Kings Island 2018 Discussion Thread

[KImom]

How insane are crowds on Memorial Day? I never thought to go before but we have some commitments Saturday/Sunday and I'd really like to get a visit in over the weekend! 

[King Ding Dong]

It is Military Appreciation Day all weekend so you have that.   Like any holiday the most determining factor will be the weather.  

[whengodsaysgo]

1 hour ago, KImom said:

How insane are crowds on Memorial Day? I never thought to go before but we have some commitments Saturday/Sunday and I'd really like to get a visit in over the weekend! 

It's nuts on Memorial Day Monday each year.  Our church brings the youth group and has been going on that day as long as I can remember.  Lots of other churches do too. There will be a lot of Pentecostals there that day, one of them being me. 

 

[teenageninja]

I'm not sure how it's been the past few years, but in the past, the busier days were Saturday and Sunday.  The Monday tends to be the lightest of the weekend.

[TheRickster]

Anyone remember how the Tuesday after memorial day usually is?

[King Ding Dong]

14 hours ago, whengodsaysgo said:

It's nuts on Memorial Day Monday each year.  Our church brings the youth group and has been going on that day as long as I can remember.  Lots of other churches do too. There will be a lot of Pentecostals there that day, one of them being me. 

I am sure the answer is no but any chance if you filled all three Vortex trains with your groups you might be able to invoke some divine healing?   It would be for a good cause.  

[whengodsaysgo]

I am sure the answer is no but any chance if you filled all three Vortex trains with your groups you might be able to invoke some divine healing?   It would be for a good cause.  

Have your people talk to my people. I’m sure we can work something out!


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[Joshua]

On May 21, 2018 at 11:38 PM, MDMC01 said:

Speaking of "Racer Radio"... 

When i rode last Thursday, it seemed like Racer's station music kept switching between the classic stuff and newer, non-70s music.

Is it possible these songs have been added to Racer Radio?

[jcgoble3]

16 hours ago, TheRickster said:

Anyone remember how the Tuesday after memorial day usually is?

My guess: lightly crowded, but not as dead as weekdays this week and last week have been, since a lot of kids will then be out of school for the summer.

As always, crowd sizes are heavily dependent on weather, which cannot be forecast to the needed level of precision this far in advance, no matter what AccuWeather tries to tell you. Wait to check the weather until Sunday, or even Monday if you can wait that long.

[silver2005]

From my experience, the first 2 weeks worth of weekdays after Memorial Day are super prime times to go in terms of light crowds.  I always try to go at least once or twice in that span. 

[DMann1979]

Well I'm planning a visit on Wednesday next week myself, weather permitting lol.

[Joshua]

Rode The Beast today. It stopped at the top of the lift hill. A voice came on saying they were "restarting" it. This is a first for me, but my cousin said it happened to him last week. Could anyone elaborate on why they had to do this?

[CoastersRZ]

Was it the top of lift 1 or lift 2?  If you stopped at the top of lift 1, it likely was waiting for the train on lift two to clear lift two.  

[Joshua]

That explains it. I have been riding The Beast since the early 90s and this is the first time this has ever happened to me. At first, I thought it broke down. 

[harmony29]

I love how slow the train goes up the first hill sometimes. Our first experience was at Haunt which just went with the entire atmosphere. This season it sometimes does it but not all the time when we ride.

[Kenban]

On The Beast the speed up the first hill is determined by the location of the train in front of you.  It goes slowly until the train clears the second lift hill then it speeds up.  If it goes quick from the start then the train took a long time in the station, and the train already cleared the second lift.

[silver2005]

It has to do with the awkward block sections.  The mentioned block area is between the top of the first lift and the top of the 2nd lift.

[LuvingKI]

DB seemed faster than usual today on front and back

[Sara]

Does anyone know what was going on with Banshee today around 4 or 5? We were on Diamondback and looked over and it looked like the train was stopped on the lift hill and there was a person standing on the stairs. Then we kept noticing it was still running but the trains were missing people. 

[IndyGuy4KI]

12 hours ago, Sara said:

Does anyone know what was going on with Banshee today around 4 or 5? We were on Diamondback and looked over and it looked like the train was stopped on the lift hill and there was a person standing on the stairs. Then we kept noticing it was still running but the trains were missing people. 

More than likely the coaster stopped due to the sensors detecting a potential issue. That is what we want the ride to do when that happens. They were probably there for a bit so maintenance can verify the potential issues are gone or cleared to get it back running again. That can take several minutes.

 

[gforce1994]

So the picture floating around of Scheid and another man, was it Grubb? 

[Tera Ryzing]

8 minutes ago, gforce1994 said:

So it was Grubb? 

Hmrapp has a photo of him and Mr. Grubb in the photo of the day thread.  I dont think it's the same person.

[Codyfryguy]

I feel there is no way to prove it was MR Grubb unless there is an official statement released on him visiting the park..

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[TombRaiderFTW]

The description sounds closer to Mike Graham than Fred Grubb.

TRFTW, poking the bear.

[gforce1994]

1 hour ago, TombRaiderFTW said:

The description sounds closer to Mike Graham than Fred Grubb.

TRFTW, poking the bear.

YOU HAVE BEEN POKED!

[gforce1994]

#whatsinthestage

[MaestroFanatic]

So, today on Beast, probably around 8-9, they were sending train 1 around empty for a while, occasionally slowly letting it out of the station. Any clue what that would have been?

[King Ding Dong]

So are those new Diamondback seats exactly the same as the old ones? Good lord, I rode the back seat tonight and got racked really bad at some point. Didn’t really notice it until we were on the brake run.  Stumbled over the Coke stand and took it took me a good 20 minutes to recover. It was a little after 9 at that point so just decided to head home.  

Then  the massive potholes and crap on 71 knocked my tailpipe loose as we got closer to Cbus.   Fortunately I was easily able to snake it out from the undercarriage after pulling over at a BP.  The pipe is only 3 years old and given the looks of it’s condition I obviously got some crap pipe, but sections of that road are a POS right now.  

Not my best trip to KI 

[gforce1994]

2 hours ago, MaestroFanatic said:

So, today on Beast, probably around 8-9, they were sending train 1 around empty for a while, occasionally slowly letting it out of the station. Any clue what that would have been?

Yes, the attendants at the entrance to the row airgates were too slow in moving people through the line. While I was in the station, the attendant got distracted and everyone just came through.

[TheRickster]

2 hours ago, MaestroFanatic said:

So, today on Beast, probably around 8-9, they were sending train 1 around empty for a while, occasionally slowly letting it out of the station. Any clue what that would have been?

Someone probably got sick.