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The antique cars, I like to have a nice leisurely ride in between coasters to relax, something that is now lacking at KI

12 times, the brutal heat all year long kept me back, 7 of the 12 times was in October when the weather was finally descent

Nothing like waiting 3 hours for 20 seconds

Cedar Point has the best Log Flume??? am I missing this ride? haven't all of the Flume's long since been taken out?

I know it came from Coney Island. How old is it? When was it built

The Beast for the adults and The Beastie for the kids, imo this has much more charm than changing the name

The flooding was a problem, but I think the biggest thing was probably lack of sufficient parking to handle the crowds

I miss the Crazy Daisy

Well I can't throw stones, I've been watching my Kings Island/Cedar Point Home Video's, Can't wait, I hate Winter!

why not just change it to "Waterpark Transport" that's all it is anymore I wonder what made them change the name? At Cedar Point it's called "Cedar Point & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD", why would Cedar Fair chage KI's?

and bring back the flintstone's foot mobile so I can sit next to Fred: yabadado!!!!!!!!!!

riding the backward racer, if my prayers are answered, it is always the first and last ride of every visit

Kings Island FoF 10 Backward Racer 10 Forwards Racer 7 Vortex 9 Beast 9 Son of Beast 2 Top Gun 7 Invertigo – 8 Back Lot Stunt Coaster 7 Thornberry with elephant off 10 Thornberry with elephant on 7 Train 6 (It was much higher before the waterpark) Crypt 4 Firehawk 7 Monster 8 Shake Rattle and Roll 7 Delirium 4 Adventure Express 6 Drop Zone 8 Viking Furry 7 Cedar Point Magnum 10 Force 10 Raptor 10 Maverick 9 Max Air 4 Chaos 7 Viking Ship (name??) 4 Blue Streak 8 Mean Streak 9 Train 10 Paddle Wheel excursion 9 Dragster 9 Calypso 8 Sky Ride 10 Corkscrew 7 Wild Mouse 5 Iron Dragon 8 Mantis 8 Wicked Twister 10 Gemini 8 Cedar Downs 8 Ferris Wheel 7 Matter Horn 8 Demon Drop 6 Space Spiral 6 Disaster Transport 6 Skyhawk 7 Coney Island Tempest 10 Pepsi Python 4 Tilt-A-Whirl 9 Super Round Up 3 Flying Bobs 8 Scrambler 7 (does every park have this ride) Trabant 10 The Freefall ride 7 Ferris wheel 7 (haven’t rode the new one yet) Spinaree 8 Paddle Boats 6 (down since the closed off part of it) Stricker’s Grove Tornado 10 Teddy Bear 9 Tip Top 10 Electric Rainbow 4, (Too bad that Trabant like ride from Cedar Point didn’t work out instead) Flying Scooters 10 Kiddie Whip 8 Kiddie Turtle 7 I miss the helicopters (they would actually let me ride) Spinning Apples 7 Train 7

Yeah, great move, did Paramount's advise them on that and say "hey, why don't you take down a classic ride and replace it with a gift shop or a basketball game"

The 1972 park map at: Kings Island 1972 Map gives the illusion of the Inn being right outside the front gate but I suppose it was really across the street

Looking at the old maps it seemed to be in a much better location than the great wolf lodge, is that area now part of the park or is it unused?

Yes I wish the Enchanted Voyage was still here, that ride was a fun ride for adults as well as kids, I also loved the prisoners mine at Dollywood that was removed about 12 years ago and I believe replaced with nothing, very similar, I loved that ride, I think they still have it at Silver Dollar City in Branson

Bring back The Beastie and dump Fairly Odd Coaster!!!

I have to admit that one of the first things I flock to when I get to Stricker's Grove is the Kiddie Whip, dreaming of getting a chance to ride a big one again, which between the big whip and tumble bug was the original inspiration for me planning a trip to Kennywood this summer

Indeed this 1997 map of Americana shows the whip, this must have been it, and my mom must have been right about me going there, although I have no memory of the place other than riding the whip that thinking back I thought was Kings Island, looks like a cool park, I wish I had visited it more, but I never really realized it was still there till after it closed. http://www.themeparkbrochures.net/maps/1997/am1997.html

It must have been Americana aka Lesourdsville, My mother told me they took my sister and myself there when I was very young, but I have absolutely no memory of going there, but I have a very distinct memory of riding a full size whip and loving it when I was pretty young and other than this trip to Americana that my mom says I went to, I visited no other amusement parks as a kid other than Kings Island, well that and Magic World In Pigeon Forge So even though I have no memory of going to Americana, this very distinct memory of riding a full size whip must have been from there and remembering this later, I would have assumed it was Kings Island I noticed that they did have a whip and I assume it was still there in the early 80's

Was there ever a full size whip at Kings Island? I could swear I remember riding one as a kid in the early 80's, but my research shows no evidence that it ever existed

yeah! I'm really excited about visiting it this summer

Interesting about Knoebel's they won second place behind Cedar Point in the Golden Ticket award

If Conneaut Lake ends up selling it's rides, I would love to see their tumblebug at strickers groove, but I hope Conneaut Lake can make it, but no likely