Ogrmac Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Saturday morning just after 9, my boyfriend's mom and I arrived at Kings Island. We got a pretty decent parking spot and headed up to get our season passes processed before heading into the park. The employees in the processing department get an A+ for quick and friendly service! After waiting about 10 minutes, we went through the metal detectors and browsed in a couple shops while waiting for them to drop the ropes. Since it was raining, we saw no reason to rush to the back of the park. We headed to Flight of Fear expecting a long line due to the rain. Much to our surprise, we made it to just outside the station and only had to wait for about 4 trains before we loaded. It had been several years since either of us had been on it, so we didn't know what to expect. After a fantastic ride, we laughed at our photo then went to Action Theater. We only had to wait about 2 minutes before the doors opened. I must be getting old because I couldn't get past the fact that we were chasing a bouncing pickle! (I know, it's a cartoon.) We made a stop at the smoking area across from The Vortex and noticed that none of the coasters were testing yet because it was still raining. I suggested that we head to Nick U to ride SDATHC. While we waited, we noticed that we were the only people in line without kids. It didn't matter though, we still had a blast shooting the targets. When we exited, we saw that the Fairly Odd Coaster was running so we caught a ride in the back. For such a small coaster, we got some fantastic airtime on the hills. While in Nick U, we also rode Avatar, then we each purchased a giant pretzel and stood and watched a few minutes of the Dora show that had started while we were eating. After that we walked over to Boomerang Bay. We were going to go on a few of the slides to wait out the rain, but when we saw the locker price, we decided against it. $8 seemed like a bit much since we weren't planning to spend too long in BB. We walked back and got in line for The Crypt. The 20 minutes we waited had to be the most annoying 20 minutes of our day. There was a teenage couple in front of us that couldn't keep their hands off of each other. It was getting pretty gross, so I tried standing backwards. Of course they started laying loud smacking kisses all over each other. I could escape the view, but not the sound. When it was our turn to board, I stuck my flip flops in the pouch and strapped in. I didn't ride it when it was TR:TR, so I had no clue what to expect at all from a ride in a box. I was amused with the ride until the triple spin. I was hanging on for dear life at that point. When we were upright again, I yelled over to my boyfriend's mom that I was "ready to be done now" LOL! That got some chuckles from the people around me. I would definately ride it again though. It's unique. When we exited, we noticed that it had stopped raining so we headed for The Beast. As we made our way up to the line, we noticed that several people were leaving the line, but I heard a train leave the station so we didn't think much of it. After standing in the line for about 20 minutes, I noticed that they were only running one train, but we decided to wait it out. When several more people started leaving the line, I realized that I hadn't heard a train in quite some time. At this point, someone in line behind us pointed out that an empty train was headed up the lift hill and there was one in the station, and one waiting behind it. Whoo hoo!!! We went from 1 train to 3 and the line started moving quickly at that point. I can honestly say that this was my best ride on The Beast ever. It was the first time I got my courage up to ride with no hands! Next, we headed to BLSC since the line wasn't very long. We moved up for a bit until we were standing by the water. Then the line quit moving and people were leaving saying that it was broken. Since there had been no announcement about it being broken we decided to continue waiting. While we were getting attacked by locusts I saw them loading more trains on the track. We laughed that we hit 2 rides in a row that were adding trains and hoped that it wasn't going to be a trend for the rest of the day. After a fun ride, we decided to grab a snack. (Funnel Cake for her, some giant fries from Potato Works for me.) A quick smoke break then we headed over to Firehawk. Even though the line looked long, we only waited for about 30 minutes. After we got strapped in, I realized that I had forgotten to take my flip flops off. (I have decided that I was CRAZY for even thinking that they were a smart choice of footwear for the day.) Since we were at the very back of the train, I asked one of the ride ops if people lose flip flops on the ride. He smiled and said it was very possible. I told him I forgot and left mine on, so he took them off for me and threw them across. Bless his heart for grabbing my grungy shoes. He gets an A+++ in my book! They put us on our backs and asked us if we were excited to ride. I screamed and realized I was one of the few that responded. The guy with the microphone said "Great, 2 people are excited!" We giggled and they sent us on our way. I decided to ride with my arms out as we crested the lift hill. I think I have a new favorite coaster. After Firehawk, we rode the Red Racer, which was a walk on. Then we went to Adventure Express which was also a walk on. Then we headed over to Son of Beast. I had only ridden it once, and that was when it still had the loop, so I had forgotten how massive it was. I was getting nervous during our 30 minute wait, but when we loaded there was a young girl behind us that was scared. 2 of the ride ops were talking to her, one told her that the first time he rode it, it was dark and foggy and he came back fine and the other said that it was like The Racer on steroids, so even if they didn't help the girl, I felt much better before we left the station! After a very rough but fun ride, we went to Flight Deck which was a walk on. My boyfriend's mom talked me into getting on Drop Tower. I am terrified of heights and HATE the sensation of falling straight down, so as you can imagine this is not one of my favorite rides. We got to the top and I started freaking out. I think I was still screaming when we got to the bottom because the woman on the other side of me was patting my arm. After a smoke break to recover from that ride, we went to Delirium. I had never ridden it before and found it to be very fun. At this point we realized that it was 9:45 and we still had 2 coasters we didn't ride yet. Since we had both ridden Vortex on previous trips, but my boyfriend's mom had never been on Invertigo, we went to ride it. When we exited, we decided that neither of us felt like walking all the way back to Vortex and didn't want to get stuck for the fireworks, we made our way out to the car and drove 2 and a half hours home. We both had a very fantastic day and hope to come back again before the end of the month, possibly next weekend and we can't wait!! Thanks for reading, and sorry there are no pictures... I forgot the camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassie_KY Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 That was a nice trip report. I like the "long read" ones! It sounds like you all had a good time. And, I know what you mean about going to SDATHC or any of Nick and not having a kid. We did get some looks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ha ha ha. Last year my girlfriend and I rode SDATHC and we couldn't have felt more out of place if we tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogrmac Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yeah, we were about halfway through the line at SDATHC when I said "Look, ALL of these people have small children with them." I felt like such a dork at that point, but we still enjoyed the ride. She scored 1650 to my 120, then tried to make me feel better by telling me that my gun was probably broken... LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 You should have called her an Italian Chef...and pretended that you were a four year old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 ^^^ Priceless!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ha ha ha. Last year my girlfriend and I rode SDATHC and we couldn't have felt more out of place if we tried. It's cause you didn't have a 4 year old to out score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I know. She still beat me senseless. I must've had Jr. Chef's gun that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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