Everything posted by DeltaFlyer
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Kings Island 2020 Finally Open Thread
There is a pretty neat little show in front of Zephyr called “The Scrub Club”, doing covers of pop songs with a cleaning spin. They have face shields and other cleaning supplies as props.
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Ride Wait Times 2020 Season
That's about the time I left- just couldn't take the heat much longer. There wasn't really anywhere to get a drink refill besides restaurants, so the lines moved pretty slow.
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Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex
Admins, a temp ban may be in order for this sort of insolence.
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All 2020 KI Season Passes will be valid for 2021 Season
Yep, I use mine all the time at CP and KD.
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Is it possible to ride all of the major coasters at KI & CP with FLP in one day?
I’ve managed to get close without FLP, missing only SteVe and Valravn. It’s definitely possible.
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Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex
Is that a batwing, cobra roll, sea serpent roll and a cutback? Delicious.
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Orion Construction Photos
Using sod everywhere would be pretty expensive- they'd probably use it in the areas near the station and hydroseed the rest.
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Brighten Everyone's Day
I would agree. Probably just getting broken in though.
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KI Employee Questions
Yes, to the right of that is two storage tracks. The control panel for the transfer table is to the left of the track right before you go into the themed area.
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KI Employee Questions
Emergency stop.
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Canada's Wonderland
I found Flight Deck to be pretty rough even for an SLC. Time Warp is a medieval torture device disguised as a roller coaster.
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Canada's Wonderland
Seems like Martin & Vleminckx would be a good candidate to erect it: Based in Quebec and has lots of experience with wood construction.
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Vortex Audio Clips and Ringtones
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Shake, Rattle, & Roll turns 45
Yes! I really like the look of those fluorescent tubes, but I certainly understand the need to modernize to LED.
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Thoughts on the Current State of Soak City
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Shake, Rattle, & Roll turns 45
I miss the old color scheme and lighting.
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Kings Island and Cedar Point opening Mid-May
As well as a Freestyle.
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Orion First Riders Auction
It took you this long??
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Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks
My TI-83+ is a great companion...
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Worst Coaster You Have Been On.
No matter how rough a wooden coaster is or how much jackhammering goes on, I still generally find them fun. Grizzly at KD, Minebuster at CW, or Legend at HW come to mind- I usually get off laughing and thinking “that was so awful I need to do it again”. I generally don’t classify wooden coasters into my list of worst coasters; the roughness is part of the fun. My pick would be Vortex at Carowinds. There is nothing redeeming about it.
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Orion Construction Photos
Remember, one of those is a channel for fall protection harnesses. Banshee, Valravn, and Fury all have these. Diamondback uses a steel cable, but is the same concept. If you look closely at their lifts on POVs you can see it.
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Orion Construction Photos
I think it should be a full blown TSA checkpoint. Full body scanners, explosive detectors, the works!
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Retheming of Back Lot Stunt Coaster
Rode Wonderland's this past summer. Yikes.
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Vortex's Replacement?
How about a dueling launched S&S Axis??
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Orion Testing Begins!
First run usually goes without trims so that they can be sure it will complete the circuit, then they will be dialed in to the design speed. Last thing you would want on the first test would be a valley due to overzealous trims.