May 12th, 2012 Trip Report

[Titan]

I arrived at the park around 9:15 with my buddy and we headed over to Diamondback, where we got 3 rides in. I also forgot to take my necklace off, which got lost somewhere along the first ride. Then after the final ride the park just had opened so we went to The Beast. We waited about 20 minutes and then we got into the 3rd train. Overall the ride was a lot smoother and I was actually able to keep my hands up the whole time. That's a first.Then when we exited the ride I saw the thing that I most dreaded would happen, school groups invasion.

We navigated through Rivertown and got a ride on Zephyr + Shake, Rattle, & Roll. Then we went over to The Racers. They only had one open, which is usual. The line looked long, but it sailed through and we were on in about 15 minutes. When we got off it was around 11:30-ish. So we decided to walk around and film a bit. Then we took a ride on the train, which was also packed. After that we went to the Festhaus and I had some Pizza. When I gave the lady my free 20 oz drinks paper, she was confused at first. Then she handed it back and removed the drink from the bill. We were not able to see British Invasion, we only saw them practicing.

After we left Festhaus we walked around looking at the lines. To no surprise everything had a line no less than 30 minutes. So we decided to ride Congo Falls, which had a short line. I was absolutely drenched, so I had to walk around in a wife-beater shirt for the rest of the day. Then I decided to do Dinosaurs Alive. This was my first time going through it and I loved it, I think it was worth the 5 dollars. After that we decided to walk through some stores and see what they had. They have a lot of cool t-shirts for the rides now. Then after that we did some more walking and decided to leave around 4:45.

It was a pretty good day, other than the fact that it was packed. I wish I would have known about it, then I would have gone tomorrow, but it's over with now. I'll my try going back June 2nd to try out Soak City. I should also add that when we were driving to KI, I saw the Beach's sign. It said, "Thanks for the 27 years of enjoyment." I don't know why, but that made me feel a little sad.

Positives from my trip:

1. The employees were very nice.

2. The metal detector's are gone, which opens up the entrance.

3. Fast Lane caused no problems.

Negatives from my trip:

1. A lot of employees were confused about the Gold Pass Perks (although it is new.)

2. The Racer's only having one line now makes the ride waits seem longer.

3. I'm not a big fan of the ERT list, but it's better than nothing.

4. WindSeeker was not running.

I also took some pictures, however with my Blackberry, so the quality is pretty poor.

This was The Racer's line for most of the day, they had most of the "zig-zags" open .

WindSeeker was not running again.

I wish they would clean up the gardens, they seem dirty.

Vortex had a pretty big line too, but that's not surprising.

Diamondback had big lines too, good thing we had ERT on it.

Viking's Fury also had pretty large lines which is surprising.

Action Zone was really packed.

Invertigo's new colors look great!

That's a lot of buses.

A little bit of Soak City.

Planet Snoopy.

The next pictures are of the Fun Perks brochure,

That's all, I hope that I'll be able to post another trip report on June 2nd!

[Dalefan]

I arrived at the park around 9:15 with my buddy and we headed over to Diamondback, where we got 3 rides in. I also forgot to take my necklace off, which got lost somewhere along the first ride. Then after the final ride the park just had opened so we went to The Beast. We waited about 20 minutes and then we got into the 3rd train. Overall the ride was a lot smoother and I was actually able to keep my hands up the whole time. That's a first.Then when we exited the ride I saw the thing that I most dreaded would happen, school groups invasion.

We navigated through Rivertown and got a ride on Zephyr + Shake, Rattle, & Roll. Then we went over to The Racers. They only had one open, which is usual. The line looked long, but it sailed through and we were on in about 15 minutes. When we got off it was around 11:30-ish. So we decided to walk around and film a bit. Then we took a ride on the train, which was also packed. After that we went to the Festhaus and I had some Pizza. When I gave the lady my free 20 oz drinks paper, she was confused at first. Then she handed it back and removed the drink from the bill. We were not able to see British Invasion, we only saw them practicing.

After we left Festhaus we walked around looking at the lines. To no surprise everything had a line no less than 30 minutes. So we decided to ride Congo Falls, which had a short line. I was absolutely drenched, so I had to walk around in a wife-beater shirt for the rest of the day. Then I decided to do Dinosaurs Alive. This was my first time going through it and I loved it, I think it was worth the 5 dollars. After that we decided to walk through some stores and see what they had. They have a lot of cool t-shirts for the rides now. Then after that we did some more walking and decided to leave around 4:45.

It was a pretty good day, other than the fact that it was packed. I wish I would have known about it, then I would have gone tomorrow, but it's over with now. I'll my try going back June 2nd to try out Soak City. I should also add that when we were driving to KI, I saw the Beach's sign. It said, "Thanks for the 27 years of enjoyment." I don't know why, but that made me feel a little sad.

Positives from my trip:

1. The employees were very nice.

2. The metal detector's are gone, which opens up the entrance.

3. Fast Lane caused no problems.

Negatives from my trip:

1. A lot of employees were confused about the Gold Pass Perks (although it is new.)

2. The Racer's only having one line now makes the ride waits seem longer.

3. I'm not a big fan of the ERT list, but it's better than nothing.

4. WindSeeker was not running.

I also took some pictures, however with my Blackberry, so the quality is pretty poor.

This was The Racer's line for most of the day, they had most of the "zig-zags" open .

WindSeeker was not running again.

I wish they would clean up the gardens, they seem dirty.

Vortex had a pretty big line too, but that's not surprising.

Diamondback had big lines too, good thing we had ERT on it.

Viking's Fury also had pretty large lines which is surprising.

Action Zone was really packed.

Invertigo's new colors look great!

That's a lot of buses.

A little bit of Soak City.

Planet Snoopy.

The next pictures are of the Fun Perks brochure,

That's all, I hope that I'll be able to post another trip report on June 2nd!

The Beach must of not of found a buyer. They made the call to close back in march.

[standbyme]

Thanks for the report...and the pictures!