Braves0511 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I fianally made it to the park this year, and had a fairly good trip. This year held two PKI milestones for me, one, I have now officially ridden every major ride in the park (with the exception of kiddie rides and pay-rides (I never have any money) ); and it is the first time i've managed to ride every ride in the park in one day. The park wasn't extremely crowded, but it was a bit more full than im used to seeing this time of year. Normally just about everything is a walkon, i may have waited for one to two cycles/trains, which isn't too bad... We started our day in Coney Mall and rode all of the little flats there, i rode the monster by myself and as i was sitting on top waiting to disembark, the little girl in the tub in front of me leaned over the side and puked, that was entertaining... After the Monster, i managed to ditch my family for awhile and grabbed a ride on Adventure Express, boring but a must ride still, as well as both Racer and Recar. That was my first time on Recar, I waited for a front seat ride and it was worth it, lot's of air... I then met up with my dad again and we hit up The Beast and Vortex. Then I took my first ever ride on Flight of Fear. I have been somewhat nervous about this ride for years and have never been able to force my self on to it, I jsut did it this year and loved it to death. It was a great ride, and we only waited maybe 20 minutes, the longest wait i had all day. After FOF, my dad left me to go find my mom and sister, so i took a second ride on both Beast and Vortex while i waited to see if the line for Tomb Raider would go down, and it did, so I took a spin on it. It seemed like a shorter ride than i remember it being, but that may be just me...still fun though. Then I headed over to Action Zone, and rode Top Gun, just for kicks, great ride, way too short. After TG, I took my first ride on Delirium, just as i started to get on it started raining, other than the rain pelting me in the face, it was an awesome ride, definately in my top ten list of flat rides, After Delirium, came Shake Rattle and Roll, which was ok, slightly boring after everything i had just gotten off of. I met up with my family for dinner after that, yay La Rosa's! After dinner, we hit the wet rides, which have never been my favorite, because after those you're always so miserable and wet... We separated again and my dad and I rode Italian Job, which was a quirky little fun ride, that wasn't worth waiting in line for, fun but not worth a 20 minute wait, I especially liked the pitch black subway part. After Italian Job my dad and i hit up FOF one more time for a near walk on ride, and then Top Gun and Drop Zone. For some reason I actually got a bit nervous on DZ this year, that's never happened before. By this time it was about 9 oclock and fairly dark, so Dad and I got in a night ride on The Beast, if you've never done that, i highly recomend it, darkness adds so much to that ride I loved it... and for my last ride I got on Face/Off for the first time, my dad wouldn't go on it with me so i went by myself...great ride with lots of g's, I started going forwards and thought that was cool, but going backwards back through the loop i couldn't even move as we went over the top, it was the coolest... Then we met my mom watched the fireworks, bought a t-shirt and headed home... Although the most fun thing all day was just listening to people act like they knew what they were talking about, I heard everything from 14 people died on SOB and two were paralized, The Beast evidentally has a loop in it, never seen it though, Cedar Point is going to take all of our rides and move them to Sandusky and take the unpopular rides from CP and bring them here... I heard all sorts of fun stuff... and that was my trip to KI 2006...(sorry it was so long) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Awesome!! Glad you got to do everything you wanted and even conquered some fears! (Drop Zone still makes me nervous every time I ride it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Glad you liked FOF. It is an awesome ride. Much better than when they had the OTSR's. The Beast is a great night ride. Face/off is a good one, but I didn't ride it last time due to the long line. I just don't think it is worth more than a 20 minute wait. I am still scared of Drop Zone, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Speaking of Face/Off, I'm just like you..I refuse to ride unless it's less than 20 min. or so. I was just at the park yesterday, though, and couldn't believe...the line was inside the station, and it was double-ride Tuesday...so instead of my normal 0 or 1 ride per visit, I got in 4 rides...and could've probably done 2 or 4 more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikevin Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Sounds awesome, I was there as well with some friends. Me and my friend got to ride the very last train of FOF for the night, we had the whole train to ourselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I've rode Drop Zone twice. The last time I rode it (Aug 4), I was terrified! In fact, I couldn't bring myself to ride it again later in the day. Its actually the ride up that gets me. The drop itself is fun. Delerium (which I rode the first time Aug 4), DZ, and F/O are all rides that I have to be in just right right mood to ride. The Beast, however, is just plain fun. I love that ride. To me, its just the right balance of keeping my interest, great views, and just enough speed (although I notice way more braking going on than I used to!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braves0511 Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 Its actually the ride up that gets me. The drop itself is fun. That's how I am, I psyched myself out standing in line, and when I got on I was pretty nervous... We got about 30 feet up and I was petrified and once we got to the top, I was freaking out in my head, I looked calm and cool;when I told my dad about it, he was like I didn't even see you sweat... But yeah, I hate sitting at the top just knowing it's gonna go, once we go it's a rush, but just waiting on it sucks... Last year i was all for it, I think I rode it 3/4 times without a hitch, I barely stood one this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Was the drop ride like Demon Drop at CP ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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