vermillionlove

I also walked 90% of the 5k, and enjoyed views on the backroads that i'd never walked before. (: didn't see any testing happening though, that sounds rad!

Hmmmm... I'll take one of each, thank you!

Riding the Flight of Fear was very fun on Monday! The ride operator will say a different phrase every time they send a train out of the station, depending on a number 1-100. The first one I heard was LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAIN!" which made me laugh way too much. Also inside, it was not as dark as usual which was exciting. My whole visit on the 12th was pretty fun. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/29425-vermillionloves-trip-reports-feel-free-to-post-also/?p=615846

looking at your thread has been fun, love your photos and joy of retelling your day (:

TRIP REPORT FOR MAY 12th 2014 actually, it's more like a diary than anything... It was a great day, I did pretty much everything I wanted to do! Today I went alone again, brought along by my bf while he goes to work. Better than me sitting around my house all day =p although I was alone, I was talking to people a lot. I am usually shy and don't seek out conversation, but I found my way into them today. My first ride was Diamondback. I went for the front and a man behind me was also a single rider. We chatted as we were going up the hill, and waiting to go back into the station. He told me he was thinking about bringing his niece on the ride, but as we were going up the hill he says "oh no this wouldn't be a good ride for her.." lol =D he mentioned that he hadn't been to the park in years and asked me about the Son of Beast, mentioning he heard they took the loop out. I told him it's all gone now, and Banshee is standing in his place! also I ended up pairing off with a single rider in the line for The Beast as well. a group of 3, I was the 3rd guy's ride buddy. We chatted as well, I saw he had a Banshee first rider shirt and we talked about opening day and how the Banshee is. he warned me that he screams like a little girl on the ride. Not really (: I took a ride on the train for the first time this season. I quite enjoyed the guide's information, it made for an interesting an amusing ride. I took a video of my ride, but my phone isn't wanting to upload it. :{ I saw pikachu in the window at the inn :3 I went through Dinosaurs Alive! for the first time today. The size of the exhibit surprised me. It was rally cool, I'd like to do it again. But honestly it feels a little out of place at Kings Island, maybe more of a zoo thing. Anyway, one of the first dinos I saw was this guy: If you look closely at his head (above the eye) you'll see a caterpillar! lol! My trip into Dinosaurs Alive quickly turned into me finding caterpillars inching for their lives across the concrete walk. I would pick them up and set them on nearby trees, so they wouldn't get squished. I've been seeing quite a lot of the little guys at a park near my house, so seeing them at ki was a pleasant surprise! I took this pic of The Racer, a view i'm not sure I've seen before today. I took rides on the shake rattle & roll, zephyr, Vortex and monster. I played DDR in the arcades and set a new high score. it was for the song think ya better D on heavy. Oh DDR how I love you ♥ Anyway, I also headed over to The Racer. while in line I noticed a little girl had the same hairtie as me around her wrist, but I didn't say anything (shy). but it turned out she noticed too, and tapped me to point it out. I wanted to get on Invertigo. I got in line, at first going for the front, but deciding that I may as well go in an empty seat. I just didn't want to be stuck facing a stranger. ^^; after the gates open, a guy sitting in my seat turns to me and says "this one will scare you!" before getting out. Haha, don't speak so soon guy. (; well, I was scared away, but not by the ride. I experienced another first today: hearing, smelling, and seeing a protein spill right before my eyes. At least the guy had gotten off the ride first and was over/near a can. I panicked for a second, feeling suffocated, turned on my heel and went back through the gate and out the entrance line, good thing there weren't any people. I decided to come back later but in the end I was too squicked out to return at all. sorry to any who were reading and are now grossed out, moving on now! I decided to ride the viking ship for the first time of the season. I sat on the right side, second row. soon after I got in line, a mother and daughter came in, mother started walking towards the left but the daughter decided she wanted to ride on the opposite side. she was little but decided to brave the outer seat. during the ride, the mother smiled to her daughter, who exclaimed that she was a big girl and she could ride there. It was one of the most adorable things I've seen all day, tied with the caterpillars, and some girl's cat stockings. http://www.blueeyedbookworm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Kitties1.jpg I wish I could have ridden WindSeeker and/or Drop Tower today. maybe next time. (: I'm realizing I also didn't do Adventure Express. But I can do without that one. it's speed is fun, but the restraints could do a better job holding me in place. I noticed that after some time, Delirium was testing! yay! I heard it may be 10 or so test cycles before they accept riders. So I went and had some lunch in the festhaus. Nothing exciting, some crackers and pretzels I had in my bag. But the panda express smelled so good. ~_~ When I was done, I was able to come out and ride. I've noticed that seats from 1-25 or so gives you a view of the ground when you are spinning in the air. 26-50 shows you the sky. I prefer the sky, because when I ride I like to let my legs and arms hang out in front of me, coming off my seat a little, like i'm going to fall into the sky. it's quite a rush. but looking down at the ground from so high up is also awesome! I love Delirium! I decided I was going to get a 2 hour locker rental and ride the Banshee and Firehawk while my bag was secured. I'm so glad I did. I got in so many rides on the Banshee. I rode in the front seat several times, at least 5 or more, and only had to wait a few minutes if that! The ride is really incredible, I can feel the g-forces in the tips of my feet most, and i love the airtime. I don't love the restraints squiching my collarbone so much. which is odd, considering i'm not a small girl and my collarbones don't protrude much. But I wonder how comfortably it would have fit last year at this time, when I was 55lbs heavier? while I was riding the Banshee, I decided to try the back seat, although I was especially paranoid today about protein spills. almost on cue, another single rider got in line behind me, as we approached the station he said something like "front seat is for losers." P: we both ended up going for the back. we talked a bit while seating, going up the hill, and while waiting to go back into the station. he used a few terms that made me think he may be an enthusiast and could possibly be a member of the forum so I asked, and he was (: the first time I met a KICer. I decided to go see about getting on the Firehawk. I got a cup of ice water on my way and went through the arcade. I saw a little girl had won the big prize on one of the games, big bass fishing I think, you land your spinner on a tiny slice of wheel and get 5000 tickets, she won! I congratulated her, and realized it was the same little girl and mother from the viking ship. I mentioned that I recognized them and told the mother her daughter is adorable, she said I was sweet. :> Anyway, when I made my way over to the Firehawk, I saw it was closed. After I trekked over there! closed! gah. I decided to go for FoF while I was still there. It was a longish line but not too bad. I was behind two young guys who talked about losing their virginity and their "numbers" among other things. P: I tried my best to look like I couldn't easily hear them, and finished my ice water. When I got to the station, I wanted front seat so I waited a few cycles. the operator asked us to pick a number 1-100, apparently it decides what she says before sending everyone off. I think the number picked was six, but the line had me laughing like mad: "LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAIN!" *sends train off* I will ask them to say 6 if I can remember. I hope I heard the number right. Anyway, my ride was awesome! The room seemed better lit, not exactly bright or anything, but not as dark as usual. After the ride, I went back over to the Banshee. I got one last ride in, and afterwards asked what the time was, and it was about 5 minutes before my locker expired, perfect timing. My last ride was perfect though, I got an edge seat and the sky looked beautiful, with sun beams streaming from the clouds, creating a heavenly scene. here's a picture I took after I was on the ground and got my stuff from the locker. After that ride, I headed over to The Bat, for my first ride this season, with the new paint. It was as deserted over there as it was pre-makeover. The ride looks really great though. I thought for a second I might get a train to myself, but someone came. After The Bat I went to the Backlot Stunt Coaster, another first this season. I got front seat on that too. It was a really fun ride, and I could have easily gotten back in line and done it again, but time was running short and I still wasn't sure if I wanted to head to Invertigo and try that again, or do a few rides on Diamondback. I decided Diamondback. I walked over there and got a front row seat. it was 7:56 when it was done. I got back in line and managed a back set ride. I wouldn't have gotten front seat again, but I sort of regret doing the back seat, it was rocky. only in some parts, like the track was violently vibrating the back of the train. it hurt my head :s but going up the hill was awesome, getting a view of the sunset that I wouldn't have even known was there, from the ground with no clear views of the horizon anywhere. It was closing time, and time to meet up with my bf. exiting the park I got a lovely view! unfortunately my camera can't pick up sunsets as well as it should. It was seriously a beauty though, and the kind that casts everything in a pretty golden light. So, let me see if I can figure out a ride total. Diamondback: 3 Beast: 1 Train: 1 Shake Rattle & Roll: 1 Monster: 1 Zephyr: 1 Viking Fury: 1 The Racer: 1 Vortex: 1 Delirium: 1 Flight of Fear: 1 Backlot Stunt Coaster: 1 The Bat: 1 Banshee: 10? almost everything! and some random pictures I didn't fit in anywhere: if you're still reading, I love you

I've experienced this a few times. My boyfriend and I usually just try to ignore the offender, or scoot away some more so bumping doesn't happen again. I can think of one time, waiting in line for The Racer, a man and his little daughter I assume were standing behind us in line, she was so hyperactive, it was as if she was vibrating. constantly knocking herself into us. On April 26th I visited with my friend who does not hesitate to make her voice heard if something is upsetting her. A group in front of us in the Banshee line was horsing around and I think a guy may have bumped her hard or stepped on her foot, and made no effort to apologize or even look back. She spoke up right then and said she needs her personal space and he was invading it. The girlfriend got mad at her for speaking up, saying something like "forget about it" "leave him alone". :/ well, they continued to be rowdy through the rest of the line, but at least they weren't bumping into us.

Thanks! I was reading my book when I looked up to see those beautiful views! Getting to the park just in time for sunrise is great

Not sure if I should make a trip report thread all of my own. I hope I'm doing this right! I went today and enjoyed weekday operation (kinda) and ERT for the first time this season! Another first, EVER for me happened today when I got stuck on a ride. Not a big deal, it was just Delirium. The platform was stuck down, would not come back up and restraints would not unlock so they had to have someone come fix it! Was stuck for a little bit. Much better than being stuck with legs hanging down. I woke up at 5:15 and left with my bf around 6:30 for his shift starting at 7. He works at the park. I sat in the car reading the hunger games until 9:30. Today was another first for me in this way, that I was alone. It was odd, but I still had a great time! During the day, this is just what I remember, I rode Delirium 3-4 times, Diamondback x2, The Beast x2, Vortex x1, Racer x1, Adventure Express x1, Flight of Fear x1, Invertigo x1. The longest line was for FoF, because it was after it started raining! Rides were walk-on for the most part, but I like to go for the front seat which added a minimal wait. So worth it though for rides like The Beast! I wanted to go for Invertigo a second time, but the delay on the Delirium made me nearly late for meeting up with my bf after his shift was over at 4. Next time! Also next time I want to make sure to ride The Bat, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Firehawk and of course the Banshee (: I should have extra money for a locker next time. The rain today was a minor annoyance, I had a light jacket with me I threw on whenever the rain would come on. I was hoping to see a rainbow, but I suppose it wasn't sunny enough. I spotted this bird's nest I'm rather shy and not quite good at talking to people IRL, but at the same time I yearn to meet other enthusiasts. If you see me, a chick with my hair in a weird bun, typically Diamondback first rider shirt, and a green drawstring bag with yoshi on it, come say hi http://i.imgur.com/jwpRXy3.png here is a pic of me I screencapped from the Banshee opening day line video lol!

Thanks for the reply Malem! I'm very happy to hear Delirium is included, it's my favorite ride at KI that is not a coaster Also I have yet to ride The Bat this season, so I'll fix that tomorrow morning! I would love to do Banshee, but won't have any extra money for a locker.

Hey all, I have the opportunity to be up there for early ride times tomorrow, I was wondering if they are having the same rides open each day or do they switch it up? Which rides are included? I'm saddened to hear Diamondback isn't open for ERT

So far, April 26th: riding the Banshee for the first time in the front seat. It was my second visit to the park of the season, and I brought along my friend, it was her first of the season, and her first ride on the Banshee. it was an amazing ride! I can't wait to experience it again-- at night.

I have a question. Last year as I was entering the park with my bf, I was offered wristbands that were still brand new, never used. It appeared the man and his daughter had to leave early, or had purchased them and then learned they had to leave, or maybe had bought them in anticipation of meeting up with others that never showed, I'm not sure. Would it have been wrong to take them, even though they had yet to be used?

I had an issue that was caused by human error, but created an interesting problem! My mother has renewed my pass for the past few years as a birthday gift. This year I left my wallet with her so she could take care of it whenever she had the time. Well, I also had my boyfriend's pass in my wallet. Can you guess which pass she renewed? Later as we were trying to renew his pass, we got nothing but errors and assumed that we were just putting in the wrong phone number on file. We searched all night for all the phone numbers he's used over the years and tried every one-- nada. Later in the morning (it was opening day) we managed to get on the phone with someone at the park to help us. we were told that his pass had already been renewed, but the information was odd- it had his picture on file, but my name. Amanda is not a name you would think would go with the person in his picture, right? lol. He read then my pass number and it turned out that my pass was still shown as a 2013 pass and had not been renewed. Then the answer hit me, the wrong pass must have been renewed! Once we figured this out all was well, we were able to renew my pass as normal, and then after we were done on opening day we went to processing and got some help putting his information back on the card as it should be. All of this is relevant because imaging our pass informations merging like that was hilarious to me. Like some kind of frankenpass. it certainly seemed like a crazy glitch before we figured it out.

HAHA I see myself and my boyfriend @25sec. He's got a black and orange bag and I have a green drawstring bag.

hey all, does the park open at 3pm for gold pass holders on friday? my bf is going in for orientation at ki today and will start working on monday. I hope he will have a weekday off so we can still go together. And hope he won't get sick of going!

I was wondering if anyone may know if we will be able to pick our own seating on the Banshee anytime soon. I'd love to ride in the front (especially with my fear of 'protein spills' coming back and hitting me on the ride). Has anyone tried to request a certain seat? When I rode yesterday we were assigned a seat, we wanted to go for the front, but we were honestly happy to just sit down anywhere lol. Can't wait to experience the Banshee at night (: the Banshee is a thrill unlike any other at KI. I'm very excited for other "firsts" I will have with it. And sorry for continually whining about shirts. >_<

I didn't particicpate in the fund raiser, had no idea how media day worked (I regret not looking into either of those things) and missed a first rider shirt by ten minutes... I hope someone will put one up for $20 or something I may get it. I'd like to say it doesn't matter that much to me, but it does. I was very upset. >_< At least I have my Diamondback first rider shirt. but it's old and worn out. I think it's interesting that some Firehawk first rider shirts are showing up in the search results for Banshee shirts on ebay, I had never seen a Firehawk first rider shirt. one is $16 which is as cheap as most other shirt in the gift shops.

I think I may have been across from you and your wife in line today. I had saw your comment about being at Diamondback's opening day in another thread. I had a yoshi drawstring bag and a Diamondback first rider shirt. I thought it may be you from memory of your icon and the fact that you are holding a baby - who would be about the age of the children I saw. :> of course this post will be awkward if I am totally wrong about this, disregard if so, lol. Also, in an unrelated note, I just finished reading everyone's comments, I wish I had a way to post to the boards while waiting in line =p I'm a person who's terrified of vomit (emetophpobia - a terrible fear for someone as addicted to roller coasters as I) and riding in the middle train made me a little nervous about someone who may be not feeling good in front of me, if you know what I mean. If I get a chance to pick, I'd like to choose to ride in the front seat to elimate that chance. I noticed while I was approaching the station that the garbage can had some fresh sawdust in it that had a very strong pine sol smell. Better than smelling like ralph of course, but just thinking that it was disposed of right there was grossing me out. I hope I'm never around to see the Banshee get to someone badly. Now, I consider my stomach to be strong but I was a little worried about getting on the Banshee because Invertigo makes me dizzy sometimes (no nausea though) as well as the slingshot and also Vortex, for a moment after completing the two loops.

I told my bf the title of this thread and he answered with a "freakin awesome" (: I enjoyed it of course, but was really looking forward to getting a shirt. By the time we got off (after waiting for 4+ hours) we were told they "finished giving out shirts 10 minutes ago". *cries internally* I saw at least one person walking around with two... will someone have pity on me and sell me one or two shirts? (one for me and bf) I can't wait to experience the ride in the font seat. I sat on the left side of a middle row. Front and back, and night rides will all be amazing new experiences. Honestly by the time we got to the ride, I was feeling hungry, tired, had to use the bathroom, and was going crazy with anxiety being afraid that the ride would make me too dizzy (it didn't)! I loved the memorial to the Son of Beast near the entrace. <3

I'm ready for some fresh cut fries and cheese dip please! i'd love to try the Banshee twist, too.

My mom renwed my pass for my birthday. But found that it cost nearly a hundred bucks, it's usually less for renewel, was it this way for everyone else who renewed? I've had my card since 2010 I think (:

I have been exhausted today, and laid down for a nap, and had a dream about the Banshee. I felt a little dizzy and woke up from the sensation. I now realize that the Banshee might make me a little dizzy. Invertigo does it for me, though it may be the change in direction that messes me up. Only time will tell, I know I will be riding it, I just hope it doesn't make me dizzy as it did in my dream.

Oh my Gosh, I think I would cry. I've gotten embarrassingly upset about waiting in line for front seat of The Beast for 2 hours, then being one set of riders too late, and they say everyone has to find another seat. :s It's happened to me MULTIPLE times. darn it, I waited 2+ hours for this seat. Please run one more train! *cough* rant over

Last season I weighed around 220-225 and I'm a 5'2" female, I fit on everything pretty well though. My weight distribution is mostly in my belly and thighs and I was kinda stuck in a "click" of the Diamondback that wouldn't quite go down far enough to the next one, but there was a lot of room and I didn't feel comfortable going with no hands, that was the only issue! Since then I've slimmed down to 165 and I'm excited to see how I will fit in all the restraints. ALL OF THEM =D