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The photos have been imported on the server, we now have to go through them and integrate them into our galleries.

Here's a wonderful pair of photos showing the flume with the lights. Both photos were previously shared in the Kings Island History Facebook group by user Pete Leaf Peters.

With the ride being repainted, I kinda hope one of the announcements is that it's being rethemed and annexed back into Rivertown this year.

*NSFW* (some bad language, but the video is fine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2b69-8tJkE The above is a you tube video where someone overdubbed hilarious commentary over an old Cedar Point training video. Thought you would enjoy. Here is the link to the original training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycYhOs2qJk

And of course, anybody still wanting to visit parts of the website that were backed up, you can still do so at https://web.archive.org/web/20210613030337/http://kiextreme.com/ Expect dial-up internet speed for pictures though.

The "Roller Ghoster" episode of Ghost Hunters filmed at Kings Island first aired 10 years ago today! I remember it was a huge deal at school when it came out. Still a pretty entertaining watch today...and it certainly has some nice shots of the park in the 2011-12 off-season.

I don’t think that’s true anymore. It was 10 years ago but I think a lot of those people were flushed out. I think you may have hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately, once you make a change like this it’s very difficult to go back. Agreed. Even if it costs more.

Too many clubs have treated the everyday guest like 2nd class citizens and have also treated parks like they need to bow down to the almighty club. When parks said "no" to certain demands the club(s) have retaliated against the person that said no to the point of jeopardizing their livelihood. Many in the the clubs have developed a gang-like mentality: if you are not with us, you are against us. It shouldn't be like that. Have fun with it. Enjoy the camaraderie with others and when a disagreement happens, do it respectfully.

I see two sides to it: 1) There are a lot of people who aren’t coaster club members who may want to attend. Why should they have to give money to a third party just to buy a ticket? 2) Coaster club members are the most likely to want to go to this, so how many die hards won’t get to go because some tickets were purchased for a family of five where three of the five attendees don’t want to be there?

Sorry, I don't think I want LED DMX lighting like that in Rivertown. Rivertown is meant to be more rustic/western/country. I think LED DMX lighting would ruin that imo.

WOW! That video has the lights displayed on the flume. It would be great for them to update to LED floods and do some neat effects with different colors using DMX. It just looked real neat back in the day.

Its going to be almost like visiting an entire new park!

I remember seeing the lights on the log flume in this video from 1980. At around 1:30 in the video, you can see the lights down the trough with a log going over them:

We are working with KIE to migrate their whole gallery over to KIC's main site. Don't fret, it won't disappear.

Thanks for the healthy competition back in the good ‘ok days, @PKIDelirium!