Beastbuzz - How was it?

Oh, Lord Gonchar, it was nice to put a face with your name. Hehe. :) You didn't look ANYTHING like I was imagining.

Ha!

If anything, I make an impression (and frighten small children) ;)

The caricature guys at the front of the park, physically assaulted me an insisted I let them draw me. I'm sure you can imagine the crowd that gathered for that one!

Can I make that my new member photo, Jeff?

This was my first time visiting Kings Island and I must say that I was VERY impressed. The park was clean, the employees were friendly, and the ride operations were top notch on an EXTREMELY busy day. Jeff and the rest of the Kings Island PR staff did an outstanding job of making us all feel welcome and appreciated. The number of activities and tours was just unbelievable.

While I didnt participate in the Beast and Son of Beast tours, I did everything else and had an awesome time. I spent that time, instead, getting in some of the credits at the park and waiting in lines :) I picked up what I missed on Sunday and managed to get everything a childless adult can get in coasterwise.

HIGHLIGHTS:

The people. Got to meet some new people, saw some people I got to know pretty well at previous events, and generally just had a great time with everyone there. We had a really awesome group of people at this event. Everyone was still fired up at 11:30pm after a long day at the park for ERT. There was lots of hand-slapping, cheering, and most importantly, thanking of the ride operators at each ride.

PKI Staff: Everyone there was constantly upbeat and kept the energy level up the entire time we were there. Jeff did an excellent job of making us all feel welcome and with keeping us informed. I definately feel the park went WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY over and above my expectations for an event that cost me 40 bucks and included admission to the park.

Delirium: It was my first ride once I got into the park. I was scared watching it but ended up falling in love with the ride. Of all the pictures I took, there are more of this ride than any other. I hope they put more of these out because it was just absolutely spectacular.

The Flyers: The only other Flyers I have ridden were Holiday World's and those aren't really snappable. I managed to get them to snap on the first try and had a blast. Now if only they would implement the gravy boat flyers...

The Beast: 25 years old and still the signature attraction of the park. There are not many rides out there that stand this test of time. Saturday night (actually Sunday Morning, it was nearly 1a.m.) it was running flat out insane. I took a "standard" ride on Sunday and it was an awesome ride, but to truly appreciate the Beast, it has to be ridden at night. Marvelous wooden creation and definately in my top three wooden coasters.

DISAPPOINTMENTS:

That I had to go home Sunday afternoon.

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Coasterville Dave said:
RavenTTD:

That dude has a name, he's me (just giving you some grief) Here are a few smiles to let you know I'm not the least bit upset :) :) :) . Any no, my guess was 500,000.

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And my guess for the number of bolts was 1,730,000... I have no idea what I was thinking.

Haha, Lord Gonchar. That's a great caricature.

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Michael Darling said:

And my guess for the number of bolts was 1,730,000... I have no idea what I was thinking.

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Man don't worry about it i had said to my buddy that the answer prolly is in the millions haha oh well great job on the hunt guys

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TheRealCP said:
Haha, Lord Gonchar. That's a great caricature.

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I am not trying to be mean but it looks a lot like him. He got the hair perfect.

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Jeff said:
Check the home page for the group photo

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Hey is there any way i can see a bigger and better version of this photo i would really like to have a copy of it

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CP Dude said:

I am not trying to be mean but it looks a lot like him. He got the hair perfect.

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Nothing mean about it. He did a great job on the drawing. I liked the subtle, unshaven stubble personally. :)

*** Edited 6/28/2004 6:59:00 PM UTC by Lord Gonchar***

I'll post it somewhere eventually. It doesn't include the poopypantses that didn't get in on the photo!

I got to the pavillion just as the photo was snapped. I was scavanger hunting with my broken toe and was limping as fast as I could over to the picinic grove.

Special thanks to the rest of my team who ditched me to get to the photo. ;)

It was a long day, but my girlfriend, her daughter and I had a great time.

We stayed at PKI campground for the weekend and were a little beat after the ERT on the Beast. We asked Jeff from PKI if there was any other transportation to the campground since the shuttles were all done. He said, they hadn't thought of that, but would arrange something. Well, true to his word, as the last few Buzzers were filing out a security car pulled up in front and gave us a lift. I just wanted to say thanks to the great staff at PKI for an enjoyable day!

On a side note. As we were riding in the security car to the campground, the driver asked about who we were with, and what was going on, basic small-talk. Well anyway, trying to impress us, he states that KI is getting a new record-breaking coaster for next year. Highest, fastest, longest. My girlfriend and I just looked at each other and smiled without saying a word. *** Edited 6/28/2004 7:26:15 PM UTC by tambo***

The event was AWESOME! It was great catching up with so many friends. I hadn't seen so many cool peeps at one event since CP's opening day, or Stark Raven Mad last year. SWEET! So many friends, so little time. :-D

It was also a blast meeting so many others (Gonchar and wife, Danny, Playa, Coaster Chickn, Shivering Tim,) and a bunch others whose names escape me at the moment.

Like many others, I didn't do much riding during the day, since there was so much that we could do (or get into..lol) . The Beast tour rocked!

The weather for the event couldn't have been more perfect. I enjoyed each and every second of Beastbuzz. That was the first time in YEARS that I have spent the whole day (and then some) at PKI.

The nightime ERT on Drop Zone and Delirium were the icing on the cake, and what I looked forward to the most. ;-)

The PKI staff, especially Maureen (hey girl!) went far beyond the call of duty to make sure we were all having a good time (as if that's too hard to accomplish...lol).

Jeff and Stephanie, you guys ROCK! Thanks for such an awesome event!

-Tina

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Dave and Neuski,

Hmmmm. What could you possibly be talking about? Perhaps a team actually went to the real graveyard in the parking lot instead of the fake one, and more importantly, the correct one in front of The Beastie?

Nope. You couldn't possibly be refering to my team.......or, woops. That team.

-Sean ("But Howard, they all have cracks.") Flaharty

Thanks to everyone for organizing such an awesome event! Everything appeared to go perfectly, especially for having so many attendees. I can definitely say that I will make every effort to NEVER miss a CB event!

BeastBuzz was terrific, PKI staff was wonderful as always, & those nite rides on Delerium where you're looking straight up into the stars, there are no words...

Although I'm horribly shy (not to mention new to CB) & only spoke to about five people, it was great meet in "real" the people I read all the time. I look forward to running into everyone at other events.

Again, thanks to Jeff, Stephanie, PKI staff, & the everyone else for organizing such a memorable event.

My husband and I had a great time! This is only the second sponsored coaster event we've ever been to, and it was top-notch from start to finish. I am glad we had the ERT, because the park did get crowded. We didn't do the scavenger hunt, but did Beast/Son of Beast tours, and according to my pedometer we walked 16 miles from 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
So if your feet are still hurting, that is why!
Congratulations on such a successful event.

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Sean Flaharty said:

Hmmmm. What could you possibly be talking about? Perhaps a team actually went to the real graveyard in the parking lot instead of the fake one, and more importantly, the correct one in front of The Beastie?

-Sean ("But Howard, they all have cracks.") Flaharty

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I've ragged you enough about it... although it is STILL as funny as when you first told it. You left out the part about falling into a hole though... LOL!!!

~Josh

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I would love to be able to get the hires group shot. Jeff is there any chance you could post it up somewhere or email it to those interested??

btw: Great job on organizing an amazing day full of fun and great rides.

It was so much fun. That was my third visit to PKI and first CBuzz event, and I have to say it was my best time ever there. Thanks to both Jeff's and everyone involved who helped put it together.

My friend Dave (who was wearing the Pixies t shirt)took some pics if anyone cares to see.

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CoasterBearVa said:
I would love to be able to get the hires group shot. Jeff is there any chance you could post it up somewhere or email it to those interested??

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I smell Cafepress... *** Edited 7/2/2004 5:49:39 AM UTC by Dane186***