TopThrill

What do you mean? No one and nothing is off limits at Kings Island's Haunt, after all. Be they dead, alive, or somewhere in between! All's fair game. And I highly, highly doubt Kings Island's Haunt will be an up-charge this year. If it is, it will be free for season pass holders. How do I know? Because season pass holders were told that was a perk of their passes, and if the park tries to change it now, it won't last long before the paying customer forces them to come to their senses. Remember last year when they decided that everyone needed to vacate the park for an hour, then return for Haunt starting at 7 PM? Many of us here were struck by how unlikely that was to actually happen, and lo and behold, it did not happen. I can see a loophole though. Kings Island technically promised free admission into the Halloween Haunt event, not free admission into each house... If they stooped that low though, it would be pretty stupid of them. That does sound like a loophole to me, they have upped the price for parking, they charge for that Dinosaurs Alive along with that 3D movie?, the fast line thing. Only thing that left is Halloween Haunt, and the water park.

Maybe that can take the money from this Fast Lane, and use it to fix up Timberwolf.

They'll be charging admission for each haunted house.

Cedar Point's lot looks better than Kings Island's lot, got to love Holiday Worlds free parking.

I have a 2003 Cedar Point map with Top Thrill Dragster, very nice.

Nice videos ParamountFan, remember hearing that Jeff Gorden signed a number 24 go-cart shell and it's up inside in the building next to the track.

My favorites would have to be, Wood, The Voyage Holiday World with ThunderHead Dollywood close second. Steel, tie Millennium Force and Magnum XL-200

I remember seeing those pop machines on right had two dollar can's of pop, I thought that was high back then. Now three dollar and higher bottle pop.

Great find there Interpreter, the 611 is one of the finest steam engines in the world. I'm a fan of both Class J 611 and the Class A 1218, here's a video I found Norfolk Southern made in the 80's. "Going Home"

I would fix up and repave the parking lot, and bring back the themed areas in the park. Like were back in the 70's And more trees.

Thanks for posting all the great pictures of the park, I would like to jump in to a time machine and revisit the park from the '70's.

If I ran the park I would fix up and repave the parking lot, oh and bring the 70's look back when they had themed areas.

There's Dynomutt in the park,

Again thanks for the comments, here's the rest of the pages. I only did a auto color, did very little touch up.

Yes on that Kings Island show that was supposed to air on PBS, the GM did talk about Ron Disney.

That would have to be the only map of the Safari I've seen.

I was there last July, the train display is amazing! Yes it does go though three periods is was different from other layouts, and just the amount of detail. Two weekends ago on the 12 while railfanning at Glendale (A great place to watch trains were the old depot is) I was told that they had a scaled down version of the Norfolk Western 611 steam engine on display. So after watching a 100 plus car train being pulled by Norfolk Southern we headed over there but the displays there closed at six pm so we came back the next day. Here's some pictures. And a picture from Glendale,

Here's a link to that booklet I posted last year, http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21167&st=0

Great post TombraiderTy! A lot of history I did not know about the Lion Country Safari, I only remember riding it in ether '92 or '93 while on a school field trip. Here's two picture's I would like to add, from the 1978 booklet.

Yep looks like more tree's will be cut down.

My favorite memory is the Festhouse charging 75 cents for those packets of BBQ, and Honey BBQ. While Holiday World is giving them away. Oh and being on the last train of the year on Diamondback!

Hay here's a segment on Drop Zone and Son of Beast from the travel channel, back in 2001. The President of RCCA sounded like the really like Son of Beast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCyeilLq_fw

I do not think there will be a new webcam, they could not get the two others up and running during the season.

I see that Cedar Points website has an Instant renewal, but don't see on for Kings Island?

Never thought I would see the day when midget's would be fighting in a Festhouse. Just re-name it a sports bar!