I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I'm honestly happy and unhappy about all of these changes. I guess the thing is that growing up, I've been used to Nickelodian, Top Gun instead of (iForget the name), Face/Off instead of Invertigo, etc. I don't know, But I think the blue will look great. The GOOD Part is that all of the rides are still the same (except Racers)

I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I'm honestly happy and unhappy about all of these changes. I guess the thing is that growing up, I've been used to Nickelodian, Top Gun instead of (iForget the name), Face/Off instead of Invertigo, etc. I don't know, But I think the blue will look great. The GOOD Part is that all of the rides are still the same (except Racers)

I'm with you there. I miss the good mixture of Nickelodean and Hannah-Barbera themed areas. That and the movie themes. All that made the park for me. Sadly things change.

I'm with you there. I miss the good mixture of Nickelodean and Hannah-Barbera themed areas. That and the movie themes. All that made the park for me. Sadly things change.

Sadly, so does theme licensing. Unfortunately it does look seem like for now its getting worse more than better.

At other parks, Evel Knievel, Thomas the Train, The Wiggles, Terminator, etc. have been shown the door. At still another, Garfield the Cat made a controversial entrance into The Old Mill. Many wish he'd leave.

At other parks, Evel Knievel, Thomas the Train, The Wiggles, Terminator, etc. have been shown the door. At still another, Garfield the Cat made a controversial entrance into The Old Mill. Many wish he'd leave.

I have been a die hard Garfield fan since I read my first Garfield book in 2nd grade, and even I wish he would leave that ride. Seems like every time I go I ride it to remind myself why not to ride it. The experience that that ride gives is what I would imagine an acid trip to be like.

Are we talking about Kennywood? I went there for the first time this past summer and loved the park. The Garfield ride was pretty lame though. My wife loves Garfield and even she didn't like it.

Yes, Kennywood. It wouldn't be quite the outrage were The Old Mill not such an historic attraction.

It's kind of surprising considering that Kennywood seems to be all about maintaining old and rare rides.

Kennywood is now owned by Palace Entertainment. Yet, it was under the Henninger family this rather unpopular and surprising revamp was made.

It's kind of surprising considering that Kennywood seems to be all about maintaining old and rare rides.

I think this was their way of preserving the ride. Maybe they thought they'd breathe life into it by infusing it with a well-loved (and "classic in its own right") property. And truth be told, I've never seen the line shorter than 15 minutes on my trips. It's a shame in terms of classic dark rides, but I think it made sense as a viable family park. That's not to say a resurgence of the original theme wouldn't be highly celebrated by all.

Garfield's Nightmare might just be the most unnecessary use of an on-ride photo ever.

Garfield the Cat made a controversial entrance into The Old Mill. Many wish he'd leave.

I have been a die hard Garfield fan since I read my first Garfield book in 2nd grade, and even I wish he would leave that ride. Seems like every time I go I ride it to remind myself why not to ride it. The experience that that ride gives is what I would imagine an acid trip to be like.

I've only been to Kennywood once in my life, and I have no clue what that ride used to be. I love dark rides very much. When I rode Garfield's Nightmare, I'm pretty sure the only things I genuinely liked were the ride's outdoor theming and the novelty of a boat-based dark ride. Everything else ranked, to be frank, somewhere around watching grass grow.

The "nightmare" theme wasn't too bad. It was the fact that they used Garfield to do it. The ride was entirely silent, save for a few random sound effects. And half of those sound effects were Garfield saying something in his dull monotone. If it were any other cartoon character, it'd be a lot easier for me to overlook and chalk up to theming effects presumably not being maintained. As it were, the fact that the ride wasn't too exciting by itself combined with Garfield's voice, giving the impression that the ride's just as bored with you as you are with it. With some extra effects (like a soundtrack), the theme would work much better on a dark ride/shooter system like our BBoBH, but it just doesn't work well with Kennywood's boats.

Jim Davis is very protective of the Garfield franchise. He personally approved every aspect of the Kennywood ride. It is exactly what he intended, no more, no less.

Is it just me or does CF like cloning rides, and the color blue?

It was the color red. And until recently, cloned rides did not appear at the crown jewel. What will be in the future remains to be seen.

Looking good!

From Kings Island's Facebook

WOW. The ride itself looks...finished...well, now they have to paint the surrounding lampposts, as they are still red...

PS: Invertigo looks awesome now.

I love the new colors, they are very inviting. What will they do with the lamp posts? The red is an eyesore.

From Sunday 26th

I also like the new look...but then again I have always liked blue so I am biased.

Thanks for the pictures Paul!

Ohhhhh It's looking good! Better than I thought it would have turned out.

got to admit, it's getting better; getting better, all the time.

Can't get no worse.

I really do like the new paint. At least it's a different color than the original track, unlike another Action Zone coaster...but I'm not complaining.

Man it looks better than it sounded thanks for the photo update!

I just noticed that the announcement of Invertigo's repainting was apparently enough to reset the "most online" record for the KIC forums. Apparently more people are interested in an existing coaster being repainted than in the announcement of the biggest and baddest coaster ever to hit KI. Go figure.

EDIT: Never mind. I screwed up. See below.

Edited February 28, 201214 yr by jcgoble3

I just noticed that the announcement of Invertigo's repainting was apparently enough to reset the "most online" record for the KIC forums. Apparently more people are interested in an existing coaster being repainted than in the announcement of the biggest and baddest coaster ever to hit KI. Go figure.

"people are strange" like that...

I just noticed that the announcement of Invertigo's repainting was apparently enough to reset the "most online" record for the KIC forums. Apparently more people are interested in an existing coaster being repainted than in the announcement of the biggest and baddest coaster ever to hit KI. Go figure.

While that would make sense, if you hover over the number, it says "11 Jan 2012", which is a full month before this topic was started (and almost three weeks before the topic on Soak City construction was started).

I just noticed that the announcement of Invertigo's repainting was apparently enough to reset the "most online" record for the KIC forums. Apparently more people are interested in an existing coaster being repainted than in the announcement of the biggest and baddest coaster ever to hit KI. Go figure.

While that would make sense, if you hover over the number, it says "11 Jan 2012", which is a full month before this topic was started (and almost three weeks before the topic on Soak City construction was started).

How did I screw that up? Must have been too tired. Never mind. Ignore me. *walks away in shame*

I guess i'll take one too because when I read your original post all I thought to myself was "Who'd have guessed"!

(John, I guess I have too much faith in you! )

Bartender! A round of facepalms for the house on me!