My friend Tara arrived at my house around 8:45 Saturday morning, and we left for the park. We stopped on the way to get breakfast, and hoped to make it to the park by opening time at 10 am.

HA.

We didn't arrive at the park until 11 am because the traffic was so congested going to the park.

I let her borrow a pair of my shades.

Thankfully, I got a spot in row 50 of premier parking, which was basically right in front of the entrance. I thought this was a good sign until we saw signs advertising that Jordan Pruitt was to perform at the park at 7 pm. The park was PACKED, even worse than it was on opening day this year.

We rode Delirium (45 min wait), Drop Tower (45 min wait), and Flight Deck (close to an hour wait!), watched the 80's Flashback show at the International Showplace, and then went to the picnic area to get our $12.99 picnic lunch.

After that we headed to BSC and stood through the 2 hour wait to let our food settle in our stomachs.

After that we went to check the line for Invertigo.. 3 HOURS .. no way. Vortex was 2 hours, so we said forget it and went for the red train on Racer, which was close to half an hour wait.

Then we headed to Flight of Fear, which was also a 2 hour wait. I realized then that I hadn't put our sunglasses in a locker (there is no place to leave them while you ride) so Tara dropped them down her shirt. At the end of the ride, she gave me back the shades I was wearing, went to pull out the pair I let her borrow, and they came out of her shirt in 3 pieces I had spent about $5 on them so I wasn't worried about it, and I have about 10 more pair.

Then it was off to Firehawk, where the wait was again 2 hours, so we rode it. We were going to try Invertigo but the line was still ridiculous. I wanted to ride DT one more time, so she said go ahead. She wanted to ride Delirium one more time so we split up, she headed for Delirium and I headed for DT. I waited almost 45 minutes to ride, and we left around 10:15.. I got home at 12:20 am because the traffic congestion was just as bad as it was entering the park.

We did have a great time overall, though. Kings Island is a great place, and it was my 10th visit to the park this year.

I also took a couple of photos of the construction site while waiting for BSC!

Ride count:

Delirium - 2 (Tara 1, me 1)

Drop Tower - 2 (Tara 1, me 1)

Flight Deck - 1

Backlot Stunt Coaster - 1

Racer - 1

Flight of Fear - 1

Firehawk - 1

Yeah, Sat was bad...you should have gone yesterday instead!! Perfect weather, and the only wait (for me) over an hour was, of course, Firehawk!

Yeah, Sat was bad...you should have gone yesterday instead!! Perfect weather, and the only wait (for me) over an hour was, of course, Firehawk!

Unfortunately I had to work 230-1030 yesterday.

The girl I went with is my assistant manager, so we had a bit of trouble getting the same day off.

Firehawk's line always seems to be long when I go, but IMO it's very much worth the wait. I always seem to completely forget the blistering hot, painfully slow-moving queue when I get in the seat and fasten that silver buckle

You know that on FoF, you can hold practically anything you have with you. They mede us hold on to our book bag. Also another time I just held my sunglasses in my hand, and they didn't say anything. As long as you hold on to your stuff, you don't need a locker.

Yeah, Sat was bad...you should have gone yesterday instead!! Perfect weather, and the only wait (for me) over an hour was, of course, Firehawk!

Unfortunately I had to work 230-1030 yesterday.

The girl I went with is my assistant manager, so we had a bit of trouble getting the same day off.

Firehawk's line always seems to be long when I go, but IMO it's very much worth the wait. I always seem to completely forget the blistering hot, painfully slow-moving queue when I get in the seat and fasten that silver buckle

My longest wait EVER for FH was about 10 minutes. I've been on it about 4 times.

^^Oh, I was on the first train of the day on Sunday, so that's technically a 0 minute wait, but I usually ride at least twice...often when I get back from a late afternoon meal at Gold Star, the 1 hr 20-30 min wait is a good time to just chill and let the food digest....

I'm always on the first or 2nd train. Then I hit up FOF before the line gets too long for that as well.