Reclaimer

Wow. You didn't see the sarcasm in my post? I was implying I did not see the ride today, possibly due to the fact that I was in Indiana. It kinda kills the joke when you have to explain it.

I couldn't see it for the life of me. ...then again, I'm in Indiana. I'll be back at the park on the 30th, though!

I got to ride SOB on opening day...also didn't leave 'til 6, though. All rides were walk-ons. Only had to wait a couple trains for front/back seats. I have no clue how the music day will be.

If they do, I'd guess it probably won't be for a season or two. It's kind of upsetting.

lol, it doesn't really help to tell me that now.

Hopefully I'll be there!

Why did Chippery leave? I thought they did good business last season.

Great pics, Dane. I'm kinda upset I missed the tour. If I'm hearing right, it was at 1:30 or so...meaning I was on Vortex. ARGH!

Hey, you've gotta take these things and run with them. It was a good TR, though.

Wow. It felt as if the season was just starting.

I'd hope they remove it soon. I've never been to an event there, but I've never heard good things...and I'm not surprised, either. I'd hate to be trying to enjoy some form of live entertainment with people screaming on Drop Zone right behind me. The action rides that are so close to TW would take away from the experience. (Or do they close the rides when there are concerts? Like I said, I've never been around when concerts/events were going on in Timberwolf) Point is: Back when it was the Wild Animal Habitat, Timberwolf fit it. Now it doesn't. Take it down and give us some more thrills in Action Zone.

Not to mention the fact that Timberwolf just doesn't fit in that area of the park anymore. Action Zone + Timberwolf...there is no real connection now. When Action Zone was created, Timberwolf should've gone as well. Just my $0.02

I should've said hi...Oh well. If things go the way I'm planning, I'll be there again this Saturday.

I had a great time! One of the highlights was getting stuck for about 30 seconds on the top of the 1st lift of The Beast. Gotta love those opening day jitters.

You answered your own question. The Department of Agriculture has to come to the park to inspect the fecal matter they will be dumping on riders on IJ. Actually, I'm not really sure why they'd be the ones inspecting rides. Isn't there a suitable department to inspect rides?

Maybe that was my problem...I was trying to find him (or her) today and was looking for a guy. In all seriousness, I couldn't find you kong fu...I'll try to let you know next time I'm at the park and we'll try to meet up again. Maybe we'll know who to look for.

After last weekend's solo trip to PKI, today brought a welcomed addition to my side. I had a friend come along with me. Left the home at 6:30am (Indiana time), as usual, and arrived at the park at 10am (Ohio time). Talk about perfect timing. Upon entering the park, I spent a few minutes looking for another person I was to meet up with, but due to lack of planning, I didn't know who I was looking for. So, with that, it was off to Tomb Raider. Looks like TR:TR had opening day jitters, though...the ride ended up being down all day. We headed to The Beast, and my guest was on his first coaster (besides Space Mountain, but does that even count?). He had a good time, so we ended up going another time on The Beast. After The Beast, we headed over to Adventure Express. I figured he should ride it, being a coaster n00b. After getting on AE, I realized I planned the first two coasters out totally backwards. Oh well. He didn't like AE too much, and I can't say as I blame him...I don't like it either. After AE, it was back to try out Beast one more time. After the final Beast ride of the day, I talked my guest into trying out Flight of Fear. The queue was moving really fast, so our journey in line (from outside the building and into the front seat line) was only 20 minutes tops. (Rough estimate) Well, amazingly enough, my friend really liked FoF and was ready to try an outdoor looping coaster. I told him he could try the rough SoB with 1 inversion, or Vortex (my personal favorite) with numerous inversions. I was thrilled he chose Vortex. We were already in Action Zone, though, and he wanted to hit Top Gun while we were there. At Top Gun, we noticed only one train going. Bummer. Today was the longest-ever wait I've experienced on this ride. Granted, we waited only around 15 minutes, but I was still shocked. Instead of leaving Top Gun and heading straight to Coney for Vortex, we went to HBL and rode SDATHC for the first time. It was a blast! We sat down and were ready to start shooting when the ride stopped moving. The fun part about this, though, was we were still able to shoot and earn points. The ride was only down for a couple minutes, and we were soon off and able to finish the ride...with a whopping 2,800 points. Fun stuff. FINALLY, we went to Vortex. Vortex's line was moving lightning fast, as always, and we were quickly in my favorite seat: the back. Had a great time on Vortex today, and amazingly enough, my friend LOVED it as much as I did. We got off the ride and got right back in line. After finishing the second ride, my friend wanted another run...so we had at it. We ended our day at PKI with that third ride on Vortex. *sigh* I -heart- that coaster. ...another day at PKI down! (On a side note, I want to give a shout out to Adam who checked my restraints all 3 rides on Vortex. I would've said hi, but I'm a shy person like that! I also saw a couple other PKICers walking with someone (Diane, maybe?) heading from carousel to the path by IJ. This was around 5pm, the two guys had on PKIC shirts, so one could only assume they're members of the site. Again, no words were exchanged, being the shy person I am.)

I think kong fu has something for Dane.

I'd love to be in line to see a ride-op "über-staple" someone for smoking in the queue. That argument that would ensue would be über-entertaining.

Ya'know. I noticed the Chippery's absence last weekend and didn't really think anything of it at first. Does anyone know if they'll still be selling this season? I didn't get a chance to try the chips last season and was really looking forward to it this year.

I posted a picture of the back of my pass in another thread: http://www.pkicentral.com/forums/index.php...indpost&p=80755

I see. Sounds good. HOPEFULLY I'll be there on Saturday. Of course, there's always the chance something will come up and throw everything off. Kong fu, do your parents keep you locked in your room? You seem pretty excited to meet people.

Friday? Is the park open Friday?

You creep me out

Yeah, I think you'll be fine faceoff. Kong fu, though...You worry me, man.