DropZone99

Yeah I know what you mean. But alot of the GCI's are almost the same, except a few. There is pretty much 4 kinds of GCI's. 1. Dueling: Gwazi, Lightning Racer. 2. Classic Design: Roar, Roar, Wildcat, Evel Knievel, Thunderbird, Ozark Wildcat, Wildcat, Rumbler, El Toro. 3. Bigger ones: Terminator, Troy, Renegade, Prowler, Thunderhead. I just hope if Cedar Point does get a GCII, than it needs to separate it's self from the rest. It can't be a dueler, It can't be a classic dead man turn, twists, station fly by design. It needs to have a new feature. More airtime hills, more highly banked turns, much steeper drop. I think if CP gets a woodie, it needs to be an Intamin or Gravity Group cause GCII are starting to be over used and become boring.

Eh, I can't say alot about GCII's cause I've only ridden Gwazi which is they're worst coaster. But I think there is too many GCII's that are the same. All of them but Prowler, Gwazi, Lightning Racers, are too alike. If CP does get one it better be original.

Haha well that's because it's been closed for a while.

Wow. I wander how long the lines got today.

I told my mom about it and she said "I'm surprised your not wanting to marry Diamondback..."

Cornball Express!

Maybe you should bring your parents to a KIC meet up at Kings Island and have them meet a few KICers and show them that not all people you meet off the internet are murderer, rapist, irresponsible drivers lol. Hmm.. Well maybe I shouldn't. Last KIC meet up everyone was wearing 80's clothes and had pink hair. My Mom said (yesterday) that she would of let me go since it's not over night and not that far. She even said I could go places with people she doesn't know if It's not overnight and not over 4 hours away. That means next year you could take me to Holiday World!

I'm surprised you've never heard of it. If your ever in the area you have to go here, it's not as good as KI but I like it more than Cedar Point. Thank you! Thanks, I'm really happy you like my PTRs. And yes I know it was really dumb to do that. But I knew she would of said no. 40 Year old taking me to an amusement park out in the middle of Indiana surrounded by corn, she would think he would of killed me. When she found out she actually said she would of taken me, but she may just be saying that so I feel even worst? Thanks! Yeah next year there should be a KIC Meet up there, that would be fun. Cornball is amazing, Hurricane is alot of fun too. Yeah I saw your PTR it looked like you guys had alot of fun. And yeah I'm surprised I'm not grounded (Than again, I've never been and this is the only bad thing I've done.) I just got yelled at for a few minutes. Yeah. At first my Dad was going to take me. But my Grandma wasn't doing so good so we decided not to go. Than a few people here on KIC said they would take me. My Mom & Dad said I could go with them. Than I packed all my stuff, and was about to go to sleep, when they told me I couldn't go cause I might get raped, murdered, kidnapped, or die in a car crash. That sucks!

My friend Brian goes to Indiana Beach ever year (He lives in Cincinnati) and since he passes through Indianapolis, he decided to take me. My cousin is also a huge coaster enthusiast so he came along too. I got picked up at about 10:30 am. We first went to Indianapolis Int Airport to drop off someone and to get some food. The food was too expensive so we ate at Popeye's in Lafayette. On I65 we started seeing signs for IB and seeing alot of these creepy giant wind mill things. Than we got off the highway to take the side streets to IB. Since I had never been, I didn't know how close we were. Than out of no where we arrived, Didn't see a sign, didn't see a skyline, it just came out of no where. Than we walked across the famous bridge. First thing was LoCoSuMo. The whole queue was filled and they were running 1 train. So about an hour later we were getting on. I always hear mixed opinions about it. People say it's painful, fun, and weird. I loved it. I noticed a few pops of airtime, the turns were really weird, and the theming was random. I loved it alot, Wanted to reride but there was more credits to get. 8/10 Next was Cornball Express. It was my 80th. coaster. They were running 1 train and the line was half the stair case. We rode in row three. OMFG Cornball is amazing. Buzzbars, Lose seat belt, insane ejector air! The hill right before the head chopper was one of the best elements on any coaster. The helix was okay, didn't have alot of G's but I like it better than Beast's. 10/10 Next we all went to Galaxy. I was really excited to ride since it's a clone of Bavarian Beetle (a coaster that used to be at KI.) It was running two trains and the queue was half full. I rode in front seat. It was filled with trims, I lost count how many. It was a little bit rough, but amazing. The never ending helix was really great, it made the ride what It is. The trims were awful though. I thought I was about to get airtime til' a trim nearly stopped the train. 7/10 We were going to ride Tiggr but the queue was filled with 1 train, so we skipped it. Instead we went to Hurricane. The queue was about half filled with 1 train. About 15 Minutes later we got on. I rode in the very back seat with Mitchell. I thought I was going to get some floater air on the drop out of the lift, but I ended up not getting any there. It was really weird, When I thought I would get air, I didn't and when I thought I wasn't I did. The turnaround was a little rough and too slow but that is okay. I think Hoosier Hurricane is very under rated. It's not near as great as Cornball, but it's a fun ride. 8/10 We all wanted another ride on Cornball so we got back in line. The line got shorter. This time I thought I'd ride back. One of the ride opts. recognized the logos on all of our shirts (We all wore Son of Beast shirts for some odd reason...) He said he hasn't been to KI since 03', and we told him about Diamondback. When he checked my seat belt he noticed how lose it was. He asked me if I felt safe, I said yeah. Than he said "Well okay..." And loosened my seat belt as lose as it could go and asked "how about now?" I still said yes, than he told me he was kidding and tightened it a tiny bit. Back seat was really fun but not as good as Row 3. We all forgot about Steel Hawg so we got in line for it. The queue was filled and they were running 3 trains. The line was still about 30 Minutes. I didn't know what to expect about Steel Hawg. The lift was really fast, the drop was fun but not as good as Maverick's. The opposite banked turn was alot of fun. The first inversion was really fun, it had a few seconds of hangtime. The next inversion was weird, I don't know if I liked it or not. Overall Steel Hawg didn't live up to the hype, but was still a good ride. 6/10 After Steel Hawg we went to the car and I drunk my Yoo-Hoo drink. Than after a short break we came back in to the park and we rode Great Wheel. It wasn't the average wheel though, It seemed alot faster than most. After that we rode Falling Star. I had alot of fun on that, it had good airtime and even some laterals. Next we rode Sea Dragon. I hear it's one of the best ships, and it definitely is. We decided to ride Tiggr, no matter how long the line was. Luckily it got shorter. While waiting I just kept thinking how forceful it looks. I was thinking it was going to be the second best coaster there. I was wrong. I thought it was relatively boring, pretty forceless, and seemed like it was going to stall. I was disappointed and let down. 4/10 Since we had a bad ride on Tiggr we rode Cornball. This time I rode in the very front. It was better than back seat, but not as good as row 3. I also talked to that ride opt. again. I wanted to ride Air Crow so we got in line for it. Sign said no snapping, which sucked... I still had alot of fun on it, and it's one of my favorite flat rides. Not as good as Flying Eagles at PKI, but it was still good. Than we rode Dodgems. They were the best Dodgems I've ridden. I heard Double Shot, and had to ride it. The line was long, but we still got in line. Than when we were about next Mitchell got a phone call. Our parents didn't know we were at Indiana Beach, and they were freaking out. So we told them, got in huge trouble, and had to leave before we got to ride Double Shot, and reride other rides. It was dumb of me not to ask to go, but I knew I wouldn't of been able too. So we had to leave, which sucks cause it was only 7pm. Well now that your most likely skipped through that, here are the photos. This was my first sight of Indiana Beach. Mmmmmm Corn & Crows.. Hoosier Hurricane is good, but it's no Cornball. Kind of rough, but still good. The turnaround was a little slow, but fun. LoCoSuMo full queue sucks. Are you sure all of us, can fit in... there? The funny thing is this is probably the least sharp turn on the ride. Yep, but it's fun! Sadly, Didn't have any time to ride the Flume. Cornball is sooooooo amazing. Hoosier Hurricane's one train they ran. 111º Hangtime! I think it was my first S&S Coaster. Yeah, that's Steel Hawg. Yet I saw no Hogs made of steel. The overbanked turn was a nice ending. The queue was full. Great hangtime. Very fun inversion. I didn't care for the restraints. I think I may be the only person in my neighborhood with this photo. Surprisingly no airtime here. But some here. Cornball & Hoosier. Tigggggr. Hoosier Hurricane at sunset. ♥ boooo I miss Flying Eagles. Wanted to reride but ended up not getting to. Very photogenic. Cornabll, and Air Crow together!?

I could care less... At first I thought it said "Wind a ride on Millennium Force with Jeff Gramke" And I was thinking of signing up, but it's just some race car guy so nevermind.

The only ride that thrills me is Xtreme Skyflier. I love roller coasters more than anything, but they don't 'scare' me. Drop Zone used to do that until' I rode it too much and now it's just really fun. Xtreme Skyflier is one of my favorite Flat rides cause It's thrilling and I get nervous on it. Not even TTD thrills me anymore.

Thanks for the replies about my 'photoshop'. It was actually made on Paint, lol. The Screamin' Swing is Skyhawk at CP and the Ferris Wheel is the one at Navy Pier in Chicago. The queue line for the Ferris Wheel is Delirium's and the restrooms are the ones by Invertigo.

I was there that day. I don't think I saw you, but I saw HTCO alot of times.

Awesome! I hope my fall break is October 15-18, if so I'll be at KI the whole time!

5-1 On Vortex sucks, it's as rough as any other seat. 7-1 Is the absolute best seat. You get amazing floater air on the main drop, and a smooth ride. Anyways, I doubt Vortex will get new restraints ever. Sadly I could see it being removed in 15-20 Years.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010204042200/...ions_webcam.jsp Oh no! Delirium has been removed, and King Cobra made a return!

Thanks, and yeah she is. -------------------- http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=angrye...amp;view=videos The top rows of videos are the ones from this visit. Feel free to watch all of my videos and subscribe!

My new favorite Coaster ride was on of my ones on Diamondback last night. I got my favorite seat (Row 14 Outer Seat) And the fireworks went off during the ride. And as soon as we hit the brake run the Grand Finale started. It was truly the best ride I've ever had on a coaster. I don't know if it can be beat. Oh, and another great one that night was my last ride of the night on Beast past Midnight. It was so cold and creepy, we were one of about 5 people on the train!

Sigh. paperg, The Son of Beast lovers have been lighter on the "Leave Son of Beast alone" comments. They have realized that people in this thread lately are NOT bashing Son of Beast. You, however, do not seem to get it. We are NOT bashing Son of Beast. We are having a reasonable and polite discussion about the maintenance, design and status of the ride. However bleak it may be for the said ride, we are not bashing it. We are not bashing it. You seem to think that whenever someone does not say something positive about the ride, they are bashing it and it gives you the right to tell them in essence to shut up. We have a right to voice our opinion anyway. I do agree some take it to far, but this thread is not all trashing sob. Others have realized that, and some have even joined in the discussion. You don't seem to get that yet. Jackson, trying to sound as polite as he can, for he does not wish to throw stones, rather, to inform of their actions in hopes that they will improve.... Paperg is right. If you do not like Son of Beast, than don't ride it. Let the people who do like it ride it. What if I didn't like Diamondback, I would get yelled at if I said "I hate Diamondback, they just need to remove it because I don't like it!" And you guy's aren't really being polite, "Tear it down" "Burn it down" ect... is NOT polite at all. I realize I'm not being polite either but it's because I'm getting tired of people saying how much they hate it. And than you guy's try to say "We want it removed because that's valuable land that could have an expansion with alot of coasters!" Ugh, yes true that is alot of land. But Do you really think Cedar Fair is going to remove Son of Beast to expand Kings Island when theres nothing even wrong with it? No, they aren't. It's going to cost millions of dollars to remove it, than KI would lose the most wooden track record, tallest wooden coaster record, fastest wooden coaster record, biggest wooden structure record. And than Millions of Dollars to replace it with expanding, and than for a coaster or ride that's another couple million. It's not going to happen. Cedar Fair isn't the kind of company that removes coasters for other coasters. They remove Log Flumes to make coasters, and relocate flat rides for coasters....!

Part 2 Diamondback's line went to Nickelodeon Universe restroom. This was taken from Eiffel, pretty good zoom! I can even take photos of Cliff at The Beach water park a mile away. Son of Beast trains wrapped up. I saw probably over 20 People line jump in Backlot's queue in a 5 Minute period. Even KI&MVRR had a full queue! Would of been a good photo if the train was going down the drop. We got bored and decided to go to Boomerang Bay and take photos. I don't see why this slide is so popular, Personally it's my least favorite slide at BBay. I enjoy visiting Boomerang Bay, it brought back alot of memories when I used to go there every time I went to KI, but only it was Waterworks. I love how they let you get your water in BBay, it's so much better and quicker. Oh an this is the best water I've ever had, super cold! I was going to ride Snowy River Rampage, it's my favorite slide here. But it had a full queue and was overflowing, so I passed. Sydney Sidewinder is a nice slide too, probably my second favorite here. This is the only time I've ever seen Bondi Pipeline have a wait at all. This is my least favorite slide probably. I was bored so I filmed Lil' Bill. The reason I took this photos is because it's going to be rare. The 262' Sign, and Midnight Sign together. He was pretty funny. Sadly, I only got one ride on Adventure Express today. I usually always take this photo. It may not seem high, but when you up there just imagine walking that high on a tiny little wire. He is really brave. It sucked, no fans at all. Atleast when it hit the brakes a big thing of air comes. Blurry photo cause I was holding it. Kind of creepy, especially thinking it's past midnight and Johny died there. Thanks for reading! Also I'll have some videos later tonight! Diamondback- 9 Top Gun- 1 Eiffel Tower- 1 KI&MVRR- 2 Beast- 1 Racer- 2 Adventure Express- 1 Viking Fury- 1 County Line- 1 Drop Zone- 1 Flight of Fear- 2 Firehawk- 1

I went to Kings Island Saturday August 1st. We got to the park at about 9:10am. Re rode Diamondback 4 times during ERT, The line was about 5 Minutes at most. We could of rode probably 6 or 7 times, but we were about to ride Beast but we ended up just waiting for the rope drop. We walked to Firehawk 1 Switchback was already filled. 5 Minutes later we got row 5, the best row on Firehawk. Firehawk is actually a great ride, but the lines so long I never ride it. After an enjoyable ride on Firehawk we walked to Flight of Fear and walked right on to car 4. It wasn't as intense as usual but it was real fun. Since the line was non existent, we got back in line. This time the line was in the room before the station. We rode in the same car but a different train. Mitchell said "This seat smells weird..." Than we both said "Ewww" cause someone must of threw up, and then they cleaned it and put the cleaner on it. Although someone's threw up in every seat hundreds of times, it was gross to think someone just did not to long ago. This ride was kind of bad. I got off and filmed Firehawk and waited for Brian. Than we walked to Racer. Racer Blue was closed so the line for Red Racer was long. It ended up only being 10 minutes, but it was worth it! Usually I ride in back car, this time I rode second row. Alot better! The airtime was just so amazing, Racer is now my 3rd. favorite ride at Kings Island. Than Adventure Express was next. The station was crowded but the back two rows were empty so we walked right on. For some reason this ride on AE wasn't near as good as usual. My stomach hurt so I went to Festhaus and ate, and watched County Line. County Line was okay, but I probably only think that cause I'm not into shows. After that I went to see how busy Drop Zone was. I'm so used to it being about 10 People in line and getting right on. But the whole queue (including outdoor section) was filled and overflowed into the midway. I was so sad cause Drop Zone had a 2 Hour wait and Son of Beast is closed. So I got inline for Top Gun, one of my favorite coasters. I'm also used to it being 10 people in the station but I was shocked to walk under the tunnel and have to stop because the line started. 45 Minutes later we were about to the steps into the station, and the ride closed due to rain. Than 5 Minutes later it reopened. I love the noise it makes when it reopens! I rode in the front seat of the last car and had a great ride as always. Next we went to Eiffel Tower, the whole queue was filled but we were on in 5 Minutes. I never take the signature shots from Eiffel, so I decided to take them. I was burning up so I wanted to go to Boomerang Bay and ride Snowy River Rampage. We waited 10 Minutes for KI&MVRR. BBay was packed, every slide had a huge line so I ended up not riding any of them. I just took alot of photos and drank some ice cold water. We rode the train back to Rivertown, Brian had to meet with someone so I rode Diamondback during that. The whole queue was filled, they used temporary queues, and the line went to Nick Restrooms. It took about 15 Minutes for me to get on using single riders lane. Next I ate a Hot Dog at Snakepit, it was actually really good and was the best hot dog ever. Than I randomly walked to Days of Thunder and took photos of AE from it's queue. Decided to get a quick ride on Viking fury Than I walked back to Diamondback and sat down at Snakepit for an hour, watched Diamondback and talked to my friends. My mom got me a McChicken and Sweet Tea from McDonalds so I met her at the Drop Off Zone and ate by the Kennel and watched Invertigo. I was in need for a Drop Zone fix so I waited through the 90 Minute queue. This ride on DZ wasn't as good as usual, but still amazing. I met up with Brian again and we waited 10 Minutes for Blue Racer. Rode near the front and had an amazing ride! Than Brian wanted to end his night on Diamondback so we walked to it to find the line got longer. Instead of going into the single riders line we waited through the whole queue. And guess what? I had the most amazing ride on Diamondback ever in my life. I got my favorite seat, wasn't stapled, and got a firework ride. Wow, going up the lift watching fireworks, being in the woods hearing them and every now and then seeing one was just the best thing ever! It was cold, and the perfect weather! Than the second we entered the brake run the grand finale went off. I was so happy, I just had the best ride on Diamondback ever with some of my best friends. Than everyone (but Mitchell cause Kelly stapled him) was in an amazing mood so we went to Beast. But the queue was full and overflowing so we decided not to ride. Brian went home, but me and Mitchell stayed and went back to Diamondback and rode 3 more times. We were next on Diamondback but it closed for 5 Minutes. It was 11:55pm. so we decided to get out of line and ride Beast. We sat in my favorite seat (second to last) most the train was empty, it was really cold outside, and super dark! We got the last train of the night, and when I got off I saw Nick and we talked for a Little Bit. I was so sad my day was over, but left happy knowing I had an amazing day at KI! This was the longest the line got during ERT. I have never noticed the saw. Pretty random photo of Diamondback. This is one of my favorite views of Diamondback. As soon as the rope dropped most ERTers went to Firehawk. Sadly I got no ride on Vortex this visit. Firehawk was pretty much empty. Diamondback looks nice from over here. This ride on Firehawk was better than usual, and the crew was working fast. But later in the day they were very slow. Flight of Fear was next, we rode twice. Son of Beast looks so innocent. After Racer & AE we went to Festhaus. My camera sucks indoors, when dark, with no tripod, and flash off. I wanted to ride Congo but with a almost full queue, I'll pass... This is one of the only times I've seen every boat filled. Diamondback's splash is much better. Invertigo had a full queue, and was testing after being closed for a while. This made me really mad! So did this. Atleast Top Gun always has a walkon! Ugh or not... And to make the already 45 Minute wait longer, the ride closed cause of rain. But it opened 5 Minutes later! I'm still shocked to see this. LOL. Wow, Eiffel too!? Part 2 in a minute!

Wow, that sure is high. Where does it end at?

I know that... Someone said they need to say Son of Beast is closed on the website, and so I posted a link and a quote telling him it says that. No, it's said that since late June, It's just someone asked if it said that and so I posted it.