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Here's one taken by your's truly in January of 2002... Not sure where I got this next one - but its incredible... (Not taken by me)

I’ve attached a photo from April 14 of this year and a photo from today. I went up and touched the hangar door and it is fresh paint. Two paint buckets are hidden behind the fog machine in the outer left corner.

Makes sense they would be sprucing up the area with the new ride coming. I'm just so glad Flight of Fear is still around---amazing ride to this day.

KI right now.

I took this on October 12th

First picture I ever took of Vortex: July 1992

Flight of Fear is in the process of being repainted. There is a new coat on the hangar doors and the blue stripe around the building.

Pics I took today:

orion construction with full moon

Taken about 20 min ago.

In all her glory.

From 2011, I loved the new view of Vortex's lift hill that the WindSeeker area allowed you to see. Someone probably has a much better, unobstructed shot like this...

I stand corrected. @KIghostguy

I plan to be there after church today to check this out for myself. I have not been to the park since the announcement so this will end the streak.

Hopefully orion gets a animation like this one also:

I took a similar photo during Winterfest. It did look abandoned.

Taken during Winterfest in 2018. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Time for another KIC contest! With the removal of Vortex, we want to have a great send off and celebrate its 33 seasons at Kings Island. Vortex is one of the most photogenic coasters in the park, so we want you to post your best Vortex picture! Rules: A max of 2 submissions. (Any additional submissions will be removed.) Only 1 picture per post. Double posting will be excused in this thread. Only Likes will be counted, not any other emotion. The contest will be judged by the members. So if you love a submission, vote for it with a like. You can vote on as many as you want. This will run until November 1st. I will give 24 hrs notice before I close the thread. I will then tally the votes and announce the winner! The winner will get to order a free KIC shirt as their prize along with bragging rights! Good luck! Visit our store here for more KIC gear!

Good morning, all. My family and I will be there today, so I hope to get a few decent pics from the FoF queue area.

Removed photo since it wasn’t an entry.

Taken in 2017

I know at Cedar Point, they were going to build a monster record-breaking 200 foot B&M floorless coaster, but they went with Maverick instead. This means that B&M is capable of exceeding 200 feet on a floorless coaster, and they could make something record-breaking for Kings Island. B&M could also maybe go for the North America inversion record with ten inversions or even incorporate a launch. I, personally see a record-breaking ten inversion B&M floorless coaster as a good replacement for Vortex and a good way to market the ride to the general public. Source: https://www.coaster101.com/2019/06/27/7-things-i-learned-about-cedar-point-from-john-hildebtandts-book/

Yep it has been installed https://www.wcpo.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/kings-island-gives-sneak-peek-of-orion-construction

So, I see the lift and the station track, but has the pre-lift track been laid? To explain what I mean, I’ll use Diamondback as an example. Coming out of the station, Diamondback has a piece of straight track before ascending the lift (and afterwards, there is one piece that curves to start the lift). For Orion, I see straight track (station track and afterwards) and the lift track, but I’m having trouble seeing the track piece where the straight track angles and connects with the lift. It should theoretically be there as the lift has been started, but it’s hard to see. Thanks!

The park probably should have cleaned off the DB camera while they were moving the Banshee cam to view Orion. DB cam is nearly un-view-able.

Imo they should at least add wifi service in Area 72. The wifi doesn't currently work over there.

@Shaggy, that second photo is AWESOME!

Me too, I hope I can get some zoomed in pics of Orion from the telescope with out it breaking this time.

My three favorite photo ops in one pic: a beautiful sunrise, low hanging fog, and a gorgeous coaster! Good morning, everyone!

Great submissions so far everyone, but if @VortexBFForever doesn't win we riot. She has contributed too many awesome pictures of Vortex over the years to KIC not to win this!

Back Lot Stunt Coaster.

I rode Raptor a month ago and thought it was very smooth. It does have an abrupt transition from the final helix into the break run that i do not care for but it was great other than that. Also I just got back from Florida and must say that Kumba and Montu both of which were built in the mid and early 90s are running so smooth and fantansic. Mako was also great (which is new but runs the older style 4 across hyper trains). I am wondering if the older train designs are better than the new hyper and invert trains from B&M.

The Outer Limits The Twilight Zone Hmm.. Does anyone have the rights to One Step Beyond?

^Look at all those trees!

They probably can't call it that due to copyright.

Bumping this a bit, but wanted to share my Bat souvenir alongside @Alex103 and @standbyme. At work I have an original The Bat mug next to a new The Bat mug, both for holding pens and what-not. I don't remember where or how I got the original Bat piece, but I've had it for years now.

Never Will Be Forgotten

Am I the only one who misses how much trees and wilderness used to be around the train?

Sigh... I really wanted to finally be able to enjoy an actual well-themed Halloween event at the park. The Snickers theming that Six Flags takes the time to incorporate into their event is miles ahead of Kings Island’s Halloween Haunt which is missing all of the high quality Snickers theming. Maybe some day though...

It's such a beautiful structure, id be hard pressed to see them actually remove it, I mean it can always be retrofitted to whatever they want to put there

I'll have you both know, my friends favorite ride at King's Island is The Delirium. He like it a lot. We rides it even more then The Adventure Express... There, now everyone is happy.

You forgot Bluegrass lol

I find the rattle to be very uncomfortable and annoying at the same time. It is the newest B&M invert in the country and should not feel the way it does. I have ridden most of the other B&M inverts in the US and find none of them to be as uncomfortable, not even close. I don't know if it is a design or maintenance issue but it needs to be addressed.

A couple of more items that I have...and STILL not as cool as Alex103’s shirt!