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    Kings Island Dreams

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    I've had TONS of KI dreams- but in this post I'll mention 3 of them (in order). :)

    #1- I had this dream a few months prior to a trip I took to KI on 6/30/08. (before I became a thrill seeker) At the time my goal was to ride Runaway Reptar, but the dream started out with my mom and I eating at this International Street Restaurant-style restaurant (yes, it was still at KI) with Nickelodeon characters roaming around the room. The other guests in the room had lots of game prizes and giant stuffed animals, yet I had none. Suddenly I was at Nickelodeon Universe, within the park, standing at the entrance for Reptar. But I just ended up walking up this infinitely long carpeted staircase...and never rode Reptar before the dream ended. <_<

    *On the bright side, during my 6/30/08 trip, I finally rode Reptar! (I guess things DID work out, after all)

    #2- This dream also was in 2008. This time I was riding Vortex on this sunny day in the spring (March?) except instead of the normal harness and all that, my so-called "restraint" was two pieces of white twine-like string, going in an X across my mid-section. The cars on the train were more like big tubs. I only went as far as the lift hill, then it jumped to the loops, then the dream ended. lol

    *Weird thing is/was, it would be two more years after that dream before I rode the real Vortex in 2010. :blink:

    #3- This one I also had in '08 as well! (go figure.) I was strolling through Coney Mall toward Vortex, and suddenly, I see this Vortex train on a section of straight track, TWIRLING THROUGH THE AIR OUT OF CONTROL...(the train stayed as straight as a ruler) then it exploded when it hit the ground. I almost cried, since I already loved Vortex just by watching it. :wub: When I woke up at 4 am, I thought, "I should definitely go back to Kings Island soon." :unsure:

    More wacky KI dreams of mine coming soon...(Stay tuned!) :rolleyes:

    -BFF, still dreaming on a semi-regular basis...

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    What is the longest you've gone without riding a coaster?

    in KI Polls

    Posted · Edited by VortexBFForever

    Required some thinking for me. :)

    The longest time spent off of a coaster at KI would have to go to...Firehawk. Haven't rode it since May 24, 2012.

    Also, I've never been on Backlot Stunt Coaster. Somehow I didn't get as interested in it as I did with most other coasters. But I will ride it someday. ;)

    The longest I've spent off of a coaster overall (out of the ones I rode already) would go to Viper, Predator and Boomerang at Darien Lake. I hadn't visited that park at all since 7/25/2011. All the other parks I've been to besides DL (including KI) have all been visited this year (2012).

    Favorite KI Coaster Feature

    in KI Polls

    Posted

    The smell of grease and clickety-clack of Vortex's chain dogs on the lift hill

    Dude, the moment I read that part of your post I almost drooled. The clickety-clacking of Arrow chain dogs (and grease smell) is practically my most favorite noise EVER!!!! :wub:

    I also love every single one of Vortex's elements, AE's final tunnel, FD's swinging (who DOESN'T love that?!?), The Beast's double helix, Flight of Fear's elements and the fact that you're in near total darkness, Firehawk's inversions, when you're going backwards on Invertigo......for me, the list goes on, and on, and on. :rolleyes:

    A Terpy Poll?

    in KI Polls

    Posted · Edited by VortexBFForever

    This is an easy one for me, Vortex all the way. Ever since my first ride on it when I was a lil kid I've been hooked. I love this ride and have to ride it every time I'm at the park, lost count after 200 laps.

    That's my next Vortex ride goal...200! [Just 65 more rides (as of 10/28, my most recent trip) and I'm there!] :P But I'll still be keeping count when I surpass any number (yes, that means 200!). :)

    Yeah, Vortex is also the top ride for me, by a lot. Right now I've rode it 135 times total since 2010 (when I started riding it). The second-most-ridden-by-me ride is Diamondback, which I've rode only 72 times since mid-2009. The count could have been higher, but those other opportunities were either sacrificed for last minute rides on Vortex prior to park closing (like on July 10 and October 28) or it was closed (like September 3) or the line was much too long (like August 4, especially in the evening). I feel I should step up my rhythm a little more on my riding of DB... :unsure: After all, it IS my second most favorite coaster at KI...

    Third most-ridden coaster has to be Adventure Express, though it's only at 16 rides, then Flight Deck, which is also at 16, and The Beast at 8. (yes, I'm also thinking about riding the other coasters a little more as well, all while still getting my dose of Vortex rides on each and every KI trip.)

    For Cedar Point, it's Magnum XL-200 at 6 rides; Iron Dragon and Gemini are at 5 rides as of my most recent CP trip on September 9. (I only go once a year--3 and a half hour drive away from my house! and also I've only been going annually since 2011). Corkscrew is close behind, with four rides total.

    Loch Ness Monster is my top ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, at six rides (I've been there only once--on 6/26/12). Griffon and Apollo's Chariot are tied for second at two rides.

    At Darien Lake, Viper is at the top with 10 rides (during the only trip there so far--on 7/25/11) and Boomerang has the second most at only 2.

    For Kings Dominion, Anaconda has the most (5) and second is Shockwave (3). (I've also been to KD only once--on 4/10/12)

    Python is the only coaster at Coney Island so it'll always be at the top there. ;)(though I've rode it only once...)

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    KIC enthusiast

    in KI Polls

    Posted · Edited by VortexBFForever

    I rated myself an 8 because I love Kings Island and know a lot about it but there are things that I never knew about KI before and this is a great place to share it.

    Yeah...my reason is basically what tuxedoman52 said. :)

    Ya know, if this were how much of a Vortex enthusiast you are, I'd be a 10++++++ or even more! (uhhh...you know what I mean, don't you?) :D

    Edit: Hey, maybe I'll start a poll on how much of a Vortex enthusiast you are!! :D Ahh...the power of an imagination.

    Cedar Point to remove Disaster Transport & Space Spiral for B&M Wing

    in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News

    Posted · Edited by VortexBFForever

    That video was just great, and the soundtrack really brings out emotion. :rolleyes:(I actually want to watch it again!) Of course it's a ride I never got to ride, and my annual CP trip came a little late for that this year...although I DID go three days before the Spiral fell...

    EDIT: The song used in that video (for the first half and very end before the credits) was actually the soundtrack that played on CP's WindSeeker when I rode it on 9/09! Go figure... :lol:

    Cedar Fair shuts down all Windseekers

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    I also really like riding WindSeeker, actually. It's a good combination of relaxation and thrills, and I also love a lot of the soundtracks that play on it. It's actually somewhere on my ride priority list every time I go to Kings Island.

    Sure, it's a prototype, it has its problems. But still...

    At least ours (KI's) is [one of] the most reliable.

    Dauling Dragon (with a high five)

    in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News

    Posted

    You can look at this from another side. The Beast is still the signature ride at KI. Why would KI put another wooden coaster? Some of these new wooden coasters are very expensive to maintain now.

    True, very true...I actually haven't taken much time time to think of it this way. I am rather content with The Beast and The Racer, at the moment. Woodstock Express was actually my first "real" roller coaster.

    You do prove a good point. :)

    When did they sell out the park 2 additional Sundays

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    The park is open 9/23. Hours are from 11am until 7pm.

    I knew it! :D

    Of course, I checked the website, both yesterday AND today...

    Lots of people are like that apparently. Sundays in Oct, one can ride until they pass out. Most everything is a walk on.

    I loooove going in October! On 10/02/2011, the lines were so short that I stayed on Diamondback 10 straight times, and on Vortex, I rode it 9 times straight.

    Can't wait for this October. I'm sure those lines will be short again! :)

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    The bat

    in Kings Island

    Posted

    ^A corkscrew? Wonder would that would be like on a suspended swinging coaster. :rolleyes:

    But alas, it cannot be done, especially with a good potential for disastrous results, if at any time the train didn't have the right amount of energy to swing up and through the corkscrew. :mellow:

    KI 6/19/12

    in Trip Reports

    Posted

    when I went down the second lift hill on the loop, my head wasnt on the head reast, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO POP OFF! My head was being pulled the oppisant way I was going.

    I know, right? That part is sooooooo fun...and intense, too. :) I also like riding in a seat that goes backwards first, it's also reeeeeeeally fun!

    But Invertigo doesn't hurt, at least for me. Even when I don't have my head on the headrest. hmmmm...

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