Too bad they spelled Kings Island wrong. I hate when I see it spelled King's Island drives me nuts!

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A new paint job, can't imagine what would happen if they changed the color on Vortex next year.

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A new paint job, can't imagine what would happen if they changed the color on Vortex next year.

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^Them's fightin' words. Nobody messes with my Vortex!

Also, in other news, it would appear via a map teaser on Carowinds's Facebook page that their Xtreme Skyflyer has been renamed to Ripcord and relocated to a new spot between Nighthawk and Flying Ace Aerial Chase. Not worth a whole thread, so I figured I'd post it as an aside here rather than start a topic in the "Other Parks" board.

Between Flight Deck, Xtreme Skyflyer, Jr. Gemini, and The Grove at Kings Dominion, it would appear this is the year of the renames at Cedar Fair.

A new paint job, can't imagine what would happen if they changed the color on Vortex next year.

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^Them's fightin' words. Nobody messes with my Vortex!

Also, in other news, it would appear via a map teaser on Carowinds's Facebook page that their Xtreme Skyflyer has been renamed to Ripcord and relocated to a new spot between Nighthawk and Flying Ace Aerial Chase. Not worth a whole thread, so I figured I'd post it as an aside here rather than start a topic in the "Other Parks" board.

Between Flight Deck, Xtreme Skyflyer, Jr. Gemini, and The Grove at Kings Dominion, it would appear this is the year of the renames at Cedar Fair.

You know everyone wants to see Vortex painted red and yellow just like Diamondback.

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Too bad it's not a vibrant paint..you can't tell from afar in bright sunlight. Up close though it'll be nice to not see rust though for sure.

A new paint job, can't imagine what would happen if they changed the color on Vortex next year.

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^Them's fightin' words. Nobody messes with my Vortex!

Also, in other news, it would appear via a map teaser on Carowinds's Facebook page that their Xtreme Skyflyer has been renamed to Ripcord and relocated to a new spot between Nighthawk and Flying Ace Aerial Chase. Not worth a whole thread, so I figured I'd post it as an aside here rather than start a topic in the "Other Parks" board.

Between Flight Deck, Xtreme Skyflyer, Jr. Gemini, and The Grove at Kings Dominion, it would appear this is the year of the renames at Cedar Fair.

You know everyone wants to see Vortex painted red and yellow just like Diamondback.

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I really, really hope that was sarcasm...

It's about time it got a paint job.

Carowinds has renamed there Xtreme Skyflyer to Ripcord wonder if this will be the trend to come? All the former Paramount Parks had an Xtreme Skyflyer while Cedar Fair liked to call their version Ripcord.

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A photo update on the progress of the painting of Xtreme Skyflyer posted today on Baynum Painting's Blog.

You can see in that picture that Drop Tower Was Testing With the Water Dummys!

Some of those pictures taken today, with an Apple Ipad Air..interesting. But yes it does confirm those photos were taken this afternoon, around noon even

It's...It's....beautiful....

I haven't ridden it in years. My wife and I were planning to ride it just before she got pregnant, so we couldn't. I think that this year we will ride it.

I loved Extreme SkyFlier. The brief second of free fall before the cables pull you snug into the harness is truly the only terrifying moment in the park for me.

I love this ride. My daughter, one of her friends and I rode it. We still laugh about it. "Are you ready girls?" "No!" "Get ready we are going on 3! One!" "No!" "Two!" I pull the cord in two of course. What a rush on that drop.

If I was not on the pull side we'd still be up there.

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This ''Pay and play" ride is amazing. I love how you feel like your not attached to anything immediately after pulling the rip cord.

Looks like theres only one small chunk left to paint at the top or the arch!

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I saw it in person, and it sure does shine in the sunlight! So clean... for now.

I've never been on this type of ride before...even with all the times I've been to CP, I've never gone on RipCord. I really want to go on one though. They sound like they're unlike anything else and provide such a unique thrill.

And Xtreme Skyflyer's new paint looks great!

Don't do the one at Cedar Point. It's way more expensive than Kings Island's.

Oddly, the shorter the Skycoaster, the more awe-inspiring I find them. The one at Joyland in Kansas was a very adrenaline inspiring rush. See also Kennywood. The monster one in Orlando...not so much, just very, very expensive.

I've never been on this type of ride before...even with all the times I've been to CP, I've never gone on RipCord. I really want to go on one though. They sound like they're unlike anything else and provide such a unique thrill.

As TTD-120-420 mentioned, don't bother with Cedar Point's: it's insanely expensive. Kings Island's, with its typical $5 price in the morning, is the cheapest Skycoaster I've ever encountered.

I've never been on this type of ride before...even with all the times I've been to CP, I've never gone on RipCord. I really want to go on one though. They sound like they're unlike anything else and provide such a unique thrill.

As TTD-120-420 mentioned, don't bother with Cedar Point's: it's insanely expensive. Kings Island's, with its typical $5 price in the morning, is the cheapest Skycoaster I've ever encountered.

That will most likely change this year.

Yeah, I figure it will. Even with it inflated for Banshee's traffic, I doubt it gets to CP's price.

Is this a new paint scheme or was the paint just waring out?

New-ish..

It was silver before, now it's..a silver white.

It's brand new, saying there wasn't paint on it before.

I guess this is one of those situations where you didn't realize how bad something looked until it got revamped. There's a clear difference between what's been painted and what hasn't. It's certainly going to "pop" during the day now that it's all bright and shiny.

They really should add the color lights back to it. It used to looks so nice at night with the arch and the arms changing colors at night. And now that its not rusted anymore it would really show up.