KI 9/22/07

[JAHill]

Today I took my yearly trip to Kings Island with my Mom, Sister and Friend. My Mom and sister went around While I and my friend took off as well. Our first run was directly toward Firehawk. We were about the 12th ride today or so. The wait (since we got their early) was about 45-hour. But I can say that it was worth the wait, and two words and Only two words can describe my feelings towards it: Holy Crap.

After Firehawk we Left for The Vortex, a-walk on wait and it was fine. Then to The Beast with another Walk-on wait. The Beast was a bit rough today for me, but it was good none-the-less and I enjoyed it. We rode a few more rides, played games, bought alot of Junk food crap and went to the event's picnic. There wasnt Much there for me, but i had a good meal. We took a few more rides and goofed off again, we had a walk-on ride on Top Gun and another ride on it with a 40 minute wait!!

Here's some Pros and Cons:

Pros: Clean, Alot of Trashcans, Overall Good attitude and stuff

Cons: The HH scare-zones were all blocked off, making it hard to get around

Its short, and there is more I can tell but i have a load of crap left from today in the other room to get through. And I still feel like im going down roller coaster hills.

I leave you with this question:

Why the heck does Adventure Express have a 5 rating, and whats with the tiki dude at the end, Ive never seen him before.

[hauntguy]

To answer your questions...

The tiki dude on AE has always been there.... just never used or operating. But it has been restored and is working properly. AE is rated 5 because of high g-forces and sudden changes of speed and direction.

I was also at the park today with my dad, he work paint shop at Toyota. Got pictures of the HH stuff... which was cool! Did anyone notice the "twisted carnival" stuff in Coney Mall?

Glad you had a great day! -Hauntguy

[fan of beast]

is there a toyota factory near here? we went down 71 today and the parking lot was near capacity.

[FOFirehawkFAN]

Theres a Tiki dude in AE?

[hauntguy]

There's a MAJOR Toyota plant in Georgetown, KY. One in Indiana too... I also do believe that some of the "larger" dealers are invited. -Hauntguy

[The Interpreter]

Just some of the relatively local Toyota operations:

# Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Headquartered in Erlanger, Kentucky. Est. 1996.

TMMNA provides centralized support to Toyota's North American manufacturing companies in the areas of purchasing, production control and engineering, accounting, finance and quality.

# Toyota Supplier Support Center

Headquartered in Erlanger, Kentucky. Est. 1992.

TSSC provides guidance to manufacturers who seek to raise productivity and improve product quality via the Toyota Production System.

# Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.

Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. Est. 1986.

TMMK, Toyota's largest manufacturing facility outside of Japan, builds Camrys, Avalons and Siennas. TMMK also builds four-cylinder and V-6 engines and powertrain parts. Annually, TMMK produces more than 400,000 vehicles and 400,000 engines.

# Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Inc.

Manufacturing plant in Columbus, Indiana. Est. 1988.

TIEM manufactures forklifts, both internal-combustion and electric-powered, for the U.S. market and for export.

# Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.

Manufacturing plant in Princeton, Indiana. Est. 1996.

(Under construction through late 1998.) TMMI will build the next generation T100 truck and a new Toyota vehicle. Annual projected capacity is 150,000 units when the plant becomes fully operational. Investment is projected to reach $1.2 billion, supported by 2,300 jobs.

# Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc.

Manufacturing plant in Buffalo, West Virginia. Est. 1996.

(Under construction through late 1998.)

TMMWV will produce four-cylinder and V-6 engines for North American-built vehicles. Investment is projected to reach $700 million, supported by 600 jobs when full production is reached.

# Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Headquartered in Torrance, California.

Regional offices in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio and Oregon.

Private distributor offices in Florida and Texas. Est. 1957.

TMS USA is Toyota's U.S. marketing arm, overseeing sales and other Toyota operations in 49 states. TMS field offices coordinate parts, service and sales for dealers in the U.S. in nine regions and a distributor subsidiary. Two more regions are served by private distributors with whom Toyota has ongoing contracts. There are 1,194 Toyota dealers located throughout the U.S.

# Toyota Logistics Services

Headquartered in Torrance, California.

Operations in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,

Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas.

TLS manages all Toyota and Lexus logistics operations, planning and administration. TLS operates six Vehicle Delivery Centers and manages all North American vehicle export operations, Toyota's in-house trucking company and inbound logistics for U.S.-sourced parts for NUMMI.

# Toyota Motor Insurance Services

Headquartered in Torrance, California, and operates in 49 states with regional offices in California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Ohio.

TMIS' customer service center is headquartered in Iowa.

TMIS markets a full range of insurance products and services to Toyota, Lexus and Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers.

# North American Parts Logistics Division

Headquartered in Torrance, California.

Mid-West Redistribution Center in Toledo, Ohio.

Ontario Parts Center in Ontario, California.

NAPLD was established to improve local parts sourcing and serve as a network to supply all North American Toyota distributors. U.S. parts will be exported to parts centers in Japan and Europe for worldwide distribution.

from: http://www.etoyota.com/quicklook.asp