Id say its probably theyre going to wait.
I have a feeling that cf has an eye on the gerst. Launched invert and they want to see it proven
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I have a feeling that cf has an eye on the gerst. Launched invert and they want to see it proven
I wish they'd spill all the details. Not crazy about drip feeds of info. Tell us who's doing the work and what exactly they are doing. I get that it adds hype, but it's annoying.
I'm fine with them posting bits of info over a period of time, but the problem is that they're not providing any useful, interesting information thus far. If this were some monumental project, all this extended teasing may be justified, but this isn't that. Just feels like marketing is really overplaying their hand here.
Feels like it should be a blog of progress and whoever was given the task is trying to impress someone.
Think there's any chance Grizzly gets this level of TLC? The front of these trains are DOPE .
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Think there's any chance Grizzly gets this level of TLC? The front of these trains are DOPE .
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One can wish. The last time I went to KD, I had a noticeably very snug fit in the seats of Grizzly (and Anaconda, and worst of all, Flight of Fear), and I'm not a large person (6', 200lbs). I think people used to be smaller, as weird as that sounds, and older rides were engineered for smaller dimensions.
Finally, some real information! Grizzly is going to get a taller and steeper drop, improvements to the profiling on various airtime hills, and some rebanking on the fan turn. All fantastic-sounding improvements.
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The guy from the park's jacket, are they switching branding to the old pre-Paramount Kings Dominion logo? Or does the staff just have jackets like that?
There is also a blog post here
They switched to this around the 40th Anniversary if I remember correctly. Both logos tend to be used interchangeably. But I believe this jacket is an employee jacket.
Larger, steeper drop with head-choppers at the bottom? Sign me up!!! 10 degrees will definitely be noticeable! This is all great news.
I hope they go all the way and also fix the gift shop entrance.
The park probably should be making a bigger deal out of this than what I’ve seen thus far. Seems like it should be marketed as more than just a rehab.
The park probably should be making a bigger deal out of this than what I’ve seen thus far. Seems like it should be marketed as more than just a rehab.
As someone that finds TT uncomfortable and the rest of the steel coasters are all just a meh. I'm happy to see this happening. I love i305, but there is just something about this ride that always makes me want to get at least 1 ride on it.
This sounds amazing! Can not wait to get to ride the revamped Grizzly. I also find TT uncomfortable ... except when it's running slower. That's one reason I want to get to KD in the Winter. Slower TT in cold weather makes it fun again. Not counting ankle restraints.
Excellent news about Grizzly! I'm not going to have to go to Sesame Place (or a middle-of-nowhere park like Waldameer, Holiday World, or Mount Olympus) to ride my first Gravity Group woodie.
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Yeah you need to get to Indiana. No further discussion of that is needed. Is it annoying it’s in Southern Indiana? Yes. Does the park only have 3 woodies, a wing, and some water coasters? Yes. Do they not sell booze? Yes. Does any of the prior information matter?
No. Go ride Voyage.
No. Go ride Voyage.
On second thought, the Schwarzkopf looper coming to Indiana Beach and being saved from the park it was in going under pushed the state up my list. Then I remembered the distance between Indiana Beach and Holiday World is almost as much as the distance between Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. At least it's close enough to Kentucky Kingdom that I could do the two parks in one trip...and then Kentucky Flyer will become my first Gravity Group coaster, because if I do this trip without doing anything else, I will want Voyage to be my 200th credit.
But back to Grizzly, what's the difference between the prefab track they were talking about and the prefab track used on El Toro and other Intamin woodies?
But back to Grizzly, what's the difference between the prefab track they were talking about and the prefab track used on El Toro and other Intamin woodies?