Voicetek Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 So my girlfriend and I decided to take a short trip out to the park on Friday night for a relaxing evening. I was having a major lower back flare up from an issue resulting from a car accident back in 2004. Since I was in pain, I knew I wouldn't be riding too much, but we decided to go anyway and just enjoy the park. We arrived about 7:30 and the first thing we did was ride Boo Blasters. I'm not a huge fan, but I kinda started a park tradition way back when it was Phanton Theater to ride whatever dark ride that was in that building at least once whenver I visit. From there we pretty much just walked around and took in the sights and watched the rides and the people. We stopped briefly to observe the now empty building where the Crypt was and discussed some interesting things that that space could be converted into. A 2-level dark ride anyone??? We ended up around by WindSeeker and decided to take in the Dinosaurs Alive 3-D show since it was free this year. I thought the movie was pretty good and the 3-D was amazing. I was kind of disappointed that they removed the motion seat because now they don't have the option of having any more motion movie attractions anymore. From there was decided to walk down to the Monster and give that a spin...literally! Now, I love roller coasters and anything with a huge drop, but I get a little motion sick when I'm spun around and around too much. However, I decided that it didn't look too bad and decided to ride it! Well, I think our car spun consistently the entire ride without stopping! So much for that ride! lol. That might be the last time I try that, unfortunately. After that we pretty much just walked around some more and looked in a few shops. By this time the sun was going down and it was starting to get dark and all the lights around the park were coming on! We decided to walk down and see the Peanuts area with all the lights and the characters all lit up. We really enjoy that! We did one final loop back through Planet Snoopy and headed towards the exit and left for the night. When we go to Kings Island we usually always hit up the coasters and have a great (and crazy) time. Very rarely do we just go to the park and enjoy some of the simpler rides and just take in the sights and the atmosphere. I must say that it was a very relaxing and enjoyable evening for the 2 of us, and something that we don't do too often. If you've thrown your back out and don't have a whole lot of time, that makes for a very worthwhile visit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Thanks for the report! I guess it's still fun at KI if you can't ride coasters for a day! After Soak City today, I'm pretty sunburned. Ouch. Anyway, glad you had fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 The park is truly a magical place at twilight. Glad you two had a nice, quiet evening of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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