GrandPoobah

Yeah...when I first read it I was excited. But thinking more and more about it, I'm believing KI is just pulling our chains trying to get us excited when they're really just working on the water park. Hopefully they'll announce the "new attraction" soon.

International Street

LOL Thanks

Pretty sad, but today marked my first coaster riding of the 2003 season. Crowds were relatively light today, but most rides weren't running all of their trains so the light crowds didn't translate into shorter wait times. Got up to KI at around 10:15. After meeting up with friends we made the mistake of heading for AZ first. Delirium line looked a little long and Top Gun was closed, so we headed for Son of Beast for the first ride of the day. One train was sitting on the transfer track being worked on by 4 or 5 mechanics - new lap bars! Talked to a ride op while waiting, she said the new bars are more heavily padded. Should be nice. Because of the maintenance, though, only one train was running at the time. What would have been a 15 minute wait turned into 30 minutes. Rode in the front seat, and the ride was rough but about average for SoB . Next we headed for Coney Mall, noting that AE and recaR were closed. At FoF, the line was out to the spaceship and no farther, so I wasn't able to see the video . Lucked out and another group let us cut in front of them for the back seat. Had an awesome ride - good to see the ORPs are back. Stopped at Oscar's for a quick bite, then SDATHC was next. Didn't do horribly for my first ride, 750. The effects were good as well. Was impressed, that's a fun ride - will definitely try it again to improve my score. Headed for Beast next, it was pretty much a walk-on for every seat. Had an awesome ride in the back seat. Was impressed with the changes made on the turn after the first tunnel, and the ride seems a lot faster than last year, could it be? Vortex was only about a 2 train wait, and since they were running 3 the line went fast. Nothing unusual to note about the ride. Back seat still has killer airtime. Next up was Spongebob 3D, the only side of the AFX Theatre that was open. Wait was about 20 minutes. I really liked this ride - the 3D effects were awesome. Was definitely better than 7th Portal IMHO. Finally we headed up to Delirium's shorter line. Waited for about three pods/frisbees (what's the proper word?) or 15 minutes. Seemed to still be some problems with the floor and certain sections not coming up. But this ride is incredible. The speed is great. Got to give it a 10. I was looking forward to hitting at least DZ and F/O but the rest of my group was wanting to head out by that time. So that was it. Was really impressed by the new rides as well as how the park looks this year as a whole. Will hit some more rides later.

I believe if you're under 13 you just need your parent's permission.

I go to Kings...right in the shadow of the park

Yeah, Spongebob 3D is the new attraction