Kings Island was the first park from Taft Broadcasting; they had bought out old Cincinnati Coney Island when that park realized they need a major change in order to remain competitive. The Taft parks were the very few regionals not designed by Randall Duell and his amazing team; everything was done in-house with the help of Bruce Bushman. Bruce came from Disney, where he worked on the original Disneyland, then moved over to Hanna-Barbera. Taft bought that animation studio, and so Bruce was on-hand to help out with the new park in Ohio. It all turned out pretty good! Here’s a walk-around with the opening season 1972 map.