kiruler102 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 this was the longest time i have ever been to Kings Island in 8 hrs we rode 29 rides got to park at 11 rode Drop Tower 5 min wait Son of Beast 25 wait flight deck walk on Drop Tower 5 min Adventure Express walk on went to eat lunch congo falls viking fury (x2) The Racer (2) monster scrambler dodgems Firehawk 10 min wait Flight of Fear 15 min wait Zephyr Vortex walk on shake rattle n roll back lot (3) line on bridge The Beast 5 min wild thornberrys rugrats runaway reptar planktons plunge avatar fairly odd coaster SDHC left at 745 because of a big storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigellinus Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Wow! Firehawk only 10 mins? That's pretty good...I would have ridden more than just once!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Sounds like an absolutely fabulous walk-on day. Congrats. I've been craving one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiruler102 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 ya the reason it was only 10 min was beacuse it was shut down for 3 hrs and just opened up when we got to it and when we got off the linr was about 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 ...which still isn't all that bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 ...which still isn't all that bad! Considering I waited an hour last night to ride. I would have been back in that line so quick. Good TR. It's always good to get lots of rides in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 ...which still isn't all that bad! I guess that's why I haven't ridden it this season. Maybe next season you'll actually be able to get on it without standing forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Be careful what you wish for. At Geauga Lake, it quit drawing lines, so Cedar Fair moved it. It's called ride rotation, and was a prime way that the old Time Warner's Six Flags did business...many rides had stays/starts at Great Adventure or Six Flags over Texas, then moved around the chain. Heck, that's what CBS had planned for the Flights of Fear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterkidman Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 and after 4 or 5 years lines will diminish for Firehawk (No, not down to Flight Deck Status, think Vortex normal lines), and they will move it to another park, and I will be Peeved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 You know, on certain days Flight Deck still draws a line. I waited about 20 minutes on my mega huge group outing day. Now, the line was still in the station, but I was shocked to see a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welchce Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 and after 4 or 5 years lines will diminish for Firehawk (No, not down to Flight Deck Status, think Vortex normal lines), and they will move it to another park, and I will be Peeved! I don't know about that. I mean Flight of Fear has been open since 96 and, in my experiences, still has at least a 20-30 minute wait on normal weekdays (whereas Vortex is about 10-15). People seem to love the launch on FoF and I'm guessing love the experience of flying on Firehawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 o.k. i too was at Kings Island on this day, and when i rode backlot while setting on the final break run the guy running the ride got on the loud speaker and said that ride backlot while you can because it is it's last season. i'm not belieaving this but is it true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabelogan99 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Well your TR sounds encouraging since I'm going on a Thursday.. next Thursday to be exact. (Plans switched from what I was originally gonna do, I'll be there all three days of Spirit Song but would like to make at least one trip pre-SS.) Of course I'm guessing it might be a little more crowded since it's the day before the 4th but it really shouldn't be too bad I wouldn't think. They're calling for showers that day too, in Columbus that is, which doesn't mean it will rain at KI necessarily. Really it's way too early for them to say because they wouldn't know yet. We'll be staying at the Kings Island Resort Thursday night. Would anyone else like to go that day? I can get two tickets for just $50 or four for $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 o.k. i too was at Kings Island on this day, and when i rode backlot while setting on the final break run the guy running the ride got on the loud speaker and said that ride backlot while you can because it is it's last season. i'm not belieaving this but is it true? There is no way he would know. And I imagine the powers that be would take appropriate action had they heard this comment. It is not exactly the type of uplifting information the park wants out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigellinus Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 You know, on certain days Flight Deck still draws a line. I waited about 20 minutes on my mega huge group outing day. Now, the line was still in the station, but I was shocked to see a line. I've always found that after people have rushed to Invertigo when the park opens in the morning (after staring at it for 20 mins while walking through the parking lot and entering through the gates) that half of them then head to Drop Tower and the other half head to Flight Deck, making this morning line a little too long for my tastes and compared to later on in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 o.k. i too was at Kings Island on this day, and when i rode backlot while setting on the final break run the guy running the ride got on the loud speaker and said that ride backlot while you can because it is it's last season. i'm not belieaving this but is it true? There is no way he would know. And I imagine the powers that be would take appropriate action had they heard this comment. It is not exactly the type of uplifting information the park wants out... see the only reason that i'm not believing this is because that they are building the new coaster. and i don't see them both building a roller coaster and tearing one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 There are those who would say that under previous, Paramount, management, any new ride nearly always included the removal of something else. They always said that, even though it really wasn't the case. Most of the time new rides were put in and others were not at the same time removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 You know, on certain days Flight Deck still draws a line. I waited about 20 minutes on my mega huge group outing day. Now, the line was still in the station, but I was shocked to see a line. I've always found that after people have rushed to Invertigo when the park opens in the morning (after staring at it for 20 mins while walking through the parking lot and entering through the gates) that half of them then head to Drop Tower and the other half head to Flight Deck, making this morning line a little too long for my tastes and compared to later on in the day... Yeah but the weird thing was that this happened at around 6 in the evening. On that day, AE had quite a line going as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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