Kings Island (KI) Discussion Thread

[necoastergp]

Well does Snickers unscramble to anything?

 

It unscrambles to come back in a couple months and we'll announce our new ride. Maybe Snickers will be a sponsor.

[Guy T. Koepp]

Well does Snickers unscramble to anything?

 

Snickers? Kicnress!

 

Guy "Problem Solved!" Koepp

[TyRush]

Well does Snickers unscramble to anything?

 

It unscrambles to come back in a couple months and we'll announce our new ride. Maybe Snickers will be a sponsor.

Banshee presented by Snickers only at Kings Island

[mikejenkins1]

Try 'snickers bar' - scrambled that = bearskin

[PKI Jizzman]

That helps, that helps a lot.

 

From my friends that manage I've heard Leviathan 2.0. From the footers and stuff who knows maybe and Invert or Dive Machine that's cool too.

 

Wild Card? Giga or RMC.

[UrbanLegend]

Well does Snickers unscramble to anything?

 

It unscrambles to come back in a couple months and we'll announce our new ride. Maybe Snickers will be a sponsor.

 

Maybe that person just likes Snickers. They are pretty tasty... I could go for a Snickers right now.

[Guy T. Koepp]

3Musketeers is the way I roll.

[Koasterking48]

KI's Twitter is having too much fun toying with us...

[ECZenith]

^KI's Eifel Tower (a 1/3 scale replica) is 315' tall, very close to the previously hinted "308" hint. Very eager to see what type of track shows up there.

[SFOGdude25]

Some very mysterious visitors have shown up on the construction site. I'll post pictures later.

[SFOGdude25]

Apologies for the double post.

Things are starting to get really interesting over at the site. Some spooky scarecrow-like figures have appeared on a few of the footers. One has also been placed right at the gap in the gate looking out into the park.

This guy just about spooked me the first time I saw him right there at the fence.

Here are a couple more. So far things seem to be lining up with the possible banshee theme.

[NAMTABSFGAm]

What exactly is a banshee or what does banshee mean?

[necoastergp]

^^That's awesome, haha.

Edited June 30, 2013 by necoastergp

[TyRush]

Well scarecrows are to scare away birds, so maybe hinting an invert or wing coaster?? Or they just put them there to "scare away" people(Us..)

 

I really like the tense in this secret coaster!

[Whodey]

A quote from rcdb.com,

 

Initially, Mantis was to be named "Banshee". In Irish folklore, a banshee is a female spirit whose wail was said to foretell a death in the family. After this definition was printed in a local newspaper, the "Banshee" name was dropped in favor of "Mantis". The original "Banshee" logo would later come to be that of Dorney Park's Steel Force

[SteveStL]

That's awesome.

I don't think there is any hidden meaning though, they are just having fun.

[CpBluestreakCp]

Those are really creepy, would of gave me a scare. Really can't wait to see what KI ends up getting, seems like something really big.

[ernierocker]

Apologies for the double post.

Things are starting to get really interesting over at the site. Some spooky scarecrow-like figures have appeared on a few of the footers. One has also been placed right at the gap in the gate looking out into the park.

 

Can't say I have seen a park do that before. Interesting!

[Geauga Dog]

That would really take me off guard if I saw the scarecrow up against the fence from the corner of my eyes. Interesting that they would do this though I like the suspense surrounding the ride.

[B&MBoy1982]

Jeepers Creepers: The Ride???

[mhuffva]

Did anyone consider those scarecrows might be a teaser for the upcoming Halloween Haunt and don't have anything to do with the construction of the attraction?

 

KI could be playing with you guys and 1) throwing everyone off on speculating on what the ride is. 2) getting some early publicity for Halloween Haunt

[IronWolfman]

On the subject of Vortex, Kings Island reassured Vortex would not be taken out (for how long, I don't know) to a person commenting on their recent Facebook photo of Vortex reaching it's 40 millionth rider. That person said "When ever I see statistics like that I always think that you're going to close the ride. Don't take out Vortex!" and KI responded "No worries!"

 

Not something major, just reassurance. Also, looks like most GP adore Vortex.

[Wes]

On the subject of Vortex, Kings Island reassured Vortex would not be taken out (for how long, I don't know) to a person commenting on their recent Facebook photo of Vortex reaching it's 40 millionth rider. That person said "When ever I see statistics like that I always think that you're going to close the ride. Don't take out Vortex!" and KI responded "No worries!"

 

Not something major, just reassurance. Also, looks like most GP adore Vortex.

 

The PR person that is running their social media may not be privvy to that kind of info. Not doubting you, but it's definitely not a guarantee its going to stay either.

[John Peck]

A few photos of the Project 2014 site from Sunday, June 30th at 1:30 p.m. EST.

Zoomed Out

Work in the distance

[Vonni]

^ Awesome! Footers are now heading into the valley!