Ape Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I take 75 to us 6 to get to cedar point from my house. I've never done the 71 route. A fairly easy option from kings island would be south 71 to 275. 275 to 75 then get off on us 6 and follow it to the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whodey Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 If your looking for a cool museum, I would go to the Air Force museum at Wright Pat in Dayton over going to the Neil Armstrong museum. Also from Ki running up 71 to Columbus is the best route to Cp. There are several routes north of Columbus. I usually use rt 13 in Mansfield and connect with Rt 250. There might be better but I don't think going through Toledo or Cleveland are the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 If your looking for a cool museum, I would go to the Air Force museum at Wright Pat in Dayton over going to the Neil Armstrong museum. Â I second this. The museum is huge and they have a lot of really cool stuff in there. Last time I was there they had an SR-71 Blackbird, a B2 Stealth bomber and the Bockscar (the plane that essentially ended World War II). I believe all of those are permanent exhibits in Dayton but you may want to double check that. Â It's a free museum but if you're a history buff you can easily spend a full day there. That place is top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I wonder if B&M can install these new trains on some older Inverts or if the now wider trains would have clearance issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 ^Probably they would as they are reasonably wider. Maybe on some rides they wouldn't but I'm guessing it would be a problem for most of them. I actually wouldn't like them to do that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I wonder if B&M can install these new trains on some older Inverts or if the now wider trains would have clearance issues. If the park lock the vest harness, HELL NO! Â If the park do not lock the vest harness, probably yes as some of the older B&M inverts started to give headbangings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 If your looking for a cool museum, I would go to the Air Force museum at Wright Pat in Dayton over going to the Neil Armstrong museum. Â I second this. The museum is huge and they have a lot of really cool stuff in there. Last time I was there they had an SR-71 Blackbird, a B2 Stealth bomber and the Bockscar (the plane that essentially ended World War II). I believe all of those are permanent exhibits in Dayton but you may want to double check that. Â It's a free museum but if you're a history buff you can easily spend a full day there. That place is top notch. Â Â Yeah, that's why I suggested it in my response. They still have the sr-71, B-2 and Bockscar. They also have an F-117, a-10, a lot of the F- jet series, a MiG, and the new Space Shuttle stuff should be open by then. If you're planning to spend a few hours there, get their early and register for the Presidential and Exhibition gallery tour. You can walk through the actual plane that took JFK to Dallas, brought his body back home and LBJ was sworn in on. There is also a lot of bombs, rockets, engines and tons of other cool stuff to see there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Moving right along. From the KI webcam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobrobnz Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 If your looking for a cool museum, I would go to the Air Force museum at Wright Pat in Dayton over going to the Neil Armstrong museum. Â I second this. The museum is huge and they have a lot of really cool stuff in there. Last time I was there they had an SR-71 Blackbird, a B2 Stealth bomber and the Bockscar (the plane that essentially ended World War II). I believe all of those are permanent exhibits in Dayton but you may want to double check that. Â It's a free museum but if you're a history buff you can easily spend a full day there. That place is top notch. Â Â Yeah, that's why I suggested it in my response. They still have the sr-71, B-2 and Bockscar. They also have an F-117, a-10, a lot of the F- jet series, a MiG, and the new Space Shuttle stuff should be open by then. If you're planning to spend a few hours there, get their early and register for the Presidential and Exhibition gallery tour. You can walk through the actual plane that took JFK to Dallas, brought his body back home and LBJ was sworn in on. There is also a lot of bombs, rockets, engines and tons of other cool stuff to see there. Â Â Â Thanks for all the input, it looks like the 75 is the way to go, and it gives me options of the Airforce Museum and or Neil Armstrong on the way... (it just depends what time I leave and how tired I am). I have also decided that if I am still keen for the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield (the shawshank prison) , which closed in 1990, its only an hour from Cedar point, so I can take a break there if I need. (on a different day!!)... Â As the time gets closer, I am sure I will have more questions, thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDipper 80 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 ^If you're considering the Reformatory, you might as well stop at the Carousel in downtown Mansfield as well. I don't know if Carousel Works does tours of their factory, but if they do that's something else to look into if that sort of thing interests you. (While I'm on carousels, downtown Sandusky also has a nice Merry-go-Round Museum) And Mansfield has easy access to I-71, so it would be relatively easy for you to drive from CP to Mansfield, and then take I-71 from Mansfield to Kings Island. That's a much more direct route and it would would be more convenient than taking I-80 from Sandusky to Toledo and then taking I-75 to Cincinnati/KI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Three supports and three pieces of track installed today  Full res album: http://www.davidwaderich.com/hotlink/KI/TrackComplete Edited May 7, 2014 by DavidW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 ^Wow! Not that much left, now. I wonder when they will complete the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I say we start a contest, maybe Robb could throw in a "Bag O Crap" to the winner. Who can predict the date and time it will be finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT3Bross Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I can see them complete the track between next Wednesday till Friday. That is if they keep up the 3 to 4 track pieces per day. (and no weekend work). After the construction break (of the track) it actually was pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ape Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I think they will finish Wednesday late afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whodey Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 On another website about a month ago Don said the date it would be finished. I am too lazy to go look for it. It was mid to late January but can't put my finger on the date. So if you want to sound smart go look that post up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 " Track will be completed toward the end of January." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I think if the park keeps going at the rate of construction they are now, it should be done by the end of next week provided there are no interruptions (snow, rain, wind, stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 ^welcome to Ohio: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Haha^ Any track added today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarpointer Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yeah man! They are still at it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 They're raising a piece of track as we speak. Â Edit - Just missed it on the webcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yay! Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 yeah the rendering (is Keith/Badnitrus still responsible for these?) seems a little bit different than whats in the webcam lol.. not really in the layout but the proportion of everything. for instance the turn they are working on right now, in the rendering it seemed more gradually and not as high. seems like they have a lot to cram (the heartline roll and helix) into such a small area (again this has more to do with the webcams fixed perspective but even taking that into consideration, theres definitely a noticeable difference compared to the rendering- which by any account isnt something new).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MIntaminGCI Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 ^That difference isn't really shown much because the camera is further away/not as high angled as the render. Â There's a drop off back there, so while things look tight and compact, there's still plenty of room for the inline/helix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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