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Photo #3 - Outer Limits Flight of Fear Construction 1996

Photo #2 - Flight Commander 1990-1995

I also wish they'd use revamp all they land around the train ride. They have all those buildings/props that used to be used, but now it's all just kind of sitting there. I'd like to see that whole thing revamped and rethemed. It made for an awesome train ride experience!

I'd consider The Crypt's space unused. Opening it up for 1 month as a "Haunt" attraction and letting it sit from April-September as basically nothing makes it unused space in my book. Screw the Haunt attraction, let's turn it into something cool that could be open all season long!

And TA is gone!!! **EDIT** Sorry, came of KI's Facebook page.

It's 2013 and just under four more months until Kings Island opens its gates. For the 3rd year, each day I will try my best to post a "vintage" Kings Island photo from my massive collection of photos I've saved and came across over the years. Most of the photo's I will be posting are not my personal photos and I do not claim them to be mine. If anyone has a problem with a certain photo they wish not to be posted or anything else feel free to "Personal Message" me on KIC rather then posting in the topic. If you have photos of your own you'd like to contribute feel free to "Personal Message" me or simply add to the topic discussion. And try not to quote photo's that are directly above your post, its annoying. Past Topics: Flashback Till Opening Day 2012 http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24872-flashback-till-opening-day/?p=448460 Flashback Till Opening Day 2011 http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/23316-flashback-till-opening/?p=414128 Photo #1 will be posted later "today" its 4am lol

^ I wouldn't mess with Timberwolf. The Singing Spirts will get you!

Looks fine But I'm all for themed signage.

During Haunt days, i would go into the park as a guest and scare the people in one of the coaster lines by telling them that the Haunt monsters are known for taking people from the ride lines and eatting the brains of the guests they take. Some fell for it. It was funny saying that to a bunch of teen girls and then seeing the same girls go though my Haunt that same night. They didn't know who i was because of my makeup. But when i said i'm going to eat your brains, they ran like mad. Lol. That's bad i know. Lol.

Photo #1 - Coney Mall 1974

Fair enough. Whenever one is on sound footing, I have no objections.

I themed sign would be terrible marketing as it gives the appearance that the ride is closed often (even if it is true).

The space that was formerly occupied by The Crypt attraction is not empty or un-used and I see no reason to consider it that. The roller coaster that once stood proudly at Kings Island, Son of Beast's station is being used for the purpose of frightening people in October and yes at the moment, The former land that Thunder Alley was sitting on is empty besides the placement of construction equipment and garbage (Concrete). WindSeeker is a used thrill ride at Kings Island that I very highly believe will probably operate at KI in 2013. Also Welcome to KIC!!

For short, temporary closures, yes. But not typically when a ride is closed for the day.

But your leg will not fall of while walking. A wheel falling off is concerning as it has to be one of the easiest items to check during a routine inspection. Now if that check is once/ month, the checks need to be increased; if the check is once/ day, was the check performed, or just "signed off". There are MANY scenarios that need investigated. I hope it is something easy, and not a case of incompetency.

Indeed. Elaborate signs imply that closures happen so often that the park went to a great deal of trouble and expense to prepare ornate customized closure signs.

The rugged sign is to define that area of the park as the old rides. Classics that have made it though the worst. They are the rides that remain as many other rides have changed/ been removed though out the years. The Yin and Yang is for the fact that if their was no blue racer running it would be unbalanced. They need each other to make it a race. One could also argue that more people will ride it if the two are racing. A classic amusement park (which Coney Mall was meant to resemble) doesn't strike me as rugged and old.

Trash cans at queue entrances can make it confusing from a distance as to whether a ride is open or closed. Using them for purposes other than the collection of trash (i.e. to close a ride or as theming) is tacky. Any sort of sign indicating that the attraction is temporarily is better. Ride closure signs should be seen rarely by guests, so elaborate designs based on the specific ride/area are overkill. Unless the ride is a WindSeeker.

During Halloween Haunt, when Time Warp from RHPS would come on, I'd do the dance that goes along with it. I really enjoy tormenting the boyfriend in public

Kings Island will open its gates for its 42nd season in 2013. He did say he was posting this at 4am....

Kings Island will open its gates for its 42nd season in 2013.

I pout when my wife and kids are ready to leave KI for the day,apparently im the one with issues.

I used to ride Racer backwards. I was such a "Rebel" that I would "Yell" Terrible pun...

Not specifically at Kings Island, but because of Kings Island... Ever since the Paramount Rides were given their new names (i.e.- Drop Tower, Backlot, Flight Deck) I have an extremely difficult time calling The Italian Job (movie) by its real name. 9 times out of 10 I end up saying, 'I really want to watch Backlot, I love that movie.'

And thats what I mean. While the AP line has been around the ability for everyone to post pictures and "report" news has increased. Lets just look back 50 years. 50 years ago, a patron at the park gets hurt, emergency vehicles are called for, maybe the local AP reporter gets wind and is able to get to the park moments (maybe within the hour, maybe the next day?) later. Takes some quotes, writes a blurb publishes it to the AP line and its sent out to all subscribers of the AP, who then run it in the afternoon or morning papers. Versus today, wheel falls off of the cart. 5 or more people get their phones out, take pictures, maybe one has a video made. Pictures and video are posted to twitter, facebook, etc. Local people start talking about the story online. Local news organizations get a hold of these pictures, call for witness statements, call the park. Reporter may be able to do the whole store without actually stepping foot in the park... Plus as you have stated before the need to fill 24 hours of news also helps the minor stories become big. Even 15 years ago, this event may have been mentioned once on NBC nightly news or similar. Now it gets at least 30 minutes on a 24 hour station. If that 30 mins gets a ton of views comments, then it will be brought back up more and more...

Sounds like you are a Cedar Fair kind of guy!

I chose my word carefully, and was on sound footing with my choice. Terp, more of a philosopher/planner/analyst/interpreter than an architect or an engineer.

I miss the old look of Swan Lake, I know it is not good to say, but yest I do miss the way Swan Lake looked while waiting in a long line for The Beast. If you want unused space look just beyong the footprint of the park to the land that runs all of the way to the river. That would be unused. But open space is not always a bad thing. A park does not need to push as much stuff in a small area as possible. Some green space is nice...

Swan Lake is still there, just reduced to more of a large puddle. Also, a snake slithers through it every 3 minutes or so..

For some reason I keep thinking of On Golden Pond. See also Swan Lake, not that we can anymore (but you can at Camden Park!)

Maverick as an example is a blitz coaster.

I simply can't drive by the park without looking at the Eiffel Tower. I tried once, and was completely surprised to see the Tennis Stadium!

I migrated north for the winter and started yet another career with my longstanding employer. Between locating housing, learning another way of doing business and a whole host of new colleagues, and plotting summer expeditions to amusing places, this is a thrilling winter for me. Terp, who got his very own version of a sort of learner's permit today (always tell the truth, it will amaze your friends and astound your enemies).

The trash can would stop more people from entering the queue than would a sign. And may I ask, how does a rugged Yin and Yang symbol fit The Racer? I just wish rides located at dead ends in the park *cough* Invertigo *cough* would have associates standing farther down the pathway to tell people the ride's closed. I don't like walking to a dead end to find the ride is closed.

OK, here's an updated list of unanswered challenges. Instead of a huge wall of text this time, I put everything into a Google Drive spreadsheet. The link is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuPkaMcZP5OodC1UNUViVnhBOWY1eU0yXzl5elc5QVE Only I can edit the spreadsheet. The rows are sorted by category first, then by general subject within each category, and then by difficulty. This way you can more easily find a particular challenge, or all of the challenges for a certain subject. I'll update it periodically. Enjoy!

I knew absolutely nothing about it before I rode it for the first time. I think I was startled by the launch (upon entering the station) and by realizing (on the ride) that I was going upside down. I used to avoid things with inversions. I'm pretty sure I was expecting something more similar to Disaster Transport. I think I had a headache afterwards; I definitely didn't ride it multiple times! I probably missed the printed instruction to have my head flat against the headrest during the launch. It did get me to (finally) ride Vortex, however.

The first time I rode it, it took my breath away. Literally. It was my first launched coaster besides BLSC and I wasn't expecting it to be as fast as it was. Once I got off, I was really dizzy. Even though it scared the living out of me, I rode it multiple times afterwards. I love the effects, but I wish they would reshoot the movie they play in the queue, because it's getting outdaded (if not already). I also wish they would increase the volume inside the building because the only time you can really hear the music is on the brake run.

Well, when I first done rode it, it very much took me to the Outer Limits (even though the Limit does not exist) However, soon after it was only Flighty and Fearful so... yeah I guess it lives up to it's name(s).

Glad to see this thread return. Excited to see what is in store!

Me too, I was #69 dude.

Don, What's your favorite Ryan Suhr memory?

Who doesn't???

My wife. We recently celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary.

I love it more today than yesterday. But not as much as tomorrow.

Not to mention, and I'll say it, Roller Soaker really wasn't much fun. At all. Without the water effects, it was nearly as thrilling as what is now situate in Kings Island's former Paramount Story. Almost.

My question would be: "On average, how many times do you roll your eyes a day while reading the KI Central forum?"

Maybe Im wrong here, but when we were at the company headquarters for the showing of the prototype I swear I recall an employee of Gravity Group saying that the original Timberliner train was designed FOR Voyage using Voyage as a design model!! If that is indeed the case, Im waiting for a valid explanation as to how the design doesn't work for the ride. I am in no way intending this as a dig towards you, Joncars05, just wanting some believable explanations.

I find myself listening to "Right Now" by Van Halen while watching POVs of Drop Tower in the offseason... I don't even care for Drop Tower... But I LOVE that song. Also, every Gyro Drop I build in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 gets synced to that song. And every Suspended Swinger gets synced to "Arrival to Earth" From the Transformers score. True story.

^ Cool story, bro.

This is the forum where you can post all of your wacky dreams that happend at Kings Island. Ok i will go first, almost every other night i have a dream and The Beast for some odd reason is right next to Flight of Fear and in theFOF station there is a mall/ restaraunt thing where you get a number and they call that number then you go and ride the ride. SO WEIRD. then The Vortex looks like a small mouse type coaster EX. Pepsi Python @ coney island So how about your dreams