Flight of Fear
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Sorry to say but that single piece of track has been yellow for a long time. Why? I’m not sure, or at least I can’t remember. Anyone else know the history behind the yellow track?
To confirm, there are Reddit posts from within the building a year ago with that single piece of yellow track. So no, they aren’t repainting the track.
The official KD instagram post does allude to the fact that aliens aren’t going g anywhere. It also does a good job of showcasing what looks like a lot of dust on the supports ha.
Yup. Here's a picture of the yellow track when it was under construction.
Lol Don't be hard on yourself. It is really random that the corkscrew is yellow while the rest of the ride isn't. Especially considering that KI's version isn't like that at all. I'd like to know the story behind that myself.
You are definitely not! I seemed to remember the yellow track existing, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t completely random! That makes two coasters at KD with single yellow inversions.
The Flight of Fear removal rumor has its own thread, here:
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Flight of Fear on the Chopping Block?
Sorry for the double post, but screamscape posted about the possibility of Flight of Fear leaving both KI and KD. I think this is more speculation than evidence-based rumor, but the thought it still there. https://screamscape.com/html/kings_dominion.htm We know from KD's official post in...
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The outside of FOF looks awesome. It could use a few more signs to really sell the testing facility theme (I wonder if they’ll add something where the big Bureau of Paranormal Activity seal used to be) but it looks clean and fits the Jungle X aesthetic nicely.
They painted basically everything outside that isn’t part of the show building. Even the side of the building in the queue and the doors inside the locker area were repainted. And I noticed new stamped concrete in the exit area with fake “cracks” that echo the style of the new stamped concrete in the Rapterra queue.
There also new Whey Foundation flags on the flagpoles at the entrance to the FOF plaza. And even though I noticed that even though they’ve replaced the metal fences in the plaza with wood, they left some of the red “alarm” lights.
I’m really craving info about whether the FOF removal rumor is true or a baseless rumor. On one hand, it would seem weird that they even did as much work as they did if they don’t plan for the ride to stick around. On the other hand, it might explain why they didn’t do a thing to disguise the show building in the Rapterra queue — which IMO is the single biggest issue with Rapterra, as they show building sticks out like a sore thumb.
Edit: @CoasterBroCam they didn’t touch the inside. It still has all the new audio and lighting effects they added last year.
They painted basically everything outside that isn’t part of the show building. Even the side of the building in the queue and the doors inside the locker area were repainted. And I noticed new stamped concrete in the exit area with fake “cracks” that echo the style of the new stamped concrete in the Rapterra queue.
There also new Whey Foundation flags on the flagpoles at the entrance to the FOF plaza. And even though I noticed that even though they’ve replaced the metal fences in the plaza with wood, they left some of the red “alarm” lights.
I’m really craving info about whether the FOF removal rumor is true or a baseless rumor. On one hand, it would seem weird that they even did as much work as they did if they don’t plan for the ride to stick around. On the other hand, it might explain why they didn’t do a thing to disguise the show building in the Rapterra queue — which IMO is the single biggest issue with Rapterra, as they show building sticks out like a sore thumb.
Edit: @CoasterBroCam they didn’t touch the inside. It still has all the new audio and lighting effects they added last year.
This year would have been Ka's 20th and we all see how that reshesh turned out. Just saying.
FoF running two trains today. The loading station audio is awesome and same when you get off the ride. Fun coaster!
Flight of Fear got stuck today requiring guests to be evacted with the help of Hanover County Fire.
www.12onyourside.com
No one injured after riders got stuck on Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion
The fire department’s technical rescue team quickly got to the scene.
www.12onyourside.com
That must have been right after I got off LOL They closed the line when I was getting my stuff out of a locker.
Reading on FB King Dominion Season Pass holders that Fof valleyed again today (around 1:45pm) at the top of the spaghetti bowl. It doesn't seem like Hanover rescue was not involved this time.
Honestly, my prediction is that they rip out the ride and most of the show building but keep the facade and turn it into a dark ride or haunt maze.
The description I have read on today's event seem to indicate that it stop on the break run at the top and that guests were evacuate from the platform next to it. This appears to be a completely different and much more normal situation then what occurred yesterday when it appeared to have stopped at a place that was never planned as a possible stopping point.