OK, but where is the other one?

Both vine tunnels from the Mystic Timbers webcam before it was turned off.



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Both tunnels are along the new WWC entrance/exit path, one on either side of the train crossing. I recently tweeted a pic I took late in last season, showing the other tunnel after vines had begun to grow in more.

Considering how much headway they made in a single, partial, season, I think they will have really good coverage by July, probably dense by the end of Haunt 2017.

Source: KI facebook

Queue?! I'm going to have to wait in a LINE for this thing?!?!

 

See ya later metal fencing  Sans switch-back railing

 

That new shot makes me wonder if those of us who "saw red" on the Snapchat the other day were all wrong and only @calakapepegot the color of the test train right!

I guess in about three weeks (at the latest), we'll all know the colors of the trains for sure. 

Or all three trains are the same colour... Remember the first video showed water dummy's on the train, This one does not. (That doesn't mean they took them off, but that also could mean it's a different train.)

Lead Cars are temporary for now. (Probably wanting to make sure nothing bad happens to the lead car, or they are setting them up to be ready to go.)

Im  liking the wooden fence going up in the Queue, Rivertowns going to look great with the theming going on here!

I will be surprised if all three trains are the same color since we know for a fact one is orange-copper-brownish lol Orange-- because the ride is themed with the story involving a baby blue chevy.. And we have seen the queue truck.. and we know the the front of the trains are slated to have resembling fronts. all of this makes me think at least one will be blue.. and probably only one.

I really like the copper-orange-whatever we are calling it. It just looks like it fits on this particular ride really well. 

Rust (and words)

Is it just me, or does it seem like the MV RR won't have enough clearance underneath Mystic Timbers? Just curious.

It. Will.

On 3/21/2017 at 2:31 PM, WWC2003Amy said:

 

A sheep

I think it's supposed to be like the billboard company emblem although I think it says I love sheep


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Or I love "ewe"

I just thought of a potentially uncomfortable situation with Mr T crossing over the train.  That train has a smokestack. and if it's cruising underneath while Mr T is above it, well, I hope riders can hold their breath.  

Id hope KI and both Busch Gardens have already thought of this. I wouldnt expect the engineers to puff till after the cross

I didn't know engineers could control that.  

If anything i would imagine the station could wait till the train front is past to launch, or the ride track is a solid bridge under the track like the old train crossing to WWC so smoke doesn't fly though.

Or we could just deal with the random possibility of it happening.    I'm sure we all breathe far worse things on a daily basis...

I'm more concerned on how it could potentially damage the wood. Its gonna look gross after a while!

Keep in mind that the Kings Island and Miami Valley Railroad burns propane.  It is not like it is burning coal like the Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railorad or the Dollywood Express.  

The wood on Mystic Timbers is pressure treated, so it should be able to withstand the elements, including any exhaust from the train.

6 hours ago, calakapepe said:

Id hope KI and both Busch Gardens have already thought of this. I wouldnt expect the engineers to puff till after the cross

 

6 hours ago, silver2005 said:

I didn't know engineers could control that.  

Also, there will always be heat expelling from the smoke stack whenever a locomotive is in operation, whether it's sitting still or moving. The "puffing" you're referring to is when the engineer pulls back on the throttle allowing steam to go through the cylinders and eventually into the smoke stack. To stop the "puffing" the engineer will push against the throttle so that no steam is pushed through the pistons and the train will just coast, (similar to taking your foot off of the gas in your car.) If I know locomotives correctly, and I do, I expect the engineers normally push the throttle all the way in and let the train coast into the station then open it back up slightly if needed to reach the water tower and the wheelchair ramp. 

On 3/24/2017 at 2:38 PM, rcwizard13 said:

 

 

New color name for this train: Mystic Marigold lol

 

Marigold because it closely matches the Pantone color designated as "marigold"

(Btw. I just made the name up lol)

Edit: Not really sure why the quote post isn't coming up but it was rcwizard13's post with the twitter link for the picture of the MT testing. 

 

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WEBN Live video posted on FB with a behind the scenes tour from Don...

 

"You're gonna wanna ride it during the day, you're gonna wanna ride it at night and also depending on where you sit on the train your experience is gonna be different on this coaster" - Don                            Hmmmm?

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing. 

^I don't see this as much of a hint as nearly all coasters give a different experience on whether one sits in the front of the train or the back (see Diamondback, Beast, Banshee, etc.) and the same goes for day and night. However, I believe a difference in what will happen in the shed during the day and at night has already been hinted at and discussed in this thread, so it would not surprise me if the same is true for position on the train


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^ This is true since, as I've heard, last one in the shed is, in fact, a rotten egg.

So, I'll be sitting near the front.

But...the back on a GCI is wooden coaster heaven. 

Sounds like slight poor foresight if that is the case