mikespeed Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 You only get one first post, so I'm going to make mine freaking insane. Let's say, just for fun, we get a B&M Giga. B&M's all seem to follow similar storylines, lots of airtime and fun in the first half, then the midcourse brakes, and then a lackluster finale. They're always a bit boring in the second half. I have a solution to fix this problem: Make the last bit of the coaster out of wood. Think about it... Diamondback for the first half, The Beast for the finale. It would be the first of it's kind, it would get King's Island back to it's old ways of creating outside-of-the-box rides, and it would be a great way to pay homage to the monster that previously stood in it's place. Will never, ever, ever, EVER happen. But wouldn't it be cool if it did? 4
Bennett Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Don has said that over, and over, and over... Yet, you still get those who insist differently. Just in looking at the overhead photos, and the design of other B&M coasters, there is no way to use the existing station. When you think logically about it, lay of the land aside, there is no exit for that station into a gift shop, which is how it is done in 2013. But, sometimes folks want to be contrarians just to be contrarians. 6
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 ^ Well, according to Jr For Birdy, you can't trust what Don says. Plus I think Don pushed him and took his lunch money. So, there's that. 9
The Interpreter Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 And thereafter, either by his own choice or with some help, said poster disappeared. At least for now. A lesson for us all? 3
Jr for Birdy Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I was out of town all week. My perfect timing I guess! I'm pretty sure Don didn't know we were getting a coaster(if we are, I haven't read anything but the two above posts!) at the time he told me we wouldn't for a few years. I enjoy sarcasm so let me just say if we do get a coaster it will be the best lie I ever heard! 5
SonofBaconator Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Any Haunt maze can be taken down and put up in a different location Like Flight Commander's que perhaps? 2
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I was out of town all week. My perfect timing I guess! I'm pretty sure Don didn't know we were getting a coaster(if we are, I haven't read anything but the two above posts!) at the time he told me we wouldn't for a few years. I enjoy sarcasm so let me just say if we do get a coaster it will be the best lie I ever heard! To save you a LOT of reading, we still don't know if we're getting a coaster, but there are pages and pages of speculation. Welcome back! 4
Aaron88stang Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Any Haunt maze can be taken down and put up in a different location Like Flight Commander's que perhaps? good idea. they might as well use it for something.
tjpavlik Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Anyone else have the thought that the water tower was removed to allow the presumed coaster to go OVER the center of AZ? (ala Gatekeeper over the entrance to the park). Or was it removed for some other stated reason? 2
Jayblazer Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 All I know about it is it was sold to Jungle Jim's.
TheBEASTunchained Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 The former SOB station will be used for a Haunt attraction this year and beyond. Looks like Don has been visiting the site a little bit..... 4
tjpavlik Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Also whomever posted the comment about survey flags on the hill they are absolutely correct. They are visible from the lift hill on AE if you turn around and check it out as of 5 minutes prior to this post. 2
CoasterGeek101 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Just thought I would share some recent photos from the plant in Bativia. Photo Credit to Ben Gehring 20
RingMaster Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Any Haunt maze can be taken down and put up in a different location Like Flight Commander's que perhaps? It's a small space, but then again, Club Blood is in a tiny warehouse and yet crams in so many twists and turns. I've enjoyed what the park does when it comes to their layouts for haunted houses in abnormal locations. Although some haunts don't use their locations to their full potential (Cove, CornStalkers, Tombstone, etc.), it's still awesome to see one erected in a place you would never expect one to go (the front of Stunt Crew Grill, the station of Sonny, the Peanuts theater, etc.). But I'm actually more glad that Wolf Pack/Sonny's station is staying put. It just looks creepy in and of itself just sitting there all alone. Maybe the station will tie in with Project-014=Codenamed: Banshee. 1
bengalsguy23 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I was going to say that, that looks like the supports for the china coaster but then I realized that, that was a different color so I dont know if it is for a new project. Notice that the bottoms are square.
milesharrison Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I was going to say that, that looks like the supports for the china coaster but then I realized that, that was a different color so I dont know if it is for a new project. Notice that the bottoms are square. I'm actually pretty sure the round ends are the bases... Aren't the joints between the supports and the track square on Diamondback?
Hank Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 and I was really hoping for a wooden winged coaster! Sh*t! 3
Sonofbeast2.0 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I was at the park yesterday and when you see the construction in person it looks a lot bigger! I also almost made myself throw up because I was trying to hard to see construction from Delirium and FD and Drop Tower. I didn't take any pics, sorry. 1
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 What color would you say that is? Dark green or black? Any want to speculate if that has been completely painted yet?
Sonofbeast2.0 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Just thought I would share some recent photos from the plant in Bativia. Photo Credit to Ben Gehring Darn I was really hoping for world's first floating coaster... guess technology hasn't gotten their yet. Or the money? 4
jdawg1998 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 What color would you say that is? Dark green or black? Any want to speculate if that has been completely painted yet? Please explain to me your obsession about the color of the coaster. 7
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) That support looks a little like this I'd imagine it would since it is at a B&M plant. There is just no link to KI here. Edited May 24, 2013 by DontWantToWait42mar0
Captain Picard Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 That support looks a little like this I'd imagine it would since it is at a B&M plant. There is just no link to KI here. Here is a link https://www.visitkingsisland.com/ 13
SupremoSteveo Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Seeing those supports, I would like to see a color pallet like that on the new coaster. Perhaps a charcoal gray for the supports, and a light gray for the tracks. Gives me that "evil phenomenon" feel. 3
SonofBaconator Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Just thought I would share some recent photos from the plant in Bativia. Photo Credit to Ben Gehring This is beautiful....
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 What color would you say that is? Dark green or black? Any want to speculate if that has been completely painted yet? Please explain to me your obsession about the color of the coaster. I don't know. Dark track for a Banshee? 1
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