IndyGuy4KI Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Paul from the ACE Midwest group sent us an email a few days before the event that stated the following to get us pumped up. DOTHE HUSTLE!! DO THE HUSTLE!! Adda clap here and there, sway them hips to the groove and YOUR DOING THE HUSTLE!! Better yet.....SIT DOWN!!....CLICK THAT SEATBELT!!....PULL DOWN THAT LAPBAR!! and DO THE COASTER HUSTLE!! I did not know what to expect since this was my first ACE event, thanks to Kat! The only thing I did know was the ERT would be fun and the KICer's at the event would have a good time! I picked up Jesse (Avatar) at 5:45 AM and we jumped on 65. We actually got there in about 2.5 hours getting there ½ hr before registration. After stopping at the gas station outside the park we pulled in the front gates. As you can see here the parking lot was ridiculously full! : ) Took a pic of Raven as we waited for the ACE registration table to be set up to get our info for the day. Jared (Ro Tag) joined us a few minutes after we got there. Avatar and I got each got a pic with Pat Koch which we took on Jesse's camera, so I don't have that photo yet. The park was starting to get busy for there was 5 events in the park that day including our group. Robbie (Coasters RZ) and Scott (IBEW_Sparky) joined us a few minutes before it was time for our first event of the day. A ride on Gobble Getaway with the lights on was the first thing on the schedule for the day. Something that was not really on our schedule was that they took us on the paths under/through Raven and Legend on the way to the Thanksgiving section. Here are the pics that I took enjoy! Raven Shots! Now the Legend Photos Our Gobble Getaway ride with the lights on ride was very cool. We were also hitting targets during the ride so I did not take any pics in there. It seems like that there are a lot of scenes in what seems like a small building. Themeing in there is great, Awesome ride! It is ranked with BBOBH, but for different reasons. After the GG ride the next item on the agenda was first ride of the day on Voyage so we were all standing in the queue for Voyage. Here I am in a self portrait with this serious look on my face in the station waiting for the park to open so we can be boarded. This is, serious business, KIC friiends, and Voyage, and an ACE Event! (I tried!) Before we got on the ride, the ride Ops went around and polished up any dirt or dampness out of the seats and on the side of the train, and yes this was still the PTC train. We had a great first ride. This was Jesse's first time on Voyage and he was just WOW'ed when he got off, as was everyone. I had forgotten how good that ride is, the adrenalin rush is awesome! I love The Beast, but I think we really need a "take your breath away" GG woddie at KI! After that we headed to Legend and had a great ride on it. We then went and rode Raven as well. Raven is good coaster, but still don't feel it is as good as the hype.Voyage on the other hand, Yes! So that is why we headed back to it. With only 1 train operation we were not sure how long the line would be or the capacity. None of the switch backs were open so we waited about 20 minutes. We were all amazed again at this ride! We then headed for Gobble Getaway to get a lights off ride. Still did not score very well… We expected it to be raining when we got out and it was, it rained lightly fo rabout ½ hr but that did not slow us down. We got some lunch at Plymouth Rock Café. Got all this food for $11.00. Holy Cow! We then were just walking around to let our food settle and noticing the park getting very busy. After that and the rain it was warming up and getting very humid. We noticed that the Raven queue was short so we hopped in that line. Robbie and I rode in the front this time, the back is where it's at on the Raven in my opinion! It was time for the Voyage walk back tour so we headed back to the Thanksgiving section. We had an awesome walk back tour, one of the park employees said "This does not happen very often. "Here are all the pics I took. Enjoy! As we make our way past the forbidden area! Who let these crazy guys back here? Jesse who is ready to get back on for a ride! Scott and Jesse I think this one is my favorite!! It was very warm and muggy out and at this point the next event item was Supper at 6:45. So Jesse and I really wanted to try Wildebeest. Although Scott and Robbie brought swim trunks they did not want to get in the water. So Jesse and I got our gear out of the car, we changed in the bath house, and then headed right towards WB. We got in the queue which was ¾ full. A switch back behind us we saw Sean (IndianapolisMan) and his wife in line. So we reverse line jumped to chat with them in line. We asked the people around us if they cared before we did so. After an hour and a half we were boarding the 4 person boat. The first lift hill was a conveyor belt, at the top the life guard said "the water was really cold!" Kidding her, we said, "your telling this to us now!" She was right, when we got a splash of water it was cold. The only bad thing was, the chlorine was very strong, so between that and the sweat on our faces our eyes were burning and could not see much. I really loved the ride, it was a nice long ride with a little air time on a few of the drops (at least for me in the back of the boat.)Going up the hills with the magnets pulling you was an interesting feeling. Wish we had time for a reride! We did look like drowned rats when we got off, at that point we were cold. We went to the big wave pool and warmed up a little for that water was warmer. We then decided to hit a few more water rides while we were wet. We hit Zinga, which is like KI's Tazmanian Typhoon. I had never ridden one of these before so it was a fun ride. We then went and rode ZOOMbabwe which is the longest enclosed slide and it was a very long ride, every time you turn a corner you think you are going to enter the pool and you don't. At this point it was a few minutes after 5 so Jesse and I figured we needed to get out and get redressed and start thinking about dinner. We meet back up with Robbie and Scott, and Jared after coming back in the park. We took a ride on Legend. I said, "hey we have enough time we could do The Frightful Falls," so we ran over to do that. A few of us got a little wet, so we were giving each other a hard time on doing that ride. It was Supper time. We had pulled pork and chicken for supper, afterward we got a Q & A from Gravity Group's Engineer Korey Kiepert. Before we headed for ERT Paula from HW said that since they did not get the Timberliners on before the event they were going to give us a free tickes to return at a later date when they were in operation. This was way above the call of duty and shows how great this park really is! After that we had ERT on Vogage,Legend, and Raven. I got 5 rides in on Voyage, 2 in the back, 1 in the front, and 2 in the middle. WOW is all I can say. The last 2 rides were quite dark. We then went to Legend and Robbie and I rode it 2 times. We then wanted to hit Raven, it was a total blackout in the 2nd half of the ride. We got 3 rides on it during the ERT. I really want to thank Jesse, Robbie, Scott, Jared, Kat, and Nick for a great day. Being this was my first ACE event and first event at HW, it will one I won't soon forget. Thanks to ACE and Holiday World for all of their hospitality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 A few more pics that I just got from Jesse! Thanks Jesse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan1980 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I love coaster structure pictures! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 It was certainly a fun day! I can`t wait to go back to Holiday World and experience the Timberliners. I also would like to go to CP and Kings Dominion this year. I know I`ll likely make it to CP this year. Not sure about Kings Dominion. Surprisingly, its been ten years since I was last there (2000). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 I can`t wait to go back to Holiday World and experience the Timberliners. Me too, but I do appreciate that we got to experience the PTC trains again before the swap. Although I had ridden it in 2009, I really had forgotten the awesome ride experience on Voyage with the PTC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 A VERY nice trip report...and great pictures. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I dont know what your problem was, Brad, I was taking photos with one hand, and firing my turkey gun with the other and still scored 1170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 I dont know what your problem was, Brad, I was taking photos with one hand, and firing my turkey gun with the other and still scored 1170 I think Robbie and Jesse's head was in the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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