Raptor Jo Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 What a fun day at the park today!! My hubby and I were married on Raptor 5 years ago today and decided to head to KI to celebrate. Yeah, I know that doesnt sound right but CP just way too far a drive. I had to get both my horses ridden this evening too so we couldnt spend all day at any park, so KI was the better choice. Once arrived at KI, naturally went right for Diamondback. Again I have to say here how impressed I am with that crew. How they can all stay so enthusiastic and excited for everyone is beyond me. I especially have to send kudos to the ride ops assigning seats! Very courteous, and BEST line of the day for us was when we were asked "is row 1 ok with you guys?" Are you kidding me? DB kicking butt--keep waiting to get sick of that ride....not happening! Best ride was when someone in seats in front of us lost a quarter, came flying by us and the kid next to me grabbed it. Hubby told me when he rode in row 16 someone in the front lost their cell phone and the guy sitting next to him caught it in mid air. Cool! We rode DB 5x before taking on park. We rode Beast and just gotta love that old woodie! Hard to believe it is 30 this year! Made the dire mistake of riding Vortex and OMG! Now I remember why I always ride in the front row. When we hit the top of the 1st hill my knees slammed into the seat in front of me. Then after the 1st loop, I got slammed in my jugular by the OTSR. I was saying "owww!" during the rest of the ride, the guys in front of us were cracking up! Needless to say, one ride was enough! FOF was awesome-again no film going on, yet all the background noise that accompanied the film still going on. I wonder if they ever plan on using that film again? I sure hope so cause when there's a long line it is a great time killer, plus explains to the first timers the whole premise of the ride. On the flip side the final lift hill on Adventure Express is working again!! YEAH! Even including lava pouring dude's eyes!! They were changing color! Awesome!! We rode Flight Deck-fun--but way too long a walk to a ride that is way too short. Not to mention it is all uphill getting back to the entrance! SOB was actually running but we did NOT ride it. The ride last week was plenty for us-we are set for the rest of the season! BSC was fun-although it does look to me that some of the props need some TLC. I got a new camera phone (Voyager) and I was a lost puppy trying to take pictures with it-guess it would have helped if I had read the instructions how to do that! I texted my younger daughter asking her how to use it, and when I looked at the pictures and videos I took, my fingers were in all of them! Also this phone doesnt take the picture right when you hit the button-there is a delay which made for ALOT of horrible pictures. My Razor took the pic as soon as you hit the button so that was never an issue. So I plan on getting the Voyager instructions out and learning how to do it right before CoasterMania later this week! I was real sorry I left my real camera home! The weather today was outstanding for just walking around the park and enjoying the sights. We got to see the one magician (dont know his name-he has purple hair and wears a purple and black vest) he was wonderful! The rope tricks were great but the fork trick was unreal! I totally recommend if you see him performing around the park be sure to stop and watch him--he is GREAT!!! Before we left the park we rode DB 2 more times-wanted 2 more rides to get my 100th but hubby wanted to go...bummer The park itself didnt look overly crowded (longest wait of the day looks to be Firehawk thankfully so hubby didnt want to wait on it--good-it makes me want to vomit) but the parking lot was PACKED! All in all a wonderful day at KI. Park looks great, the crews were awesome and Diamondback so totally rocks!!! Plan on another trip after CM-want my 100th DB ride! Jo ps-Raptor doesn't need to know ANY of this!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Congratulations to you both! What a great trip report. Glad you two had fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sounds like you had a great time Jo. So how long was Diamondback's queue today? And congrats on 98 rides on Dback, Next week I'll be at 50+! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvo Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Happy 5 years, Jo! I was at the park for a few hours, spent 3 hrs in the waterpark with very short lines. But around 2:00 it started to get a little busier, but not crowded. Then I went over for 3 rides on Diamondback. It was no more than a 15 or 20 minute wait the whole time, and they were only opening the SRL for sporadic periods of time. It was nice the first time, because I was there right when they opened it and I got a 1-train wait for it. But other than that it was just as fast to wait in the normal queue. I met Angie (gigacoaster2k) as well, and we got the very back seat on my last (25th!) ride of the day. Good day at the park Oh, and Jo, for a good ride on Vortex, sit in 7-1.. 2nd last seat. It's not very bumpy at all and you get some wicked airtime on the first drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Jo Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sounds like you had a great time Jo. So how long was Diamondback's queue today? And congrats on 98 rides on Dback, Next week I'll be at 50+! It depended on the time of the day. During early ride time it was cake, once open to GP it got pretty crowded but honestly I would be willing to bet thru out the day the wait was never longer than 45 minutes. The longest wait we had all day was maybe 30 minutes. Congrats on your 50+! Im going to try for my 2k on Raptor this season! That is if I stop going to KI and riding DB! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywriter Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 The wait was only 25 min today at around 3 or even less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I was at the park today to. What a great time I had at the park. Rode Diamondback twice was a greaet ride. After that rode The Beast with no wait. I waited for Firehawk over an hour the line moved so slow. Ride is really starting to lose its appeal to me. Rode the rest of the rides but invertago was down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yeah Congratulations, Nice Trip report. I can't believe that I used to like Vortex, I've stopped ridding it period! I'm 6'1, Vortex has no leg room, to rough for me. My neck is always sore the next day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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