Sunday 5-25-08

[Kawana]

My girlfriend Erin and I arrived at the park at about 2:00, which is way later than I usually get to the park, but we had church earlier. As we pulled into the the gold pass lot, there was no one checking to make sure that anybody actually had a gold pass to park in that lot. To some it might not be an issue, but my thought is that people pay to park in that lot so KI/CF should make an effort to make sure that it is being used by the people who've paid for that privilege.

First ride was on the Monster, and I had a pod that spun fairly well. This was Erin's first trip since having a surgery at the beginning of May so I let her decide what she was able to ride. She checked with her doctor and was told that "whenever you feel ready to go, you can go." So, at her urging, we hit up the blue Racer. For about 3 trains before ours, the ops were not racing the trains. Don't know what was up with that, but we didn't race so we won....

Next we ventured over to BLSC, and after a 30 minute wait, we were on. No themeing was working at the helicopter part on our ride, or at all that day, from what I could tell.

The Beast was calling, so naturally we answered. It was a decent wait, about an hour. Two trains before we were to board, we once again got to witness a vomit cleanup. This was the second cleanup we've seen this year, the first being on SOB. I hope this is not a trend. While in line, I remembered someone saying on the forum that sitting above the wheel makes for a rough ride. (Light bulb) We sat in the middle of the second car, and I have to say that was the best ride on The Beast I've had all season.

Next we both wanted to scope out Boomerang Bay for a future trip so on the train we went. There seems to be quite a bit to do over there, and one could easily spend the entirety of BB's operating day over there. I hadn't been over there since it was WaterWorks, and I was impressed with what I saw.

Stomachs rumbling, we headed out for dinner. Returning to the park, we found still no one at the gold pass lot. After notifying Guest Relations it was on to Son of Beast. Entering the queue the gentleman in front of us says "Oh, it looks like it'll be over an hour before we're on." Mind you we're at the ramps leading into the station at the bottom. The only way that would have been an hour would have been if the coaster experienced a mechanical delay. Sonny was rough in the back car but he's quickly rising on my list of faves.

After a quick stop on the Viking Fury, it was on to the Eiffel Tower for fireworks. I had never watched the fireworks from the Tower before so it was something I'd wanted to do for a while. It's definitely a unique experience. I was shocked that there weren't more people up there for the fireworks. The elevator was taking a while to unload each time it would come down while we were waiting to go up. Anybody know why?

I really enjoyed this trip because I didn't feel exhausted after like I do when I get to the park when it opens. Thanks for reading.

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Nice report Kawana, glad to hear your wife is doing well enough to start riding again, yeah the Fireworks from the Eiffel Tower is unique and fun to do every now and then.

We often start our first hour in the ride side then quickly move over to BB before the crowds hit and slide on those attractions then rest a bit before we go back to the ride side as the lines tend to be more calm by then.