to Miles, whose been creating websites for years. Edit: I may be wrong about this, but I don't believe Cedar Point bought a domain for Gate Keeper. It seems Cedar Fair is making custom sites within their main websites, probably for a slew of reasons including cost. See: Gate Keeper, KI for a Cure, the [new] Dino's Alive site that may or may not be live yet, Bigger, Better Planet Snoopy @ KD, etc. So for KI 2014, I'd look for internal pages on KI's site, rather than a separate domain... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 How much could a three letter domain name cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Diamondback's website is no longer in use. https://www.kiDiamondback.com This could be a sign that Cedar Fair wants to shift our attention away from the ride that may end up losing its title as "The Meanest coaster ever to strike Kings Island" to something new. DBI, beginning to notice something... https://www.kiDiamondback.com redirects to the jobs website, but http://www.kiDiamondback.com doesn't (however, it is kind of broken). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesharrison Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 How much could a three letter domain name cost? Anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars... Diamondback's website is no longer in use. https://www.kiDiamondback.com This could be a sign that Cedar Fair wants to shift our attention away from the ride that may end up losing its title as "The Meanest coaster ever to strike Kings Island" to something new. DBI, beginning to notice something... https://www.kiDiamondback.com redirects to the jobs website, but http://www.kiDiamondback.com doesn't (however, it is kind of broken). I noticed that as well... However, Chrome just redirected me to the https:// page with a warning message that the site was trying to display something that I didn't request or whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayzayd13 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Call me selfish if you want, but I want a webcam of the construction site (like that is really going to happen in the really near future). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSkippy Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I just had a conversation with a good friend of mine who is also a Kings Island enthusiast but doesn't post here on KIC, and he told me that he's beginning to suspect that this ride will be corn themed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSoB Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 The second link that CedarPointer posted www.kiDiamondback.com loaded the Diamondback website on my iPhone. It's fast and full of venom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI FANATIC 37 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I remember visiting thar site everyday! It's amazing how fast time goes by. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06jds377 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I'm still thinking it's going to be some variation of a wingrider/4D coaster. I really would like a Giga, but I will be happy with a new coaster no matter what it is. 450 foot Vekoma SLC that is 14,000 feet long? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayzayd13 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Every ride since i think the new WindSeeker at Carowinds has been an internal page on the main park page (if that makes any sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XjoshhyX Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I really would love something similar to a Maverick type coaster, but maybe double the length(and height). That is currently my favorite ride, and thats even after riding Gatekeeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Or the website is old and the ride its advertising is not new any more, the site gets barely any traffic, and they simply decided not to renew the domain any longer. If this thread were correct, literally every action the park has taken in the past year is directly related to the new ride. Which is entirely untrue. *Technically* the domain is still active, and parked on Cedar Fair's JobNet site. http://sonofbeast.com is still forwarding to http://kingsdominion.com. I doubt they'll let these domains expire for a long while, as it could be potentially dangerous for the company if the domains were then sold to some freelance web designer that could pose the corresponding sites as "official" websites of Cedar Fair. And as a side note, they still own pki.com (3 letter domains are EXTREMELY hard to come by), and it just forwards to http://visitkingsisland.com. I would also speculate that they still haven't purchased http://kingsisland.com hasn't been purchased yet because the current owner wants quite a chunk of change for it. (I couldn't imagine that KI/CF hasn't approached them for it...) Sorry if my thoughts aren't coming out clearly...it's all part of the web domain market that can be quite confusing, even to Miles, whose been creating websites for years. Edit: I may be wrong about this, but I don't believe Cedar Point bought a domain for Gate Keeper. It seems Cedar Fair is making custom sites within their main websites, probably for a slew of reasons including cost. See: Gate Keeper, KI for a Cure, the [new] Dino's Alive site that may or may not be live yet, Bigger, Better Planet Snoopy @ KD, etc. So for KI 2014, I'd look for internal pages on KI's site, rather than a separate domain... I agree with you about sonofbeast.com but what if thats not the case?.....Could there come a need for sonofbeast.com in the future?.....Is there more to it than what were seeing?....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlafraid Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Corn themed? How do you theme a ride around corn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustbucket Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Corn Hole the Ride? Riders get thrown into a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Coming to King's Island in 2014 - WEEDS - The Ride Hey, that's all I see! I sure would love to see some mom's standing around selling drugs! Or you could ride though a big smoke dome... I'm so sorry I ever made this post. It never dawned on me that it would be taken as a drug reference. I have never done drugs of any kind so I guess I'm a bit ignorant about the lingo. What I meant was that since the footers were installed, many weeds have grown up around them - no track or supports have been placed, only weeds - so, hence, WEEDS - The Ride 'cos that's all I saw! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom497 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I forget where but CF said that they will not use seperate websites for new attractions anymore, instead use the parks url and create a sub-page (no www.leviathan.canadaswonderland.com; more like www.canadaswonderland.com/leviathan (this is just an example). By putting the rides page within the parks url, it makes it really hard to actually find the page. When DA was going to CW, one night before it was announced, I replaced Kings Island with canadas wonderland in DA's url and boom...found out what is known to be one of wonderlands worst kept secrets. The only reason Gatekeeper was leaked was because the webmaster was really silly buy changing the things to do section on the home page with Gatekeeper's blog, webcams, videos, etc. No one found out about Goldstricker (I think) as the coasters page did not go live until the announcment. I remember typing in the exact url that it is today before the announcment but coming back with nothing. Leviathan...we just found a password blocked site and knew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Corn themed? How do you theme a ride around corn? Make it a kid's ride. Something like..... ummmmmm.... Children of the Corn? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrealNightmare Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 If it's corn themed I can already imagine some of the things people will say. :That ride is so corny: :This ride shucks!: 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I'm so sorry I ever made this post. It never dawned on me that it would be taken as a drug reference. I have never done drugs of any kind so I guess I'm a bit ignorant about the lingo. What I meant was that since the footers were installed, many weeds have grown up around them - no track or supports have been placed, only weeds - so, hence, WEEDS - The Ride 'cos that's all I saw! Ride will most certainly be sponsored by Doritos! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Simply the greatest discription of the new corn themed ride. Thanks UnrealNightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrealNightmare Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I'm so sorry I ever made this post. It never dawned on me that it would be taken as a drug reference. I have never done drugs of any kind so I guess I'm a bit ignorant about the lingo. What I meant was that since the footers were installed, many weeds have grown up around them - no track or supports have been placed, only weeds - so, hence, WEEDS - The Ride 'cos that's all I saw! Ride will most certainly be sponsored by Doritos! Don't forget White Castle! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I'm so sorry I ever made this post. It never dawned on me that it would be taken as a drug reference. I have never done drugs of any kind so I guess I'm a bit ignorant about the lingo. What I meant was that since the footers were installed, many weeds have grown up around them - no track or supports have been placed, only weeds - so, hence, WEEDS - The Ride 'cos that's all I saw! Ride will most certainly be sponsored by Doritos! Don't forget White Castle! Make sure there is a Kinzel's Konsession Stand by the exit that sells munchies 'cause hey, ya gotta eat! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I still type in www.pki.com, much quicker than www.visitinkingsisland.com I'm happy that it still works. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I decided to try Banshee.com on my mobile device and I got a message saying: "It works! This is the default web page for this server. The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet." Hmm. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Corn themed? How do you theme a ride around corn? Make it a kid's ride. Something like..... ummmmmm.... Children of the Corn? Add a theme song by Blue Man Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuskin Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 What if, this is the worlds longest water ride? Plot twist! Easy Mr. Torgue ...being the gamer that I know you are I figured you would get this reference I really would love something similar to a Maverick type coaster, but maybe double the length(and height). That is currently my favorite ride, and thats even after riding Gatekeeper. You are not alone, but I just don't see that happening this year. Maybe in the future though! Corn themed? How do you theme a ride around corn? Well, you actually grow and harvest corn around the ride. The coaster goes through the corn. Not only that but the could make a little money selling the corn once its ready for harvesting. Sure, you may have a month where the corn effect is kinda useless, but think about that full grown corn! Riding low to the ground through close range corn, cant think of a better ride myself. - . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 If they grow the corn close enough to the MCBR, you can bet I'm grabbing me some! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I decided to try Banshee.com on my mobile device and I got a message saying: "It works! This is the default web page for this server. The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet." Hmm. More than likely it would be www.kiBanshee.com just like Diamondback was www.kiDiamondback.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I tried kiBanshee.com on my iPhone and nothing loaded. It was just a blank page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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