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Here's Mystic Timbers queue and station posters for the soul

Plus some bonus Winterfest station posters!

Images 1-6 taken October 22, 2022

Images 7-8 taken November 25, 2023

Happy 7th birthday to Mystic Timbers!

I rode this coaster the year it opened and it has stuck with me ever since, becoming a must-ride every time I go to the park. It's amazing to think that a whole 7 years has passed since we got this ride and FINALLY found out what's in the shed!

Shoutout to the section of the Mystic Timbers theme that's in 7/4 time signature for seemingly no reason other than to be dramatic

(Here's the link to it on YouTube in case you want to give it a listen: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fBgfVySMX7Y&t=2s&pp=ygUZbXlzdGljIHRpbWJlcnMgc291bmR0cmFjaw%3D%3D)

Mmmmystic Timbers......

This coaster is so photogenic at night lol

(Images taken April 20, 2024)

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)

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.)

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!!!