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Because you'll be in too much pain to care. My fiancee and I rode last seat based on someone's suggestion we were chatting with in line...we both carried bruises for a few days (not exaggerating). I suspect that was not recently. Last year and this year, I would contend that the very back seat on The Beast has been smoother than any seat on The Racer. I sometimes fear as if The Racer may be on its way out. Carrowinds removed Thunder Road, and King Island removed the Coney mall sign. Also when was the last time The Racer received massive track work like The Beast?Racer still pulls in ridership as well. Racer had a full que over filling on the Midway Saturday.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk I think everything had a full que Saturday

The company I work for had rented the park for our company day. Having never been (and the fact that KI was closed for a private event also), away we went. Time to the park was about the same. Fortunately, the construction was not as bad as I feared. We had the park from 11 to 7, so we showed up right at the start. Had to pay for parking, but I think that is something to do with the state. Lots of people were already there. Once the gates opened, it seemed to be funneling in quite well. But once we gave our tickets, security was there checking bags. I am not what for and had no knowledge that this would be happening, but whatever. My wife opened her purse and that was about all that was needed. It seemed needless and something that they could have done outside of the park. After checking the map. we headed over to Cyclos (I had promised my wife). Got on the 2nd ride of the day. Its smaller than I was thinking, but not a bad ride. No problems fitting on it. I have issues on Drop Tower at KI is why I mention this. My wife loved it. From there, we headed to Lighting Run. The wait was not bad, maybe 15 minutes. I did notice that there was only 1 train. The seat restraints seemed like drastic overkill. I was able to buckle in without an issue, but had to have both ride ops press down the lap bar. I thought for a second it was going to be a walk of shame. Once we got going on our minute long ride, it reminded me of Maverick. Not nearly as good though. The curves and transitions were smooth and if the seating were better it would have been a lot more enjoyable. My wife and son rode Himalaya next. She said it was ok, but Cedar Points was a little better. We hit the 5D theater next for Wizard of Oz in 10 minutes. The 3D part was ok, but I sort of expected more in the other 2Ds. After that, the wife and son rode Enterprise. They had ridden Witches Wheel at Cedar Point earlier this year and this one seemed shorted. It started spinning and when the cars were at 45 degrees, it started raising. I seem to recall Witches Wheeling being about straight about before that lift. We then headed over the bridge to the other side and around to T3. The line took about 30 minutes. Now maybe it is because it is so late in the year, but at the top of the platform, there was no ride ops. It was a little chaotic. We got on the last set of seats (the very last set was not running). Again, only 1 train. No issues with the restraints. Not a bad little 1.5 minute ride, but I did see where two trains could do this without issue. It seems that KI and Banshee have spoiled me. Lunch was provided but I do not know if it was from the park or not. It was BBQ, Hot dogs, coleslaw, chips, and cookies. I ate more than I usually do at a park. It was then time for Thunder Run. After making our way back to it, we had a 10 minute wait. Lap bars were not an issue, but seat belts and dividers are annoying. Ride time is about a minute. But, this is a helluva ride. Good speed, good airtime, fairly smooth. I was very impressed. My wife and son loved it. They rode 4 more times and came off smiling each time. I would have to say that this is the best ride in the park. It was starting to get late, so we were going to hit the Tin Lizzies on the way out. When we go there, the line que was full. They were not letting anyone else on at 6:45, so we finished up the day. We did not do the water park stuff, so I cant comment on that. Some Notes / Observations 1. They employees seemed to not have much energy and it seemed to be slightly understaffed. I will attribute this to the time of the year. 2. The park seemed pretty clean, bathrooms included 3. My son mainly drinks from bottle, but the machines are few and far between. Also, be sure to take cash, because we did not see one that took credit cards 4. None of the ride ops were "hyping" the ride. Maybe there are no mics? It was strangely quiet. 5, The airport is alarming close. This caught us by surprise a couple of time. 6. None of the rides we rode demanded lockers. There was always some sort of bin(s) at the rides. 7. The layout seemed sketchy. It was like it was themed at one point but now appears to be like things were just randomly placed. I will attribute this to how it is locked in at its location. 8. I did notice that at every ride, there were signs saying that "Line Jumpers will be ejected". I did not see any of this going on. My hope is that they enforce this. I wish KI did. 9. Apparently you can just walk then entire park in your swimsuit. I realize that they layout is sketchy but this seemed a little much. (Maybe I am showing my age) Overall, not a bad little park. We got a few more coaster credits. I do not think I would want to go when it was really busy though. I would have to say that KI has me spoiled.

We did just that. However, the food lines seemed to balance that out. Both meals were 45 minute waits just to get the food. The $1 specials had lines longer than any I have ever seen. I should have figured something was going to be crazy when the ERT line for Diamondback this morning was under the track. When we went back at night with our free fast passes, the fast pass line was also under the track and there were more coming. I am going to take it as lessons learned for next year

Diamondback Firehawk The Beast Banshee Adventure Express Back Lot Stunt Coaster Invertigo Flying Ace Aerial Chase Surfdog Woodstock Express Vortex Flight of Fear The New Bat (version 0.5) Racer

Snoopy pumpkin coaster going now

Does anyone know if photos will be going and if the meal plan works that night?

Ok. Thanks for the information. I will post a trip report when I get back.

Planning on going on September 19th and have never been. Does anyone have any recommendations / things to watch for / etc?

Any idea how it is today?

Wristband and get drinks all day? How much?

On it also. Now i can put some faced to names

Ok heading that way

They are. We just got off. Walk on for front row. Hanging out in the area to hit Festhaus at 2

DB has not had a full car yet

Here today. Where are they m?aking the announcement

We had a great time last night. I had called ahead and customer service confirmed that we could get in a 3 and ERT at 3:30. They did not open until 3:30, so that was a little annoying until we got to the rides. We hit Banshee 6 times in a row (4 during ERT). We just kept going back around because there was no wait. Yeah, our heads are still paying for it. We rode once with Magenta Lizard. The ride picture showed her and my son as the only ones looking like they were having fun. LOL Tried Drop Tower, but I was a little "too big". Funny, I rode it last year and they were able to buckle me in. Ate at Larosa. Lines were short and service was quick. Burgers were not too bad and fries were pretty good. Diamondback was down when stopped by but as we were walking away it came to life. We got 3 rides on it. Awesome airtime. On one ride, someone ahead of "lost" some quarters on the first air hill. It was wild. It was like in a movie where they stop the frame and then speed it up. No one was hurt thankfully. Maybe its me, but The Beast seems erratic. I am still trying to figure out why they have seat belts on it. Mine closed but did not tighten. We did see the line cutters in Backlot Stunt Coaster, but we went through the lines properly. That is a good little ride. Getting in a out is tricky but this was our second time on it. It seems to be better at dusk/night. We closed the night with Firehawk. I think it was down quite a bit, as we did not see it running from any of the other rides. Again, the line was about nothing, so we finished with 4 rides on it. Fireworks on it are quite different. I'll post some pictures (once I figure out how).

Ok, my wife was looking for the glassblower shop. We were mostly riding and did little shopping.