MommaBeast

Awwww.....such *SWEET* memories that sign has brought back! That "Come On and Get Happy" was KI's slogan back then...I can remember the jingle, tune, and everything: "Kings Island, Come on and get happy, Kings Island, Come on and get happy...." With their commercials, this line played over and over and eventually faded into a whisper as the commercial ended. Oh I remember that so well! MommaBeast

How very sad! I had an 'up close and personal' incident with Weird Al about 20 years ago at one of Indianapolis' greatest clubs: Picadilly's. NO...it wasn't that kind of up close and personal , but rather of the 'mundane' kind. He was performing at Picadilly's and left the stage to go into the crowd. Hundreds of us were standing on chairs hootin' and hollerin' and havin' a good ol' time. All of a sudden, the spotlight was on me and I couldn't figure out why! It was because Weird Al was by my side singing his version of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin!' Funny...but maybe you had to be there to appreciate the comedy of the moment. Very said to hear about his parents.....very sad indeed.

Whoa! Tell me more about that....seems I'm *always* around when something goes wrong with a ride. Happened to us last year on Sneak peak night at Face/Off... ...train is pulled up the lift, brakes let go, train flies by the station, goes through its elements and then does it all backwards again. Only THIS TIME, the train made a horrendous BANG!POP!SNAP! noise as it went backwards up the lift on the return trip home and was stuck there til it was fixed. Park closed at 10:00 that night. We were still in line for the ride at 11:00 (that's the great thing about PKI...they'll let you wait it out instead of turning you away---most of the time, anyway). The noise was scary and deafening. But not nearly as frightening as the Top Gun scare a couple of seasons ago.

I've been on nightrides on SoB where it was totally, totally dark on the back helix....you could NOT see the track in front of you---or anything else for that matter! Since then, I've noticed light pollution around the track -- YUK! I can remember TOTAL darkness on The Beast. And Flight of Fear. What the heck are you doing, PKI???? Get your act to-ge-tha!

That's it...I'm calling the Waaaaaaambulance! I drive 2 and a half hours THERE and 2 and a half hours BACK!!!!!! (I'm jealous! )

Wow...I can't believe somebody actually asked that question. In response, a definitive "YES," no...make that an enthusiastic YES!! You ain't lived til you've had a night ride on The Beast. And leave while the park is still open?!?!? Shame on you!! LOL

carpetarson (by the way, is that anything like rug burn) ... just curious... LOL Do you hail from the Hoosier state as well??

Cool, cool beans! Lotsa Indy folks on this site....ala McDonald's, I'm Lovin' It! Haahaa

Hail fellow Hoosier...well met!!! Southside here....you?

Perusing Indiana amusement park laws, eh? Fellow Hoosier?

Believe me, you don't want another Hypersonic Wait You'll See! The capacity is the bottom of the barrel....Can you say 8 people per circuit????? Yes, that's right. EIGHT PEOPLE! Can you say more downtime than a broken Otis Elevator? Can you say WAITS that border on the ridiculous? And lastly, 17 seconds people! Waiting 3+ hours for 17 seconds is, uh....well...I WON'T DO IT AGAIN. On the other hand, waiting 3 hours for an 18 second TTD ride is a much different story~~~I've done it and will do it again! Don't compare apples to oranges....Hypersonic and TTD are two different animals. Sure, the 'elements' are similar and I believe inch for inch, HXLC goes faster than TTD. But that launch and the height on TTD just can't be duplicated. Hypersonic Wait You'll See is/was a fun ride. But not for the wait. Not for me. Has capacity issues and downtime issues to this day. UGH!

I'm with you, fryler87; I like the FoF Q vid. No, I'll go even further than that: I love that video! I like it when she pronounces his name sarcastically when the Boob tells her she can call him "Dick." She says "Dick" alright....enunciating the "iiiiiiiiiick" part! Love it! I want to buy that video!! PKI...is it available?? The theming on this ride is superb, right up to the loading station where the 'empty train' pulls up to fetch the waiting patrons, leaving the impression that the former riders were mysteriously abducted! Very clever theming....when it first opened up, it took me a few times through the Q to realize that the wall was a giant mirror and merely gave the illusion of a huge spacecraft. You can almost smell testosterone throughout that ride, up to and including the uh, um, SHAPES of the objects in the loading area.

A poster here (an insider at the park) said she was an absolute BE-OTCH to work with. I find that hard to believe since she SEEMS like such a sweet southern kind of gal. Ah, but even MommaBeast has her days!!! I'd like to hear more about the Britney incident from those that were THERE, not from someone's boyfriend's step-aunt's sister who delivered Evian to Britney's trailer. Any juicy tidbits anyone?

Tame the Flyers?? Banish the thought! IS THE JURY STILL OUT ON THIS?

Can't stomach country, but I could handle these guys/gals: Smashmouth JET Matchbox20 John Mayer Simple Plan Bowling for Soup Sheryl Crow Train No Doubt and even these guys/gals: KC and the Sunshine Band Now that would be coooool! Billy Idol Yeah....I can dream, can't I?