[TrojanCamMan]

You can only guess what is in the works. . . Could be a return of Son of Beast?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEMScalifkU

[cwgator]

http://www.western-star.com/news/lebanon-oh-news/new-attraction-at-kings-island-is-animated-dinosaur-walk-1109715.html

New attraction at Kings Island is animated dinosaur walk

MASON — The T-Rex is out of the bag.

The new attraction at Kings Island that will be unveiled Friday is an animated dinosaur walk.

Greg Nichols, with the city of Mason’s engineering department, said the amusement park submitted a drawing of a giant T-Rex they want to post outside the park. Plans for the walk itself have not yet been filed, he said.

Officials at the park are expected to announce the new attraction at 2 p.m. Friday at the amusement park.

The dinosaur walk will be the “biggest of its kind in the world” and will be open for the start of the 2011 season, according to KI spokesman Don Helbig.

Kings Island’s website prominently displays a banner that reads “Make no bones about it, something big is coming to Kings Island.” The banner has a background that appears to be a rocky surface or possible archaeological dig, tying into the “bones” theme of the message.

A video on the website, a parody of the “Blair Witch Project” shows a pink ribbon tied around a tree. The video then cuts to an image of Helbig standing in a wooded area, appearing confused and then startled by something off-camera that causes him to run away.

A small photo gallery on the site shows a life-size dinosaur model as well as a variety of other odd images including a Canadian Goose, tire tracks, and an unidentified man reading some sort of blue prints.

Kings Island will also debut WindSeeker, the new ride scheduled to open this spring. The 301-foot spinning ride will pull riders into the air and twirl them around. Kings Island opens for the 2011 season on April 30.

[sccoasterbear]

OMG, and you pay $5 extra to walk through some rubber dino's...what happened to being a one price park? Hope this is not a sign of things to come.

[cwgator]

Posted on King's Islands Facebook:

Visitors to Kings Island will have an opportunity to step back in time to periods between 245 million and 65 million years ago when the world's largest animatronic Dinosaur Park debuts May 26!

From visitkingsisland.com:

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/park/dinosaurs_alive/index.cfm

Visitors to Kings Island will have an opportunity to step back in time to periods between 245 million to 65 million years ago when the world's largest animatronic dinosaur park debuts May 26, 2011. More than 60 life-sized dinosaurs will be on display in Dinosaurs Alive! at Kings Island, including 56 animatronic models, in a spectacular outdoor Jurassic forest setting.

The multi-sensory and interactive dinosaur park brings inspiration, science and technology together at Kings Island where guests will also hear the sounds and see the movements of 60-plus full-sized animatronic creations made to replicate nearly every feature of the dinosaurs. Each of the animatronic dinosaurs is hand-carved and covered with skin-like materials.

The highlight of Dinosaurs Alive! is the world's largest animatronic dinosaur, the Ruyang Yellow River dinosaur, which measures an incredible 72 feet long, 12 feet wide and 30 feet high! Other animatronic dinosaurs include the vicious looking Irratator and its cousins, the Baryonyx and the Spinosaurus, the lizard-like Stegosaurus, the meat-eating Tyrannosaurs Rex, three-horned Triceratops and the flying Pteranodon.

Announcement Video:
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Attraction Video:
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[billcollins531]

It had potential but got stabbed in the face with greed.

To the sidewalk I say TAER IT DOWN! and put a roller coaster in its place. With free admission. And dinosaurs.

[coasterdave]

Memo to King's Island:

Hate to really break it to you but you really think people are going to do this Money Making Walk more than once? But I wonder if the PR Folks and the powers to be been playing RCT abit to long. I heard afew people at other parks got a laugh out of this. Atleast it is great entertainment.