Reclaimer Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 After last weekend's solo trip to PKI, today brought a welcomed addition to my side. I had a friend come along with me. Left the home at 6:30am (Indiana time), as usual, and arrived at the park at 10am (Ohio time). Talk about perfect timing. Upon entering the park, I spent a few minutes looking for another person I was to meet up with, but due to lack of planning, I didn't know who I was looking for. So, with that, it was off to Tomb Raider. Looks like TR:TR had opening day jitters, though...the ride ended up being down all day. We headed to The Beast, and my guest was on his first coaster (besides Space Mountain, but does that even count?). He had a good time, so we ended up going another time on The Beast. After The Beast, we headed over to Adventure Express. I figured he should ride it, being a coaster n00b. After getting on AE, I realized I planned the first two coasters out totally backwards. Oh well. He didn't like AE too much, and I can't say as I blame him...I don't like it either. After AE, it was back to try out Beast one more time. After the final Beast ride of the day, I talked my guest into trying out Flight of Fear. The queue was moving really fast, so our journey in line (from outside the building and into the front seat line) was only 20 minutes tops. (Rough estimate) Well, amazingly enough, my friend really liked FoF and was ready to try an outdoor looping coaster. I told him he could try the rough SoB with 1 inversion, or Vortex (my personal favorite) with numerous inversions. I was thrilled he chose Vortex. We were already in Action Zone, though, and he wanted to hit Top Gun while we were there. At Top Gun, we noticed only one train going. Bummer. Today was the longest-ever wait I've experienced on this ride. Granted, we waited only around 15 minutes, but I was still shocked. Instead of leaving Top Gun and heading straight to Coney for Vortex, we went to HBL and rode SDATHC for the first time. It was a blast! We sat down and were ready to start shooting when the ride stopped moving. The fun part about this, though, was we were still able to shoot and earn points. The ride was only down for a couple minutes, and we were soon off and able to finish the ride...with a whopping 2,800 points. Fun stuff. FINALLY, we went to Vortex. Vortex's line was moving lightning fast, as always, and we were quickly in my favorite seat: the back. Had a great time on Vortex today, and amazingly enough, my friend LOVED it as much as I did. We got off the ride and got right back in line. After finishing the second ride, my friend wanted another run...so we had at it. We ended our day at PKI with that third ride on Vortex. *sigh* I -heart- that coaster. ...another day at PKI down! (On a side note, I want to give a shout out to Adam who checked my restraints all 3 rides on Vortex. I would've said hi, but I'm a shy person like that! I also saw a couple other PKICers walking with someone (Diane, maybe?) heading from carousel to the path by IJ. This was around 5pm, the two guys had on PKIC shirts, so one could only assume they're members of the site. Again, no words were exchanged, being the shy person I am.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIbabe89 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 cool! seems like you had a good time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 I had a great time! One of the highlights was getting stuck for about 30 seconds on the top of the 1st lift of The Beast. Gotta love those opening day jitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIbabe89 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I had a great time! One of the highlights was getting stuck for about 30 seconds on the top of the 1st lift of The Beast. Gotta love those opening day jitters. I got stuck on the SOB for like a minute one time. It is kinda fun when you get stuck on rides. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI_Diana Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 That would have been me most likely. Although I didnt stay all night with them. Bill was there, and I, and the two PKIC shirts would have been Dane and Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Looks like TR:TR had opening day jitters, though...the ride ended up being down all day. ha ha, i rode it a week earlier, no down time, 2 hours... ha ha i rode twice!! Me Loves TRTR, but Delirium just a bit better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 I should've said hi...Oh well. If things go the way I'm planning, I'll be there again this Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I got stuck ont he Beast about a year ago on the first lift hill and they sent up a park represenative to talk with us and tell us everything was ok and that they were just having a few matineance problems. It was strange, I was very upset because I did not want to hav to walk down those thin wooden steps......gives me the creeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 i would LOVE to walk down Coaster Rails!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I think I can handle it now, but that was a few years ago and I was scare dout of my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliriumDreamer Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I was there at the park all day, but if you came to look for me at Delirium, you wouldn't have found me. I got sent for the first half of the day to another ride. I also got to see Diana, Bill, Dane, and Ryan ride my rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZosoBeast Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I was there at the park all day, but if you came to look for me at Delirium, you wouldn't have found me. I got sent for the first half of the day to another ride. I also got to see Diana, Bill, Dane, and Ryan ride my rides. As often as I visit that park, that was the first time I seen you work at Delirium. It was funny seeing Diana try to get out of the seat after she found out who was driving the thing! "upbar upbar!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scooby_Doo Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 The very front is more of headrush I like the front on all coasters! I was at the park saturday as well and didnt see to many PKIC'ers or PKIC shirts for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypkikid2005 Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Sorry about TR:TR being closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI_Diana Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I was there at the park all day, but if you came to look for me at Delirium, you wouldn't have found me. I got sent for the first half of the day to another ride. I also got to see Diana, Bill, Dane, and Ryan ride my rides. As often as I visit that park, that was the first time I seen you work at Delirium. It was funny seeing Diana try to get out of the seat after she found out who was driving the thing! "upbar upbar!!!" I was only teasing her. And she knows it. Only because we love her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 When I got on Delirium on the 2nd, I was waiting to make sure the bars locked, so we could make certain that adam was in, so then it locked, and adam was in, ariel was seated, and so i sat, then she got up, and i couldnt pull the bar up fast enough, STAPLE!! I got my first PKI Staple from Ariel. you can tell ariel works that ride, she gives off this vibe about it, when she is there, you can feel her bond to it. Yet I have never seen her work that ride, I have however seen her work at Slingshot. but that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Make sure I was in? Yeah - when they upbared - she stapled me too. She didn't want me getting out - because I was trying to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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