Ki Man

^Yup, rumored to be open before July 4th

Um, yea man. Pictures are better. Expect one from me about every 2 weeks.

Top Gun is love.

So it's guys day at KI for the games department. All the girls work and we have a cook out. My and my friend headed to Boomerang Bay and rode pretty much everything. Around 6:45, it POURED down rain! Storm warnings and everything, it was like a monsoon. We ran from BB all the way into Nick U to an employee restaraunt to take cover until 8. After that, the park was DEAD. Firehawk had a 15 minute wait, and was using both stations! FoF had no line! Vortex had no line. Then we watched SoB test. Still very loud, and it went through the pre drop off the left quickly, but almost vallied as it inched over the first drop. The trains look tiny compared to the old ones, and the new logo is on the front. (Loop is out and the second helix is put in). Today is the girls day, by the way. FoF - 3 Times, no wait for the front Vortex - 3 Times, no wait for back and front Firehawk - 1 time, 15 minute wait in the front All waterslides were 10 minute wait and really fun, especially Tazmanian Typhoon (the big funnel ride) Welcome to Boomarang Bay, mate! Down Under Thunder, your normal slide. I didn't ride Coolangata Racer, you lay on the mat and race! It's a really fun, quick ride. Yup, POURING down rain....relentless wind...monsoon basically. Aww, a rainbow! That means it's over, right? Nope, it still rained for a good 20 minutes. Flight of Fear is dry and wait-less! YES!!! All Clear, say hello to the aliens! FoF is still a great ride Obligadory ghosty shot. Using two stations minimizes wait times?! Psh, you're bluffing. I can fly, I can fly! For James and his special Viking Fury crew! :cry: Drop Zone is all, "I'm a reliable, non second generation freefall, but yikes, I hope that little girl gets better!" Wait a minute......I hear that familiar deafening chain lift..... It lives! "Hey, I'm new here....they told me there was a loop!" "I'll open up in a week or two, come and ride me! I'll play gentle." Did I mention it FLIES over the second hill? I'm still smooth. Thanks for readin!

Theming? Please explain on how you can put some theming into SoB. How can it be improved? Not existing.

Maybe it is 5000 cycles because they dont want anything bad to happen like last year. This ride is already pushing limits.

Old news. It's CoCo Key indoor water park add on to one of the hotels. They started building like.....last winter! www.coCokeywaterresort.com

I work at KI and my employee pass gets me into all parks for free. And I didn't have to pay one cent. Accually, I'm getting payed!

Accually, it is number 194 out of all the steel coasters in the world. Mitch's Steel Poll. http://www.ushsho.com/detailedsteelrollerc...results2006.htm 194 out of 337 It had 102 votes. That means people rode it; it was just down on their list. Similar to mine. And hell, our best ride (FoF) Was 135 on the list.

Firehawk is a relocated ride that probably 25% people have already ridden. It's not an amazing coaster; we need a world class ride that isn't chok full of trims. Firehawk/X-Flight probab;y doesn't rank in the top 100 best coasters in the world.

Like stand-ups, Floorless coasters were a fad. Kings Island needs a gool airtime coaster...preferably a B&M or Intamin. We need a coaster that people will come and WANT to ride!!!

This thread is pointless. Just because GL lost 2 coasters doesn't mean it is closing.

Pssshhh. Elder....ha. :P

Elder?!? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.......hahahaha. Um, Moeller HS.

^I have the CoolPix L4

True, I just don't like the 'ghost' look. So um...like, back on topic.

^^Pshhhhh no way!

Just for Welchce One of my most fav. pics taken

Best vertical loop in the park. Firehawk has the best helix. Red Train < Yellow Train Sun sets on IJST See anything different in this picture? KIC gets a pretty picture. Carowinds on Friday. Top Gun bliss here I come....darn I hope my camera will work. Thanks for reading!

I stayed for abit after work and got alot of ride in in two hours. Check out da picz. Pics from yesterday Firehawk was running the red train (the one that was broken on friday) and that was it. The yellow train (was only one working on Friday) was parked in the other station. Hooray one train op...sike. IJST - one ride Flight of Fear - One ride TR:TR - one fun ride Vortex - 2 awesome rides. The front is really jerky....the back kicks ass! Heed thy word! Racers are still a great ride at over 30 years old. Vortex is 20 years old and showing little signs of aging...or staking! Ride Vortex and tell me there isn't airtime there. Rare full lift shot for those who care. Yummyyyyyy shot Gotta have my signature batwing shot After watching Vortex run 1000 times while working, you really wana loop the loop. Gotta ride IJST when there is a 5 minute wait. Still think it's a very fun ride. So yea, Zephyr is a classic. Oh yea, Firehawk....still doesn't know which train to run. Red was broken, now fixed; yellow was operational, now parked. Slow-mo fly to lie was cool Flight of Fear in the backseat seemed kinda vibratey. They seem to have a different intro every time I am there. Still my favorite part of the ride.

July 4th weekend will be horrible. Expect 2 hour lines for F/O, FoF, Firehawk. About 45 min - 1hour for mostly everything else.

The Beast would be an amazing coaster if they took off those #$%@%^^$%T$ trims! It was a superb woodie without them, not it is robbed of airtime and even more relentless speeds. I hope Rivertown will become the wild west area in terms of how they made it become popular at Cedar Point. A few years ago, all they had was Mean Streak, aka piece of crap. Two years later, they have a cool flat and world class coaster. Sure, they had to take out a ride to make room for an excellent one, but I can see this happening at KI. All we have is Beast and TR:TR. Firehawk was poorly placed IMO. Just like at GL. The very back of the park. You hardly have any acess to the ride! A Mauhr (sp) Sohne spinner or Geastaleur spinner/95* drop coaster could go well back there. They fit into tight places and work wonders. (hmm..that sounds funny o.x

As of June 5th, there was dual station and trains running. Then the yellow train became inactive in the other station; running the red train as a one train op. WTF?!?!?!

That seems like the realistic timing. Mid-End of June.

Most intense part as far as G's: Loop and helix. 'Intesne Part': Initial lie to fly As far as BORG Assimilator to Firehawk......Corkscrews >>>>> Barrel Rolls. They didn't do much for me... Firehawk = Best coaster at Kings Island? To me, no. It sure as hell is a really fun coaster, but I think Flight of Fear or Vortex still might be better. I'll have to give it a few more rides. 1. Flight of Fear/Vortex 2. Firehawk 3. Top Gun 4. Beast 5. Racer