Luxornv
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We rolled into Cincinnati around 3pm local time. We chose to go to the park this day under the Starlight admission, but would have to wait until 4. In the meantime, we checked into our hotel, the Best Western Mason Inn. After a break from the drive, we then headed back out to Kings Island. I’ve never been there before, so I wasn’t sure what to make of the parking lot. We decided to head straight for Diamondback. While on the way there, we couldn’t help but notice that there was hardly anyone in the park. When we got to the line for Diamondback, it was a one train wait. The ride itself was amazing. It seemed to be loaded with airtime and kept up the speed until the MCBR. After the first ride, we immediately got back in line for a re-ride. After that, we decided to go for the other coasters. We then headed for the other headliner, Beast. Another one train wait here. I enjoyed the ride and it had some intense moments, but didn’t seem worth the hype it had. After this, it was Vortex. We could have re-rode, but I don’t think my neck could have taken that. To calm things down, we then took a ride on Windseeker. Maybe it was just windier at the top of this one today, but it seemed to be spinning faster than the one at Cedar Point. We then headed for the back with Flight of Fear and Firehawk. The short one train waits seemed to be the theme of the day. However we went on the front row and had a two train wait. I enjoyed; I like launched rides and it was rather disorienting. We then went to ride Firehawk. I didn’t enjoy this quite as much. It was mildly uncomfortable when the seats were laid back. It seemed to start out well with the lie to fly element at the beginning, but it became too rough after that. I’m not sure if it was just the way I felt today, but the ride actually nauseated me somewhat too. Sitting on the brake run made things worse while waiting for the train in the station to dispatch. I had to take a break after that, but we were back on our way through the park to Adventure Express. I know it’s not supposed to be a huge ride, but it was very forceless and the shake of the ride seemed to constantly jab the seatback into me. After this, it was the red side of Racer. Blue side was closed due to lack of a crowd at the park. With the deserted park to ourselves, we continued through and finished up the lineup of non kiddie coasters with Invertigo, Flight Deck, and Backlot Stunt Coaster. Now we had about an hour and a half left in the night and decided to ride out the night on Diamondback. I forgot my camera, so no pictures from today. I’ll get to those tomorrow.
