Kings Island (KI) Discussion Thread

[Diamondbacker27]

I love chicken, but "Fresh' ? I highly doubt that. Theme Park chicken...

[Geauga Dog]

^You haven't been to Mrs. Knott's at KBF? Not sure if the quality has gone down since my visit in 2001 but it was actually quite good.

 

^^That's a shame since Gatekeeper is actually better at night. With the likes of MF, Dragster, and Maverick it doesn't surprise me that folks think it's kind of lame. I've heard similar when I rode X Flight at SFGAm two years ago.

[Diamondbacker27]

I'm glad they are getting it, but I'm not trusting them after I saw those frozen burger and fries at Wendy's after they said "Fresh, Never frozen." "Frozen, never fresh"

[coasterbill]

GateKeeper got over 2.1 million riders last season so I don't think the general public cares that much about a ride's intensity.

 

The general consensus of GateKeeper from guests last season was "kind of lame." Hence why the ride was basically a walk-on at the end of the night all season long. So I would argue that the general public does care about the ride experience.

 

To be fair, everything in the front of the park is a walk on on most nights. Raptor isn't lame by any stretch but it's line (which is generally full and spilling out onto the midway every morning) is usually empty at night.

[Diamondbacker27]

Raptor usually is, but Last time I was there GateKeeper was still packing at 11...

[DavidW]

going to go ahead and post these:

 

2014-02-12

Two cars of the first train installed today. (All that I can confirm)

 

Full res album: http://www.davidwaderich.com/hotlink/KI/TrackComplete

 

 

 

2014-02-13

Five cars of the first train installed today. (Unconfirmed if they were installed on this date)

 

Full res album: http://www.davidwaderich.com/hotlink/KI/TrackComplete

Edited May 7, 2014 by DavidW

[marth555]

From the ki twitter heres a look at the bat

[thrillrider]

Looking good.

[BenFreeze]

I love the look of that color scheme! Banshee and the Bat are going to look great next to each other.

[CPSFMMCW]

Too bad they aren't just given the action zone a new Halloween themed area. Give a couple of rides a repaint, and the area would look great!

[Diamondbacker27]

Ok, question. Why doesn't the splashdown on Italian Job have water in it?

 

I know it's not Italian Job, but that's what I'm calling it.

[marth555]

Ok, question. Why doesn't the splashdown on Italian Job have water in it?

 

I know it's not Italian Job, but that's what I'm calling it.

I wish ceder fair would add back the effects the ride doesnt feel complete without it

[thrillrider]

With the exception of the water splash, what other effects(besides the music) is missing?

[marth555]

With the exception of the water splash, what other effects(besides the music) is missing?

the helicopters guns hit barrels that sprayed "gasoline" (water) on the riders

[thrillrider]

I seem to remember the splash from the gas working last year, but not positive.

[Vtafro]

The cars are also able to drift.

[Lareson]

The cars are also able to drift.

 

That was an idea Paramount had when they approached Premiere with the coaster, but never made it into the final design. Or it went something like that.

 

I know the water effects have been disabled and the on-board audio stripped for Kings Island and Canada's Wonderland. Think Kings Dominion has the only Backlot Stunt Coaster that still has the water effects. That one was also built a year after the other 2 so that may have something to do with it.

[Diamondbacker27]

But what was the point in it?

[Coaster19]

That would have been amazing to have a water effect on backlot. You mentioned they were to drift, how so??

[CoasterStreak]

Looks like the old red and white concrete circle in the center of Action Zone was removed (far left of photo). I wonder if they are just going to refill it with new concrete, or if they have other plans to spruce up that area a bit.

[Diamondbacker27]

It's been like that for more than a month.

[CoasterStreak]

I hadn't noticed due to the ridiculous amount of snow we've had over the last month.

[Lareson]

That would have been amazing to have a water effect on backlot. You mentioned they were to drift, how so??

 

From what I heard, the concept Paramount approached Premier (might of been the other way around, not sure) was to have the back of the cars "drift" when it went around a corner, or basically the car part of the chassis would swing out to the side. The tech apparently wasn't ready so they decided to not include it in the final coaster. Premier did end up making a concept that was shown at IAAPA 2010. Apparently the coaster was sold to a park in Abu Dhabi, but have yet to see it appear. http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=189&linkid=9775&pageno=5

[_koppen]

Looks like the old red and white concrete circle in the center of Action Zone was removed (far left of photo). I wonder if they are just going to refill it with new concrete, or if they have other plans to spruce up that area a bit.

 

Some landscaping really wouldn't hurt.

[BrownStreak]

Just drove by the park today (I drive a Semi) on I-71 and was trying to get a good look at the new coaster and I must say, at least southbound that it doesn't have the same curb appeal as Diamondback, although I think its because the lift hill on Banshee is perpendicular to the view so you don't get a good view of the height.