Everything posted by Merthecat
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Carowinds will be investing $50 million in the next three years!
LITERALLY JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY http://www.carowindsconnection.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3925 Nothing revealed yet, but definitely some good stuff is in the works for my home park!
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Worst roller coaster you've ever ridden.
Lucy's Crabbie Cabbie at Carowinds. 15ft tall, 5mph. Boring.
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Most Embarrasing Thing That Happened To You At KI
The most embarrassing thing that happened to me was at Carowinds. It was closing time, 10:00, and everyone was streaming towards the exit. I was with my older brother, and my cousin. I like to go through the turnstiles for some reason (don't ask why) and so I went through one of them at a half run...and it was locked. That really hurt my stomach. Everyone laughed, including me.
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Starting to Decode 2014
HmmmmYet his wife didnt even exist until after he died?
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carowinds
It's really not that great of a waterpark. They badly need a new slide complex there. But I would say the best day to go is a weekday. NEVER go on Saturdays.
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Starting to Decode 2014
That's kind of creepy that they put KIC members names on gravestones. Or maybe it's just me. Mer, who's creeped out
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Starting to Decode 2014
Remember when all the parks sent out the newsletter saying, "Summer flys by. Sometimes at record speed!" I bet it'll break the invert speed record too! Mer, decoding like a boss.
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Starting to Decode 2014
Geez this topic goes from topic to topic. FAST.
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Starting to Decode 2014
If that is fake, it's one heck of a drawing!Mer, who did not necessarily want to see those. Oh well, at least I'll be able to sleep the next few nights...
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That drop looks cool to me. Mer, who about passed out with excitement when he heard the announcement date.
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Starting to Decode 2014
Well the Afterburn has six and it could easily do two or three more, if there was enough space.
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Not very long till the announcement! Mer, who's very excited right now and probably won't sleep for the next week.
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Intamin or B&M
Arrow Dynamics invented the Hypercoaster. A full 10 years before Intamin or B&M built their first ones. You haven't heard of Cedar Point's Magnum XL-200? Opened in 1989, 205 feet tall...no inversions...aka, Hypercoaster #1...http://rcdb.com/11.htm Intamin didn't make their first hypercoaster until 1999, when "Superman: Ride of Steel" (now just Ride of Steel as Six Flags no longer owns the park) opened... http://rcdb.com/541.htm And B&M also made their first hypercoaster in 1999, when they opened "Apollo's Chariot" at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. http://rcdb.com/531.htm Dangit forgot about magnum
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Intamin or B&M
I've never actually ridden an Intamin, but the b and ms I've been on we're pretty good (Intimidator, Afterburn, Vortex) although Vortex isn't the most comfortable, but of course it has been around for about twenty years and it is a stand up coaster. Intimidator is very fun, it has nice airtime, and even styles your hair for you! Afterburn is very fun, it's action-packed, and goes upside down 6 times. After all, b and m has invented the invert, floorless, dive, and wing coasters. Intamin has invented the hyper (I think), giga, strata, and zacspin coasters.
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Starting to Decode 2014
We're all on a bumpy road. Except me. I'm on a couch. Lucky Mer
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Carowinds Windseeker Malfunction
Gosh I was just on that last week!
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Starting to Decode 2014
Don't use your phone while driving! Somebody could get hurt! Mer, who couldn't resist giving someone a safety tip.
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Starting to Decode 2014
How about 10/31?
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Halloween Haunt 2013
Board To Death is going to be board game themed.
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Errors on VisitKingsIsland.com
Trust me their go kart track isn't that great
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Starting to Decode 2014
Check Screamscape guys. He posted a Halloween Haunt update and that new bm track was spotted at the factory.
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Starting to Decode 2014
lol whatd you think it was Mer?For some crazy reason, I thought it was like an inverted shuttle coaster. Boy was I wrong
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Starting to Decode 2014
Wow that is not what I thought The Bat was at all
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Starting to Decode 2014
He could be lying. If you were asked that question would you just say "oh yeah we got one planned for ki and possibly more".
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Starting to Decode 2014
Honestly, I think if you took a poll of the average KI visitor, they'd look at the words "giga" and "invert" and say, "What the heck does that mean?" I believe the average KI visitor just wants to ride a ride. Doesn't matter if it's an invert, giga, sit down, floorless, flying, 4D, ect. All this talk of what Kings Island "needs", I don't think the average visitor thinks about what the park "needs". If it's a new B&M coaster or Intamin, they will line up in droves to ride it because it's new. It doesn't even have to be a roller coaster. It could be a flat ride. Heck, it could be a new bathroom! Dededededededededededededeeededede Remember the thing that said they were building a bathroom?