Joncars05 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Now that I got your attention with that wonderful headline (I'll explain that one later). I'll begin my TR for Kings Island on Sept. 29th, 2013. The day started with myself, my wife, and her little cousin (She describes me as her "roller coaster buddy" and we were heading to KI for her 10th birthday) heading out of Indianapolis. It was pouring down rain in Indy and we decided to shop for some ponchos as the forecast for Mason was continual rain after 2pm. We ended up grabbing some from CVS and that put us about 20 minutes behind schedule. About 30 minutes down 74 the rain stopped and the clouds lightened up a bit. We ended up getting to the park at 11:15. The park was dead. Every ride was a walk on. There might have been more employees there than paying customers in the park. Now my wife's cousin has not been on Diamondback or Invertigo so what does she decide we are riding first? Diamondback. Since there was no one there it was a walk on. She was pumped and ready to go. The queue gates opened and we sat in rows 3 and 4. As soon as we sat down she said she didn't want to ride and hopped up and left. We told her that we weren't going to make her ride anything she didn't want to so she decided to hop off the ride. After some talking to she decided she was ready to go again. So we went in rows 3 and 4 and she LOVED IT! After it was over she decided to ride again so we rode it 4 more times without a wait. Then we headed to Beast for a lap. After Beast I went to the car to drop off my backpack in the car while my wife and her cousin rode BLSC, Shake Rattle and Roll, and Zephyr. We met up at FOF and rode it 3 times in a row. Then we went on FH and rode it twice in a row. This is when the rain started.My wife and cousin rode Monster once and then we all rode Racer. After a "painful" ride due to stinging from the rain in the face, we decided to grab our jackets from the car and try out the Reds HOF Grille. The Reds Grille was pretty nice. The theming was nice. The menu was a little bit on the shorter side IMO. But they offered some good meals. I ended up eating the chili cheese fries while my wife and her cousin both ordered chicken tenders. The meals were good and the portions were pretty large. I would say the meals were well worth the price which we ended up paying $31 before tip.After food and waiting out the rain we decided to ride Boo Blasters. We rode it 4 times, I won all 4 matches with a high score of 2190! Then we headed to Diamondback and it was still a walk on we ended up riding it 7 times in a row with us not even getting off for the final 3 cycles . We headed to Vortex and rode it twice. This is where the "Soaked Booty" came. The rain gathered in the seats and thus soaked out "tooches." That stuck around with us for the rest of the day... The rain had stopped by now and we were going to ride WindSeeker but it was closed due to high winds. We then headed to AE and sat front row for 3 cycles. After that we headed to Drop Tower. My wife and roller coaster buddy didn't want to ride so I went for one cycle while they went to ride Delirium. Next up was FD. After 2 cycles in the back row we headed to Invertigo for our final ride. The ride was great and my roller coaster buddy loved it. After one cycle we headed to the car and headed home.The day was about a perfect as you could get. The weather wasn't as bad as it was in Indianapolis. We almost didn't go because we thought we were only going to be able to be in the park for a few hours due to rain. But the rain held off for the most part and was not heavy during the day. We were all very glad it didn't rain like it did in Indianapolis.Final Thoughts:-Banshee looks very similar in color to DB from the highway. You can tell the difference when in the park but most of the general public will probably think its the same color. I was hoping the ride would have been more like the renderings but the color is not what makes the ride, IMO. The construction looked to be coming along very well.-AE will offer very good views of Banshee from the queue line, the front row in the loading station, as well as along the ride. -The Reds Grille was a good deal for food and a nice place to eat. The food was good and the prices were similar to most sit down restaurants. Service was fast and good. - This was the third time I have been to Kings Island during a Fall Sunday and they are by far the BEST days to go. Today our longest wait was one train for any ride in the park. Almost every ride was a walk on. - My roller coaster buddy's favorite ride was Diamondback! She loved the speed and airtime! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Sounds like you had a great day, I know Razy and I did. Yesterday was awesome day to go, I'm kind of sad they are doing the bring a friend thing that might ruin the one of the best times of the year to go. Rafi(Razmataz) and I got 21 rides on Diamondback, we talked to quite a few people, got quite a few fist bumps. Might I possibly have interacted with you at all? I talked to a lot of people and I though about asking them if they were a KIC Member, but then they would call it The Diamondback... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncars05 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 I don't think we ran into you. It was pretty quiet on our Diamondback cycles. I talked to a lot of people and I though about asking them if they were a KIC Member, but then they would call it The Diamondback... Haha I have made that mistake before. Just ask ohiocolts or dudecoasterman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razmataz99 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Did you happen to see two kids on the brown train of Diamondback one wearing a red collared shirt and the other wearing a grey t-shirt? If so, that would be us. Anyways, sounds like you had a good time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hahaha fabulous attention-getter! Sounds like a great day was had, I was wishing I could've gone that Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Great trip report! Wish I could have gone. Just try not to call it The Banshee unlike all the news outlets and I can forgive you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I had a good time on Sunday at the park, but the Hard Buns on my Cheese Coneys was not one of the best part of my day! Ended up getting a refund on them, I'm not paying 7.99 for something that is even decent enough to eat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.