Gordon Bombay

I was telling @teenageninja this after our first ride, but if I’m being honest—I miss Boo Blasters.

Edit.

Not quite, but then again—no one was trying to steal a first ride or challenge the “integrity” of a first rider auction. My point is this: I understand ACE’s disappointment with the current situation, but you can’t rewrite history as some like to do. This type of park/enthusiast balance isn’t new. Especially at KI.

Lol, ok Don. 🙄

Shout out to @ZosoBeast - former KIC contributor and staff member who got treated “like a disposable asset.” See you at KIC day this year, @teenageninja? Or do those not happen anymore…

Remember when you wouldn't let Bill come to Diamondback media day?

Biggest fanny pack measuring contest this forum has seen in a long time.

Both Jungle Jims locations are known for repurposing many things, particularly from the amusement industry. In addition to relics from Americana and Coney Island, the eclectic stores have also made use of Kings Island remnants over time (in addition to the monorail, of course). I grew up with the original location in Fairfield, but never made it out to the newer Eastgate location until this past weekend. While there, I came across these two 1990s style stock cars on display: If memory serves (and there’s no guarantee that it does), these vehicles (or similar ones) were once on display in Fairfield…and I’d heard that these vehicles might’ve been purchased from/relocated from Kings Island not long after the Days of Thunder attraction closed. Before “Action Theatre” was discarded as a haphazard haunted house and dinosaur cash grab, the attraction had some really cool stuff back there. Debuting as “Days of Thunder” at then-Paramount’s Kings Island, the ride’s queue featured several stock cars of the era on display and painted up to look like the vehicles in the film. They *may* have even been used in the film, but given that Paramount built three of these attractions, I don’t think that was necessarily the case. Anyways, the notion that those display cars were relocated to Jungle Jim’s and slapped with new paint was something I always heard about in KI lore, but not something anyone had ever really “confirmed” or “proven.” I.E. I don’t doubt that’s where these cars are from, but I don’t know for sure. So, I figured it might be fun to ask here: anyone know for certain? Only other bit of info I got is that when I was nearing the end of my time at the park circa 2011-2013, another similar stock car was always wheeled out for the haunt. It had been re-painted to look a destroyed police car and was used as a thematic element in some sort of zombie apocalypse attraction (Translation: supposedly one of the old Days of Thunder display cars had been quickly covered in spray paint and then dinged up to look like garbage). And as a bonus question (since I don’t hail from the Eastside), can anyone tell me if this beautiful sign now on display at Jungle Jim’s Eastgate is formerly from the short-lived “Cheeseburger in Paradise” restaurant that existed out that way?

We can make one side Insane Clown Posse for you.

Rather, I know him.

Grow up, Don.

Looks like AI nonsense quickly thrown together in hopes of getting investors. Would love to be wrong, but nothing about that website screams specifics or invites confidence.

When @teenageninja and I worked at the park, we did a study which found that roaming scareactors had an overall positive economic impact on both the park and the region.

Maybe I missed it in one of the threads, but did anyone ever figure out what the teaser (at the end of the teaser) was about? The scene with the guy walking through The Crypt.

You just know that some LinkedIN Premium user in Charlotte took their kids to Disney, saw their merch, and said “we should be charging more” without any sense of irony for how poorly comparable the SF product is.