Braves0511 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Here it is! my insanely long Trip Report... I finally made it to the park this summer, it was slightly crowded but that's to be expected on a Saturday... It was a church trip, but I brought a friend from school, and we hung out on our own and didn't see much of my church people all day. We started our day with Delirium, which was good because we waited for one or two cycles before getting on, and by the time we got off the line was out into the path into AZ. After Delirium we headed up the tower to see what we could see and then headed back to Coney Mall. Took a trip on the backwards Racer, not my favorite ride (too rough for me) but it was ok. We decided we'd stand in line for Vortex even though it looked long, but I figured that it wouldn't take long and it didn't. Rode in the very back after maybe a fifteen minute wait, seemed a little smoother. After that we walked the midway hopping on anything that looked to have a short line. After that we headed back torwards the Festhaus for lunch because it was getting hot and crowded so we wanted to sit for awhile in the A/C. All I can say is Sprite has never tasted so good . After lunch we went to Top Gun, and rode in the very back. It was a fun ride, it didn't feel quite like I remember it, but I don't think I've ever ridden the very back like that either. Also, I didn't see anything in the SOB station, nor any activity anywhere near it at the time. But the girl on the Eiffel Tower did say she was hearing it could open later this month. But who knows.... Then we went back and stood in line for The Beast. This was during the absolute hottest part of the day, and we were crammed into line with a ton of people and it started to get really old. But we made it up there and rode yet again the very back...Just as we had our bars checked Vortex dropped and as it hit the bottom of the hill, made a very loud "ka-chunk!" noise and then screeched really loud. The op on The Beast looked up and said "what the h*** was that!?" thats when we knew something happened lol. After an extremely rough trip on The Beast, much rougher than I remembered but probably because we were in the back, we got off and headed over to Vortex to see if we could find out what happened. There was a train on the brake outside the station and a maintnance worker was carrying a wheel over to it but that was about all that was going on there. By this time everything was a long wait, so we decided to stick it out for Firehawk. We got in line and stood for at least an hour maybe an hour and a half, either way it was long and hot. But entertaining at one point a bunch of security people came through and got somebody, there were too many people in front of us to see what was going on but it seemed interesting. This was also about the point where my friend realized he'd lost his cell phone. Then a group of guys broke out of line and went running up to the station cutting everybody, then about ten minutes later they were escorted away by security to the applause of everyone in line. They were only letting small groups go into the station at a time and keeping every one else in the line. Just about as we got there I looked at my friend and said it would really suck if we got up there and it broke down, and he said he was thinking the exact same thing, which was weird. We finally got up into the station and were two trains away from getting on when it broke down...Ironic huh. They got it up and going again in about fifteen minutes, just in time for it to go down again. But by this time Maintnance was at Drop Zone for whatever was going on there and it took them a while to get back to us. My friend and i decided to wait it out since we had already been there that long, it ended up being another hour before it was fixed, during that time there were two girls from kentucky in front of us and they started talking to us, alot, . But it was worth every bit of it when we finally rode, and we were really glad to have stuck it out. I got off and bought a Firehawk t-shirt, since I refused to buy the shirt until I rode it. And after waitting two hours for it i was going to buy a t-shirt After Firehawk we went back to The Beast to see if my friend's phone was there, and then we went to lost and found...we never found it...we got some dinner and then just hung out for awhile not doing much else, because we were tired and there were too many people....So we met up with the rest of the group again for the fireworks and headed home. I'd say this was one of my favorite trips to KI, mainly because it was the first time I'd been there with a friend and not my parents or anyone like that...and because Firehawk is now pretty much my new favorite ride...and it was just a good day overall...we got to see all the head haunchos out in there suits and ties, sweeeping up trash. We were tempted to go talk to them but decided it would be awkward. I'd say the only thing I would change, was the overall lack of personality from the employees...especially in food...none of them acted like they were even alive, when we got our lunch and dinner in the festhaus none of them spoke to us unless we spoke first and even then it was with no enthusiasm or emotion...although I can understand it was probably a long hot day, and everyone was tired. Props to the Firehawk crew though, they kept their cool when it went down and did a good job at pacifying the people in the station who were very frustrated. I also noticed a lot of things seemed to be closing early, I'm not sure if it was maintnance issues or if it's just SOP now, but there were a lot of things shut down early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bparrott03 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Yeap. I noticed that Drop Zone was stuck at the top of the tower for about 10 minutes, and had to be slowly brought down. I also noticed a around 7 (when I was making my final check-up on SOB) that delirum was shut down. At first I thought they had a Bio hazzard, because the water hose was out, and the station floor was lowered and most of the workers were cleaning the que line. Delierium was packed all day. A lot of the lines, like The Beast, were longer due to the fact of the gold Pass speedlane. I know when me and my friend went thru that lane, not only on The Beast but the other rides as well, got dirty looks from everyone who waited in line for a hour or more. It was busy yesturday, but I have seen worse. Even the Bay was packed.. I am looking like a lobser! I forgot to bring the sunblock. lol (I think my sholders are as red as the lights in the SOB station!) what time were you around Son of Beast? The crew was there when I was there around noon, or 12:15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's even worse when you walk by the same people 4 times while using speed lane. *last weekend trip* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braves0511 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 I don't remember when we were around SOB...I know it was in the afternoon when we rode Top Gun. And I probably gave you a dirty look myself lol...The Beast line was HOT! and this chick behind me was really grumpy so if the line moved and you didn't immediately move too, even if you were behind her...she would tell you off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hey When they got that lady from Firehawk, I was in the station. We think she had a heat related illness or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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