2015 at Coney Island:

[westcoaster]

Whats any one's thoughts on the beloved Amusement Park on the banks of the Ohio River?

For 2015:

[westcoaster]

I'm thinking it will be an addition of a family water slide, a 4 person tube. I can always hope. Needless to say it will be a water ride for sure for Sunlite Pool.

[BoddaH1994]

Just remember that Coney Island doesn't necessarily add something every single year.

[CoasterOhio]

Neither does Kings Island. But we still have topics about it.

[Guest dtk1376]

They just added a new thrill ride this year, which is something extremely rare for the park to do, so the speculation is understandable. But I say at the best, we may see some new picnic tables in the picnic grove area.

[homestar92]

In a couple years, there should be a Chance Hyper GT-X available pretty cheap that would EASILY fit in the park!

Hey, I can dream, right?

[The Interpreter]

That long?

Terp, who can be hartless.

[BB1]

In a couple years, there should be a Chance Hyper GT-X available pretty cheap that would EASILY fit in the park!

Hey, I can dream, right?

I'm going to guess the dimensions of the coaster, fit for a King?

[westcoaster]

Hopefully a coaster one of these years!

[CoastersRZ]

Coney has been adding new stuff pretty much every year recently. They added Wipeout this season. Last year, we got Como Cruisers, which replaced the Bumper Boats. 2012 there was no major addition, but Coney spent money upgrading the picnic grove, and adding new things like a new rides ticket booth and rides office. 2011 saw the addition of Swing-A-Round. 2010, they didn`t add anything major, but that was because the park added Twister in 2009, which cost close to $2 million.

Heck, they even have added a nice new Coney Island sign when entering the park from the picnic grove parking lot this year. They literally jsut added that sign within the last couple of weeks.

I have heard several rumors about what Coney could be getting next year. I`m not going to go into details just yet, until I hear something more substantial.

Needless to say, it sounds like Coney will be adding something next year. At this point, I don`t know if it will be a wet something or a dry something. Stay tuned.

I would love to eventually see a wooden coaster from the Gravity Group at Coney. Maybe one day. Heck, I will probably still be working there then.

[bengals fan]

as long as we are dreaming lets shoot for the stars.

[The Interpreter]

Or a wild cat...

[upstop]

Sometimes it feels like a Lost River at Coney.

[stashua123]

Has anyone seen a Teddy Bear at Coney?

[CoastersRZ]

Not recently. We have seen several skunks recently, or signal 9 as we say it on the radio at Coney.

[The Interpreter]

Any of them named Kinzel?

Terp, running for the door....

[BoddaH1994]

Coney has been adding new stuff pretty much every year recently. They added Wipeout this season. Last year, we got Como Cruisers, which replaced the Bumper Boats. 2012 there was no major addition, but Coney spent money upgrading the picnic grove, and adding new things like a new rides ticket booth and rides office. 2011 saw the addition of Swing-A-Round. 2010, they didn`t add anything major, but that was because the park added Twister in 2009, which cost close to $2 million.

Heck, they even have added a nice new Coney Island sign when entering the park from the picnic grove parking lot this year. They literally jsut added that sign within the last couple of weeks.

I have heard several rumors about what Coney could be getting next year. I`m not going to go into details just yet, until I hear something more substantial.

Needless to say, it sounds like Coney will be adding something next year. At this point, I don`t know if it will be a wet something or a dry something. Stay tuned.

I would love to eventually see a wooden coaster from the Gravity Group at Coney. Maybe one day. Heck, I will probably still be working there then.

That's what I was kind of saying. Not that they wouldn't add anything, but sometimes capexes are done in areas that are less marketable. 2008 was my favorite year ever for KI, but there was no new ride. They had to do other things to draw attention to themselves... and boy did they. 2013 saw the addition of the Reds HOF Grille. You never really saw TV placements for it or anything like that, but it added a much-needed element to the park.

[AZ Kinda Guy]

Maybe they can stop being lame and allow tailgating in their parking lot for Riverbend concerts for 2015.

[The Interpreter]

I would suspect this is an insurance matter, largely.

[CoastersRZ]

An insurance matter and a safety issue.

Coney actually owns the two lots across Kellogg from the park (The lots that straddle Sutton). They do allow people to tail gate for some concerts in these lots. Jimmy Buffett comes to mind immediately, where they start getting the tropical drinks flowing early in the morning on those days.

[Guest dtk1376]

I'm sure that would be a great business model for Coney Island, let's let people all drink in our parking lot to the point where liabilities come into play, have these said patrons bypass our park not buying one single thing because they're already boozed up and full of food from their tailgating, and then get to pay the staff to clean up the parking lot after the concert from all the garbage these tailgaters left behind. I can just see the money raining from the skies.

</sarcasm>

[CoastersRZ]

Keep in mind that the current arrangement with Riverbend, does provide some money to Coney. After all, most concert goers to Riverbend are parking in Coney`s parking lot Few realize that concert tickets at Riverbend have a "Facility usage fee" which in part includes the parking fee money. They charge on the ticket and not at the lot, to speed cars getting into the parking lots. Additionally, Coney runs the concession stands over at Riverbend.

[Guest dtk1376]

But does Coney really make enough money off of these usage fees to run the risk of having people getting drunk and cooking with open flames in their parking lot?

[The Interpreter]

Consider that those usage agreements probably require the user to be insured, add Coney Island of Ohio as a beneficiary, and provide proof of insurance.

[Existential]

Dude, just park at the race track to pre-game. When Phish rolls into town, I am usually IPA'n it over in that lot with no problem. I don't even recall having to pay for that lot. Easy in/ easy out as well.

[CoastersRZ]

Belterra Park, does not generally allow concert goers to use their parking lots to park or tailgate, as they like to keep their spots for their own paying customers. However, sometimes they do allow some concert traffic to use their lots.

[westcoaster]

I still wonder for the 15 season ?

[homestar92]

I bet in 2015 Coney takes a page from Six Flags's book and operates one of their rides backwards! I think the Flying Bobs would be a great candidate for this!

[CoastersRZ]

Except for the fact that every other ride cycle, it already runs backwards! It runs one cycle forwards, and the next cycle is backwards. It repeats this same pattern the entire time it is operating.

[homestar92]

^ That was the joke.