Voicetek Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 So my fiance and I decided to take a trip to KI Saturday evening since they were open until midnight. We got there around 8:30 so we had a good 3 1/2 hours in the park. The first thing we noticed when we were pulling into the park was how full the parking lot was. It was definitely a crowded night at the park. So we went on in and went through the gates and we noticed the Kings Island refillable sports bottle stand set up to the left of the fountains. We decided to pick one up. It was only $9.99 and we got free refills all evening and boy did we make use of that! We're looking forward to our 99 cent refills for the remainder of the season. So for the first ride we hit up Adventure Express. This ride is a great guage for how crowded the park is on any given night. If AE has a line, then the park is definitely crowded! The line went out to where the entrance sign is. We thought, "What the heck," we had just gotten a refill on our drink so that would give us time to relax with some ice cold cola. As always, the ride was great fun! Next we decided to just take it easy and stroll down Coney Mall. We passed an arcade and decided to go in for a bit. I noticed a claw machine with some Marios and Yoshis in it and decided to give it a shot. I went to the token machine and put my dollar in and waited for my tokens. Out came two tokens and I stood there waiting for two more. I waited, waited, waited....then realized tokens were now TWO for a DOLLAR not four for a dollar! What in the world KI? Anyways, I proceeded to the claw machine, put in my two tokens, positioned my claw, and pressed the button. The claw went down and up came a Yoshi! And an amazing thing, the claw actually gripped it as it yanked it up and swung it around to the drop. I claimed my prize and we decided to move along to something else. We finished our walk down Coney Mall and stopped for another refill then decided to head towards Stunt Track. We arrived and saw the line....nevermind. The entire queue was full so we moved along. We headed down towards The Beast. By this time it was 10 and the fireworks were going off. We stopped down by the Diamondback splash down and watched them for a few before walking around towards The Beast entrance. When we got there, the entire queue was filled on that too. It would've probably eaten up the rest of our night waiting to ride. What ashame. I was looking forward to a nice night ride on The Beast. Maybe next time! We decided to take a night ride on the train instead and got to the station just as they were loading! We boarded and off we went. And this time when we rode, something interesting happened. Please fill me in on this as I was not familiar that they did this. When we arrived at Soak City (it was almost 10:30 and Soak City had been closed for quite sometime now) the announced over the speakers that if anyone had anything in their lockers that they could get off and get it out. Anything in the lockers? The water park was closed. Are you allowed to leave things in those lockers the rest of the night? I was not aware of this. I assumed that you had to empty the lockers out before you left Soak City at closing time. We sat there on the train and waited as one family got off, walked inside Soak City and emptied their lockers in a water park that had been closed for 3 and a half hours. This was new to me. I had no idea they did this! You learn something new everyday! So we got off the train and continued into Planet Snoopy. We decided to take a ride on the Kite Eating Tree since we had never tried it before. It was a nice little thrill and the line wasn't long at all so it was a good choice. Next, we walked into the Snoopy Shop (whatever it's called) and looked around a bit. After that it was into Boo Blasters to blast Boocifer away! My fiance and I stood in the lobby/queue area and discussed all the minor upgrades that could be made to really make this a unique ride. Perhaps I'll have to start a post sometime so that I can list all my ideas. One though would be to create a Boo Blasters mascott character and have him mounted where the Maestro used to sit. This character would be an animatronic and would explain the history of the manor and why you want to blast the boos. This would be similar to what Disney does in their queue lines. Just one minor thought I had. The ride was fun and I ended with a score of 1,700! We exited Boo Blasters and decided to head over to Action Zone. When we got there we looked at the fencing that is blocking the new 2014 attraction area and noticed some new additions. Now I haven't been on the 2014 thread in quite a while so this might not be new news, however, on the trees they have little signs hanging that says "No Camping." Also, you can see where they added a new sentence to the original signs on the fence that talk about the screams and such. This new sentence talks about "evil activity" and you can see where it's just a sticker stuck over the original sign. Quite interesting I thought. I'm sure you all have seen this already, but I thought I would mention it. So we took the long journey to the Flight Deck loading station and as always it was a walk on. We boarded and had an amazing night flight. That's such a nice little ride and it's ashame that it's kind of underrated. By this time it was 11:45 so we decided to grab one more refill and make our way to the park exit. We took our time and enjoyed the sights on the way out. We walked to our car and left the park. It was a crowded night, but all in all we had a great time. Hopefully next time though, we'll be able to do more coasters! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 An evening spent with one you love. Time well spent. Thrills connect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayzayd13 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 If I can help it, I rarely go on Saturday haha but it sounds like you had a fun trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Kings Island, great place to take a date. Even if the lines are long. I think you proved my point, voicetek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 If I can help it, I rarely go on Saturday haha but it sounds like you had a fun trip. Yeah I'd rather not go on a Saturday either, but we both work and that prevents us from going during the week. At best we can sometimes go on a Friday night, but Saturdays work out the best for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Glad you had a good time. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 You only scored a 1700! You better work on your blasting skills. I was disappointed with my 2600 on my last boo blaster ride, just kidding around! That's weird that they stopped the train, did you have to wait for the family to come back from Soak City? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 He says they sat there and waited. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 He didn't say if the train waited for the family to come back just that they waited for the family to get off the train. If Soak City is closed are they escorted to their locker and back to the train or back to wait for the next train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Just to clear things up, I'm not sure if the family got back on the train or not. I saw them get off and they were not escorted into Soak City. We sat there for quite some time. It was a good 5-10 minutes. By that time I wasn't really paying attention. All of a sudden the announcer came back over the speakers doing their usual narration and the train began to move again. Not sure if the family got back on or what. I just thought it was weird that we'd be dropping people off at Soak City at 10:30 at night to get stuff from the lockers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice TR, thanks for sharing with us. Sounds like you had a fun evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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