Because in 1986, The Bat was gone and The Vortex was not yet built. In short, it is very likely that picture was taken in 1986.

An interesting thing to note with that Eiffel Tower diagram is that it lists the upper deck platform at 264' and the lower one at 252'. If I`m not mistaken, the elevator operators generally refer to the two platform levels as 275' and 265'.

Bat was removed....Vortex went in in 1987....so yep, that picture MUST be from '86...

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Gulliver's

Because in 1986, The Bat was gone and The Vortex was not yet built. In short, it is very likely that picture was taken in 1986.

An interesting thing to note with that Eiffel Tower diagram is that it lists the upper deck platform at 264' and the lower one at 252'. If I`m not mistaken, the elevator operators generally refer to the two platform levels as 275' and 265'.

i used to lie about my height too. I am proudly a 5'9 individual today, but the High School basketball programs billed me as 5'10 or maybe even 5'11.

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Gulliver's

Hey... This must be the attraction that's being announced this friday!! Great find.

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Gulliver's

Hey... This must be the attraction that's being announced this friday!! Great find.

That would be so awesome! I used to love Gulliver's. Next to Enchanted Voyage, it was my favorite ride.

Once again, If you're going to post, No need to quote photos directly above you.

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Only if I-street actually looked like that!

I don't ever think I have seen that painting...that is great!

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Gotta love the "Temporarily Closed" sign, old school style!

Now, that's a queue!

To me that Son of Beast picture is amazing and historic. And that was a fairly good guess with the dinosaur.

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Remember this webcam?

The old WCPO webcam! I take it that it is no longer an active webcam?

I think it's physically still there but not turned on anymore.

That's a bummer. It would give a nice view of WindSeeker construction!

That's a bummer. It would give a nice view of WindSeeker construction!

Maybe this is the "additional webcam" view. Makes sense to use what currently exists rather than put up something new.

i think it would be neat if the webcam worked like holiday worlds where it progressively panned instead of using multiple webcams for viewing. it be nice to see it pan up & down WindSeekers tower.

Let's face it, Kings Island isn't the best with keeping up with webcams.......

...Holiday World has the best ones!

I miss that webcam. I actually found the link a few days ago, but as expected, was a 404 error.

Here it was.

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Imagine waiting in a full queue line or the grand carousel

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The creek was eventually paved over.

(TOPGUN 1994)

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The creek was eventually paved over.

(TOPGUN 1994)

now that's a GREAT paint job for Top Gun... err Flight Deck.

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I still cannot get over how much it appears that the park has changed. Some of these shots I wouldn't even be able to tell it is KI.

Bonus Photo 36.5 (from KI's Facebook page)

Here's what the area where the new 301' tall WindSeeker ride is being built looked like when Kings Island first opened on April 29, 1972.

That's crazy to think how the Tique's were pretty much at the very back of the park, and now look at what all has developed.