Was there any particular reason that KI removed most of the detail work from the marquee sign? It doesn't appear to be Paramount-related... Compare:

Before:

Current:

(and, no, I obviously don't mean the PKI logo.)

Because it looked too much like this http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dparamount%2Bstudios%2Bgate%26sado%3D1%26n%3D21%26ei%3Dutf-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701-s%26fr2%3Dsg-gac&w=450&h=300&imgurl=www.seeing-stars.com%2FImages%2FSlides%2FParamountGate.JPG&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seeing-stars.com%2FImagePages%2FParamountGatePhoto1.shtml&size=42k&name=ParamountGate+JP...&p=paramount+studios+gate&oid=eba71dbe5e239746&fr2=sg-gac&no=1&tt=64&sigr=120hm2ea6&sigi=11kc9epee&sigb=13k39bm6p It would seem that it is Paramount-related.

Ohhhhhh... I hadn't seen that before. Nevermind!

Was there any particular reason that KI removed most of the detail work from the marquee sign? It doesn't appear to be Paramount-related... Compare:

Before:

Current:

(and, no, I obviously don't mean the PKI logo.)

Haaa I took the Happy Holidays one lol My phone takes good pics. I have to upload the one that says Happy New Year.

Ouch, I am old...

I can't believe folks don't immediately recognize the Bronson Gate. Did no one here see Sunset Boulevard? ;-)

http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2009/01/sunset-boulevard-ready-for-my-close-up.html

Ouch, I am old...

I can't believe folks don't immediately recognize the Bronson Gate. Did no one here see Sunset Boulevard? ;-)

http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2009/01/sunset-boulevard-ready-for-my-close-up.html

Great photo! Did you take that?

Wow, I have never seen that before, and had no idea that the Paramount KI sign was supposed to look like that. You learn something new every day!

Ouch, I am old...

I can't believe folks don't immediately recognize the Bronson Gate. Did no one here see Sunset Boulevard? ;-)

http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2009/01/sunset-boulevard-ready-for-my-close-up.html

Great photo! Did you take that?

LOL... no, but I do have a picture of me in front of the Bronson Gate ;-)

Shaggy

I guess it's another incident of CF removing details then adding nothing in their place. Just like the Action Zone sign, various things in former Paramount themed rides, the Paramount Story... kind of a shame.

i like the new sign, maybe plain, but a more modern feel to it.

Yes, after the original marquee sign was completely destroyed by wind storms (in 2002 i believe?) Kings Island designed the new sign to resemble the gates to the Paramount movie studios. Back in 2007, before they modified the marquee, i kept thinking that CF would just wind up tearing the sign down because of the extensive details on it. However, thankfully, they just modified the sign which i thinks looks suprisingly good.

P.S. Does anyone know of any pictures of the old marquee before the pki logo was put on it

My linkhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dkings%2Bisland%2Bsign%26b%3D1%26ni%3D20%26ei%3DUTF-8%26pstart%3D1%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=346&h=500&imgurl=enquirer.com%2Feditions%2F2003%2F09%2F27%2Fmarquee.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enquirer.com%2Feditions%2F2003%2F09%2F27%2Floc_mday.html&size=35k&name=marquee+jpg&p=kings+island+sign&oid=a5706f35f3902506&fr2=tab-web&no=13&tt=62&b=1&ni=20&sigr=11p2ji660&sigi=11cq86trf&sigb=13lb8fa10

My linkhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dkings%2Bisland%2Bsign%26b%3D1%26ni%3D20%26ei%3DUTF-8%26pstart%3D1%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=346&h=500&imgurl=enquirer.com%2Feditions%2F2003%2F09%2F27%2Fmarquee.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enquirer.com%2Feditions%2F2003%2F09%2F27%2Floc_mday.html&size=35k&name=marquee+jpg&p=kings+island+sign&oid=a5706f35f3902506&fr2=tab-web&no=13&tt=62&b=1&ni=20&sigr=11p2ji660&sigi=11cq86trf&sigb=13lb8fa10

Thanks, but i was actually talking about the old sign before that one (or that same sign with a different image), you know, with this logo: http://www.themepark.../pki1984_1.html or was there ever a sign utilizing that logo. Or did it always look like that and Paramount just attached their moniker to the top.

That pre-windstorm sign IS the original sign, though it did have the Old English script Kings Island on it in orange, before Paramount arrrived...the rounded addition at the top was a Paramount addition.

That pre-windstorm sign IS the original sign, though it did have the Old English script Kings Island on it in orange, before Paramount arrrived...the rounded addition at the top was a Paramount addition.

Thanks for clearing that up, i dont think that there are any pictures of the Old English version though. That would be great if there were some, i have never seen the pre-paramount sign.

There ARE pictures out there, and I suspect soon enough someone will post one. I saw one very recently but not on the web...

There ARE pictures out there, and I suspect soon enough someone will post one. I saw one very recently but not on the web...

Yea, all i can find are pictures of either the Paramount version, or the post windstorm carnage.......Anybody?

AWESOME pic, I've never seen that before!!

What happened to the original font? It's much more unique than the Paramount, and especially the Cedar Fair one. The old sign is an ugly color, though... Maybe a white background would have been much better?

Note the coloring on the cars as well. What you are seeing is an aging color photograph from years ago. The sign did not actually look that dark...

That is truly remarkable, i have wondered many times what that looked like, Thanks TOPGUN1993!

Yes, just seeing the right picture can really make a person's day...

-KIFan73 who speaks from experience.

I will agree to that lol I have hit the point in the dreadful OS where I recap the history of the park... And that pic made my day and possibly my week lol... I have always wondered what the first sign looked like...

The sign probably looked more like this, from what Terpy's saying:

Brightened it up in Paint.NET.

still a good looking sign IMO...even if there isnt much to it...absolutely love to see history photos of KI...makes me wish sometimes I was older so I would have gotten to experience some things that Im too young to have ever experienced...