deb Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 So my husband and I decided to go to KI on Saturday, but we woke up too late (we live 2 1/2 hrs away), so we changed it and went yesterday. My sister decided that she would be ok to go with us, even though she drove nearly 12 hours from NJ in on sat., but she wanted to go, so she got to drive. (that was our only mistake..... taking HER with us). Got our season pass temps printed out, and arrived at the park at about 10:30ish. We had to get pictures, and that line was a good 30 min wait, there were people EVERYWHERE. Once we got our passes, headed to the gate, security, no waiting, except that my pass showed a 14 yr old boy instead of me.... LOL Got a map (I've got a horrible memory) and decided to really throw my sis for a loop and go to Tomb Raider, and NOT tell her what to expect. She had to take dramamine before we even got there.... She's apparently terrified of everything.... Anyway, we get to TR and there was about a 15 min wait. They counted us, lined us up (we got middle row) and we watched the movie. The doors opened, we head in and start emptying our pockets into the pouch when an operator walks up and asks us to all get our stuff, get back out of our seats, and walk back to the queue line where the movie is. Then we hear "Tomb Raiders, we're sorry (etc) technical difficulties... staff is on it... etc." That's when the TRs decided to jump the boat. By the time everyone had left (including a couple very much in love, lust, something... they tried to come back in, but staff wouldn't let them) there was about 10 of us. Took about 15-20 mins for the staff to clean up the vomit (that's what technical difficulties mean, apparently.. as someone asked one of the staffers), and the asked us to all line up in the middle line, and then those 10 or 15 of us got to ride. It was FANTASTIC! First time I rode it I was in a dangler seat, and it had this tiny metal bar that kept hitting my tailbone (OW) and I was really ticked. This time though, it was awesome. As the ride wasn't even barely full, it was as smooth as it could be. No jerking around, nothing. AND I kept my eyes open!! So we got off TR and headed straight for The Beast, since it was close by. We waited MAYBE 15 mins, if that. While we were walking the queue line, my husband kept smelling pizza, so we went to LaRosa's after getting off The Beast. Last time we went, IJ:ST had just opened, and the lines were huge, so we didn't ride. They were still pretty large, but... when we got up to the metal gates, where the loading starts, the op needed a group of 3 or 5... and we were the only 3, so we got to get on the train just leaving... There were a lot of riders irritated that the ops pulled us up from the back.. But they were asking, and we replied, and I know it's cause the cars need to be full. If you were one of the people that were skipped, SORRY! (this ride is what I call a "puker"... because that's what I wanted to do.... I think it's the small size. But it was still awesome!) Next, we walked over to FOF, but the lines were SOOOOO long, we turned around and went back. My husband wanted to ride the Zephyr, something else I had never ridden, and he and I got in line (my sis refused saying she'd never ride swings or a ferris wheel.... ), where the wait was non existent. What a relaxing ride! I only wish the seats had higher back so you could lay back and chill. After we got off Zephyr, we walked over to AE, and waited for about 10 mins on it. I've got bruises on my legs from the lap bars... I wish they'd switch them to the ones like on The Beast. Next we walked over to Top Gun... my personal favorite (I could stand in line forever to ride TG). We did wait for about 20 mins, but it was still cool. My sister hated it. How can you hate TG?!?!?!?! Next we walked over to F/O. We did wait FOREVER on it. And I noticed that PKIVortex said that when he got there, it was closed. When he went to that line and saw it was closed... We were on the next train. The one before us had to wait. Apparently a VERY thin girl rode on the inside(near entrance gates) end train(first one going into loop) facing in, and she wasn't held in very well... So there were managers, suits, all kinds of KI staff checking it out. After about 25ish mins one of the ops hopped into the apparent "bad seat" and rode alone. Of course we were all watching every flip and drop... and he came back in one piece. WOOHOO! They announced that the ride was ready to roll, and we all screamed and clapped. The riders next in line rode, then we got on... my sister was TERRIFIED (we were facing each other). When the ride stopped my husband had to help both of us out of the seats.. she had whiplash from an accident last week (yet insisted on going) and my hips popped out of place from all the air time (it happens on every coaster, no biggie). But it was still fun. My husband wanted to ride the log flume, so he and I went alone, I dunno why my sis didn't go... I think she didn't want to get wet... or her car wet... I dunno. But for us, it's not a trip to KI if we don't get drenched sometime. The ride itself was ok, we were in the back of the boat, and there were 2 boys in front of us, and the rest of the boat was loaded. I had NO clue of the airtime you get on that ride.... we were completely OUT of our seats... it was great, but we barely got wet. The boys in front of us were less than enthusiastic that we didn't get drenched, so as we were leaving, they grabbed us and put us in the perfect spot on the bridge to get soaked... and held us there until we were. It was great. We had mentioned going to the scrambler after we got drenched to help dry us off, so we caught back up with my sister who was sitting at a picnic table outside a shop, and headed for the scrambler. Seemed like she wasn't having a very good time (she was riding alone) so I got in the same car with her. I squashed her to death.. and she laughed the whole time, so I assumed she would be able to tough it out the rest of the day (this is at about 4:30). And if any of you were in line for the scrambler while we were on it.. my husband was the guy without a shirt on talking on his cell phone through the whole ride.... one of his friends called, and the guy still can't believe he was ON the ride when he called. He took a pic of us for proof. I tried to get a pic of him on the phone, but he hung up too quick. Next we headed for the dodgems, and the race was on! I got in 3 laps, so I won in laps. as for bumps, well.... they cornered me. It was still great fun, reminded me of being a kid at the county fair. We wanted to go ride The Vortex (I don't really care for it, but Casey had never ridden it, so I said sure) but the line was all the way out on the midway... and we thought we could just come back and ride it later. I had to go to the ladies room, and we were going to go ride White Water Canyon. I came out of the ladies room to hear my sister say that she was tired, didn't want to ride anything else, and was gonna go sleep in her car till we got finished. This is about 4:45. Casey said, fine, we'll go ride this (WWC) and then we'll meet you at your car. So she chimed up and said I'll just ride it with you... That ticked my husband off even more... So he got very angry, said a few choice words, and said we'll just go. We went and added on the gold parking to one of our passes, and then headed for the parking lot, straight to her car, which she had NO clue where to find it... and wound up by the buses, then calling me. Casey complained about it all the way home. I gave her the wrong directions and we wound up driving the full distance of 275... Anyway, we got home at about 8 pm, at which time I looked at Casey and said, well, now they are closed.. *sigh* All in all it was a great trip, albeit much too short for us (we spend the WHOLE day), and not getting to ride everything we wanted to. deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbehymer Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 From the sound of your post, I am glad that I went last Sunday... the longest wait time that I had for a ride was 10 minutes for the Wild Thornberry's River Adventure. I was even able to get on Face/Off within 10 minutes (which has never happened to me before)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corn4ahead Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Yeah, on Saturday(4/28/07) i only waited 30 min for delerium which is worth that wait. Everything else was 10 min tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 And that "log flume" you rode was actually Congo Falls once known as Amazon Falls...Had you ridden the log flume: (a) you wouldn't have gotten airtime and (. Mr Elephant, were he working, would be sure you got wet! Has your sister ever had the pleasure of going to Great Adventure? Somehow I can just see her on Kingda Ka or El Toro (giggle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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