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http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/the_zodiac http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/wizards_fury Pictures of two previous Kings Island rides at Wonderland can be found above.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State's Office, business filing section, this is a copy of the trademark/service mark that was filed by Kings Island Company on 10/8/1971:

If I eat garlic the night before people usually keep their distance from me.

at 34:35 in the video of Kings Island History it mentions German, Swiss, and French shops.

Here is the story of the ride malfunction that happened prior the ride being shutdown because of high winds:

6'6", 225 and never had an issue except on Son of Beast, it was a little tight.

http://www2.cincinnati.com/blogs/ourhistory/2012/01/23/kings-island-skyride-failure-stranded-27/ A pause to remember the Sky Ride accident that happened 37 years ago this week.

With regards to the messiest urinal ever above, don't pee into the wind....

Merriam-Webster: attraction : something interesting or enjoyable that people want to visit, see, or do

Since there is no longer a remnant of the compass attraction atop the former Enchanted Voyage ride, I am curious if there is a remnant of any other compass in the park?

When you find yourself reading the back of your season pass....

....as the shadow of the Eiffel Tower tracks across the construction area, keeping watch. Perhaps they will bring back the fog/mist that was at the beginning of the Adventure Express.

Another show brochure. Note #5 the Firestone International Air Show, and #7 the Coney Disco. From the 1978 season.

From the 1985 show season:

Are there any remnants remaining of the Skyride's towers concrete bases that were behind the stores on International Street? Does anyone have a picture of either of them?

I contacted the folks at abandonedonline.net and they said that their computer crashed and when they put everything back up they did not have those pictures. Perhaps try google earth just to get an overhead view.

I recall in the mid 70's at the stage just to the left of the Scooby Doo coaster there was a magic act. The magician would do a trick with rope where he would tie a knot in the rope, then slide the knot off the rope. He would take the knot and toss it into the audience. My family kept going back to the show untill he finally tossed me the knot. That was also when there was a magic shop and kite store on International Street....

What is your favorite beer?

The blast of the cool air on a hot summers day walking into the Festhaus with the smell of pizza.....

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12296-park-acreage/ Here are the details on the land owned by KI.

Here are a few classic pictures of the Skyride and the stations. http://groups.yahoo....sneylandskyway/ You can go here and sign up for this Yahoo group. Then, look under photos. You will be able to look at the 19 pictures under the label of Kings Island Skyway.

I went to a Catholic elementary and high school. In elementary school we raised money for a 7th & 8th grade field trip which alternated in-between Kings Island and Cedar Point in the late 70's. Our trip was usually planned for on a weekday just after Memorial Day. The nuns would go with us, too. On the bus trip there we would sneak on Kingsbury Brew, which had a slight beer taste and perhaps .5% alcohol, but sold as a soft drink so we had no trouble buying it. Around the same time there was a soft drink called Chelsea, which has about the same amount of alcohol in it naturally. We would wrap these drinks in tin foil to keep them cold, and so the nuns would not figure out what we had. (I don't know if the tin foil worked or not, but at least we thought it did.) If we raised more than enough money it was given back to us at the park. But to get it back, we had to find the nun's at the park after 2 pm. They were usually in the arcade trying to rack up the tickets to win prizes. We always gave our extra tickets to them. 5 or 6 of us were going to get on The Racer as one of the last rides of the day. After going through the switch backs and we were almost ready to walk up the ramp into the station. There were a couple of people smoking some doobie there. We had no idea what was going on with these funny smelling cigarettes. They let us pass by them because they were not finished, offering us some as we walked by. We just kept on walking up to the station. Ok, we later told some others from our class about it, and one kid knew what it was. So, we talked about it and laughed on the bus trip, drinking our Chelsea and Kingsbury Brew, thinking we had a lot of fun and getting one over on the nuns.

I sure wish that they would make this DVD available for sale.

I can see the entrance to the American Heritage Music Hall, changed to The Paramount Theater, so it is 1976 or later. I do not see the Skyride, which was removed at the end of the 1979 season, so it has to be 1980 or later. It looks like there are TV monitors in front of the stage at the fountain, which I believe was a Paramount thing (1992-2006), so that makes is after 1992. I see the tram pick-up and drop-off circle with people waiting there so it cannot be later than 2005. So, I am stuck in-between 1993 and 2005. I will take a WAG and say 1994.

Just a quick observation. Look at the position of the flags in the above pictures. In the first picture, they are at the four corners of the tower, and in the bottom picture they are directly in front of the fountain.