The Scrambler is celebrating 45 years of spins and smiles.

Rode it last weekend and it was just as fun as it was when I first rode it in the mid 70's.

I love The Scrambler. Every time I go to Kings Island I ride it.

The Scrambler and I are practically twins! ...wait, 45?

Happy Birthday, Scrambler!

Happy Birthday, Kings Island!

Still love seeing the control system on that ride, never looked at it until a few weeks ago, Terp gets credit for that one.

Scrambler is definitely a classic! Really love that ride.

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I remember riding a Scrambler when I was 2. Honest!

Congratulations to Scrambler, now starting season 46 after 45 full seasons of Coney Island, Taft, KECO, Lindner, Paramount, VIACOM, Blockbuster, CBS and FUN thrills. All of them fun.

Honesty the closest I've been to The Scrambler was when it was used for Massacre Manors line a couple years back.

^ Then you're missing out.

I'm a big fan of The Scrambler, an extremely fun classic! Here's to many more seasons!

^No one id go with would want to ride, not mention no one would wanna ride with me. 6'2 205ish, Not that big but big compared to my scrawny friends.

You just have to sit on the outside, my kids smash into old Dad and laugh as I pretend their hurting me, good times.

The link stopped working... weird because it worked earlier.

I love The Scrambler. I'm glad it was able to find a good home at Kings Island.

I'm confused...

https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/192972222191775745

Scrambler debuted at Coney Island of Ohio in 1957. The particular Scrambler at Kings Island debuted at the old park in 1969.

So what happened to the original? Break/destroyed?

One of the first big flats my kids got to ride, that and Monster! We enjoy Scrambler very much as a family!

My daughter who is now 8 got to experience this right for the first time this past operating season. She is still talking about the ride today. She smiled so much and giggled so, that it brings a smile to my face just sitting here thinking about it.

I'm confused...

https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/192972222191775745

Scrambler debuted at Coney Island of Ohio in 1957. The particular Scrambler at Kings Island debuted at the old park in 1969.

So what happened to the original? Break/destroyed?

Kings Island tweeted the incorrect information in the link from April 2012. Coney had two Scramblers prior to Kings Island's existence, and as The Interpreter stated, our current one opened in 1969.

According to Charles J. Jacques, Jr.'s (wonderful) Cincinnati's Coney Island:

That same year [1957] a Scrambler was purchased from Eli Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois ... A tragedy occurred on the Scrambler when a 10-year-old Clermont County boy died from injuries he suffered when he fell off the ride. Apparently he opened the latch and tried to exit the car when the ride was still running. He was struck by the ride when he fell out. [Page 148]

Coney spent over a million dollars in 1969 for a Rotor, Scrambler, Olympic Bobs, and a Giant Slide.[Page 191]

From the above, it sounds as though the 1957 Scrambler may have been removed after the boy's death, despite the accident clearly being rider error.

Also, unrelated, page 191 also mentions that "Rides were purchased only if they could be used in the new park", then it goes on to say that Olympic Bobs were added in 1969. Kings Island didn't add their own Olympic Bobs (Bayern Kurve) until 1973 - does anybody know if the two rides were the same, but the new park just kept the attraction in storage for the 1972 season?

The Kings Island Scrambler gave me my most interesting Scrambler ride last year. I was with a group of friends and rode with two other people, with me the smallest in the middle. On one side was a female friend, on the other was her ex. Her directions to me was to sit in between and prevent him from attempting anything. So I got squished in between them during the ride and his arm around me trying to get to her. By the end my arm was stretched across the back of the seat preventing him from touching her, however he didn't realize it and was caressing my arm. Then to make the ride weirder, the ex's current girlfriend was looking on from the planter bench across the midway. The situation became to be refereed to as awkward Scrambler stuff.

So here is to the Kings Island Scrambler, giving me a ride I will never forget.

I love the Scrambler, its one of those flat rides that I have loved since I was a kid!