deb Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I live about 2 hours away from KI in IN. Saturday was the 6 year anniversary of our first date, so we thought we'd go to Metamora (if you live in Cincy or Indiana close to Cincy, you know what Metamora is... ). When we got close to Metamora... we realized we were a mere hour or so away from KI... so... IMPROMPTU trip! We left at about 5 pm on Sat night, reached the park at about 6:30 ish. We've got a Geo Tracker, and it's a convertible... and we had the top off. We got rained on on the way. Talk about fun! 80 MPH on the interstate getting soaked before you get on WWC... So we got in quick, and went to ride. We got in a few rides... WWC, Top Gun, Tomb Raider... but not everything because I wasn't feeling too spiffy, and the blisters were showing up on my tootsies. We spent the night at the Ramada in Mason (great hotel btw, and not too pricey: $79 on a SAT!). We got up the next morning, late (after I watched the new Willy Wonka on HBO... but that's a whole 'nother thread), and made it to the park at about 11ish. We had went to WalMart and got some food, so we had a cooler loaded down to save a few $$. First off I wanted to go try to ride Firehawk. We walked all the way back there, and it was in testing.. and then someone said they shut it down... but we could see ppl getting on and riding... so we stopped and watched it for circuit before I decided that I didn't want to wait 2 hours (as I'd heard that was the line length) for a coaster that looked like it went super slow in the loop.... But I'll get on it. Eventually. So we came back up, and I saw the Zephyr, and we got on it... a girl lost her pink croc shoes... and the op called out and said "if you are wearing shoes, please keep them on!" which got a TON of laughs... I had on slip on Birki's and took em off before we got on. Then we went and got on the Scrambler, and the Bumper Cars, and Shake Rattle N Roll, and Monster... We also got on IJ:ST, and we were in the very back (#6)... and it's actually really fun from the back. We were in a car with a couple that the lady had never ridden it... I love that- hearing someone's first reaction to a ride. She loved it. It is pretty spiffy to be so little. Then we went to TR, and I was the first one on for the ride. The ops had to clean up vomit, AGAIN, and one of the guys was talking about how he didn't think it was the best ride in the park, and that they've had a TON of people vomit on it this season... odd, I'd think there'd be more vomit on IJ:ST... We rode AE and Racer, my first time for Racer, and I don't care for it too much, thought I was gonna hurl multiple times. Then we decided we were got, so we went to WWC, and didn't get as soaked as we had on Sat, but we were hot and ready for the water park. So we rode the train to BB, got a locker (omg I can't believe it's $12!!!! I think it went up in the 12 or so years it'd been since I'd been there- when it was still WaterWorks... hahahaha), and went to the water slides. I can't swim, and if there isn't a raft, I'm not getting on it. We did do the Sidewinder. That thing makes you fly! And get a lot of water in your mouth... ew. I needed a dental cleaning. BLECH! Then my hubby wanted to do the one everyone gets stuck on... it's got the pool at the bottom (I nearly drowned there years ago... I sat that one out). Then we went to the Snowy River thingy, and that was so much fun! Then I heard it. KABOOM! Thunder. It was actually beginning to rain while we were in line for the snowy river. By the time we got through the wait, and out the bottom and back up by the lockers, it was lightning and beginning to rain steadily. We were starving, and it was about 4 by then. So we turned in our key, I got a $3.50 Cherry Coke ( ) and we were gonna wait on the train, which we missed by less than a hair... and then it started to rain harder. So we decided to walk. Nick Central is neat looking, we're gonna take our 4 year old there on his birthday (July 1). By the time we got through the line getting our hand stamped, it was steadily raining and lightning. Did I mention that our Tracker is a convertible? And that the top to it was on our front porch in Indiana? It's not the easiest thing to eat a sandwich in the rain and not have soggy bread. Really. I was more soaked once we got out of the tracker than I was after we left BB. I had on a white bikini, white Tinkerbell tshirt and a white skirt that was TINY. I saw a lot of people pointing out that fact that every ride I was on you could see my skirt flying up. Bikini. It's all good. After the lightning stopped, I saw stuff running again: Delirium, Face/Off, and Vortex. We walked in, went to the arcade to play some skee ball, lost some money on midway games, and by then my back was hurting so bad it made the blisters seem invisible. So we decided that since we have season passes, and we'll be back, we'd just hit the road. It was about 8pm then. I drove home (the seats were dry, we sat in them the whole time it rained... ) and we were about 10 mins from home when it started POURING rain. Again. And again, I was DRENCHED. So drenched, that my skirt could have saved someone from dehydration. We picked up a Kings Island-Opoly game (my hubby's fav game is Monopoly). It got wet while I was driving. Insides are all ok, the box has bubbles. With that, I have ridden every (adult) roller coaster at KI except Firehawk, and every other ride except Drop Zone, Delirium, SlingShot, and the bungee thingys. And unless I'm seriously not myself (think inebriated), Firehawk will be the only thing that will change. See you on July 1!!! deb PS: Firehawk was running BOTH trains on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastfan11 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Sounds Like you had fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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