Hey, WE didn't start it. It started in Losantiville.

And it WAS inside.

This brought back some memories of the old (good) TR:TR. Thank you very much for posting it.

OK, enough fooling around. Would somebody please explain to me exactly when, where, and how the "downtown" joke originated? I'd very much like to know.

The Crypt during its final years basically was Tomb Raider: The Ride minus the story, effects, and synchronized music.

How can you say the Crypt's cycle with its marry-go-round program was like TRTR?! Crypt didn't hold you upside-down, or do a top spin. And it was much slower.

The Crypt during its final years basically was Tomb Raider: The Ride minus the story, effects, and synchronized music.

How can you say the Crypt's cycle with its marry-go-round program was like TRTR?! Crypt didn't hold you upside-down, or do a top spin. And it was much slower.

I agree with Nemo, GYK. The Crypt featured 2 flips in it's later years and the ride was slower than molasses. TR:TR featured 4 flips and held riders upside-down. Now post TR:TR early Crypt, 9 flips in the intense cycle for a year, TR:TR didn't hold a candle to that cycle.

OK, enough fooling around. Would somebody please explain to me exactly when, where, and how the "downtown" joke originated? I'd very much like to know.

Yes. It's been explained here numerous times. After one of the ride's many revisions, a park marketing person at Kings Island, who often posts here, Mr. Don Helbig, posted in these forums that The Crypt had been very popular the year before, and that, contrary to perceptions, it was almost always open, as it had far less downtown.

Several weeks later, a very similar post appeared, also by the park, also citing The Crypt's reduced downtown.

OK, enough fooling around. Would somebody please explain to me exactly when, where, and how the "downtown" joke originated? I'd very much like to know.

Yes. It's been explained here numerous times. After one of the ride's many revisions, a park marketing person at Kings Island, who often posts here, Mr. Don Helbig, posted in these forums that The Crypt had been very popular the year before, and that, contrary to perceptions, it was almost always open, as it had far less downtown.

Several weeks later, a very similar post appeared, also by the park, also citing The Crypt's reduced downtown.

I actually remembered that. Didn't know it was considered an inside joke tho :b Thanks Terpy.

Good stuff; thanks for posting- for some strange reason, the ending quote sounds very familiar: "Nothing gets the best of Laura Croft, unless she lets them, and I didn't raise that kind of girl"

wow i cant believe i was the first person to respond to the guy who asked what the ride was like now :-) hehe

OK, enough fooling around. Would somebody please explain to me exactly when, where, and how the "downtown" joke originated? I'd very much like to know.

Yes. It's been explained here numerous times. After one of the ride's many revisions, a park marketing person at Kings Island, who often posts here, Mr. Don Helbig, posted in these forums that The Crypt had been very popular the year before, and that, contrary to perceptions, it was almost always open, as it had far less downtown.

Several weeks later, a very similar post appeared, also by the park, also citing The Crypt's reduced downtown.

Ah. Thanks.

This used to be one of my all time favorite rides the first few seasons it was opened. I remember waiting in line with others who had no idea what kind of ride they were even getting on. Does anyone have a video of the old intro room show?

I remember riding this for the first time back in '03 with no clue what to expect. I loved every second of it. It was a great escape from the heat too. Couldn't help but feel a little sad walking by it last year.

I thought it was going to be a coaster the first time I rode it.