Maverick44 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I like that area for the giga. The expansion doesn't need to all take place in 1 season. They can add the coaster then a couple season later add the midway and flats like Carowinds did. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaLover Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Maverick44 said: I like that area for the giga. The expansion doesn't need to all take place in 1 season. They can add the coaster then a couple season later add the midway and flats like Carowinds did. Agreed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondyRidesOn Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 How much would it cost to build new maintenance buildings in order to expand X-Base? Where would they go on park property if they were to ever move them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 They may be able to just move them that will save in the cost. I am not sure what they are built with but its possible. they could send them back over behind Banshee / Great Wolf Lodge. Lots of space over there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaLover Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Yeah that’s what I was thinking put storage over behind Banshee in that open area where there is already some storage there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 4:30 PM, Maverick44 said: A giga I made for that area. It is named Mega Force. Yes, they probably would have to move the fireworks launching pad somewhere else, but I think they could manage that. Yes, Mega Force doesn't sound like the best name, but to me, it sounds like a name Cedar Fair would do. They have three coasters now with the name Timbers in it so I think this would be the third coaster with the name Force in it since there already is Steel Force and Millennium Force in the Cedar Fair chain (correct me if I'm missing something) but Mega Force sounds Cedar Fairy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Really? They're not going to move the fireworks launch pad for a coaster. If they have to, they'll just get ride of the fireworks all together. Where else would they move them? They would need to be on semi flat ground, away from guests and away from houses on the other side of the river. While they could move them out into the Soak City area....would it really be worth it? When has Cedar Fair ever used a "mega" "big" "massive" type name in their ride names? They may have, but that sounds so much more like a Six Flags name. Generic. Cedar Fair doesn't really do generic names. They repeat names, but I have yet to really see them putting generic words in a hat and picking two words out to decide on a name. One thing I'm struggling with in this thread is the lack of reality....why would they move maintenance buildings to put a coaster in? Why would they do this when there are other spaces for a coaster in the park? Why would they move the wood coaster maintenance shop further away from the wooden coasters instead of keeping it near The Racer? Why exactly is our next coaster guaranteed to be a Giga? Is it because we (KIC members) want it or has there been something that Cedar Fair has shown/indicated that a Giga is next? Is it just a fantasy? I'm all for speculation, but we've got some acting like this is a done deal, like we've already been teased and know that a Giga is coming. It's one thing to speculate, but it's another thing to speak as if concepts we can come up with are factual, i.e. this coaster will use the terrain, etc. Again, don't get me wrong, speculation is great, but can we please be realistic and try to make our ideas factual without facts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt112986 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 They have Behemouth, and I would say the examples given fit in the hat. I also think the fireworks would be easy to move (they have launched them directly off the tower) and may not need to be depending on the coaster layout around them. I also think expanding xbase and attaching it to the old Dinos area wouldn't require removing the maintenance buildings. If the park needed the room they might move them but I think that would be a long time from now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaLover Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 @chugh43 okay NOBODY has ever said that this is a done deal that we are getting a giga we are all just putting in our concepts and what we might like to see. This is a giga speculation thread were we talk about if a giga is coming to Kings Island and come up with ideas and concepts. No they all might not be realistic it’s just our opinions and what we’d like to see. Also just because there are open spaces doesn’t mean that a coaster should go there. A park and company will come up with the best idea to regardless of what’s open or not. In my opinion the plot of land behind Banshee is the last place that our next coaster will be going. It’s just not going to happen in that spot in my opinion. So that means the next coaster IN MY OPINION will be in a tighter area with less space but will make the best of it and make it great. I think you need to just calm down and have fun reading, discussing, etc, about a giga coming to Kings Island even if we don’t know it’s ever coming or not it’s just fun to discuss people’s ideas and opinions and concepts.. ITS JUST A FUN DISCUSSION THREAD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Lol, okay whatever you say. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 With the addition of one word very Six Flagy Superman: Steel Vengeance 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 The reason I think a giga is next is because Don Helbig has sorta hinted at it a little bit. No I'm not talking about the whole writing in the snow thing because that clearly was just a prank, but at NCC the year MT was coming out, when Don was talking about Mystic Timbers he mentioned that both a dark ride and a giga were options that they looked at when they were thinking about putting in Mystic Timbers. That just convinced me that both are going to be coming eventually. It could mean nothing, but that is just something to keep in the back of our heads. Also, guest feedback is a key. Yes there is the other things like marketing and those things, but guest feedback is a huge key. Like guests wanted something that more families could enjoy so that is why they got Mystic Timbers. People (mostly enthusiasts) complained that Kings Island needed a good invert so that's why they got Banshee. Which is something I use to give a counterclaim on the people who thinks CF won't allow a giga because of Cedar Point, I say that people said that about both a hyper and an invert and look we got one. Cedar Point even uses guest feedback a lot. I'm sure guest feedback (along with marketing and those other things) for Steel Vengeance. I know a lot of people kept asking them to give Mean Streak the RMC treatment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 @King Ding Dong has a very good point haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 8 hours ago, GigaLover said: @chugh43 ...NOBODY.. IN MY OPINION... ...ITS JUST A FUN DISCUSSION THREAD... No need to get triggered 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This shouldn't be that hard folks haha. Speculate about a giga and if it seems really far fetched and couldn't / wouldn't really happen. Lets leave that at home. Will they move buildings just for a coaster probably not. I could see CP doing that due to space but not KI. They have plenty of room to just build around them. X base / Dino area seems the given area people are setting on for a giga. Doesn't make it a fact but ya. Just use common sense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 ^^ Also Don Helbig has said before that they have enough land to expand without removing any rides. Dinosaurs Alive does make sense, but Mike Koontz has said before that they have other plans that don't include the dinos area, so another location I'm thinking is on the left side of FOF by Adventure Express or they can remove the trees by Vortex's entrance to make paths that go behind WindSeeker to put a station back there. There are many ideas that don't have to use the old Dinosaur's Alive area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Right but I think Dino Alive was on a contract with a 3rd party who managed the animatronics. The contract ended for KI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 ^^ That's why I sometimes don't think that's where the giga will go. There wasn't hint at a new coaster with DA leaving. It was just leaving because the contracts were up. I think it will be put where we least expect it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On International St? lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It'll run across 71, then back to the park. Nah. It'll never do that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I mean its been a dream of mine to have 1 run back to the river and along it. Most likely won't happen but yeah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 As long as they don’t run it through the middle of the waterpark I am good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 14 hours ago, Maverick44 said: This shouldn't be that hard folks haha. Speculate about a giga and if it seems really far fetched and couldn't / wouldn't really happen. Lets leave that at home. Will they move buildings just for a coaster probably not. I could see CP doing that due to space but not KI. They have plenty of room to just build around them. X base / Dino area seems the given area people are setting on for a giga. Doesn't make it a fact but ya. Just use common sense. Yet they did just that in the case of Mystic Timbers! If KI were to get a GiGa, it would probably come with at least a 30million dollar price tag. Relocation of utility buildings would be a minor fraction of that cost. It might even be done in an "off year" so as to budget it as infrastructure improvements. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryoj Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, jtro223 said: Yet they did just that in the case of Mystic Timbers! If KI were to get a GiGa, it would probably come with at least a 30million dollar price tag. Relocation of utility buildings would be a minor fraction of that cost. It might even be done in an "off year" so as to budget it as infrastructure improvements. What building did they move for MT? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What building did they move for MT? The funnel cake building was rebuilt and given a major upgrade. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEASTmaster Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 If we did get a Giga coaster, maybe where Dinosaurs Alive was could be the ride’s plaza area. Maybe add a flat ride to the area along with a small food court. Now a cool name for the coaster could be Talos. In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant automaton made out of bronze that was defeated by Jason and the Argonauts. Here’s a picture of Talos from the movie Jason and the Argonauts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 ^^ I like that name. Very "giant" looking lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Looks more like a Centurion. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I like both names. Better then what six flags can do lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEASTmaster Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 A giga I made for that area. It is named Mega Force. Yes, they probably would have to move the fireworks launching pad somewhere else, but I think they could manage that. Yes, Mega Force doesn't sound like the best name, but to me, it sounds like a name Cedar Fair would do. They have three coasters now with the name Timbers in it so I think this would be the third coaster with the name Force in it since there already is Steel Force and Millennium Force in the Cedar Fair chain (correct me if I'm missing something) but Mega Force sounds Cedar Fairy. That roller coaster is about the size of half of the park itself. 🤪 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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