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The official POV is out on YouTube: What an incredible looking ride! Congrats Canadians!

Nobody from the park has ever said anything to us about the Tower Topics podcast, except they enjoy it and learned things they didn’t know. As for retiring the Tower Topics X, it simply wasn’t proving enough value for the podcast. We have chosen to put all of the channel’s social media efforts into the Tower Topics Facebook Group. That has been providing us with far more value. We did have good engagement with the content we published on X, better than many of the posts the park makes on X. It just wasn’t proving enough value for us. A lot of what we’d post on X can still be found on my personal X. Ryan and I are not going to be shills for the park. We’re going to keep doing the podcast the same way. Genuine and authentic with honest and frank discussion about Kings Island.

I'm hearing nothing but good things about it so far. Tbh if SF sees it as a success, I could very well see a ride like AlpenFury come to KI. Maybe an Invertigo/Congo/Timberwolf/Skyflyer replacement?

AlpenFury is set to open tomorrow, Saturday, July 12th, 2025! After months of construction, delays, waiting, commissioning, theming installation, and even more waiting, the day has finally come. This brand new Premier launch coaster takes riders through the new Alpenfest; launches them down into, through, and up out the top of Wonder Mountain; all the way down the left (south) side of International Street; and then back into Alpenfest for a thrilling experience that is set to be the best in the park. The theming for the station and area are awesome, and I cannot wait to see them in person some day. Congratulations to Canada's Wonderland on their newest roller coaster, and best of luck to everyone as it begins its public operating life!

Yeah, I think it's about our turn to have an elite coaster with the word "Fury" in it. But then again, certain "circumstances" probably won't allow for it unfortunately.

Y'know, I think I might prefer these small signs over putting a car on a midway. You can tell they were made to be unobtrusive and easily changed out/disassembled. Kings Island has always had sponsors, as has Disney, and so have many other regional parks. The transition from the merger has allowed a ton of people to recognize a slight change and then run wild with comments. I also wanted to hop on the positivity train and mention that I've had a great time at Kings Island this season because of all the associates I've encountered. My food and drinks have been good. I really enjoyed the new Pep + Chee sandwich (I have got to find out how much pepperoni is on that thing). The shows, while having shorter runs, remain high quality. The rides are still nicely consistent. Most of my complaints are for Six Flags' corporate teams. Budget cuts affect everyone and I think there are better ways to go about doing them, but the echo chambers often repeat the loudest and harshest voices. The associates deserve much more than they're getting, and I hope the park and Six Flags are able to stabilize and improve the overall situation rather quickly.

TT2 Uptime Calendar | RFDB This great resource for viewing the uptime of the ride. Looks like its hovering around 55% uptime.

Canada's Wonderland is getting a giant Premier multi-launch coaster that will cram one more ride that utilizes the iconic center mountain of the park. Alpen Fury stats- (I converted everything from metric off the park's website) Height- 164 ft (154 ft drop) Speed- 71 mph with 2 launches, one just out of the station and the main one being below the mountain 9 inversions- most for a launch coaster in North America Length- 3280 ft

Have a great trip Silver!

TT2 has paid lockers outside the entrance. Siren’s curse has free lockers in the queue like Steel Vengeance. Have to go through metal detectors on both.

The way things look, weather looks good for Tuesday for IB. I'm leaving Cincy at 6 am EDT, so if my calculations are correct, I'll be in Monticello a bit early, depends on Indy traffic. In Chicago, it's supposed to rain Thursday so I'll be downtown that day and Friday looks like great weather for SFGAm. I know Chicago flooded recently but from what I've seen, the streets effects have since improved. I think I've got things figured out for tackling visiting downtown. I will be getting to my 175th coaster in SFGAm if all goes to plan, and I'm likely making Whizzer that coaster. Can't see the Cleveland portion quite yet but I'm liking the temps from what I can see. I'm really hoping to ride Siren a few times to get a feel for the tilt on different parts of the train. TT2 I'm making a beeline to if I see it open at all.

Hopefully The Vortex plot gets filled first, but this would be an awesome coaster after that!

Speaking of Funnel Cake, the M&M funnel fries from Jukebox Diner is very good!

Oh I remember...I even remember when they had actual cars parked around the park advertising ....just pointing out we are slowing seeing the return...

Im guessing you don't remember when there were car advertisments all over the park in the early CF days? I believe also in late Paramount/early CF there were "ride fact" signs sponsored by Marathon Gas. So ads in the park is not new.

I can't comment on the internal, but the park was annoyingly crowded. That didn't bother me so much, but the inefficient procedures did. Lazy Bear Lodge...slow to serve the food. Think Coney BBQ with both sides open and lines to Coney Treats. One cashier. One drink stand. Backlot Cafe...no drink stations, you had to get your drink before entering, so wait in that line, then wait in a long food line, your drink was gone, hot or watered down (if the park had ice) Blue Ice Cream...4 people in front of me. 3 workers. Still took 20 minutes to get a cone. And they said they were not allowed to put it into a cup. Ride ops were great on most coasters, almost rivaling KI. Friendly too. Park wasn't very clean. Finally, the park can't control this, but the crowds....no sense of personal space. Children literally pawing at me. Teens cutting right in front of you on International Street...worse than KI teens. And the spitting...oh the spitting... Despite the dirty state of the park, it was beautiful. Still has some hints of Taft.

Those beating the dead horse of capacity worries should also know that the ride lasts only 80 seconds. Launch coasters can get away with smaller capacity trains as it balances it out with short ride durations.

I would want a custom building for it so it fits the ride size better and doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb link a certain box in Rivertown.

In fairness, Intamin was the original manufacturer that pitched the TT2 idea. CF took that idea and out of spite gave the job to Zamperla. We see how well that’s working out. I agree tho, I think it would be best if both worked together on a smaller project. A Darkoaster would be an amazing addition to KI.

I don't think it was. A "blast coaster coming out of the mountain" was one of the options that Wonderland sent to passholders a few years ago.

Considering the rocky relationship Cedar Fair has with Intamin, I’m not sure they’d go with them on a big project like this- they’d probably reintroduce them in a small way down the road if they wanted- think something like DarKoaster. As for Vekoma and Mack, it’s possible that other parks in the chain might receive something from them. If I were to guess, Cedar Fair is courting other manufacturers to see what they have to offer.

The renders show that the trains do not have comfort collars, only lap bars.

It's a cool concept, with features unlike anything else on the continent, in an iconic location in the park. Love it. Totally agree with the Volcano comparisons, and I kind of love that another park is getting their own take on the concept. I'm a little concerned about capacity--Wonderland gets BUSY and two 18-passenger trains are a bit concerning. I also wonder if it'll have comfort collars, as those only make loading slower. But yeah, all in all, I think this'll be a win. Good for them!

Yep. I imagine people are going to start saying this is more of a Volcano replacement than Rapterra is.

Did I see that right in the CGI rendering that it'll have flames coming out of the mountain a la Volcano?!

Intamin, mack, vekoma all make better products with better trains and capacity. Cedar Fair went cheap route and this is premiers largest scale product to date.

If it was anything like Alpen Fury, that would be great. Just as long as they put more than 2 trains on it.

Could we possibly see a Premier launched multi-looping coaster in The Vortex plot? I wouldn't mind.

It definitely looks like it's going to be the best coaster Premier has ever built.

Seems like a good choice aside from everyone's issues with Premier trains. It compliments their lineup well and fills 2 major holes at CW: inversions and launching. Its good to see more rides from manufacturers not named B&M or GCI.

Kinda giving me Velocicoaster vibes with all those rolls. Looks really graceful and fun!

I never thought about it until you said it... You are absolutely right that Backlot is their only launch coaster which isn't great. Canada's Wonderland has a pretty good collection of coasters (some of which aren't very good... looking at you, Flight Deck & Time Warp) but others are very good. The arrows are both classics, I personally love thunder run and wonder mountains guardian. The Bat is the best Vekoma Boomerang I've ever ridden (perhaps because it runs an arrow train?), and the two woodies should not be underestimated! They both will need some re-tracking in the next few years but they have amazing layouts. AlpenFury will be a great addition to the park and also showcase a different manufacturer other than B&M. I love B&M like everyone else but I do feel like many of their coasters have similar elements and after a park has 3-4 B&Ms perhaps it's time to utilize the strengths of a different manufacturer.

They needed a launch coaster that isn't a Backlot clone as well, it was a glaring hole in their coaster line up.

This has probably become my most anticipated new coaster for 2025... I still can't believe how they managed to cram yet another rollercoaster inside wonder mountain. Does anyone know if any rides are being removed to make space for this coaster? I couldn't think of anything that I saw missing from the POV but perhaps there is a flat they removed for the station area that I am just not remembering at the moment? 9 inversions is pretty sick and I think this really has the potential to be their best coaster. Of course the 3 B&Ms are really really solid so it'll have some competition but from the video this looks absolutely amazing!

Looks like a really solid addition. Nice to see Premier getting some attention in the chain. Makes me excited to see what could occupy The Vortex spot.