Be sure to tune in to the Cincinnati 55KRC Morning Show tomorrow (7/7) at 8:00 a.m. for the scoop on Kings Island: A Ride Through Time! Every KI Central user will love listening to this great live, on-air conversation.

I received a copy of your book for my birthday, which is coming up on the 16th of this month. I have not read any of it as of yet, but I will dig into it soon. I'll let you know what I think. My brother bought it for me (and one for himself). I was just asking him the other day if the author was on KIC. I had forgotten about this thread, only to come on here today and see you discussing it on here.

23 hours ago, KIBeast said:

I received a copy of your book for my birthday, which is coming up on the 16th of this month. I have not read any of it as of yet, but I will dig into it soon. I'll let you know what I think. My brother bought it for me (and one for himself). I was just asking him the other day if the author was on KIC. I had forgotten about this thread, only to come on here today and see you discussing it on here.

Happy early birthday, and I hope you enjoy the book!

Join me at 7 pm this evening at the link below for a special IAAPA presentation and livestream, Pages of Attraction. You won’t want to miss it! https://www.facebook.com/IAAPAHQ/

I didn't know that it was you for wrote that book, that is awesome! I read and reviewed the book on my YouTube channel, and you commented! https://youtu.be/HJV95q2JRCs

On 11/10/2021 at 8:06 PM, kingsislandfan1972 said:

I didn't know that it was you for wrote that book, that is awesome! I read and reviewed the book on my YouTube channel, and you commented! https://youtu.be/HJV95q2JRCs

Thanks so much for doing the video! It was great. So glad you enjoyed reading the book!

Looking for the perfect Christmas present? I will be doing a special book signing event at Kings Island on Monday, December 20th. See you there from 6-7 pm at the KI Collections gift shop.

I saw the book in KI gift shop today and stood there and read it for 30min till someone asked if I needed help. Lol. I said no I just wanted to make sure this was good before I bought it.....and it wasn't just good, it was AMAZING! thank you for putting in the time to create this! 

11 hours ago, johnjniehaus said:

I saw the book in KI gift shop today and stood there and read it for 30min till someone asked if I needed help. Lol. I said no I just wanted to make sure this was good before I bought it.....and it wasn't just good, it was AMAZING! thank you for putting in the time to create this! 

That means a lot to me! Thank you for checking it out. Enjoy the rest of it!

Today’s the day! See you at KI Collections from 6-7 pm for the exciting book signing event for Kings Island: A Ride Through Time!

23 hours ago, KIghostguy said:

Today’s the day! See you at KI Collections from 6-7 pm for the exciting book signing event for Kings Island: A Ride Through Time!

You got to be kidding I was literally there last night and walked right past that shop at 6:30. Could have got a signed copy. Darn! That stinks that I missed it. 

Its been over 4 years since anyone posted on this thread. Back in around November, I read a ebook version of the book via the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. I try to be really economical when it comes to books I read and tend to read via the library’s truly enormous collection of both books and ebooks. It took me like 6 hours to read! I learned quite a lot of things I didnt know, one of which stood out to me in particular due to me being basically a lifelong die hard LaRosa’s fan. The fact that Kings Island is the reason theme/amusement parks have pizza. Its such a cool yet bizarre piece of information. Bizarre because youd think a different park like Disneyland Park would have pioneered that but nope, it was Kings Island(that and the fact that KI pizza didnt entirely start out as LaRosa’s). And now, LaRosa’s have been sponsors for Kings Island for longer than I can remember.

It was so fascinating to read, Ive spent way more hours on Kings Island history than any other park’s history at this point, it being my home park and all. Really neat to read through this thread and see some of the makings and BTS of the book.

12 hours ago, Swiftdrawer said:

Its been over 4 years since anyone posted on this thread. Back in around November, I read a ebook version of the book via the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. I try to be really economical when it comes to books I read and tend to read via the library’s truly enormous collection of both books and ebooks. It took me like 6 hours to read! I learned quite a lot of things I didnt know, one of which stood out to me in particular due to me being basically a lifelong die hard LaRosa’s fan. The fact that Kings Island is the reason theme/amusement parks have pizza. Its such a cool yet bizarre piece of information. Bizarre because youd think a different park like Disneyland Park would have pioneered that but nope, it was Kings Island(that and the fact that KI pizza didnt entirely start out as LaRosa’s). And now, LaRosa’s have been sponsors for Kings Island for longer than I can remember.

It was so fascinating to read, Ive spent way more hours on Kings Island history than any other park’s history at this point, it being my home park and all. Really neat to read through this thread and see some of the makings and BTS of the book.

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's hard to believe we are coming up on the five year anniversary of the book's release.

On 3/31/2026 at 10:51 AM, KIghostguy said:

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's hard to believe we are coming up on the five year anniversary of the book's release.

Of course! Whew, almost 5 years already.. 5 years ago, I was at trade school for digital arts and binging cartoons and anime from my childhood and had yet to hear of the book at all.