King Ding Dong Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Stoan said: Double station Giga? Employees only though. Will have to get the Giga Guys to work up some concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 21 hours ago, King Ding Dong said: No Coke Freestyle machines in the common areas? Come on man! You joke, but this is the solution to problems like this. Also, does anyone know if they are scheduled to open next year or the following year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said: You joke, but this is the solution to problems like this. Also, does anyone know if they are scheduled to open next year or the following year? Confused. What problem? Opens late May 2019, according to the Twit you linked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said: Confused. What problem? Opens late May 2019, according to the Twit you linked. Coke Freestyle and other places not opening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I think dorm transportation should be either Hyperloop or Zip Line. Either also function as an attraction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolCrzy Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, fyrfyter said: I think dorm transportation should be either Hyperloop or Zip Line. Either also function as an attraction. Perhaps relocate the Cincinnati Streetcar to KI. It may, finally, be profitable as an attraction/employee transportation. I know, We could have it go through an area with lions and giraffes. Oh wait. Nevermind. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, FoolCrzy said: Perhaps relocate the Cincinnati Streetcar to KI. It may, finally, be profitable as an attraction/employee transportation. I know, We could have it go through an area with lions and giraffes. Oh wait. Nevermind. What if Kings Island bought that monorail from Jungle Jim's and used it as transportation. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolCrzy Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 That's a great idea! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 We are well on our way to solving the park’s employee transportation issues. Next up my oldest graduates in 2020 but has a September birthday so will still be 17 but needs a place to live. If we can get him a forged identity I know the perfect place for him to work in Rivertown. Win-Win. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I have the final transportation solution. Expand the train and add more stations. They can run it behind Crypt, under Beast lift hill, behind Racer and put in a Station where KMAA is going. Extend behind FoF/X, past AE, around Banshee and another station into AZ. Spur line to dorms with turn around and another station. New entrance to park with overhead R.R. Trestle. Follow front access road back down to SC. Makes perfect sense and costs little!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 ^The trick to that is doing so with minimal crossings. I would also think such a train expansion would mean the park would need to buy at least 2 more sets of trains (1-2 more locomotives and passenger cars) if you want to make it bigger and make it convenient. Personally, I think a sky ride that starts in Action Zone around Timberwolf with the other station between Backlot and Diamondback would be a good way to go, linking 2 of the more popular areas of the park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I think 1 is plenty. 4 would be too many. Plus, you could add one train with a more modern look and theming along the track is cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Steam locomotives are expensive and hard to come by. The park wasn't built for a huge train ride- heck, ours barely completes a mile as it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Also I think I read somewhere that these kind of locomotives can’t take much of a grade as well so expanding the train to the other side of the park would be near impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, King Ding Dong said: Also I think I read somewhere that these kind of locomotives can’t take much of a grade as well so expanding the train to the other side of the park would be near impossible. Correct and correct. 4-4-0s of that kind can't handle hills well. The Roy Disney from the Magic Kingdom can barely make it up their grade -(see chapter 3 of the Amusement Park Railroad Thread). The transcontinental railroad only allowed a 2% grade back when it was built. The KI&MVRR has a grade too, right by the Mystic Timbers tunnel. There are often times when the trains can't even get up the hill and have to reverse back to the station and try again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 We can just convert it all to cog railway. Problem solved!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 jeesh using the train round trip from Rivertown to Dorms to Soak City would take an hour...lol! Maybe they could build a shuttle like at the Cincinnati Airport. Zip and you are there...do it partially underground with a station behind Invertigo for employee only access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 You guys are thinking way to much into this. At Cedar Point, they just had a bus that they used to take people to and from the park and their dorms. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 What fun is that? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 jeesh using the train round trip from Rivertown to Dorms to Soak City would take an hour...lol! Maybe they could build a shuttle like at the Cincinnati Airport. Zip and you are there...do it partially underground with a station behind Invertigo for employee only access. Better idea!!! We can just buy big drones and fly the employees across the park!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, fyrfyter said: Better idea!!! We can just buy big drones and fly the employees across the park!!! As an alternative and to help with the budget all employees could receive human cannonball training and just be launched back and forth. It would be like the Ultimate Stunt Show all day! The park could charge guests $5 to pull the cord on the cannon park side. What kid wouldn’t want to do that? 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoan Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, fyrfyter said: Better idea!!! We can just buy big drones and fly the employees across the park!!! Better idea!!! What if they buy a really big drone, and fly a bus with employees across the park!!! I think they should just give them all those old go-karts they used to have where Banshee is. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Better idea!!! What if they buy a really big drone, and fly a bus with employees across the park!!! I think they should just give them all those old go-karts they used to have where Banshee is. I’m good with that. Open raceway involving all pathways in the park! That’s a great idea! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolCrzy Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 One word. Hyperloop Maybe it's 2 words? Hyper Loop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 One word. Hyperloop Maybe it's 2 words? Hyper Loop? We already talked about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolCrzy Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, fyrfyter said: We already talked about that. My memory is short!!! Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoan Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 What if we did a hyperloop? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 3:13 PM, Stoan said: What if we did a hyperloop? https://hyperloop-one.com/ it’s an underground bullet train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Not sure its needed, but I managed to get a picture of the dorms from above. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsUp Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Destination launch coaster. Like TTD x2 (on going one way, one going the other). Huge launch into one giant airtime hill. By the time your butt is back in your seat you're sitting all the way across the park. Could work for employee transport from dorms too ;-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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