Project 2025/305: Pantherian (Intimidator 305 Retheme)
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Burnt Orange 3, The Burnenning
I hope we see new colors that fade much better over the course of the next 15 years! The red and yellow look terrible right now.
What a beast of a project this coaster will be to paint. Not only because of the height, but the track spine is pretty intricate to paint, especially with a new color where you'll have to hit every inch.
What a beast of a project this coaster will be to paint. Not only because of the height, but the track spine is pretty intricate to paint, especially with a new color where you'll have to hit every inch.
Was not expecting orange supports. Can’t even guess what they have in mind for the track. I guess you can’t rule out it being multicolored like Xcelerator.
This is a stretch but if it's a space/sci-fi retheme that orange looks a lot like the color of the space shuttle external fuel tank. Maybe it could be space ship themed to compliment fof?
That could be super cool... with trains like this... sign me up.
They probably have Baynum doing the repaint for 305. They did both Eiffel Towers at KI and KD and they repainted Top Thrill 2 so the height won't be an issue for them.
I am about 90% sure Baynum did the last repaint about 5 or 6 years ago.
They announced on their Facebook that they repainted the Eiffel Tower in 2019, which I posted on this thread...
It's the only attraction at KD they've painted so far.
That’s the one thing that has me worried. IMO a sci-fi mini land would be much better than having to completely change the theme of 2 major attractions. CF could even make it like area 72 or whatever it’s called at Kings Island.
In this theory, that would be misdirection.
I think it's going to be integrated into Jungle X. Right now, I'd prefer the Sci-fi solution though personally.
I really want them to add a tunnel and for the love of god fix the line to prevent the 14 year old confusion caused by the front row sign.
Hear me out:
Two-tone supports
Do we think the details of Project 305 will be announced next week with the new coaster or later this offseason (like Ricochet's transformation to Apple Zapple in 2018 with the Twisted Timbers addition)? There is a chance that painting could begin before Haunt is over this Fall.
This is probably not going to happen, but I would love it if Project 305 got rethemed to a tiger.
The new coaster is huge news a retheme not do much. I would be very surprised to see them announce both at the same time. I would expect to see 305 announced during the off season. The possible wild card would be IF a general Jungle X expansion is happening that included Flight of Fearvand Backlot as well then I could see it as one big announcement but I think the odds of seeing that especially with spending geared to the 50th are VERY low.
I agree with @horsesboy. We didn’t even know about the Reptilian and Arachnidia rethemes when Tumbili was announced either. In fact, the video renderings of Tumbili at the announcement still showed Reptilian with its white paint job as Avalanche. So I could definitely see a world where additional rethemes are teased and announced later.
I think it's safe to say based off today's Rapterra announcement that if Project 305 is rethemed to fit in Jungle X-pedition (rather than a Kings Island Area 72-like space theme), that it will get a custom mythical name like Rapterra, Tumbili, Reptilian, and Arachnidia.
The question is whether it will be a generic "jungle cat" theme like Rapterra's mythical "jungle hawk" origin or specifically a jaguar, cheetah, panther, etc.
Personally, I really like the direction that KD has gone with the new names in Jungle X-pedition in comparison to other recent major Cedar Fair names such as Copperhead Strike, Yukon Striker, and Thunder Striker.
The question is whether it will be a generic "jungle cat" theme like Rapterra's mythical "jungle hawk" origin or specifically a jaguar, cheetah, panther, etc.
Personally, I really like the direction that KD has gone with the new names in Jungle X-pedition in comparison to other recent major Cedar Fair names such as Copperhead Strike, Yukon Striker, and Thunder Striker.
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