Original Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Nobody did a tr on Opening Day that was with me the whole day, and I had a lot of time to kill in the car so why not...? I'll warn you now that these pictures aren't very good. I just took a few throughout the day real quick. I wasn't planning on making a tpr, but why not i guess. I was really excited to go to ki all week, but on Saturday morning I just wasn't feeling up to it. At the last minute i decided to go. I was dropped off and headed for tower drinks. Beastie1980 was happy to see me, i was just in time to jump into the kic photo.IMG_7298 by vacationphotos2013, on FlickrI'm the one in the blue shirt in the top left corner. Me and Beastie1980 got to meet Terpy, that was really cool. Hey terp. After that we kinda split and most of went to feastus. Some ate while most of us just sat around and watched the show, it was like a rock and roll show or something... But they had Michael Jackson in there, and he's the king of pop so i didn't really get that. But I guess the MJ fans were happy, so who cares. Then the group split again and they tried to get a table at the Reds Hall of Fame Grille. Apparently that didn't work out so we all met up at hanks. Me, Beastie1980 (plus her sister summer and her mom), Muppetfan1999, and Fire-Beast-of-Fear all sat at the really short kids table and ended up talking for about 2 hours. IMG_7308 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr I liked this picture because there was a bee on his hat and I caught him as he grabbed his hat and threw it across the table. xD We didn't even notice until the whole group got up and left us ...almost xD. Indyguy4ki was able to take us to see Don real quick. I've never seen do before so that was neat. IMG_7314 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr I didn't really know what to say so I just kind stood there... haha. Us six kinda split away from the group and headed to Flight Deck hoping the line would be shorter than the others. On the way there we saw the teaser. IMG_7319 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr Apparently the line was not short... It was stretched all the way to the tunnel. I've never seen it that long before. We were all really shocked. haha. We decided since all the lines were going to be 2-3 hours we tried to figure out the ride that would be worth waiting for. They picked Diamondback. I wasn't all on board for starting my first ride of the season with DB since I've never rode it before, but at this point i really didn't care. We got over to DB with a nice line waiting for us. IMG_7349 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr (Rawr! lol waiting in line for DB) Me and Beastie1980 sat in the front of the car while Fire-Beast-Of-Fear and Muppetfan1999 rode in the back. It was really fun, everything i thought it would be. The ride photo was really bad, my whole head was sideways and it looked like it was about to fall off or something. xD We then started walking to the Reds Hall of Fame Grille and made reservations, and the we got in line of the Eiffel Tower wanting to see SOB gone. Halfway through the line our table was ready and we ditched the line and ran to the Grille. Its a lot nicer than i thought it would be. The prices weren't out of this world, and they had FREE REFFILS. Yeah, I'm not sure if those are going to stay or not but we were happy about that. We went out back onto the porch and it was really close to DB. After we ate we headed towards the old Crypt building IMG_7334 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr (you guys were standing tallest to shortest me and summer just couldn't resist snapping one ) and met up with Malem. Muppetfan1999 wanted to ride his favorite, Firehawk. That was good with me since nobody i know likes that ride and I don't really get to ride it that much. Firehawk was like an 1.5 hour wait i think. I rode with MuppetFan1999 and Summer. Me and him really liked it, while Beastie1980 took a pledge to never ride it again xD. After that we ran over to The Beast where we met up with Ohio Colts and his Family. IMG_7336 by vacationphotos2013, on Flickr We were about 4 rows of bars away from the gates when we had to stop for fireworks. About 10 min later we got onto The Beast. I sat with MuppetFan1999, we were both really excited because none of us had really had a night ride on The Beast. Both of us just had like a dusk ride. And we were off. Me and him were stunned, it seemed faster this year and it was the best Beast ride I've had. I loved the sound of the screams in the dark tunnels. After we hit the break run me and him both exchanged the 'THAT WAS THE BEST BEAST RIDE EVER' look haha. It was more fun with the Kicers too. Beastie1980 had to wait for her sister and her mom but me and Muppetfan1999 had to make a mad dash to the parking lot because we kept our rides waiting. Fire-Beast-Of-Fear also joined in and we tried to get out of the park as fast as we could. Almost no lights were on, the rides were all shut down, and nobody we in the park. Creepy... As we cut through river town, Planet Snoopy and down International Street, Fire-Beast-Of-Fear said goodbye while me and MuppetFan1999 sped walked out to the parking lot together since our rides were waiting for us in the same spot all the way near the big welcome sign. We said goodbye and Opening Day came to a close. Well actually the park closed 45 minutes ago but same thing right? It was really fun i hope to go for closing day as i will be moved down into our new house that is only 30 minutes from ki than the usual 4 hours. We headed back to our soon-to-be house where i got to pull staples out of the floor. Fun stuff. I'll definitely try to go for the next opening day. This was probably my favorite ki trip even though of the insane lines. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Nice report. Glad to hear you had fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 And it was a pleasure to meet you two, too. I'd gladly ride Firehawk. It's one of my favorite rides at Kings Island! Glad you had fun! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Thanks for the tr! It sounds like you all did have an exciting time at the Island that day, and I hope you and all the rest of the KICers can have many more days like so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastrider97 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Sounds like a lot of people from the site were in The Beast line at the same time as me! I really have to meet all of you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Great Trip Report Original! Thanks for sharing your day! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have to stop reading these TR's...they're making me want to go even more!! Great job, hopefully I can meet some KICers one day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Great PTR! Glad I got to meet you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie1980 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Opening day was awesome! Too bad I didn't get to go back to Girl Scout Camp but it was way worth it to ride Firehawk and The Beast with Duncan!!! Best riding buddy ever! Haha, but I can't wait to see everyone again, great PTR, Faith!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I wish I would've met you when I was there during the evening! Hopefully another chance will come along soon. Glad you had fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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