IndyGuy4KI Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 3 hours ago, jtro223 said: Actually, the thing is LROTNOB. (Last Ride Of The Night On Beast.) No wrong answer here! : ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandjgoods Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 45 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said: No wrong answer here! : ) @ohiocolts and I started using the acronym LROTNOB 3 years ago and it spread like wildfire between friends and other enthusiasts. LROTNOB is essentially a noun to us now, more so than an acronym. It also has some traditions involved too. But LROTN can be used for the last ride of any attraction. As I’m typing this out I’m realizing the complexity of our ride specific vernacular, so I’ll save you the details and leave it at this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 ^For that matter I have experienced LROTNOV (no surprise) a lot of times, and I have also enjoyed LROTNOWS, LROTNOMT, LROTNOZ, LROTNOET, LROTNOGC, and LROTNOBB! FROTD (First Ride of the Day) should be a thing just as much as LROTN, if you ask me. I have had many FROTD experiences as well! -BFF, who for that matter has also gotten the LROTSOV in 2015 and 2016, LROTSOWS this past year (2017), and one of the LROTSOBB during WinterFest. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Since when was this stuff turned into acronyms? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengals fan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 16 hours ago, silver2005 said: Since when was this stuff turned into acronyms? IDK sorry I just had to do it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, bengals fan said: IDK sorry I just had to do it. Thanks or not making that just a one word post or a one work acronym.. @silver2005 How about KIC, PTC, MCBR.. The list can go on a while. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I'm okay with ride and park names, but the stuff posted above is starting to get weird... Anything above 4 letters that isn't a ride/park name is getting a wee bit obsessive. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 you're not riding coasters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 19 hours ago, VortexBFForever said: ^For that matter I have experienced LROTNOV (no surprise) a lot of times, and I have also enjoyed LROTNOWS, LROTNOMT, LROTNOZ, LROTNOET, LROTNOGC, and LROTNOBB! FROTD (First Ride of the Day) should be a thing just as much as LROTN, if you ask me. I have had many FROTD experiences as well! -BFF, who for that matter has also gotten the LROTSOV in 2015 and 2016, LROTSOWS this past year (2017), and one of the LROTSOBB during WinterFest. Soooo many acronyms.... how do you remember all of them? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whengodsaysgo Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 2 hours ago, silver2005 said: I'm okay with ride and park names, but the stuff posted above is starting to get weird... Anything above 4 letters that isn't a ride/park name is getting a wee bit obsessive. Obsessive or excessive? Side note, aren't we here because we are a bit obsessive? Not in a bad way, but in a fun way. I mean here we are talking about an amusement park and we still can't walk through the gates for 44 days. (See? I'm obsessed! lol) I'm still relatively new to the community, having been here since last May. I honestly just try to be cool and use the lingo. I'm not good at it. Haha but at least I have fun! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, whengodsaysgo said: Obsessive or excessive? Yes. silver2005, avoiding one word posts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandjgoods Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 9 hours ago, sixohdieselrage said: Soooo many acronyms.... how do you remember all of them? Its actually easy. We do not usually pronounce each letter in the acronym, rather we say the root of the acronym as a word and add whatever ride acronym were referring to. For example: Last ride of the night on The Beast would be LROTNOB, pronounced "Luh-Rot-Nob" ('The' is ommitted because it would make the pronunciation difficult) First ride of the day on Flight of Fear would be FROTDOFOF, pronounced "Fer-Rot-Dawf-Off Here, you need only to remember how to pronounce LROTNO- and FROTDO- to highlight what ride you want and when. This mnemonic is varied when your referring to different types of attractions. The main one that comes to mind is Dinosaurs Alive! Last walk of the day through Dinosaurs Alive!, would be LWOTDODA, pronounced "Luh-Watt-Dode-Uh" Take a guess at what LWETDA stood for? I know that a few friends from KIC were there with me for that one. I suppose its beneficial to elaborate that outside of, "LROTNOB" this naming device is not used religiously. It is merely a fun way of sharing a common understanding of what sounds like utter gibberish. Think of it along the lines of the personal appeal to learning a foreign language. I can see that this post is veering off topic, so allow me to bring it back: You know its off-season when you take the time to explain amusement park vernacular in hopes that it will be fused into vocabularies around the park during the upcoming season. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Yeah, sorry. Not gonna take the time to remember those, but thanks anyways. Too much work for my already super busy self. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Did not realize there are so many acronyms! You know it's the offseason when you miss Firehawk terribly and can't wait for Haunt to start again- 44 days! Also, with this shorter offseason, the I really miss Kings Island feelings that would have happened in like, January or early February are happening now, but the great thing is, we've only got a month and a half left to wait! Finally, as a side note- I love Firehawk like I love Millennium Force at Cedar Point- because they are both rides from the early 2000s'! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 14 hours ago, aandjgoods said: Take a guess at what LWETDA stood for? I know that a few friends from KIC were there with me for that one. Last walk ever through Dinosaurs Alive? jcgoble3, starting to catch on (but not likely to use these obnoxious acronyms anytime soon) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 When I find myself practicing my different spiels for when I'm driving Vortex and it has to close for weather or other various downtimes, as well as practicing WindSeeker spiels since it's quite likely that I'll finally be drive trained at WindSeeker this season. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick44 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 When you look at the Diamondback webcam and see them putting the trains back on for MT. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 You know it's the Offseason when you dream about riding a roller coaster. So, in the dream (actually, it was a dream within my dream, I think..). I was riding what I thought was New Texas Giant, but it was actually the old one (as it was all wood). I was in the front seat, but facing reverse (and it was the only seat like that, as far as I knew). It was a great ride (and not rough at all like I braced myself for in the dream) up until some ghost guy appeared and started tickling me. I couldn't do anything as I was on the ride, but after I yelled something, it went away; right as we started to go back into the station. I was discussing my 100th coaster in the dream and this was it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I got one from today: You know it's the Offseason when you have a fantastic day of Pokemon Hunting and wish to top it off with a trip to Kings Island (because of the amazing weather and overall feeling great), but can't. 35 days... In all seriousness, I really need to take a Saturday and do this once the season starts... Pokemon hunting in the morning, Kings Island from afternoon-close. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 When I have my eyes riveted on my job email inbox, watching for the email about which ride crews train on which days...it should be any day now when I get it! Last year’s training day email came on March 15. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kifan91 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 When your constantly checking The Kings Island Website constantly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterOhio Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 When it sno- oh wait. Winterfest. Haha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I was so bored I looked at the Kings Island Webcams only to finally see Mystic Timbers testing again! AHHHH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 If any of you see Vortex testing on the cam, let me know! When it's 13 days until my Training Day! So close and yet so far. I cannot tell you how excited I am to reunite with my crew and my favorite two rides to work! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifetimecoaster Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I too have been watching webcams all day, waiting to see a coaster run. I believe that the guy I work with is beginning to think I'm a bit unhinged, because I opened the webcams yesterday, and exclaimed "THERE'S MOVEMENT IN THE PARK!!" How I find this to be so exciting is beyond me. How I also find myself watching the Diamondback webcam, and having this warm fuzzy feeling seeing the pizza joint under The Vortex back there... Since my childhood that is my favorite place to grab a slice, right there under The Vortex. Last summer when I took my kiddos for the first time, when it came time to grab lunch, I pleaded with my wife that we eat a slice there, since that is a long lasting memory of mine, I want my kids to carry on that memory of sitting there having your pizza, watching The Vortex overhead. VortexBFForever and I may be long lost (with quite a few years between us) siblings. LOL 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KImom Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 3 hours ago, lifetimecoaster said: I too have been watching webcams all day, waiting to see a coaster run. I believe that the guy I work with is beginning to think I'm a bit unhinged, because I opened the webcams yesterday, and exclaimed "THERE'S MOVEMENT IN THE PARK!!" How I find this to be so exciting is beyond me. How I also find myself watching the Diamondback webcam, and having this warm fuzzy feeling seeing the pizza joint under The Vortex back there... Since my childhood that is my favorite place to grab a slice, right there under The Vortex. Last summer when I took my kiddos for the first time, when it came time to grab lunch, I pleaded with my wife that we eat a slice there, since that is a long lasting memory of mine, I want my kids to carry on that memory of sitting there having your pizza, watching The Vortex overhead. VortexBFForever and I may be long lost (with quite a few years between us) siblings. LOL Are you talking about the La Rosa's back there? My kids flip out because there are always a ton of bees near there!!! I always want to eat there as well because it's such a cool spot but nope. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifetimecoaster Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 KImom, that is the one. One of those goofy things I will always remember about my youth at Kings Island. I was always excited about the fact that it was right under Vortex, my parents were always excited by the fact that it was fairly well shaded back there, and mainly, it's right next to a bathroom! Also, nerding over here still watching the live cams, there is a fork lift dropping off cars for the Diamonback train by the station. Looks like they are starting to reassemble the trains!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KImom Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 minute ago, lifetimecoaster said: KImom, that is the one. One of those goofy things I will always remember about my youth at Kings Island. I was always excited about the fact that it was right under Vortex, my parents were always excited by the fact that it was fairly well shaded back there, and mainly, it's right next to a bathroom! Also, nerding over here still watching the live cams, there is a fork lift dropping off cars for the Diamonback train by the station. Looks like they are starting to reassemble the trains!!! You're so right on it being a great spot! If they can get rid of the bee situation, I would hang out there more often. There's beer super close at Potato Works. hah! There's another checkbox you can mark off for this location! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifetimecoaster Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 16 hours ago, VortexBFForever said: If any of you see Vortex testing on the cam, let me know! When it's 13 days until my Training Day! So close and yet so far. I cannot tell you how excited I am to reunite with my crew and my favorite two rides to work! Vortex is currently running on the Diamonback webcam!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Vortex is currently running on the Diamonback webcam!! Yay!! Of course I had to be in class while that was happening... Also, BLSC is running right now! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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