Browntggrr Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hehehe! So for all those who believe those prints HAVE to be 100% legit: Still don't believe KI's marketing department is unwilling to put great effort to keep us guessing? Well done Don & crew, well done! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustbucket Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Gatekeeper layout. Another diversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Well I'll be darned. The Layout is right, but it's for a Wing Coaster... No, it's not. That was a photo of Gatekeeper. No the layout of the drawings are the same as the paragraph described...kinda. If you guys are getting a wingrider, I am so so sorry..... Cause they kinda suck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If that's really the artwork for the new attraction, then I'll be a Banshee's uncle! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharleyTheDinosaur Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hook, line, and sinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'm starting to believe the parks release the website early on purpose. It happens every single year, it seems. If this is not on purpose then Cedar Fair might want to clean house in their IT department. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'm starting to believe the parks release the website early on purpose. It happens every single year, it seems. If this is not on purpose then Cedar Fair might want to clean house in their IT department. Or it's a fake website, and that's not the ride we're getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock703 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Maybe the YouTube guy does work at KI and he's pushing buttons he shouldn't be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. Really? Half the website had photos of Diamondback and Gatekeeper, and the other half had the "Lorum ipsum" thing. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglados Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. Just like the Blue Prints ;P Either we got bored people working for king island or it's all legit. I'm going to for legit. Well played, well played. ADDED: This could be a complete smoke bomb just to keep us scrambled. Either way The Bat is back or the Banshee is coming. Either one I will ride and enjoy. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. Really? Half the website had photos of Diamondback and Gatekeeper, and the other half had the "Lorum ipsum" thing. Which kinda says the website was in the middle of being constructed, but instead accidentally published. It's too half done for me to consider it fake... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. Your right!.... And why leave the website up for only about 30 minutes?....Maybe that will be the new coaster's website but it is unfinished, that would explain the pictures of Gatekeeper and Diamondback. Just placeholder pictures and that is also probably the reason why they just changed the colors on Gatekeeper, so that if anyone did see it during that short period of time it would just be a placeholder... I don't believe this is fake, especially with the work put into it.... to only leave it up for 30 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Only 460 feet longer than Firehawk, eh? Well, I guess FastLane'll have to be an option next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Oh, it's not hard to come up with convincing fakes. It doesn't really take that long, either, if you know where to get the right materials. EDIT: Sorry for the double post; 1 out of 3,000 isn't too bad 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick00 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I love the idea of that ride. It seems a lot of effort was put into that website though, I wonder if that's a possibility for a different park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That is a whole lot of work to do to fake it. Really? Half the website had photos of Diamondback and Gatekeeper, and the other half had the "Lorum ipsum" thing. I'm sure it wasn't easy to create that logo. There are also pictures of the wingrider, but I cannot tell if those are just pictures of Gatekeeper that have had the color changed. Either way, I don't see how creating a fake website would be worth it at this point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbias1 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 This is too much fun! I still think it's an invert though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayblazer Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'm having a hard time believing this one. Either way true or false Don truly is the cat to our mouse.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback FOF Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'm not sure how much work would have to go into something like that...if it'd be fairly simple, I could see it being fake. I mean, why not? I think the logo was okay, definitely not my favorite and honestly looked kinda simple and quick. Also, I find it odd that CF would build a new "tallest and fastest wing coaster" one year after one opened just 3.5 hours away. Edit: and I personally would hope they'd make the website a bit more difficult to get to and not simply use "/2014"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayblazer Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I do love the logo. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock703 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Some guy on YouTube has already told everyone...now we just need stats and a name. That escalated quickly...I didn't mean today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieselwilkey Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Augh I'm so thrown off now. I always wondered why the loop threw the lift seemed so much wider than an invert. Maybe it's because it's a wing coaster and not an invert...... The Bat logo seems like it would fit Kings Island marketing really well. And didn't Don tweet something about going back to the start or something? But then why Celtic Gravestones?!?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I wonder when KI Club members will learn of the new ride. Don did suggest that they would be the first to know. Some guy on YouTube has already told everyone...now we just need stats and a name. Seriously though, I've been pondering that myself. What ride is your Avatar of?? -- And I really hope we don't get that wing rider! The name The Bat would be fine.. kinda cool too! But, I would be a little let down in all honesty. Also, is there really enough space around the station area for a lift that would be above 170ft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 You know that they know that there is always someone out there tapping furiously on their mouse to open the website....probably since the crack of dawn today. They couldn't possibly test the site to see how it lays out on the net, so why not test with a bogus layout. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbias1 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I wonder when KI Club members will learn of the new ride. Don did suggest that they would be the first to know. Some guy on YouTube has already told everyone...now we just need stats and a name. Seriously though, I've been pondering that myself. What ride is your Avatar of?? -- And I really hope we don't get that wing rider! The name The Bat would be fine.. kinda cool too! But, I would be a little let down in all honesty. Also, is there really enough space around the station area for a lift that would be above 170ft? I believe there is plenty of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AintNutinElse2Do Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 FPO means for placement only. That said the site could very well be what's coming. Granted a few changes in words and numbers which would be fairly easy and everything changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock703 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I wonder when KI Club members will learn of the new ride. Don did suggest that they would be the first to know. Some guy on YouTube has already told everyone...now we just need stats and a name.Seriously though, I've been pondering that myself. What ride is your Avatar of?? -- And I really hope we don't get that wing rider! The name The Bat would be fine.. kinda cool too! But, I would be a little let down in all honesty. Also, is there really enough space around the station area for a lift that would be above 170ft? Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great America Guy Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 IF this is legit, I love the nod to The Bat!! I will be pleased with whatever it is, as anything they add is WAY better than the empty dirt lot that has been sitting there since KC was removed, and a giant wooden coaster that just stood there for the past 4-ish years. The only question I still have is if this is indeed a wing coaster, what the "IC-2" track/station supports will be for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungStud Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I am sure cf saves money by using existing gatesleeper pics. I am very dissapointed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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