IndyGuy4KI

Thanks for the PTR, very nice. You will have to hang with the KIC crew next time!

You leave your 6 week old baby, wife, and 4 year old at home to go to KI opening day with KIC friends! I don't know anyone who did that except me?

Looks like as of right now PS is being voted on as being better by 5 to 1. This was my vote as well!

Me as well. I can't stress enough how much I enjoyed my day with KIC friends! I wish we could all meet up every weekend!

Great PTR as always Angie!

I did not ride it, but Robbie did and he said it was the same as last year. We already knew that though, for that question was answered in the 5@5 a while back.

It has nothing at all to do with wheels. There are wheels on the trains that have never been changed and there are wheels that were changed a week ago. There is no say how long wheels can last. They can either last for years or last for a few months. If there is not a reason too change the wheels they won't change them. Could you get a different roar from a different type of wheel? Does B & M even offer more than one type of wheel for their trains?

I guess we need to get that thread moving on what people are doing, but I think I am going to go on the 15th. The trains are the reason I am going.

I am a true redneck right now, and my forehead is nice and sore today. I bet some of it is wind burn as well!

I always enjoy your company, I always learn something new about the park or the industry from you. Hanging with the KICers is always fun!

I saw your group walking to The Beast when I was walking out the exit and I saw you guys a few times after that. Wish you would have said hello! It is always nice to add a face to a screen name.

About 18" of water and human size beach balls and you bump into each other, or try anyway. You can see half the people in the pic can't even stand. More fun to watch that do probably!

Nope!

Seemed to be the same to me, unless I shrunk, which I doubt.

BLSC trains can been seen on my Trip Report here. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21239

Headed out of the house a 6:12 am to get Sean (Indainapolisman.) Got him and hit the highway. We stopped at the gas station outsie KI to get a snack before getting in line. At 8:20 AM we found the rest of the KIC group and talked with them until the gates opened for ERT. Everyone was rushing to DB. Sean, Angie, Tom, Gary, and a few others got the second train of the season!!! W00T! We then headed to Beast and got a good first ride of the season on it. We then decided to check out Boo Blasters. We were very surprised to see how well this ride has been redone. Win for KI! We then caught up with Jesse and then went to DB for his first ride of the season. Another great ride on DB. We then went to BLSC.Here are the newly painted trains!! All pics were taken with my cell phone, so they may not be perfect We then headed to Vortex for my first Arrow ride of the year. We found the new the Eurro Bungie to be be a spectator show. Watich kids try to move these things around and falling every 2 seconds was a lot of fun. Robbie caught up with us and we then ended up in Action Zone. We took a ride on Flight Deck. Still very sad to see SOB sitting there SBNO. Sean is very sad about that due to it being his favorite ride. We ate in the Festhaus and watched the new show, Way to much TV. I think most of us enjoyed the show. I give it a B rating. Sean was the only one that got bored with it and missed most of the show. Sean, Gary, Robbie, and I then tried Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. There is a spraying element to this ride, but is not 1/2 as bad as that elephant was at getting you wet in the face.We then got back in line for DB. After that we then headed to Beast. Gary's family arrived so he want to join them and we then had 4 in our group. We then headed to Racer. The park was very busy and several rides were not happy about operating that day so the the rides that were operating seemed extra busy. We decided to go up in the ET and take a look at the park. After a chilling time on ET we were wanting to rest a little, so we took a train ride. Here we are on the train. Sean and Jesse Robbie and I While on the train I got an email from Holiday World stating the Timberlinners will not be running opening day. What do we do about our KIC trip on their opening day now? I texted this to Angie for I knew she would be upset about this! We tried to ride BLSC, but it had been down and the maintenance was replacing a part when we got there. We talked to Cory Butcher for a few minutes, but he was not sure when the ride would be working again. We were going to go get dinner and by the time we made our way to the Coney Mall midway, Robbie noticed it was testing. He headed back while the line was small. We got in line and then it valleyed on the second launch. Robbie and I were thinking the wind gusts were causing this issue and it seemed to be the white train that had this issue. We met up with Ryan in the queue of BLSC. With the ride down again, we then went to Skyline and got some dinner. BLSC was testing again when we were finishing up so we went back again. 3rd try! Robbie and I was on the train after Jesse, Sean, and Ryan. When they launched their train it actually stopped at the top of the helix, Ryan was shaking his body forward to make it to the first drop. It did go, but we all thought it was not going to happen. Robbie and I had a good ride, but was worried about the other trains rolling back before we could get off, no isssues and got off just fine. We then went and rode BBOBH again since Robbie had not been on it yet. We then headed to DB for a very cold ride and then Ryan had enough and split. Sean and Jesse headed to Starbucks for some warm drinks while Robbie and I ended the night on a ride on Racer. I had a great day seeing all of my KIC friends and sorry I did not get to see more of you for I knew you were there somewhere! Got home about 12:20 AM. Ride Count DB - 4 BBOBH - 2 BLSC - 2 Beast -2 Racer - 2 Vortex - 1 FD - 1 RFYLCB - 1 Train - 1 ET -1 Total Rides: 17 TV show - 1

Great Trip report Jesse. I really had a good time. I hope I can get my trip report up today.

Here we go already. I walked into the Wal-Mark vision center yesterday and get a new eyewear strap to take on Saturday. I found one and took it to the counter to pay for it. The lady asked "Did you find what you were looking for." Trying to kid around, I said "Yes, I hope this will keep my glasses from flying off at 80 MPH." She gave me a funny look and I said, "I am going to KI this weekend." She then said, "Is that how fast you are driving to get there?" I was like "Umm, I wil be ridding roller coasters and be going 80 MPH on one of the coasters." Still a funny look on her face... I was not dressed like a biker in any means so I don't think she thought I was ridding a cycle over which is the only explanation I cold think of as to her asking my driving speed?

I really don't like that they left the orange tarps for the line... I like the orange, but I think it would have been a little better had they had a little orange on the train as well. It would have went together a little better. Although, blue and orange compliment each other well. See Vortex for instance!

To me it is useless if you don't get it when you post the update. There could be 3 pages on the thread it refereces if you wait till the next day or wait till a certain time to send the text. I think there needs to be a disclamer on the signup page that states, "You will get texted as an update happens regardless of the time. If you do not want to be texted an any time please do not sign up." (Something to that effect.) Just my 2 cents!

I plan on doing the Planet Snoopy thing either next Saturday or the following with the family. This Saturday, I want to ride coasters with my KIC friends and remove my coaster withdraw jitters! I do want to walk through and see it though for sure!

Note I said :This could be a cost savings to them, a Win Win! You are probably right, it might hurt game sales a little so there could be some disadvantages to it as well. Now the people that carry around the 6 foot tall stuffed animals on their backs probably would like them to be deflated and get a bag of stuffing to fill the animal at home instead of carrying around a big monkey on their back.

Could be 40's for a high! We have been spoiled by 80's this week so 60's is going to feel cold.

Yep, looks like they did a good job with it!

For people that come one day to the park for a vacation, they are probably not going to care to much about the balls being bounced. For most of us here that visit the park often get quite annoyed by them, especially in The Beast and Racer queue/station where the floor is wood and you get to feel every bounce. If there was one thing I could change about the prizes at KI, it would be to hand those balls out deflated. I am also guessing KI receives those balls deflated and they are paying someone to inflate them. This could be a cost savings to them, a Win Win!