I'm going to spruce this trip report up so it won't be as boring for you guys to read.
Arrival Time: 1:00 p.m
Departure Time: 12:00 a.m
Estimated Number of Rides: 13-14
Number of Shows: 1
The Rides:
Delirium - This was the first ride that me and my friend had rode yesterday. We came to Delirium right after we arrived and waited about 45 minutes to an hour. The operations were pretty sluggish, but the park was very crowded and there were tons of people queued up for the ride. The ride was fun, but the cycle has been shortened and the ride seems to run faster.
Some Things I Noticed: The ride cycle has been shortened, but I have no complaints about that because it was still fun. The operations were slower than usual, but the park was extremely crowded.
The Racer - We ended up riding this the most yesterday. The line wasn't longer than 30 minutes and they had most of the switchbacks open. The Blue Racer was pretty rough and even when the Blue Racer had a head start, the Red Racer still managed to win. The Red Racer was smoother and seemed to run a little faster than usual. The operations were normal.
Some Things I Noticed: The Blue Racer was very rough and both sides could use some TLC. I really like the decals on the front of the trains. Red Racer still won even when Blue had a head start.
Flight Deck - Flight Deck was running good today. The operations were very good and the line was about 15-20 minutes. However later on in the day the line I estimated the wait was around 30-40 minutes. I snapped quite a few pictures of Sonny, because this is the last time I'd see him intact.
Some Things I Noticed: Flight Deck was no different than what it usually is.
Vortex - The line was long for most of the day. So we waited until 10:45 to ride and we were able to ride it 4 times. The wait was about 10 minutes, but was longer during the day. The ride was no different than it usually was. I rode in 5-2 and it was a lot smoother, but less fun if you ask me.
Some Things I Noticed: The ride operator checking our restraints was flying through. He had the whole right side checked in less than 30 seconds. Operations were normal.
Woodstock - I can barely fit in the trains now. Me and my buddy were crammed into one seat because some girl behind me didn't get on. But by time I noticed the restraints were already locked. The ride is still fun, but getting too small for me.
Some Things I Noticed: The line was about 5-10 minutes and the operations were normal.
Overall Review: The park was very crowded today. We were expecting the park to die down around 8-9, but it didn't die down until after the fireworks. But even then Beast and Diamondback still had pretty long lines. For my last trip of the Summer it was a pretty big let down. We didn't ride as much as we wanted to, but I had expected that would happen. The next time I'll be at the park is for Halloween Haunt. There was a lot of people walking around the park smoking. I didn't see security approach anyone of them once. I can't be around secondhand smoke because of my asthma. So I had to rush to get away from the smoke, which was getting annoying. We saw Ed Alonzo's Psycho Circus and it was very funny. It was a nice break from the heat and had a lot of cool tricks. The fireworks were okay, but that's not what I'm worried most about.
Son of Beast: I snapped quite a few pictures of the ride, but I haven't uploaded them yet. So I'll try to get them off my phone and upload them asap. There were a lot of people talking about it and for once I might actually miss the ride, jk.
Random Rambling: I think this may be the final year I get a gold pass. I've pretty much burned myself out of Kings Island. I used to have so much going to the park, but now I end up getting bored half way through the day. Now that I've rode everything and know the park front to back, it makes my time in the park less interesting. I think that 1 or 2 trips to the park and Soak City a year is good enough for me. Unless the park gets a new coaster or area .
This concludes my trip report and random rambling. I'll try to get the pictures uploaded, but the files are really big and take a long time to upload. Thanks for reading.