coaster_junky

i love how even though Son of Beast isn't shown, they didn't try to cover the clearing where the ride sits- especially the rosebowl.

i just figured out who the interpreter really is... 'he's a pirate.'

wow, i really like the names! except for zoom flume, the rest had kind of a tropical theme to them, and then that one...

browntggrr, i think that is a broom, maybe? haha this was great! the line about the fanny pack was the best.

^the trip to disney world was actually a graduation gift from my grandparents...

the loop's running rails were wooden, the track spine for the loop and the supports were steel, but the part the train 'coasted' over was the exact same as it was for the rest of the ride.* *other than the fact that it went upside down.

so, i was just wondering why obama is littering the website with campaign ads on the side bars and the bar above the 'KICentral' site banner. i come here to read about Kings Island and other related things, not to see his face. edit: now there are even ones for santorum, someone else i'd rather not see while visiting the website.

is this really account number three? first pizzababy027, then gottabesomthinmore, and now dreamerontheedge.

kifan1980, my family did the same exact thing. two years ago we were in san antonio, last year we were at disney world, and this year we will be in cleveland.

Well if you heard it on here it must be true! Since you seem to be an expert, can you please elaborate on the way in which the ride was supposed to be braked compared to how it was actually braked? This is BS. i never said i was an expert, i'm going by a story that sob_tom, i believe*, told about the ride in a thread that was deleted almost immediately after he had posted it. the story, by someone that was at least in maintenance, talked about how there were two types of brakes available for the giant top spin model. both 'worked' in doing what the ride needed to do, but the second option would have worked better, paramount chose the first option due to price. *if it wasn't you sob_tom, i'm sorry for my memory mistaking me. thank you for explaining this, i love gaining more knowledge about Kings Island and its attractions, i was just relaying what someone from maintenance said on here.

Cheap? The show elements and price of the attraction were far from cheap I bet. What were HUSS' suggestions? obviously not cheap, didn't paramount pay over $20 million for the entire ride. what i meant was the cheaper route. i've read on here multiple times that for starters, they didn't want to pay the extra for the ride to be weather proof, which basically led to the demise of many of the show elements (mainly the water ones.). i also read on here that paramount went against huss' recommendations on which type of braking system to use, they went with the cheaper one that failed often and caused significant downtime around once a season.

keep in mind, paramount took the cheap route while ordering the giant top spin. it could very well still be around today if they would have listened to huss' suggestions.

^^really?! that truly comes as a complete shock to me. whenever my grandparents take a vacation to florida, the holy land experience is almost always on their itinerary. i can understand some people thinking of it as a terrible idea for a theme park, but it's supposed to be a biblical themed park, which tells stories from the bible, not to be a place like disney or universal. dollywood's made me laugh, it basically said, 'dollywood is one of the weirdest theme parks because it's a number one attraction in tennessee and dolly parton is part owner.'

to me, whether for an attraction or a person- one year is picking a day on the calender and going to the exact same date of the very next year (i.e.- january 1, 2000 to january 1, 2001), but to each their own. haha

yet, ohiocolts stated that 'they are ruining 10 year celebrations.' he never said the ride didn't run for ten seasons, he said it didn't even get to run for ten years. you don't come out of the womb being one year old already.

somebody will surely correct me if i'm wrong, but the crypt, then tomb raider the ride, was fully constructed inside warehouse style building it's located in. i'm pretty sure i read that it was done to both protect the ride from the elements it wasn't designed to run in and to help keep the ride more secretive. you were closer the second time, it's actually soarin'

... and flight deck was painted over last off-season.

haha, that was my sorry attempt at sarcasm, i guess i should have added a at the end...

^maybe they planned on two coats?

^i believe that was for nik wallenda's tight rope walk.

i believe i've read in multiple places that the stranded guests were given the opportunity for lifetime season passes. however, none took them because, 'they enjoyed the view.'

^as in, was it a picture taken of kings dominion's Flight of Fear, or Kings Island's Flight of Fear? for this, i'm not sure. if you're asking if it is actually one of the two Flight of Fears in the picture, then the answer is yes. the picture is from back when the ride had shoulder restraints rather than the lapbar.

knowing past name changes, i'm going with 'mat racers.'

i also am running firefox, but my spell check is working fine.

^reasons like this are what make me like this site so much. i've been saying the manufactures name completely wrong ever since i learned who it was.