Dane Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Take a step back in time to the Cincinnati Area with a new theme park about to send its first riders through its first cycle. You enter a beautifully landscaped park with characters roaming about and smiling costumed employees waving you in. Upon entering the park, you are handed this complete pocketbook outlying everything inside the park and even whats on the menu of the restaurants. The guide features information about building the park and what it can do for you to make your visit the best it can be. Click here to read that pocketbook. KICentral user KIFan73 would like to share with you his photos from his trip in 1975 featuring The Enchanted Voyage and Lion Country Safari. Also, Diego on the forums would like to share his photos from 1984. His photos feature the Saltwater Circus, Live Entertainment, and, Lion Country Safari. Click here for the KICentral Historical Photo Gallery. And if YOU have old photos of Kings Island, we would love to see them! Just Contact Us for more information. Kings Island Central is proud to announce a new service that we are currently testing. You can now have the latest Kings Island info sent directly to your phone as a text message! Whether you're at home, work, school, or even at the park itself, you can now receive the latest Kings Island news and information without even having to be near a computer. Click here for more information on KICentral.com's official mobile club! Are you an avid Kings Island fan or do you casually visit once a year? It doesn't matter! KICentral.com is the site for you. Why not register on the forums of KICentral and tell us about your thoughts and experiences involving Kings Island! Registration is fast, FREE, and easy. Don't forget to keep checking KICentral.com for the latest news, rumors and information about Kings Island amusement park! -Dane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks for the fantastic historical photo contributions! Always nice to see the park in the older days! Especially nice to see some high quality shots of the wild animal habitat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 That is some really nice stuff. Being a fan of KI, it is great to see what it was like when the park first opened compared to what it is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Awesome. I notice in the brochure how much of the illustrations were pen drawings, reminiscent of the era, which left a lot up to the imagination. The Fotomat page is particularly interesting: who'd have ever imagined that 30 years later, people would be snapping pictures and videos with their computerized, microelectronic, hand-held telephones! (Paging Mr. Jetson! ) Being able to flip through the old booklets is priceless! Thanks, KIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesv7 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 It is really nice to see pics of the park when I was just starting to go there. I wish I still had all of the photos my mom took of me when I was introduced to Kings Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplehaze Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Great ole pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Ahhhh, good memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 unbelievable material. Dane- you, Ryan, et al really need to appraoch the CF management regarding a museum of sorts on the park grounds. CF actually gets into the history of their parks and may "dig" it. I used to interface with some of the old Paramount management and they didn't have a handle on any of the historical aspects of any of the parks. Individual people in the staff may have, but the overall culture of the Paramount management didn't have "room" for it.... and I about guarentee that NONE of the historical items that were around in 1992 survived to 2006.... this (your) site liekly has MORE history of Kings Island stored on your servers than the upper management of CF has of KI. On another subject- it would be interesting to see if anyone has the original "master plan" for the KI area from back in the 1970-1975 era.... Everything on this end was being pretty well patterned to Disney Land to be a resort destination.... ie- didn't one of the Disney sons consult on the construction of the park? It would be interesting to see where they began to depart from that plan. If you look at that media guide, things were strategically located to develop an overall vacation destination well away from the bustle of Cincinnati for ample expansion. Someone needs to find those drawings and pencil sketches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhimes90 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 A blast to the past! What a nice journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplehaze Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Wonder if you can go to the records dept. in Warren County to look at the original plans? These should be a matter of public record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 thats a good thought donnie.... if they were filed. some of the best plans never make it off restaurant napkins. The treasure trove would be in the bowels of Taft Broadcasting's artifacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 thats a good thought donnie.... if they were filed. some of the best plans never make it off restaurant napkins. The treasure trove would be in the bowels of Taft Broadcasting's artifacts. At one time all the archive items were kept in the atic over Skyline/Deli on International Street. I have no idea if they'd still be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuskin Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Some great stuff in that booklet. Page 14 actually gave me some inspiration which I think I am going to do a Pen and Ink drawing off of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 That's all pretty sweet. Dane would you mind if I made that booklet a PDF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Nice pictures! It's awesome comparing 1972 to 2008. In those 36 years the park has changed so much, it's almost hard to belive that in those pics is Kings Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianBeatle Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Those were great. I remember reading those old park brochures when I was just old enough to read. I also remember saving Top Value stamps for Kings Island tickets every year. Also, I had forgatten that Flying Dutchman was not an original attraction and that Swan Lake used to have a bridge over it. Also, the open spaces where Action Zone and Vortex are always amaze me for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Yep, the Flying Dutchman opened in the 1973 season. You can still ride that attraction down at Kentucky Kingdom. The bridge over Swan Lake was there until the mid `90s or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Attack! Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Does anybody know why the bridge was taken down, seems like a practical place to have a bridge. I like all the services that were provided at the door. The place that took your jackets, and also the place that took all your stuff that you had already bought so you didn't have to carry it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 How about the banking centers. Those tellers, even hand drawn, look better than their electronic counter part of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersNSich Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I have seen the 1974 guide before, which was not much different than the 1972, save for some new attractions and the introduction of Lion Country Safari. There's something about the simple use of the Helvetica* font that also makes these park guides very good. Sometimes flashy graphics like funky fonts and swooshes are too distracting. *The one most of us confuse with Arial. More on this in another thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 That's all pretty sweet. Dane would you mind if I made that booklet a PDF? Go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Thanks Dane. Tell me what you think. I made it searchable and I joined the map pages so they look continuous. Click here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Thanks for the PDF iChase, I'm sure Dane will appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Absolutely! I figured it would be nice to have all packaged together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Very cool stuff glad its posted very interesting: They need a Kings Island museum: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianBeatle Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I have always said that they need a museum. But, in many ways, Halloween Haunt acts as a de facto museum with all of the props from defunct attractions that are used...... Which, every year, always makes me think that they need a museum for all of that stuff..... Also old park maps and year-by year photos of the various areas of the park would be awesome. Here's another idea ( i.e. pipe dream).... A Brady Bunch reunion at the museum...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 A museum treats artifacts with much more respect than Halloween Haunt. And the park DOES need a museum. Terpy, who remembers still how upset he was the year they were beating on the cars in Phantom Theater during Fear Fest......sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianBeatle Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I couldn't agree more....... Just seeing the memories sitting outside in the cold and rain almost makes me want to cry sometimes......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I wish amusement parks would come out with brochures now days and just like offer them for free or sell them for like 6 bucks or something. Those are some nice pics it makes me reminisce about how Kings Island was back in the first days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Does anybody know why the bridge was taken down, seems like a practical place to have a bridge. To make way for the 2009 B&M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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