King's Island Addict Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Today, my sister, her roommate and I, all decided to spend the day at Kings Island before they had to go back to Mississippi. We first got there between 10:30 and 11. We went to Top Gun so my sister could get "warmed up" and, of course, it was a walk on. Next, we waited about 30 minutes for face/off. I loved to watch my sister's face as she screamed throughout the whole ride. We took a quick ride on AE just because it was there. We went from there straight to Flight of Fear. I sat with Kirsten, my sisters roommate in the front seat. That was a fun ride, as always. Next, my sister wanted to ride Italian Job. So we got first car seats. After we finished that, we rode The Beast. Great ride. We went to FX so they could take a quick rest. We then walked right onto The Vortex, because everbody loves that ride. That was Kirsten's favortie. We wanted to ride Delerium, but after five minutes, there was thunder so we had to go somewhere else. We chose scooby doo. We waited a while and once we got into the secret passage, it closed down, The torm had gotten so much worse. The wind was storn, blowing wind inside. We got hit by a few drops, while still waiting. The floor had flooded. We had to make a run. We took off our shoes and sprinted to the front. Then jumped through the pools of water. Till we reached the car. It was 230. Short day. But it was fun, and they got to ride everything they wanted. So, overall, i had fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Scooby Floods, Ha...I was also at the park today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welchce Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 O wow. That's pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor66 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Haha. You sure can't appreciate a storm like that from behind the counter at LaRosas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki Man Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Yup, today was a HECKTIC day! The winds were so strong, it blew over FOUR EuroBungee pads! Three are crushed and one flew like a frisbee about alllll the way about 10 from The Racer! I had to help dis-assemble them. It sucked. But yea, I was at 3 Point untill 12:30, then Speed Pitch/Arcade from 2:30-6. With EuroBungee mixed in. Don't expect it to open for a while! -Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickelodeon Nicktoon guy Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 THAT was BAD!! i had to drain water all today from a costume shop! all the costumes got wet it was not fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 That's funny -- Down here in northern KY, we had a consistent drizzle all day, Kings Island has a monsoon, and Dane is camping up between Kings Island and Dayton and didn't see a drop of rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiderOfRides Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 That looks like an AWFUL storm. We had lots of lightning and heavy rain here in Columbus, but it wasn't that bad. At least you got to ride what you wanted, and had fun. I remember one time I went to Kings Island and there was snow and hail. It was like a blizzard, and the hail hurt really bad when we were running back to our car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 It rained kinda hard for few minutes here in the northern suburbs in Dayton but that wasn't until about 5'oclock. The same thing happened on Wednesday, it hardly rained at all at KI, other then a few sprinkles but I it was pouring at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek9312 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I was at the park yesturday also and that storm was the worst ive seen while at KI and that has been for the past 8-9 years. If i had an estimate i would say winds were between 50 and 60 at one point and i actually saw it start to hail for about a minute or two. However the rain was not the worse ive seen i remember a couple years ago it poured for like two hours straight and there was flooding everywhere in the park and it sucked walking through there like that but i do feel sorry for all the employees that had to run for shelter in that storm yesturday and im glad i wasnt one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 My mom was waiting in the parking lot for me (pouring/wind at the time) she said the trash cans in the parking lot blew over. It also hailed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki Man Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 ^ i believe it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 There was a day about 3 years ago in which most of Coney Mall was under at least 3" of water on the midway. That was after the rain had fallen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faceoff Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I remember about four years ago in august, i came to Kings Island. I stayed at the Kings Island resort. My plan was to rest and relax the remainder of the first day and spend the next three days at the park. About 7pm, a strong thunderstorm arrived and continued for two hours. There was heavy rain, very strong winds, lighting everywhere and some hail. There was also a tornado warning(funnel cloud sighted in lebanon, ohio). Everybody staying at the hotel had to go to the lowest room in the resort. We waited about 45 minutes. Since i live in a area, where tornado's do not happen- i was really worried for me, my car,hotel. Losing my car, would bring a end to the vacation. Thankfully, no tornado's happened and the next three days were beautiful. All other trips to Kings Island since have been free of bad weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek9312 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Speaking of tornado warnings what happens if there is a warning and a spotting close to the park where would you go, or where would you be told to go? Ive always wondered this but i hope it never happens to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kwindshawne Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Speaking of tornado warnings what happens if there is a warning and a spotting close to the park where would you go, or where would you be told to go? Ive always wondered this but i hope it never happens to me I would hit the restrooms in an interior wall, or if in the open, hunker down between two hills if possible...I know there are very few areas to go..being originally from xenia, that sort of thing crosses my mind often.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBog Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I was there as well on Friday....The day was spectacular until the storm. I was stuck under the awning at IJ:ST and my wife was at the restroom by The Beast/La Rosa's. I have never gotten so wet in my life... The hail hurt as well. the monsoon left standing water in front of LaRosa's at least 8 inches deep. I saw numerous people wading through it. However, we were able to ride 7-8 rides in the 3 hours we were there: - Beast - IJ:ST - Vortex - FOF - Racer - Scooby Doo, Haunted Castle - Avatar - Eiffel Tower I can't wait to go back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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