Step into the Danger Zone with Top Gun - 50th Anniversary Archives

[@KingsIslandPR]

Have you taken flight on Top Gun/ The Bat? What’s your favorite part?

[@MicrowavedBurrito1]

That giant turn after the drop is insane!

[@WillyJoeFilms]

Yes! I loveee the speed

[@CECFanOffical]

The first drop isn’t that big but it still packs a punch, and all of the turnouts are awesome!!

[@CoasterNerd]

I love the part where it swoops by the pathway

[@TJ85234]

I like the whole thing! Rode it yesterday and never a long line

[@mr.crowley8766]

“That all clears going to send you Tom Cruseing on out of here. Sit up right hold on tight enjoy that flight on the highway to the danger zone here on TopGun”

[@coasterbreakdown]

👏👏👏

[@DelCaudill]

Do you work at CCMS

[@bobbylindsey]

11 year old me waited 4 hours opening summer, no regrets. Miss you PKI.

[@nellingwood2]

I wonder why Arrow's suspended coasters are so much smoother than their other ride types. I've ridden this over the years and it's still smooth as butter.

[@SSGTStryker]

“Dudes, I got the need…the need for speed!” Topgun will always be my all time favorite roller coaster.

[@aaronsarchive82]

Fond memories of walking through the oark hearing the movie soundtrack blasted by the entrance to this ride.

[@Jerorawr_XD]

Just saw the new film. Just like this coaster it was a solid thrill ride. 10/10. I still remember my first time riding in the 90s with Danger Zone playing over the speakers, all the jet plane adverts everywhere, and the station made to look like an aircraft carrier. And the ride does a solid job making you feel like flying an F-18.

[@logo115]

Well more like flying an F-14 since that’s what they flew in the original

[@MicrowavedBurrito1]

The steam in the station is no joke amazing

[@Kannakoaster]

This is the ride that made me the roller coaster enthusiast I am today

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

Me too 🥰

[@vic748]

My first ride at King’s Island!

[@johnbalazy9768]

Im so glad the park has kept and maintained this ride, its my personal favorite. Thank you

[@78Revolutions]

I've discussed for years the moment at top of the ride, as you are pulled up, and the moment everything below you disappears and you are just floating there. I rode this a few times in 93 and that moment stuck with me forever. I can not believe there is a video of it! Was so fun to send this to my kids and say 'this is what I was talking about!!' Good times man. Good times. Thanks for uploading this.

[@aerickmccullough350]

I miss seeing that mist/steam in the station. I wished you guys brought that back.

[@frisco557]

I was hoping for some footage of the queue under the station, but this is still awesome.

[@RavenStation711]

Same! I have been trying so hard to find pictures of the banners in the queue for so long and can't find anything. They're still etched in my head from seeing them as a kid but I want to see them again in some way.

[@Deadsphere]

I miss the model jet that used to be there.

[@xeofalconm.shields5197]

I rode this in the rain. It felt like it was raining hail. Wish there was a fast lane or single rider que

[@WildWestRacing1990]

That's so cool. I never got to ride it during that version

[@nataliejohnson9466]

This was my first roller coaster I got on

[@slasherman7217]

People were different in the 90s

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

Brings back good memories of my childhood😄

[@seabear722]

I watched the original film today, it was amazing, just like the bat is now.

[@Shockwave_Thrill]

Even though paramount used to own this park, cedar fair keeps the history alive! Keep it up ki you guys are great!

[@muteharmony]

clearing the lift hill and not seeing Great Wolf Lodge.. wow.

[@scottsmith7337]

I rode it so many times over the years I loved that ride !

[@VBaskin2010]

I Feel the need, THE NEEED FOR KINGS ISLAND'S SPEED!

[@Toonamp]

The coaster always felt too short. I know it’s a clone of Vortex at Canada’s Wonderland, I wish it was longer.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Hi from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. Vortex is a very fast ride. Scenic too.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Feels like I'm looking a Vortex from Canada's Wonderland. I'm sure I would like this ride. Very fast.

[@Satwix]

This flight was the true highway to the danger zone.

[@CoasterNerd]

Loving these archive videos!

[@atlantis1809]

My favorite part is the first drop on it. Love that you guys built Orion. Best on front seat.

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

I remember the song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin playing in the background as we waited in line. 🤓🥴

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

....from original soundtrack 😄

[@jwhittle91]

Did I dream that there used to be fighter jets in the queue in 1999?

[@KingsIslandPR]

There were!

[@KIKoasterKid]

Has just everyone forgotten it’s this rides 30th anniversary in 2023

[@scottsmith7337]

Kings island peaked in 2005 it’s not the same it used to be

[@TheDragonninja1983]

"I feel the need, The Need for Speed."

[@SOLERAPTV]

My daughter just rode the bat f for the first time today she said daddy this is way faster then iron dragon 😂😂😂😂

[@NotAHero123_7]

cool

[@angelakottner7560]

🤩

[@angelakottner7560]

I didn't know that you didn't talk to me too

[@angelakottner7560]

It used to be talking but now it's the bad because

[@angelakottner7560]

I'll call to talk

[@tyroark]

This ride triggered my motion sickness so badly I couldn't ride another ride the rest of the day. Why do rides make me so sick all the time? Ugh🤢😖😣😩

[@quentk8886]

Why do the brakes in the station sound so different now?

[@infinityrobbo]

where am i? earth.

[@WillyJoeFilms]

The bat is better though, right!? Like theming wise

[@OUTPOST5gaming]

Nah.

[@CoasterNerd]

It has no theming

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

Nope 😂

[@Readyforit7723]

They just painted it orange and slapped “The Bat” on it and called it good :/

[@tiffanyhunt4970]

@@Readyforit7723 "slapped" 😂

[@karlkugler1327]

Hey. I'm not trying to be rude. But you're really gonna have to close down this because me and my dad got stuck on it and we were in the middle of the hill and I was freaked. You guys actually might have to tear it down😢. Sorry, not trying to be rude.