Talk:Kings Island

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I've Heard that Viacom is selling paramount parks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.194.155.54 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 12 June 2005

Contents 1 Opening Sentence 2 Parks Bought 3 Bias 4 Evolution 5 Stand-up Roller Coaster 6 Location 7 Recent anonymous edits by 71. 8 Fair use rationale for Image:PKInewlogo.png 9 Halloween Themes

[edit] Opening Sentence

Fixed opening sentence jibberish. Deleted reference to "Sunlite Pool", not because I know it didn't exist, but because I know nothing about it, and couldn't learn anything from this article. Feel free to throw it back in.

A huge chunk of text had been lost in a recent edit. It should make more sense now. Lambertman 12:13, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parks Bought

From what I have heard the parmount parks have been bought by Cedar fair.

[edit] Bias

This article is subtly and not-so-subtly biased, especially towards the end of the written section. It really needs to be neutralized. The article is just a little bit too gung-ho about what a great deal the park is, which leads me to believe we might not be getting the full story on its history. For example, we might expect to see some mentions of incidents, or perhaps other reasons for ride closures (for example, I don't know if this drove the closure, but I had heard of accidents on rides similar to the King Cobra.) Candybars 05:59, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Kings Island has had a number of issues with its roller coasters, including some that delayed the opening of Son of Beast. In fact, there was an incident recently, though I don't have the time to pull up references. You could probably find something about it on Google. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 04:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Evolution

One of the most interesting "behind the scenes" aspects of a park like this is how it evolves over time. The creation of the "Nickelodeon Universe" themed kids area is the largest recent change.

[edit] Stand-up Roller Coaster

This page states that the King Cobra was the first stand-up roller coaster, but the Stand-up roller coaster page says that it is the EXT in Kansas City. LabSpecimen 13:31, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

The way I read it, the EXT was the first conversion from a sit-down coaster, while the KC was the first to be built as a stand-up. Lambertman 14:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, neither page was right. The first two stand-up coasters were in Japan, and were converted from sit-down coasters. EXT (Extremeroller) was the first stand-up coaster in the Western Hemisphere. King Cobra was indeed the first to be built as a stand-up. Both this article and the stand-up roller coaster article now reflect this fact. --Skylights76 19:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location

I wanted to clarify Kings Island's location. The park is, in fact, located in the city of Mason, not Kings Mills. There was some question to that. Mason annexed the park from Deerfield Township in 1997. Kings Mills is an unincorporated area of Deerfield Township just north of the park. I was going to revert but someone got to it before me. Dblevins2 23:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I found and inserted a citation from The Cincinnati Enquirer stating that Mason annexed the park. Thanks for letting me know I should look for a reference, it was a big help! LastChanceToBe 20:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Readers should be made aware of the fact that a park like this has economic impact far beyond the Ohio area.

[edit] Recent anonymous edits by 71.

I see no reason not to revert these, as it is illogical to try to include every single ride in the park, especially the wholly non-notable ones. He also saw fit to delete LBGC from the roller coaster list. I'd like to see someone else get involved in the reverting so it doesn't look like I'm claiming ownership of the article. Lambertman 10:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PKInewlogo.png

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BetacommandBot 23:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Halloween Themes

There is discussion already of previous winter-themed events which took park in November-December. However, no mention is made about the Halloween themed events taking place September-October (now called "Halloween Haunt" and previously "Fear Fest").

I have added the basic info to the article that these events exist, but more detail regarding dates, name changes, and festivities/things to do will need to be added by others.Steve69uc 14:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)