adam12 Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 WOW! where to start! ALL the old park maps, TV commercials, Ride artifacts, Names of ALL the rides that have been removed. There was one ride they had back in the early 70's that I saw on the Brady Bunch, (when they filmed an episode there). It was red and kinda looked like a big round basket that spun around, and there was nothing but the G force holding you in. It was cool looking! My dad said he rode it but did not remeber the name of it. He also said you could spit when it was going a round and you could see it fly to the right and land on another person. I would guess that is why they took it out. Another one I do not know much about would be the "Flying Duchman" what kind of ride was that? They also had another one that looked like a Roulet wheel. That is all I can think of for now. I am sure MANY others will come to me! -adam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 If the flying Dutchman at PKi was like the other flying Dutchman's I have seen, it would probably have been much like the swing ride, except have these big shoes haging from cables around it. Not sure on that one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 I think that they should keep one car from King Cobra and let people get into it like the good old days. If you look hard at the Delirium Construction pic on the home page here at PKIU there is still a part of King Cobra on site if you can find out what it is you win nothing but I saw it and wan to see if any1 else noticed it, give up the little booth whrere they checked your height Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 The cars on the King Cobra were the worst. They were a major pain in the you know what, to get in and out of. The retraints did not move in a normal fashion as compared to the human body, and hurt when trying to put them on and when they are released. If they were gonna keep something, just keep a big picutre of it. A car from The Bat would be much better to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastfreak Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Unfortuenetly The Bat trains are long gone. However, behind SOB there is a solo, red, wooden coaster car. I don't know if it was an old racer car or an old beast car. It is really old and faded and deteriorating, they could take it and fix it up to its old glory with a new paint job and such and place that in there. Of course they can put pictures of every old ride and info next to them. For placement of musuem... I would say just convert the Paramount Theatre into a museum and get rid of the shows in there. Festhaus would never be converted because it is the big money maker for the park. I'm pretty sure that is why they took everything out, so they could just do food. I have an old picture of the Sky Lab somewhere I will have to scan in a post. The roulet wheel thing was called "Wheel of Fortune" it was over around where Nick Central is now. The Flying Dutchman was just like the Flying Eagles but you sat in a big wooden shoe. (This ride has been relocated to Kentucky Kingdom, if anyone wanted to still ride it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 1, 2003 Author Share Posted January 1, 2003 Cool I didn't know that well in that case I've ridden the Flying Dutchman. Good Old SFKK getting everyone elses old rides. Back to the King Cobra Cars, they should have them there for that reason to show how uniqe they are and if PKI ever gets a new Stand Up they will probably have 4 across B&M trains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 I thought KC was sold to some amusement park in Arkansas? I remember someone mentioning Terra Mitica, might get it, but it turns out they are getting a new coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expkislave Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 The other restuarant you may see 'rethemed' is Oktoberfest Gardens right by Adventure Express and the Slingshot. I don't know what it will be but I just heard that they wanted to make changes and possibly change their menu. Oktoberfest Gardens is being "rethemed". It will become a Bubba Gumps eatery, based on the movie Forest Gump. Not sure how that fits into the German theme of Oktoberfest, but then again, PKI pretty much has forgotten what the "theme" in theme park refers too. Just take a look at International Street....what a mess. On a side note, the idea was tossed around after Titanic was such a hit back in 98' to possibly turn the International Restraunt into the first class dining room from the Titanic. Never heard much about this after the initial news of it. Probably was to expensive of an undertaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 So they are just changing the name and the menu, or are they gonna drain the lake, and try to build something there? Its a good place to go and have a cold one on those hot summer days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastfreak Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Don't think they are draining the lake or anything. That building isn't getting replaced (they wouldn't tear it down because they just replaced half of the inside last year). They are just retheming and changing menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 I do not see the lake being drained. That lake looks nice as long as the circulation pumps are woking. And it look nice looking at the lake with the Viking ship swinging in the backround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 2, 2003 Author Share Posted January 2, 2003 Yeah I love Bubba Gump Shrimp went to one in Chicogo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam12 Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 There was one ride they had back in the early 70's that I saw on the Brady Bunch, (when they filmed an episode there). It was red and kinda looked like a big round basket that spun around, and there was nothing but the G force holding you in. It was cool looking! My dad said he rode it but did not remeber the name of it. He also said you could spit when it was going a round and you could see it fly to the right and land on another person. I would guess that is why they took it out. This is driveing me nuts, I would have liked to ride it! They always take out the cool rides. -adam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 We all know that ride would never happen today, with all the safety crap that has to happen. There was another ride made like it, that you used to be able to find at many festivals, where you went inside this big spaceship sized thing, and leaned your boday against this padded board. When the ride spun fast enough, the centrifugal force, would push you out againt the ride, and then you would slide up, and your feet would be off the ground. They always had loud music too. I wish PKI would get oen of those installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 3, 2003 Author Share Posted January 3, 2003 I would choose a chaos over a gravitron any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam12 Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 But can anyone conferm that Kings Island had that ride at one time? -adam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. G. Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 From the description it sounds like the ride is the old ride commonly called the Round-Up, back in the 70's all the amusement parks had them. Kind of like a Gravitron but an open-air chain-link round basket, no safety harness (just a chain across the front of your slot and rail on the side to hold on to), and instead of pushing you up the wall the whole thing tilted 90 degrees. It's very likely Kings Island had one, they were everywhere in the good old days. The days when you could ride the Rotor for 15 minutes if the park wasn't busy and the operators would let you spin yourself upside down and ride, crawl along the wall...and as long as they had the safety rules posted, if you got hurt it was your own fault and you lived with it. Those rides have sadly fallen victim to the times, I'm sure it doesn't make good business sense to operate a ride on which the insurance costs more than the ride itself. I haven't seen the Brady Bunch epidode probably since its original airing but I wouldn't be surprised if the ride you're referring to is the Round-Up. Even those dopey Brady kids could handle that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 The "basket" like spinning ride that you are referring to was indeed a round-up. The name PKI called it was "Halley's Comet." The ride lasted from 1972 until 1982. It was located in two seperate locations during it's life at KI. First, it sat right about where the high striker game is now on Coney Mall. Coney Mall, then called "Old Coney" ended right where the Zephyr (or Swings) are now. In 1975, Old Coney was expanded and lenthened. At this point Halley's Comet was relocated to the rear of Coney Mall right where the entrance plaza to Action Theatre now sits. It was a ride that came from Cincinnati's Coney Island when that park ceased and KI opened. There are still two round-ups in the area.... one at Lesordesville Lake and one at, ironically, Coney Island. Neither is the model that KI used.... it was junked. Also, Holiday World in Indiana has one that is often rumored to be the former KI attraction, but that rumor is false. Regarding the other rides people have mentioned: - The Rotor, the other KI original stand-up spinning ride, was located just behind International Street in the area of the Festhaus. It was a ride transferred from Cincinnati's Coney Island as well and, ironically enough, was removed around the same time as Halley's Comet. - Wheel of Fortune was a Chance Trabant and was located exactly where the "Nick Central" sign is now next to the Rivertown Bathrooms. It opened with the park and lasted until the mid-1980's. It was one of a very few Trabants that cycled both forwards and backwards. It was replaced with Scrappy's Slide which is also now defunct. -Zodiac was a large Intamin double Sky Wheel located at the back of Old Coney where the Euro Bungee trampolines and Laser Tag now reside. It was added for the Old Coney expansion in 1975 and lasted until the late 1980's when Flight Commander was added in it's place. The ride was relocated to Wonderland Sydney a KI sister park, where it still operates as one of the few remaining Sky Wheels. - Sunshine Turnpike was a huge kids mini-sportscar attraction that was located where the Nick area now sits. At the time, it formed the rear of HB land. It dissapeared prior to the addition of Nickelodeon. - Cuddle Up was a spinning, teacup like ride located in Old Coney. It shared a building with Dodgems for years before the area was expanded. The building that housed them still exists and is now home to the Rock Shop. The rear is used for storage and for a Haunted Attraction during Fearfest. Both rides came from Cincinnati's Coney Island. When Coney was once again updated in the mid-1980's the Dodgems were replaced with a larger version at the site of the Flying Eagles, which moved to their present day location at back corner of Coney Mall. - Bayern Curve was located where the Sling Shot now sits. It had an extensive Bavarian Olympic theme and ran from 1973 (It was added for the park's 2nd season along with Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal, the International Resteraunt and the Flying Dutchman.) until 1983. It was removed for the addition of King Cobra. - The Flying Dutchman was located right where the exit to Adventure Express now is. If you look at the pavement in that area, and around the remote control cars, you can see the outline of the old que/loading area. The ride ran through 1990 when it was removed for the addition of Adventure Express. - Tumble Bug was a Schwarzkopf antique that came from Cincinnati's Coney Island where it operated for many, many years. It was located in Old Coney near The Racer's entrance where the basketball toss now sits. It operated at KI until around 1985 when it was removed for the addition of Skylab. Sadly, the ride was junked and discarded having entertained literally thousands of people for decades. It, IMO, was one of the silliest removals KI ever made. - Skylab was a Huss Giant Enterprise. Only three ever existed and KI had one of them. It was added in 1986, I think, and lasted until the mid-1990s. It was a maintenance nightmare in which the hydraulic arm would "fail" and the wheel would drop to the ground with a loud "THUD." The ride, althrough a guest favorite, took the place of the Tubble Bug. It was removed after the park deemed the ride too costly to repair and unsafe. It sat idle for a full season before it was fianlly removed. The que and drivers booth (also used for the TB) still exists and can be seen next to The Racer's exit. It has been enclosed, and is used for storage of plush prizes. Only one Giant Enterprise still exists, and it is at KI's sister park Paramount's Canada's Wonderland. - Der Spinner Keggers was located in Octoberfest where the airbrushed T-shirt stand now sits. It was built by Chance, I believe, and was a brand new ride when the park opened. It lasted until the mid 1980's. It was basically a large cuddle-up spinning ride that sat on a tilted platform, much like the Calypso rides of yesteryear. It was themed to Bavarian beer barrels. A smaller, but similarly themed version operates at Canada's Wonderland to this day. - There are plantly of others that I neglected to mention.... the Flying Carpet Slide, Scrappy's Slide, Gulliver's Rub-A-Dub-Tubs, the Puppet Tree, McScrappy's Farm, the House of Cards, Winnie Witch's Cauldrons, Flight Commander, Cinema 180, the Octoberfest Ferris Wheel, the Congo Elephant rides, etc etc etc..... but I have spent way too much time on this post already. Shaggy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Cinama 180 was my favorite. Now they have that stupid lazer tag stuff there. If you want to shoot at people, play Paintball. I do. PS: Shaggy what would we do without you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Cinema 180 was fun, but I recall one of the final years it had a movie that featured flying in a helicopter, rafting over rapids and a rollercoaster. Ironically the rollercoaster it featured was "The Beast." I remember thinking to myself "Jimminy Crickets, why doesn't everyone just go ride it for real rather than watch a movie of it?" Shaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam12 Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 WOW! I am impressed. Thank your for that info! Shaggy, you should play a big part in planning the musuam for Kings Islands history. I just do not know what else to say, you just flat know your history of Kings Island! -adam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJaVu1127 Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 I think that would be a pretty good idea to have a museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heather6173 Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 I totally agree with the museum idea!! That would be such a cool thing to see! By the way, Shaggy, thanks for that walk down memory lane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 I dont remember the thing on The Beast. All I remember showing in there was the movie about the cat driving the car from the cops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam12 Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Did that Theater 180 cost any money besides park admission? -adam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingog34 Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I wonder how much laser tag makes for the park??? Why not take all of the laser tag stuff out and put in the museum there? Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 5, 2003 Author Share Posted January 5, 2003 Yeah Because the old Ferris Wheel line is still there if you look for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 5, 2003 Author Share Posted January 5, 2003 Does Anyone know what happened to the Barvarian Beetle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 No Cinema 180 did not cost extra. Shaggy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted January 7, 2003 Author Share Posted January 7, 2003 Don't worry Adam12 if Jeffery knew to send us here at PKIU the pics he probably sees what we say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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