Ki (6-16-07)

[Michael]

Mike: Why not?
Okay!

Okay so I know this was ages ago, but a few other members posted older PTR's from earlier in the year, so I thought'd I'd bring this one back to the new forums-considering this is my home park, and it was on my Birthday :p



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Nearly there, I started getting excited.




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Hey there's something promissing!




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King's Island! (This was my first visit since the removal of Paramount from the equation)




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Yay, a Honda Civic Dashboard...




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Racer, still one of my favorite coasters around.




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Making our way to IJST, a shot of Vortex with my dad looking at it's majesty... or maybe just mentaly prepairing for the nausea ;)




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Hello georgeous




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Cause this is the first time you've seen this... :rolleyes:




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Yay?

We had a great ride, such a fun little coaster. The Launch is wimpy, but the rest of the ride rocks :cool:




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So I had to check out Firehawk, King's Island's new ride for 07...




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*insert profanity here*

The wait was horendous




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I read that sign and left for a rumble on Beast...




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Turning away to go ride Beast, get a shot of some stationage :)

Beast was amazing as usual. We walked on, my brother and I were the only ones in the train, front seat. Then we headed over for a spin on Racer.


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Firehawk from Racer's queue. It's so sexy...




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Trainage




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Went for a first ever ride on Top Gun, I love the queue on this ride :D




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Dumbasses... those aren't F-14's :p




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My favorite part of the ride




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Ick...




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Walked over to see if we could hit Face/off...




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Such a cool ride

We didn't feel like waiting 2 and a half hours, so we decided to have some lunch, take a water break.




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Hit Racer again, forwards and backwards. This ride has some serious airtime.




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Same shot from earlier, but different lighting.




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I totally should have ridden these




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Firehawk had a 1 hour wait! I sprinted...




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Whoa, what's going on?




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Signage




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Broken Down... oh my god...




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Trackage




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These people were just so joyous! :)




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It finally reopened, and I got in line.

Cool overbank of awesomeness




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This ride is perfect for King's Island




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This might be comparable with sex... nah... but close :p




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A completley new and original angle ;)




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After I get out of the line, it's a three hour wait. I tried not to taunt them :D




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Yeah, awesome ride.




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God? Is that you?




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You can't beat the classics... seriously, besides the cliche it's true :p




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I like KI at sunset :)




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At this point, I basically just went around taking pics. The lines were too long, and the park was just too scenic for me to miss some photos




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My ex number one :p Oh the good ol' days...




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My long time desktop, love this pic.




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This is usually where I loose it




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MCBRage... ?




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Safety netting...




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This skyline will change in a couple years ;)




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I VERY rare angle. Out of Beast's exit path.




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Poor Coney Island :(




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Flat rides are awesome.




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Broken Down... grrr




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And what do we have here? Drop Zone was broken down, stuck at the top for 35 minutes... ha




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10 minutes later...




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30 minutes later...




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This park is gorgeous




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More pics...




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Beautiful




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This ride is so good looking!




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I'm lovin it... hey, it has their colors too! :p




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Lifthillage




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Faceoff now oficially can have it's station music as "This is why I'm hot" :)




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Hey look! A Cheeseburger covered in... *gag*




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It was my birthday, so I ordered a grass and flower cake... ;)




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30 minute wait, I'l take that!




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I got bored in line :p




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Weeee...




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Had a nice last ride, and took off. It was a great Trip! And an awesome 17th Birthday! :)



Thanks for reading,
-Michael

[MaverickManJZ]

Wait....how is Firehawk perfect for KI? It's a piece.

[Michael]

I think it will be a great long-term ride. It keeps guests comming in and hell it's a flyer! :p I love it, not sure about anyone else, lol

[MaverickManJZ]

Long term?! It was smooth for the first month, but now the back shuffles and shakes like no other! It's a decant ride, and it's only going to get worse.

[Sam]

Very nice Mike! I hope to get out to KI sometime in the near future. Though I will probably wait till they build their B&M hyper. ;)

[Michael]

Long term?! It was smooth for the first month, but now the back shuffles and shakes like no other! It's a decant ride, and it's only going to get worse.

Didn't know that, considering I rode it less than a month after it's debut :p

^ Thanks sam :cool:

[sheikra182]

Nice Job Mike. I also do agree with you 100% on Firehawk being a great ride for Kings Island. Everyone so far has loved it and it just seems to fit in perfectly there. Plus it's a Flying Dutchman =) Those are one of the best flyers out there if ya ask me. Haha I even liked this ride of Superman: Ultimate Flight at Six Flags over Georgia.

[Thrill Reconnoiter]

Where abouts in Indiana do you live? I figured Indiana Beach is slightly closer to Indianapolis than Cincinnati (about two hours to Cincy I remember right).

Oh, and Skyline Chili (http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/Millennium-Mike/Kings%20Island/KingsIsland2007142.jpg) is da bomb if you find a good restaurant. :D

[Michael]

^ I live 15 minutes south of Indianapolis, so yeah it's just about a 2 hour drive. But I've never been to Indiana Beach, I might be going this summer though, just to check it out :cool:

^^ Yeah, it's a good ride. Not particularily intense, but it's still great.

[MaverickManJZ]

Indiana Beach looks amazing.

[Matt]

Oh, and Skyline Chili (http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/Millennium-Mike/Kings%20Island/KingsIsland2007142.jpg) is da bomb if you find a good restaurant. :D

Kings Island wouldn't be kings Island without it's Skyline Chili. That stuff is amazzzzzzing.

[Michael]

^ Where is the Chili sold in the park? :confused: I need to try some when I visit this summer.

[Arez]

^Over by Racer..That stuff is god like.

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-Alex

[MaverickManJZ]

LOL! It's good, yeah. I'll have it about once every two weeks. That's so bad >.< Hahaha.

[Michael]

Well on the trip, unfortunitely I wasn't able to pick up any Chili :(

But I did stop by McDonalds a few blocks down the road and ate my Big Mac while watching the fireworks :p Good memories... lol