Creed Bratton Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hey all, So I recently found my video camera and on my last few trips I took it and shot some videos. Instead of doing a separate topic for each, I thought I'd give a link for all the videos and share a little tidbit from each trip. Holiday World: <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hfx5s8S2fYk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I went with some KICers to Holiday World on their closing day for the 2011 season on Oct. 9th. It was such a great day weather wise and wait time wise. We had discovered after riding Voyage the first time (all of us in various rows) that the 1st row was the only one worth riding in. This was also the last day for Paul Revere's Midnight Ride (their Monster). We had gotten into the line which was surprisingly queued. As we got to the point where we'd be the next cycle, the ride went down, but was up shortly! The longest line we had to wait in line for was Rough Riders. Of course we got to see Pat Koch several times and she gave multiple great hugs! Kings Island Halloween Haunt: <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LIbu-BOPycQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This trip was my first back to Kings Island since I've moved back to Ohio. I was excited to see the park after a 5 month hiatus. The lines for the haunts were not really that bad. I got tired though of employees trying to sell me a fright pass. I got my first KI WindSeeker ride this night, although before I got to ride it, it went down twice. The first time was something with the restraints, however the crew FAILED to call maintenance, they told everyone to get off the ride and ran a test cycle. Then they let people on, including me. but then had us get off. So they finally called Maintenance after walking around the seats about 5 or 6 times. Maintenance showed up and restarted the ride, they did a test cycle and we got on to ride. Man it was cold! I was extremely disappointed with the WindSeeker crew. Seemed like all they did was walk around instead of calling maintenance when there was a problem. As a former ride op at KI, I know that should have been done first instead of walking around and pretending to know what was going on five or six times. Aside from that, the haunts that I went through were great. I disliked Massacre Manor, which used to be my favorite. Holiday Horror and Nightmare Alley became my favorite attractions!! Of course I got a night ride on Beast, at most we waited about 30-40 minutes. I rode Diamondback and let me tell you, it was good to be back on my baby! It was a great smooth ride! As the night was wearing on, we went to CarnEvil and Boo Blasters on Boo Hill. BBoBH was so much fun, if you haven't rode during Haunt, do it. With less than 45 minutes left in the park, I sprinted along to X-Base with Nemo. We went through Mysteria which was fun even though the fog was off. We than ran to Flight of Fear. As we got to FoF, we realized that we were the last two on the coaster that night. We rode the front row. It was cool to see the lasers in the launch tunnel! As we arrived in the Mid-Course, we slowed down so much to a stop because of the lack of weight in the train. We had to push forward to get out of the Mid-Course. It was hilarious and a ton of fun! Columbus Zoo <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PmQzG0oJ2nQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The Zoo was a spur of the moment trip. We had a lot of fun, the animals were fairly active and the zoo wasn't too packed! Cedar Point <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8MnCdiw-PAg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Cedar Point started out rainy! To our surprise, Maverick and Millennium Force were operating for ERT. A lot of rides were down early on in the day because of Wind, including get this....WindSeeker. We got a lot accomplished, got to see some friends from KI and I got to see a friend that works at the park. I ended up having the most rides on Corkscrew, which was a total of 3. This trip was the first time I ate at Midway Market. We decided to go through Camp Snoopy/CarnEvil to look at the Haunt props. We got to where Camp Bus is and the Ride Host looked so bored. She asked if we wanted to ride so we got on. I asked her if I could take video of the ride and she said sure! So I added a little bit of footage from that in the video above. As our ride came to end, she asked if we wanted to go again, so we rode it again. As the 2nd trip ended, she said "Ladies and Gentlemen please remain seated as your bus comes to a landing....wait... buses don't come to landings only planes and helicopters do. What the heck?" As she finished that statement she was laughing for a good few minutes. With it being a Sunday in October, we got to go enjoy some of the Halloweekends attractions. Blood on the Bayou still remains my favorite outdoor haunt. I had a screamster come up to me to try and scare me. As she said "hello" I nervously said hey back, she replied "You rode my ride earlier, you rode the bus, where's your camera now?" Haha.The last thing we did before heading home from the park was getting to ride Top Thrill Dragster, last train of the night (2nd in station) in the front row. I had never ridden in the front row and it was amazing! Hope you enjoyed reading and watching the videos! Edited 9:17 pm 10/24/11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 At CP we are Screamsters not scare-actors. I know the op/ Screamster you talk of, and she is funny. Your video shows someting I'm used to, Dragster launches on the third yellow not green. I resent the fact you called Bayou better then Terror Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Haha Edited for you! I just don't see pirates as scary Phantom , but I will tell you that the first weekend I liked Terror better than Blood. I did find it funny once I got that footage to slow down I saw the launch on the third yellow. The ride host/screamster we're talking about was pretty awesome! Also, Chick-in-a-box made my night that Sunday +1 for Terror Island! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 It is impossible to not be entertained by chick in the box. I finally got the pleasure of working with her on Saturday for 15min, and I was being entertained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Wow! That's a lot of effort you put into this report! Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Wow... you just can't win with us scareactors/screamsters, MF2000CMH. You made PhantomTheater resentful by saying Bayou was better than Terror Island, and then in reading this TR I noticed you didn't come to Slaughter House to pay your repects to Sam the Butcher. I know he would have popped out and said hi to you if he had seen you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 I know, I know! Slaughter House had a medium size line when we passed it but it started to rain so the group elected to go sit in the Festhaus and we had a bust ear drum in the group. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Sam this year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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