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Pictures are worth a thousand words...
Taylor and I:
Athena and I:
Athena:
Marcus, Matt, Taylor and Joe on Giant Wheel:
Patrick, Marc and Athena:
Marcus:
Matt:
Marcus and poor Snoopy:
Marcus and Taylor:
The Group on Skyhawk:
The Group at the end:
What a blast this Live was! It was great to see everyone again. I can't wait for tomorrow at KI!
Taylor and I:
Athena and I:
Athena:
Marcus, Matt, Taylor and Joe on Giant Wheel:
Patrick, Marc and Athena:
Marcus:
Matt:
Marcus and poor Snoopy:
Marcus and Taylor:
The Group on Skyhawk:
The Group at the end:
What a blast this Live was! It was great to see everyone again. I can't wait for tomorrow at KI!
Speak for yourself Joe. Beast at night was pure sex, but not in my top 10. Diamondback obviously was though.
The Live was awesome in spite of the rain (wasn't heavy & didn't last long). We got in all the rides at both parks except Raptor (we didn't want to ride it) & Demon Drop (had a long queue wtf?). TTD!!!
CP wasn't too busy for a Saturday & Kings Island was golden. ERT on Diamondback was amazing & that last ride of the night on Beast
ing OMG! Loved seeing you guys & had a blast!
Justiinnn!!! :--D
Taylor is still getting ready & Marcus just got out of the shower, so this is just a quick note before we hit the road for Holiday World. I'll be back later with another update, but the real report & photos will have to wait.
The Live was awesome in spite of the rain (wasn't heavy & didn't last long). We got in all the rides at both parks except Raptor (we didn't want to ride it) & Demon Drop (had a long queue wtf?). TTD!!!
CP wasn't too busy for a Saturday & Kings Island was golden. ERT on Diamondback was amazing & that last ride of the night on Beast
Justiinnn!!! :--D
Taylor is still getting ready & Marcus just got out of the shower, so this is just a quick note before we hit the road for Holiday World. I'll be back later with another update, but the real report & photos will have to wait.
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
Well, I'll guess I'll post the first full length trip report. I'll do this in halves, since I only have the Cedar Point one done right now. I also need to get rid of this bloody disgrace of a signature...
Day 1; June 13th
Cedar Point – Sandusky, Ohio
We woke up at 6:00 AM. We silently got ready, as we were still disheartened by the Red Wings losing to the Penguins in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. We left at 7:00 AM and stopped at Tim Horton’s around 8:15 in Toledo. Another hour later, and Pat, Athena, and I were getting in line for Millennium Force. After a great first ride, we headed to Magnum’s gate to meet up with the rest of the group.
It was great to see everybody again. After a quick reunion, and a bit of a chewing out for not getting to the park right at nine, we headed for Magnum. We were greeted by an empty station and we instantly got on. Pat and I took the ejector row. Magnum definitely deserves the attention it’s getting this year, as it’s just so much fun. Pat almost lost his iPhone. If it wouldn’t have hit my foot when it fell out of his pocket, I wouldn’t have stepped on it and it would’ve been gone.
We walked over to Corkscrew and Power Tower next and got walk ons. We decided to stay in back, so we started around the other side of the park to Wildcat:
When we got there, we only had to wait a few minutes for one of the park’s smoothest coasters. Since the coaches only sit four people, we went in groups of three. Athena, Marcus, and I went first. Next was Taylor, Patrick, and Justin:
After them came Joe, Jerry, and Aidan:
We rode Mantits next for some pain. It wasn’t as bad as a lot were expecting though:
Since Pat, Athena and I were the only ones who got to ride Millennium Force, we went back for everybody else. We waited around a half hour and we were on.
Joe, Jerry, and Aidan are somewhere on this train:
We all started getting hungry, so after much deliberation and fighting over money, we went to the front of the park to eat at Midway Market. We ate and relaxed, argued, insulted, laughed, and did everything a dysfunctional roller coaster enthusiast family would do. Once we were done, we checked out Demon Drop and Raptor, but both weren’t worth the waits they had.
We decided to head to Blue Streak, and when we were getting in line, we saw Matt drive down Perimeter Road. He was in the park waiting for us by the time we got off. It was nice to meet another member of the site.
While we were heading over to maXair, we stopped for some shenanigans at the new interactive fountain. We laughed at some of the kids getting soaked, and especially the girl who ran through and as soon as she made it through, she stopped and gave a little celebration walk, only to get soaked by a hidden jet on the side of the fountain. Some of us, myself included, decided to show everybody how it was done.
We made it to maXair, and it was the first ride Matt was able to get on with us. While in line, Marcus reacquainted himself with Matt:
Jerry wanted the Giant Wheel credit afterwards, so we headed there, and took a few pics:
After Wicked Twister, we had to get our photos with Snoopy:
We still didn’t do the rides in back, so we hit up Magnum once more, Gemini(and had some fun passing a small stick back and forth during the turns), and Mean Streak. By this time, it decided to sprinkle a bit, so we sat down and decided to hop on the train:
After two laps, it stopped and we decided to ride Skyhawk. With 10 people in our group, we took up a whole side of one swing. Maverick was finally testing, so we headed over there and had around a half hour wait. Never the less, Joe and Taylor were playing Pattycake:
We got on and enjoyed the dark horse. Marcus may have enjoyed it a bit too much:
We then decided to be nerds and take photos and video:
We needed some trick track action after that, so we rode Cedar Creek Mine Ride next, making total fools of ourselves:
We wanted to go back near the front, so we headed along Frontier Trail, but along the way, we stopped at the Petting Zoo, only to find some naughty cows:
We also got some nice shots of Millennium Forceless:
Somewhere along the line, we decided just to head to Top Thrill Dragster. We got our locker and headed into line. While waiting, I messed around with my camera and got some nice shots of the launch by adjusting the exposure time. The sky may be white, but the motion blur is very nice:
Athena and I rode in the back and got on relatively quickly. Everybody else got off, and we had to wait for Marcus and Matt who were waiting for the front row. It was worth it, and this money shot should explain why:
After their breathtaking ride, we decided to head out.
We all had a long drive, and we had to get up early the next morning. We left the park around 8:20PM, but not before getting a group photo:
After getting some grub at Taco Bell, we drove to Lima, Ohio, where we spent the night, excited about the following day at King’s Island.
Here's a ride count:
Millennium Force x2
Magnum x1
Corkscrew x1
Power Tower Blue x1
Wildcat x1
Mantis x1
Blue Streak x1
maXair x1
Giant Wheel x1
Wicked Twister x1
Gemini x1
Mean Streak x1
CP & LE Railroad x2
Skyhawk x1
Maverick x1
CCMR x1
Top Thrill Dragster x1
Day 1; June 13th
Cedar Point – Sandusky, Ohio
We woke up at 6:00 AM. We silently got ready, as we were still disheartened by the Red Wings losing to the Penguins in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. We left at 7:00 AM and stopped at Tim Horton’s around 8:15 in Toledo. Another hour later, and Pat, Athena, and I were getting in line for Millennium Force. After a great first ride, we headed to Magnum’s gate to meet up with the rest of the group.
It was great to see everybody again. After a quick reunion, and a bit of a chewing out for not getting to the park right at nine, we headed for Magnum. We were greeted by an empty station and we instantly got on. Pat and I took the ejector row. Magnum definitely deserves the attention it’s getting this year, as it’s just so much fun. Pat almost lost his iPhone. If it wouldn’t have hit my foot when it fell out of his pocket, I wouldn’t have stepped on it and it would’ve been gone.
We walked over to Corkscrew and Power Tower next and got walk ons. We decided to stay in back, so we started around the other side of the park to Wildcat:
When we got there, we only had to wait a few minutes for one of the park’s smoothest coasters. Since the coaches only sit four people, we went in groups of three. Athena, Marcus, and I went first. Next was Taylor, Patrick, and Justin:
After them came Joe, Jerry, and Aidan:
We rode Mantits next for some pain. It wasn’t as bad as a lot were expecting though:
Since Pat, Athena and I were the only ones who got to ride Millennium Force, we went back for everybody else. We waited around a half hour and we were on.
Joe, Jerry, and Aidan are somewhere on this train:
We all started getting hungry, so after much deliberation and fighting over money, we went to the front of the park to eat at Midway Market. We ate and relaxed, argued, insulted, laughed, and did everything a dysfunctional roller coaster enthusiast family would do. Once we were done, we checked out Demon Drop and Raptor, but both weren’t worth the waits they had.
We decided to head to Blue Streak, and when we were getting in line, we saw Matt drive down Perimeter Road. He was in the park waiting for us by the time we got off. It was nice to meet another member of the site.
While we were heading over to maXair, we stopped for some shenanigans at the new interactive fountain. We laughed at some of the kids getting soaked, and especially the girl who ran through and as soon as she made it through, she stopped and gave a little celebration walk, only to get soaked by a hidden jet on the side of the fountain. Some of us, myself included, decided to show everybody how it was done.
We made it to maXair, and it was the first ride Matt was able to get on with us. While in line, Marcus reacquainted himself with Matt:
Jerry wanted the Giant Wheel credit afterwards, so we headed there, and took a few pics:
After Wicked Twister, we had to get our photos with Snoopy:
We still didn’t do the rides in back, so we hit up Magnum once more, Gemini(and had some fun passing a small stick back and forth during the turns), and Mean Streak. By this time, it decided to sprinkle a bit, so we sat down and decided to hop on the train:
After two laps, it stopped and we decided to ride Skyhawk. With 10 people in our group, we took up a whole side of one swing. Maverick was finally testing, so we headed over there and had around a half hour wait. Never the less, Joe and Taylor were playing Pattycake:
We got on and enjoyed the dark horse. Marcus may have enjoyed it a bit too much:
We then decided to be nerds and take photos and video:
We needed some trick track action after that, so we rode Cedar Creek Mine Ride next, making total fools of ourselves:
We wanted to go back near the front, so we headed along Frontier Trail, but along the way, we stopped at the Petting Zoo, only to find some naughty cows:
We also got some nice shots of Millennium Forceless:
Somewhere along the line, we decided just to head to Top Thrill Dragster. We got our locker and headed into line. While waiting, I messed around with my camera and got some nice shots of the launch by adjusting the exposure time. The sky may be white, but the motion blur is very nice:
Athena and I rode in the back and got on relatively quickly. Everybody else got off, and we had to wait for Marcus and Matt who were waiting for the front row. It was worth it, and this money shot should explain why:
After their breathtaking ride, we decided to head out.
We all had a long drive, and we had to get up early the next morning. We left the park around 8:20PM, but not before getting a group photo:
After getting some grub at Taco Bell, we drove to Lima, Ohio, where we spent the night, excited about the following day at King’s Island.
Here's a ride count:
Millennium Force x2
Magnum x1
Corkscrew x1
Power Tower Blue x1
Wildcat x1
Mantis x1
Blue Streak x1
maXair x1
Giant Wheel x1
Wicked Twister x1
Gemini x1
Mean Streak x1
CP & LE Railroad x2
Skyhawk x1
Maverick x1
CCMR x1
Top Thrill Dragster x1
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
Day 2; June 14th
King’s Island – King’s Mills, Ohio
Once again, we woke up at six, excited for our day. We left our hotel around 6:45 AM and arrived at the park just before nine(we stopped at a Waffle House), beating Jerry, Marcus, and Taylor. We found Justin and Joe, and while waiting for the park to open, we met up with Kevin (a member I invited from SSCoasters). Finally, at around 9:20 AM, they started letting people in. Unfortunately, Joe was not able to enter for some Diamondback ERT, which was a real bummer. While Joe waited, we went.
Why hello there King’s Island!
It looms over everybody as we walk towards the entrance:
Finally, after months of watching and waiting, we were here. We were really going to ride Diamondback. This was the climax of the trip:
The air gates open and you sit down in a spacious bucket seat that beats most la-z-boys and pull down your clamshell restraint. The train is dispatched and it’s a steep, but quick climb up 215 feet. You crest the top and look out over woods. Down you go, plummeting to 80 miles per hour. In the back, it’s a good 3-4 seconds of pure ejector. Up the second hill you go. Out of your seat you come again, as the pull on this ride is greater than any other B&M hyper I’ve been on. Down into the ravine and up the third hill; out of your seat again. The hammerhead turn is next, which taken at a nice speed and has some good forces in it. The trim does bite going into the fourth hill, but it doesn’t ruin the ride. There is still good pull at the top of the hill that crosses under the third. Next is a helix which whirls you around, up into the mid course brakes for a breather. These brakes bite as well, but still, it doesn’t kill the ride. Down into the ravine you go again and over two hills, both with nice, sustained floater. Into the final helix, the ride aligns itself for one of the signature parts of the ride: the water splash. You barely even feel the train slow down as it runs through it and up into the brakes, which smoothly stop the train. In the back, if you turn around during the water splash, you’ll see nothing but a 40+ foot wall of water, threatening a misting.
Overall, Diamondback is an incredible roller coaster and no doubt King’s Island’s best. They did an outstanding job with the whole ride, and as of now, it’s sitting at number three in my top ten. The only thing that I can find wrong with the ride is the helixes don’t have the extreme G-forces like Goliath or Titan, but I can definitely live without it.
I didn’t want to break up the review, so here are all my photos of Diamondback:
Money shot:
Probably the only picture that does the water splash justice:
Motion Blur:
After three rides on it, one a front row with Kevin, we met up with Joe and another friend of Kevin and mine, Ben, and his friend, Jay. We got in line for another ride and Joe was ecstatic. He loved it from start to finish. It was Ben’s first time to King’s Island in two years, and he loved it as well. We got off ten minutes later and met up with a third friend from SSCoasters, Jimmy. Now that we had everybody together, we headed for The Beast. It was interesting hearing everybody’s opinion on the ride.
I also got my photo with Kevin, Ben, and Jimmy, all four of us SSC members:
Backlot Stunt Coaster was next. We had a group of 13, and took up an entire train. Aidan was the lone wolf and rode in the front row of the next train, all by himself. I can see him in 5 years driving a Mini Cooper.
Vortex Followed. This is one of the better Arrow loopers out there, and if Arrow knew how to bank and heartline, they would have a phenomenal coaster here.
Firehawk was next on the list. Everybody thought X-flight was better. This was also one of the longer waits of the day(excluding SOB). We went next door to Flight of Fear afterwards. While in line, we were watching the mini show they had going and at one point they switch to a ‘security’ camera of the queue, because the people in line are in a ‘quarantined area’. The only hitch was that the camera was pointing at an empty section of queue. As for the ride, I still like it. The inversions are very disorienting in the dark and the forces in the turns during the rest of the ride are pretty nice.
We went to Racer, expecting a race, but we didn’t get one. It was very sad. The ride is very smooth though, which made up for the lost race.
We ate lunch at Panda Express. Delicious.
Adventure Express came next. This is one of the better mine train coasters out there, as it’s mainly in a ravine and is very very fast.
After this, it started to sprinkle. We tried Drop Zone, but it closed when we got in line. At this time, we had to say good bye to Jimmy, so we shook hands and parted. Son of Beast was still running so we headed there, only for it to close while we were waiting. We stayed in line since there was nothing better to do. Marcus even fell asleep. Taylor got lucky I guess:
We waited and waited, and after an hour and a half or so, they were cycling trains. We got on, and I’m not lying, it was actually a smooth ride for once. The rain did the ride wonders. It was fast, smooth, and the rose bowls, while still bad, were tolerable this time.
Kevin and Ben enjoying Son of Beast:
We did Flight Deck next, which is one of the better suspended coasters out there. It’s fast, it has great forces, and it swings quite a bit. Here’s a bad POV I took:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfBvM6UT5QQ[/youtube]
Here’s an offride as well:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mZCGreHnw[/youtube]
Drop Zone was open again, so we headed there. What a rush this was. I had a fist of space between my legs and the restraints. My legs felt light even before we started ascending. We got to the top and plummeted. It was the single greatest experience of freefall in my life. 300 feet to the ground, I could hear Taylor and Joe screaming over me. Absolutely brilliant:
It started to sprinkle again, but we waited by Invertigo. Kevin had to leave before Invertigo and Ben and Jay stayed to ride, but left when they got off. It was great to finally meet them, as well as Jimmy. After we had a nice ride on that, we headed for the Kiddy coasters. We got to ride the Fairly Odd Coaster, which was Jerry’s 250th coaster, as well as a credit for Joe, Pat, Athena, Aidan, and Taylor. We also rode Runaway Reptar while we were over there. On the way back, we took a spin on the Scooby Doo dark ride, which wasn’t worth it. There were no sights on the blasters to aim, so our scores were terrible. Pat’s gun didn’t even register. I got 60 points. Somehow Athena ended up with 450 or something like that. It must be geared for little minds
. The high score was only in the 600s though.
The Eiffel Tower is a must do while you’re at King’s Island. We went up for a bit, took some pictures, and went down. While I was up there, I took an offride video of Diamondback:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGseCK88BKY[/youtube]
Athena and I also took a very nice picture of us with Diamondback from the top:
We went back to Delirium next. It was the only ride we were missing. Most people thought it was better than maXair. I though it gave a nicer ride, although they probably have identical programs.
We were getting hungry, so we headed for Skyline Chili. I got a regular 3 Way(spaghetti, chili, and cheese), and it was delicious, with a capital D. Some other people got some too.
We wanted to reride Racer and actually get a race, so we got one. Here’s CoasterForce on The Racer:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sRPm2YNto[/youtube]
Time for some rerides. We headed to Diamondback. Jay returned since he had nothing better to do, but he brought The Pants with him:
I’m going to Hot Topic as soon as I can and I’m going to find myself something similar.
We only had about a 15 minute wait for Diamondback again. I left a ton of space on my restraint and I was coming a full six inches out of my seat. It was getting very dark as well, which added to the experience.
Our final ride was a night ride on The Beast. After waiting for the fireworks, we were on. The ride was just like a horror film. We were racing through the woods with nobody around, it was pitch black out, there was a light fog hanging over the trees, and the roar of the train wrapped it all up. The Beast used to be number 80 on my list, but it’s now been bumped up to 41 because of that ride. Absolutely incredible.
We walked up to the front of the park, a bit sad that our weekend was over already. We all had an amazing time at both parks. We got on plenty of rides, we made new friends, and we strengthened friendships with current friends. We shook hands, gave hugs, and said our final good byes, hoping we would be able to see each other again before next year. 39 hours after we woke up on Saturday morning, we got ready to sleep and put all the events of the weekend into our memories.
By the way, we woke up around ten the next day, and at a gas station we stopped at, we saw this:
Marcus and Justin came to my mind right away. We got home around 4:00PM.
King’s Island – King’s Mills, Ohio
Once again, we woke up at six, excited for our day. We left our hotel around 6:45 AM and arrived at the park just before nine(we stopped at a Waffle House), beating Jerry, Marcus, and Taylor. We found Justin and Joe, and while waiting for the park to open, we met up with Kevin (a member I invited from SSCoasters). Finally, at around 9:20 AM, they started letting people in. Unfortunately, Joe was not able to enter for some Diamondback ERT, which was a real bummer. While Joe waited, we went.
Why hello there King’s Island!
It looms over everybody as we walk towards the entrance:
Finally, after months of watching and waiting, we were here. We were really going to ride Diamondback. This was the climax of the trip:
The air gates open and you sit down in a spacious bucket seat that beats most la-z-boys and pull down your clamshell restraint. The train is dispatched and it’s a steep, but quick climb up 215 feet. You crest the top and look out over woods. Down you go, plummeting to 80 miles per hour. In the back, it’s a good 3-4 seconds of pure ejector. Up the second hill you go. Out of your seat you come again, as the pull on this ride is greater than any other B&M hyper I’ve been on. Down into the ravine and up the third hill; out of your seat again. The hammerhead turn is next, which taken at a nice speed and has some good forces in it. The trim does bite going into the fourth hill, but it doesn’t ruin the ride. There is still good pull at the top of the hill that crosses under the third. Next is a helix which whirls you around, up into the mid course brakes for a breather. These brakes bite as well, but still, it doesn’t kill the ride. Down into the ravine you go again and over two hills, both with nice, sustained floater. Into the final helix, the ride aligns itself for one of the signature parts of the ride: the water splash. You barely even feel the train slow down as it runs through it and up into the brakes, which smoothly stop the train. In the back, if you turn around during the water splash, you’ll see nothing but a 40+ foot wall of water, threatening a misting.
Overall, Diamondback is an incredible roller coaster and no doubt King’s Island’s best. They did an outstanding job with the whole ride, and as of now, it’s sitting at number three in my top ten. The only thing that I can find wrong with the ride is the helixes don’t have the extreme G-forces like Goliath or Titan, but I can definitely live without it.
I didn’t want to break up the review, so here are all my photos of Diamondback:
Money shot:
Probably the only picture that does the water splash justice:
Motion Blur:
After three rides on it, one a front row with Kevin, we met up with Joe and another friend of Kevin and mine, Ben, and his friend, Jay. We got in line for another ride and Joe was ecstatic. He loved it from start to finish. It was Ben’s first time to King’s Island in two years, and he loved it as well. We got off ten minutes later and met up with a third friend from SSCoasters, Jimmy. Now that we had everybody together, we headed for The Beast. It was interesting hearing everybody’s opinion on the ride.
I also got my photo with Kevin, Ben, and Jimmy, all four of us SSC members:
Backlot Stunt Coaster was next. We had a group of 13, and took up an entire train. Aidan was the lone wolf and rode in the front row of the next train, all by himself. I can see him in 5 years driving a Mini Cooper.
Vortex Followed. This is one of the better Arrow loopers out there, and if Arrow knew how to bank and heartline, they would have a phenomenal coaster here.
Firehawk was next on the list. Everybody thought X-flight was better. This was also one of the longer waits of the day(excluding SOB). We went next door to Flight of Fear afterwards. While in line, we were watching the mini show they had going and at one point they switch to a ‘security’ camera of the queue, because the people in line are in a ‘quarantined area’. The only hitch was that the camera was pointing at an empty section of queue. As for the ride, I still like it. The inversions are very disorienting in the dark and the forces in the turns during the rest of the ride are pretty nice.
We went to Racer, expecting a race, but we didn’t get one. It was very sad. The ride is very smooth though, which made up for the lost race.
We ate lunch at Panda Express. Delicious.
Adventure Express came next. This is one of the better mine train coasters out there, as it’s mainly in a ravine and is very very fast.
After this, it started to sprinkle. We tried Drop Zone, but it closed when we got in line. At this time, we had to say good bye to Jimmy, so we shook hands and parted. Son of Beast was still running so we headed there, only for it to close while we were waiting. We stayed in line since there was nothing better to do. Marcus even fell asleep. Taylor got lucky I guess:
We waited and waited, and after an hour and a half or so, they were cycling trains. We got on, and I’m not lying, it was actually a smooth ride for once. The rain did the ride wonders. It was fast, smooth, and the rose bowls, while still bad, were tolerable this time.
Kevin and Ben enjoying Son of Beast:
We did Flight Deck next, which is one of the better suspended coasters out there. It’s fast, it has great forces, and it swings quite a bit. Here’s a bad POV I took:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfBvM6UT5QQ[/youtube]
Here’s an offride as well:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mZCGreHnw[/youtube]
Drop Zone was open again, so we headed there. What a rush this was. I had a fist of space between my legs and the restraints. My legs felt light even before we started ascending. We got to the top and plummeted. It was the single greatest experience of freefall in my life. 300 feet to the ground, I could hear Taylor and Joe screaming over me. Absolutely brilliant:
It started to sprinkle again, but we waited by Invertigo. Kevin had to leave before Invertigo and Ben and Jay stayed to ride, but left when they got off. It was great to finally meet them, as well as Jimmy. After we had a nice ride on that, we headed for the Kiddy coasters. We got to ride the Fairly Odd Coaster, which was Jerry’s 250th coaster, as well as a credit for Joe, Pat, Athena, Aidan, and Taylor. We also rode Runaway Reptar while we were over there. On the way back, we took a spin on the Scooby Doo dark ride, which wasn’t worth it. There were no sights on the blasters to aim, so our scores were terrible. Pat’s gun didn’t even register. I got 60 points. Somehow Athena ended up with 450 or something like that. It must be geared for little minds
. The high score was only in the 600s though.The Eiffel Tower is a must do while you’re at King’s Island. We went up for a bit, took some pictures, and went down. While I was up there, I took an offride video of Diamondback:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGseCK88BKY[/youtube]
Athena and I also took a very nice picture of us with Diamondback from the top:
We went back to Delirium next. It was the only ride we were missing. Most people thought it was better than maXair. I though it gave a nicer ride, although they probably have identical programs.
We were getting hungry, so we headed for Skyline Chili. I got a regular 3 Way(spaghetti, chili, and cheese), and it was delicious, with a capital D. Some other people got some too.
We wanted to reride Racer and actually get a race, so we got one. Here’s CoasterForce on The Racer:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sRPm2YNto[/youtube]
Time for some rerides. We headed to Diamondback. Jay returned since he had nothing better to do, but he brought The Pants with him:
I’m going to Hot Topic as soon as I can and I’m going to find myself something similar.
We only had about a 15 minute wait for Diamondback again. I left a ton of space on my restraint and I was coming a full six inches out of my seat. It was getting very dark as well, which added to the experience.
Our final ride was a night ride on The Beast. After waiting for the fireworks, we were on. The ride was just like a horror film. We were racing through the woods with nobody around, it was pitch black out, there was a light fog hanging over the trees, and the roar of the train wrapped it all up. The Beast used to be number 80 on my list, but it’s now been bumped up to 41 because of that ride. Absolutely incredible.
We walked up to the front of the park, a bit sad that our weekend was over already. We all had an amazing time at both parks. We got on plenty of rides, we made new friends, and we strengthened friendships with current friends. We shook hands, gave hugs, and said our final good byes, hoping we would be able to see each other again before next year. 39 hours after we woke up on Saturday morning, we got ready to sleep and put all the events of the weekend into our memories.
By the way, we woke up around ten the next day, and at a gas station we stopped at, we saw this:
Marcus and Justin came to my mind right away
. We got home around 4:00PM.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
MARC YOU BEAT ME TO THE REPORTS! So I aint gonna go overboard.. I'm workin on mine now. I have like 290 files, some pics, some vids, so I hope you guys enjoy it! My report will be up like, supaaaa soon!
Holiday World and Beech Bend were pretty good too.. Voyage was better than I expected, but Rumbler was actually not as good as I expected.
So be prepared for my reports and stuff, coming in like, an hour or two!
Holiday World and Beech Bend were pretty good too.. Voyage was better than I expected, but Rumbler was actually not as good as I expected.
So be prepared for my reports and stuff, coming in like, an hour or two!
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
DAY ONE
Well, where to start but the very beginning?!
I woke up at about 6:10 in the morning on the 12th, did my thing and got ready, and got picked up by my uncle at about 8:20 for him to take me across the border to the Greyhound station. Good thing we had a lot of time to spare because there was a seven car accident and the traffic was bad. So, I got there finally, and though I were suppose to leave at 10:30, I didn't end up leaving until almost an hour later.
My station and bus!
Instead of stopping in Cleveland for an hour, we only stopped for about ten minutes to make up time. An hour and a half later, I started seeing signs for Austintown and Youngstown, meaning I was almost there! I got to the Youngstown station and a few minutes later I heard Marcus call my name from his mommy's car. Sooooo, we were off to his house for the night:
I got to see some of his family (I love them haha), and then eat some Rigatoni which was dee-lishh.
THEN, we went to the fair, where we rode this inverter four times:
Pic is courtesy of Marcus because I left my camera at home
Then we went back to his house after searching for some Yoohoos or whatever the heck they were, watched Lion King, and fell asleep.
I woke up at like, 5:45, showered, and smashed my head on his stupid bathroom ceiling . Never seen a worse layout to a bathroom ever. But yah, I was all ready, and at 7 sharp, Jerry was at Marcus' front door ready to pick us up and for the fun to begin!
There's my boo, Aidan.
Two hours later, and we were there!
Me and Marcus got dropped off into the front of the park, so we could process none other than..
Some shots going into the park.. Nothin special:
We went to Maverick to meet up with Jerry, Justin, and Aidan for some ERT goodness on the ride. We waited twenty minutes.
After the ERT was done, we went back to the back entrance to meet up with Joe, Marc, Athena, and Pat.. Joe was waiting in the parking lot, and the other three were just done some MF ERT.
Me and Athena!
Me and knick-knack-patty-watty
Me and Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat
Joe again
Walking and antics after the entire group got together.
I can't even remember the order, but I know we did Magnum next. I sat in the front all on my lonesome haha. But it was better than it was last time I rode it, and I notice it's really a hit or miss coaster.. It either sucks, or it's good.
Then, we went to likeeeeeeee, Corkscrew which was better than I remembered, but nothing picture worthy or anything.
We went to Power Tower next, where I rode with Justin.
YAY FOR PT
YAY FOR ME AND J
Then, Wildcat...
I got more vids than I did pics of everyone on Wildcat, but those will come later.
Then we did a ride on Millie or Mantis or something. Let's just say OBEY the warning signs when the Mantis signs say to take your earrings out. Millie was kind of forceless as usual, but the lake was extra scary kind of.
J and MF
Then, after deliberating, we went to eat at Midway Market which has some BOMB food and potatos and desserts.
We went to check Demon Drop out, which was WHACKK, so we went over to Blue Streak instead. No pictures though.
THENNNNN, Mattao came <3
Mattao and Jerry
So there was some fountain faffing and stuff, in this ghastly new fountain system:
Then we went to MaXair, rode that BAD BOI, then rode.. The ferris wheel. One of my biggest fears in Cedar Point.
Lookin' hawt on the ferris wheel, boys!
Went on Wicky Twicky next.. No pics for that. Like, how many times are we gonna see pics of WT's spikes up against the sky? *COUGH* Marcus.
I can't remember after this, but I'm pretty certain we went back to like, the back area of the park, but not before Snoopy molestation:
Matty also molested woodstock, but I don't have a pic.
I think we rode Mean Streak, and then it started to rain.
Soo, we took the train ride twice around the park and got attacked by like eightysixthousand, sixhundred and fourty seven bugs.
Then, the rain stopped, so we went to Maverick again, which was sexy as always and still didn't have a long line!
I believe Draggy was like, the last ride of the day if I am not mistaken, so me and Joe hopped on that one, as did everyone else. Marcus and Matt took the front.
Me and Jerry:
Then, we decided to call it quits at about 8:30, since Pat, Marc, and Athena had to go anyways, and it would be a long drive to the hotel room anyway. So we went to Taco Bell first where we ate and then said by to MATTAO, and then we drove two and a half hours to Lima (which I now know is Lime-a, not Lee-mah). The hotel:
Dark and blurry but my room and Marcus' room was in the right corner, second floor.
Decent rooms, nasty shower tho.
Got to bed at like, 3, and that concluded day one of the CF-Live.
P.S.- I'm on a boat.
Well, where to start but the very beginning?!
I woke up at about 6:10 in the morning on the 12th, did my thing and got ready, and got picked up by my uncle at about 8:20 for him to take me across the border to the Greyhound station. Good thing we had a lot of time to spare because there was a seven car accident and the traffic was bad. So, I got there finally, and though I were suppose to leave at 10:30, I didn't end up leaving until almost an hour later.
My station and bus!
Instead of stopping in Cleveland for an hour, we only stopped for about ten minutes to make up time. An hour and a half later, I started seeing signs for Austintown and Youngstown, meaning I was almost there! I got to the Youngstown station and a few minutes later I heard Marcus call my name from his mommy's car. Sooooo, we were off to his house for the night:
I got to see some of his family (I love them haha), and then eat some Rigatoni which was dee-lishh.
THEN, we went to the fair, where we rode this inverter four times:
Pic is courtesy of Marcus because I left my camera at home
Then we went back to his house after searching for some Yoohoos or whatever the heck they were, watched Lion King, and fell asleep.
I woke up at like, 5:45, showered, and smashed my head on his stupid bathroom ceiling
. Never seen a worse layout to a bathroom ever. But yah, I was all ready, and at 7 sharp, Jerry was at Marcus' front door ready to pick us up and for the fun to begin!
There's my boo, Aidan.
Two hours later, and we were there!
Me and Marcus got dropped off into the front of the park, so we could process none other than..
Some shots going into the park.. Nothin special:
We went to Maverick to meet up with Jerry, Justin, and Aidan for some ERT goodness on the ride. We waited twenty minutes.
After the ERT was done, we went back to the back entrance to meet up with Joe, Marc, Athena, and Pat.. Joe was waiting in the parking lot, and the other three were just done some MF ERT.
Me and Athena!
Me and knick-knack-patty-watty
Me and Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat
Joe again
Walking and antics after the entire group got together.
I can't even remember the order, but I know we did Magnum next. I sat in the front all on my lonesome haha. But it was better than it was last time I rode it, and I notice it's really a hit or miss coaster.. It either sucks, or it's good.
Then, we went to likeeeeeeee, Corkscrew which was better than I remembered, but nothing picture worthy or anything.
We went to Power Tower next, where I rode with Justin.
YAY FOR PT
YAY FOR ME AND J
Then, Wildcat...
I got more vids than I did pics of everyone on Wildcat, but those will come later.
Then we did a ride on Millie or Mantis or something. Let's just say OBEY the warning signs when the Mantis signs say to take your earrings out. Millie was kind of forceless as usual, but the lake was extra scary kind of.
J and MF
Then, after deliberating, we went to eat at Midway Market which has some BOMB food and potatos and desserts.
We went to check Demon Drop out, which was WHACKK, so we went over to Blue Streak instead. No pictures though.
THENNNNN, Mattao came <3
Mattao and Jerry
So there was some fountain faffing and stuff, in this ghastly new fountain system:
Then we went to MaXair, rode that BAD BOI, then rode.. The ferris wheel. One of my biggest fears in Cedar Point.
Lookin' hawt on the ferris wheel, boys!
Went on Wicky Twicky next.. No pics for that. Like, how many times are we gonna see pics of WT's spikes up against the sky? *COUGH* Marcus.
I can't remember after this, but I'm pretty certain we went back to like, the back area of the park, but not before Snoopy molestation:
Matty also molested woodstock, but I don't have a pic.
I think we rode Mean Streak, and then it started to rain.
Soo, we took the train ride twice around the park and got attacked by like eightysixthousand, sixhundred and fourty seven bugs.
Then, the rain stopped, so we went to Maverick again, which was sexy as always and still didn't have a long line!
I believe Draggy was like, the last ride of the day if I am not mistaken, so me and Joe hopped on that one, as did everyone else. Marcus and Matt took the front.
Me and Jerry:
Then, we decided to call it quits at about 8:30, since Pat, Marc, and Athena had to go anyways, and it would be a long drive to the hotel room anyway. So we went to Taco Bell first where we ate and then said by to MATTAO, and then we drove two and a half hours to Lima (which I now know is Lime-a, not Lee-mah). The hotel:
Dark and blurry but my room and Marcus' room was in the right corner, second floor.
Decent rooms, nasty shower tho.
Got to bed at like, 3, and that concluded day one of the CF-Live.
P.S.- I'm on a boat.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
OoO, triple posting, aren't I naughty?
DAY 2
Got up at like, 5:45 again on Sunday in order to get ready for the Live, so I showered and did all that good stuff, but I ran out of time so I didn't wear a lot of makeup omg. So then, we went through the Burger King drive through where I got an orange juice, and peaced out to the Island of Kings.
We got lost for about two seconds, but soon enough, we saw this:
We stood in line for a bit, and then we got into the park at 9:30 for ERT. I took a few pictures at the entrance:
How original..
Then it was onto DIAMONDBACK ERT! Poor Joey though, had to sit it out.
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It was a walk on.. Lovelyy! So I sat in like, the middle row with one of Marc's friends:
Then, we rode it a few more times, sometimes in the back, sometimes in the front, but the back is the best. All in all, it is number six in my count and was the best out of the three B&M coasters of that type I have been on.
THEN, we went on Beast. What an awesome surprise! Not amazing in terms of airtime, and the trims were a bummer, but I quite liked it. It was just a fun coaster and something I thoroughly enjoyed. The setting was awesome, too!
Wasn't sure at this point if it made my top ten, but I was pretty sure it was going to.
Those are just about the only shots I could get of Beast .
Then we either went on Stunt Coaster, or Vortex:
Stunt Coaster was okay.. I liked the one at Wonderland better for some reason, maybe it was where I was sitting. Vortex was surprisingly not too bad! Short lines for both as well.
Random of me and Marc
Next was Racer..
Definitely sucked where I sat that time, but we rode it again later and I liked it a lot better. Still nothing special, though.
I think we rode this next:
I have no pictures of it, but it wasn't anything special.. To me, it was on par with Mine Ride at Cedar Point.
I believe we went to Firehawk next:
It was just how I remembered it as Xflight.. Awesome lie to fly, and the rest was pretty cool too, but, not a new credit. I was gonna count it, but you guys basically put me off that.
Flight of Fear was better than I thought it would be, and it made my top twenty, actually.
Next up was a bite to eat at..
Panda Express!
Athena looking lovely, eating her food.
(p.s.- I still find your fortune funny, Marcus )
But yes, Panda Express was yummy, but as soon as the country show started, we peacedd out.
I like where the Pirate Ship is situated, although we didn't ride it (hey look, it's a boat!)
Me and Jay!
Since we were heading into Action Zone or whatever it is called, I took a few pictures of ripcord and the other things that dwell within that area!
Delirium!
And there it was.. The big, bad, Drop Tower:
But then, just as we were about to go on, it closed due to rain! So we headed over to Son of Beast:
Shame it was raining, but I guess I was the pillow of the day until the rain stopped:
Jay doing yoga:
Massive coaster, shame it is one of my least favourite woodies I have been on so far, alongside like, Wild Beast at Wonderland.
Drop Tower was still not testing, much to my happiness. So then, we rode Flight Deck instead.
I like the one at Wonderland better, probably because of the setting, but this was still a fun coaster.
But then, Drop Tower re-opened, so we rode it. Yes, I screamed for any of you who might be wondering! The ride itself was absolutely fantastic, but is it something I'd be thrilled to do again? Probably not!
I think Invertigo was next:
It started drizzling again, so as soon as we sat on the ride, it shut down because of the weather, but this time the ride was only down for about 15-20 minutes at the most. Jerry got a good POV of this one! As for the ride itself, it was good.. Definitely the best boomerang style coaster I have been on.
Fairly Odd Coaster was next on the list, and would be Jerry's 250th coaster. Kind of a silly one ot be a milestone, but that's the fun of it!
I've been on three clones of these coasters, so it wasn't anything special, but it's still a fantastic coaster for kids! But, the kids didn't seem to think so..
Walk-ons and/or short lines were kind of a thing at Kings Island. The longest we ever waited for a coaster was like, maybe 35-40 minutes for Xflight and a bit less for Flight of Fear, but the rest were minimal to nothing.
Avatar Airbender in the background:
Totally a credit, but we didn't ride it.
A few pics of this area of the park:
Next... Runaway Reptar!
Then there was this game:
With a high score of 690 points, who won this game? ME!
I think we then went to whore up some Delirium
I think we then went on Racer again or something, which was better than the first time, but still not amazing. We also rode the Eiffel Tower thing, which was pretty scary, but it gave a nice view of everything.
We did a night ride on Diamondback after that, which was pretty awesome, and I`m not gonna lie but, that was not the best way to end the night.. The best way was with a night ride on Beast. AMAZING! I loved the misty valleys, the terrain-y layout, and it is just such a fun coaster. It got a spot at number eight in my top ten actually.
After that ride was over, I was dead tired, and the park was closing anyway, so we went to the front entrance, gave hugs to everyone, and left. A few of us went to Waffle House for about an hour or so as well, but I only had a hashbrown because I wasn't too hungry. But, it was fun stuff indeed!
I'm not sure if I should post the addon in here, or in the trip reports section.. hmm.. Maybe both?
DAY 2
Got up at like, 5:45 again on Sunday in order to get ready for the Live, so I showered and did all that good stuff, but I ran out of time so I didn't wear a lot of makeup omg. So then, we went through the Burger King drive through where I got an orange juice, and peaced out to the Island of Kings.
We got lost for about two seconds, but soon enough, we saw this:
We stood in line for a bit, and then we got into the park at 9:30 for ERT. I took a few pictures at the entrance:
How original..
Then it was onto DIAMONDBACK ERT! Poor Joey though, had to sit it out.
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It was a walk on.. Lovelyy! So I sat in like, the middle row with one of Marc's friends:
Then, we rode it a few more times, sometimes in the back, sometimes in the front, but the back is the best. All in all, it is number six in my count and was the best out of the three B&M coasters of that type I have been on.
THEN, we went on Beast. What an awesome surprise! Not amazing in terms of airtime, and the trims were a bummer, but I quite liked it. It was just a fun coaster and something I thoroughly enjoyed. The setting was awesome, too!
Wasn't sure at this point if it made my top ten, but I was pretty sure it was going to.
Those are just about the only shots I could get of Beast
.Then we either went on Stunt Coaster, or Vortex:
Stunt Coaster was okay.. I liked the one at Wonderland better for some reason, maybe it was where I was sitting. Vortex was surprisingly not too bad! Short lines for both as well.
Random of me and Marc
Next was Racer..
Definitely sucked where I sat that time, but we rode it again later and I liked it a lot better. Still nothing special, though.
I think we rode this next:
I have no pictures of it, but it wasn't anything special.. To me, it was on par with Mine Ride at Cedar Point.
I believe we went to Firehawk next:
It was just how I remembered it as Xflight.. Awesome lie to fly, and the rest was pretty cool too, but, not a new credit. I was gonna count it, but you guys basically put me off that.
Flight of Fear was better than I thought it would be, and it made my top twenty, actually.
Next up was a bite to eat at..
Panda Express!
Athena looking lovely, eating her food.
(p.s.- I still find your fortune funny, Marcus
)But yes, Panda Express was yummy, but as soon as the country show started, we peacedd out.
I like where the Pirate Ship is situated, although we didn't ride it (hey look, it's a boat!)
Me and Jay!
Since we were heading into Action Zone or whatever it is called, I took a few pictures of ripcord and the other things that dwell within that area!
Delirium!
And there it was.. The big, bad, Drop Tower:
But then, just as we were about to go on, it closed due to rain! So we headed over to Son of Beast:
Shame it was raining, but I guess I was the pillow of the day until the rain stopped:
Jay doing yoga:
Massive coaster, shame it is one of my least favourite woodies I have been on so far, alongside like, Wild Beast at Wonderland.
Drop Tower was still not testing, much to my happiness
. So then, we rode Flight Deck instead.
I like the one at Wonderland better, probably because of the setting, but this was still a fun coaster.
But then, Drop Tower re-opened, so we rode it. Yes, I screamed for any of you who might be wondering! The ride itself was absolutely fantastic, but is it something I'd be thrilled to do again? Probably not!
I think Invertigo was next:
It started drizzling again, so as soon as we sat on the ride, it shut down because of the weather, but this time the ride was only down for about 15-20 minutes at the most. Jerry got a good POV of this one! As for the ride itself, it was good.. Definitely the best boomerang style coaster I have been on.
Fairly Odd Coaster was next on the list, and would be Jerry's 250th coaster. Kind of a silly one ot be a milestone, but that's the fun of it!
I've been on three clones of these coasters, so it wasn't anything special, but it's still a fantastic coaster for kids! But, the kids didn't seem to think so..
Walk-ons and/or short lines were kind of a thing at Kings Island. The longest we ever waited for a coaster was like, maybe 35-40 minutes for Xflight and a bit less for Flight of Fear, but the rest were minimal to nothing.
Avatar Airbender in the background:
Totally a credit, but we didn't ride it.
A few pics of this area of the park:
Next... Runaway Reptar!
Then there was this game:
With a high score of 690 points, who won this game? ME!
I think we then went to whore up some Delirium
I think we then went on Racer again or something, which was better than the first time, but still not amazing. We also rode the Eiffel Tower thing, which was pretty scary, but it gave a nice view of everything.
We did a night ride on Diamondback after that, which was pretty awesome, and I`m not gonna lie but, that was not the best way to end the night.. The best way was with a night ride on Beast. AMAZING! I loved the misty valleys, the terrain-y layout, and it is just such a fun coaster. It got a spot at number eight in my top ten actually.
After that ride was over, I was dead tired, and the park was closing anyway, so we went to the front entrance, gave hugs to everyone, and left. A few of us went to Waffle House for about an hour or so as well, but I only had a hashbrown because I wasn't too hungry. But, it was fun stuff indeed!
I'm not sure if I should post the addon in here, or in the trip reports section.. hmm.. Maybe both?
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Strata Poster
Nice PTR, Taylor. I'll be considering getting a pass for next year, being as I was the only one who didn't have one.
By the way, thanks to everyone who helped me out. I owe you guys so much!
I have both my videos fully done, and edited. Should I upload them now, or wait till Marcus gives me the better TTD shot?
By the way, thanks to everyone who helped me out. I owe you guys so much!
I have both my videos fully done, and edited. Should I upload them now, or wait till Marcus gives me the better TTD shot?
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
Haha, sorry guys, I know I took a lot of pics.. They're not suppose to be fab photography though, just enough to have it and know what it is .
And Pat.. Good, Im glad it hurt your compy
.And Pat.. Good, Im glad it hurt your compy