BoddaH1994 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Check this out from Baynum: Also: https://www.journal-news.com/news/kings-island-to-host-50th-anniversary-celebration-ceremony-on-friday/Y6UUHT42VVHTLEKAIF6RADUNI4/ For the people keeping track at home, the owner of ITPS is “Dennis Speigel” not “Spiegel.” It’s misspelled in this article. Then again, it’s misspelled in every article. I wonder how that happened. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 12:42 AM, BoddaH1994 said: Check this out from Baynum: Also: https://www.journal-news.com/news/kings-island-to-host-50th-anniversary-celebration-ceremony-on-friday/Y6UUHT42VVHTLEKAIF6RADUNI4/ For the people keeping track at home, the owner of ITPS is “Dennis Speigel” not “Spiegel.” It’s misspelled in this article. Then again, it’s misspelled in every article. I wonder how that happened. It’s going to an awesome show. I can’t wait to see it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 12:42 AM, BoddaH1994 said: Also: https://www.journal-news.com/news/kings-island-to-host-50th-anniversary-celebration-ceremony-on-friday/Y6UUHT42VVHTLEKAIF6RADUNI4/ For the people keeping track at home, the owner of ITPS is “Dennis Speigel” not “Spiegel.” It’s misspelled in this article. Then again, it’s misspelled in every article. I wonder how that happened. Expand "i before e, except after c" is how LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Racer paint job is getting close. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 8:17 PM, IndyGuy4KI said: Racer paint job is getting close. Expand In the first picture, have those two storage containers always been there in The Vortex plot of land behind the fence? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 8:20 PM, FUN&ONLY! said: In the first picture, have those storage crates always been there in The Vortex plot of land? Expand I think they are new, but I would not count them out being apart of the Windseeker project. There was a minivan parked by them earlier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion742 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 8:23 PM, IndyGuy4KI said: I think they are new, but I would not count them out being apart of the WindSeeker project. There was a minivan parked by them earlier. Expand I agree, I was about to say something about that. I think the supplies for whatever they needed for WindSeeker arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 An historic day in KI history, 50 years old today! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I missed the days special events (Apr 29), despite being there for 12 hours. But I'm so glad I was there. Ride operations were firing on all cylinders and crowds were mostly pretty light. Decided to ride a number of rides that I hadn't ridden in a while and one I had never ridden. Racer was looking pretty (even the restraints got a refresh). The walk up to Adventure Express is a bit odd with the trees missing and the queue painted white. Met a guy wearing a King Cobra shirt in the Delirium line. I meant to ask if he was a KICer but didn't get the chance. Oh, and I like the new fries at Coney BBQ. The burnt ends were pretty good too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Was that guy perhaps me @DoomPlague? I had a King Cobra shirt on as well as a tan button up shirt over that. Also, I had a great day! Started the day getting my book signed by Mike and Evan as well as getting to meet Dennis Speigal. Rode a ton including every coaster except Adventure Express, Flight of Fear, Mystic Timbers and Woodstock Express (and if we are getting technical, Red Racer) as well as Drop Zone, Delirium, Surf Dog and Linus Launchers. Got to see some KICers as well as a friend who came in for the special day. It was a fun, but long day and I loved the fact that it wasn't terribly crowded. As a note, Flying Ace runs much better thanks to the new paint job - it feels more like an Inverted version of a Wild Mouse coaster as opposed to feeling super sketchy and rough. On the same (Vekoma) track, I got a rare ride on Invertigo (as it's either down or the line is long) and it was pretty good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 On 4/30/2022 at 3:55 AM, MDMC01 said: Was that guy perhaps me @DoomPlague? I had a King Cobra shirt on as well as a tan button up shirt over that. Also, I had a great day! Started the day getting my book signed by Mike and Evan as well as getting to meet Dennis Speigal. Rode a ton including every coaster except Adventure Express, Flight of Fear, Mystic Timbers and Woodstock Express (and if we are getting technical, Red Racer) as well as Drop Zone, Delirium, Surf Dog and Linus Launchers. Got to see some KICers as well as a friend who came in for the special day. It was a fun, but long day and I loved that fact that it wasn't terribly crowded. As a note, Flying Ace runs much better thanks to the new paint job - it feels more like an Inverted version of a Wild Mouse coaster as opposed to feeling super sketchy and rough. On the same (Vekoma) track, I got a rare ride on Invertigo (as it's either down or the line is long) and it was pretty good. Expand Sounds like it. My brother and I were next to you in line on Delirium and I had a Beast shirt under a purplish over-shirt. Thought about trying to say hi to some other KIC people but I haven't been active here that much and I'm not especially outgoing (quite the opposite). Pleasure meeting you anyway. Today was actually my first ride on FAAC or any Vekoma FSC. So I can't say how it was running but can see why people call them hang-n-bangs (though at my height there's no head banging at least). Despite aiming to ride some low capacity rides (Monster, Scrambler, Zephyr, FAAC), I still managed 30 rides total if you count a trip up the tower. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robintodd Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Seems as though towe gatdens will be a history walk after all! Gates were still closed. I took the picture through them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 ^ I love all that the park is doing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ellis Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Absolutely agreed.....I love what Kings Island's doing for the 50th Anniversary Golden Celebration.....Really, I enjoyed being at my beloved Cedar Fair home park, Kings Island last week got everything related to the 50th Anniversary consisted of my own Kings Island 50th Anniversary gold all season bottle (similar to Cedar Point's 150 Years), program guide/map, King Crown hat, 50th Anniversary schedule card and finally my Kings Island 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash button.... I put my Kings Island 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash button/pin on my Orion lanyard last week and it's still there with me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 Does Kings Island still have paper park maps this year besides the 50th Anniversary Park Map that was only offered on April 29th? I personally haven’t seen any, but I hope they still exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I don't know if they were in emporium before this weekend, but I noticed these shirts today. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakota88 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I'm definitely going to nab one of those 1972-2022 shirts this year. I love that design. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Doesnt anyone else find it ironic that the "Golden Celebration" sweatshirt has silver lettering? ;-) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 5/9/2022 at 3:46 PM, Shaggy said: Doesnt anyone else find it ironic that the "Golden Celebration" sweatshirt has silver lettering? ;-) Expand Most definitely, It says gold right in the logo but it is silver. Granted I am not a fan of gold and would rather have the silver lettering, it is a bit ironic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 5/8/2022 at 10:51 PM, IndyGuy4KI said: I don't know if they were in emporium before this weekend, but I noticed these shirts today. Honestly they have been doing good on merch until I saw these. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenthodge Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I hate when places *******ize their own event logo... badly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ellis Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 5/11/2022 at 6:26 PM, Oldschool75 said: Honestly they have been doing good on merch until I saw these. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Expand That's more like Cedar Point's 150 Years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenthodge Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Wonder why the impressive row of banners lining the front walkway have been replaced with dinky plastic flower barrels?! It was too good to last I guess. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 10:25 PM, brenthodge said: Wonder why the impressive row of banners lining the front walkway have been replaced with dinky plastic flower barrels?! It was too good to last I guess. Expand I believe they got damaged by wind, unfortunately. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenthodge Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Ahhh that’s sad, but makes sense. I applaud them for doing “something” but the dinky plastic petunia tubs just look silly. Maybe they are coming back since they left the holes and just covered them with the little pots. On a related note of petunias, the park has definitely upped the landscaping budget thus year. Should look amazing in a week or two with the rain we’ve had and the amount of stuff they’ve planted. Long unloved mulch bad scare coming to life finally. Now if the yahoos just keep their annoying kids out of the planters we will be set! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 12:54 PM, brenthodge said: Now if the yahoos just keep their annoying kids out of the planters we will be set! Expand Last weekend we saw a full family walk onto the date display for a picture. It was hard not saying something as I walked by them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenthodge Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 1:07 PM, IndyGuy4KI said: Last weekend we saw a full family walk onto the date display for a picture. It was hard not saying something as I walked by them. Expand They raised it a few years ago thinking that would help LOL. There’s this ridiculous sense of entitlement. That’s why the zoo has replaced MANY TIMES the statue/planter at the front entrance. My kids used to try to climb on the fiberglass rhinos and I would loudly say “those aren’t for climbing on-some parents just don’t care that their kids are destroying things, but we aren’t those kind of people” SOMETIMES the other parents would actually get their kids down-rarely though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 2:40 AM, Snowball said: I believe they got damaged by wind, unfortunately. Expand They put them in for opening weekend and then put them back for the 29th. I think they're only putting them out when they need them because of the wind risk. I'd imagine they'll be back for the celebration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Yeah, the poles for those looked a little too flimsy for wind, especially out in a parking lot where wind once toppled an entire marquee sign. On 5/11/2022 at 6:26 PM, Oldschool75 said: Honestly they have been doing good on merch until I saw these. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Expand The 1972-2022 one is okay, but the others are a mangled version of the actual 50th logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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