When a man named Gary Wachs bought the land to create Kings Island in 1969, the cemetery plot came with the land acquisition. Rather than interfere with the burial grounds, Kings Island officials elected instead to simply build their amusement park around the small cemetery.

The Taft Broadcasting Company opened Kings Island, as an expansion of sorts to a park on the Ohio River called Coney Island. Kings Island is large, at 364 acres. Usually, however, no park attendees get injured. One sad day in 1991, however, three people died on the same day, in separate incidents.

Coney Island
When Kings Island first opened in 1972, a section of the park was dedicated to its predecessor, Coney Island.

Vortex (Kings Island)

Kings Island, 1991: A 32-year-old Toledo woman fell from the ride called Flight Commander in June 1991 and died. State investigators determined there was a design flaw in the ride, and Kings Island later restricted beer sales after it was found Taylor was intoxicated when the incident happened.

The park has a history of accidents, some being the fault of the park and some being the fault of guests who weren’t following safety procedures. As recently as 2015, a man was killed by Cedar Point’s Rapture roller coaster.

The river crested at 80 feet in Cincinnati, which is still the highest the river has ever gotten. Thousands in town were left homeless, and many landmarks were flooded. One of those landmarks was Coney Island, which was the home of the relatively new carousel ride at the time.

Mystic Timbers is a wooden coaster located in the Rivertown section of Kings Island. The ride was announced and constructed during the 2016 season, and opened the following year on April 15, 2017. The coaster’s entrance and queue line replaced the former queue line of White Water Canyon, which has since been relocated.

Kings Island released a statement about the early closure: “The safety of our guests and associates is always our top priority. On Saturday, the decision was made to close the park 30 minutes early due to unruly behavior and altercations involving a number of teenagers.

In 1989, two boys leaped out of the Logger’s Run ride, also at California’s Great America. One of the boys died. Certainly, blame cannot be leveled at the park for this incident. Unfortunately, the naïveté of young and foolishly adventurous boys was responsible for this tragic event.

A man has died after riding a roller coaster at the Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati, Ohio. MASON, Ohio (AP) – Kings Island amusement park says it has reopened a roller coaster a day after the death of a man who had been riding it. Emergency personnel took the man to a hospital, where he later died.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Kings Island/Owners
Kings Island is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), a publicly traded partnership and one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world. The Company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, two outdoor waterparks, one indoor waterpark and four hotels.

It reopened on July 4, 2007, but closed indefinitely on June 23, 2009, following another injury report. Park officials confirmed on March 15, 2010, that they had no plans to reopen the ride. It was removed from Kings Island’s park map and the ride list on the official web site in early 2010.

Park officials confirmed on March 15, 2010, that they had no plans to reopen the ride. It was removed from Kings Island’s park map and the ride list on the official web site in early 2010. After reviewing all options, Kings Island officials announced on July 27, 2012, that Son of Beast would be taken down to allow for more park expansion.

Also known as The Demon. First looping roller coaster at Kings Island and one of the first in the country to run forwards and backwards through a loop. The ride was sold and relocated to Camden Park in West Virginia where it was renamed to Thunderbolt Express. It last operated there in 1999 and was demolished in November 2004.

Also known as The Demon. First looping roller coaster at Kings Island and one of the first in the country to run forwards and backwards through a loop. The ride was sold and relocated to Camden Park in West Virginia where it was renamed to Thunderbolt Express.