Lying Down Coaster

[Enchanted Voyager]

Around 2000 or 2001 I remember my friend telling me about a new coaster Kings Island was putting up where you lie down instead of sit and stand etc.. I have no idea if he was lyingor not, so don't razz me right away calling me a looney. Did anyone else hear anything about this? It was a few years back.

[Gordon Bombay]

There are such things as lay down rollercoasters and flying roller coasters (a lay down rollercoaster in which you are turned upside down to give you an effect like you are flying like superman) I do not believe that there were any plans to put one of these at Kings Island. The first flying coaster was built at Paramounts Great America and was relocated to Paramounts Carowinds. This may have confused your friend or he was just pulling your leg.

[Legend Rider]

Flying Coasters!!

Superman Ultimate Flight at SFoG, w00t!!!!!!one111!!

[Vortex]

Around 2000 or 2001 I remember my friend telling me about a new coaster Kings Island was putting up where you lie down instead of sit and stand etc.. I have no idea if he was lyingor not, so don't razz me right away calling me a looney. Did anyone else hear anything about this? It was a few years back.

Yes the Coaster is now at Geauga Lake and called X-Flight. At one time it had a Bat Man theme when Six Flags owned the park. Also the coaster never made it to Kings Island at one time was going to be in the park till it was sold.

Here is a link to some photos

[Gordon Bombay]

When was that supposed to come to Kings Island and why? It was never advertised and what theme was it going to have?

[Vortex]

I am not sure on the theme, but I can tell you that the frist season for the ride is the same as the S.O.B. The ride would be where the IJSC is today. I think that area is right it has been a long time had to look that one up.

[Gordon Bombay]

I dont think they ever planne don putting a flying coaster in PKI

[Shman]

Yes....it is true. At the time Paramount was co-developing the original "flying" coaster with Vekoma. The two companies were developing and building Stealth at PGA and they entered into an exclusive deal that would mean no other company besided Paramount would be able to purchase a Vekoma Flying Dutchman coaster for 5 years, as long as Paramount agreed to build on in each of the parks in sucessive years. The agreement continued and Vekoma designed the next coaster for PKI to be built near Swan Lake (Rivertown Lake) However Paramount was displeased with the construction delays and final product that Vekoma delivered to PGA and they chose to break off the agreement. This promted Vekoma to offer the new designs to other theme park companies....and the first to bite was the Six Flags company. Six flags picked up the new model Flying coaster and delivered it to their newly formed Six Flags Ohio park. So there is the little facts about the planned, but never built flying coaster at PKI. I do not know about any theme that it would have followed....I don't recall ever reading about that....but this information about the agreement deal has been reported before.

[flightoffear1996]

Yes it was true but after the horrible job they did on stealth paramount decided to cancle the project on the that was going to PKI.

[Gordon Bombay]

Thanks for the great info Shman!

Whats so wrong with stealth/Borg Assimilator?

[BEAST RIDER]

Has Kings Island ever made an agreement to buy a Ride then did not , and it ended up going to another park?

And what does everyone feel about Kings Island buying the 2 coasters at Lesourdsville Lake and bringing them to Kings Island ?????

Incase that park does not reopen?

[Jasper]

I wish they would put one at PKI.

[flightoffear1996]

Stealh had alot of issues. The trains had trouble tilting back into the flying postion and the way they had the harnesses set up it was near impoosible to load the train up under 3 minutes cause the operator had to pull on the harness and tighten them down and climb over some one and check the next person so on and so on. Kinda Like how they had to raise and lower the seat on King Corba.

[RailRider]

Yes the Coaster is now at Geauga Lake and called X-Flight. At one time it had a Bat Man theme when Six Flags owned the park. Also the coaster never made it to Kings Island at one time was going to be in the park till it was sold.

X-Flight never had a batman theme it has always been known as X-fight even when GL was Six Flags. X-Flight was the big new coaster the year when Six Flags bought Sea World and made the park Worlds of Adventure.

Not a bad ride, but you stand in line for awhile no matter how long it is. Then you wait in the station for a long time to. Not very capacity friendly.

The B&M flyer is a much better design.

[PkiJake13]

And what does everyone feel about Kings Island buying the 2 coasters at Lesourdsville Lake and bringing them to Kings Island ?????

Incase that park does not reopen?

The only coaster I would want from them is the Screachin' Eagle. The Serpent looks like a fair ride.

-Jake

[thejoker8388]

With the whole exclusive deal thing I've heard about that before and although I wouldn't have minded seeing a flying dutchman at PKI, I think they were smart not putting one in. If you think about it PGA removed Stealth just to build on to a water park. I think that right there sums up the flying dutchman's failure; the removal of one just to build onto a water park.

And with Lesourdsville Lake, I would love to see the Screachin' Eagle at PKI, its such a shame to see yet another coaster built by the great John A. Miller rot away when it could be put to great use somewhere else.

[RollerNut]

Most of Stealth's problems were fixed when It came to Carowinds, the problem was that PGA (appartly) didn't maintain Stealth, and it became SBNO most of the time. As far as the original flying coaster plans goes. Carowinds would have got theirs in 2001,2002 or 2003. The blueprints for BORG are dead giveaway on that as Nick Central(phase 1) isn't fully updated, and the plans changed (alot) over the winter.