If CF gave both KI and CP a new coaster in the same year, that’d be amazing. But we’re seeming to forget that Cedar Point told us that they’re spending 2 years celebrating their 150th anniversary. So KI could get their giga in 2020 and CP could get their gigantic coaster in 2021. Also I noticed something last night that could support the fact that the B&M coming to KI will be a giga and not a wing. When Banshee opened in 2014, an invert turned 20 years old that year and that invert was Raptor. Guess which coaster is going to turn 20 years old in 2020...Millennium Force. Now some people could say that “well if you’re adding two of the same type of coaster in two chain parks that are not very far from one another, why would that exclude a wing coaster then?”. Well the answer is simple, when they added Banshee, it was totally different from Raptor because Raptor was built 20 years ago (plus Raptor is more whippy while Banshee is more spread out and graceful). The only similarity they shared was the fact that they were inverted coasters. The same would apply if they got a giga because MF would be 20 years old and most coasters at that age can’t compete with modern coasters. Gatekeeper would’ve opened 7 years ago by 2020 and while that is a good time space, a KI wing in 2020 would still be rather similar to it and let’s be honest here, wing coasters don’t bring in as much crowds as a giga would. Another thing, Ohio is about to become very competitive with this new complex coming to Columbus, so the idea that CF could start encouraging people to visit both parks is actually pretty smart. Strength in numbers and a giga in 2020 would really set the tone for what the complex is up against when it’s finished construction. That’s just my THEORY. I don’t know if any of this is true but this is what I believe.
