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Since everyone's been sharing their SOB memories, I though I'd share a few of mine and I'm in a writing mood so pardon this novel. I also thought I'd share a few photographs I came across. I remember the day they announced Son of Beast. I had come home from school and my dad was home from work early. Our family had been going to Kings Island regularly with passes since 1996/1997 and I had just gotten brave enough the year before to start riding the "real" rides. I remember him booting up the old dial up Netscape internet to show me the old Cincinnati.com articles, waiting with anticipation as each small image loaded of the ride's model. I remember vividly the wooden loop and how it looked on the model. I remember all the news outlets misreporting it as the world's FIRST wooden looping roller coaster. There was a book I checked out from the school library frequently that proved otherwise. When the ride finally opened, I was 11. I didn't get to ride it in its early days of one train operation before it closed down for awhile. When it did reopen, both trains were running and my uncle and I waited two hours. I remember the queueing very vividly. We were in a temporary line outside the entrance for awhile, I remember my uncle making fun of my shoes as we watched Top Gun nearby. I remember getting incredibly nervous as we waited on the ramps up to the ride station and saw the water dummies below. Never did I think while waiting for that ride that day that I'd ever work at the park let alone in the maintenance shop that worked on SOB or ever walk its rails, I was just thinking about how intimidating that hill looked. I even remember how the ride smelled and still smelled in its last operating season... all that wood. We boarded the train and the first thing I noticed was the awkward placement of the on-ride photo. Then the loud lift, the speed and view in the dip. The slow down at the first drop crest and then WHAM! You were flying. I immediately picked up on how the double helix rose bowl was a homage to the original Beast and then that loop... I made sure to look left and see the Eifel tower spin like in all the media videos. Then there was more speed and boom you were back. I was psyched. It was by far my favorite coaster. ...granted I was really thin, 11 years old and a little bit over four feet tall. My uncle on the other hand hated it and immediately complained of how rough and unenjoyable the experience was. I begged my dad to ride it again with me since my uncle declined. Another two hour wait and then I got to experience it all over again and loved it just as much. My dad hated it and never rode it again. As the years went by and I got taller and bigger I realized how painful and miserable of an experience the ride was. I stopped riding it at age 13. In 2006 the ride opened a few weeks after the regular park and a few people hinted on KIC that it would be much smoother. My friend and I actually ditched school a few periods early and headed up to the park when we heard from Boddah1994 that it was set to reopen that day. We got there and noticed they had removed the last car and that the ride was now a 5 car operation per train. We anticipated it greatly, there was a short line and we hopped in the back seat. If there was an improvement in the ride experience, we missed it cause it was still rough as hell. I didn't ride it again until after it reopened in 2007. While the first drop was great and the new trains offered more leg room... the Rose Bowl was still punishing and completely ruined any hope of the ride being good. I never much cared for it and by this time I worked at the park a lot, so I hardly ever visited in my off time. The last time I ever rode the ride was in 2008 while at the park to photograph some of the Knievel set up. Still didn't care for the ride. I have lots more experiences and cool stories about how special that ride was to me, but Ill save those for another day. Not that anyone asked, but in my humble opinion - the ride is done. I'm sure you could do something incredible with the Rocky Mountain treatment, but even if you did... EVERY news article and piece of media would include "the ride USED to be Son of Beast which was known for x y z (x y z not being good things). Browntggr brings up the best and most logical point. They haven't torn it down because it's not a threat, not falling down and not hurting anything. When they need to get rid of it... they will or they'll do it when they're ready to put something else there. And as someone who is familiar with that ride from many perspectives... you can't see anything from the midway or Adventure Express to be able to convulsively say you see it falling apart. Just throwing that out there. As for the photographs I mentioned earlier. I remembered seeing these a few years ago, but couldn't find the website. Apparently this website has been down since sometime in 2010 and even before that it reaked of early 2000's web development and hadn't been updated in some time. It is (err was) the website for Roller Coaster Corporation of America. I accessed these photos via the Way Back Machine. All of the following photographs are ©Roller Coaster Corporation of America. - Work on the loop towards the end of construction. - Aerial view towards the end of construction in 2000. Note that you can still see a lot of the landscaping for the former Wild Animal Habitat. - A train being lifted onto the track. - Work on the final brake run.* *A rumor I had always heard, but have no idea if it's true is that the brake run was initially designed to hold two trains in waiting in addition to one in the station for a three train operation. I also heard that the ride's station was supposed to be an exit station and that the area of straight track immediately exiting the station was going to be a loading station to allow for a four train operation. Obviously, the ride opened with one train and only ever ran two so who knows. - Not sure what section of track that is, but check out that extreme banking. Too bad you were too busy praying for the ride to be over to ever notice the cool element. - Construction workers. I bet these guys have a cool story. - No idea who any of these guys are, but I believe that the date reads February 17, 1999. Maybe checking out the area for where a future attraction would go? - Draw your own conclusions. - Land clearing, note Adventure Express on the right. - Construction as the sun sets. - A train on its way to the station. Note the all red color scheme that eventually was changed to Red/Yellow. - View from the block brakes while the ride was still under construction. - Not sure why the flag was raised here since I don't believe this is where they "topped off" and completed construction. - The media day in May 1999. - Mock up of the trains. Note how much more spacious/better they look compared to how they turned out. And last, but not least: - The station. Like, I said these are not my photos. They are ©Roller Coaster Corporation of America. If you want to see their old site, you can access it via the Way Back Machine here: http://web.archive.o...//www.rcca.com/ A man I once worked for, who taught me a lot, once pointed to that ride and said "To me, that thing is iconic of Kings Island." For me, it is as well. Even though I never cared much for the ride, it's symbolic of my favorite years in the park I spent with my family and for a lot of other things, but that's all another story for another day.11 points
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My first was Scooby Doo. No, not Scooby Zoom, but Scooby Doo. Or as you young'uns might know it better, Beastie/Fairly Odd Coaster/Woodstock Express. Yeah, I'm old. Unless you count the time that my mom rode Racer when she was pregnant with me in 1972. Then that's my first. Times were different then. And I blame that incident for my love of coasters.3 points
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One other thing to remember. In 1979, The Beast had bench seats with buzz bars. No seat belts, no seat dividers, no headrests and no individual lap bars. It was likely a much different ride experience than it is today. Imagine how many people would feel The Beast is unsafe if it still operated the way it did in 1979. Although many of us would consider this fun, I'm sure others wouldn't.3 points
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First Ride of Diamondback: My First Hypercoaster! (Sorry for the length, I just enjoy writing, If you can't tell ) It was 2011 HH and I was just entering my roller coaster riding phase. (Yes my first coaster I rode was merely 10 months before at HW. It was the Legend) We planed to ride every roller coaster at the park that day. So we went for it! We rode every ride (which was huge because I had only been on The Beast, BLSC, The Racer at KI before this day.) and saved Diamondback for the grand finale! We walked to the ride and Jessi was confident about riding... Me not so much... (I had not seen a POV of the ride so I was going into it completely blind) After wavering about the decision to get in line for about 5 minutes I finally decided to get in line. While waiting in the queue the sun had set and the sky was starting to get dark. We listened to the teasers that played on the TVs in the queue stating "Diamondback is the tallest, fastest, and meanest roller coaster to ever strike KI." This did not do well for us. Jessi started to get less confident about the ride and I was nervous but we had been in line for 30 minutes already so we just sucked it up and were ready to ride. Entering the station, the clicking of the rollbacks as the train would go up the hill made the now short wait agonizing! Each train going out meant we were one train closer to ride. Once at the gate we chose to sit towards the front third of the train (I believe it was car three row 1). We chose these seats because Jessi was nervous about sitting apart because she wanted to hang onto me if she got scared. I was super nervous as well. The lift hill was concealed by the station hiding what was yet to come. Upon entering the train I took a deep breath and sat down. While I pulled down the clamshell, Jessi asked if we were really going to do this. I said its too late I'm locked in so we will just have to do it now! I was so nervous that I didn't hear anything of what the ride ops were saying over the mic. Just like that we had the all clear and the train slowly pulled out of the station. The lift hill went on for ages. The incline was much steeper than it looked from the ground. Laying/Reclining back and looking at the sky all I could think about was why did I get on this thing! The clacks of the rollbacks were ever present and loud. Higher and higher we went until the clacks stopped and our train teetered over the edge. The train creaked as it hung us there for a split second. Then we were OFF!!! The first drop seemed like it would never end! My stomach flew right up to my throat, a feeling that I had never had until this particular drop. The airtime was amazing. We hit the bottom of the first hill and its positive g's and quickly shifted back to the floater air over the second hill. The ride literally threw me out of my seat. I gripped the clamshell and pushed myself back into the seat, almost as if to fight the airtime. The overbanked turn was amazing as I was on the inside. Looking down at the ground gave me a huge scare. The helix into the MCBR was powerful as I was unprepared for it as I couldn't see which way we were going because of it being dark. After the MCBR the hills seemed "fast and low." The final turn brought us back to the park the lights were a welcome sight as we knew the ride was almost over. The splashdown was a bit disappointing because I thought we would actually get wet (Glad we don't get wet now! ) and into the brakes and back into the station we came. Ride over. Ride ops asked how was the ride? Both, Jessi and I yelled and clapped out hands as the ride was just amazing (I think we actually high-fived after the ride stopped ). We walked off the ride a bit wobbly legged but still in awe of what we had done. I think its so funny that I was so nervous to get on this ride at first and now I can ride it with my eyes closed or looking backwards from the back seat. (The looking backwards, if you can, makes the ride pretty awesome. It's cool to see the track from the back of the train zip by. Plus the fact that you aren't used to taking the forces of the ride in that position makes it more intense. Hopefully I can't get in trouble for riding like that as I am in the seat correctly just looking backwards )3 points
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Well someone has issues. Its my like, its my idea, and its not your business to tell me what I can like and dislike.3 points
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Suing is one thing. Winning is another. Anyone can literally sue anyone for anything. That doesn't mean there might not be consequences.2 points
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My first kiddie land ride was The little Beast (Fairly Odd Coaster). I thought "Eh, That wasn't SO bad!". I was 6 at the time and it was the last day of the season. The next season I rode it again and once again thought the same thing. Thinking I could handle something MUCH bigger, I begged my aunt to sneak me on The Vortex (I was a tiny 7 year old). We had almost made it through when they asked me to check my height. I thought to myself "Noooooooooooooo". When they took me over to the metal bar of death (Height checking thing), they brought the metal over my head, and just when I thought "Man I'm not gonna make it" BOOM! It hit the side of my head. Everyone was staring at me and then clapped. I felt proud of my self cause right before I got on the ride, I stuffed tissue in my shoe. We climbed to the top of that hill, my aunt glancing over at me every second. My hands were sweating, so I was losing grip. I wanted to wipe my hands but the second I put my hands on my knees to wipe my hands, the chain stopped, and out of no where a huge hill made my stomach drop. I can honestly say, I thought I was going to flip out on the corkscrew after the MCBR. When the ride was over, the Ride OP came over and said "Is this your first time riding?" When I responded with "Yes!" he asked me if I liked it, I shouted "YES!!!" He said "if you really loved Vortex, scream "I love Vortex" I screamed it and everyone laughed and clapped and cheered(: By the way, it's good to be back(:2 points
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But when you constantly post about it on a public forum it is our business to voice our opinions. The 1st Amendment works both ways......2 points
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Having recently visited Soak City at Cedar Point for a few hours on a recent trip, I have some things to say about Soak City up there. First, there is a lack of restrooms up there. Kings Island`s does not have that problem. However, it would be a hard PR sell to start charging admission for Soak City at Kings Island now. I agree that Kings Island`s Soak City could use some new slides to boost capacity. I don`t foresee any new slides coming in the next few years though, unfortunately.2 points
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Folks who can't even find a spot to stake out on a hillside and grow tired of waiting 45 minutes for a 10 second water slide might say it's broken...2 points
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And if they were put on the ride and did not experience the ride safely, it would be their family suing for allowing them to ride to begin with. You can't win.2 points
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JR, I'm going to be quite frank with you. You're an all around moron who keeps looking for our enlightenment with ever post you make. This forum at its core is one of the better ones you see with a great community in comparison to many MANY other forums. People like you that bring their all mighty and all knowing presence just damper every topic they post their filth in honestly make me want to read less and less from this site, which is a shame because I have been part of it since 2005. Do me and my friends here on this site a huge favor; stop lying, being a snob, being all around disrespectful, and give us our right to make up our own minds and call you out as a liar if we see fit. Even in the VERY unlikely chance you are telling us the truth, if I were you I would read over what you post because a lot of it puts a bad taste in our mouths. Now I do not post things like this often (if ever, this is probably my first), but I want to continue enjoying my time on this site, so please, allow me to continue doing that! Thank you. I'd love to see a custom Rocky Mountain Coaster in the park. I for one love wooden coasters and feel there are not enough of them being built anymore. I'd love to see this new generation of smooth wooden coasters get its big break in the industry!2 points
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Since you could care less, you do care some. Unless you are just being careless and mean you couldn't care less. My guess is you do care some, or you wouldn't be responding. It's always interesting, by the way, just who has no specific on topic comment about threads like this one. Terp. just sayin'2 points
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I understand why things, such as ADA, exist and support them. I don't understand why so many seem to be so sue happy over every little thing. Sadly, there are just some things that some people cannot do. Just except it and continue to enjoy the things that you can do.1 point
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Wabash Cannonball was actually stored at Old Indiana for a while. Six Flags owned it and had planned on reopening the park from what I heard. I heard they sold the land for a nature preserve. Not sure where the coasters went, I believe they had 5 or 6 stored there.1 point
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My first was Montagness Russes at Old Indiana. The first major coaster for me was Shockwave, SFGAm.1 point
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There have been more downtimes than in RCT3. I think I've already said that in another topic...1 point
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Top speed of The Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain? 27 miles per hour. Half the speed of Flight Deck. Few would believe it, though, thanks to the dark! It's a theatrical trick on par with forced perspective.1 point
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If I am not mistaken, there has always been some type of trim going down the hill prior to the helices.1 point
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I don't know. It's what my teacher's always said when we told each other to shut up.1 point
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My first roller coaster was the Shooting Star at Coney Island! I rode it on the very last weekend at Coney Island in 1971 before they opened Kings Island.1 point
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Mine was The Beast when I was like 7 or 8 and I've been hooked ever since. Magnum is the other coaster that I would credit most for my addiction... I mean love of coasters.1 point
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My first coaster was the Great Pumpkin Coaster or whatever it was called back then. My first coaster outside kiddie land was The Racer when I was about 8 or 9. I don't really remember it, but according to my mother, I begged and begged to go on The Racer, and she tried and tried to talk me out of it, saying that it was too tall and too fast for me and that I wasn't ready yet. I persisted and won. By the time we were halfway up the lift hill, I was bawling my eyes out wanting to get off, but obviously I couldn't. That ride spooked me so bad that I did not return to KI or any other amusement park until two years ago (at age 23) when I decided to take the plunge and get my first Gold Pass. My first visit that year I stuck to the smaller rides (FD, AE, BLSC, Racer), added The Beast, Firehawk, and Vortex on the next visit, and DB, FOF, and Invertigo on the third visit. I already mentioned my first DB ride in another thread here; that was when I decided I could ride anything.1 point
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(Sorry for the long post) My first roller coaster was the taxie cars (little bills giggle coaster?) Then fairly odd coaster. But my real roller coaster was The Racer. My dad said I was ready for a bigger one. He said I could choose from The Racer, or Adventure Express. I asked him what Adventure Express was like, and he said "It is just a little coaster". But since I couldnt see the AE from where I was standing I chosed The Racer. On the hill I bureid my face in my dads arm. When we went down I felt like There was a force field agasinst me, and my stomach dropped. But after that first hill I laughed, and laughed. Wen we got off I Said " lets do it again!!!" there was no line, so my dad said sure. When we were going up the first hill I buried my head In my dads arm. My dad asked why I was scared, but I didnt know how to explain the "force field". So I said I dont know. After that hill I was ok. About two weeks later I decided to go on Adventure Express. When the ride was over I thought to myself "Wow. I should of picked this one first" But that was the past and I didnt even care. I laughed.1 point
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^ Absolutely. Just look at the amount of wood vs. steel coasters built over the last 30 years.1 point
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I wonder if that would still be the opinion today. I mean, in 1979, I could see someone calling Voyage unbearable. And in 1987, people probably called Vortex butter smooth! In other words, I think exactly the opposite of what you suggested - I think people are just now getting used to ultra-smooth, computer-designed creations and intelligent layouts compared to rides of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. No park patron would accept Kings Dominion's Anaconda as a new ride because it's a shaky, head-banging experience with an awkward layout, odd track transitions, and weirdly spaced elements. Our tolerance and expectation for roughness has gone way down, so I imagine that 1979 Beast riders were expecting roughness and were still shocked. I could be wrong.1 point
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I can understand that they're disappointed. Considering the price of admission to Universal, it's probably incredibly frustrating to not find out you can ride a ride until you're trying to get in line for it, even if the details of the qualification are available online. However. If there was actually a change in policy, I'm willing to bet it's probably been influenced by the Darien Lake Ride of Steel incident. And, honestly, if Universal errs on the side of caution, I can't say I blame them. From an engineering standpoint, designing for disabilities seems like it would be a bit of a gamble--there aren't any standards for body dimensions for amputees, etc. that could be used to design trains and the like. I don't say this to be mean, but with a leg amputee, what if there happened to be a position comfortable for riding in, which the person had never sat in before, that put the person in risk of falling out? Wasn't that the cause of the RoS incident? Seems like it's a gamble of a liability for Universal... I guess I'd have to side with them on this one.1 point
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WOW. Thanks Gordon! I expect nothing less when I read through your posts. Which is also why I love (Shameless plug for you I guess) your Queen City Discovery page! It's amazing and so was that post. Thank you very much for all of those pictures. All of them brought back memories of the first time I rode SOB. It was Fathers Day of the year it was built, so what was that? 2000? We waited near King Cobra for 10:00am and all I could hear was the loud lift hill as the cars made their first tests for the day. 10:00am came around and we were allowed to walk back to the station. My heart began beating faster and faster. The Box that once housed the little ******* had been opened forcibly from the inside with the logo in it. I looked at it and told my father that I didn't think it was a good idea! We took the long walk back and I remember a sign that said "Feel the wrath: 2000" and I told my father that I was about to feel something... We entered the station and got on the ride, and you know what? I had fun! I LOVED IT! By the time we got to the on ride photo section I was smiling laughing and posed with 2 peace signs (we still have the on ride photo of it). I rode it every time nearly 4-6 times each visit. Always in the front seat. It was the only way to go.1 point
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It's ironic because you actually like Son of Beast, which literally made every rider feel awful.1 point
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Back in 2006 my parents bought tickets to go to Kings Island for a day. The last time I had gone to the park was in 2000 when I was still a little kid. I'd spent most of the time in Hannah-Barbera Land running away from people in costumes. So when we arrived at the park I told my parents I wanted to go to the kiddie land. My dad looked at me and told me I was too old to go there and that we were going to ride the bigger coasters. My mom told him that we would go to the kiddie land so I could ride the smaller rides that I liked. Then after a few rides she told me that we were going to ride The Beast. I told her no and continued to ride the Fairly Odd Coaster for the rest of the day. Finally I came back to the park in 2008 with a friend. We rode Adventure Express and The Racer, before he told me we were going to ride The Beast. I walked over to the entrance and ducked under the height requirement sign telling him I was too small to ride. He came over slapped me and dragged me on the ride. After getting my head stuck between the wooden posts on the side of the queue, we finally made it to the station. We waited for the front seat and once we were dispatched I started having second thoughts. Going up the slow chain was the worst because it made more nervous that I already was. Finally we made it to the top and before I knew it we dropped. I screamed the whole ride and swore that I was going to kill him. But once I got off I knew I had a new hobby, riding coasters . I also rode Vortex for my first upside down coaster. When we were going through the loops I yelled out s*** about 5-6 times. The whole train was laughing. Ever since that trip I have been hooked on coasters.1 point
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I'm sorry ....but, No No No No No No No No No No No No No NO NO NO!!! You keep your thoughts for expansion out from: In/Around/Near/Above/Below/On/Out/Close/Beside or with a 33 and a 1/2ft pole of The Beast. Those grounds are Sacred! LOL!1 point
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Florida is also a much older state (as in age of residents) and one of the most attractive family destinations in the World.1 point
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My mom had to pick something up around KI, so after that, my, her, and my sister went to KI. We arrived around 7:45, and the parking lot was pretty crowded. We walked into the park and headed to the Emporioum, because on here I heard they still sell leftover Crypt hats here. I was looking around, but couldn't find anything. We asked a worker, which was a little strange considering The Crypt doesn't exist. He actualy took us to an abandoned corner that had some Crypt hats. The tag said $12.99, ouch. But I heard on here also it was only $4 on clearence, so I went to the register to check. Turns out they were, and I bought one. Next up was our first ride of the day, Diamondback. The wait extended a bit out of the entrance, but there was only the first turnaround (or whatever you call it) and one other switchback open. I was expecting about a 20 minute wait. Operations were slow when I was in the beginning of the line, as I saw most of the time the train wouldn't dispatch until after the train ahead was on the break run. Anyway, operations got better throughout the line, and we got on in about 25 minutes. I got row 5, and it, as always, was a blast. They wanted to do Racer, so we headed there. The line was down the steps and just into the queue house, and looked only about 5 minutes. it was only about 5 minutes and we got on. I had a middle row, so it was kind of smooth. It was just a nice classic ride. They wanted to then do WindSeeker, while I wanted to get on Vortex. Sense they are next to each other, We just decided to split up and meet at the WindSeeker entrance, sense it was getting dark and I wanted a Windseeeker night ride. I then relaized I wanted to get my dad a late birthday present related to Flight of Fear. I went to the trailer thing putside of the X-Base were the guy from Emporioum suggested I go from my last visit. I looked all around, asked, and there was nothing FOF related. But, guess what. There are Crypt shirts in here. 3 different kinds, actually. They had a bit still in stock. So if you want a Crypt shirt, then you can get one in the trailer thing outside of the X-Base. But, when I saw a Crypt shirt, I couldn't resist. There was a sign outside saying all shirts $7, but the tag said something like $14. The lady there told us it was the $7 deal, and we took it. I checked my reciept and I leveled up to 2 star in FUN Perks! And, I wasn't going to carry my shirt on rides, so I just wore it over my Diamondback shirt. I then headed to Vortex. The line for Vortex only looked to be about 10 min. There was this crazy kid in front of me, and when I just take the slightest step, he says "Hey man, no cuttin"! I look at him like he's crazy. He says "I saw you! You cutted! No cuttin!" I was absolutely not cutting. Anyway, the line ended up being about 10 minutes. I wasn't able to pick my 5-1 seat, and ended up in 3-1. I was hoping for the best. To my surprise, it was great! Hardly any headbanging, add to the fact that it is almost dark out, and that is definetly a better than average Vortex ride. I met with my mom and sister Lucy, who I saw on WindSeeker when I exited. Anyways, they rode it again with me, and it was only a 1 cycle wait. The park was pretty dark, and I just love the WindSeeker lights. This was also my first real WindSeeker night ride. (I had one were the lights turned on in the middle of the ride but it wasn't very dark out) It was a great ride, and I just love seeing the park at night. Next up was a famous Beat night ride. My mom, unfortunately chickened out. She has only rode it once recently, and thought it would be too scary if she didn't know which way it was going and it was to dark to see. Anyway,me and my sister got there at about 9:45, and the ride was already closed for fireworks. Some people thought this meant it was closed for the night and left the line. An employee came down to clarify it is just closed for the fireworks and will reopen for people still in line after maintence has gave us the all clear. We waited a little bit and then the fireworks started. There was one firework, then none. About 15 seconds later, half the people in The Beast line started cheering for the fireworks "end", which cracked me up. About 20 seconds after the first firework, some more went off, and the show started. It was a really nice fireworks show. About 5 minutes after the fireworkd, The Beast started running again. The wait was about 20 minutes, after the reopening. Me and my sister boarded the back row of a car, becuase somebody offered it to us, and we took off. There is nothing better at KI than a Beast night ride. The ride, was, well, amazing. Going through the woods in the pitch black was great, and the double helix was amazing, as it seemed I was going at around 80 M.P.H. . I think The Beast at night also seems faster. Anyway, it was 10:30, and the park of course was closed. We headed to the entrance. Tower Drinks had workers cleaning up. I asked if I could just have a cup of ice water, because I was really thirsty, but no, they said no. We then walked out to our cars and drove home. Overall, a great evening at KI, even if we only rode 5 rides, they were all great. A couple of notes: *Delirium is still down. Not sure when it will be fixed. *The park is just great walking through at night. I just love the atmosphere. *Don't bother looking for FOF stuff at the park. They don't have it. Thanks for reading!1 point
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Really? Arrow, maybe, but Batman: The Rides don't seem to have such issues. Nor does I-305 at Kings Dominion. Or even Arrow's Tennessee Tornado or Canyon Blaster. I could go on....1 point
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(Setting: The end of the line at Vortex, at the bottom of the stairs, below the sign. Girl 1, approximately 14-16 years old, runs up and gets in line behind Gator & GatorGirl.) GIRL 1: (to friend) "Come on, get in line!" GIRL 2: "I'm not waiting in that line. It's too long!" (Wait time ended up being < 10 minutes). (Girl 1 & Girl 2 continue to argue for a minute about the wait time.) GIRL 1: (to Gator and the group of 4 guys in front of him) "Can I cut you guys? I think my friends are up there." Gator turns around and gives Girl 1 a death stare, thinking to himself "Really? I just stood here and listened to you argue with your friend justifying the wait time to her, and NOW you're playing the 'my friends are already in line' card?" Before Gator has the chance to express his thoughts to Girl 1, she sees the look on his face, as well as the disapproving looks on the faces of the group in front of him, and immediately follows Girl 2 , who by that point is already on her way out of the line. Girl 1 and Girl 2 walk towards The Vortex exit, but are soon distracted by two boys around their age, with whom they immediately stop to talk and flirt. END SCENE1 point
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My family wants a ferris wheel at KI. My kids chose the local carnival over KI the other day because of this! My 3 year old is hard headed like her daddy i guess! Maybe a giant ferris wheel in Action Zone!1 point
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I at first read that as does the Cedar Fair GM approve of Sonny. In just less than six months, Sonny B. and we may very well find out. And the clock ticks.... (No rollercoasters were the topic of this message, merely offspring).1 point
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Coasterfanatic and I used our VIP passes that we won on twitter over the 4th of July. We sat on the front row of Diamondback for probably three straight rides, and a 9 year old kid asked how we got to stay on the front. Our tour guide said that we were the park's VIPs. The kid responded by asking us if we were friends with Justin Timberlake. Apparently JT's friends are VIPs in that kid's mind. It made us laugh the whole ride.1 point
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2013 - The trams in the parking lot are brought back, so visitors would not have to take a large hike. Plans are reveled for a new exhibit which will be located where the Crypt is now. The exhibit would showcase the history of Kings Island and the Hall of Fame would be relocated to here. 2014 - The Crypt's building is removed and construction is started on the new exhibit. Many park executives were found walking around in SOB's station. A sit-down restaurant is added in Action Zone where Club Blood is located. 2015 - The new exhibit is opened to the public. Soak City gets two new water slides and a new lazy river. Music themed to the park areas is now played through out the park. DA also gets a new expansion and a a restaurant is built, plus new bathrooms. X-base also receives bathrooms. No announcement has been made on SOB, but construction equipment was spotted near the rose bowl. 2016 - An announcement is made stating that SOB will no longer be with us. Plans are revealed to re-theme Action Zone to Swiss Village and all the rides will be re-named and receive new themeing. Renovation begins the first day of the off season. Destruction on SOB also starts. 2017 - Swiss Village makes it's debut and SOB is still being deconstructed. The park adds a Wild West Shoot Em' Up show in Rivertown and trees are donated to the park in honor of our fallen troops. Water is added to Tower Gardens. 2018 - SOB is gone and plans for a new Mega Lite are released. The Three Point Challenge is removed and replaced with the Flying Eagles. Construction starts on the new coaster and is planned to open in 2019! 2019 - The new coaster opens and Mountaineer's (Flight Deck) que is reconstructed to make it less confusing. The park receives an award for the most visited attraction is Ohio. The park announces that BLSC will no longer be with us. The Beast turns 40! 2020 - BLSC is fully removed and plans for a Screamin' Swing are revealed. Rivertown and Coney Mall are given some minor themeing. 2021 - The Screamin' Swing opens. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here.1 point
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