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Photo #6 - Nickelodeon Splat City Water Maze - 1995-2005 (Shortened for Spongebobs Bikini Bottom Bash) The green tower would shoot water out the top randomly.

Photo #5 - Zodiac & Troika (Shake Rattle & Roll) added in 1975

Happy New Year to you, too. (If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem)

Considering "Captain Nemo" spent 100's upon 100's of dollars renting a plane to get aerial photos of the park for this site, I'd consider that a major contribution. (Firehawk, IJST DB construction)

*Pops his head in* Oh, still arguing and fighting change. Glad to see I'm not missing anything here. *Goes back into not caring about this site*

A few rides in Planet Snoopy and a little bit of Rivertown. Taken from Eiffel Tower. July 10, after park closing A little of the stream can be seen at the bottom of this image. Easy: Any ride's queue Hard: Any ride in Coney Mall, at night Expert: Any set of park lockers

It's about "OMG THEY ARE TAKING AWAY ONE OF MY FAVORITE RIDES! NO MATTER THAT I NEVER GO ON IT ANY MORE, I HATE CHANGE! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE THAT RIDE I DON'T RIDE ANYMORE AGAIN!"

I don't get on here much anymore. but love seeing the old photos of the park. Brings back a lot of memories. Might have to get on here now to check out the new photos everyday.

Did I miss something, or is Nemo really saying he's leaving the site because Terpy made a witty comment?

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

So what is this topic about?

I just pooped a little because I laughed so hard. Its the freakin internet... I love you TG. And Terp, I'm gonna disagree with ya on this one. EVERYONE BE FRIENDS. loljk

Now come in guys. Lets not be pointing fingers and arguing at everyone. Everyone helps and contributes to this site in their own way. If you do not like the way someone contributes than you could point it out politely. And it's definitively not worth leaving the site if you are just not a fan of one person.

Someone said that KI had a sequel to The Beast and that it made all these "world records"....... Jeez, guests do say the darnedest things

Taken against my will: Easy: Congo Falls Splashdown Hard: Any 4-legged wildlife in the park

The 10 rides I have ridden (or rode) the most at Kings Island: 1) Racer - 11,999 2) Beast - 3,371 3) Flying Eagles - 1,544 4) Vortex - 1,021 5) King Cobra - 808 6) K.I. & Miami Valley Railroad - 771 7) Race for Your Life Charlie Brown - 539 8) Woodstock Express - 526 9) Adventure Express - 398 10) Tumble Bug - 234 I also found time to watch more than 2,000 live shows during my years as a season passholder. One of the park's slogan's in the 1980's was "Do It All". That I pretty much did as a passholder.

1,021 rides on The Vortex. Single-day high was 36 rides in 1987 on media day.

Yes. Several features already planned. Look for the first episode in late February or early March.

Photo #1 - Coney Mall 1974

Please, for the love of Jesus ask congress that same question.

Name calling is constructive.

I personally have enjoyed the content added by everyone "involved", for lack of a better term. Nemo, please quit threatening to leave. I have always greatly enjoyed your presence here! Edit to add: I keep trying to figure a good way to say this. Henry, I took offense to your post because I had left this site before over the bickering and it Psst me off hearing a formerly active member saying that. KIC has given me much and I get annoyed at escalatory statements. I was all excited to see you posting again and then it was negative. Just a bummer for me.

I think the offseason is going a bit to our heads. Perhaps it would be wise to take a deep breath while simultainously having cookies and milk. Just my two cents; whatever that'll buy me on this site. (Edit: Wow, 300th post.)

Never really contributed, that's a laugh. Since Nemo is out, maybe I should start posting again, take his place. Because the fact that I live nowhere near the park anymore, and now spend my time with much better parks in California, makes me "part of the problem". Should get a lot of laughs from the people here. I've already gotten a few, especially TTD's comment, when I've got almost 3x as many posts as he does.

Glad they came up with a good name. It would have been silly if they had called it a Slime Jeffery. Yes, I know what a Derrick is.

Im gonna have to agree with Henry. He is wise.

One of those records would perhaps be quickest modern day removal of a new wood coaster?

Those photos are amazing and I too remember the days of Nickelodeon at Paramounts Kings Island. Those were in my opinion the better days of the area we now call "Planet Snoopy". My favorite attraction in that area was "Runaway Reptar" now know as "Flying Ace Aerial Chase".

Kings Island PR tweeted today that there are 110 days until opening day!

Easy: A park employee smiling Hard: People getting soaked by any water ride Expert: WWC turntable in action (from jcgoble3)

I recently remember complains about the name Gatekeeper, and I thought that was the most appropriate name for that coaster!

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/live-entertainment

Was it always a goal for you to keep ride counts or did you just start counting one day? Did you have spread sheets when you started? Growing up as a sports fan, I was always statistically oriented. I enjoyed looking at player and team statistics and analyzing the numbers. I kept track of my stats when I was playing baseball and hockey and going to amusement and theme parks was something I could have fun tracking and analyzing the numbers, same as with sports. If I wasn't into sports growing up, I never would have thought to do it. I didn't have a computer in the 1980's and had a notebook that I kept a day-by-day log in. From 1972 through 1980, I had written down on the park guide & map (or Fun Guide as it was called at one time) what I did during my visit. I visited the park one or two times a year during that period.

Because people didn't want to dish out money to drive in a circle......

Photo #3 - Outer Limits Flight of Fear Construction 1996

Guests may say the darndest things, but so do the employees. During one of my lasts visits to the park during the 2012 season, My boyfriend and I went up to the Eiffel Tower to take pictures of the park. I over heard another guest asking a ton of questions about the different rides (it sounded like he hadn't been to the park since the early 80's). When he started asking about SoB, and asked why it was being torn down. The employee told him that the ride was being torn down because it was over 20 years old and falling apart. I think he even added the "it killed someone" rumor. I'm not sure if he was just bs'ing with the guy, or clueless. lol

Photo #2 - Flight Commander 1990-1995

I can definitely vouch for there being some history behind Nemo's frustration and he has good reason for it. I left for awhile because people can be ridiculous. However, there are some salt of the Earth people on here and a ton of good content. Probably a good time to thank a mod!

The first couple times I rode it were my favorite. Just seeing the red and yellow trains menacingly roll into the station and getting in and clanking down those huge premier lap bars. That spill they played in the station also still puts chills down me every time I hear it. If anyone has that spiel would you please post it by the way. You would then roll slowly out of the station and hit the lift hill and the clank of the chain was deafening, then what seemed like an eternity later you would crest the hill and begin that dive all the way down. One thing I will never forget however is the first time I ever rode SoB. I was riding and my uncle and aunt were in front of me and as we hit the mid course brakes my uncle turned to me and said, "Here comes the loop." As soon as he said that the supports parted and in front of me all I saw was a huge wooden structure and sitting there right in front of me was that HUGE loop. The rest was history. I would like to thank you Son of Beast for all the memories and you will be missed.

I can still remember the Nick Splat City from when I was younger. Thanks again for posting all of these photos Paukl, you have some truly outstanding shots.

I'll repeat malem's easy and hard requests: Easy: A park employee smiling Hard: People getting soaked by any water ride Expert: one of the park's caricature artists

I can remember running through that as a kid. I feel old now.

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 hit the like button, but where is the THANK GOD ITS GONE button when I need it?

Looking forward to this thread progressing. Thanks Paul for bringing this back!

Just recently I saw someone's signature on here say "Save Son of Beast!" Obviously they didn't get the memo.

I was crawling around the Mondial site, looking up information I'm writing an article on about the recent WindSeeker closure. Under second hand rides it listed a Top Scan being "Technically in good shape" I just thought that was interesting how they worded the condition.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hadn't thought of that. I would love to see these…I have only seen one far-a-way shot of the Festhaus construction. I also appreciate that you took time to sign in to post your thoughts! I wish I could say that I had a shot coming up of the inside of the tunnel…but I don’t. I agree it seemed magical when I was a kid. I remember walking through it at night…as cool as it was in the daytime…at night it seemed so peaceful. 1974 Anyone who looked down upon the fountain from the tower in 1974 just HAD to have been impressed. Looking down at the fountain is still great...but seeing these sculpted bushes from up there just HAD to have been awe-inspiring! (Sidenote, look at the skyride cars down there!) 2011 Where would I rather be standing today? Shockingly, at least to me, I choose 2011! Why, because even though the 1974 shot looks amazing from the tower...when I am down on “street level” I can’t imagine not having all of those trees all around. Sitting next to the 1974 fountain in the summer would be about as much fun as it is roasting by the wave pool in Boomerang Bay. I love sitting underneath the trees just watching the fountain. Thanks again, again for all the comments...and once again to Hendrick for the great work!