Are all of the trucks gone?

Nope, still some in the service roads and backstage.

Everything is under control.

Under control is what they want you to think. The aliens got out of stasis.

Fitting

We will most likely know what happens if/when Kings Island releases a press release later today/tonight

Good to see that incident this is over.

It will be interesting to (perhaps) learn what the problem was in the coming hours/days. The media will definitely seek an explanation after getting reports of a fire.

Flight of Fear uses a large capacitor bank to supply a lot of energy at once for the launch. High-energy components can burn and produce a lot of smoke when they fail.

I blame the Aliens.

No smoke has been reported leaving the building. I'm thinking, if anything, a small electrical fire or someone lit a trash can on fire

Interesting how WCPO had to add "This is not the first time that a Kings Island ride malfunctioned and raised concerns." and S.O.B to the news story to add filler to their report.

From FOX 19's Twitter.

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Interesting how WCPO had to add "This is not the first time that a Kings Island ride malfunctioned and raised concerns." and S.O.B to the news story to add filler to their report.

Sensationalism and filler is part of the business.

So was the motor to the LIMs or something else?

Just a reminder to everyone. Posting screenshots is fine, but quotes with links to the source are much better, especially since most search engines can't read images.

Any official word yet?

Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly.

Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon.

Any official word yet?

We probably wont see that until Kings Island Releases a Press Statement/Release Later Today or Tonight.

Hopefully it's back up and running soon.

Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it?

My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment!

Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly.

Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon.

Does Kings Island have spare motors at the park or do they have to call up Premier and order one?

Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly.

Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon.

Has the park officially said that it's a LIM? Just remember that there are more than a handful of electrical motors in the entire apparatus. Everything from LIMs to moving lights to the metal gates.

In the arcade, don't see them anymore from here.

There are more motors on fof than just the lim motors. Keep that in mind.

The news helicopters are here still. Kinda creepy if you ask me

Could be a vacuum cleaners motor as well

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Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it?

My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment!

This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter...........

Que the X-Files theme!

There are more motors on fof than just the lim motors. Keep that in mind.

Has the park officially said that it's a LIM? Just remember that there are more than a handful of electrical motors in the entire apparatus. Everything from LIMs to moving lights to the metal gates.

Nope, I just inferred from the Mason reports of an "electrical motor" smoking. The LIMs certainly have the capability to fail more spectacularly than the others. (Drive motors, platform gate as you mentioned, etc)

I shouldn't have assumed, though.

Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it?

My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment!

This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter...........

Que the X-Files theme!

You could have made a FOF joke, or Outer Limits joke, or an Ancient Aliens joke... Yet you chose X Files...

Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it?

My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment!

This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter...........

Que the X-Files theme!

You could have made a FOF joke, or Outer Limits joke, or an Ancient Aliens joke... Yet you chose X Files...

Better yet, who couldn't? Heck, I'd rather make a Doctor Who allusion!

(BB1, heading for the TARDIS door)