johnjniehaus

100% while I'd much prefer them to hire a real artist or graphic designer the could have at least done their due diligence to make sure AI created realistic designs based on real photos or artwork. These look amateur at best and like they only prompted AI once and did not editing of whatever it spit out the first time. They shirts and designs look horrible and I've even seen some merch in the pass holder group with the park name spelled incorrectly due to AI merch errors....like what the heck literally nobody checked this before they hit print because the amount of errors is insane! The only way to send the message tho is to not buy this merch and let it all hit the discount racks next season when they realize they couldn't sell it. As long as people buy AI slop like this there is no incentive to stop creating more AI slop merchandise

On a slightly different topic did you all see Kings Dominion announced a firework and Drone show during July and August this season? I didn't think Kings Dominion did any sort of regular fireworks show (please correct me if I'm wrong) obviously I'm sure they did many many years ago but in recent times, they haven't had one anytime I've ever been there. I will be the first to call six flags out when they are doing something poorly but I'll also acknowledge when they do something right and the new shows lineup at Kings Dominion looks really solid especially considering I don't think they've had anything other than a Charlie Brown had a farm kids show whenever I've been there previously.

We need to keep the fireworks. I understand they are expensive and not necessary and most people leave at 9 instead of 10 but they are tradition...and we are one of the few if not the only park in the Taft/Paramount group that still does nightly summer fireworks. Hoping the fireworks can stay and if they do need to cut back maybe they could move to Fri, Sat, Sun fireworks nights? Not that I want them to do that but I'm saying please don't get rid of them altogether

I think the only thing saving Invertigo is the fact they still haven't replaced Vortex and while the average guest might not care too awful much, you know the media and park super fans would be very quick to call them out on it

Unfortunate that not everything is working 100%. Hopefully they are able to troubleshoot it and get it all functioning

I'm hoping that they do stick the others in there. I think that adventure port got rushed a bit and a couple scenery pieces they showed on Facebook for Adventure Express never did make it to the final version (for example the repainted masks that were on the first lift). I'm wondering if they rushed PTON slightly to make sure it would open for opening day and didn't have time to finish the other busts

I personally see it being an off year - as for upcoming projects in the next few years I'd say we should see a new coaster by 2030 (hopefully in The Vortex plot but if not I think it'll be Action Zone with congo, timber Wolf, and possibly Invertigo removals. If they opt not to replace Vortex with a new coaster, this might be controversial but perhaps they could create an extension of coney mall with more flats down at that end? Maybe something similar to Carowinds Aeronautic Landing. Just an idea. I think the park honestly should focus on some general improvements for the time being - renovation of restrooms, perhaps an upgraded entrance area, or repaint and repair rides.

Mixed feelings on the lights - I wish the tube lights had been replaced but in general it looks better now that all the light bulbs are working. There were a lot of burnt out bulbs two years ago last time I operated. Wish they had replaced the tube lights but it definitely doesn't look bad currently because all the bulb/globe style lights are working

Just a random question, why are so many people maxing out the score with like 999999? Targets worth too many points? Ride breaking down/stopping for loading resulting in these crazy maxed out scores? Been seeing a lot of them posted on Facebook

While I wish they had restored the tube lightbulbs on the arms, I will say the red is kinda cool. Dorney Parks monster had red lights at night back before it was removed

Sorry for your loss. Hope you had a nice day at the park in your friend's memory.

Wow that isn't good. They have got to get better at loading all the opera boxes. We don't want a half sold show

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1bg2JaSt9C/ Appears to me that the ride is running a little faster than it did in 2024 when they noticably slowed it down to try and keep it going through the end of the season. Also, are my eyes deceiving me or are the new lights under the arms red? Also looks like they removed the green tube lights from the arms?

Not sure how long Orion lines were when opening during the pandemic but I'd say this is the biggest turn out for a new ride opening since mystic if I had to guess

I just imagine the other ones sitting in the executive office starring down the park executives haha

So if no jazz and no classical what are they pumping on I-Street?

What type of playlist is it now?

Maybe they thought more than one bust would be too scary for the kids haha. Or maybe the others were in poor condition? Seems interesting that there's only one left but at this point if anything original is not in a dumpster were lucky

Looks like it's shined up a bit. Maybe fresh paint? Did they take the tube lightbulbs off the arms entirely? The round bulbs under the arms also look slightly different to me

I was wondering if that would be an issue just with the amount of people in the lobby que area. Hopefully they can fine tune it as they go

Saw monster cycling today on webcam. If anyone thinks of it can you get some pictures of how it's looking? Did they fix all the lights and are all the ques still the same?

I was also wondering if that was one of the original ones and if so what happened to the others? Even if it's not original it's a cool nod to the original ones

I heard the line was 3 hours...where did they put all those people?.the indoor ques for boo Blasters usually only held maybe 45 minutes of people max

That's one thing I was trying to listen for in the POVs and I couldn't seem to hear music over all the riders excessive talking