Everything posted by BlondyRidesOn
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IAAPA 2018
Will GCI still supply the Millennium Flyer trains or are they moving to the Infinity Flyer much like RMC discontinuing their original train design?
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Ideas for the Crypt building?
Why not build a Hopkins Super Flume that weaves in and out of the building, which can be themed to a mine of some sort. The Licking River in Kentucky is known for salt mines along its banks, maybe name it "Salt Mine Falls."
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Kings Island Announces Kings Mills Antique Autos for 2019!
I'm amazed by how much they look like the original Arrow models. Will they all be patterned like that, or will they be solid colors?
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Future plans for Firehawk's station discussion
But we already have The Racer and Mystic Timbers. Personally if GCI returns, I would love to see a Ghostrider style treatment of The Racer; same layout but new wood track and new trains. However, an RMC topper track woodie would be cool to see implemented.
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Winterfest 2018 Discussion Thread
I agree about the tree lighting. As cool as the show is, I liked watching old clips from 2005 and the original in 1985 with the pyrotechnics lighting the star. It would really help our Winterfest stand out from the others in the chain.
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Future plans for Firehawk's station discussion
It's pretty clear by this Tweet that the park has plans for the station. I'm thinking it may have to do with a future roller coaster or an all year use because I don't think they'd hype it up as much if it were a Haunt attraction.
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Firehawk Leaving Kings Island 10/28/18
More video from Firehawk's opening year. Really interesting piece of historical video.
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Smurf on eBay
How do you get something like that? Makes me wonder if the old Enchanted Voyage snail is still around somewhere.
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Newly Themed Area?
Most Arrow Custom Loopers are unique and provide a different experience. The timing also plays a role in additions. Cedar Point got Corkscrew in 1976, Kings Island got Vortex in 1987. Cedar Point built Valravn in 2016. If Kings Island were to build a Dive Machine, it would be way down the line, just not any time soon.
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Newly Themed Area?
I would prefer a Gerstlauer Infinity coaster with that color scheme as Cedar Point already has a B&M Dive Machine.
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Newly Themed Area?
Rename Drop Tower to Demon Drop. Maybe use the old Cedar Point/ Dorney Park logo.
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Things that KI can improve on
What if the Tower had a broadcast antenna at the top? It would serve a purpose other than visually making it slightly taller.
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Kings Island Announces Kings Mills Antique Autos for 2019!
Is Gould Manufacturing going to be the ones making the Antique Cars? They're the only manufacturer of those rides that can build them close enough to the original Arrow Development model we had.
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2018 Off Season Poll: What Food Item Should KI Bring Next?
Move Panda Express to the Swiss building on International Street where Skyline is and sell Gliers Goetta Dogs with Sauerkraut and German Potato Salad in Festhaus.
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What Else Do You Want To Come Back?
The Clown Band- More roaming entertainment like in the 70s and 80s. Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal- The big box of fun needs to go "International" Street- Maybe add some elephant ears to the menu since they have them at the Rivertown Funnel Cake stand, flags of the corresponding countries on the buildings.
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Kings Mills Antique Autos Path Discussion
It looks like a good sized plot of land to me. It's not as large as the original as that had the Rivertown side and Coney Mall side.
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The Giga Speculation Thread
Did it say specifically that it was for Coney Mall? I only read a B&M project within the next few years.
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No Day At Kings Island Is Complete Without...
Ride on The Racer.
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The Firehawk back-story...
I remember hearing somewhere that X Flight was supposed to be at Kings Island the whole time. This adds a whole new meaning to "one of our own."
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Kings Island Removing an Attraction?
The funeral directors name will be George Ignatius Gregory Alexander.
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Kings Island Confirms removal of Coaster
If there is an announcement video, I hope it's similar to the Cedar Point videos like the ones for the closures of Mantis and Mean Streak. https://youtu.be/IkkRRK_oAaQ
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Kings Island Removing an Attraction?
Just so long as it isn't The Racer that's leaving, I'll probably be alright with the announcement.
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Kings Island Confirms removal of Coaster
If I remember correctly, Invertigo, when it was Face/Off, was advertised as (Paramount's) Kings Island's twelfth coaster. Many Vekoma Boomerangs are leaving the Cedar Fair chain.
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Kings Island Removing an Attraction?
I remember when the park did something similar back in 2015 when they teased that something from 1972 was being removed for 2016. Many thought it was The Racer, but it turned out to be the old toll booths out front for the new north entrance. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/08/18/whats-next-kings-island-announcement-planned/31954197/ Perhaps it's not a ride or something inside the park that'sgoing to be gone. What's big and outside of the park? My guess is that maybe it's the parking lot sign and here's why... "The winds are eerily calm..." On September 27, 2003, the original parking lot marquee fell over in a windstorm https://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/kings-island-sign-collapses-overnight If the winds are eerily calm, the sign might be getting removed or receiving a serious facelift by the park rather than a sudden accident requiring the replacement. "... the ill fated demise of one of our own." Now this is something interesting. Perhaps the words on the little sign near the funeral scene was not referring to one of the park's own attractions, but rather the park is playing around with the idea that the sign is referring to itself and "one of it's own" is going away. That's just my theory. Usually if an attraction is going away then the park announces it ahead of its closure in order for fans to get their last rides in.
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Kings Island Removing an Attraction?
Someone mentioned how there are old, dead flowers and new flowers to suggest it died twice. Could mean two things. First, Dinosaurs Alive is still back in the woods, just closed to the public and no Dinosaurs, and it's officially going to be removed. Secondly, if it's Firehawk, it could symbolize how it "died" when X-Flight was removed from Geauga Lake and it's going to "die" again.