The-Snapper Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Mine would be working there and all of those awesome nights riding scooters!!!! Quote
dxrunner Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Unfortunatly i think the best memories about working there are ones i can not talk about..... i think Quote
pki_rulz Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 During my four years working at the park, I have met so many people and have made so many friends that will be with me forever. Working at PKI has never been a job for me, it has been an experience. Its something I highly recommend anyone to try. As hard as it is, 2004 was my final season. This year will be the first time in four years, I am able to walk through through the front gates as a season pass holder. While I am sure I will be able to keep in contact with most people, I want to say thanks to everyone that has made my four years great. That includes everyone from all enthusiast, employees, and the full time staff (I know your reading!). To everyone, have a great 2005 season. -Josh Page 2001 - Tiques/DS 2002 - Flight of Fear/Zephyr 2003 - Tomb Raider (April-July) 2003 - The Beast/Scooters (July-November) 2004 - The Beast/Scooters Quote
Pirate of PKI Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Waiting in the TR:TR last year when the AC was broke. I think I lost 2 pounds. Quote
Robert_Waring Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Riding The Beast for the 1st time. I had no idea it was such a monster. You couldn't really see it back in the woods, I had no idea it went so fast. Needless to say I was shocked, surpised and ravaged. I loved every minute of it. Quote
Great America Guy Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Kings Island has my first coaster I ever had the pleasure of riding... Beastie!!! It's so funny looking back on it, but when i got off of Beastie that first time, I was on the biggest adrenaline high my 7th grade mind had ever experienced! Then my uncle took us to The Beast. Needless to say, it scared me $hitless. I could seriously say that if The Beast never had the second lift and double-helix, and the ride just ended where the second lift starts, I'd probably never have ridden another roller coaster again, ever! The look on my face when we came around that corner and I saw another lift must have been priceless, but needless to say, after my first experience through that double-helix, I was hooked for life. Quote
drewbari Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Mine is when we went to PKI for the 1st time! Quote
familyman Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Mine has to be watching my little girl experience her first ride on The Vortex. I bought the picture afterwards. It was priceless. Needless to say she hasn’t been back on it. I am working on her though! Quote
Captain Nemo Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 My best memory was getting my friend to get on his first looping rollercoaster (Vortex). Looks at on-ride picture and laughs Quote
TRTR Guy Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Watching Tomb Raider try to break the sound barrier. Quote
familyman Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Unfortunatly i think the best memories about working there are ones i can not talk about..... i think Now that would be something to know! Who would have guessed that would happen when you put a bunch of young people together. Making a little money, having a little fun. It is an amusement park after all! Quote
Coney_man Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 All i remember is Paramount on ice in the Festhouse with all the special effects, and my first ride on The Beast.....Good times...Good Times. Quote
Ben Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Mine would have to be this past summer, when I waited in line while Tomb Raider was broken down. I was with a lot of my friends, and once Tomb Raider was fixed and we got on. The ride went through with no problems, then at the end, it didn't stop! It just kept swinging till it came to a stop. Then we had to wait and have the seats manually released, and we got down on a ladder. Good times! Quote
TRTR Guy Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Gotta love them E-stops stupid ArmSynch faults, then the brake valve getting stuck. Quote
italianchef Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 I think mine was opening day 2003 because I saw my book (The Unofficial Guidebook to Paramount's Kings Island) selling at PKI for the first time. It made me feel like a was truly part of the park. Have a great day! Italain Chef Quote
Jasper Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Mine would be my first ride on The Beast.I was so cocky and thought it was nothing but i had a death grip on the bar the whole ride. When i got off i wanted more. My other favorite experience was my first time at PKI i loved. Still got the park photo as a matter of fact. My first roller coaster ever was The Beastie and man was it fun. It still is today but not as fun as it was when i was a little kid. My favorite memory was my first ride on The Beast Probably. Quote
Mikewhy Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 My greatest memories were my visits to the park when I was a young boy, from 1974 through 1979. The ride I loved was the first, original Enchanted Voyage. It felt like magic in there, and that theme song "Happy friends who live in your TV" was to me THE THEME SONG of Kings Island. To this day, I hear that song in my head when I am walking through the park. Of course I ride coasters and such now, but Kings Island showed me the wonders of a good dark ride as well. I miss the Enchanted Voyage... Quote
FOF/Z 4-ever Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Not to take any attention away from Josh Page, but I would have to agree with him. KI was much much more then just a job. It was a family. I had my best time there, met my first and the only love of my life who I am happily with, and met all my wonderful friends, who to this date, I still keep in contact with. It meant soo much that I actually cried at the end of the '03 season, as I locked up Flight of Fear for the very last time, as I clocked out for the very last time, and as I handed over my ID to a manager and went thru the security post and said goodbye to the park. :'( It will always be in my heart and Thank You to everyone who made it worth my while. I will miss you all! Quote
TRTR Guy Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Plus you got to ride your first looping roller coaster, it may've taken a little "convincing", but you got on it. Quote
FOF/Z 4-ever Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 That I did and it was more like you and others picking me up and locking me into a train, lol. Quote
Scooby_Doo Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 I'd say my most favortie memory was when I first step foot in the park at age 2 and I rode The Smurfs Enchanted Voyage for the very first time and The BeastIE. Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 I only rember when someone threw a snake out of the walk way and they got bit by it. Quote
crazypkikid2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 first ride of the morning on The Beast or last ride of the night on The Beast. Quote
dxrunner Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Unfortunatly i think the best memories about working there are ones i can not talk about..... i think Now that would be something to know! Who would have guessed that would happen when you put a bunch of young people together. Making a little money, having a little fun. It is an amusement park after all! Exactly my point, the money was a good memory but so was what went with the money. Like i have said, its not for the money but for the experiance(s). Quote
jjmisskick Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Hmmmmmm hard question...pretty much best memories for me were riding any of the great rides for the first time..I was so scared to do tome raider and delerium but I sooo love them now! Oh and ofcoarse watching 'Tuned In'....12 times haha yes I know I'm a bit pathetic but ya'll know that by now! Quote
Legend Rider Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 I tricked my friend Amber into holding her arms up on the Last big drop on Adventure Express, omfg! ha ha ha Quote
HomerJay Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 when I was a kid, my grandparents would pack up me, my brother and sister, and cousins and drive six hours from Detroit to KI (then PKI) for three days. It's hard to pick out the best memory because as I look back I realize how precious every single one of those years were. Now I go back every year in July for Spirit Song and look forward to the day I can take my own kids and grandkids in the future. Man, from my first time there riding Beastie and Smurfs Enchanted Voyage, the Smurfs/Scooby Doo shows that used to play in the International Theatre, my first rides on The Beast and The Vortex, and even rides that are no longer there, like Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canals and King Cobra. . . man, even though I'm up in Detroit, there are times I feel that PKI is my second home. Quote
Gulliversrubadub Posted March 10, 2005 Posted March 10, 2005 My favorite memory of PKI was the Gullivers Rub Dub! I loved that ride. Ok that just gave away how old I am. I have been going to PKI since I was 3 years old. I remember way back when Enchanted Voyage was the bomb. Am I to old to say that????? Anyhoo, PKI has been a part of my life for many years. My first experiance on a looping coster was the Scremin Demon. Now its SBNO. What a waste of a great ride. HB needs to stay at PKI. Keep the old days alive. To much new themeing for such a great Family Park. Quote
Captain Nemo Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 My best memory just happened last week. I was with a friend of mine and her cousin and we were eating at the festhaus and the song, Since u been gone started playing. Don't ask how I know all the word to the song, I just do. But anyway my friends had no idea I knew the song so just as the chorus began I jumped out of the bench and started singing and dancing in the middle of the room. It was really funny, everyone looked at me with a kind of face. That day was the best ever! Quote
loganrun Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 My best time was riding The Beast wow what a coaster the best anywhere! and hopefully it will be here forever!!! Great ride but now bringing my 2 year old to Kings Island and experencing my childhood all over and hopefully one day sharing a ride on The Beast with him!!!!! Quote
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