Bat Fastard
Hyper Poster
Kings Island, 5/22
Well my massive 2K17 Coaster Cred trip is finally here and it started out with a bang! I woke up insanely early to drive 11 hours to Mason, Ohio. I would be meeting up with a friend here to begin our trip. So after that brutal, long and boring drive, ALONE, I was finally at the park!
It feels so good to be back.
Of course, like most enthusiasts would, I went straight for the brand new roller coaster that I had not ridden yet and was super excited to!
I love the theming around the ride, the spiel at the entrance I thought was cool and fitting and gets you excited to ride with the music playing. Also, the sound effect you hear when a train is at the top of the lift hill is super cool and a sweet noise that you can hear actually pretty far away from.
My first ride, the queue took about 30 minutes to get through. I have to give it to the operators, they really were booking it and were sending out trains in under a minute consistently.
I decided to do front row on my first ride.
And wow, what a ride! It is exactly what myself and many other people thought it would be, which is a suped up Prowler! This thing flies through the woods and provides some great pops of ejector air and laterals. It really is a fun, awesome ride. Now what about the shed? It was actually pretty decent! I already spoiled myself before hand and knew what was in there. It is much cooler in person than over a Youtube video.
After my first ride was done, I headed over to Banshee and got a quick front row ride. She has a rattle for sure, but she is still a great invert and still my favorite that I have been on.
I then went over to Diamondback to snag a front row ride, my first ever front row ride on it, and wow, it’s amazing up there! The airtime is more ejector in the front which is always a blast. Diamondback is still my favorite hyper.
After riding Diamondback and Banshee, I headed back over to Mystic for a back row ride. The queue had gotten shorter at this point, which was nice. Back row, you definitely get whipped around more, and the forces are greater back there. I can’t decide which I like more, front or back. Both are great but I think part of me slightly prefers back because you get whipped around and thrown up more. I got two back row rides in about a 30 minute time period.
After a 2nd spin on Diamondback, I booked it over to the Beast right before close so I could be on the last train of the day, which I was. It was still light outside, so no night ride. And this thing is still overrated. Fun ride, but nowhere near the greatest. At day at least though. At night it is much much better.
So that was my first day of the road trip! It was a brief visit to the park, but we will back for a full day visit later at the beginning of June. Stay tuned for many more parts to this trip report! Up next, Six Flags Great Adventure!
Well my massive 2K17 Coaster Cred trip is finally here and it started out with a bang! I woke up insanely early to drive 11 hours to Mason, Ohio. I would be meeting up with a friend here to begin our trip. So after that brutal, long and boring drive, ALONE, I was finally at the park!
It feels so good to be back.
Of course, like most enthusiasts would, I went straight for the brand new roller coaster that I had not ridden yet and was super excited to!
I love the theming around the ride, the spiel at the entrance I thought was cool and fitting and gets you excited to ride with the music playing. Also, the sound effect you hear when a train is at the top of the lift hill is super cool and a sweet noise that you can hear actually pretty far away from.
My first ride, the queue took about 30 minutes to get through. I have to give it to the operators, they really were booking it and were sending out trains in under a minute consistently.
I decided to do front row on my first ride.
And wow, what a ride! It is exactly what myself and many other people thought it would be, which is a suped up Prowler! This thing flies through the woods and provides some great pops of ejector air and laterals. It really is a fun, awesome ride. Now what about the shed? It was actually pretty decent! I already spoiled myself before hand and knew what was in there. It is much cooler in person than over a Youtube video.
After my first ride was done, I headed over to Banshee and got a quick front row ride. She has a rattle for sure, but she is still a great invert and still my favorite that I have been on.
I then went over to Diamondback to snag a front row ride, my first ever front row ride on it, and wow, it’s amazing up there! The airtime is more ejector in the front which is always a blast. Diamondback is still my favorite hyper.
After riding Diamondback and Banshee, I headed back over to Mystic for a back row ride. The queue had gotten shorter at this point, which was nice. Back row, you definitely get whipped around more, and the forces are greater back there. I can’t decide which I like more, front or back. Both are great but I think part of me slightly prefers back because you get whipped around and thrown up more. I got two back row rides in about a 30 minute time period.
After a 2nd spin on Diamondback, I booked it over to the Beast right before close so I could be on the last train of the day, which I was. It was still light outside, so no night ride. And this thing is still overrated. Fun ride, but nowhere near the greatest. At day at least though. At night it is much much better.
So that was my first day of the road trip! It was a brief visit to the park, but we will back for a full day visit later at the beginning of June. Stay tuned for many more parts to this trip report! Up next, Six Flags Great Adventure!