Hi people.Im new.Today while browsing the internet i found some really cool old phtotos of KI.It has Barvarian Beetle and the sky ride photos when it was at Coney island.So i thought it was cool and wanted to share.

Heres the site link http://www.americalovescrap.com/gallery/ma...4f6a13de1259641

Welcome! Yes, those have been posted here before, but many may have missed them!

We are glad you are here!

Welcome! Yes, those have been posted here before, but many may have missed them!

We are glad you are here!

Thanks!Oh sorry didnt know but still think their cool!And theirs still some albums if you go to the top and press gallery!

Alot of those pictures used to be on my old yahoo Kings Island group. Sadly I lost my old e-mail and the group is no more. If its still going I have no control over it anymore. I just wish someone would ask taking pictures that have my family in them.

Love the beautiful "older" pictures! Thank you for sharing.

I love and miss the HB characters.

Again, just lovely pictures. Pictures that made me scream out "Oh, I forgot all about that ride/HB character!"

Oh the late 70's early 80's........GREAT years at KI, and I'm sure they have some more great stuff to offer in the coming years. (It just better be a hell of a lot better than turning the backward Racer around!)

Yes. I`ve had a bad encounter with that particular website. Someone lifted images off of my personal site, without my permission, and submitted them to that site, where they were posted, without giving any recognition to me! After emailing the webmaster, I had them removed from that site.

love those pictures thanks: The rotor though? was that like a space ship and you're stuck to the walls(seen similar like stuff at carnivals fairs???) but great pictures:

It was more like a gigantic rotating washer drum inside a tall cylinder, where you stuck to the walls when it rotated...much more quickly in its early days than later on. The walls were coated with rubber, which usually had a very funky smell, especially by the end of the season. Up until September of 2005, Six Flags Great Adventure still had one of these. They are now quite rare. Here's some great information on that one. Kings Island's was very similar.

http://www.amusementpics.com/Rotor.htm

(all the pictures are clickable thumbs, just click for a larger version)

^I love those. They have one at COSI and i loved it. I hope they get one at KI, or at least Coney.

^I love those. They have one at COSI and i loved it. I hope they get one at KI, or at least Coney.

Coney Island does in fact have one http://www.coneyislandcentral.com/round_up.php the one at COSI I seem to remember is different because you start spinning and then the floor drops from under you.

That's a Frank Hrubetz Round-Up ride....the Rotor, from Chance, was a totally different animal, though the ride sensation was somewhat the same.

Thanks for the explanation!! Very good explanation: and yes the rotor reminds me of the flying saucers that the bottom drops out:

In this picture http://www.americalovescrap.com/gallery/ma...g2_itemId=17578 where was this at?I know it wasnt at KI,was it?

Where was covered walkway? I remember walking through it when I was a kid but I don't really know where it was.

In this picture http://www.americalovescrap.com/gallery/ma...g2_itemId=17578 where was this at?I know it wasnt at KI,was it?

Nope, not at KI. That picture was taken at Canada's Wonderland.

Shaggy

Where was covered walkway? I remember walking through it when I was a kid but I don't really know where it was.

Part of the covered walkway still exists right after Chick-Fil-A on the left if you are heading into NU. Heres a Picture, whats left is in the bottom middle of the page.

http://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayima...m=94&pos=12

I haven't been in the covered walk way for ever! SFOG has two or three covered walkways, it's nice to sit in it when it gets too hot. Nice pics by the way!

And Carowinds has a VERY nice vine covered walkway, with strategically located restrooms off to the side halfway through it! It was a gorgeous site during Winterfest (the walkway, not the restrooms! )

Where was covered walkway? I remember walking through it when I was a kid but I don't really know where it was.

Part of the covered walkway still exists right after Chick-Fil-A on the left if you are heading into NU. Heres a Picture, whats left is in the bottom middle of the page.

http://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayima...m=94&pos=12

Oh Okay! Right there in the umbrella farm right?

Yes. I`ve had a bad encounter with that particular website. Someone lifted images off of my personal site, without my permission, and submitted them to that site, where they were posted, without giving any recognition to me! After emailing the webmaster, I had them removed from that site.

Okay I might do that you can see my grandma and grandpa in the picture.

Why did they do away with most of that lovely walkway? (Tunnel) It would light up at night, so pretty!

Did Paramount decide to rip most of it away?

Did it come with the changing of HB to NU? If so they should have left that walkway ALONE!

It's not as if they put a ride in its place....

Sometimes KI puzzles me with the choices they make, but that's just my point of view.

Maybe they had a good reason for taking the Tunnel away? Or most of it rather.

If anyone knows.....will you let me in on it?

Thanks!

Actually no. The covered walkway was removed for the 1998 season when Hanna Barbera Land was renovated. It was nice to get to Rivertown from I Street, as you didn`t have to go in front of the ice cream and food stand and was a more direct way to get to the log flume.

Actually no. The covered walkway was removed for the 1998 season when Hanna Barbera Land was renovated. It was nice to get to Rivertown from I Street, as you didn`t have to go in front of the ice cream and food stand and was a more direct way to get to the log flume.

Thank you for answering my question.

I had not been to KI since 1987 and when I returned in 1999, well I was suprised how much had changed. I did know that 12 years would bring a different look to the park, I just wondered about that Tunnel I liked SO much.

The animal safari was gone (which I had read about in the newspaper) I actually was reading in the newspapers about the different changes through my 12 years of absence.

I never had a chance to ride Flight Commander, but at least I returned in time for a few more rides on the King Cobra!

I wish they would NOT turn The Racer around though. I have ridden it more backward than forward. The backward one was the only one I would ride.

Oh well, I love The Racer and as long as it's there (and it should always be at KI) I will continue to ride my favorite coaster. It will just feel odd going forward on that white track. LOL.

Thanks again for your prompt tunnel answer!

Enjoy the rest of your night!

Those photos of the phantom theater and flying eagles really make me miss them =( sigh

I don't remember KI ever having a Wheel of Fortune (Trabant). Was this photo from another park?

^Nope, the Wheel of Fortune was at Kings Island. It was located in Rivertown, across from Kings Mill Log Flume, where Reptar is today. It can also be seen in the Brady Bunch Kings Island episode.

Wheel of Fortune looks really fun, KI should get it back (if it's not scrapped) or buy a new one and put it in Coney Mall, maybe in Launch Pad's place?

That ride is extremely intense. Such intense flats are seldom found in theme parks nowadays....and when they are, they often don't last long. See, for instance, Jumpin' Jack Flash aka Jump at Six Flags Great Adventure.