My family have always been loyal to Kings Island. Even though we are located about the same distance from Great America (Gurnee, IL), Six Flags (St. Louis) & Kings Island, we have always considered Kings Island "our park".

As I have mentioned lately I am sorting through some of my stuff...and I wandered across this old postcard packet that I got back in the mid 1970's when we were at Six Flags. (It was our one and only trip there...we just preferred Kings Island better.)

I have no idea how much things have changed at the park...but I am guessing that pretty much all of this has...enjoy!

Wow, the park is pretty much unrecognizable from these pics! It's amazing how time has changed things.

Did I just see a dolphin and a flaming hoop?

It is so incredible to see how parks change over time, wow!

Did I just see a dolphin and a flaming hoop?

Yes

It is so incredible to see how parks change over time, wow!

I was there last summer and saw they're old original map hanging at the front gates.

It is quite amazing to watch a parks transformation over time.

A lot what I see looks a lot like Kings Island from the same era!

^

WOW. Guess it wasn't just Kings Island that had a more down-at-home, well-themed, family-friendly atmosphere in the 1970s...amusement parks have changed so much since then, probably due to the "coaster wars" that began in the 1980s...

Wars are expensive.