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Love it!! I look at this and think simply of the throughput. A shorter layout with dual loading flumes, so it should eat up people a lot more depending how many they can cycle through at once. I'm certainly hoping they'll be adding this to the next Holiwood Nights water park ERT lineup (and maybe a single rider's line on this too). Can't wait to try this, and very happy Holiday World's investing in a new ride, especially for their already very popular water park! It's time for Cedar Fair to explore water coasters in general..... ^This, or just higher capacity slides in general, versus a water park like Splashin' Safari with several (ZOOMbabwe, Zinga, Bakuli, Mammoth, Wildebeest, Cheetah Chase), so perhaps starting there.

Welcome to the forums! Wish I could make it to the event myself, though a Tuesday at noon is a bit too out of the way for myself, haha. Nonetheless, will be keeping a close eye on the announcement you guys have in store!

Totally jumping in here to mention I was at the park yesterday. Hadn't been since whenever Falcon's Fury was only doing test runs. The park still holds its place in being my personal #1 favorite. The attention to details in theming the wide variety of thrilling coasters the park has still puts it far over the edge of other parks I like! There were a few first-time rides on some rides too: Falcon's Fury (x2): Easily the weirdest drop tower I've ever been on. The face-down freefall sure gave me a funny feeling in my stomach, but I certainly enjoy that the ride is smooth as butter. I'm also glad it's as tall as it was, because that pull-out certainly wouldn't work with any shorter towers. Very cool ride! Cobra's Curse: Cute and exciting family ride, lots of very good positive g's on those helixes, and the spinning added a lot to the experience too. Tigris (x2): My first time on one of these SkyRockets. This was a surprise hit with the group I was with. We didn't expect too much getting on, but by the time the coaster was going backwards, everyone sounded like they were already having a blast, which only got more amplified by the time we got launched to the top. We all LOVED it! Great pops of air, positive g's and twists. The only thing we all overwhelmingly agreed on was the ride experience was admittedly pretty short-lived. Very, very exciting coaster otherwise! Also, for it being the day before the 4th of July, lines were shockingly manageable. I had Quick Queue going in, which helped me skip the 55 minutes of Cheetah Hunt, but the longest I think I waited for was 35 minutes for Tigris (second ride since QQ only allows 1 line-skip on it). SheiKra was a 15 minute wait with my group, and Kumba was in-station wait. All in all, had a fantastic day!

[fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] Now THIS is curious.

Uneducated observation: but I'm a firm believer that dive machines are more successful at marketing to the masses than most standard looking coasters.

I wouldn't think that would be a direct cause of single-train ops this season since, iirc, the coaster finished last season with two train ops.

If you ever return, I highly recommend trying Plymoth Rock Cafe. It's the restaurant in Thanksgiving right next to Voyage's lift hill and across from Gobbler's Getaway. I've always loved their fried chicken, green beans, and other side dinner options there. Sorry to hear ya had a less-than-stellar experience with the food. Done and done

Yep, they have and usually still do. I don't know how they constitute when to bring on a second train tho, because they plan that out before the day starts and rarely ever add a second train during the day (likely due to how long it takes to do so).

Yeah, Voyage?... Holy cow, that coaster was flying high these past two nights! I'm so glad to have made it to this year's event, because the whole vibe and overall atmosphere was so much better than many of the past years too.

Was more of a last minute opened opportunity, but I am registered and plan to be there. Should be fun! Seriously can't wait to come back to the park.

It sounds more like the property owner (Boardwalk at Daytona Development) is suing the "park" (Boardwalk Amusements) that sits there, very confusing since they both have Boardwalk in their names. Still pretty ridiculous, otherwise, that they had 6 whole months between the first and second notice to take action.

Alright, this whole animation was way too cute to not share. https://www.planetcoaster.com/en-gb/news/update-112-planet-coaster-ghostbusters-coming-soon

I've been pretty absent on forums lately, to be quite honest, so most of it is attention or hype brought on by bouncing around social media. (Though I'll admit I'm still not away from fanboys/enthusiasts/regulars/etc there.) And I don't take all this too seriously. They're just things I've seen, nothing more nothing less.

Nah, I totally meant Kentucky families are packing their passports to hit up a park 9 hours north in another country. Joking aside, yes, I meant the hype around the rides. Particularly online (cuz that's honestly one of the only ways I can base things like that). If this debuted the same year as, say, some potentially massive project a few hours away, it potentially wouldn't get as much attention.

A quick glance at RCDB, every other taller coaster in the park hits somewhere in the 50-55 mph range. If you've ridden them all, you might have a better understanding of how that sense of speed compares to KY Flyer. Doesn't ignore the fact that it still has great pacing for its size. Every element being so compact and sudden makes for such a small coaster still maintaining its fun factor. A bit of a deviation, but I find it neat in the fact that Kentucky Kingdom was able to premiere and get attention for a coaster of this size at a time where the only other new coaster "competing" for attention was a 200+ft B&M dive up in Canada.

Maybe they were referring to the height? Which the coaster only hits 47ft. It feels faster than 35, which is a good thing because this is indeed a very nice coaster for its size. Lots of airtime pops on the coaster (Especially the backseat), and a wonderful middle-ground family/starter coaster for sure.

Long time no see, y'all. I'm sure you're all kept up enough to know PC released a new update with new rides and whatnot. [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] Details: https://www.planetcoaster.com/en-gb/dlc/classic-rides-collection-available-now One thing i spotted with the latest update I didn't realize until I played, the new tower ride has adjustable heights!! At its lowest height. At its tallest height. I'd hope this hints at them potentially implementing this in their other tower rides in the game. The other preexisting tower rides in the game don't have this option, just the two variations on the HUSS condors.

The event is a blast, and gives you far more than enough time to enjoy everything Kings Island has to offer considering it's early A.M. to late evening two days in a row. Hope you guys have fun!

That's almost on par with Lightning Run being the tallest, fastest, longest, steepest, and most wild Hyper GT-X roller coaster in the world.

IIRC, Mine Blower's ops give a normal tug on them after pushing in a lil, not so much a full body weight yank. They are indeed pretty cozy. Maybe not B&M hyper bucket seat type of cozy, but a very good fitting for wood coasters. Even when inverting.

Judging from all of the others with similar style and size, I'm betting it'll be 6 cars.

Very nice report. Yeah, seeing it in person, I really, really, reeeally loved how KY Flyer looked against the backside of the water park, and I was right in it giving a beach boardwalk/"Coney Island" feel. It looked great in person and will definitely be a fun coaster to try out once completed. I haven't gotten to edit any of my lil video clips from the tour just yet, but I might have a few things to show at some point later as well. Overall, very cool and thankful of KK's folks to show us around the park and get some really great angles of the coaster.

D'aww, it's cute. Also, the photos reinforce my boardwalk coaster perspective.

For sure. Crazy to think of how much airtime the entire park has going into 2019, especially now with Kentucky Flyer being their 4th coaster (out of 6 total) with airtime in it. I'm also particularly fond of the sort of 'beachfront coaster' setting it will have against Hurricane Bay. On top of those photos, Kentucky Kingdom's What's New page has a bunch of other nice photo updates of the coaster posted periodically as well.

Surprise, here's your B&M Sit Down: