Kings Island's History

[@timinwood3180]

I remember well when the Bat was shut down in 1983. I worked driving trams in the parking lot at King Island in 1982 and 1983. The Bat had issues and was frequently shut down, but it was a fun ride. We had an employee night in 1983 and a bolt fell out and hit me in the shoulder, ruined the shirt I was wearing at it had grease all over the shoulder. I handed the bolt to a supervisor as I got off and told him what happened. They shut it down immediately and it never reopened again. Shortly thereafter they announced it was going.

[@derekpreston7]

Tim Inwood wish theyhad the trams there again

[@thejimm2009]

Tim Inwood I only rode it once, but yes..it was fun. I miss it.

[@xladydriver]

Don't forget the rumor about how it fell and people died... That's why it was removed 🤫

[@glenshivers3171]

I rode it a lot of times. It was great and my mom loved it too.

[@SGobuck]

Why did the parking lot trams get removed?

[@C3T1C]

2016: tropical plunge 2017: mystic timbers 2019: antuique cars reopens 2020: orion opens as the 7th giga coaster in the world

[@rsbneon9016]

2015 woodstock gliders

[@davidfaxon3336]

Going next weekend for the 1st time in 25 years. I've been busy traveling the world in the Navy, and moving to different states. Moved to Ohio last December. Can't wait to make new memories with my family at Kings Island. Still one of my favorite Parks ever

[@tuxedoman52]

Boo Blasters was rethemed in 2010, but opened long before that.

[@summerbutts2013]

tuxedoman52 I agree

[@hilarystover554]

The phantom theater

[@janasmith4946]

Yeah because I rode it way before I was 4. It changed from Scooby Doo to Boo Blasters in 2010

[@katiefaulkner3610]

Scooby doo ride

[@thedlamb513]

It'll always be Top Gun to me!

[@allisonheineman9362]

Ah the bat. At least it's still here today!! It's my favorite ride!

[@jamesmahan9787]

It's not the original bat

[@patrickspiers7296]

The one they are referring to is the original bat back where vortex stands now, not the coaster named flight deck/top gun or renamed bat.

[@jessieruby9008]

Wow watching this in 2019 is definitely bittersweet. Knowing that vortex closed and Orion is opening. Wow a lot has changed.

[@SydJenn2463]

I’m in 2023!

[@ryannorman7632]

We will miss u Vortex

[@LokiAvivson]

also: 2017: Mystic Timbers opens

[@Blasting_Blaze]

@SecretWeapon 202 I rode if on the last day...the line was long...but it was worth it...after I got off and got home, I cried all night asking my self of why didnt I ride it sooner...I loved it and it will be forever a ride in my heart for a lifetime...

[@ChristianUrea]

1:23 it's actually called the screamin' demon

[@megoto1972]

yeah, I know! I was like "steamin demon"? WTF?!?

[@billyharris4694]

wtf helr said that son of the loops were the best

[@ChristianUrea]

Turtle Greetings friend

[@darce2019]

The park dropped the Paramount moniker in 2007.

[@derekpreston7]

These type videos ALWAYS get the Screamin Demon wrong

[@thebluegrassoutsider]

Enjoyed the walk down memory lane! Nice work. FYI, the one looper (my first upside down coaster) was the Screamin Deamon, which was sold at some point to Camden Park in West Virginia (don't quote me on that part haha). Peace!

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

2016: Tropical Plunge Opens 2017: Mystic Timbers Opens 2018: No major rides added, Firehawk Closes 2019: Antique Cars Returns, Vortex Closes 2020: Area 72 opens with Orion as its standout attraction 2021: New Outdoor resort & Campground 2022: Eiffel Tower Refurbishment

[@jimewen19681]

Just think if Kings Island kept all of the original rides they ever had and then added the new ones. Look at how many Rollercoasters they could have had!!1. Bavarian Beetle (defunct)2. King Cobra (defunct)3. Scooby-Doo ghoster coaster (defunct) 4. Screamin' Demon (defunct)5. Woodstock Express aka The Beastie. 6. The Racers. ( which I believe should be counted as 2)7. The Beast.8. The Bat (defunct) original 1981.9. The Bat aka Flight Deck aka Top Gun 1993.10. Flight of Fear aka The Outer Limits.11. Fire hawk.12. Banshee.13. Diamondback.14. Son of Beast (defunct)15. Invertigo aka Face-off16. Back Lot Stunt Coaster aka The Italian Job Stunt Track.17. Vortex.18. Adventure Express.19. The Great Pumpkin Coaster aka Taxi Jam.20. Flying Ace Aerial Chase aka Runaway Reptar. 21. The Tumble Bug (I considered this as a coaster because it was on a rail or track)(defunct)22. Surf Dog aka Jimmy Neutrons. and now, new for 2017, 23. Mystic Timbers. Kings Island could have been home to 23 Rollercoasters next year but I also know the wear and tear deal and plus some of the coasters did not live up to expectations. Still Kings Island is still a top rated park and along with Cedar Point, OHIO IS THE HEART OF THE MOST AND BEST COLLECTION OF COASTERS AROUND!!

[@kev492001]

They should have brought back the Flying Eagles home to KI and given the new scooters to CR, along with a lot of family and flat rides that aren't there anymore, Les Taxis, Oktoberfest Ferris Wheel, The Rotor, 2 tea cup rides, the Skyride, Enterprise, the Beast footprints, tree's underneath the Eiffel Tower for shade, the trams Phantom Theater, they used to own the land where Great Wolf Lodge sits so they could have expanded there in the future, probably still can if the price is right and if GWL would sell out, probably not going to happen tho. They still add stuff to the park and its still a GREAT park, I just hope for great things for it! :)

[@jimewen19681]

Imperial79 Yes i agree with you. Paramount is the ones mostly for destroying the park. The Monorail Safari and all the animals, and the Salt Water Circus and the Auto car rides both of them. These were staples of the park! oh I forgot Kentons Cove Keelboat Canal aka The "big" log flume ride next to the Beast Entrance.

[@ChristianUrea]

Jim Ewen they would have to pay a ton for insurance

[@hwalnut7202]

Jim Ewen Yeah paramount ruined KI AND CGA. CGW would have 15 coasters if most of them hadn't been removed by paramount

[@abi4859]

Banshee, Flight of Fear, and Mystic Timbers are my FAVORITE in the park! I live like 10 mins away from Kings Island and have passes so we go a lot :)

[@Mummy323]

The Taft Broadcasting ownership days of the 70's was indeed the golden age of Kings Island

[@Marichii1]

"lion country safari opens!" hhhhhh....... we all know how that ended

[@gregoryclemen1870]

yup, an animal care taker found out the hard way, when he took a "DUMP" in the lion area. you do not do that !!!!, cats are territorial, and one of the lions had him for lunch!!!!

[@ProximoFPV]

im guessing you edited with imovie

[@ak3617]

Seems like yesterday when Vortex arrived. What an awesome ride.

[@mitchellries256]

In 2016, Soak City receives Tropical Plunge. In 2017, Mystic Timbers opens. In 2019, Kings Mills Antique Autos opens. And in 2020, Orion opens.

[@aliks_777]

2000 or 19 idk: *S T E A M I N D E M O N O P E N S*

[@chouts1]

Update 2016: soak city expansion with tropical plunge waterslide tower 2017: mystic timbers

[@cryqlixx3634]

2020 Orion Oml this was 2 years ago -.- well then...

[@VaporWolfYT]

I may have missed it, but where is Invertigo in this timeline?

[@harveyhollandsworth8527]

Drew Meek They forgot it and it was originally called Face/Off after the movie of the same name

[@maxxproductions107]

the diamond back and the delirium and the banshee are my favorite

[@Valeria-rl9zg]

maxx productions I hate the banshee it is so boring

[@jimmytwotime6875]

What? Seriously?

[@tolatalyrealvillan139]

THE Dimondback THE delirium THE banshee. wtf?

[@MichaelAlexadisliker]

2016: Tropical Plunge Opens 2017: Mystic Timbers Opens 2018: Coney Bar B Q Opens And Firehawk Closes 2019: Kings Mill Antique Autos Opens And Vortex Closes 2020: Orion Opens On Former Site of Firehawk 2021: Camp Cedar Opens 2022: Slingshot Closes 2023: Adventure Port Opens 2024: Camp Snoopy Opens And An Incident Happens In June

[@mattdavenport1538]

Hello I'm Matt davenport and I'm building an amusement park to be accessable to kids in wheel chairs I think with your help we could plan it to be a great park kings island was my home park

[@kennycox1654]

That's awesome I hope it all goes well for you

[@HonkyTonkBuffalo]

It was Screamin' Demon. And not one mention of The Enchanted Voyage (AKA The Hanna Barbera Boat Ride) or even The Smurf's Enchanted Voyage, which took it's place? One of the most iconic attractions since the park opened didn't even get a shout out?

[@gregoryclemen1870]

I was at kings island in 1972 when the park opened, I really liked the "ENCHANTED VOYAGE"

[@CraigOH1981]

I wish they wouldn't have taken out Skylab. I loved that ride!

[@shannonleanza5016]

Craig Earnest what was skylab?

[@blainecurtis2634]

Loved that ride!!

[@woxyroxme]

I was the first supervisor of the crew that ran it along with the scrambler and carousel 1986-88. My years of running rides 1981-88 were the best years of my life, good times.

[@newclothes8165]

Love the music

[@PeterMayer]

Uh hellllloo! Screamin' Demon!!

[@NotAHero123_7]

Continued to 2019 2016: Soak City expands with Tropical Plunge 2017: Mystic Timbers opens 2018: Firehawk has its last season in operation 2019: The Beast celebrates its 40th anniversary and construction on a giga starts 2020 or 2021: Polaris opens as the worlds smallest giga at 300 ft tall

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Whats new to 2018 and 2019

[@LostGirl04]

2019: We learn that the leaked Giga blueprints aren't for a coaster called Polaris but for Orion, and that the new B&M Giga model is going to debut in the 2020 season.

[@katiefaulkner3610]

Orians the name of the coaster giga one

[@stephaniemiller5455]

The bat has been restored.

[@WickedlyMe328]

Stephanie Miller the Bat is Flight Deck or Top Gun....the original is where Vortex is now located. It's not the same ride

[@derekpreston7]

Top Gun was renamed Bat as a memorial...top gun has a floor under your feet where bat didn't and she's right, it was where vortex is now

[@MondoMiami]

I’ve always wondered why they didn’t try harder to replicate the real Eiffel Tower. That huge, boxy top looks nothing like the real one. As a kid I always assumed that it must have been an old tower already on the property in Ohio and they just dressed it up to sorta/kinda resemble the Eiffel Tower.

[@chroylikesfish]

emjoyed this. can you do carrowinds and hershey park?

[@RickyIcecubes]

I love Kings Island, but both The Bat and Son of Beast were two of the biggest failures in amusement park history. But they get an E for effort as they were both well ahead of their time when they were built. They were just too ahead of their time, which is why they failed.

[@cjhowell6406]

I am one of the lucky few from my generation to have ridden son of beast. it was my first roller coaster and it was amazing

[@bmw3880]

you have to remember the bat was the first of its kind when built. Of course it's going to have mechanical problem. however Son of Beast was left to fall apart. they didn't maintain it like they should have because of its size. it was a good coaster and it's a shame it's gone

[@Hman-jh6ic]

CJ Howell same here bud had to stick tissues In my shoes to even get on it but it still was an amazing ride though

[@jasondrawsstuff9134]

Screamin Demon.

[@Rlotpir1972]

Steamin' Demon was one of the original Lightning Loops.

[@woxyroxme]

It was the Screamin’ Demon, not steamin’ when it first opened Dick Van Dyke was in the TV commercials for it.

[@ballinbrethren630]

Now it's the Backlot stunt coaster

[@ballinbrethren630]

It's now The great pumpkin coaster

[@KalElvis]

The Screaming Demon is the correct name

[@rosecoppridge2859]

They got so many of this wrong, especially the years

[@wboy7070]

It’s the screamin deamon

[@princesssummer1087]

The bat is still here becuse i went to kings island today

[@alolachampiondarrek4178]

Coaster Central is talking about the Original Bat from 1981- 1983.

[@woxyroxme]

The original bat was much better

[@Halfbreed690]

ok at the 2;27 mark in thie video it shows the king cobra, but in the background it also shows Outpost #5 ...... Someone is good with photo shop. SOB Was not even around in 1984

[@mr.fruitypebbles6688]

Bill Meadors I’m a kings island geek so I’ll explain king cobra opened in 1984 and closed in 2001 however son of beast was built and made in 2000.

[@jackdunnigan9]

forgot faceoff

[@sanantonio3416]

Jack Dunnigan Face-Off is Invertigo, When Cedar Fair bought Paramount’s Kings Island, Every ride was re-themed and the title of the park was re-named to “Kings Island” and still is.

[@tastygiggidy633]

for some reason I realized you forgot the beastie 'Woodstock express'

[@schwarry1]

It started out as "the scooby doo"

[@gregoryclemen1870]

it was an original ride built in 1972, it was the coney island replacement for the teddy bear ,located in "the land of oz"!!!

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

This video was uploaded the day thunder road got the axe

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

2017 Mystic Timbers Opens

[@TheCorrectViews]

Taking the Screamin' Demon down was the dumbest damn idea ever.

[@glenshivers3171]

TheCorrectViews they had wrong name in the video. I think they called it streaming demon

[@gregoryclemen1870]

the reason why that ride was taken out, was due to the fact that "TIMBERWOLF" had been built, and the "SCEAMMIN DEMON" was a very "NOISY RIDE" when it was in operation. it interfered with the activities at timberwolf, so it was removed and sold!!!

[@TheCorrectViews]

@@gregoryclemen1870 they should have done anything other than taking that down. It was so much fun for such a simple little ride. I genuinely loved it.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

management gets it in their brain that its time for a ride to go, its gone!!!!!

[@TheCorrectViews]

@@gregoryclemen1870 sadly.

[@SpinningbacKFisT]

All the good rides are gone....

[@allenthomas7557]

What about Mystic timbers!

[@andrewduncan9770]

AppleGeekPro This video is from 2 years ago. Mystic Timbers opened 2 months ago.

[@allenthomas7557]

oh

[@carsonwulf]

you probably got a little lazy at the end, you forgot banshee has the most inversions in the world.

[@pancakespanckaespancakes]

Didn't the beasts record for being longest got stolen by a ride by "The Ultimate"in the U.K.?

[@schwarry1]

I believe it's still the longest wooden coaster, but not the highest and fastest.

[@xladydriver]

But it's the only one that has Goosebumps books written about it 🤣🤣🤣

[@emilyschaub6159]

I'm not a coaster enthusiast and I know that pretty much all of the years are wrong.

[@gabriellewells9786]

now mystic timbers. 2017

[@TheTubeMan99]

Nice video, but it was Screamin Demon, not Steamin Demon.

[@standm1]

The bat was not the first suspended coaster

[@timex513]

I miss the zodiac and der kegger

[@kenziewhaley7968]

2019... haha why do i research these

[@kalvin2211]

Really disappointed that cedar fair doesn't pay more respect to the fact that for decades KI was the park of worlds firsts over Disney and everybody..shit the Brady's and Danny Bonadouchie and his tools all came from Hollywood to Ohio for God's sake..where was cedar fair?...cedar point?..it sucks they could've built a first launch giga called Orion and then the theme would at least mk sense

[@SpelunkyGaming]

2017: Mystic Timbers Opens

[@kareburton9404]

Bestie?

[@bmw3880]

you left out alot of rides like flying Eagles and you left out some rides closing.

[@kev492001]

They should have brought the Flying Eagles home to KI.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

the flying eagles was an old "CONEY" ride that was brought to kings island in 1972, it was renamed "WOODSTOCK GLIDERS"!!!!

[@Mtnlvr77]

Not the steaming demon. Screaming demon

[@13eavuss]

Did he miss top Gun??

[@themacdime]

Is face off still around?

[@katiefaulkner3610]

Its now the inviago ride

[@C3T1C]

2017 mastic timbers opens

[@mikitria]

First off this place used to be owned by paramount and the bat was called top gun

[@cjhowell6406]

The Bat un this video is the Original which stood where cortex now does

[@bmw3880]

the original bat used to be where the vortex is standing. they reused the same station for it. they renamed top gun to flight deck when cedar fair purchased the park. They decided to rename flight deck to the bat to honor the original bat. What has pissed me off is that people have gotten the new bat confused with the old one. I correct them in line all the time. it was the same thing with the Son of Beast when it was closed.

[@cambuster178]

you are incorrect. the bat was where vortex currently is. the top gun is on the other side of the park.

[@cambuster178]

you are incorrect. the bat was where vortex currently is. the top gun is on the other side of the park.

[@xladydriver]

@ Royal Anus First off what an appropriate name for yourself... Kudos Secondly TAFT Broadcasting originally owned the park

[@fallinballer4534]

Great video😃

[@sarahbartlett750]

Isn't amazon falls Congo falls now?

[@mes71994]

its screaming demon not steaming

[@Emokidz-ly9qp]

5:10 IT SAYS FASTET NOT FASTEST

[@kevinthompson436]

Alexcantsing ! Calm down 12 year old

[@Emokidz-ly9qp]

R U ASSUMING MY GENDER!!!!!!!👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻🌵🌵🌵

[@kevinthompson436]

Alexcantsing ! No I'm assuming your age because of your profile picture

[@schwarry1]

c'mon man!

[@vegascitymadman5533]

THE ONLY THING I LIKE ABOUT SHITHOLE OHIO, IS KINGS ISLAND. BEEN GOING THERE EVER SINCE I WAS A KID IN 1987.

[@znepb]

bro chill

[@carlgibbons5777]

2016: America becomes the laughing stock of the world with the election of Donald J Trump.

[@MrKillerRC]

Trump 2020

[@carlgibbons5777]

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