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I wanted to make the opening ceremonies, but it wasn't going to happen because we left close to 8 am. We arrived at the park a little before 11. Went through metal detctors, and into the park. My first thought when I walked through the gate..."WOW!" The park was amazingly clean, and the guest service was exceptional.
My dad and I wandered around for a bit before we headed to our first ride...
Tomb Raider:The Ride- Walking into this ride, I wasn't real sure what this ride was exactly. It was pretty cool themeing, and the little movie at the beginning was awesome. As soon as we got into the ride area, my dad was like "We're going upside down." and I looked at the ride design, and I agreed seeing as it was like a Texas Twister type ride. This ride was amazing, that's all I can say. Flipping upside down in PITCH Black, and staring down into a bubbling pit of water.
This ride gets a 10/10!
The Beast-By far the best woodie I've ever been on. My dad and I rode both the front and the back, and the total wait time didn't even reach 45 minutes. Not exactly a walk-on, but it was still pretty close. Going through the woods and everything this ride was amazing as well. My only complaint was when I was sitting in the front a bug hit my arm when it was up going down the second hill.
10/10
Top Gun-Great themed ride, and relatively fun. I call this a "hang and bang" coaster though because a)its suspended, and b)you get banged around a little. Nice speed, great turns, this was a good ride.
9/10
Flight of Fear-My dad was questioning this ride, he didn't know what it was, and when someone said it was a launched coaster, he didn't believe it. He though the building was too small for a coaster. I knew exactly what it was though, and it was an AWESOME launched coaster.
10/10
Runaway Reptar-Great suspended coaster for the littler ones. It features some nice speed, and some fun turns. It's a little bit of a Hang and Bang.
10/10
Fairly Odd Coaster-A great little woodie, that is pretty cool for a kid's coaster. Nice pops of air, nice speed, and a smooth ride all make this coaster a great ride.
10/10
Racer(Backwards)-A really fun ride, especially since you don't have any clue of where you are going or what to expect. A little rough in some places, but otherwise a great ride.
9/10
Viking Fury-A nice swinging ship ride, but it's not fun if no one screams. It was an okay ride, but I've been on better swinging ships.
7/10
Congo Falls-A great water ride, with an unexepected twist, you have to watch out for the sprayers. Even if you think you are safe because the wave didn't get you, the three sprayers at the end will make sure you are wet before leaving. A very fun ride, and really cool to stand on the bridge and get soaked.
9/10
Vortex-Everything I expected an arrow looper to be and do, was confirmed by this coaster. Although my ears didn't take nearly as bad of a beating as on Corkscrew, they still ended up pretty red at the end of the ride. This was a pretty good coaster with some nice airtime, and some pretty wicked points of G's.
8/10
I also rode on the speedway by SOB, and Top Gun.
The Good Points of the trip: Relatively short waits for rides, great themeing for rides, Pretty decent level of guest service, clean park, and very fun overall. Oh yeah and they have a Subway and Starbucks INSIDE the park!
The Bad Points: Son of Beast, Delirium, The Italian Job, and Face/Off Were all closed, I was kind of looking forward to hear people spieling, but little or no spiels were given, I think the ops could have checked the restraints on the rides a little better, and One of the workers in the park didn't help me at all, I asked where the Subway was, and she was like "I don't know" and blew me off. But then a supervisor came up and helped my dad and I.
They also had a pretty decent selection of food, although the food was a little pricy, but hey it's an amusement park, so that's expected.
Overall, for my first time there, I loved it, and I would return in a heartbeat, as long as the four rides I missed were running.
I give the trip and the park a 94/100.
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Food is a plus there, with lighter prices than CF, but average on the tilt. Its a good park, just not the greatest thing since sliced bread, although neither is cedar point. The best place to me with great times is a bit east near pittsburg, not the best in alot of things but it does the right things.
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The Beast is running really wild and out of control this year though. Probably the best its ran since the magnetic brakes.
Glad you could enjoy the park though. Delirium is the best ride there IMO. Lacking a good steel coaster.
Den said:
I am curious how bad a ride would have to be to get, say, a 4/10. A 1/10 must be getting run over with a steamroller or something.
How bout getting your spine jackhammered? We would have found out had he ridden SOB.
Den said:
I am curious how bad a ride would have to be to get, say, a 4/10. A 1/10 must be getting run over with a steamroller or something.
Haha. I guess she rates roller coasters on a curve.
PKI is my favorite park too. Beast is One of, if not my favorite wood coaster. It's sad to hear that a lot of rides were closed. I have had a lot of hope that SF was not going to make other parks think it's all right to charge full price but not run full capacity. I hope this is not my fears starting to mannifest.
L. Kris Allen, PKI has good steel. AE is a lot of fun. Vortex, although old, is a lot of fun. TG is my favorite suspended coaster just behind BBW. FoF is intense and exciting. Those are good steel, imho, and they just got a new steel coaster last year that looks like a good time.
Accepting FoF, Vortex, AE, and IJ:STa as "good" steel coasters is just accepting mediocrity to me.
I was kind of looking forward to hear people spieling, but little or no spiels were given
Wow, people actually like that stuff? Having grown up at Cedar Point I got pretty used to the mindless chatter, but when I started going to Kings Island in the late seventies the first thing I noticed was the lack of ride spiels. (I had also never seen a queue gate before). It was one of the things I liked most (and still do) about PKI--the lack of ride attendant gibberish.
coasterzak said:
A problem I noticed on my trip was how inefficient the park was with getting all the guests into the park.
Was a plausible reason ever given for no longer letting people into the front of the park before 10:00 a.m.? That method seemed to work just fine for the previous 34 seasons.
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But for some reason, I always have a BETTER TIME when I go to PKI. Maybe it's the nostalgia of having grown up nearby, but at the end of the day, I think I'd rather be at PKI than just about anywhere.
I also think FoF is an amazing ride and one of my top steel coasters (out of 75 or so).
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