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I was looking through my MySpace blogs, and found two TRs. Here is one. My friend Sara and I went at the end of May to celebrate her graduation from RN school. May 27: We had lunch at Chick-Fil-A. We rode Power Tower twice (once on red seats and once on green/teal/blue seats), Maxair, Millennium twice, Raptor, Dragster, Wicked Twister, Maverick, front seat on Mantis, and front seat on Magnum. Then we left the park to check into Breakers Express, got some dinner at TGI Fridays, and went to the Sandusky mall so she could go shopping for a hoodie. I'd bought the pink hoodie with the pink CP logo and she didn't want to spend as much as I had. I was goofing off a little at the mall. Then we went back to the park and rode Maxair, and decided it was way too cold (it was 46 degrees) so we went back to the hotel. May 28: We were going to eat breakfast at the hotel but it was a la carte, and expensive. Not to mention the selection was pathetic, so we hopped in her 2008 Vue and went to McDonald's. Then it was off to the park, where we got in early because we have platinum passes. Check out how dead the park was. We rode Power Tower (red seats), Maverick, Mantis, Skyhawk, front seat on Millennium (that was fun), and I rode front seat of Dragster (that was nuts). Sara sat out for that ride on TTD, her first ride was her last. It was too much for her. We then realized we had gotten a huge ride count in a little over 24 hours, and we were both sunburnt and freezing, so we called it quits and headed home. Sara's GPS telling us we are in the middle of nowhere: Here I am: and here is Sara: I am quite proud of this photo, I got the Mantis train and the Millennium train in the same shot. And here are the rest of my photos I took during our trip: Thanks for looking!

That's not being mean, it's being brutally honest and making me laugh at the same time. Your answer is the kind I like!

I read on the KI events calendar that the Columbus Blue Jackets will be at Kings Island this Saturday. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/events/eve...04&ec_id=15 So I'm assuming there will be crowds. Above that, it's a weekend (more crowds), and the weather is supposed to be nice (even more crowds). My dad wants to go with me, but I am concerned that the park is going to be packed. Should we go, or find something else to do?

3 hours for Millennium Force. 2 hours 45 minutes for The Beast. Totally worth every second waiting for both.

Nice TR, and I like your unique perspective on everything. Invertigo is great if you keep your head back against the headrest so that your head doesn't get beat by the OTSRs. This goes for any ride that has them, and it seems to work for me. It appears that I missed out on a great time. Oh well, maybe next year.

I do know that I've only been on 2 B&M coasters, neither one of them a hyper (I know, my coaster count is still pretty low). Either way, I can't wait until the park strikes back! I only live an hour from KI. I am really excited about this coaster.

It just dawned on me that Kings Island had a (now defunct) coaster named King Cobra.. now they are naming the new one Diamondback.. KI seems to want a snake theme somewhere in their park.. maybe I'm the only one who noticed?..

I heard something like that when I was in line for Delirium once. Someone in front of me looked up when it was in full swing, and said "Can you imagine if that thing snapped off?"

I'm not making fun of anyone.. it just shocked me at the time. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

I posted a comment before you were done posting photos.. oops. I put the photo of the DB sign on the Eiffel Tower as my desktop wallpaper. You took some great photos.

Nice photos! I haven't had a chance to see the DB model yet, thanks for posting it. Invertigo is one of my favorites too. I've noticed SOB always has a huge wait when I go. I don't even bother with it. I went into Club Blood when it was open last year. It was completely disgusting I have to say, it was worth the wait in line.

I'm so using that one. Random little kid next to me on Drop Tower, about halfway up: "Have you ridden this before?" Me: "Only about 80 times." Kid: "I'm afraid of heights." Me: "You're afraid of heights, and you're riding this??" Kid: "Yeah, it's fun." I was in line for Millennium Force and this guy points to Power Tower, looks at his son, and says "We should ride that white thing." (you mean the white thing with the big bright red letters that say POWER TOWER??)

My vote was yes. Every time I'm in line for TTD at Cedar Point, I hear people screaming like they're being tortured on Iron Dragon.

I like every park I've been to. My worst park experience was when I went with a friend of mine to KI this summer. We were in line for Delirium and EIGHT PEOPLE line jumped in front of us. One of them kicked me in the back while pretty much pole vaulting over the hand rails, and didn't even bother to apologize. They were being loudmouths about starting a fight with anyone who had a problem with them line jumping. I reported them to the ride op, but she didn't believe me, and they were all allowed on the ride. On top of that, my friend's husband was calling and calling and calling because he wanted her to come home (some of his relatives were visiting), and because of that, we ended up leaving several hours before we had planned.

I literally have over a hundred photos that I've taken at CP, and at least 50 from KI. I love photo TRs. I might be going back to the Point or maybe KI August 23, so watch for another photo TR in about a week! The funny thing is that while I was at CP, I was walking toward Wicked Twister when I saw MaxAir in full swing.. I automatically thought "Delirium!!" and I felt a momentary twinge of homesickness for KI.

Oh ok.. in that case, thank you! I'm a member of two other coaster forums too and I'm aware of the search rule, but I'm about as absent minded as they get, so my first thought was "I should have searched for that topic first, duh *slaps self on forehead*"

I'm sorry.

When I was very little, my mom and dad would take me to Americana. I can't recall where it used to be as I know the park is now closed. I would like to hear your stories, see some photos, etc about your time there. It was the first amusement park I ever visited, and sadly the only recollection I have is a vague memory of being on some sort of sky ride with my dad. Several years ago, I saw a frosted shot glass with little carousel horses that they had bought from Americana, and they gave it to me. That vague memory of a sky ride (or Ferris wheel, I am really not sure) and this nostalgic little shot glass are all I have to remember Americana by. Also, can anyone tell me why it closed down?

Yes. I'm a KI platinum passholder, and I've used it to get in to CP 4 times this year. That pass gets you in to CP at 9 am (1 hour before the general public), so take advantage of that. Get to the gate around 8:30 so you can be one of the first in the park. That's what I always do. I did that last time and pretty much walked right on to Millennium Force. I got a second ride in on MF, and a ride on Maverick, all before 10 am.

I'm going to wait to renew my platinum pass. I plan on making a few more trips to both CP and KI this year, and I don't want to be limited to one visit. Plus if the benefits are only going to be good at KI, I'm definitely waiting to renew. I want my 9 am early entry for CP. The $10 discount just doesn't seem worth it right now. If I have to end up spending $150, I don't care. It's worth every cent. I've been to CP 4 times this year and KI 10 times, and I'm still not done.

I left my house at 5 am. I live a little over 3 hours away but I like to get a good parking spot, right in front of the entrance. The weather was nice all the way up there, and about 20 miles outside of Sandusky, I saw this: Then I looked at my AccuWeather radar on my phone for the area, and saw a nasty little red and yellow storm.. hovering right over CP. I remembered that the forecast had called for scattered thunderstorms, and I tried my best not to get even more depressed when this happened as soon as I got to Sandusky. As I was driving over the causeway, the clouds got dark and I saw some pretty vicious lightning. At this point it was pouring to where I had my wipers on full blast. I got to the parking lot at 8:15 am, and I was one of maybe 5 cars in the parking lot.. I got my spot right in front of the entrance. I wish I could have captured the incredible cloud to ground bolts I saw. I waited out the storm, which only lasted until about 8:30. The storm finally passed over. See the blue sky? It cleared up and got BEAUTIFUL outside. I was ecstatic. At 9 am I took off running for my number 1 favorite, Millennium Force. I usually don't run, but other people were and I was excited so I said what the heck. When I got to the queue, out of breath, I was thrilled to see that no one was quite there yet. This is the extent of my wait in line for the very second seat. Now THAT is what I'm talking about! I went back for a second ride, and once again I went for the very second seat. I waited all of 10 minutes. There was a guy by himself in line for the very front, and he saw that I was waiting to ride by myself. So he asked if I'd like to ride in the front seat, which of course I happily agreed! What a wonderful way to start the day! After 2 amazing rides on MF, at 9:30 I headed to Maverick. The line was already 45 minutes, but I decided to wait anyway because I knew the lines would be ugly later. When we got inside, I wasn't shocked to see that they hadn't opened most of the queue, and the wait wasn't really that bad. I took the single rider stairs, where there was no waiting, and pretty much got right on the second train. I waited all of 20 minutes to ride. Here is a photo I took After Maverick I was headed to Power Tower, but I decided to ride Iron Dragon on the way because I never had before. It was hilarious to hear people scream their heads off. I am a thrill junkie so I was a little bored, but the pretzel at the end was kind of fun. I hit PT after that. I wanted to ride the blue side, but the line was hideous and they only had one side going, so I went for the red side instead where there was virtually no wait. I love how PT cools you off on a hot day, especially the red side. I headed to Dragster after that, but the line was 2 hours! I said heck with that and went for Magnum. The ride shook me around a bit, but not as bad as I remember. It was still very much worth it. I had never ridden Gemini so I went on it. The ride op said something about how some 12 year old kid tried to give her his phone number. It was a great ride until the end, where I thought my shoulder had become dislocated from the sudden helix. The blue train wasn't running so there was no win to brag about. I really wanted a ride on TTD, so I grabbed some Dippin Dots and headed over, to see that the line had dropped down to an hour. I was 3 trains away when they called out for a single rider, so I got to jump right on! God how I love TTD. I'm one of those people that put their hands up at the green light and only lower them when the train stops. That launch and the insane speed of the downward twist are just WOW. I still wanted to ride the blue side of PT, and was happy to see that the line had gone down a little, and both sides were up and running, so I went for it. Then it was off to Raptor. As I was getting in line, one of the guys in front of me said something about how he didn't want his feet cut off. His friend turned around and said "You're an idiot." I tried to stifle my laugh, but I'm pretty sure they heard me. Then it was off to Wicked Twister.. where the wait was half an hour! I waited anyway. I LOVE WT. Launch number 2, all the way up the back twist! Me waiting in line for the very back seat, best seat in the house. Going up! I love shots like this. Watching people go up and backwards on a floorless coaster always gets me pumped. At the end of my ride, I heard a girl on the train in front of me say "I think I just pooped my pants." I had never ridden Blue Streak before, so I went for that one. OUCH was the only word to describe that ride, and I felt like I was going to fall out so I held on for dear life while my back was being brutally thrown against the seat. One more for my coaster count, one less for my back. After stopping to eat, and tossing my bits of leftover fries at a family of hungry sparrows, I headed back to MF. It was an hour wait, and the people next to me were trying to high five everyone going by. I also saw a guy with his son, the dad points at PT and said "we should ride that white thing." Right as I was about to get on MF, the guy behind me loudly said to his friend that Maverick was better, and his friend agreed. I turned around and said "Well why are you riding this if you don't like it?" just as the gate opened and it was my turn to ride. They had nothing to say. Yeah, that makes sense to wait an hour in line for something you don't like. MF was an amazing ride as usual, and worth the wait if you ask me. I headed back toward the red side of PT to cool off, then I went for the blue side. Then it was back to WT, where the wait had grown to 45 minutes. I was pretty pumped by this time, so I decided I wanted another ride on TTD. I went to get my phone afterwards and saw that my friend that works there had called me to meet up, so I found him and we went to ride the CP/Lake Erie Railroad. I got some pretty tasty pics of MF from the train. Then it was off to Skyhawk, and his friend wanted to ride Gemini again so I reluctantly agreed. This time I felt like I snapped a vertebra in my neck, it really hurt. Our train won, but I hate that helix. It's brutal. Back to Magnum we went.. and for some reason it was a slightly smoother ride than last time. We went on the Super Himalaya.. and wow, you really get the juice squeezed out of you on that one. I felt a little funny after that. Rides that spin that fast tend to make my stomach feel a little yucky. Then it was off to MaxAir, and one more ride on WT (where there was virtually no wait). The ride op told me I should work at CP, but I declined. I go to school down here and I need more than a seasonal job to pay my bills. I may consider it in the future though. I always make it a point to make MF my last ride of the night. His friend went with us, but she got mad when we went all the way to the back of the line after the queue closed to wait for the last train. We had told her we were going to earlier, but she shot off something about disrespect and how we should have ridden Maverick like she wanted to, and kept walking with the rest of the line. He and I agreed that she doesn't seem to understand how far I live from CP (they are both Sandusky residents) and that I want to make my day the best possible. I didn't let it bother me, I love CP too much to let something like that get to me, besides, she'd had an attitude from the start. Night rides on MF on the last train blow away everything I've ever been on, and it was totally worth the hour wait.. who needs ERT anyway? I didn't leave the park until 10:45 pm. The weather was gorgeous all day, and I got a LOT of rides in. Ride count! Millennium Force - 4 (1 in front seat, and last train of the night!) Power Tower - 4 (2 on red side, 2 on blue side) Wicked Twister - 3 (2 in back seat) Dragster - 2 Magnum - 2 Gemini - 2 Maverick - 1 MaxAir - 1 Raptor - 1 Skyhawk - 1 Iron Dragon - 1 Blue Streak - 1 Super Himalaya - 1 CP/LE Railroad - 1

I was pretty upset when I learned that the backward Racer had been turned forward. That one was a unique experience, not to mention a classic. Now it's just your run of the mill wooden coaster. If they were trying to mimic CP's Gemini, they failed miserably.

My first trip to CP, I waited 3 hours to ride Millennium Force. I've waited almost that long to ride The Beast. Both rides? Totally worth every second waiting in line.

It wasn't yesterday, it was last Sunday. It was very hot, and a lot of parents were there with small kids, so most of the crowd was at Boomerang Bay or Nickelodeon Universe. After 5 pm the ride lines shortened even more. It was great. I pretty much walked on to every ride the rest of the night.

Thanks for the clarification.