Kings Island 4/27/14 for company day. No lines, good times

Associated parks:
Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, USA

Jeff's avatar

I disagree, because there are two stations. That, and think Rock'n'Rollercoaster.


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Watch a YouTube video of Jokers Jinx. The way it operates they turn two trains into the three that poke along at the CF parks. Where the unload station would be at KI there's a slow down brake, essentially a block, and once it's past there they can launch the next train. If its ready. And if it's not the train sits behind it waiting just like the empty train does at KI. I agree that due to the shortness of the ride three trains probably has no benefit. I may be wrong, as I have no data on thru-put to back my opinion up. It just seemed about the same in the load/wait department.

Anyway, I thought the ride experience overall was better, and I was pleasantly surprised. What I thought was going to be one and done for credit turned into multiple rides because it was so much fun. The flats spot had those Togo-like rings around it, and there was no brake up there whatsoever. Even if they wanted to stop, or slow it down there they couldn't.

ApolloAndy's avatar

Yeah but RnRC has something like 8 ops on the platform and shoots the train from unload to load at rapid speed (I was taken aback at how fast it was). I can't imagine any non-Disney company putting that much effort into getting use out of a 3rd train.


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Rock 'n Roller Coaster is a people eater. It is amazing to watch just how fast they can load people and dispatch a train. If you sit in the back of the train, you can watch the next train ahead of you launch right before the breaks.

rollergator's avatar

I'm going with Andy on this one - as operated at all the other parks, 3 trains ~ 2 trains.

Jeff's avatar

Sure, and that's what I was getting at... it's not a limitation of the ride design, but likely how it's operated.


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