I don't remember reading about this prior to now, but this may be a neat, unique local aspect to Kings Island as it continues to loose some of the ties to Hollywood. I'd almost expect something like this coming out of Kennywood.
This seems to be taking everyone by surprise, and I don’t think there was an inkling until today’s announcement, but a while back somebody posted about a new paint job for the trains. Comments I read were favorable but one said the overlay was cheap looking. I don’t know how it could be cheaper looking than what it was.
Anyway, the thing nobody wants is to have the Cincinnati po-po after them, right?
I can't believe the ride is 20-years-old. I remember the media day, they had the stunt drivers from The Italian Job doing ridiculous things with Mini Coopers in the parking lot. Lunch was excellent too.
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I wonder why they weren't able to leverage Indiana Jones, because Paramount had the distribution rights. Maybe Lucasfilm had veto dibs. But even Disney couldn't use it for a few years after Disney+ launched.
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I’d assume Disney negotiated exclusive rights for Indiana Jones amusement rides when they built the Disneyland ride. So that would have been off the table by the time Paramount decided to join the theme park business.
Face Off was arguably a worse choice, although the theming was nothing more than the name IIRC.
George Lucas owned the rights to Indiana Jones not Paramount. After he got that windfall from Star Wars after Fox gave it to him to reduce their costs, and he became extremely rich he insisted on rights from that point on. Lucas sold the rights to Disney later.
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King's Dominion wouldn't even have to change the name of the ride. Stunt Track's story could be that there is a film crew filming on location in the jungle, and you get to ride along with the stuntmen. Or something like that. Change the scenery and trains. Launch into a tree house. Zig-zag through the jungle. Monkeys and lions... Keep the chopper. Drive through a dark cave and come out through a waterfall for a splashdown at the end.
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That was pretty much Adventure Express, no?
Or for that matter, Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril?
After Minecart Madness having capacity and structural issues in 2020s, is it really surprising that 90s Disney (Disneyland Paris, DL Indiana Jones, Animal Kingdom, Tower of Terror) didn’t go with a concept that clearly had a capacity issue? Capacity was king at Imagineering back then, it’s still important, but not as much today.
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