SonofBaconator Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I found this video just the other day. Has anyone seen it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Woody Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Yes...I have these episodes on a hard drive. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBInternational Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I didn't know it was on youtube. I watched it on CET's website a while ago. Nice Find though SOB! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I wish we didn't have the head rests on the wooden coasters now. You don't need them.Great find on the video, didn't plan to spend my day watching an hour and a half video about Kings Island but it was nice! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI-ORIG-EMP Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I grew up in Kings Mills and I used to hike though out that area that is now Kings Island. Kings Island was my very first job when I was going to high school back in 1972. I remember those years very well, and all that opening sequences from that year really brings back the memories. I was hired on as a "litter getter" back then and I thought that it was the best job in the entire park. Where else did you have the entire park as your work area. We were not confined to one small area and we could roam and interact with all the guests. As that song goes, "Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end..." and the fun continues to this very day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I'm trying to imagine you singing and dancing, forever and a day! The thought makes me happy. Come on, get happy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI-ORIG-EMP Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Those Were The Days, by Mary Hopkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Also early KI advertising theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I really enjoyed this video. I watched the whole thing and found it to be very informative and entertaining. The only thing I didn't really care for was the script/dialogue of the host. Some of the wording was pretty hokey and made those parts feel amateur-ish. Other than that, a really great documentary with great footage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I know I've mentioned this before, but I wish I'd seen this, or at least paid close attention to the people in the video before the day I ran media for a business meeting at the Garfield Suites a couple years ago! By chance I stopped for a moment in between setting up the meeting rooms to look at a picture of the Island Queen, which was on the wall outside this gentleman's office on the second floor. He came out and struck up a conversation about it with me. In my narcissistic, "know-it-all" way I spent about 20 minutes of the gentleman's time spewing how much I knew about that boat, and Coney Island, and even about Cincinnati. I don't think I said a word about my freakin' favorite place on the planet, Kings Island. Oh, no, not once did I say anything about it. I just had to try and sound like a Coney historian to this guy, who was all the while smiling in a way that seemed to conceal something. Turns out he was the second man you see in the video. Gary Wachs. THE flippin' CREATOR of Kings Island . Oh, the conversation I coulda had! Oy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Even though I've watched it a few times before, I sat and watched the whole thing again (seems like there's some new clips in the above video). In the video, Gary says that when they put in The Racer, the new theme parks were getting away from coasters at that time. What were they putting in?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Shows, simulators and flat rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlafraid Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Would LOVE to see this. Can it be purchased? I can't watch it out of the States. YoutubeGB hates me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayneWins Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Just found this the other night. I was about to repost it but decided to do a forum search to make sure I wouldn't be making a double post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Both myself and KIC are thanked in the credits to that video. Just sayin'. :-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayneWins Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I didn't expect them to cover it in the documentary but what is the final ride that was "planned" by the original ownership group? By planned I mean that they were owners when it was planned but it may have been built under Paramount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The original owner was Taft Broadcasting. The second owner was Kings Entertainment Company (KECO). The third was Carl Lindner/Great American Financial. Paramount Communications, fourth, certainly did not build or complete any Taft rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Now as for rides that were opened under one owner but planned under another, I believe Flight Deck fits the bill. There are probably others. To my knowledge, The current owner (Cedar Fair Entertainment Company) did not complete any attractions planned by the previous owner (Paramount, kinda. I believe it was technically Viacom) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayneWins Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The original owner was Taft Broadcasting. The second owner was Kings Entertainment Company (KECO). The third was Carl Londner/Great American Financial. Paramount Communications, fourth, certainly did not build or complete any Taft rides. I suspected you would respond with that but I went with it anyways. Ha So what was the last ride planned pre Paramount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayneWins Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Now as for rides that were opened under one owner but planned under another, I believe Flight Deck fits the bill. There are probably others. To my knowledge, The current owner (Cedar Fair Entertainment Company) did not complete any attractions planned by the previous owner (Paramount, kinda. I believe it was technically Viacom) I saw someone on here during the Banshee decoding thread mention that but then they said the original name was to be "Swoop". I found an old newspaper article that had the original name and it wasn't "Swoop" so I wasn't sure the validity of any of their information after that. Interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Some newspaper accounts claim it was to be named Thunder Road. The project was to be named Swoop, though. And Paramount Communications was acquired by VIACOM after the former had acquired Kings Island. VIACOM had Paramount Parks under various business units, including Blockbuster, before VIACOM split. At that point, CBS ended up with Paramount Parks, cost cut like crazy, and sold the parks to Cedar Fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I remember a rumor that B&M execs were spotted in Rivertown, back in 2004-2005 (pre CF) and later there was a rumor that Paramount rejected a design from B&M at that time. I also remember speaking with Jeff Seibert during the rebirth (and eventual death) of Winterfest, about the Swan Lake and he said that it would never be touched. Adding all of this up kind of leads me to believe that the rumors might have been true, considering what did happen between 2008 and 2009....just saying... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Diamondback was 100% Cedar Fair, if that's what you're getting at... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 On 10/28/2013 at 1:20 PM, BoddaH1994 said: Diamondback was 100% Cedar Fair, if that's what you're getting at... I say "Diamond" you say "back!" @SonofBaconator says "Cedar" @disco2000 says "Fair!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 22 hours ago, BeeastFarmer said: I say "Diamond" you say "back!" @SonofBaconator says "Cedar" @disco2000 says "Fair!" I thought it was " diamond" "stack" lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, disco2000 said: I thought it was " diamond" "stack" lol That's how I've always known it... I say, "Diamond!" You say, "Stack!" And then we wait a while to finally enter the station, park, and disembark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, jsus said: That's how I've always known it... I say, "Diamond!" You say, "Stack!" And then we wait a while to finally enter the station, park, and disembark. 99% of the stacking is the fault of the riders, not the ride ops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 3 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said: 99% of the stacking is the fault of the riders, not the ride ops. Would a variable speed lift hill amend the ride’s stacking? I’d personally rather ascend a slower lift hill vs having to wait on stacked trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor.B03 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Sadly it would be a locker requirement. Ride ops cannot continue checking if they are waiting on someone to take their seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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