Coaster.Rider.Kings Island Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yesterday was a great day at Kings Island. We arrived at the park at opening. When we entered the park, my brother and I headed back to Banshee for our first ride on it. We waited in line about 30 minutes and then was told to sit in row seven. I was happy with our seating assignment and we made our way to our seats. I sat in seat 7-1 and I was not disappointed. Banshee is the best inverted roller coaster I have ever ridden. It was intense! My favorite part is tied with the first drop and the in-line roll at the end. Banshee has become my favorite coaster at Kings Island. I think that after a few more rides, Banshee may become my favorite roller coaster. After the intensity of Banshee, we needed a break, so we found our parents and all of us headed to Viking Fury. My brother and I sat in the back, while my parents sat in the middle. It was a fun and relaxing ride on Viking Fury. Then, my brother and I decided to go to the back of the park and ride Diamondback and The Beast. First, we rode Diamondback, and it was an awesome ride. Even with the recently installed seat belts, I got plenty of airtime. Diamondback is my second favorite ride at Kings Island and is in my top 10 favorite coasters. Diamondback was only a 10 minute wait, but we were still assigned seats. I rode in seat 5-1, which I did not have any problem with. We then headed over to The Beast and waited about 20 minutes. I sat in seat 2-1 and had an awesome ride on the World's longest wooden roller coaster. After eating some awesome chili cheese fries from Potato Works, we went to White Water Canyon, the wait was about 10 minutes and we had a good time, then my brother and I went to Vortex. We waited about 20 minutes, and I finally got to try seat 5-1. The ride was a little rough, but it was an overall enjoyable ride. My favorite part of Vortex is the corkscrews, they remind me of Banshee's in-line roll. Now, my brother and I went to BLSC with my parents. I sat in seat 1-1 and had a fun ride. I noticed that the fire effect was not on when we rode. I wonder if it has been removed for good. After BLSC, my parents wanted to take their first ride on Adventure Express. I rode it with my dad and he liked it. My mom and brother sat behind us and my mom didn't like it as much. She screamed and prayed the whole ride. We finished our coaster riding out on The Bat. We waited about 5 minutes and had a fun ride. I sat with my mom this time and she still screamed and prayed. My dad rode with my brother and he liked it. I think the park made a good decision in repainting Flight Deck and changing the name to The Bat. We then went to Soak City to relax for awhile and had a good time. I rode Rendezvous Run for the first time and it was a fun mat slide. My brother and I then went to the Pineapple Pipeline complex and I rode the steep, green slide twice. My brother was scared and only rode the twisty, orange slide once. We finished our time in Soak City with a trip around Splash River. We got on the train to return to the dry park and was told that it couldn't run, so we had to walk back to the dry park. When we got back we quickly realized that something was wrong. None of the rides that we could see were working and Surf Dog was being evacuated. We figured that there had been a power outage and my parents didn't want to stay, so we just left and started the long trip home. Overall, I had an awesome day at Kings Island. The highlight of the day was my first ride on Banshee. Banshee exceeded all of my expectations. It was intense, fast, and relentless. It never stopped until we hit the brake run. Ride Count: Banshee - 1 Viking Fury - 1 Diamondback - 1 The Beast - 1 Vortex - 1 White Water Canyon - 1 Backlot Stunt Coaster - 1 Adventure Express - 1 The Bat - 1 Rendezvous Run - 1 Pineapple Pipeline - 2 Splash River - 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You should of rode Tropical Twister, credits you can get for lovely achievements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalefan Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 It's always nice to see guests having a good time. I have been thanking the guests at the end of each season since I have been working at the park for Haunt. Without them, the park and the staff would have no one to help or serve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster.Rider.Kings Island Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Some pictures from Saturday. Banshee Banshee ride photo. I'm the guy on the right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 ^ Um, those links are asking me to download an application of some kind. Which I'm not going to do. Did you accidentally break the links? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 ^ The photos work for me, though the content-type is wrong. Those are links from tapatalk.com, so I suspect an issue with that app. Save the files to your computer, and they will work. Depending on your operating system, you might have to change the file extension to .jpeg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster.Rider.Kings Island Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 ^ I fixed them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex lover Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I think I know you from somewhere Sent from my iPhone using... You get the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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