Kings Island 5-11-13 PTR

[ohiocolts]

Last Saturday, I was watching my sister at a skating show, when I was told my friend Nathan invited me to come to Kings Island with him. After the show, I went home, got ready, headed to my friend’s house, and went to Kings Island.

There was Nathan, Nathan’s dad, and his 2 younger siblings, 8 year olds, Owen and Emma. Nathan’s dad took Owen and Emma to Planet Snoopy and we agreed to meet at 1PM at the Eiffel Tower. So, Nathan and I decided to start off on the Eiffel Tower.

We got into line as they were getting people on, and we were just short of getting on the next ride. So, we waited about 5 minutes before the next elevator came down. We went into the elevator and headed on up.

By the looks of it, Diamondback had just opened up as we got to the top, so we decided to make that our next stop before the line gets extremely long.

We also checked out construction.

Sorry for the quality, it’s a digital zoom.

There was lots of buses for music in the parks!

So, after observing all the fun from the Eiffel Tower, we headed to Diamondback.

When in line, they opened up the switchback leading into the queue house, which just kept filling up as the day went on.

New signs in Diamondbacks queue.

So, after waiting about 15 minutes, we got onto Diamondback. It was a great first ride of the year on Kings Island’s tallest and fastest coaster! (At least for now…)

Next, we agreed on heading to WindSeeker.

It was great to see WindSeeker kicking again!

We ended up having to wait again, just like on Eiffel Tower, at the front of the line for the next cycle. We waited about 15 minutes to ride WindSeeker. We waited in our seats for what seemed like forever until the ride started. Now that WindSeeker is open, WindSeeker is where you can get the best view of the new evacuation system. After a fun, cold, windy ride on WindSeeker, we realized we were running short on time until 1. We decided to check if Adventure Express had a short enough line to get a quick ride in.

Isn’t this the spot for the Flight Commander queue line?

Oh, and there is a sweet looking Colts flag on that fence over there. When we got to the entrance, we decided not to risk waiting in the somewhat long line to be late.

We decided for our last 20 minutes to go over and look at the construction site.

No more water tower.

Xtreme Skyflyer’s new sign.

Someone already ripped the sticker.

What happened to Servatti?

When we got to the Eiffel Tower, it took about 20 minutes for the others to come as well.

Once they finally got here, we discussed on something to eat. Nathan and I ended up going to Hanks, and we would meet the others after in the Festhaus. There was a long line at Hanks, that moved so slow. I finally ordered my Taco Salad. Nathan waited for me, as he wanted “a hamburger”. When I got everything, Nathan’s dad said they headed to Chick-Fil-A as the Festhaus was packed.

I found a seat next to the huge Chick-Fil-A line as Nathan went to PS Grill to get a burger. I ate my Taco Salad, and eventually Nathan got back with a hamburger and Owen, Emma, and Brian shared Chick-Fil-A. I wasn’t able to finish my taco salad, but still, $7 is not a bad price for something at Kings Island that I wasn’t able to finish.

We discussed on what to do next, and decided on heading to Adventure Express. Emma and Brian waited for us, as Emma wasn’t ready to ride yet. This was going to be Owen’s first ride. There was a full queue that ended up taking about 20 minutes.

I had a separator notice my KIC shirt, and wondered what my username was. Hmm… Wonder if he is on here… Anyway I got into row 3-2 and Owen and Nathan were behind me. There was a problem with the exit gate, that eventually got fixed, and everyone in the station cheered. So after that, we set off on our mysterious adventure through 4 tunnels, twists and turns, and a mysterious, big, wood, oh wait.

It was clear to see that SOB took up a HUGE amount of space on the ride. The ride was, as always, lots of fun, and Owen really enjoyed his first ride on AE.

After that, we met Emma and Brian in Coney Confections, and we split up yet again, as they went off to some more new adventures…
We decided on heading to Flight Deck.

The line started about where this picture was taken and ended up being about 30 minutes.

We went into the front row, the pilot’s seats. Our previous mission, to destroy SOB, has been completed. We weren’t sure what our next mission would be, until Great Wolf Lodge started attacking! We had a slight slowdown on our way up, but we were able to manage our way to the top. Then suddenly, we were hit! We were sent straight down, so fast, then up and down again! We twisted and turned until we reached the Flight Deck again. Good thing we got away!

I suggested our next stop to be Grand Carousel. We waited about 5 minutes until we boarded our ponies and went in a circle. A nice, calm ride.
We then worked our way towards Vortex.

We ran into the others on our way past Backlot. They were going to ride Backlot, but the line was an hour. It turns out they Owen and Emma rode WindSeeker for the first time, and enjoyed it. We then proceed our way towards Vortex.

Here, I liked how it looked like Diamondback was running into Vortex.

We waited a total of about 25 minutes and rode in 5-1. It was a great ride on Vortex! We decided next to head to Zephyr.

Zephyr was about a 10 minute wait. A nice ride on a swing, yeah. Nathan wanted to do Dodgems, so we went there.

We waited about 5 minutes. I purposely bumped him. A lot. After this, I kind of wanted a snack, so I bought a churro. It was about $4 and it was pretty long. It was pretty good. We took a walk through Tower Gardens on our way to International Street.

We headed onto International Street and waited for the others.

They soon caught up, and we headed out, and with that, our trip ended.

A couple of Notes:

*I didn’t notice anything closed today, surprisingly.

*On a crowded day, it’s always nice to go around and ride some of the smaller flat rides.

*I’m really curious about that construction.

Thanks for reading!

[The Interpreter]

Awesome trip report. Great pictures. I'm glad everyone had a great time. I especially think it's cool you enjoyed the ponies!

[SonofBaconator]

We ended up taking a lot of similar pics. I was so happy when the sun came out at around 5:00!

[jcgoble3]

Great report and photos!

I had a separator notice my KIC shirt, and wondered what my username was. Hmm… Wonder if he is on here…

Was he by any chance a supervisor named _____ If so, he asked me the same question Wednesday. I asked him if he was on here, and IIRC he said that he just reads KIC a lot.

We went into the front row, the pilot’s seats. Our previous mission, to destroy SOB, has been completed. We weren’t sure what our next mission would be, until Great Wolf Lodge started attacking! We had a slight slowdown on our way up, but we were able to manage our way to the top. Then suddenly, we were hit! We were sent straight down, so fast, then up and down again! We twisted and turned until we reached the Flight Deck again. Good thing we got away!

This is an awesome description of the ride!

[TheCrypt]

Music in the Parks was a fun day for me, glad to know you made it fun for you, too! By the way, on the note of the Express seperator, it was probably _____. I saw him too, not too long after you.

[jcgoble3]

By the way, on the note of the Express seperator, it was probably _____ (alias _____ ). I saw him too, not too long after you.

As I said, the guy who asked me about KIC had a nametag that said _____ and IIRC identified him as a supervisor. That fits with what you said, since _____ would be a common shorthand for _____.

[ohiocolts]

By the way, on the note of the Express seperator, it was probably _____ (alias _____). I saw him too, not too long after you.

As I said, the guy who asked me about KIC had a nametag that said _____ and IIRC identified him as a supervisor. That fits with what you said, since _____ would be a common shorthand for _____ .

Indeed it was _____.

[The Interpreter]

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