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More than likely they’re out to make room in the maintenance building, to stir up conversations amongst fans, getting ready for shipment to Knott’s, or they’re going to be used as props of some sort?

I’m sure they weren’t super pressed for updating their content. Whether an attraction is 5 years old or older might now matter to non enthusiasts

There’s also a difference between using “stock images“ and showing an attraction that’s been recently removed from the park you’re advertising for. Using Pipeline Paradise in a KI advertisement is no different than using Slingshot, Vortex, or Firehawk in the same way. “Hey I thought Kings Island removed this attraction but I see it on their advertisement.”

I wonder how a 9:30 firework show would fare if the park remained open from 10-10.

It looks like 6 passenger car operation to me:

Where do they pull their attendance from? Spokane seems like the closest city but I’m sure people from Seattle make the trip as well as Boise but I’ve always been curious.

I’d like to see Flight of Fear with Zamperla Lightning trains which look comfortable. I’m not sure if Backlot could receive the same trains or if they could do something different like a Thunderbolt train, which seats 4 across which would more than likely require a station modification but could help with capacity. The former I’m hopeful for, the latter I’m just hopelessly optimistic.

I want KI to sell full posters of the performers, THOSE would sell

I thought so too. It’s similar to how Top Gun became Flight Deck. I think they’re assuming that people will still call it Dragster and they’re just trying to keep a familiar theme. Personally I would have went total rebrand and left out anything tying into high speed cars- but then again, maybe this won’t be themed to cars.

That’s rare. Typically one train/ 3 car operations happens when they only want to staff one conductor per train. Since the train ride goes through tighter curves, you need a conductor on each end to oversee the whole train- the first 3 cars are supervised by the front conductor and the last 3 are supervised by the back conductor. I rode last year with 3 car ops once but I believe it had rained earlier that day. Typically you will see 3 car ops when the park has lower attendance like weekdays before Memorial Day weekend. They only used to run 3 car ops in the fall because the old Haunt platform could only accommodate 3 cars. Sounds to me like they were operating at the bare minimum. I’m not sure how hard it is to find one more person to supervise the back half of the train to allow 6 car ops but I’m not a scheduler.

Was this a true collision though? When I think of collision I think about what happened to Smiler. Was this a collision or a bump?

I thought so too at first but I think people are more worried about what happens down the road of attendance drops further. You close rides early to save money, less people show up/stay at the park later in response to having less options, you close more rides and food stand early because there’s not enough guests to justify keeping them staffed, and the cycle continues.

And they probably still pay $5 for a milkshake

Imagine, for a moment, that malls are thriving. There’s a food court that has multiple different options- all owned by the mall. After a while the mall starts to close down a few food stands early. So what happens? Less people show up to the mall and less people stay in the mall after a certain time which in turn prompts the mall to shut down even more stands.

I understand the logic behind some rides but at the end of the day, people are paying admission to be in the park- rides should be open. I’m sure someone will make the excuse, “you’re not paying to ride the rides, your paying to get admission into the park.”

When stuff starts to close, it becomes a snowball effect

I’ve worked for two different parks in the chain and I was always told that attention to detail was everything. How can management stress attention to detail when the chain allows posts like this?

I meant a Zamperla train

Like @BeeastFarmer said, for FoF it would make sense because of its popularity to keep it running smooth for the next decade or so. BLSC is also a popular ride with the families so if you completely retheme it, I could see the benefit of LSMs, unless they replace it with a modern LSM family. TL;DR, both coasters are popular and it wouldn’t hurt if Zamperla could “RMC” our launched coasters.

LSMs and updated trains mainly.

If Zamperla Dragster is a success, could they fix up our two Premier coasters?

Would you have thought differently if we received, say, Dominator? It seems we were destined for a GL relocation in some form or another.

If they’re flat rides, no. I don’t even mind cloned coasters if it’s a few and they’re a certain size. For example: I don’t see the harm in 4D freespins as they’re the boomerangs of the 2010s.

Well if the park comes out and says it’s due to staffing, we know that’s a lie