The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 29

The Cincinnoti Post Sotufdoy April 21 1979 79 Americana offers Jello-jump giveaway shows Stein Past Hat One of the places you probably never thought you'd end up in the bottom of a huge bowl of lime Jello But next month 300 persons will They'll be jumping into 800 gallons of the staff at Americana Amusement Park 300 persons will be diving in after car keys to a $13000 Trans-Am Pontiac which we will be giving away in May" said Bill Robinson vice president of operations Robinson said that persons will he chosen at the park' over a three-day we haven't set the dates so and another 120 'will be chosen through a radio promotion Sets of car will be inside pieces of plastic fruit Each diver will pick out one set At the end of the weekend all 300 will line up and try to open the car door with his set of keys The one that opens Uie car wins it' IF JKLLO swimming isn't your thing the park also is offering a movie called the American Thrill Show" A special building has been built to house a 180-degree screen which shows viewers roller coaster rides an airplane ride through the Grand Canyon and a ride down the Colorado River rapids The animated musical Bear Jubilee" that premiered last year will be repeated And the Hanneford Circus will offer new acts The park formerly known as Le-Sourdsville Lake will have live entertainment planning three country shows" said Robinson They are Dave and Sugar Sonny James and Margo Smith Robinson also is arranging for the Battle of the that would involve rock bands from the tri-state area competing throughout a weekend for a grand prize A custom car show featuring more than 120 autos is scheduled for June And there will be 10 disco nights for teen-agers at Stardust Gardens on successive Tuesday nights Americana is 30 miles north ot Cincinnati five miles off 1-75 The park is now open for preview ends ami begins daily operations Memorial Day weekend Admission $050 for adults: SI for children 4 and 5 years of age: senior citizens 60 and older $250 children 3 years or younger free The park has 40 rides Hours: 10 am 11 pm Fridays Sundays and holidays 11 am 10 pm Mondays through Thursdays KENWOOO MALL fVOQ 1 lonjj I "A CLASSIC SfcsS' STRONGLY AFFECTING EXPERIENCE WITH EXCEPTIONAL AND THRILLING PERFORMANCES" CHarmCnamcOv IDS Deer Hunter is one of the all-time films a great achievement Oslo Stevens Cincinnati Poet Carousef 2:1 Studio 9JjM2d)0j Hmwin frt-Cowriy nea AHCMIII WINtTf ft MV Pmtt It's a powerful film And an important one a marvel of craftmanship" Toni McEHiMh CM Enq WINNER of Academy Awards BEST PICTURE DIRECTOR Michael Cimino SUPPORTING ACTOR Christopher Walken ROBERT DENRO A MICHAEL CIMINO FILM A RONEY OF A MOVIE- Of SWHJJMC-TV The Innocent Vimmlsi Nmawl Er ot a Dinbuiral Murrmpr CjlANCARLO QIANNNH Jennifer GNjeill FRANCO ZETFUIUi Fllll UNIVERSAL PICTURES EM) FILMS DIE KtN HUNTER" JOHN JOHN MERYL CHRISTOPHER CUALE-SAVME-SIREEP- WALKEN N-awa DERIC WASHBURN MICHAEL CIMINO OENC WASHBURN LOUIS GARFINKLE 0UINN REDEKER JOANN CARELU MARION ROSENBERG JOANN CARELU taw VILM0S ZSIGMON0 It mmi MICHAEL CIMINO Bn iim iMMte arr1 CHAMP mvoKXT mriMAiw mavscwjttR jack awn wihur Hm-fcsc dm cash fcrtud bt DVSGH IMU DmM In fRMCO IFFIREUI $38 million Beast shows and more at Kings Island 8 ANAUrW ran MLEAMNC I IMIMVMIM No Pmn or Discount 1b This Engagement! I Ww I Syndrome iminm is first-rate melodrama nCEEHKHtPI that works from beginning to linrttn (ant CSD Rib romantic OSEO smash best-seller now tnrh Times gQj "AnnpeAly soil expertly craftei riveting entertainment hard BcIhUmL Time Magma (Hlgfceat Rating) KatMeee CarvaH Daftly Mean By Jerry Stein Post staff reporter The Beast Kings Island's $38 million roller coaster will be the favorite pet of thrill-seekers this season for tamer souls among the 3 million people who William Price vice president and general manager of Kings Island hopes will pass through the park's the entertainment on tap might run a close second to the 70-mph Beast's dips tunnels and curves tried to strike ah entertainment balance" said Price million dollars have been spent on Kings Island for the summer of 79 "There will be two shows in the American Heritage Theater 'The Yabba Dabba Doo Caperoo' will have Fred Flintstone trying to become king of Kings Island show features live actors in costumes designed by Mark Ashley who did the costumes for our popula Sid and Marty Draft puppet show wi had in the old airbubble theater few years back -wf v'Si uesftii sens DCFROMEf uuEaiinssi rawa ism FElD 'iDCT iHEUiR GGM IpgI iissatGii REEVE HEP WATJJT-MCKtt COOPf HBheUAMU ST WAMKft MQl amajmcAnoes coennwi SorrloPasMsfecegtd wau i on another thrill ride we will be introducing next year I'll just say that the ride goes high and low has no tracks or wheels and it turns to the left and fast There is nothing like it in any other theme THE BEAST which has vertical drops of 135 and 141 feet and at its highest point towers 105 feet already is making its appeal obvious weekend" Price said drew 19-000 That is 3tNia to 4000 more than we drew in the same weekend last ear at this time" Total attendance year was 26 million The government notably the Consumer Product Safety Commission is concerned about the ever-increasing heights speeds and mechanical acrobatics of new rides Late last year a woman was thrown to her death from the Colossus roller coaster at Magic Mountain amusement park in Los Angeles Until the advent of the Beast the Colossus was the highest roller coaster in the world with its 115-foot drop used every precaution" Dinn said Beast was tested with sandbags (serving as riders in the car) added and (gravity) forces were measured" And Price added "John Allen who designed the Racer (Kings Island's twin roller coaster) was involved in the planning (of the Beast) We had a civil engineer and hired outside consultants also have sophisticated controls on it By electronic configuration we can tell where every car is at all times And started slowly We only ran two of the four cars last weekend run three this weekend and finally put four The Walt Disney parks are fighting the Safety Commission's efforts to inspect their tramway rides (sky-lifts) after one of the cars at Magic Mountain crashed and killed a man and a similar incident occurred at Six Flags Over Mid-America near St Louis That accident took three Uves PRICE said Kings Island would have no objection to commission inspection have had no requests to do so so he said did fill out an inquiry about the skyride we have and sent it in because it was designed by the same company that designed the Six Flags When Kings Island opened eieht years ago its size was 120 acres the addition of Wild Animal Safari in 1974 we more than doubled the space" Price said If the Football Hall of Fame hotel and golf course are counted the park owns 1670 acres with the 70 new acres it purchased this year About 825 acres remain undeveloped Kings Island is off 1-71 20 miles north of Cincinnati The park is now open for preview weekends Daily operations begin May 26 through Labor Day The park opens at 10 a Admission: $950: children 2 or under free senior citizens 60 and over $7 Urywekl 5 Jane Fonda Best Actor Jon Voighl Best Original Screenplay WiM SjRiRMtrtC Jams Slsrg ly Njy I show cost $500000 and we had to build a new wing on the American Heritage to accommodate it" Price said Yabba Dabba' show will be presented earlier in the day And Kings Island will repeat last year's $250 ono salute to the American musical York New in the Heritage Theater in the afternoons and evenings In the International Showplace two more shows will be another edition of "Singing to the a revue of pop music and a musical titled Around the set to start swinging in early June A country-western show paying tribute to country artists and a dolphin show with trained seals as co-stars also are featured entertainments Although entertainment is a costly item for the theme park Price said are becoming more important in long-range planning NOW the surveys we take say that 80 percent of our patrons are 34 or younger But the demographics also tell us that there is a growing older segment of the population And this segment enjoys shows addition to live shows the coming thing will be more animated shows or what we call electroanimation Shows get a lot of repeat However entertainment is not likely to push aside the thrill delegation conducted 600 interviews that lasted two or three hours each in which families were asked about what they wanted in a theme park and it was the thrill Price said didn't get into the psychology of that but there must be something in the American metabolism that wants thrills and we have to plan for them on a long-range basis fact our designer of the Beast Charlie Dinn now is working IN THE 25th CENTURY4! a Mt mi nsut aiu raw i vr tJalgMMMj 1 picture Li diuiiriiw a new Hole Holmes £nfiiint Si has Watson team that is as good as any ever DALE STEVENS Cincinnati hnl iSMag 5:301 a JEROME HEILMAN imm HAL ASHBY Jane Fonda JonVoight Bruce Dem IWMIVWIDO SAUi ROBERTO JONES Oar NANCY DOWD BRUCE GILBERT wcms JEROME HELLMAN ihmi HAL ASHBY TSSStSS! £rfAivASlaaj SlK I nnsa pi i ntMTHr WCW IVCNT WHTHnni Rsslridid EbiibiriiI Stamne CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER JAMES MASON SUSAN CLARK Murder ry Decree AVCO EMBASSY PICTUFiES Pels 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