Hi KI Fans,
Well its been quite a long time since I last posted here and that's because I have not visited KI in that time. The boy and I last visited during the Halloween season of 2009.
But yesterday we closed out the summer season with an out of the ordinary Monday trip. I figured that visitors would be less than on a summer weekend... and this seemed to be the case, but not by much.
The boy, now 10, is tall enough to meet the most stringent heighth requirements, so he can now ride anything in the park... and ride we did!
Here is the list of NEW to us (meaning first-ever ride) but OLD (meaning at least dating from the 2010 season) rides we enjoyed together:
Firehawk
Flight of Fear
Invertigo-started to "grey" out
Diamondback
While I could have experienced these rides at any time, it was important to me to wait for the boy to get old enough so that we could ride them together... some Dads choose say a ballgame for this bonding, but I went with amusement park rides instead.
We also enjoyed the NEW/NEW Windseaker which provided much more thrill than I had given it credit prior to riding it, must have been the soaring height.
We did not get to ride these favorites before a storm deluge moved in over the park at about 8:30:
Delirum
Drop Tower
Flight Deck
and while NOT a favorite I usually try to ride SOB for completness, but I didn't see it run all day anyway. BTW I bought the boy a T shirt, the one that lists all the coasters with a check-box on the back. Strangely it does not list SOB. Is this ride still in opereation?
Vking Fury and a number of others.
We caught a show, Snoopy Rocks or whatever at theater, and it was entertaining. Then we enjoyed pizza & macaroni at the Festhaus.
At 46 the inner ear is beginning to betray me. I really like steel coasters and the the twists, turns, inversions etc that they offer. But many left me sweaty weak and a bit green. (The boy was fine.)
However, Diamondback delivers all the thrill with none of the side effect except shear delight. I can't stress how utterly satisfying the ride was for both the boy and me. Absolute speed, a smooth ride, soaring height, and great seats... what more can one ask for?
complete list in order:
1. Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
2. The Beast
3. The Vortex
4. Windseaker
5. Firehawk
6. Flight of Fear
7. Adventure Express
8. Congo Falls
9. Invertigo
10. Diamondback
11. White Water Canyon
12. Back Lot Stunt Coaster
13. The Racer
Looking forward to the next visit...