paramountfan Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Hello everyone! Just thought I would let you all know that the 2007 rack brochure arrived at the park yesterday and is currently available. If you have requested a brochure and have been on the waiting list, you should hear something shortly. The Park maps will not likely come in until closer to late March, but of course the website is usually updated with that information before the actual printed matter comes out. Regards and best wishes for a great season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Awesome news. I've never ordered a brochure before...how can I sign up for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragerunner Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Does the brochure list what shows are coming to the park? Also, does it talk about any restaurant changes? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yeah same here i would love to get one in the mail. Does it cost any money to apply for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Also I would like to know how to get a park brochure. I know at the old Kingsisland.com they used to have a link, but that was before Parmount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Uh, Kings Island didn`t have a website before Paramount. The KI website came into being around 1996. Paramount had control of the park from 1993. And I don`t know if they ever had kingsisland.com as their website domain name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 That made me lolercoaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 OK- I'm starting to feel old here. the internet hasn't "always been around." I think the first time I saw a website was on America Online 2.0 in 1991. I don't think public sites existed prior to 1991 or at least not that I'm aware of. Paramount purchased KECO in summer 1992. all news unconfirmed, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 OK- I'm starting to feel old here. the internet hasn't "always been around." I think the first time I saw a website was on America Online 2.0 in 1991. I don't think public sites existed prior to 1991 or at least not that I'm aware of. Paramount purchased KECO in summer 1992. all news unconfirmed, of course. If you want to talk old. I remember Gopher, Mosaic, and the release of Netscape 1.0. There was no pop ups, no spam, no javascript, really no ads at all. Everything was slow and the goal was for websites to be as simple, easy, and small as possible. When I first started "surfing the web" I was using a 2400 baud modem. The internet really has come a long way. Before 1992 you pretty much had Gopher. The first web browser was I believe NCSA Mosaic in 1993. The internet did not even start to become popular until after Netscape Navigator. Beta's of Netscape were available in late 1994 but the first commercial release was in 1995. I believe in 1992 AOL was mostly a private network still and users were not browsing the internet. Anyways the first version of AOL for windows was not until 1993 until then it was more of a BBS type system under DOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 you are correct. AOL was a "private" network, but that was the first "surfing" to have been had. I don't want to sound stupid, but was there a 1400 baud? I remember the 4800 and the 9600.... and thinking that that was the fastest connection possible. yea.... a good percentage on this board did not know life when the internet didn't exist. Now the constructive things to do include hours of PS2/3, internet, computer games, and placing these "white" cords in your ear so that the head is filled with nothing but tunes. oh, and of course spending time on our beloved PKIC board.... Funny thing is that todays teenagers will receive the "settled-in" look five years ahead of where we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Does anyone know how to get a Kings Island brochure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paramountfan Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 You can obtain a printed bark brochure by calling the Sales and Service Center toll free at 1-800-288-0808. There is no charge for the information. In addition to the brochure, they can provide you with a list of hotels, and a letter explaining group rates (if you need that information). To my understanding, they may post the brochure on the website as well (like Carowinds). My guess is that (as in years past) the brochure layout will be similar to all of the parks, but that is just my opinion. Course, I think that all Cedar Fair logos and designs all look similar in style, but thats just me. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Heck, some of us were around before toll free numbers! Or even DDD: direct distance dialing. Number please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paramountfan Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0006.jpg Front of brochure http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0008.jpg Back of brochure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tycoonrebel7188 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0006.jpg Front of brochure I know the park maps will have Firehawk on the front but does anyone think that the front of the new map this year will have the same picture on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 It seems like we`ve seen that anniversary logo before. 30th anniversary anyone? That being said, I personally like that logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 CoastersRZ you beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutedarkness Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 can we see the middle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of beast Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 OK- I'm starting to feel old here. the internet hasn't "always been around." I think the first time I saw a website was on America Online 2.0 in 1991. I don't think public sites existed prior to 1991 or at least not that I'm aware of. Paramount purchased KECO in summer 1992. all news unconfirmed, of course. If you want to talk old. I remember Gopher, Mosaic, and the release of Netscape 1.0. There was no pop ups, no spam, no javascript, really no ads at all. Everything was slow and the goal was for websites to be as simple, easy, and small as possible. When I first started "surfing the web" I was using a 2400 baud modem. The internet really has come a long way. Before 1992 you pretty much had Gopher. The first web browser was I believe NCSA Mosaic in 1993. The internet did not even start to become popular until after Netscape Navigator. Beta's of Netscape were available in late 1994 but the first commercial release was in 1995. I believe in 1992 AOL was mostly a private network still and users were not browsing the internet. Anyways the first version of AOL for windows was not until 1993 until then it was more of a BBS type system under DOS. you guys make me feel really old. i remember calculators as big as a laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The Eiffel Tower on the back is a REALLY nice touch. It always seemed a shame to me that until near the very end, it was as if Paramount was ashamed of the tower, and did its best to banish it from all advertising. Only near the end did it come out of its apparent hiding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paramountfan Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Below is the complete brochure: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0006.jpg Front cover/page 1 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0009.jpg page 2 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0007.jpg page 3 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0010.jpg page 4 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0011.jpg page 5 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0012.jpg page 6 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0013.jpg Back cover/page 7 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hun...05/scan0008.jpg Also I will note the information arrived today in a Paramount's Kings Island label on the manilla envelope (guess they are using them all up).. Anyways.. enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutedarkness Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Just Boomerang Bay not CDBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I noticed how they were quick about removing Paramount's from under the NU logo. I like. Also the BB logo is cool too. It looks like this could be the best year KI has seen in a few years. It's going to be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yeah thanks paramountfan for sharing, looks very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Geez, you whippersnappers REALLY make me feel old! AND I WON'T BE 40 UNTIL JULY!!! I bought my first computer in 1980. (Atari 400). This was a real computer, and not the video game system also made by the same company. This was years before the first IBM PC or Commodore 64. We would call "Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) at a whopping 300 baud!!! You could read it faster than it could type! Of course at this time, there were no graphics, and it was a fixed font. You could not make some writing big, some small etc... When you called a BBS, if it was popular, you had to call, and call, and call as there was ONE PHONE LINE coming in at the time. It was not multi-user. They had forums, just like this one on KI-Central, but they were not as fancy. BTW, there was no mouse to use either. Everything you wanted to do, you had to type in. Even on the IBM PC, which evolved in to what most of you are using today, did not need a mouse in the MS-DOS days, until Windows and OS-2 Came out years later. Most MS-DOS users did not use a mouse. The IBM-PC world came out with a "network" called FidoNet, that would actually let you send messages to other people that were not on the same BBS. Basically, a user in New York, would send a message to someone in Los Angeles. He would compose (and send) the message on his local BBs in New York. Once a day, the BBS in New York would call out to another BBS in another city and send out messages to be delivered to other systems nation wide. It might take a few days for the message to get where it was going, but it was pretty reliable. When you send an e-mail to a friend on the other side of the world today, and he gets it and seconds, and replies and you get it seconds laster, that is pretty remarkable compared to the way it used to be. Chat rooms? Compuserve had what they called "CB Simulator" back in the early eighties. People from all over the country could meet on the channel (room) of there choice, and could type in real time, just like today. Someone earlier mentioned AOL. AOL started life as a system called QuantumLink on the Commodore 64. It later branched out, and was renamed AOL. It was a closed system, meaning you went to their "pages", and did not have access to the internet. It was also a pay per hour system, not a flat rate like we are used to today. If memory serves (I never had it) I want to say it was like $6 an hour or so. There were many addicts who were addicting to chatting, and had $300 monthly bills. What they didn't realize is they could do the same thing on the internet for a FLAT rate of $20 a month!! This is one of the reason's Internet power users would laugh at AOL users, and still, to this day why AOL bashers exist. Oh well, enough history, Lets go RIDE SOME COASTERS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I can't wait to see what the 2007 park guide will look like. It will probably look quite a bit different. It's so hard to believe that we can now say, we can go to the park next month. Woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Do you wanna see what it was like to call a BBS? Click the following links telnet://arcade.demon.co.uk telnet://bbs.smokeys.org telnet://hocalbbs.com These are just 3 examples. There are plenty more out there. Keep in mind, when the window opens, We did not have Windows back then, what you see in the window, we had to see full screen. Computers back then did not multi-task. Meaning if you were on a BBS, you were not listening to a CD, streaming music, watching a video, checking Myspace and chatting on IM all at the same time. You could only do one thing at a time on the computer. Also, the speed the text displays at is WAAAAY faster than we had it. Oh, and did I mention, you usually only called BBS's that were in your local calling area? If you wanted to call a board in another state, Your telephone company was billing you for minutes used on a long distance telephone call. NOTE: Vista users must go to control panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features on and off, as Telnet is in Vista, but is disabled by default. XP, ME, NT, 2000, 98 etc... are enabled by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Man how times have changed. Pretty interesting, I didn't get my feel for the internet until March of 98. I think lots has changed in the 9 years I've been on the world wide web as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 With so many people having cable/DSL now, it is a whole other world. If kids today realized how far telecommunications have came in just a few short years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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