What will be the next ride or shop or attraction to be removed at PKI ?

Really hosently I would say none at least not for awhile do to the main fact that all the older rides are still great rides and delvier us thrills without high maintance

What about a shop or stall ?

Glassblower shop, All Star Cafe, International Restraunt, and Octoberfest Gardens. Are random shops that have seen their time in the park and have passed on. Althow, anything is possible... :cowboy:

I would hate for the glassblower shop to go. Although I have never bought anything from there, I like to stroll through at the end of the night before I head home.

I think that in the broad scheme of things no rides will be removed to soon but I do have a top 3.

• Vortex
• Congo Falls
• Some Of the Water Works Attractions

First of all, I don`t think Vortex is going anywhere anytime soon as they just repainted it for the 2002 season.. Secondly, I don`t forsee Congo going anywhere either as it is such a high capacity ride with 20 guests per boat. I have never seen that ride with its entire queue full, even on the most busy days. Thridly, I don`t think any of the WaterWorks attractions are going anyhere. The park is adding Boomerang Bay and has/is refurbishing some of the older slides. So I highly doubt they plan to remove a water attraction in the near future. if they were going to remove a ride, they probably would have done so in this off season. This is because the water park is in disarray from the construction, so getting construction equipment in to remove the attraction and the need landscaping would not be a problem. in the grand scheme of things, all sections of the park will probably loose an attraction at some point, whether next year or in twenty.

I could see Congo Falls being taken out since its old and :censored: . If the park does take out the congo I would like to see it be replaced with something of the same time but bigger, better, and steeper like perlis plunge at knotts

First of all, I don`t think Vortex is going anywhere anytime soon as they just repainted it for the 2002 season.. Secondly, I don`t forsee Congo going anywhere either as it is such a high capacity ride with 20 guests per boat. I have never seen that ride with its entire queue full, even on the most busy days. Thridly, I don`t think any of the WaterWorks attractions are going anyhere. The park is adding Boomerang Bay and has/is refurbishing some of the older slides. So I highly doubt they plan to remove a water attraction in the near future. if they were going to remove a ride, they probably would have done so in this off season. This is because the water park is in disarray from the construction, so getting construction equipment in to remove the attraction and the need landscaping would not be a problem. in the grand scheme of things, all sections of the park will probably loose an attraction at some point, whether next year or in twenty.

If you read my post you would know that I said "In the BROAD SCHEME" meaning, not anytime soon lol.

Was there any warning before the KC was removed? I mean, did rumors circulate about its demise beforehand? I held a season pass that year, but wasn't too much into the park at the time, and just one day they were removing it... I know they announced the last day of PT, did they do the same with KC?

Nope, When you arrived at PKI on opening day 02 you saw SS being built and KC's lift and two bunny hills left. There was no precursor to its deconstruction.

I think Delirium will be the next thing to go.

I think Delirium will be the next thing to go.

lol.. yeah because we all know what kind of a flop Delirium was.

I would hate for the glassblower shop to go. Although I have never bought anything from there, I like to stroll through at the end of the night before I head home.

Sorry to say but i think that the Glass blower shop has been gone!

The Demon

When did Glass blower go?

I am quite sure that I visited it last year. Also, I think that Cyber Sez and the Magic Shop will be the next to go.

Have a great weekend!

Italian Chef

:chef:

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i dont remember the glass blower shop being gone either. i remember walking throgh it in the 03 season and the person was glass blowing so i would like to know when it went.

Oh wait.....Sorry about that....I forgot that it had moved.

My apologies!

I forgot that it had moved from one end of I-street to the other.

I am sorry

Steve

The glassblower shop was there two years ago, I know for sure. I didn't go last year, so I can't say for sure. Chef, where's the Magic Shop and what do they sell?

I dont think the magic shop sells anything. Isnt it just a booth or shack along a pathway with a guy doing magic tricks inside?

I believe The King Kobra was advertised on online auction sites well before it was removed, so a few people had an idea it was on it's way out.

BTW: I've started an online gallery of photos from Kings Island from days gone past. I'm looking for photos from missing rides, and nostalgia from the park. If you have some photos you would like to add, please contact me. You can view what I've put up so far at

http://www.doomedthemovie.com/gallery/KI_History

There are a couple shots of The Bat which I find to be the hardest shots to find, if ANYBODY has those, let me know, as well as old rides, shots of the park, especially from the 70's.

- Robert E. Waring

^ Ah, first of all, welcome to PKIC!

Second of all, that is an excellent photo collection there. If you guys haven't checked it out yet, I recommend that you do so!

I dont think the magic shop sells anything. Isnt it just a booth or shack along a pathway with a guy doing magic tricks inside?

The magic shop sells small items like card tricks and stuff like that.

ATTENTION:

Mr. Waring and I have struck a deal and he will be contributing all these photos to PKIC.