Trip Report 7-9-08

[Cormaster]

Well for once I have nothing to complain about. I had work off last night because I was going to court to fight a traffic ticket. I don't really want to get into why I got the ticket, its a long story and I was pretty upset when I got it. Lets just say police officers need to be more clear on which way they want you to go when they are blocking of a section of the road. Anyway prior to the court date my brother had asked me when we are just going to go up to Kings Island for the hell of it, since we have gold passes. I told him "well I'm off work on the 9th to fight that stupid ticket, and I might need some cheering up after the court case so why don't we go on the 9th?"

Anyway yesturday I got to court at about 9, the case was for 9:30. I was told when I signed in "your officer is here have a seat". I was pretty aggravated, I mean thats mainly why you go to traffic court isn't it? The cop's NOT supposed to show up! Anyway once they got the show on the road, they started calling everyone up basically to ask if you want to just go ahead and pay the ticket or take it to trial. I found out I was eligible for the "safe driver diversion program" where if you pay the ticket in court, its not reported to the BMV, you get no points, and no additional cost for insurance. I took the option, paid the ticket and got home at about 10:30am I was pretty happy I at least got a reduced penalty by going to court.

Anyway I called my brother, he got here a bout 11:30, and at noon we left. We got to KI at 2pm and had a blast. Here's what we rode in the order we rode it:

Delerium

Invertigo

Adventure Express

The Racer

Zephyr

Vortex

The Crypt

The Beast

Son of Beast

Back Lot Stunt Track

Shake Rattle and Roll

Vortex (2nd time)

Firehawk

Derium (2nd time)

Son of Beast (2nd time)

Invertigo (2nd time)

We had brought our soveineer cups from previous visits to keep us with drinks most of the day. After we rode The Beast we got dinner at Wings Diner. I still think its the best deal in the park. Yeah the food ain't that great, but its the same quality of food you get everywhere else and you get as much as you want of it. Honestly It would of been really good had it been warmer, but I couldn't complain.

My brother is a big guy and had some trouble fitting on some of the rides. I helped make sure he could ride everything. I found I'm getting good at that, but on Delerium the second time he only needed one more click and I accidently gave him 3! LOL it was uncomfortably tight and they had to release the harnesses again. The 2nd time I just let the KI employee do it. My brother didn't have to make the walk of shame one time. He's acctually got issues with his legs too... they are so long there are certain spots on rides he can't fit in, ie the back of the cars on The Vortex. He can fit fine in the front seats, but in the back seats his knees prevent him from sitting down!

BTW I found that the only way to ride the Son of Beast is sitting in the very front seat of the very front car! OMG ITS FREAKIN AWESOME! Ride is really smooth up there, and its just awesome seeing the whole ride come at you with nothing in front of you! I thought it might be fun to try that on The Vortex too, but i was wrong. the hood of the tex' bends down into the seating compartment and creates a metal edge. A couple times the ride threw my legs into that metal edge, and it hurt.

As for crowdedness eh not bad. Its about what I expected. I suppose it could of been better, after all some rides had a wait, but Vortex and The Beast were walk on's all day. Son of Beast had a good half hour wait at about 2pm, Firehawk and FoF had a wait all day, but when I finally decided to ride Firehawk it only took like 20 minutes to get on it. We skipped FoF just because I don't feel like watching that stupid video 20 times over the course of the wait. You know "Who let this people in the hanger..... AHHH ALIENS NOOOOOO!" god I hate that video. Is it bad that I refuse to ride FoF unless its a walk on just because of the horrible video they show again and again in the que? Needless to say the park wasn't really bad at all.

It truly was taking full advantage of the Gold Pass membership. We just went to the park for no reason in the middle of the week! we didn't book hotel rooms, didn't bring anything with us. We got there at 2pm, left there at 10pm. It was awesome...but considering I had been up since 6p.m. tuesday, and didn't do a good job of drinking water all day, it was rough on my body. After the second ride on Invertigo, my bro wanted to try out Drop Tower, but I had to pass on it. there were only like 6 minutes left until 10 anyway, but my head hurt, and my stomach was in knots... I think I would of been fine had i rested before I came.

[Cormaster]

no comments?

[KIfan73]

Invertigo has been enough to end my day before, too. Funny, I went with friends and told them that. I skipped it while they rode it. They sat for awhile holding their heads, and weren't interested in doing a whole lot after that, either. Something about that ride.

Also, I don't like to wait for FoF, but for another reason. I hate to stand inside that long on a nice day.

[Monroe]

You mean about your trip report?

Well.......no.

(Just funnin ya)

What have I learned from your report?

If I ever want to go to KI on a week day, just get a ticket.

(once again, just funnin ya)

[Cormaster]

Well at that I had just rode the Son of Beast in the very back, and I was a little sick from that, so I barely made it through Invertigo without puking. Son of Beast is feels like a coffee peculator in the back!

[KIfan73]

I remember a truck T-boning my truck in an intersection about 6 years ago. That's the closest thing I've come to the feeling I've had on SoB. I mountain bike (hardtail, for anyone that mountain bikes), and the beating on SoB is still nothing like that.

[indianapolisman]

I always enjoyed those spur of the moment trips to. I've also been to that traffic court a few times always lucky enough to not have a cop show up though.

As for the front seat thing unless they tell me where to sit I'm in the front seat. I think it enhances the ride 100%

[Cormaster]

I remember a truck T-boning my truck in an intersection about 6 years ago. That's the closest thing I've come to the feeling I've had on SoB. I mountain bike (hardtail, for anyone that mountain bikes), and the beating on SoB is still nothing like that.

Oddly enough though in the very front its as smooth as any steel coaster... Weird how that makes such a difference. Also what was weird was my brother struggled a bit with the Front seatbelts... I got it to snap in but it was tight, while in the back car he had no trouble putting the seatbelt on. Looks like Son of Beast is one of those coasters that has the varying seatbelt lengths

[Jeffy]

I was there the same day "Corn". It had rained earlier in the day and it looked like a light crowd most of the day that turned out pretty good weather in the end.

[Cormaster]

yeah it was raining during our dive out there, but it was completly gone by the time we got there.

[KIBeast]

I went with a friend one year on a Thursday. We got 17 rides (just coasters) the whole day. I thought we were finishing the day with Son of Beast (before the new trains and removal of the loop). After that, he wanted to ride Invertigo (Face/Off) one more time. I told him that if I got a brain hemorrage, he had to drive home.