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tigellinus

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  1. ^^Hey, I'm actually thinking about trying to hire Jackson to document an upcoming KI trip of mine. I'm planning a trip with a friend from out of town, and I somewhat hate photography and the kid does good work!! For me, I think he really "captures" KI in a really great "theme park way" that I dig! He has an eye for it!!

    Plus, in addition to paying him, I also might have to give him a VIP pass since our time at KI will be short and I won't want to wait in any lines. Hopefully I can make this trip happen!

    But yeah, jackson should kick butt with this contest!

  2. ^ This is where the decision to only allow either RWW ERT or DB ERT hurts. How great would it be to simply rotate between the RWW ERT rides until 9:30 Sunday and then power-ride DB starting at 9:30. I'm fairly sure this was designed to keep waits for DB ERT relatively manageable, but still, it would have been nice to have had the best of both worlds.

    I'm sure it's just easier for KI that way, so I don't fault them (despite what I may want). If anything, the ERT on Sunday morning (and even Saturday for that matter) could be really sweet with the restrictions. But as of now, I have no idea which one I'll be picking.

  3. ^^I'd still rather wait 45 mins in the main queue for a ride in either car 1 or 8 then 10 mins in the SRL for a ride in car 4...but that's just me.

    I think the way they have the SRL now is about as good as it could be. Yeah, having the line separate from the main queue would be good to avoid people in the main queue jealously looking at someone flying past them (not that their wait will be long anyway!), but IMO, if the SRL reaches past the corner then it's too long anyway I think.

    The only issue I see is expediency in returning SRL cards to the entrance greeter, but my last day at KI (4/25) I thought they were doing an excellent job of that!! (or else maybe let you wait for a card)

    While I still detest the seat assigning, despite seat requesting seeming to be easier now provided the seat you're requesting doesn't have a long line already, if and when they ever get rid of the seating assigning (I dunno about 09, but Behemoth stopped at the end of May last year), then the SRL almost becomes obsolete.

  4. ^^Maybe...but having to be at KI at 7:50 am for the RWW ERT on Sunday, following D-back ERT from the "night" before extending past 1:00 am will be no easy pill to swallow...as tempting as the Firehawk ERT is (and it looks VERY tempting), there's still a really good chance that I'll be at D-back ERT Sunday morning anyway.

  5. With the wait times we've seen in the early season I could see someone getting 20+ rides in on one day if they were committed.

    Saturday, April 25th I got 19...and that was with only 4 SRL rides and riding 4 other things too.

    I could see near 40 D-back rides in one day being possible even if KI wasn't dead if you power rode by SRL and the SRL wasn't too long each time.

  6. ^^I think he means the latter...when Maverick was announced and being built it admittedly didn't look very intimating or thrilling to many, including me. I mean, a first drop <100'?!?

    However, it surprised me and others as well and is actually a ferocious monster that packs a mean punch! It's my 3rd favorite steel coaster, and I've been on many!!

    Plus, unlike for others...I ride Maverick in a unique way, which frees me from any arm/shoulder bruising.

  7. ^^If it's any consolation, after two weekends of riding Diamondback dozens of times, I already feel kind of burned out myself! I guess the old adage of even guys with hot girlfriends can get bored is true!!

    I got three rides in during ERT this morning. The trains would only have 5-10 people on them, pretty nice.

    So does this mean the trim was either off or barely grabbing? Also, I wonder if they're still assigning seats with this amount of dead-ness?

  8. Diamondback is a near walk-on!!

    Definitely pretty jealous, but I also think if I was there, the ride op's would be thinking, "Seriously, dude, are there not other rides here?! Is there not another world out there besides the Diamondback queue and station!?" So it's probably for the better I'm not there, attempting like 40 D-back rides today!

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