Kentons Cove Fantastic Voyage on the Lost River at the Flooded Phantom Theatre Maestro Revenge. 

Has a ring for a nice indoor out door Adventure 

I could see a dark Wild Mouse in the old Crypt building

On 3/9/2020 at 11:10 AM, KIguy2004 said:

I could see a dark Wild Mouse in the old Crypt building

That would actually be pretty neat. It would have to be a very compact design though. The ride would have to fit within a 105x110 space.

It could go outside the building if need be

On 3/20/2020 at 6:35 PM, SonofBaconator said:

It could go outside the building if need be

You mean....you can modify the building??? Are you crazy???

I would be all for making the height of the last building a little smaller. It doesn't need to be that tall anymore since the crypt isn't in the building anymore. I know it would cost extra money to do that, but you would be able to see more of Diamondback going thru the course instead of a big giant eyesore building.

With Vortex's land being the biggest elephant in the room for KI, I think the Crypt building will continue to be put on the back burner as it isn't really losing the park any money at this point and functions as a haunt attraction. Sometime this decade I expect it to be touched but I wouldn't hold my breath with Covid-19 pushing any potential projects back. 

I think the idea of putting a custom wild mouse inside the Crypt structure is great. They could incorporate an elevator lift instead of a lift hill to save space. They could also reuse old theming and and add some more around the ride itself and be a runaway mine ride! 

On 5/3/2020 at 3:08 PM, SonofBaconator said:

With Vortex's land being the biggest elephant in the room for KI, I think the Crypt building will continue to be put on the back burner as it isn't really losing the park any money at this point and functions as a haunt attraction. Sometime this decade I expect it to be touched but I wouldn't hold my breath with Covid-19 pushing any potential projects back. 

That thing ugly and need to go!  It make Daimondback look bad even though its good!

36 minutes ago, dbackdreams said:

That thing ugly and need to go!  It make Daimondback look bad even though its good!

What if it was turned into an observation tower and restaurant to watch the biggest fastest tallest longest meanest metal roller coaster ever to strike Kings Island

31 minutes ago, disco2000 said:

What if it was turned into an observation tower and restaurant to watch the biggest fastest tallest longest meanest metal roller coaster ever to strike Kings Island

We eat patio and watch there.  Crupt is ugly.

1 hour ago, dbackdreams said:

We eat patio and watch there.  Crupt is ugly.

Rooftop table service is where it is at!  Which is a better view, here or the patio looking up

3 hours ago, disco2000 said:

Rooftop table service is where it is at!  Which is a better view, here or the patio looking up

I dont want to be there.  We like patio.

Put a mountain facade on it and make it a family dark ride like Calico Mine Ride at Knotts. 
 

That building and junkyard coaster are the biggest eyesores in the park. 

7 hours ago, super7 said:

Put a mountain facade on it and make it a family dark ride like Calico Mine Ride at Knotts. 
 

That building and junkyard coaster are the biggest eyesores in the park. 

what is junk yard caoster?

Backlot Stunt Coaster. 

41 minutes ago, Born_in_'72 said:

Backlot Stunt Coaster. 

yes that caoster look junkie.

I think this building would be good for a large virtual motion ride like Battle for the Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.  Only instead of riding on the magical Irish fairy creature, you could be riding on the back of The Beast, paws with the broken chains and all, on a mission to take out the Mystic Timbers Creatures.  I think it'd be awesome and perfect for Rivertown

11 hours ago, WhatTheBlazes said:

I think this building would be good for a large virtual motion ride like Battle for the Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.  Only instead of riding on the magical Irish fairy creature, you could be riding on the back of The Beast, paws with the broken chains and all, on a mission to take out the Mystic Timbers Creatures.  I think it'd be awesome and perfect for Rivertown

Yea I don't think it will happen.

10 hours ago, Cedar Fair Fanboy said:

Yea I don't think it will happen.

Are you still holding out for a Vekoma Madhouse?

On 7/14/2020 at 9:56 AM, IndyGuy4KI said:

Are you still holding out for a Vekoma Madhouse?

Yes but, it's not a good idea to have a vr simulator ride. Look at battle for eire.

It's hard to envision anything other than another flat ride being able to work within the space the attraction building provides. I think they should just demolish it and start fresh.

Been thinking a lot about the Crypt building recently. Is it an eyesore? Yes. With that said, however, I think demolishing it would have a lot of lost potential.

I think the wild mouse idea wouldn't be bad idea. The Dark Knight coaster keeps coming to mind and KI could easily do something like an abandoned mine shaft like Mystery Mine at Dollywood. I think KI needs more indoor attractions and while wild mouses don't have excellent capacity, it would give us another indoor attraction. Heck you could even have indoor and outdoor sections like Mystery Mine if they wanted. 

The outside could get a wood facade or something to give it that mine shaft look. I don't know the feasibility of building a coaster inside an existing building that was designed for an entirely different ride, but I think tearing the building down without exhausting all other options would be a waste in my opinion.

 

On a side note, I'd love to see KI get a more immersive dark ride styled coaster in general, whether it be like Mystery Mine or Blazing Fury from Dollywood.

On 8/15/2020 at 2:38 PM, SonofBaconator said:

Been thinking a lot about the Crypt building recently. Is it an eyesore? Yes. With that said, however, I think demolishing it would have a lot of lost potential.

I think the wild mouse idea wouldn't be bad idea. the Dark Knight coaster keeps coming to mind and KI could easily do something like an abandoned mine shaft like Mystery Mine at Dollywood. I think KI needs more indoor attractions and while wild mouses don't have excellent capacity, it would give us another indoor attraction. Heck you could even have indoor and outdoor sections like Mystery Mine if they wanted. 

The inside could get a wood facade or something to give it that mine shaft look. I don't know the feasibility of building a coaster inside an existing building that was designed for an entirely different ride, but I think tearing the building down without exhausting all other options would be a waste in my opinion.

 

On a side note, I'd love to see KI get a more immersive dark ride styled coaster in general, whether it be like Mystery Mine or Blazing Fury from Dollywood.

Why not just put a strata coaster inside of it... or even a Trex? talk about potential...

area for the crypt show building is 11,278 sq ft.
what if they did a small flat ride like a zamperla nebulaz?

Edited August 25, 20205 yr by MillenniumforceMike
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I assume the building is most likely on the chopping block for a flat or something but I always wondered how a small, indoor-outdoor coaster like Mystery Mine would look.

Here's a quick and easy idea that could be done to just make it look better, but I would rather them do this in junction with turning the building into some type of dark ride. Maybe a haunted hotel themed dark ride. I called it Hotel Phantom to pay homage to Phantom Theater:

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The phantom n crew moced on from their theatee into Rivertown Hotel.

WoW with their move they are with New ghostly peeps myths, n a Beast. 

On 3/5/2021 at 10:02 PM, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

Here's a quick and easy idea that could be done to just make it look better, but I would rather them do this in junction with turning the building into some type of dark ride. Maybe a haunted hotel themed dark ride. I called it Hotel Phantom to pay homage to Phantom Theater:

Link to photo used: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x88405801b48c9003%3A0x64f9f426e5e19765!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPT9-R0xB7cCJ62410rLZVnO3MfEEPlH6OQeWmX%3Dw213-h160-k-no!5sKings Island - Google Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMn4GuyolFvNGUzgnx1TMDcV4famhbOvoLZQ0fT&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEr-Pu0ZrvAhXLGs0KHf08CvIQoiowKHoECFoQAw

 

 

Wow I can visualize it already! They really should do something with it. I do agree with others that because of the money they are sinking into the park for the 50th Anniversary, we can't expect much in 2023. I'm guessing that The Vortex plot is top priority and it will have a new coaster in 2024. Maybe by then they will be ready to address the Crypt Building??? I'm all for Hotel Phantom. Maybe a trackless ride like they have down at Disney and have a tower of terror like theme to it? Or maybe go with themes that tie in Mystic Timbers. Idk. I just like the artist concept right here!

At this point, just tear it down and use the land for more flat rides. If they were daring, they could go further and relocate or replicate Congo Falls in Rivertown and use that strip of grass to the left of Diamondback. According to Google Earth, Congo Falls takes up about 420ft of linear space which is about the size of that plot of land in Rivertown: