Im not sure if its it or not because ive never seen it can you tell me if it is.Look where the ride was.

Yea, Flight Commander is in that picture....right in front of the 2nd 'big' hill of The Racer....

Yeah, I remember Flight Commander. Just out of pure curiousity, was it taken down for safety reasons? I remember hearing something about that...

~Shadow~

Yeah some drunk lady passed out on it and fell to her death.

The fatality was not the reasoning for the ride's removal. It certainly contributed to it, but it actually existed for several seasons after the death. Flight Commander was removed because interest among guests wained... they found it "boring."

Shaggy

Does anyone know where I can find some pics of this ride?

The lady was drunk, undid her seatbelt and fell to her death. That's when they stopped selling alcohol.

They Still sell Alcohol.

Yes they do still Alcohol, but you have to stay in the designated spots. Does anyone know where I can FIND SOME FLIGHT COMMANDER PICS?!

How long have you people been going to PKI? They didn't sell alcohol from the time she fell out to 2001. Then in 2002 they started again but only in the designated spots.

GAAHHHH I NEED PICTURES!

How long have you people been going to PKI? They didn't sell alcohol from the time she fell out to 2001. Then in 2002 they started again but only in the designated spots.

You are quite wrong my friend.

Alcohol was only out of the park for a year and a half after she fell out of Flight Commander and the guy fell in the lake behind Oktoberfest Gardens (both on the same day).

I have worked in food service since 1998 and I can tell you we had alcohol back then, thus proving your statment of no alcohol until 2002 very wrong.

It is true alcohol is only allowed in certain areas of the park even though their liquer license is good for the entire property including campground and parking lot. This park policy in order to help protect the safety of our guests. We want to be sure we can keep an eye on everyone and to cut them off if they are too drunk and to call security to escort them to first aid to cool off.

It still gets me how all this happoned in one Sunday. And you can't drink before 2:00 on Sundays anyway.

Try... can't serve alcohol before 1:00pm on Sundays.

Halleluya FOR BEER but back on the topic Does anyone have or know where I can see some FC Pics?!

Is that the wild animal safari building off in the distance? back where the haunted trail was for fearfest?

No I don't think so. I think it is some sort of warehouse.

The red barn is the wooden train Mech Shop.

I know what the red barn is, it still stands. Theres a building back there that doesnt still stand. you can see the wild animal fences in the foreground, closer to The Racer and pretty close to the FOF barrel.

Hey don't blame alcohol - blame the reckless people who abuse it. My mother was raised on a vineyard in Italy. I grew up with wine and drink MODERATELY often and cook with it daily. Alcohol is no different from caffeine - it's the behavior of the person more than the chemical.

Speaking of alcohol - I never drink it at PKI. First of all, as a full-blooded Italian, I like wine - not beer. Secondly, I don't want a stomach full of soda or beer (gas) while riding big coasters.

Yeah that Animal Safari thing got closed because a worker got mauled! but yeah that barn is back there i didnt go in the woods for fearfest i do wanna say this PKI has a ton of land to build on!

Absolute worst thing to eat before riding DZ or SOB is SKYLINE CHILI!

Yeah watch the Barf FLY that would be funny and gross at the same time!

I have only seen that happen once, it was after I got off Vortex I went to throw away something in my pocket and I got bumped by some person getting off the ride, I thought they were being a jerk then I looked to throw away my trash and they were barfin major in the trash can.

The barn farthest away from The Racer in the picture is no longer there. Not sure, but guessing it was a storage or barn for the animal park since it is further away from everything else. All the red barns and the small water tower closest to The Racer are still there. The other barns on the left of the picture directly behind the lift hill are no longer there since that is the entrance to FOF.

Yeah FOF's Drum or Spagetti bowl sits exactly where the old pond was.

Its cool looking at older pics of the park, like the games building when it was 2 seperate buildings with the "alley" between tem which is now connected. And the final bunnyhop on Racer which has been removed which would have been to the left of the Flight of Fear entrance is now the brake run.

There is some website with some pics from back in the 80's if anyones interested I'll post the site later.

There Here I've had em for a while.

Well the thing is, alchohol kills brain cells. So no matter how little you drink, you are just kill them off little by little. I'm not flaming you, just stating facts.

The Wild Animal Safari Monerail was not closed because someone got mauled. The ride existed at PKI from 1974 through 1993.

In the early 1980's a lion trainer was mauled by a lion. The animal was then put to sleep. However the ride remained open for well over 10 years afterward. Guests were never in danger.

There were several "ponds" along the monerail, one where the drum to FOF now exists, but a much larger one farthur back in the property nearer to the Little Miami.

In the picture of Flight Commander, several maintenance sheds are shown. The largest of which was demolished for Flight of Fear in 1995. If you look at the picture in question it is the building that is farthest to the left and nearest to the bottom behind The Racer's lift. Only that one maintenance building was removed. I believe that the former storage shed for the Monerail (in what is now Action Zone) was used once that building was demolished.

Shaggy