The History of Kings Island | Episode 1: The 1970s - From the Floodwaters
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2022
- This is Episode 1 of a 5 part documentary celebrating Kings Island on its 50th anniversary. This delves into the 1970s, from the park's origins all the way to the announcement of the world's most remarkable coaster.
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Thanks to Bob Joiner for access to his photo gallery, as well as Kings Island - Riding History to the Limits, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer for some of these visuals. The Coney Island footage is taken from family home video.
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"Flowing Water Background" by Mikael Törnwall is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Music in this video, found in the RUclips Audio Library:
The Awakening - Patrick Patrikios
By The Light of the Silvery Moon - E's Jammy Jams
Muriel - Bobby Richards
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Eyes of Glory
At The Game
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Fun fact: Kings Island’s Eiffel Tower was made by Intamin.
Meaning, Kings Island had a 300ft Intamin almost 3 decades before Cedar Point.
And because it is an Intamin, it does have reliability issues in high wind.
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When I first saw your history of magic mountain series I thought it was cool, but now you’re doing one about my home park???? I can tell this is gonna be one of my favorite series ever
Funny since magic mountain is my home park
@@appleman6290 nice I think I might be going this summer hopefully wonder woman opens before then
@@backrowproductions1608 pretty cool but I howl he does a sea world orlando video
That's what I thought
@@cameryn4705 yea it’ll be cool to see what he digs up about the animals they’ve kept there plus I just don’t know much about SeaWorld history anyways
I was at Kings island yesterday and today. Their 50th anniversary fireworks, drones, and light show is amazing. I love this park.
The History of Coney Island is insane in itself, being that it’s still open to this day as a water park keeping its history alive since 1886.
5:29 seeing that picture of racer as well as the other shots of the park and knowing what the exact same land looks like now is an unprecedentedly powerful feeling of gratitude. like, this was one of the best parks in the world when it opened, and now we have so much more than it did then. i will never understand people who knock kings island, its doing exactly what is what built to do just as well 50 years later
The best coaster video series on RUclips now getting a companion piece with a new park? Yes, please.
Hopefully this one improves on the last
Bro, I can’t wait to show this to my family. They have gone here since the 90s and I think they will love it. But I KNOW I will love it!
Thanks for spreading the love
I'm so proud to call Kings Island my home park!
before i even watch this, i want to please ask you to make many more of these with parks with long interesting histories PLEASE. your original one about magic mountain was so darn intriguing how you made the layout of the video & would love to see it for other parks such as my home park Knotts 🖤 keep up the good work !
Would also like Cedar Point & the Great America Parks. As a Minnesotan, would like Valleyfair but I don’t think our history is interesting enough for one of these.
Knotts is definitely on my short list even though i wouldnt be hitting a major milestone like a big anniversary
@@AirtimeThrills Canada's Wonderland would be good
Man!! Thank you! I've been going for 43 years now and still head up there about every 10 days. Pass it every day on the way to and from work as well. A place of wonder and excitement. A truly special place!
KI is my home park, have probably been over 50 times, and ALWAYS an amazing time. This should be a bucket list park for everyone
Showed my brother the Six Flags Magic Mountain doc you made after spending a day there. He thoroughly loved it and kind of roller coaster geeked out with me lmao. We appreciate the time you put into these.
Thanks for sharing that, i appreciate it
ironically i recently got a book about the history of kings island as i visited there, well guess i get even more knowledge nuggets
11:26 heard this and thought "wow thats a lot" and then realized that their most recent addition alone is the same price as the entire park when it opened
The amount of research and hours of lost sleep should make you proud. The Magic Mountain Series was epic and this only makes me want to visit Kings Island even more. .
Thanks! Yeah the amount of time this takes from the research to the writing to finding clips is crazy so i appreciate the views
That ending was sick! Very intimidating and conveyed the exact emotions such a massive attraction probably did to park locals back in the 70s. Awesome first part!
Like Kings Island, this began with a bang! Awesome first episode and I love that you made Coney Island such a major part of this episode and didn’t just gloss over it. I’ve heard people talk about Coney Island being a big deal back in its prime and can now understand why.
It does seem like Coney Island was lost to history but it had a ton of major coasters for its time
Oh man, this was on my wishlist after watching your Magic Mountain series last year and knowing this year would be KI’s 50th anniversary. Truly special and emotional for me. Growing up in southern Indiana, Kings Island was an absolute dreamland of my childhood, and now as a 39 year-old coaster enthusiast, I have a season pass and adore this place beyond words. Once you see the skyline from I-71, and especially once you pass through the turnstiles and see the glory that is International Street, it evokes a feeling of joy, nostalgia, and wonder unlike anything else in this world. I took my daughter to Winterfest as her first trip there in December, and I’m stoked to take her for her first normal park day on Saturday.
Thank you so much for your hard work and effort putting this together for us!
That's awesome, when was your first time there?
@@AirtimeThrills Hard to remember because my parents took me there when I was a little kid. Some time in the late ‘80s when I was around 4-6. My daughter is five now. I remember Vortex being brand new and hugely popular, and it excited and terrified me in ways I can’t describe. The Racer was my first “adult” coaster, but Vortex was the one that defined my initial terror of and then subsequent excitement for coasters. Chickened out on it the first year I was tall enough to ride, then mustered up the courage the following year. I’m guessing that was ‘90-‘91, age 7-8.
Can’t wait to see the the rest of the series. It’s my home park and at this point second home. Glad to see it’s gonna be a multipart series instead of one episode
This might be my favourite series so far. It’s just so interesting
Very nicely done! It took an Oklahoma transplant from California to actually give my Southern Ohio home park the attention it deserves!!
Weird how that works right? Well kings island deserves it
I love this series.
OMG! I’m jumping for joy, you’ve decided to do this. Well deserved. My #1 park for a reason. It certainly is a special place!
Oh boy, another documentary! Thumbs up, good sir.
Excellent teaser closing - and not expected with that Beast lead-in! Nicely done🎉
I have been wait four long months for this and with school out soon I’m sure I will rewatch this series many times over the summer (btw I loved your magic mountain documentary)
From the man that convinced me to experience King's Island for myself, comes a documentary about it. I love airtime thrills! I can't wait for part 2.
I'm happy to hear I inspired your trip there
@@AirtimeThrills I already wanted to visit KI, but your video about it being your new favorite definitely pushed me over the edge.
This is great as my home park that I grew up 5 minutes away from my whole life I remember days going there with my cousins and Friends and even days we didn't go we had a perfect view of the fireworks every night.
Can't wait for the rest of this series.
Excellent work!
These park histories are great. I can't wait to continue watching!
A very good start to the series. Looking forward to the next episode.
Ah man, the Beast part was chill inducing. KI is the greatest, I'm glad you agree.
I was so excited to see this video posted! I loved the Magic Mountain documentary, I'm loving the Kings Island documentary so far! I hope you cover more parks in the future! Excited for the next one!
Ive been waiting for this since u mentioned a big KI series!
Oooh, another cool park history series! Kings Island is a park that I'd love to visit some day, so this will be interesting.
Awesome work! I can't wait for the rest of it!-Kyle
I was so looking forward to seeing this series drop. Thanks for featuring King’s Island!
Thank you so much for this series. I am such an Amusement park nerd i love them! These videos have the most historical footage and pictures ive seen than the other KI history vids. My mom went to KI when she was a little girl back when Screamin Demon was brand new. She talked about the Smurfs, and hanna barbera. When i got old enough to go she took me and my step bro at the time. She talked all about it the day before we went and described and we were so amazed lol It was my first amusement park so its kinda sentimental to me if that makes sense. I was 6 or 7 when i went the first time, im almost 30 now. Ever since i have loved Amusement parks i guess some of us never grow up. Anyway thanks again for this im gonna share this with my mom she will love it too she loves history.
Thanks for watching! I hope your moms loves it and brings back some memories.
I've been a fan of your channel for a long time. When you mentioned "an upcoming documentary" on my home park in some of your prior videos, I was excited, but a 5-part series is so far above what I was anticipating. Loved episode 1 and cannot wait for the rest. Will be sharing this with family and friends alike!
Thanks! And i appreciate the sharing
As good as KI is, they have so much room for expansion! Hopefully they continue to receive love from CF.
One of the few parks that actually has tons of space
OMG I'm soooo excited for this! Your Magic Mountain one was amazing & I'm sure this one will be too!
Funny enough I had my first visit to this park on Wednesday and I fell in love with this park. It's cool to see the history of it, good work!
Loved seeing so many of my dad’s pics in this video! Great job Chris.
Dude the intro gave me chills holy
im so happy ur doing this for my home park bro
Thank you so much for starting this series! I just had my first ever Kings Island trip last week where I made The Beast my 100th coaster credit! I fell in love with the park and it’s easily the best in the Cedar Fair chain, and honestly might be a top 3 for me with Islands of Adventure and Disneyland. Knowing this park had a long history before Cedar Fair and being such high quality in vibes, operations, and attractions, I have been wanting to find some content on the parks history and this seems perfect! Thank you!
I hope you enjoy it over the next 4 weeks
@@AirtimeThrills well I did enjoy this week! Looks like this series is gonna be as good as Kings Island’s ops amirite???? 👉😀👉
Been excited for this series! Kings Island has such an interesting history, gonna be a great series
Oh that was such a fun and informative watch. I first went to King's Island in 1988. The Vortex was new, King Cobra only a few years old. We rode the monorail through the safari. The dark ride in Hanna-Barbera land was a Smurfs boat ride. Scooby-Doo was called The Beastie and was my first coaster. Captain Caveman was dancing and spinning in circles in front of the fountain when we entered the park. I remember the Canton Log Flume back by The Beast. The pizza was phenomenal. They still had the areas where you could drive RC cars and boats. We would go on White Water Canyon and get soaked. Subsequently, I grew up going almost every year after that. I remember when Adventure Express was first installed. I remember when Paramount bought the park and put in Days of Thunder, Top Gun and Outer Limits Flight of Fears. They had the Mirth Mobile from Wayne's World in a walkthrough exhibit. Face Off came after that. I went after my Senior Prom with my graduating class in 02' and rode Son of Beast for the first time. I went with my girlfriend at the time in 2010 and we had a blast and fell deeper in love. We now have a 4 year old and our second baby is due any day now. I'm taking my daughter to King's Island for the first time later this year and can't wait for The Beastie/Woodstock Express to be her first coaster too. I wish Phantom Theatre was still there so she could experience that, but Boo Blasters will have to do. I absolutely love King's Island it's been a staple in my life since I was 4 years old and I will be going to the park every year until the day I leave this Earth. Thank you for stirring up so many good memories Chris. I appreciate it buddy.
Glad to bring back a little nostalgia
I love these documentary series that you are starting to do. These and ElToroRyan's "Problematic Coasters" are must watches for me when I get the notifications.
That Cloverfield roar at the end actually scared me!🤣
Mission accomplished!
Thank you for making this! I absolutely loved the Magic Mountain Doc. Excited for Kings Island!
Very well done Chris! I loved all the random stats & facts! Also, the story-telling was great, especially with Coney Island, which has always fascinated me!
Very Good Job! My first trip to KI was June 1975, I was 6.
Glad to see you're doing more documentaries like you did for Magic Mountain.
I can not count how many times I went to this park growing up, and this video is bringing back some great memories. Thank you for doing this series.
This is such a cool thing to do. I love the history behind parks and attractions. We are visiting KI this summer for the first time and coming from the U.K. knowing all this background makes it even more special. Appreciate all the work you put into this. Off to watch episode 2!
What a loving tribute to my home park! I don’t know why, but I cried seeing the history of how Coney Island was linked to the development of Kings Island. Thank you! Looking forward to the rest of the series!
The ending gave me chills! Great work! :)
Great vid, I can't wait to see the next one on this journey of Kings Island History. I enjoyed the celeb cameo at 18:28 😀
This is just so fucking fantastic. This project, as well as your similar one to Magic Mountain are just so superb. So informative, so well written. The integrated old stills/footage while you’re referencing them, it’s just so well put together. So impressive!!! Cannot wait for episode two.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words
YEEEEES!!!! Since the SFMM, I was wondering of any other park would recieve a documentary. And I am so glad you choosed KI to keep going these series ^^ congrats and thanks for tour excelent work!
So excited for this series!!!
I love love love these documentaries you been doing about theme parks, awesome work, keep it up!
Spectacular job! Great footage! Kings Island is my home park. (The original Bat, Son of Beast, and Vortex were some of my favorites).
Thanks for watching!
Love these deep dives Chris! Keep it up!
I love your video essays; looking forward to the rest of the series.
Amazing footage and research Chris. Already a masterpiece at episode one !
Yay! I love these videos! Your Magic Mountain one was amazing! Keep up the great work!
Great video! You have no idea how excited I was to hear that this will be 5 parts
Awesome work as always Chris. Kings Island is my home park and I’ve really been looking forward to this. Can’t wait to see the rest of the doc!
Loved the magic mountain series even though I've never been! I've known about you doing this and have been waiting, as KI has been my home park for 20+ years! Thank you so much for the time and effort for this content.
The old footage you get is really great. It really brings the stories to life.
Fantastic production! Cant wait for Episode 2
What an incredible history of this park! We almost never hear about parks like this, living on the west coast. Thanks Chris for putting in the effort for this great series!
Great job! Excited to see more episodes soon!
I am so excited for this series.
ALL HAIL Airtime Thrills documentaries! So excited for this!
Great video and great work on it! I enjoyed watching and am looking forward to watching the rest of the series!
Thanks for the heart!
That's fascinating. For someone who lives in Canada. This is very interesting. When they started building Canada's Wonderland, it was nothing but farmers fields. Opened May 23rd 1981. Hearing the history of other Cedar Fair parks is interesting. You bet I will be watching this all.
YESSSS
the quality is so damn good!
can’t wait for the next episode
This is absolutely fantastic!
Kings Island may not be Cedar Point but still an important amusement park. Great Video.
Magic Mountain series was great hope these keep coming
This is awesome Chris! Thanks for taking the time and energy to make this. I’ll be sure to share with friends!
Thanks! I appreciate you sharing it
Great opening episode man...your work is always top notch. Keep up the good work. It is definitely appreciated.👍
Thanks!
Can’t wait to watch the others. Great work, really well done.
Thanks!
I'm super excited to see episode 2!
Hey AT. I know these type of videos are tough and time consuming but you alway do an amazing job!!! Can’t wait for the next one! I love these videos! You are so good at this! ✌️🤙👏👏👏
Thanks! I appreciate it
The bread company I work for services Kings Island and the old Coney Island. It was interesting to go there and see where it all started and the history. I have seen the flood marker at Coney and it makes you understand why they moved.
Oh wow I didn’t know that Coney Island had any relation to Kings island. This was very interesting and very good. I’m looking forward for the next part!
I’ve been waiting for this, loved the Magic Mountain one.
I was first exposed to you with your mini doc on Geauga Lake and ever since then I have been fascinated by your channel. When I heard you were going to do a documentary on Kings Island, my home park growing up in a town north of Dayton, Ohio, I was stoked knowing the quality you put into your videos. Great job on part 1, including facts not just about Kings Island but also the surrounding attractions like the Jack Nicklaus golf course and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Your best work yet.
Been excited for this! Can’t wait to watch!
Same here! And great content man!
Awesome stuff.. buddy, glad i waited a few.. im on to episode 2
this looks like the start of something amazing, can't wait to see how all 5 parts turn out!
I hope you do a series for Carowinds next year for their 50th!
This is freaking awesome!
One word, EPIC! Two words, Well Done.
Thanks!
I look forward to your Christmas re-release of this entire documentary getting over a million views in the span of a few weeks.
Me too. Considering like the magic mountain one the individual episodes didnt do well, that full length one was great for me
Ooh a new series. Loved the Magic Mountain one so I’m sure this will be great too