Let's see if any of you can answer this. What is the oldest ride to ever operate at KI?

I believe it is the Grand Carousel.

Grand Carousel?

EDIT: Beat by nanoseconds...

Wrong on both counts-read the question very carefully. I'll give you all 24 hours to come

up with the correct answer.

The Racer

Actually I should give you all a hint-think about both current and defunct rides.

The Racer is incorrect.

I'm kinda guessing, but perhaps the Eagles?

The oldest operating ride is Dodgems.

The oldest operating ride is Dodgems.

Beat me to it. Oldest by two years according to Wikipedia (1924 for Dodgems vs. 1926 for the Grand Carousel).

What is the clue? A thought is it tumble bug?

The original Dodgems from the 1920s aren't used, though...I'd guess Tumble Bug as well.

According to the official Coney Island website, Tumble Bug opened in 1925 (http://www.coneyislandpark.com/history.php). However, that site also states that the Carousel opened in 1927, while all other sources I've encountered date it at 1926.

Well, I might end up with egg on my face for starting this thread but here goes. I thought

the answer was Tumble Bug-Wikipedia has a list of defunct KI rides and this site lists

Tumble Bug as the oldest ride to ever operate at KI-it operated at Coney from 1925-1971

and subsequently was moved to KI until it was removed. However the Wikipedia KI listing states Dodgem

to have operated at Coney from 1924-1971 until it was moved to KI. This seems contradictory

to the listing for Defunct rides unless the Tumberbug at KI and Coney was actually

manufactured before the Dodgems pre-1924-I have looked everywhere online however

and cannot find any information as to when Tumblebug was actually manufactured

With out looking its carousel right?

You are all wrong. It is 3:05 in the morning. There are no operating rides.

^Witty humour at it's best

Kings Island has said it was the grand carousel on their FB page.

It would be the grand carousel. The Dodgems were all replaced with the refurbishment of Coney Mall.

Well the question was to ever operate. Not currently operating.

Not that I know what the answer is....

Still, the carousel is over 100 years old. No other ride at Kings Island has ever operated for over 100 years.

the eifel tower?

Most definitely the Tumble Bug.

Wait...no.

Can't Don weigh in on this?

^ He did, via Twitter last week.

@KingsIslandPR: The Racer has now given more than 99 million rides since it debuted in 1972, the most in park history!

@Chris_PHS89: It's probably the oldest ride in the park..

@KingsIslandPR: The oldest ride in the park is the Grand Carousel which opened in 1926 at Cincinnati's Coney Island.

Still, the carousel is over 100 years old. No other ride at Kings Island has ever operated for over 100 years.

Huh? 2013 − 1926 = 87. Where are you getting 100?

Just confirmed from Don that Tumble Bug was oldest operating ride during its years at KI

as Dodgems aren't original ones that were at Coney-therefore correct answer indeed is

Tumble Bug. I feel vindicated. ( lol.)

Huh?

A. Read the Don post above yours.

B. The Carousel is now older than the Tumble Bug was when it was removed.

No matter how you look at it, the Carousel has operated at Kings Island at an older age than Tumble Bug ever did.

Since the Tumble Bug no longer exists, it no longer gets older. How old is Son of Beast? Really? It WAS 12 when it was removed. It isn't 13 now. How old is a house that burned down 20 years ago and was replaced? That old house doesn't get any older. Had the house been moved, like a ride from Coney to KI, sure...but once dismantled, age stops.

Had you asked what WAS the oldest ride ever to operate, your answer would arguably be correct. (but still could be arguably wrong) You didn't. You asked what IS the oldest. The Carousel has LASTED longer and IS the oldest. People and rides in cemeteries don't get older. They just gradually get forgotten. Most of them. Sadly.

Your title makes it even worse: Oldest Operating Ride At Kings Island. THAT is clearly the Grand Carousel.

Your question as worded would give linguists, lawyers, philosophers and Jeopardy judges both a field day and a headache. Telling Carousel answerers they are wrong is probably not right.

Linguist Terpy.

Love the topic. What is the oldest and still operating ride at Kings Island?

Part two, Not a ride brought over from Coney Island

I really don't know and I did not do any research.

The rides the park opened with, still there and didn't bring from Coney Island.

Racer.

Eiffel Tower.

Woodstock Express.

come immediately to mind...

Anything else?