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p. 832: Camp Snoopy announced for 2024!

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Well what do we have here. It looks like a lot of brand new construction pictures have been found over at Coaster101. CPFoodblog (basically one person) was given a construction tour of the ride and captured some great shots of the ride! Interestingly enough as track work and everything nears completion that trains are...........................................no where to be found

 

Source: http://www.coaster101.com/2017/02/11/guest-blog-mystic-timbers-construction-update/

All photos are credited to CPFoodBlog.

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Well what do we have here. It looks like a lot of brand new construction pictures have been found over at Coaster101. CPFoodblog (basically one person) was given a construction tour of the ride and captured some great shots of the ride! Interestingly enough as track work and everything nears completion that trains are...........................................no where to be found

 

Might have something to do with the fact that the steel is not on the wood yet. Have to get that down before you can put trains on.

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Might have something to do with the fact that the steel is not on the wood yet. Have to get that down before you can put trains on.

 

I understand that but the trains could have been shipped and arrived at the park by now and whatever maintenance would have to do with them before being placed on the track could've been done by now also.

 

I imagine here in the next couple of weeks we'll see trains

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Yeah seeing as the steel for the track just arrived for Mystic Timbers, it will take a little while to mount it to the track. Here's the link showing the steel strips from KI Twitter.

 

 

And here's a picture of the new smokehouse restaurant being built in Soak City.

From Twitter @KICHEFNATE

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I'm just gonna say it - this coaster looks like an AWESOME addition to the park and I think from a wood coaster perspective, it will complement the Beast wonderfully.

 

I have a feeling this thing's going to dish out some stellar rides, especially at night!!

 

Hoping to maybe check it out this year!

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I'm just gonna say it - this coaster looks like an AWESOME addition to the park and I think from a wood coaster perspective, it will complement the Beast wonderfully.

 

I have a feeling this thing's going to dish out some stellar rides, especially at night!!

 

Hoping to maybe check it out this year!

 

I agree with you from a coaster fans perspective but I am curious how well the ride will be received by the average park guest like 3 or 4 or 10 years down the road. I could see how some people might see this ride as "kinda like the Beast but way shorter/slower/not as good". Especially considering how iconic the Beast is to that park and the people who visit it on an annual basis.

 

I may be completely and totally wrong here but it was a thought I had back when this was announced.

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^I can completely understand why it underwhelms based on stats, but the ride experience will change everyone's mind. It's easy to say "oh it isn't that tall, long, or fast" but once people ride it they will actually understand that the experience brings something that The Beast is mostly lacking, crazy directional changes and airtime.

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^yeah, again I agree that the experience will undoubtedly be completely different (and really good) to some people who appreciate it, but for most park guests who consider the Beast to be the gold standard in wooden roller coasters will they think of it as something different or as "like the Beast but not as good"?

 

We'll see I guess, and again it's probably all a non issue but the Beast is a ride that a lot of people who attend Kings Island have a unique connection to, so it will be interesting to see if a ride that is different but still kinda similar is received.

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While I enjoyed the Beast when I went back to KI way back in 2004( yea i now thats a long time ago would like to go back one day) I dont remember much about it other then of course the drop,the fact it was going though a forest,and some weird element that was across between a helix and a very shallow drop. It was not bad but isnt super remember able either. It might also just be because it was so long ago too and the fact I was sitting more towards the front then back.

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^I can completely understand why it underwhelms based on stats, but the ride experience will change everyone's mind. It's easy to say "oh it isn't that tall, long, or fast" but once people ride it they will actually understand that the experience brings something that The Beast is mostly lacking, crazy directional changes and airtime.

People will definitely compare Beast to Mystic Timbers, as they seem to compare any two wooden coasters (I swear I heard someone compare El Toro to RT at some point, and RMC conversions to wooden coasters ), but hopefully over time will see Mystic Timbers and Beast for how different (but still great in their own ways) they are.

 

I could be wrong, but I envision that Mystic Timbers might give us a surprisingly quick and air-time filled ride. I admit I haven't been staring at the photos, because I want to be surprised when I ride it (including the shed), but some of the humps looked promising. I remember when Gold Striker opened, we had high hopes, but it blew even our highest hopes away. I have my sneaking suspicion that this coaster might turn out like that too.

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I'm just gonna say it - this coaster looks like an AWESOME addition to the park and I think from a wood coaster perspective, it will complement the Beast wonderfully.

 

I have a feeling this thing's going to dish out some stellar rides, especially at night!!

 

Hoping to maybe check it out this year!

 

I agree with you from a coaster fans perspective but I am curious how well the ride will be received by the average park guest like 3 or 4 or 10 years down the road. I could see how some people might see this ride as "kinda like the Beast but way shorter/slower/not as good". Especially considering how iconic the Beast is to that park and the people who visit it on an annual basis.

 

I may be completely and totally wrong here but it was a thought I had back when this was announced.

 

I have thought of this as well...

 

I think that it's a given that this coaster will give some phenomenal rides (both day and night) during the first couple years of operations. But as we know, there are a lot of wooden coasters that simply don't age well.

 

So do you think that MT will be great for a couple of years and then turn into a rough crap-fest after 5+ years? (ala - SoB, Apocalypse, Hurler, Voyage, Mean Streak (w/o Coasterbills technique), Texas Giant (old version), Rattler (old version), etc)

 

Or do you have confidence that this coaster will age like fine wine to where you won't want to be speed dialing the chiropractor after the first drop? (Ala - RFII, Prowler, Silver Comet, Comet, Gold Striker, etc)

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^I can completely understand why it underwhelms based on stats, but the ride experience will change everyone's mind. It's easy to say "oh it isn't that tall, long, or fast" but once people ride it they will actually understand that the experience brings something that The Beast is mostly lacking, crazy directional changes and airtime.

People will definitely compare Beast to Mystic Timbers, as they seem to compare any two wooden coasters (I swear I heard someone compare El Toro to RT at some point, and RMC conversions to wooden coasters ), but hopefully over time will see Mystic Timbers and Beast for how different (but still great in their own ways) they are.

 

I could be wrong, but I envision that Mystic Timbers might give us a surprisingly quick and air-time filled ride. I admit I haven't been staring at the photos, because I want to be surprised when I ride it (including the shed), but some of the humps looked promising. I remember when Gold Striker opened, we had high hopes, but it blew even our highest hopes away. I have my sneaking suspicion that this coaster might turn out like that too.

The newer GCIs have really outperformed the older ones for me, with the exception being Thunderhead.

 

If this rides anything like Gold Striker, Prowler, American Thunder, White Lightning, or Thunderhead, it will be amazing.

 

I know the GP will compare any wooden coasters, but my point is that after they ride Mystic Timbers they will get over the fact that it isn't as long, tall, and fast. The ride will feel much more crazy and out of control than the majority of The Beast does.

 

I don't think it will ever have the local hardcore fan base that The Beast has though. I've never seen a coaster as adored by the public at any park. Kennywood's Jack Rabbit (or all of their coasters really) are one of the few that seem to resonate so strongly with average guests.

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