LoraX Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 That is a cool gift. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamesAndRides Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Kinda a Throwback. Found This On Reddit. The Crypt With The Lights On. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 It's been far too long..what did they do with the actual ride..I figured a good bit for spare parts. But like the A frame structure..just..scrap? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbieg123 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Nickelodeon Mega Mess-a-Mania, August 1995My brother was picked as a contestant on stage (he's wearing the goggles with right hand on head to the left of the ladder). My friends' brother, Kyle, was picked to control the splash tower. Emergency Green Slime Shower Pit. Two people under the A/B showers would push or someone would pull the lever between the showers, one of the two would get "slimed." My brother is in the white shirt with hands on his hips, my friend Kyle on the left, and me getting "slimed." Don't know the other two kids. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMaverick Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 ^^^ I actually miss this ride back when it was still Tomb Raider. The Crypt, not so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Diamondback testing on this date in 2009. 3/30/09 Lift Drop Splash 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 And...it passed! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum91 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Nickelodeon Mega Mess-a-Mania, August 1994 [Pictures] Nice pictures! However, I think you may have your date slightly off: Nickelodeon Splat City didn't open until the following year, 1995. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbieg123 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nice pictures! However, I think you may have your date slightly off: Nickelodeon Splat City didn't open until the following year, 1995. Good catch, busted! I could have sworn the dates written on these pictures were August 1994, but this collection of pictures are 900 miles away in my storage unit to double check. That makes sense though, I believe my friends moved out of town in the summer of '94 and probably came back to visit in '95. I'll edit the change 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Kings Island on Facebook : "Thirty years ago America's first stand-up roller coaster, "King Cobra," was the new attraction for 1984 at Kings Island everyone was talking about." Photo : Don Helbig / Kings Island via Facebook 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikkinixx99 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Bring the King Cobra Back!! I know never happen,but I really loved that ride!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I never got to ride King Cobra. Always wanted to, but, having been born in 1984 and always been on the small side, the ride was closed and removed before I was ever tall enough to ride it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Only got to ride Cobra once. It was at a point where the padding on the shoulder restraints were getting hard. Tanna (wife on here) (actually, wife everywhere, goes by Tanna on here) got her head slammed to the side, and broke her nose. Luckily, she popped it back in place, only experienced some dizziness & headache afterwards. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 King Cobra was a ride that I really enjoyed. I didnt realize how close it was to being removed when I rode it. If I knew then what I know now.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I didn't know King Cobra ever had a lake under the helix!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 ...and a fountain for mosquito prevention\beautification. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I was born in 87 it felt like it took forever to be tall enough to ride it. I got several good years in before they tore it out. I loved that thing. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Kings Island on Facebook : "Thirty years ago America's first stand-up roller coaster, "King Cobra," was the new attraction for 1984 at Kings Island everyone was talking about." Photo : Don Helbig / Kings Island via Facebook The image would make you wonder how the train had enough momentum to make it through the loop ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Sorry for double post: When was the lake under King Cobra's helix removed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopan Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I waited with my mom for an hour to ride King Cobra when i was a kid, only to have them tell me i was just barely not tall enough to ride it. I never got a chance to ride it after that before it closed :-( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman_IPA Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 the picture loads to big but a couple Winterfest Mugs i found in my basement from when i was a wee lad on the link below. http://tinypic.com/r/5a4bo0/8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Kings Island on Facebook : "Thirty years ago America's first stand-up roller coaster, "King Cobra," was the new attraction for 1984 at Kings Island everyone was talking about." Photo : Don Helbig / Kings Island via Facebook The image would make you wonder how the train had enough momentum to make it through the loop ! Like seriously, was it Launched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 No, it didn't launch through the loop. I think the picture was just exaggerating the size of the loop (and possibly trying to emphasize it) by making it bigger than the lift. Here's a link to a better picture of the real height difference between the lift and the loop: http://rcdb.com/68.htm#p=139 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Just browsed through the last 4 pages of this thread. Thanks to everyone who contributed photos! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Rendering of Scooby's Ghoster Coaster from 1997. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 What a convenient angle that doesn't show that the house is just a flat cutout. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yes, it was taken only a year ago, but Banshee has come such a long way since then. From footings and dirt to a fully operational ride! Like some say, they grow up fast! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 With college being done and a week before I move to Virginia, I have more time on my hands than I know what to do with. I got bored and started going through some old things. I found some old (1990s) pictures of me at Kings Island. I believe one may be my first time ever at Kings Island. Enjoy: 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysticsTimber Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I sure do miss Scooby in the park. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 I know this isn't a throwback photo but...... The throwback "video" of the day...... I remember watching this video for the first time.... It was sad, but I knew, deep down, that the park had something worthy to replace this badly behaved child...... ...I guess deep down, I was right, because she sure has behaved a WHOLE lot better than that beastly wooden offspring ever did. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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