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  1. When you can get the right angle I definitely agree on The Beast Personally I always thought that Son Of Beast was always pretty photogenic, especially if you had access to the back roads of the park
  2. Tomb Raider/The Crypt from Kings Island. I have no idea how it managed to operate for 10 years. Oh wait.....now I remember. it only operated for half a season each year because it was always broken down. and once paramount sold the park, it got even worse. Funny how its the only GIANT Top Spin ever built. I guess the learned their lesson before the started to really market these.
  3. First coaster - The Beast @ Kings island First steel coaster- Space Mountain @ Walt Disney World First Woodie- The Beast @ Kings Island First 100 ft coaster- The Beast @ Kings Island First 200 ft coaster- Son Of Beast @ Kings island First 300 ft coaster- Millennium Force @ Cedar Point First 400 ft coaster- Top Thrill Dragster @ Cedar Point First looping coaster- Vortex @ Kings Island First B&M- Diamondback @ Kings Island First Intamin- Millennium Force @ Cedar Point First GCI- Gwazi @ Busche Gardens Tampa First invert- Top Gun @ Kings Island First Launched coaster- Flight of Fear @ Kings Island First Standup- King Cobra @ Kings Island First Flyer- Firehawk @ Kings Island First Gravity Group- The Voyage @ Holiday World First Vekoma- Rock'n'Roller Coaster @ Walt Disney World
  4. It's definitely different. I worked at ki for a year as a mechanic and I can definitely say it's something i'll remember, especially some of the sketchy stuff.
  5. i think they will have to change the station to include the drop away floor. I don't see any other way for them to add it. Honestly I loved Mantis despite its roughness. Im sure that the transformation into a floorless coaster will result in a great ride experience but i personally feel like it won't live up to mantis. Ive always loved Stand Up Coasters now more than ever. Unfortunately this just continues to shrink the number of Stand Up Coasters left. Also Im about to order some Surge right now
  6. i'd say so this week and next week would be the best time to go
  7. i hope so, i've been going every year with my family for 16 years with annual passes . this will be my 27th trip.
  8. Here's the video it's on, the CET (local PBS station) in their retrospective about KI. The Beast stuff starts around 3 mins and if you watch close, you can see a portion of video where the train is completely hauling through the mid course break run area. http://www.cetconnect.org/video/riding-history-limits-rivertown The whole series is here: http://www.cetconnect.org/KingsIsland i remember watching that series
  9. How was your Experience with MagicBands Robb and Elissa's experience with the MagicBands is well documented in this thread! (They liked it) thats good im going down in july so i was just kinda curious.
  10. it's amazing that they don't do more research, especially this day in age where 70% of people seem to live/die by those research reports.
  11. I think this video was done during initial testing before it was ever opened to the public. The people walking around are probably park execs, construction workers and the designers seeing how it was running. It obviously is still "under construction" with it missing pieces like handrails. This may have been a video of one of the first ever complete course runs the Beast made as you can see how slow it is. Also, notice the double-helix isn't enclosed yet, the wood tunnel connecting the two concrete ones in the middle of the course isn't there and it barely makes it up the hill to the second lift hill. I would bet this maybe a video of one of the first 5 test runs of the coaster ever, if not the first ever complete circuit. Even if they are park execs, that wouldn't fly today. Those are all restricted areas, when I worked there as a mechanic we could not be in any restricted area while the ride was in operation even when under construction , except for a few exceptions(ride stuck) I would say you've never worked around a brand new ride with reps from the Ride Manufacturers. lol I certainly didn't see anyone standing too close the the train and RC would never have let anyone be where they shouldn't have been before giving the "all clear." you would be correct, i mostly worked on the backlot coaster, so i guess things may be a little different for a new coaster.
  12. you can be on the service roads but not in the actual ride area
  13. I think this video was done during initial testing before it was ever opened to the public. The people walking around are probably park execs, construction workers and the designers seeing how it was running. It obviously is still "under construction" with it missing pieces like handrails. This may have been a video of one of the first ever complete course runs the Beast made as you can see how slow it is. Also, notice the double-helix isn't enclosed yet, the wood tunnel connecting the two concrete ones in the middle of the course isn't there and it barely makes it up the hill to the second lift hill. I would bet this maybe a video of one of the first 5 test runs of the coaster ever, if not the first ever complete circuit. Even if they are park execs, that wouldn't fly today. Those are all restricted areas, when I worked there as a mechanic we could not be in any restricted area while the ride was in operation even when under construction , except for a few exceptions(ride stuck)
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