KIfan73

They should be showing THESE videos on all the TV screens at the park!!

I'm getting really excited about getting to the park. I'd love to see some of the pics you guys snapped to see any updates you saw to the park. (Geez, I can't believe I'm wanting to see pics of Kings Island, even closed!! )

That's one of the most special pieces of film I have ever seen. How lucky that somebody had that footage and shared it.

This site and its members never fail to amaze me. Jaw-dropping photos...

Awesome pics. How long did they use that LOOOOONG queue? I rode it in '92-'93, don't remember that being there then. BTW, haven't been around in several weeks. Glad to be back and reading the forums!!

I agree. I enjoy hearing that music while entering the gates. One of the best parts of the day there.

Maybe they're just changing machines. Didn't they all have the "p" word on them?

Sweet! Me likey!

Uh, I think that would be right up there with naming a new cruise ship The Titanic.

I wouldn't worry a whole lot about the amusement park industry yet. Right now, out of 4,000 schools in Ohio, only 50 have a year-round schedule (1.25%). Indiana is right is also right at 1% (22/1800).

An amazing report. Now its not IF I go to WDW, its WHEN!! Thanks for much a thorough report. BTW, that thing about the pink concrete I found really brilliant. KI could use some of that around the park.

^I agree with you guys as well. The older I get, the more amazed/thankful I, living in a small town in Sourthern Ohio, can drive a little more than an hour and go to a place on the scale of Kings Island.

In the construction pics, there's lots of forms for what looks like poured walls. Is this a foundation for the station?

I'd like to see that! I bought a postcard with an aerial view of the park from '75. Also a park map from '79. So interesting looking at what the park looked like then.

That seriously looks like a blast.

Being a skateboarder, I think that ride is awesome. Would love to see that come to our special park.

Pay-per-play rides? Where did anybody get that?? I said a shopping/dining area.

I would like to see the development of a new dining/shopping area that would connect the main park with Boomerang Bay. The area would be behind the "middle ground" between the two parks. It would be connected by paths and could possibly be reached by riding the train (don't have its route memorized real well). I think that with this placement, it would be sort of a "destination" that would lead people through both sides of the park, and would facilitate more movement between the two. Possible place for hotel down the road, as well (people brought in by monorail?). I am really impressed with the water park, and I think this development would tie it in more with the main park. I think the time is coming for an all-new area. As much as I would like to visit Kings Island circa 1975, its all-new, brand new experiences that keep bringing people in.

Does someone in your family work for Toyota?

I love AE. Some people I go with, thats the only coaster they're comfortable with. Believe it or not, not everybody wants to jump on the biggest, scariest thing there is. Also, compared with many other coasters, it has great theming. I would have liked to see them apply just the amount of theming AE has to SOB. Would make it a completely different experience. I hope they theme Firehawk nicely. To me, it makes the ride.

I love reading stuff about the Tower. Its one of those things at KI thats just neat. Sure, you ride a few thrill rides here and there, but none of it would be the same without things like that. I love going up in it every visit. Usually when I'm with other people its not a big deal to them, but it makes my visit complete.

100,000 miles X 5,280 feet (in one mile)=528,000,000 feet/275 feet=1,920,000 trips. I'd say...hmmm...that the 100,000 mile figure in a season may just be a little off...lol.

You'd have to convert the 100,000 miles to feet then divide by 275.

I'm really excited about KI and Firehawk. Actually, I'm a little pumped about the fact that just maybe Firehawk's lines might make some of the other lines shorter.

I was just on CedarPoint.com again. I really hope that KI gets a website similar to Cedar Point's. What a good, comprehensive, interesting website. Plus, I just saw that they offer Christmas ornaments of different CP attractions. Come on, Cedar Fair, give me some KI Christmas ornaments! My tree would be full of them!! They also have a lot of neat other stuff. I am hoping that this all means that the shopping at Kings Island will improve...