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Sorry for the short hiatus! I'm likely not going to post as frequently as I have been, as I'm - for lack of a better word - simply running out of Kings Island photos. Expect quite a few photos from other parks in the near future lol

Anyways, one of my favorite things to do at Kings Island is go down to White Water Canyon not for the actual water ride, but to watch people passing by the geyser area and take in the unique sounds, smells, and views of the beautiful surrounding area, ESPECIALLY of Mystic Timbers. There aren't very many opportunities to get that close to a wooden coaster in general, so I always find myself feeling enchanted whenever I get such a close look at this beautiful GCI woodie, especially as the trains zoom past and overhead at thrilling speeds!

Also bonus: The Mystic Timbers track is right next to the White Water Canyon geysers, meaning that you not only have a super cool view of a unique wooden coaster right there, but you also have a designated area to lovingly torment people on a water ride >:)

(Images 1-4 taken May 27, 2024)

(Images 5-6 taken June 13, 2024)

Can we take a moment to talk about how The Beast is potentially implied to hibernate through the winter?

I mean-

So there's "Beast Day," which is a play on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is entirely centered around the fact that groundhogs hibernate. So...what I want to know is does The Beast hibernate through the winter, or - from an in-universe perspective - is there just a random guy/group of people who go out one day in February every year and watch this giant, terrifying, man-eating monster that DOESN'T hibernate wake up to see if it sees its shadow or not? What's going on there? XD

I'm officially going to Kings Island again on Monday!!! (July 1st)

HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, if I made a random "ask the Kings Island roller coasters" blog, would any of you interact with it?

Happy first day of Kings Island being a Six Flags park now I guess lmao

Happy birthday to Orion at Kings Island, one of only 7 giga coasters in the world! I rode it yesterday and had one of my smoothest rides yet! It's certainly a top tier coaster in my books!

(Images taken July 1, 2024)

It's like I can't escape this place XD /pos

(Image taken 7/3/2024)

Psst!

...Psst!

Hey guys!

Do you want to see some Mystic Timbers shed photos?

*opens my secret stash*

(⚠️Mystic Timbers shed spoilers under the cut!!! I'd highly recommend going into the experience blind if you get the opportunity!!! You have been warned!!!⚠️)

THE SHED!!!

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that the shed has day/night lighting, with there being more regular lights on during the day and more blacklights on at night? Plus the sheer amount of STUFF that has been packed into this building on the sides, including the fact that there's words of warning painted all over the walls in blacklight paint. There's so much fun stuff to look at, and I absolutely love the attention to detail!

Okay, but in all seriousness, don't do this. Do not take your phone out on a roller coaster. I am an idiot and you should not do what I have done here. All of these photos were taken while the ride was STOPPED. We were NOT MOVING and were SITTING MOTIONLESS ON THE BREAK RUN when these images were taken. While you shouldn't take your phone out on a roller coaster IN GENERAL, you ESPECIALLY shouldn't take it out while you're moving. You could very easily drop it and hurt someone, and nobody wants that.

Anyways, I hope that there's someone out there who's just as happy as me to have some inside Mystic shed references. They're practically impossible to find (and for good reason) lol

(Image 1 taken April 20, 2024)

(Images 2-3 taken May 27, 2024)

(Images 4-6 taken July 3, 2024.)

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@ask-the-kings-island-coasters

So I did it XD

HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, if I made a random "ask the Kings Island roller coasters" blog, would any of you interact with it?

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE BEAST EVEN LONGER???

WHAT???

Oh, Flight of Fear launch tunnel. How I adore you <3

(Image taken July 27, 2024)

I'm cooking up a new KI lore post at the moment! This time about Mystic Timbers' timeline! Stay tuned!

Welcome to the newest edition of the ✨KINGS ISLAND LORE!!!✨ Mystic Timbers edition!!!

It's been a while since I've done one of these, huh?

As always, my posts about the Kings Island lore will be under the tag #kings island lore. If there's anything you want to know or any questions you have, feel free to let me know! I'm always happy to talk!

Now buckle up, because we're going through the entire timeline of Mystic Timbers!!!

The story of Mystic Timbers - much of which can be heard via the radio of the truck at the ride's entrance (high-quality videos exist on YouTube if you want to give it a listen of your own!) - starts in the year 1982 when the Miami River Lumber Co. purchases forest land just northeast of Rivertown, taking note of the railroad (K.I. and Miami Valley Railroad) in order to transport timber. They get straight to work clearing out the area to build the mill when they come across the foundations of an old wooden shed that once stood on the grounds. Thinking that they've gotten lucky (that's one less foundation they have to put in!), they build a new shed overtop of the foundation of the old one.

A year passes - we're now in 1983 - and construction has finished. Everyone's ready to start working proper when the superintendent of the company disappears, leaving no trace behind beyond a scribbled note next to the coke machine in the workshop that reads "DON'T GO IN THE SHED". Regardless, the mill opens the next day. It was around 2:00 pm when 13 workers who were loading a haul into the shed had an encounter something of paranormal nature (likely with the Mystic Timbers tree, but it's never expressly stated what they encountered) and subsequently ran for their lives, some of them hopping in a truck and accidentally smashing it against a tree by the front gate (we all know what truck that is!). Only 4 out of the 13 people definitively made it out, with the whereabouts or fates of the other 9 unknown to this day.

From here, the lumber company & the surrounding area became overrun by a medusa-like growth of vines as the forest seemingly came to life and nature moved in to reclaimed its land. There was a total of 66 men and women who entered the lumber company and were never seen again during this time. Not long after it opened, the Miami River Lumber Company was shut down, condemned by the authority of Department 47, a fact which we learned via a sign posted on the entrance to the "Abandoned" scare zone in 2023.

The Bureau of Paranormal Activity naturally took an interest in the plant-based paranormal activity of the area and converted the now-abandoned lumber company into an off-base substation (designated "0017") in order to do research the strange goings-on of the lumber mill.

Being a spooky abandoned place with ghost stories now, the Miami River Lumber Co. became a hotbed for urban explorers and dumb teenagers who wanted to check the place out for themselves. While many are eventually deterred by the security guard who's on duty there for the sole purpose of keeping these people out of this highly dangerous paranormal hotspot (which begs the question for many of these explorers: Why would an abandoned lumber company need a security guard?), those who make their way in soon find themselves drawn to the shed, encountering the monster(s) that lie within. Presumably, as the riders, we too are among the unfortunate who were drawn to the shed. It's unknown what our fate is - if we survive the creature at the end or not - but what is known is that there's 3 different stories as to what's in the shed: a bat, a snake, and a tree. Whatever the real answer to the age-old question of "What's in the shed?" is, though, is up to your own interpretation (I'm impartial to the tree myself).

Then in October 2023, something new happened. Those 66 missing people returned, albeit forever changed into monsters themselves. Outsiders would step into Rivertown only to find themselves in a small abandoned lumber village that's haunted by something mysterious which has seemingly come from the forest themselves. It's believed that the human-shaped, chainsaw wielding, flannel-wearing monsters chasing you around are what's left of the old lumber yard workers from the past, but there's no way to truly know for sure. All that is known is that they seem to be evil in nature, and you should probably run for your life.

And that's everything on the story of Mystic Timbers that I've gathered so far! I hope y'all have enjoyed this stupidly long ramble about a really cool wooden roller coaster! Again, if you have any questions/things you'd like me to clarify, feel free to let me know!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!

KINGS ISLAND IS BRINGING BACK ABANDONED!!!

I CAN FINALLY GO THROUGH THE ZONE WHILE IT'S ACTIVE!!!

LET'S GOOO!!!

Before yesterday, I had never been stopped right under Invertigo's vertical loop in the queue before, but MY LORD-

That is beautiful :)

(Image taken September 1, 2024)

It will forever be funny to me that everyone on Facebook who's talking about Kings Island bringing back Alien Abyss is like "I hope it doesn't have the pitch black section! I hated that part!"

BRO WHAT DO YOU MEAN??? THAT'S THE SCARIEST BIT OF THE MAZE!!! THE PITCH BLACK SECTION WAS MY FAVORITE PART!!!!

PHANTOM THEATER VEHICLE SPOTTED OUTSIDE OF BOO BLASTERS!!!

(Image taken September 1, 2024)

Honestly, it's a crime that IMAScore never released the music for Orion on YouTube. Every time I walk into Area 72, it's like a WHOOSH of dopamine because of the beautifully majestic music playing over the speakers. The music is so perfect for Orion and I want to be able to beam it directly into my skull the same way I can with the Mystic Timbers music lol

KINGS ISLAND LORE MASTERPOST!!!

(Post last updated 9/29/2024)

KI lore intro & ATLAS Substation Overview Map

Project X Initiative

"Beast Day" Implications (more of a short ramble than a full lore post, but I thought it'd be good to put in anyway)

Mystic Timbers Timeline

GUESS WHO'S GOING TO HAUNT!!!