John Peck Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 They mentioned on their Facebook Page that no rides have been removed and the Action Theater will be open and show the Sponge Bob film again. EDIT: It looks like they no longer have the Citigraph map—it looks very Cedar-Fairish. It's hard to see, but it has indeed been redone, you can tell by the flatter colors and patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I hope that the SOB gets a rehab treatment,becuase this is going to sound crazy but the SOB is my top favorite woodie coaster that I have ever ridden. But it is rough and breaks down alot,it still needs love I think but that is my opinion. I just hope they just do the same thing to the SOB that they did to the Texas Gaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 ^ Please don't take offense, but you need to get on some more wooden coasters. Even if SoB was smooth, the layout leaves a LOT to be desired element-wise. I guess if all you're looking for is giant drawn-out helixes then SoB would be a great ride. I'm not trying to belittle you, but I honestly can't understand why it would make the list of top wooden coasters for anyone that has been on at least say 40 wooden coasters or so, even randomly picked, so-so coasters like aging CCI's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermaniac Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 For some reason, I really enjoy the Spongebob 3D show. I think that's just because I really am sick of the Peanuts gang; I really enjoyed the Nickelodean theme at KI...even though I'm not a kid anymore. So I hope it will return this year. As for SoB, I really wish they'd open it back up in the next few years; I rode it back in 2007 and really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I liked the Bond show and the Days of Thunder more than Spongebob. Besides, the spongebob show is everywhere now. It's only a matter of time before the theater goes if they don't get a NEW show in there soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I haven't been in the theater since the Days of Thunder show. But, I think the theater is a one-trick pony that doesn't bring in a lot of visitors except for a place to sit down and relax for a few. I would much rather they use it for something else, how about an enclosed kiddie coaster or some crazy one off thing? I would rather have CInema 180 return! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimowalk Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I think someone 'asked the GM' that on Wonderland's Facebook page. They said they're 'exploring different themed action films' after 2011. Are the other Action Theatres in other parks in or around the kids areas? Maybe a Red Baron movie featuring Snoopy? Or maybe Days of Thunder, but with the number 3 all over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Well, I have been on a 12 woodies by the way. Although SOB is just my number one becuase mostly I had a great ride every time I have rode it when it had the loop and didn't have the loop,but I think I have a great ride on it every time I rode it is maybe becuase I am 13 and I can always ride woodies in the front becuase for some reason they are smoother in the front then the back,middle,or higher middle. I am saying that you just have to give the SoB a chance and just stop bashing on it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intimidator305 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I am saying that you just have to give the SoB a chance and just stop bashing on it all the time. Unfortunately, that is not possible... The ride is closed because of all of the incidents, so I understand why people "bash" it continuously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Coaster Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Regarding SOB, I have a feeling that if the Texas Giant's re-track works out incredibly positive, Cedar Fair might consider the re-track option for SOB in the 2011 off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Regarding SOB, I have a feeling that if the Texas Giant's re-track works out incredibly positive, Cedar Fair might consider the re-track option for SOB in the 2011 off-season. I doubt it would be that soon. I'd also expect Cedar Fair to "experiment" on a different coaster first, such as Mean Streak, to test the popularity for themselves and possibly work out any kinks. SOB would be a HUGE project to undertake, and I would assume they'd want to get everything right before making such an investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaweetDude04 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I know this is quite a stretch and highly unlikely, but with the topper track, would bringing back the loop be possible? I know they would need the heavier trains back since the current ones are much lighter, but it would be incredible to see the return of the loop, since the main point of the ride was the only looping wooden roller coaster in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Or maybe they could tear it down. Seriously, Texas Giant was once considered a pretty good coaster. SoB's rankings in Mitch's should tell everyone what it is worth. When the Jr. Woodie in your park is ranked higher than the biggest coaster in your park, there's a layout problem. It isn't just that SoB is rough, but beyond the drop (and the loop when it was there), it's boring. It's like Nascar without the crashes (Well, actually SoB DID hurt some people...) Drop - Helix - Drop - lame hill with no airtime - Helix - more lame no airtime hills - brakes. Seriously, does that sound like a ride worth spending more on? They've already tried everything up to this point to save this pile of junk. Cedar Fair, realize that you can't get sunk cost back but if you keep pouring money into SoB, it won't help anything except to help negate your profits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 ^I agree. I think SOB's reputation is so bad now that there's little point in trying to resurrect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Kidd Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I did not see this myself but apparently the lead banner on KI's website briefly read "Something big is coming. You're history. 3-18-11." According to a thread over at KICentral the words were overlayed over something that looked like a dinosaur. It has since returned back to the normal Windseeker/Math & Science days rotation. Guess the good news is 9 days isn't too long to wait and see what, if anything, this all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I would love to see them tear down SoB and maybe replace it with a Mega Lite or something. It was good the first year, and then just became a torture machine. You're right about it having a very boring layout. It was built with only highest drop and loop in mind. They forgot that the rest of the ride needed to be good also. I think they should auction off "first match" for it. Being the winning bidder gets to light the first match to it and watch it burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocoasterkid Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 "Turning Back the Clock on Thrill: Something BIG is Coming to Kings Island". Announcement, March 18th. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/park/mud/index.cfm Don loves to torture everyone!!!! Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Coaster Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Wait a minute...I know where this is alluding to...And I'm not sure it's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^What are your thoughts then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^Any solid info, he'd post it. You can't believe people from New Jersey. I was watching this documentary series called Jersey Shore, and apparently New Jersey people are very different from us midwesterners.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^ Haha, true. I'm definitely sensing something along the lines of a Dinosaur-themed area with a new coaster perhaps? I think it's cool that they're expanding. I visited the park last year and thought it was awesome, especially Diamondback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Coaster Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^Any solid info, he'd post it. You can't believe people from New Jersey. I was watching this documentary series called Jersey Shore, and apparently New Jersey people are very different from us midwesterners.... If you actually had been in New Jersey, you'd know that those teenagers on Jersey Shore are FAR from what actual people are in New Jersey. Jersey Shore ain't a documentary series either. It's a show to capitalize on the idioticy MTV puts on their channel now. Back to KI, all I'm concerned about now is SOB getting re-tracked. With NTG's success, I sense it won't be long now before Cedar Fair gets smart and calls Rocky Mountain and gets a re-track done...Maybe then SOB would finally be the coaster that USED to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^The coaster that it used to be??? I know someone that rode SOB the day of the commercial shoot (when it was brand new), and he said it was BRUTAL even then! And the layout is awful! There's absolutely no redeeming quality to this ride except the money they can get for selling the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Coaster Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^Absolutely. SOB is a POS. Maybe...MAYBE the only redeeming thing for me was the loop. Even then, the loop felt incredibly painful going into. Even worse than hitting GASM's loops on a bad operating day. The layout, as always said, is boring as crap. It's not even an out and back, it's a "ride along the front lawn" coaster. Nothing is redeeming about it now, I agree. Why couldn't King's Island have just left Beast's legacy alone? That coaster is epic by itself, besides the occasional brain-liquidification because of current roughness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 If you actually had been in New Jersey, you'd know that those teenagers on Jersey Shore are FAR from what actual people are in New Jersey. Jersey Shore ain't a documentary series either. It's a show to capitalize on the idioticy MTV puts on their channel now. It isn't a documentary?!? I wish I had known that before I wrote that letter to our congressman encouraging them to oust New Jersey from the United States and trade it to Canada for some of that BC stuff... ^^ Yes, PLEASE KI: Don't retrack a horrible coaster. Making it smooth will only illustrate more clearly to people how boring and bad the layout is, now that they aren't getting beaten senseless throughout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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