I actually have 5 items in my collection that I must sell for $250 obo as my husband is on in the middle of filing for Workman's Comp and is on disability. I can email you pictures should anyone desire to purchase the collection. I will sell seperatly........I am tearing up just thinking about selling it - but I can buy some items back in the future.

The collection consists of 2 rectangle trays 1 in excellant condition one in fair(photo finish is crackled) 2 round trays and a set of olive/hor de vour forks.

Email me at MRSSIZEMORE01@AOL.COM I do accept PAYPAL for payment. Or Cash.

Mine would have to be my Kings Island brochure from 1971 that I picked up at Coney Island.

My favorite Kings Island souvenir is probably my Beast victims wanted t-shirt that I got earlier this year.

The piece of Vortex sitting on my desk.

Other than that, I have a bunch of old stuff from the 80s and 90s that I got off eBay.

....I'm sorry did you say...a piece of Vortex?

I have a Son of Beast t shirt, logo with the loop. I love collecting coaster shirts from parks that I visit.

Yup. Same as this guy:

I also have a piece of The Vortex on my desk. No lie!

I dont have much from KI but my fav thing is my ride warrior glass!!

^^What kind of piece is it? How'd you get it??

Let's see, I have a 1980's era pennant with the Tower, Bat, Screamin' Demon & original Beast logos on it (those great logos inspired me to become a graphic designer), a small amount of original press/construction photos of The Beast & Bat, and original press release announcing 'A Unique Thrill Ride' called The Bat sent out by Ruth Voss. Showing my age a bit, I suppose. Recent additions are my Firehawk first rider t-shirt (which shrunk 2 sizes the first time I washed it), Diamondback & SOB snow globes and a 1972 grand opening 'I was there' button. Almost forgot, I have a 1980's era jersey with The Beast logo and bengal stripes on the sleeves. The pennant is probably my favorite though. It reminds me of the way the park used to be when I was a young kid...such a magical place to spend the summer months.

...and a 1972 grand opening 'I was there' button.

I've never seen one of those...how about posting a photo...or e-mailing me one!

No problem. I'll take a photo and post it when I get out of work later tonight.

I have the complete press/media announcement kit for "The Bat."

I also have one for most, if not all, the coasters up until Firehawk (They went viral with press kits when it opened.)

But The Bat remains the rarest, IMO.

I also own a Beast Operators manual from back when it operated with skid brakes.

Shaggy

Like PKIDelirium and ZosoBeast, my favorite memorabilia would have to be my two pieces of Vortex's track I have on my desk.

Also the fond memories of working on the best ride in the park!

My 25th anniversary beast T shirt

Just now got around to photographing some of my memorabilia I treasure. The first of which is something which I believe is very rare as I have not seen this anywhere else.

These are my Face/Off playing cards from the Paramount days. I believe I bought these in 2002 when KI was celebrating their 30th Anniversary Season.

Only thing I have is a old hat when the park was called PKI. Ah those days. Not even sure how old the hat is. Maybe '03?

PKI items were sold as late as 2008, with a few seen even after that. Cedar Fair took over June 30, 2006. The Paramount's wasn't dropped that year, and was also still in use for at least part of 2007.

Why do I need that information? Besides, when we got our passes in 2010 we haven't visited Kings Island since maybe '03 or '04

Why do any of us need any of the info on this site?

Terpy was just sharing fun facts. Be appreciative.

I think my 2 favorite pieces of Kings Island mem. are my Son of Beast scale replica model, and my Very old 79' BEAST mug.

( ^I know how hard you work on that!)

Back in 1979 my parents bought me a pin that say "I RODE IT!" with The Beast logo on it. The fun part about that is I was only 5 years old at the time.

My dad stuffed napkins in my brothers shoes (what I thought was hilarious is that the napkins were from the laroses at KI) when he was four. He loved it, it took me another year to man up and do it, even though I was ten. Anyways, I thought this looked kind of close to what you described.

I wanna see this scale model of SOB. Do you have pictures?

While this isn't my favorite piece of memorabilia, I absolutely adore it!

I will never understand the fascination people get from random ride hardware. Nuts, bolts, etc.

I wanna see this scale model of SOB. Do you have pictures?

I have heard much about this too. I would like to see it too, if you dont mind!

I will never understand the fascination people get from random ride hardware. Nuts, bolts, etc.

I never have either. I do admit, I've got a piece of lumber from the Legend at Holiday World, but as nuts and bolts, how do you really know if that came from the ride unless you were there when they came off?

And I'd be willing to bet that all that junk people got from Vortex came from some off the old footers from The Bat. Which, in turn, means its hardware from The Bat, not Vortex.