Holy plot twist Batman!

Some here have been....all wet.

Knotts is revamping Ghost Rider.   

Probably invitation only. Maybe at the top of the Eiffel Tower or some other small space. Or backstage somewhere they don't want guests. 

 

Kings Island replied to a guest on Twitter that guests will be able to attend. 

Including those who passed through the parking tolls.

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Just got here. At Banshee if anyone wants to meet up. I didn't get a flyer at parking tolls.

Common. They're doing things out of order. Flat ride in 2016 (five years after WindSeeker), THEN waterpark in 2017 (five years after the Soak City revamp).

Geez. What does this park know about chronology?

I keep trying to think of two somethings from 1972 related to the water park that might be leaving, and all I come up with is the two engines from the Kings Island and Miami Valley Railroad. I really, really hope I'm wrong. Unfortunately, they would seem to fit Boddah's clues...

Plot Twist:

We're getting a Dive Coaster but the announcement is in Soak City.

 

It's a true DIVErsion.

Where is it officially announced that what is being removed is from 1972? Where did that come from?

At the park today and no employees know where this announcement will be

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The location for the announcement is in a place that can only be found by those who know where it's at.

I really hope you're not just saying this to insult my intelligence. How do you navigate to a place?

Well, first, you have to know where's it at. Obviously.

I thought we were smart.

Where is it officially announced that what is being removed is from 1972? Where did that come from?

It didn't come from the park. It was a rumor posted on KIC's Twitter.

Well hopefully that means a Water Coaster, though I'm not a water park guy, that has felt like a huge gap in their lineup since I started frequenting this site.  IIRC, the 2 water coasters at Holiday World cost something in the neighborhood of 10 mil & 8 mil.  Don't know what the top water coaster would be, but perhaps they could get something on that level for around $12 mil?

So I had a dream about the announcement last night. I know this is completely unlikely and not going to happen, but I want to share. I dreamt that they tore down a building (I'm not sure what building), adding a new outdoor theatre in the theme of logging/trees/wood and started doing a lumberjack competition similar to the attraction in Pigeon Forge. Then I dreamt that they put in a flat ride similar to one at Camden Park. Now hang on while I describe this. It's a ride you see featured in Grease at the end of the year carnival, one where you start standing in a circular dome and the ride spins faster and faster and then starts to lift and tilt sideways. Then if I'm correct because of how the ride operates, the speed is what keeps you pinned to the back of the ride since you aren't strapped in.  Sorry, I know that's really rough but I don't know they name of it or maker. 

 

I guess that's what happens when you stay up late reading the forums in anticipation for today. 

 

At the park today and no employees know where this announcement will be

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The location for the announcement is in a place that can only be found by those who know where it's at.

 

For the win.

T-minus 1 hour.

 

If it's taking place in Soak City, then that is reassuring.

Its probably going to be the water slide where the floor drops out beneath you.

The dinosaur in front of Planet Snoopy. Is gone.

^ it's been give because guests were climbing on it. And making holes in it and breaking it.

How are they going to move The Racer to Soak City?

 

 

 

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All aboard for the #KI2016 announcement in one hour!

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I think this big announcement is for Soak City

 

Anyone know where the heck the announcement is?

Yes.

Soak City.

Soak City

Is there a live stream?

Sent from a signal coming out of the Vega system.

I don't know that Racer is still safe. Thunder Road was torn out at Carowinds to make room for a water park expansion. We could be in for a real big water park next year O.O

 

 

That being said, this one is a surprise to me. I think we knew a water park expansion was coming, but it's not exactly common for Cedar Fair to do the same improvement at different parks in the same year(other than Widseeker). With Carowinds getting a water park upgrade, I just assumed KI would not get one this year. But its a needed addition, so....

700 WLW will be covering this as well as a live Tweet from a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter. 

 

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2015/08/18/kings-island-announcement/31948395/

 

https://twitter.com/CarrieSmithEnq

So if the trains are removed, anyone think the park would donate or sell them to a museum or another park?

Well, making my way over there from Starbucks! I needed the exercise anyway!

 

-Tb