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  1. It's not too unusual for Diamondback to hold 20 minutes, but it definitely tapers off near the end of the day. It's kind of the exception. It's operations aren't the greatest. I'm glad to hear a review of a giga from a snobless point of view. I don't know how you could help but to share the same opinion. Although, I hope you enjoyed my "13 feet/ounces" shy trolling on facebook. If/when you go back, go for the Haunt and get Fright Lane/Fast Lane combo. You'll thank me. Glad you had a good time. We love KI.
  2. Unless the earnings reports end up saying differently.
  3. Hopefully the bear didn't have COVID.
  4. I'd save the money for FL+ at KI, since their FL+ seems to kick ass way more than others, for some reason.
  5. Here's my shit box. 2018 STI with the Recaro seat options and a few other bullshit add on's. It's the first car I've ever paid in full from the stealership and it felt great. I'll never not do that again.It's my car, not the bank's car. I have a toxic liking to Japanese cars, and Subaru in particular. I absolutely love the sound of an archaic flat four unreliable EJ motor with unequal length headers. I like small'er' nimble driver's cars. For me, speed isn't as important as engagement and feel. I don't know if I'll ever add bolt-on's to this car, or not. I usually have in the past, but the modest 305 HP is doing me just fine. I have an itch to add a bigger turbo and take it to COBB tuning in Texas, but I drive pretty responsibly, I don't beat on the car, and I don't race. I'm not 20 years old anymore. I like driver focused cars, because I like the sounds and feel. Fortunately, I live within minutes of some great windy back roads when I want to push the car around a little in responsible moderation.. My first high-school vehicle was a stick shift. I'll never own a fun car without a manual trans. I'm still a firm believer that a true driver focused car does not come with an automatic. Previous shit boxes: 1994 Isuzu pickup - beat to shit, lime green, a sheet metal camper shell, and doors that didn't lock. 1992 Geo Storm - The car that got me into cars. Shitty autozone air filter, cut the mufflers off, an Ebay "performance chip," and a terrible make shift header. Total obnoxious shit pile. 2003 Nissan Sentra SER Spec V - This was when tuner cars were at their height. VIS carbon fiber hood. Cheap shitty black wheels, some kind of decent exhaust system, an off-brand header, Nismo Cold Air Intake, Nismo Shock/Springs, Enkie Sway Bars, Nismo Shot Shifter, and a bunch of other cheap shit worthless mods that kids bolt-on to gain 1-2 WHP here and there. It was fun, but I totally riced it out. 2009 Civic Si Couple - My first new car with no down payments and terrible $400/month payments. Young and dumb. Back when I had bills and credit card debt, despite living at home. But, it's the first car that I modded with subtle simplicity, and I did an OK job at it. HFP (Honda Factory Performance aftermarket) Wheels, HFP Shock/Spring Kit, AEM Cold Air Intake, HKS Exhaust. It was a fun, decent quality, nice looking car. I didn't rice it out. 2007 Nissan 350Z Touring with the VQHR motor: I hated it. The sound was decent, but the car was not engaging. You sat on the floor and the visibility was junk. It was quick in high rev-range, but it felt numb. It was the first car I paid off, but I sold it within a year. Dissapointment. Then, I finally made my way into Subaru's, which I've always had a fetish for. I also became financially responsible enough to purchase vehicles I could pay off within a year. 2013 WRX: Purchased new. Cobb Intake/Airbox. Cobb Accessport OTS (Pre-loaded 93 octane tune), Nameless Performance axleback wrinkle black exhaust. The seat covers were replaced, because they were shitty and wrinkled, the Ffcking rearview mirror fell off of it, it rattled in the winter because of all of the cheap plastic, a piece of the front bumper covering the factory tow-hook fell off consistent with its reputation, and the sloppy 5-speed is referred to as "the school bus transmission." But, damn I loved it just as much as I thought I would love a WRX. The engine burbled. The ride was just stiff enough to handle well and still be comfortable. It did great on long trips. 2015 STI: Brought to you by Bud Light. Emily and I had a few beers at the STL Auto Show. We rounded the corner and saw the brand new MY15 generation 2015 STI in iconic World Rally Blue. The interior quality was light-years ahead of my WRX and it looked phenomenal. We'd just paid off the WRX, so we shouldn't have been thinking about buying another car. Some fat nerd was bragging to everyone about how he was going to buy one next month (OOOooook). Ffck him. I ordered one on the way home. Corsa Exhaust (sex), Cobb Intake/SF Airbox, and another OTS tune. I learned a hell of a lesson. I bought a set of beautiful Work Emotion Bronze 18x9.5 +38mm offset forged wheels wrapped in 265 Pilot Supersport tires. I squatted it on RCE Yellow 2" lowering springs. I ruined it. The car felt heavy and the tires rubbed, after ffcking with the fantastic factory suspension setup. I paid almost $4,000 for it. On top of that, I did all this after I already had pre-existing issues with the suspension and stearing rack. In order to have those issues fixed, I had to take off the springs. I ate $1500 getting rid of everything within a month of use. The stearing rack was replaced, due to having way more tension to the right than to the left. I had a suspension pop that took me about 8-10 trips to the dealership over a few months with constant contact with Subaru of America. They were unable to fix the issue. Eventually, they credited me $4,000 to the purchase of a new Subaru pre-negotiations and trade-in. I almost bought a GTI or Golf-R, but my wife reminded me of how much I loved my STI and WRX, despite the issues. That, and the STI was paid off, so the $4,000 helped me cover the gap for me to write a check for the remainder of the $40,000. Pain in the ass, but my current STI has a lot of extras and it feels surprisingly of much higher quality with model refresh enhancements from my 15. Subaru tweaked the suspension to make it even better, they added sound deadening, adjusted the already phenomenal stearing feel, 6 piston brembos, new front-end, LED rotating headlights, LED tails, adjusted clutch engagement point, a slightly better tune, larger touch screen, a slightly less terrible sound system, 19" wheels, and those ffcking beautiful Recaro seats. I love this shit box. The new STI is rumored to be 400 HP. I don't give a shit, since it's going to have equal length headers and the terrible sound the new motor in the WRX' FA 2.0 liter twin-scroll. I need to hear the iconic rumble. My car is one of the last ones to have a modern shell, but the old school turbo motor and transmission still have an engaging driver-connected mechanical feel that's hard to find, anymore. I still get constant looks, compliments, and thumbs up, despite an abundance of negativity and dirty looks from people who don't know what the car is. It's too bad the new generation flat-billed, vaping, uninformed tuner, sticker modder WRX owner is taking over the old school friendly knowledgeable WRX culture. I'm still holding on to the old school Subaru ways of being so obnoxiously ugly, temperamental, and bizarre that only a mother could love our cars. Cheers to a revived thread.
  6. ya thats great Don't be in too much of a hurry. I'm not convinced there will ever be a vaccine.
  7. The biggest shocker is that someone from Indiana would expect Kentucky parks to be strict on masks.
  8. Removing rides at the front of the park for a new coaster seems like it would make sense. You don't want to use up all of that empty land where Vortex used to be.
  9. It's part of Fright Fest, but chances are you'll probably really die from it.
  10. Negative Mike! The sound is most audible from the rear. You can barely hear it from the front, since the speaker is behind the front car. I just don't think it was activated during your visit. You would have heard it. It's very distinct and kick-ass. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2020/july/kings-island-launches-new-4k-cinematic-youtube-series?page=2 Watch the beginning of the Banshee cinematic. It's louder in person than it is in the video.
  11. I'm glad I'm wrong, if that's the case. Unexpected.
  12. It's Six Flags, not Busch. It's going to house something that will make the money, but at least it looks nice. Good to see my favorite ride in the park getting a new roof.
  13. Then, nothing.. but it would be fun and give us something to see while we’re stuck inside Parks don't release POV's for enthusiasts to binge watch. They're released for marketing reasons. Almost everything parks do is meant to draw people into the parks. Even charity donations are promotions to a degree. Aside from smaller write-off donations, has a park ever been caught silently making large donations for charitable causes? It's all fun and games, but in the end every single park operates to make a profit. They're businesses. The extra media will be released when it will benefit marketing the most. So, before you defend your stance using anecdotal evidence saying it's better to release them now, for whatever reason, you don't have the data. If it would financially help parks to release POV media now, they would do it. The creation of this thread is a perfect example of the annoying entitled enthusiast mentality. "sheesh"
  14. LOL sounds awkward. I thought it was bad enough he was wearing a Red Wings jersey.
  15. Does Banshee still make the scream effect when the train crests the lift?
  16. If it's gone, I'm going to be bummed. It's pretty hard to miss, so that makes me concerned that it has been removed.
  17. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] 37 second mark. You can usually hear it loud and distinctly in the midway and in the line. It's one of my favorite parts of watching the ride cycle. I hope it's not gone entirely. Maybe those noise complaint tools had something to do with it.
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