Paramount's Kings Island June 1997

[@TopThrillCedarPoint]

Wow, that's great quality for 1997, especially for home videos. I like watching videos like this without music playing.

[@robertcorbett712]

I went almost every year since 1980. Went a couple times in the 70's also. Went on Beast the first month it came out. Wish I still had the button. I remember my dad getting me on the racer(I think that's what it was called) when I had to stretch to be tall enough.Now I'm pushing 50 and moved to Florida where I now work at universal studios. I guess it's still in my blood. Great times. Great memories.

[@nellingwood2]

I remember that year as a little kid! Top Gun was the biggest coaster I went on. Paramount added a few good rides like Flight of Fear and Tomb Raider (which is gone now). Cedar Fair has put in rides, they just dont care much for theming like Paramount did.

[@roberthightower9889]

Thanks for posting, this was PKI as I knew it growing up - way simpler times than today trying to go.

[@Originolley]

I miss these days. Family use to go every year. I remember this year because of the star trek people. Scared the crap outta me lol I miss the theming from paramount and the awesome music that played all through the park.

[@lollipopsnsugarsmiles4176]

I miss the Phantom theater and the King cobra :'( I especially miss going backwards on the racers

[@theshiz20022000]

This was Kings Island at it's BEST!!!!

[@joshlynch5676]

This was the pinnacle of Kings Island

[@michellemysliwiec2975]

Gosh, its nice to see people looking around and not staring at their phones. The good ole' days;))

[@necrodaemus7523]

What phones? 😉

[@michellemysliwiec2975]

@@necrodaemus7523 🙃😄

[@jminnick1990]

awesome production as always coasterbob! I'm lookin to go to Kings Island for the first time this summer! can't wait!

[@kennyjdm4912]

Going there in 1997 when i was in high school. Had such a great time. Those was the days .

[@doomslayerdave]

I have to say the greatest thing about Kings Island that is almost all video and footage taken by guests will always involve shots from the Eiffel Tower that capture what the park was truly like on the day visited. That old Beastie sign. The way the old "Action Zone" and area where King Cobra used to be. The original fountain... King's Island is still my home park. Go multiple times a year because I'm less than 2 hours from Cincy. I was 16 in 1997 so I fondly remember these days.

[@TB-gp7kx]

This place was amazing before Cedar Fair took over!

[@HeaveStarveyy]

I am so glad I got to grow up with Paramount's Kings Island, I miss it.

[@martinporter4980]

I cannot believe that was a Tumble Bug style flat ride they had back then. I love the old classics (very rare now). I only visited the park once in 2005 with some American enthusiasts called RideWorld (I’m from England). Very happy memories of its final Paramount year I believe when the former Italian Job Coaster was launched. I would love to have ridden the old Phantom Theatre (don’t seem to be very many ghost train type dark rides in the US for some reason). I was also fortunate (or maybe mis-fortunate) to have got a ride on the now defunct Son of Beast. I must say, normally a woodie lover, this must’ve been the most shaken train I’ve ever ridden, even from the off it didn’t seem to find its tracking, jumping from side to side. I came off with quite a headache, but rather stupidly took a second ride as thought I must’ve selected a bad seat on my inaugural trip. I’m very pleased to have ridden this ahead of its time looping woodie, but sadly my second chance ride was no less painful. (The loop was certainly its smoothest element as many used to comment).

[@thabigbadd]

Brings back some great memories! Thanks!

[@MissAmazanda]

This was close to the first year i went to KI, 1996 was my first year when i was 16, i remember all this stuff

[@EricNTammy304]

Thank you for posting this. Great memories!!

[@ElToroRyan]

Hi there, may I use the video clip of Flight of Fear in this? I"m working on a documentary covering the coaster. I'll provide credit to your channel of course!

[@CoasterBob62]

Absolutely - thanks for asking!

[@_XxanderxX_]

Wow.This video is great.Thanks for sharing.I was around 3 years old at this time.I usually go to every season but for the past 2 years I havn't been able to cause I moved to New Orleans and now having bad withdrawals lol.I'll be back for season 2011.Im moving back.I cannot wait to see what is new there.Merry Christmas :)

[@YokozunaNumber1]

I was initially HIGHLY skeptical when Paramount bought the park, but the PKI days were, in my eyes, the golden age of Kings Island. I have so many magical memories of that time. My only real complaint was the lack of any "Star Trek" ride, which would have been incredible. Once Cedar Fair bought the park, I no longer felt the mystique and wonder.

[@jandyb79]

I was attempting to spy myself working in the Coney games area. Thanks for the video!

[@CoasterBob62]

@melsational You're welcome! It's nice to know that other people like this stuff.

[@Chri228]

1998 was peak Kings Island, the introduction of the Paramount’s Action Zone and pre the disastrous Son on Beast.

[@ehs713]

So many good times there. Sad so much has changed and so many rides are no longer there.

[@kodykeye]

Wow, Kings Island really changed ever since Cedar Fair bought the park, B&M coasters were added and some coasters and rides were demolished or name changed! This is my homepark and I go every month or two.

[@CoasterBob62]

@deniseqt22 Ha ha -- too cool! I'm glad you got to see yourself in action.

[@KoalaBaby2015]

I was born one month after this :3 XD

[@CoasterBob62]

@RBDnuestroamor94 Thanks! A lot has changed over the past couple of years. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't check out the Ohio parks every year. Merry Christmas to you too!

[@MestizoFilipino]

I turned 2 when you filmed this! :D

[@nicholasyoder]

I miss the enchanted voyage.

[@Phatsdawg]

I miss the Racer going backwards!

[@Bfyobrian12]

I saw the forward and backward signs for racer lines...so sad

[@lisaloy1960]

An oldie but a goodie!! I think I might have picked Dorothy out at 5:15! Looks like her with her arms straight up!!

[@CoasterBob62]

You're kidding!!! I'm gonna hunt down that original footage and see if I can get a screen shot. Too bad it's not in HD, and not in COLOR!! :P

[@lisaloy1960]

I did find another video of that with more footage. The first time it went around I could tell it wasn't her, but it sure looked like her the second time it went around!! Now I am on a mission to watch all of them to find her!!!

[@CoasterBob62]

@DMCoasters I know it all too well. Styx -- Too Much Time On My Hands.

[@ydinoh]

gotta love that red track on top gun. it just looks bad now

[@fyecoasters]

Love the old footage man my how the park has changed!!

[@jei2574]

I don't see why they just change the name back to Beastie

[@Ataraxia462]

Man, look how beautiful the original Antique Cars area was before Paramount made their first idiotic move and removed them for the Stunt Track coaster. Stupid ride should have been added to the area where Action Zone is now and not ruin the flow and landscaping behind the tower.

[@torimae8186]

Worst day ever: when Cedar Fair bought over Paramount.

[@jasonhenage4944]

Hanna-Barbera>Peanuts

[@haileysimonds2532]

Nickelodeon>Hanna-Barabera>Peanuts

[@jasonhenage4944]

Not sure if serious

[@haileysimonds2532]

@@jasonhenage4944 absolutely

[@tobiasj2455]

Cedar Fair ruined this park.

[@flobama3247]

J T By putting good, reliable roller coasters in instead of mechanical failures like Son of Beast? Yeah they really ruined the park....