Ashley's (Ashers) RWW PTR

[Ashers]

Hey guys! I was going to write my TR like I usually do..very long...very detailed..BUT. I seriously can't even remember half the stuff I did and I only went on Sunday, so I will write a short description of what I can remember and then post about a billion pictures. My brother Kyle and I didn't get to go on Saturday because I had to work all day and then our other brother decided to plan his birthday outing on Saturday night(who does that?!), so being the good sister that I am I decided to skip(cries) Saturday and just go on Sunday. I had to drink a few beers during dinner to forget that I was missing ERT on Diamondback and The Beast birthday bash.

We arrived at KI on Sunday morning at about 8:00am and proceeded to check in, get our free drink wristbands, and our awesome RWW lanyards! Oh, and I guess I need to mention that this was my very first coaster event, so I was so excited. I haven't even been to a KIC event yet. But let me just say, with all of the fun I had on Sunday I am definitely looking forward to next year's RWW and the upcoming KIC events! Anyway, Sunday morning I couldn't believe how empty the park was. It was so peaceful. We decided to head over to ride on Red Racer as our first ride of the day. While in line we saw Phantom Theater, who thought we were getting in his beloved 3-1 seat, and started to yell at us to get in a different row...lol. We weren't even planning on riding in that seat. Sheesh. I saw Kat, and introduced myself, but then it was time to ride! While we were sitting there ready to go, keiko_coaster aka Danielle started yelling my name, so we decided to wait for her when we were done riding. Jackson & Justin were with her also. It was nice meeting you guys!

After that the group decided to head over to FoF, where I got not only my first ride of the season, but my first ever lights on ride! That was so cool, but I definitely prefer lights off. Have you seen how crusty and dusty it is in there? LOL! After FoF we headed over to Vortex and rode in the back seat...wee airtime! I think we went on Red Racer again after that a couple of times but I really can't remember. All I know is at 9:30am it was time to head to Diamondback! Did I ever mention that I love, love, LOVE, LOOOOOOVE Diamondback?! Well, I do. I think we rode that twice in a row.

After that we all split up and Danielle forced me & Kyle to ride SDATHC. She won by like 1,000 points. I couldn't even break 300. I'm going to stand by the statement that my gun was broken. I can't remember what we did after that, but 11:00am was Racer walkback time! That's the very first time I've ever gotten to do anything like that, and it was so much fun. And they were actually racing! I'm glad I got to do that, not only to get some cool pictures, but because it's one of my favorite coasters!

Sometime after that we ate lunch at Festhaus and Danielle heard that the country show was about to start and she literally was yelling at us to hurry up and finish her food because she couldn't take listening to it. HA! Unfortunately the show DID start while we were eating, and yeah...I've never finished my food so fast before..hahahaha. I took the opportunity to do a nice little jig on my way out the door. People think I'm insane.

We ran into Justin again outside of Festhaus, and I do remember that we rode Drop Tower after that. We rode a few more rides, including The Carousel. OMG. I told them spinny things make me sick but they forced me on it. I hate all of you. I was fine for about 20 seconds and after that I felt like I was going to blow chunks everywhere..lol. I am definitely not going to ride that again for a VERY long time. We went up on the Eiffel Tower after that to take some pics, and Danielle was freaking out because she hates heights. But she had just gotten done riding Drop Tower so I was confused. She literally was standing against the wall with her head in her hands refusing to look. I still don't get it, but it was pretty funny. After that Danielle wanted some candy so as we were looking through the stores trying to find GUMMY WHALES, Justin, Kyle, & Danielle decided to try on some hats....there will be a picture of that in Kyle's trip report, make sure you don't miss it..lol.

By that time it was almost 3:00pm, and Danielle decided to wait for iChase to get there, because he was running late and she had to leave soon, and Justin wanted to wait for Rachel, so Kyle and I headed back to the SOB walkback. It was so peaceful and quiet on the way back there. And like Kat mentioned in her TR, during the whole tour it was DEAD quiet back there. Nobody was really even talking, just staring up in awe at the structure and taking pics. I am one of the few that LOVES SOB, and I coudln't believe how beautiful the entire structure was! I was so glad I got to take pics back there as well.

My camera battery died shortly after the SOB tour, so Kyle had to take the last pictures of the day. I don't remember what we did until 8:00pm when it was time for last rides on Diamondback! We were walking over to the entrance and Don told us we had to stand and form a line near Rivertown Junction, so we started flagging down other RW as they walked by. Finally it was time to go in, and I couldn't wait to get the last ride on Diamondback! Everyone from the GP that was left over in line was staring at all of us with our badges and various coaster/club/KIC shirts on...it was pretty funny. Then everyone in the group started high fiving each other as we were going through the queue. I felt special for just a little bit. Hee.

So we got up to the station and I had to ask for the front seat, because I had never been in the front before, and I figured this was my chance to do it. The ride op let us in front, after we saw some ACErs in front of us beg for the front seat as well. We were all jumping up and down, and everyone was cheering. It was so awesome. I can only imagine how fun Saturday night was, and wish I could have been there. So anyway, front seat? Um, yeah, AMAZING. That first drop you just hang there suspended waiting for the back of the train to push you over, and it felt like we were suspended at the top for 100 years. You don't just get fly straight UP out of our seat airtime, you get straight up and then forward flying out of your seat airtime. Basically just warm and fuzzy airtime goodness. I can't wait to ride in the front again. Actually I really don't care what seat I get on Diamondback when I ride, all of them are amazing. It's Diamondback!

I thought we were only going to get one ride on Diamondback, but they ended up letting us stay on twice. We would have gotten to ride 3 times, but we had to get off the 2nd train because someone wanted front seat and there were no more seats open! The second time we rode UncleHenry introcuded himself, because he saw our shirts but didn't know who we were. It was funny he was like "Um, we'll talk later, I have to turn around now because I'm pretty sure we're going down the hill now!" There was a woman either in front of him or next to him that turned around in her seat the entire time because she was getting a kick out of watching everyone behind her float out of their seats.

So all in all I had a pretty amazing time, and I can't wait to do it again! I wish I had made it on Saturday, but Sunday was a blast. I got to meet a lot of KIC members, rode FoF for the first time lights on, got my very first walkbacks on Racer and SoB, and had a wonderful time in general. Thank you so much KIC and Kings Island for everything. That was my first event and it definitely won't be my last. I had an amazing time! Now, here are my 1 billion pictures. Oh, I thought I said at the beginning that this was going to be a short description......

Oh, and before I forget, here is a somewhat maybe possibly accurate list of the things that I think I may have ridden on Sunday.

Racer(red)-2

Adventure Express

Drop Tower

Flight Deck

Eiffel Tower

Carousel

FoF

Vortex

SoB

Backlot Stunt Coaster

SDATHC

The Crypt

Diamondback(5 or 6?)

I know I'm forgetting something, but I just realized I never rode The Beast! What's up with that?! Okay seriously here are the pics.

Kyle showing off his RWW lanyard!

Me!

Kyle and I

An empty Coney Mall

As our brother Brian would say.....NERD ALERT!

Danielle and I. I look like I'm in pain. Or just way too excited. Can't tell which. HA!

Danielle's favorite pose!

Spllaaaaassshhh!

Dork!

Kyle you did such a great job on those shirts! Even Don liked them!

I don't know if you can see my face in this....but yeah I have no idea what I was trying to accomplish with that....

I will post the rest of the pics when I get home from work in about an hour or so!!

~Ash

[SonofBeast07]

Those are cool shirts

[UnrealNightmare]

I saw you guys a couple times! I was with Angrybeaver on Flightdeck when you yelled his name.

[keiko_coaster]

Haha. I have a few things to say:

1. 9 AM Nachos are the way to go!

2. Scooby Doo, your gun wasnt broken, i just took all the points

3. You overexaggerate the Eiffel Tower story....

4. Those were some good gummy whales, and that was the ONLY candy i wanted

5. I HAD A REALLY FUN TIME WITH BOTH YOU AND YOUR BROTHER

[keiko_coaster]

oh yah... 2 more things:

1. Its more or less that i just was cracking up watching the Country Show...

2. I didnt realize that that was my favorite pose... hmm

[Justin_M17]

Great PTR Ashley. It was nice to finally meet you and Kyle. I hope we can all manage to make it out to KI again soon

[indianapolisman]

Basically just warm and fuzzy airtime goodness.

And the shirts are really cool. Your brother is very talented. Glad to see you all had a good time.

[Ashers]

More pics!

Racer walkback!

I warn you guys....I really like to take weird random angle pictures.

Mid-air Danielle!

I really love the angle of this pic.

Hey, there's Tom 7,456,327,952!

I didn't even mean to take this pic and the next two. I accidentally switched over to a different setting and it snapped 3 consec. pics in b&w.

Flight Commander's old queue

More to come!!

[UnrealNightmare]

Haha I'm in this picture!

3rd car second row with my arms up and my hat turned backwards.

[BavarianBeatle]

As always, I love your TR's!! Sorry we had to miss most of last weekend..... Tonight, we looked at the forecast for Sandusky, took a little "family vote", and unanimously decided to delay CP until Sunday. Then we took a second vote, with the result being that we are going to KI tomorrow night! There you have it, democracy in action!!! LOL.

[keiko_coaster]

Mid-air Danielle!

Wow.... Thats a pretty sweet pic.. Except it looks like im eating my hair.

[Ashers]

This was the first time I'd seen Diamondback from the Eifel Tower!

Angie, thanks to you I always have to put my arm toward the ground on the helix!

I love this pic!

Beeeyooooteeeffuuulll!!!

I love me some Drop Tower!

ZOMG Did I mention I <3 Diamondback?!?!?!

That's a long way up!

She was trying to cover her face so the TERROR wouldn't show but I was too quick!

I love the noise DT makes as it WHOOSSHHEESS to the ground!

The sky was so pretty that day!

This was a neat perspective on the SoB walkback.

It's just so MASSIVE, you don't even realize it until you walk under it. Breathtaking!

Okay one more post to go, including the rest of the SoB walkback, and Diamondback photos!

[kjkjkj]

Great pictures! I too has a really good time Sunday. I can't wait to meet up with all you guys at the park again! Me and Ashley had an awesome time at our first Coaster Event. It was cool hanging out with everyone, and getting to know them. I am going to post my PTR seperately this time, just to let everyone know! I can't wait until the next time we get to meet up with everyone.

[Ashers]

For some reason I really like this picture.

Love!

This is one of my favorite pics.

I see you Drop Tower!

My attempt at being artsy fartsy.

I was suffering from some major coaster hair that day..lol.

Very cool picture if I do say so myself.

Diamondback's is bettah!

Well, hello there gorgeous!

Oops! I guess I forgot that I rode KI&MVRR

It almost escaped!

It splooshes almost as high as the Eifel Tower!

Weeeee!!!!

Awwww isn't that nostalgic?

Okay, I think that's all of them! Thank you guys for reading! I wanted to ask you guys for some help with picking the photo that I should submit for RWW. I need a non biased third party to give me their opinion!! So, which one do you guys think I should submit?

~Ash

[Ashers]

Thank you SonofBeast07 and indianapolisman for the compliments on the shirts! I had a little hand in helping to make those shirts, but it was all Kyle's idea and design. I could definitely never make anything that cool..lol.

Yeah, UnrealSk8r, we saw you too! I saw you at the SoB walkback but you were with your girlfriend so I didn't want to bother you!

Danielle, I had so much fun hanging out with you too. Yes, 9am nachos are awesome. My gun was definitely broken. And, I did NOT overexaggerate the whole Eifel Tower thing. I had two other witnesses! You big pansy! Oh, and it did look like you were eating your hair in that one pic, I said the exact same thing!

Justin, it was very nice meeting you too, you're such a nice guy! Hope your sunburnt head feels better soon! lol! Thanks for backing me up on the whole Eifel Tower incident. She is such a liar.

Oh, and indianapolisman, glad you liked the warm fuzzy airtime goodness...that's exactly what it feels like to me..haha!

Thanks Michael for reading! You're going to CP on Sunday? I am so jealous! I wanna go!

~Ash

[TheCryptRaider]

I love all of these pictures! Great job, Ash.

[Ashers]

I love all of these pictures! Great job, Ash.

Thank you so much!

~Ash

[BavarianBeatle]

Thank you SonofBeast07 and indianapolisman for the compliments on the shirts! I had a little hand in helping to make those shirts, but it was all Kyle's idea and design. I could definitely never make anything that cool..lol.

Yeah, UnrealSk8r, we saw you too! I saw you at the SoB walkback but you were with your girlfriend so I didn't want to bother you!

Danielle, I had so much fun hanging out with you too. Yes, 9am nachos are awesome. My gun was definitely broken. And, I did NOT overexaggerate the whole Eifel Tower thing. I had two other witnesses! You big pansy! Oh, and it did look like you were eating your hair in that one pic, I said the exact same thing!

Justin, it was very nice meeting you too, you're such a nice guy! Hope your sunburnt head feels better soon! lol! Thanks for backing me up on the whole Eifel Tower incident. She is such a liar.

Oh, and indianapolisman, glad you liked the warm fuzzy airtime goodness...that's exactly what it feels like to me..haha!

Thanks Michael for reading! You're going to CP on Sunday? I am so jealous! I wanna go!

~Ash

You would be more jealous if I told you about our plans for the last week of June/ First week of July..... I hope I'm able to arrange what we would like to do....

[PhantomTheater]

While in line we saw Phantom Theater, who thought we were getting in his beloved 3-1 seat, and started to yell at us to get in a different row...lol. We weren't even planning on riding in that seat. Sheesh.

You guys were my biggest threat all morning trying to oust me from my seat. Thanks for selecting another row .

[StalkerChick]

LOL great pics. Somehow i kept passing you guys and never got to actually introduce myself. but i agree with the awesomeness of the shirts.

and it totally rocks to lean inside on the helix on DB its totally fun!

[Kawana]

Great pictures. Looks like you all had a time.

Good to see keiko in the DB queue.

[specialk141]

why didn't you submit those designs for the offical t-shirt contes?

that is totally the most awesome shirt ever! i would soooo buy one of those!!!

haha... going tothe park all day tomorrow....

anyone heading up? hit me up on my cell, 503-0146!!!

you all rock.

[trevor75]

well from a non-bias third party who also loves SOB I would choose this one:

The angle you got on this is just plain awesome!

[Ashers]

Thanks Rachel! I know, when you first walked up to the tables near DB I asked my brother if that was you, but then you guys started heading somewhere else so I never got to say hi! I did notice you had a Wilmington college shirt on though..lol...I used to live near there in New Vienna!

Thanks Kawana, yeah we did have a great time! I'm so glad Danielle got to ride DB as well. Nobody should be denied that beautiful coaster!

Specialk141-my brother didn't submit his design because he didn't think about making a design until it was too late! He's a procrastinator..lol. He made a thread somewhere around here that has the design if you want to make one for yourself! I wish I was going to the park but I have to work!

Trevor75-that's the one I was thinking about going with! I love that picture! Yeah I have no clue how I got that angle either..lol. I'm glad you love SoB...and from that other topic about said coaster, I will definitely ask next time I get in your head!

~Ash

[kjkjkj]

That shirt design topic can be found at http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry295340

Just so you guys know, I submitted the "hats in the store" picture for my photo contest entry!

[Justin_M17]

That shirt design topic can be found at http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry295340

Just so you guys know, I submitted the "hats in the store" picture for my photo contest entry!

Haha, I hope it wins. That was a pretty funny picture.

[LongLiveTheSmurfRide]

Nice TR. Those crazy angled pics are making me a little woozy.

[keiko_coaster]

okkkkkkk.. so i went on the Eiffel Tower 3 times today and loved it lol.. haha. and then i almost got denied today at DB.. The guy was like, sorry you cant ride. My best friend was like, sit back down, and i told the guy, ive been on this ride 20 times already last weekend. Then he was like, ok then ill get you in, its like WTF!!!!

[Ashers]

Kyle-I hope your pic does win! Unless, of course, mine does. I just wish I could have been in the hat pic with you guys!

Smurf-thanks for reading! My trip reports could never be as entertaining as yours. I'm sorry my angled pics were making you sick....I don't know why I like to take pics that way! But something interesting always comes out of it.

Danielle-I'm glad you enjoyed Eiffel Tower today! I still don't understand how you had just gotten off of Drop Tower but you couldn't handle that! That is so stupid how they keep turning you away at Diamondback. You should just walk around all day with one of your onride photos on hand to prove to people that you can get on it. I am actually kind of ****ed off that they just look at you and say "No way." Not only is it a blow to your self esteem but it's probably embarrassing to go through that every time you go up there. I would never take a look at you and say you couldn't fit. You just have really REALLY long legs. Anyways...when I finally met you in person I kept asking myself why they keep telling you that you can't fit. Idiots!

~Ash

[Hoeter]

Nice PTR Ashley! RWW really looked like a lot of fun and if I wouldn't have had to work this past weekend, I would have been there!