It would make sense to do additional Jungle X improvements for 50th anniversary because the 40th anniversary also had area touch ups in Safari Village and CAG. Except that (not to be geeky) KD had previews in 1974, and officially opened in 1975. That is why the 40th celebration lasted 2014-15. Could we see them start doing anniversary things in 2024?
Not refuting this, but Canada's Wonderland is a great example of how flats can be headliners at a park. Other than Windseeker and Delirium, KD lacks any flat rides that stand out. I'm still holding confidence that whatever replaces Volcano will be a major coaster, but Jungle X-pedition would benefit massively from a major flat to break things up and add variety. Arachnidia isn't really that.
Yeah I personally strongly doubt Kyle is anywhere near the top level discussions and agree. He’s not involved in any planning or park engineering. He tells us stuff when Kings Dominion authorizes him to do so. When he posted that blog post “10 reasons to own a 2024 pass” the day of the pass sale and 0 of those were “new attraction” and he doubled down on that in our conversation is largely all I need to call that a confirmation that there is not new ride hardware being installed for 2024. At the point of the blog post he was authorized to say nothing was coming in 2024 for new rides. He doesn’t have any authority regarding park engineering or capex allocation.
I am surprised at how many people underestimate the GP's (well deserved) outrage if whatever replaces Volcano isn't an amazing coaster. If it flats (and only flats), it's not goting to go over well at all. Sure, a nique coaster build with a flat or two incorporated into the footprinte would be really cool, but if it's jut flat, no coaster? Nah fam. Death knell.
Coaster with at least one flat was literally what I was going for in the first place.
A mega structure coaster visible from 95 would be a huge win- and they'd have to build (or at least announce) announce it BEFORE putting flat(s) in Volcano's spot though.
Thinking about this though - I feel like while an icon can include an attraction, it should be able to stand alone without one in the context of this park (obviously, CP is a different story).
Know how there’s a labyrinth pattern in the middle of Flat Rock that leads directly to its center? I thought the KDFans article on JX hypothesized that discovering all of the temples could lead to something like the labyrinth. I always thought they could just add another flat as one of the last temples, maybe the bird temple while BLSC or I305 gets cat (if the latter BLSC could just be Safari jeep theme). Then the major Volcano replacement would be about what is represented by the labyrinth, maybe themed as the biggest discovery in Jungle X-Pedition or a force that ties all of the temples together. There’s also those lunar patterns which very few talk about.
You make a good point. And if that’s the case I definitely can see a flat coming. Like the replacement being the X in question. Also now that you bring up the moon phases I wonder if those are a hint to the order of when what temple is coming next, cause so far it’s been in order with the maze pattern as well. It starts at arachnidia goes past reptilian and Tumbili and the next fase would be the bird temple then the feline then it takes a turn into the circle after the snake that’s leads to the X. That would definitely be something.
