5/10 Trip Report

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The weather was very, very nice on Saturday.

I think the park looked great. My wife kept commenting on all of the nice landscaping.

We arrived at 10:00 and first rode Adventure Express, then headed to The Racer to se if the reports of a smoother ride were true. They are - at least for the Red Racer. The Racer was fun again! No backache after riding. Next we took our customary ride on the Scrambler. Then a ride on Shake, Rattle, and Roll. We got all of this riding done in a little over an hour. Then we waited in line for "Backlot Stunt Coaster" about 20 minutes when the ride closed. It appeared that people were stuck in their cars after finishing the ride, so maintenance was called. So we left that ride.

Time for pizza. We got ripped off. We had one slice of pepperoni and one slice of cheese (on the same plate), and instead of charging us the 2 slice price we were charged for individual pieces. I was a little miffed at that. Sure, it added about $1.25 overall, but it's the principle of the matter. You are already gouging us on food, there is no need to twist the knife around.

Then we took a ride on the train. Why oh why can't they put some money into this and bring back some theming, fix up the town buildings? We still like the ride, but this could be so much more. Next we took a walk back to Whitewater Canyon to watch the freezing wet people. We even added to their misery by shootig off a couple of the water cannons. (To be nice, I asked people first, and only did it if they said yes).

After that, the park got more crowded in the afternoon and we did not ride as much. We did ride the blue racer, and it was much rougher than the red side so it needs some more work in my opinion.

For dinner we split chicken tenders and fries at Outer Hanks - it was good and a decent value for King's Island.

At 1:00 we watched a bit of "The County Line". It was ok - some of the girls had a little trouble keeping their volume during the higher parts of songs.

We finished up the day on the Backlot Stunt Coaster. We think this is a fun ride.

One thing - there are many places in the park with bees/wasps (what most call a bumblebee)- please be advised. And it looked like the abandoned buildings in Rivertown had a nice hornet population going. I would steer clear of that area. You would think King's Island would at least warn people about it if they are not going to exterminate the buildings.

All in all a very nice day.