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bobbinbop20
10-29-2009, 09:38 PM
So I went to Louisville last weekend for a Cross Country meet, yeah Im a runner :) Actually most of my trips are because of running competitions. Anyway I was in louisville and decided I would go to SFKK one more time before it gets torn down, BUT the main reason was obviously to get my 2010 season pass for ultra cheap!!!

These nice ladies actually offered me a free ticket when I got to the gate so I thanked them, then proceeded to upgrade in the park to a 2010 pass for only $14.99 CHA CHING!!! We stayed at SFKK for an hour tops, I rode GL and Thunder run and we outta there to go on to Kings Island.

Then we got to the real park of this trip, KINGS ISLAND! I loved this park, it has a great selections of rides and of course the newest B&M hyper, which by the way is super super awesome! I definitely plan on coming back next year, plus I got a 2010 CF Platinum pass so why wouldn't I?! My favorites at the park were Diamondback obviously, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Beast, and Invertigo!

Diamondback was everything I thought it would be and more, great airtime over every hill plus tremedously smooth and fast. It currently sits as my 2nd favorite steel coaster, and 3rd favorite coaster. Plus on sunday it was a max of 3 train wait so we rode 16 times including 2 the night before. Delicious!

The Haunt was cool, but it was basically just fog everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE I could barely breath, plus tons of haunted house type things with 2 hour long waits, needless to say we didn't do any of them. Nothing really special besides that.

Anyway Im sure most of you are more interested in Kings Island pictures so I'll post them first, I'll put SFKK up later tonight maybe, there's lots of Chang deconstruction pictures so be sure to check back!

Oh yeah I also made a video of RAW FOOTAGE of Diamondback, so if your interested here's the link:
http://vimeo.com/7296947


Now onto the pictures :)

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were in windmill zone now...

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yep definitely the middle of nowhere

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We arrived at Kings Island as the sun was setting so theres not many pictures from the first night

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If you cared to know what flight of fears queue area looks like

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If you go to Kings Island and dont ride The Beast at night, well thats the worst thing you could do, seriously go ride this right now at night! It was incredible!

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oh my goodness

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Me and Jaime (hypercoastegirl <3)

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Shes in love with good hypers, and arrow suspended coasters, weird combo I know but thats whats so great about her, shes not afraid to tell you a ride sucks. Shes not really an enthusiast she just knows alot about coasters so dont get all freaked out when she says she hates a ride.

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This was a damn good little ride

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Da Da Da Diamondback!

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I was skeptical about these newer trains but ended up loving them

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Coolest thing ever when your in the back row and you look back..

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everything about this ride is perfect

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yeah hi

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hello empty station!

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more of that splash down thing, watch the video if you wanna know what it looks like in real time :)

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Green is my favorite color, I told you this ride was perfect

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hypercoastergirl found a winner

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dont forget about the trash cans!

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I need nothing in life except Diamondback, well and X2!

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first drop is great great great!

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top of the lift

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you know I love it when I take a ton of pictures of it

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By the way the front seat of this ride is the best seat I think because of the long length of the train you really get launched out of your seat at certain spots in the front

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First drop fun

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the back portion

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one of my personal favorite pictures

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This ride was a really cool little coaster

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no, thats not till february :)

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The theming on this ride is great

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vortex

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I really didn't enjoy this one much

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STOP! They had a very similar sign at SFKK which I also have a picture

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Firehawk, I've heard it was rough, but I actually found it to be very smooth and enjoyable!

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DB overview

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Backlot Stunt Coaster

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Racer was enjoyable

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This was the rough vekoma at the park

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Looks so beautiful, In any event its SBNO so I didnt ride it

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My second favorite coaster here, like my sister I'm also in love with Arrow Suspended coasters

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This was closed, looked like they started early winter rehab on it

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I like that funky looking twist at the end

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Invertigo, I've never been on Deja Vu but im guessing this is like a mini version of it?

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even if its not the same layout

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The main entrance area

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Fairly odd coaster

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Delirium, very fun ride

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overall I think I enjoyed this more then SUF

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Mandatory Coaster with Coaster Sign shot

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Time for more DB rides

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If you look in the second to last row you can see hypercoastergirl, she told me she was going to starbucks but then hopped back on DB for more rides, well HA I caught her!!!

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here you can see the thing that makes the splash

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airtime!

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I fully approve of this B&M creation

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I so agree

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I wanna ride that! Oh wait I already have, many times!

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mine train, really rough but had some good theming

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oh King tut baby I'll give you a good time!

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you think he'll ride DB with me?

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Son of Beast

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Skycoaster was 5 dollars but had a long line

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way back in a corner lies Flight Deck

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We rode 7 times in a row without moving, then decided it was so intense we needed a break

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Hypercoastergirl must text all her friends and tell them how good Diamondback is and how horrible Raging Bull is :)

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CEEEEEEEDAR FAIRRRR! I hate this stupid company, im just here for the hyper

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Mandatory Trash bin shot

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Invertigo

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A RED ONE!!!

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hey there

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They wouldn't let me ride and there was no kids around to steal!

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"do you think this will help me get to the hypercoaster faster?"

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hey boys, like my ride?

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hello, im hypercoaster girl and I approve of this park.

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oh my god! HYPERCOASTER!!!!

anyway thats the end of the KI pictures, stay tuned for SFKK!

Austin
10-29-2009, 09:48 PM
Sounds like you all had alot of fun lol.

I took my camera in june on anticipation id have a 2 day pass but no we only get a 1 day so i took like 4 pics the entire day just so i can hit alot of the rides lol.

100 KI pics

nitrofan
10-29-2009, 10:23 PM
Great TR! Very entertaining too.

It's interesting how they would have 2 hour waits for haunts and walk-ons for Diamondback.

46 Pics

bobbinbop20
10-29-2009, 10:29 PM
Great TR! Very entertaining too.

It's interesting how they would have 2 hour waits for haunts and walk-ons for Diamondback.

Well, the long waits for the haunts were on saturday night when the park was crowded, Diamondback had about an hour wait then. Sunday is when Diamondback had no wait, and the haunts aren't open on Sundays, so im guessing thats why not that many people go then. They all come for the haunts from what I was hearing.

Austin
11-07-2009, 09:34 PM
Great Pics :D Im going to use your chang pics from this update in a overview of the removal.

Austin
11-13-2009, 09:33 PM
Ive now switched the SFKK pictures over to our server. KI will be done next