KIfan73

I'm no amusement industry expert, but my mind is racing thinking about someone that worked for Disney so long being in charge of Kings Island (as well as the other CF parks)...

Is the small tree lined road near the entrance the old (I believe it's called) Columbia Road? Also, is that I71 further out, or is that Kings Island Drive? It's kind of hard to tell without the parking lot there for comparison. I'm glad KI hasn't released more of these pics because I wouldn't get anything done!

Awesome pics and TR! Thanks for posting... by the way, I took a close up of WS's shock absorbers, too...lol.

Diagonally, possibly; in terms of surface area, not even close...

Wow, I really love seeing that picture...I can't get enough construction pics!

From Kings Island PR's Twitter...

I wonder how much of the original Racer still makes up the present day Racer...

So, that owner owned just Kings Island?

Nice pics. If I had the means, I'd get 50 "enthusiasts" to go buy WindSeeker shirts and all line up in the WS queue asking "will this open soon? I am so pumped! This is going to be awesome!!!"....

Was here on the computer looking over my picture files this morning... 1972 1973 1992 2005 2008 2010 2011

And here is a pic of what is there now, in place of the Euro Bubbles...

This may help...My linkhttp://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22587&st=0&p=400584entry400584

Here's an exchange I had with a lady while walking through FD's queue last Monday: Her: Do you know why Son of Beast is closed? Me: (In my mind: Where do I start?) Um, its been closed for a few seasons now. Her: This Sucks!! (and she continues to walk)....

What a great trip report. Makes me want to go back to the park now! Thanks for sharing.

Great TR. Sounds like you had fun. Thanks for sharing!

Good review of DA. I went through it last Monday, and watched the movie. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a good complement to the park. I really thought they did a good job of re-purposing Action Theater for the Dinosaur Movie. Although I still miss Days of Thunder and hate they took out the motion seats, I took the experience in for what it was, and thought they did a good job.

I can't believe I rode this twice last Monday and didn't notice anything mentioned in this thread. BTW, I think I FD is easily my second favorite ride in the park. So fun.

Well, at WalGreens, a digital photo costs usually $.09-$.19. A 20 ounce Coke is around $1.30. Kings Island ain't the only one doin' it!

Some may be surprised at the MPGs of the newer full size trucks. I am seeing much better mileage than my four previous considerably smaller/smaller engined vehicles. You can't always judge a book by its cover!!

Ok, which KIC member was at the hotel with the Speedo ??!! j/k...Great TR, thanks for sharing!!

Great pics, but I really loved the two of KI construction...awesome!!

If there is another KIC event at the park, I think a tour of this fountain is definitely in order.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/can-you-identify-suspect-in-kings-island-assault--1180365.html?cxtype=ynews_rss

On Monday of this week, I noticed FoF was to the edge of the outside queue, DB was to the beginning of the queue with no SRL, Racer was down the ramp to the first landing of the queue, FD was a walk on or one train wait (yay! still love that ride)...VF was actually quite crowded...hope this helps.

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