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Rumor has it that Poseidon's Fury is on the chopping block soon, to make way for expansion for Harry Potter... But honestly, what is there to do in the Lost Continent, anyways? Eat, walk,. That's how the public sees it, anyway.

I love Geauga Lake (went there once--remember lapping the Big Dipper with my older sister). I hope Ouimet sees how small yet crowded the park gets and sees the value in it, hopefully to make a big expansion (bigger than what we saw). Hopefully they get a few new slide complexes, another wave pool, etc in coming years.

Sounds like you guys had fun. I hope to do this next year. ohiocolts, I would add paragraphs into that post (so it's easier on the eyes and grammatically correct).

2 posts above, NOT Terpy's post.

Hmm... Does anyone here (yes!) have a machine that shrinks people? ... I've got it! WonkaVision!

Well Dawg, your thread title says that it has some pictures, and you took some pictures, so why not post them? I for one would love to see them (it's been awhile since I've been to Disney--like 2 years! ), and I'd be thrilled to see your perspectives of Islands of Adventure!

I never got to ride Scooby's Ghoster Coaster (the one at Kings Island, not Dominion), so I don't have any reference to the "braking pain" many here refer to. My mom never wanted to wait in a long line (still doesn't). However, why is it that an adult is allowed to ride in a ride when accompanied by a child under x inches, but a person over x inches cannot ride alone? Is this to keep lines down? (Some exceptions, though, like Veggie Tales' Sideshow Spin at Dollywood.)

I don't see this happening (as much as I would like it), I'm pretty sure Cedar Point signed a contract with B&M when they built Raptor that they cannot build another Invert within 400 miles (as the crow flies) from Cedar Point. Source? And what happens if Kings Island were to construct a beemer invert?

^Haha, thanks! Glad someone likes them (other than me! )

That's what I'm looking forward to: "Oh no! I didn't do everything! Guess we'll have to do that again!"

Updated with pictures.

If I saw a shirt (or anything for that matter), I would DEFINATELY buy it. I think Adventure Express is the most under-rated coaster ever. It truly is fun, and it deserves more attention than it gets. I've always wondered how an on-ride photo could be applied to Face/Off or Invertigo. Did they need double cameras or sumthin'?

Shaggy, how do you know all these things?! You're like a living encyclopedia! Seriously though, thank you for the insight, Shaggy. Why was the photo section temporary? Was it not successful with sales or what? I also saw in the (2010) Flashback 'til Opening Day thread that in the first tunnel, there were regular white lights illuminating the first tunnel on the inside... What happened to the lights? I think those could be returned (I have no doubt that the fixtures and power lines are still there) relatively easily, and the sets are still in there (ride Adventure Express, and you'll see silhouettes on each side of the tunnel).

Wait, woah woah! There used to be a ride photo on Adventure Express?! Why did they take it out?! I'd rather they didn't change it, it seems kinda fitting for the ride. LOL at the link--"encrypted-tb..."

<p>Hey guys, sorry this took so long. Anyways, I will try a different approach with this PTR since I took a lot more pictures. Monday morning, May 21.<br /> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________<br /> <br /> So, we parked the charter bus around 9:30, but we didn't actually set foot in the park until somewhere around 10:00 (now that I look back, I think the park itself wasn't open just yet--we thought it was ticket issues).<br /> <br /> The very first thing we headed to was <strong>Incredible Hulk</strong>. The ride wasn't open for the day just yet, so we waited for about 3 minutes whie they were still making empty test runs. This was a wonderful opportinity to get some great photos. I was getting excited from just hearing the distinct B&M roar roaring over our heads. This was one of the rides I looked forward to most, and it did not fail my expectations. I must say, the POV's on Youtube don't capture anything of what this ride experience was like. I loved the minor details that were included with the ride, like the mist, the water jets, etc. The ride was phenominal. 1 billion/10<br /> <br /> After this, we went to <strong>Storm Force Acceleration</strong>. At first, I thought that this was another motion simulator (like what almost every ride at Universal is <img alt="" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.KICentral.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png" />), so I was a little hesitant to ride. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a well-themed teacup ride! I haven't been on one of these in awhile, so my group and I went straight there! I was glad that Islands of Adventure put effort into theming an almost impossible to theme flat. 7/10<br /> <br /> It about 10:20 at this time. Some of the groups from yesterday (not ours) went to IoA when they were finished with Universal, and they reccommended "the circley raft thing". You guessed it, we were off to <strong>Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges</strong>. This ride is the same model of ride as White Water Canyon, except instead of traversing through the woods, there are these really cool sets that we travel through (and plenty of opportunities to get soaked!). My favorite thing about this ride was that I lost track of where we were. There are so many twists and turns, you wonder why you never see any other part of the basin or the park for that matter. I didn't really like how far you have to walk back to get to the ride though (and on a cold morning with noone in line and no turnstiles open, it's really long! I just can't imagine waiting a full queue for this!) It's a great water ride, I highly reccommend it. 9/10.<br /> <br /> We liked Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges so much, we rode it again! We weren't allowed to stay on, so we had to walk all that way AGAIN! Good exercise, though.<br /> <br /> It was about 11:30 am now. After Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges, since we were still really wet, we figured that we might as well get all this water over with by the time we have to leave! So, we headed for <strong>Dudley Do Right's Rip Saw Falls</strong>. This log flume is very unique. Whenever we thought we reached the end, wrong! This log flume tricks you into thinking that "Here's the big one!" so much, that when it does come, you say "Oh this isn't it!" and you get a real surprise. There's a double-down, so you get some really good airtime on that drop. The theming was very good, too, all making the ride better. 8.7/10.<br /> <br /> 11:45 comes rolling along. Since Jurassic Park was nearby, I suggested that we ride Jurassic Park River Adventure. Our chaperone said we were wet enough already, so she said "maybe later". We didn't get a chance to ride. <img alt="" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.KICentral.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.png" /><br /> <br /> By now, we all wanted to go to "Harry Potter World" (I always had to correct them by saying "NO! It's the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!") We kinda just wandered over, using Jurassic Park as a walkthrough (like many do with Kings Island's Oktoberfest) to get to <strong>Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey</strong>. I must say, this <strong>is </strong>a must-ride for anyone going to Islands of Adventure. I loved how they used the Hogwarts facade, and making you go through the castle to get to the ride. I loved how the station had those endless "floating candles". The ride is a motion simulator, but not the kind of the Simpsons' Ride of likes. It's kinda like the Robotic Arm in RCT3 (wow... I can't believe I just made that reference! <img alt="" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.KICentral.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" />). It's a great ride that captures the Harry Potter world very well.10/10.<br /> <br /> It's about 12:30 now, and we decided to take a break. Someone in our group saw a stand in Hogsmeade that had pumpkin juice. She got some for her, her sister, and her friend. While we were at the stand, I saw churros! I've never had an amusement park churro before, so I decided to get a churro. I do say, those cinnamon churros taste great.<br /> <br /> It was about 1:00 now, after mozying around for a bit. I really wanted to do <strike>Dueling Dragons </strike><strong>Dragon Challenge</strong>, so we did that. It was a bit of a tossup between Hungarian Horntail and Chinese Fireball. In the end, we chose Hungarian Horntail (blue). I really wish there was an on-ride photo section for this ride, or I would get it! Oh well, I ended up getting one at the end of the day. The ride was really fun (we sat in the front row, so that made it better), I just wish that we were dueling. Would have been better. I love how the track weaves in and out of itself (dueling would have made an epic ride-- and an epic photo opportunity!) It was really smooth, and blows Raptor out of the water IMO. 7.9/10<br /> <br /> After this, we got the world famous butterbeer! I got frozen, and let me tell you, this is a must-get for an IoA trip.<br /> <br /> Since it was about 1:30 now (our group+chaperones moves slow), and we were leaving around 2-2:15, my three friends and I all picked up the pace to get to the Hulk one more time for the final ride of our day, since it was by far the general favorite ride there. We ended up getting to ride it twice, both times as amazing as before. I got a ride photo at the end of it all.<br /> <br /> <strong>Pros: </strong></p> <ul class="bbc"> <li>The park was extremely clean.</li> <li>Safety seemed paramount.</li> <li>The overall feel to the park felt like I was actually there, be it in a comic book or in Hogsmeade.</li> <li>The employees (for the most part) were great with interacting and kept great dispatch times(--someone's been trained right!).</li> <li>I did not see a single ride down at all.</li> <li>Every ride was great.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Cons: </strong></p> <ul class="bbc"> <li>None! Everything about the park was great, and I look forward to visiting IoA again at some point in the future.</li> </ul> <p>Rides I rode:</p> <ul class="bbc"> <li>The Incredible Hulk (x 3)</li> <li>Storm Force Acceleration</li> <li>Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges (x 2)</li> <li>Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls</li> <li>Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey</li> <li>Dragon Challenge (Hungarian Horntail / Ice / Blue)</li> </ul> <p>Rides I didn't ride:</p> <ul class="bbc"> <li>Dr. Doom's Fear Fall (shot or drop)</li> <li>The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman</li> <li>Jurassic Park River Adventure</li> <li>Flight of the Hippogriff</li> <li>Poseidon's Fury</li> <li>Everything in Seuss Landing</li> </ul> <p>The crowds weren't really bad, things remained a walk on pretty much the entire day (scarce you'd find a line more than 20 min), but our group moved slow.<br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0197.jpg" /><br /> <em>The Incredible Hulk</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0196.jpg" /><br /> <em>Incredible Hulk flare</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0312.jpg" /><br /> <em>Incredible Hulk sign and train in mid corkscrew.</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0309.jpg" /><br /> <em>I just barely missed the train in this shot. I clicked the button on my camera a moment too soon.</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0306.jpg" /><br /> <em>Incredible Hulk in tail end of cobra roll</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0304.jpg" /><br /> <em>For some reason, I love this fountain. Why? No idea.</em><br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0303.jpg" /><br /> <em>Seuss Landing lamp post</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0301.jpg" /><br /> <em>Solar flare</em><br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0288.jpg" /><br /> <em>My attempt at being artsy with the butterbeer truck</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0273.jpg" /><br /> <em>One of my favorite shots of the day. I love how the track from Hungarian Horntail and Chinese Fireball wrap around each other.</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0266.jpg" /><br /> <em>The big track mess that is Dragon Challenge.</em><br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0223.jpg" /><br /> <em>Jurassic Park sign</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0214.jpg" /><br /> <em>I love how crazy this queue looks. I just can't imagine waiting in a full queue for any of these rides--Seriously, it's like every ride here has a Flight Deck-like line (long, empty)!</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0213.jpg" /><br /> <em>The unloading station for </em>Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0209.jpg" /><br /> <em>Also one of my favorite shots</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0201.jpg" /><br /> <em>Storm Force Acceleration.</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0204.jpg" /><br /> <em>I sadly did not get to ride Spidey today. I was looking forward to it (like Jurassic Park), but it built up a line right at park opening.</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0274.jpg" /><br /> <em>Hogwarts castle from </em>Dragon Challenge <em>queue</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0254.jpg" /><br /> <em>Hogwarts</em><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t513/TheCrypt2/Universal%20Islands%20of%20Adventure%202012/DSCN0218.jpg" /><br /> <em>Wish I was allowed to go on </em>Pterodon Flyers<em>... Too tall.</em></p> <p> </p>

^However, I am not complaining that I want it back!

^I don't think that would necessarily work, as Top Thrill Dragster doesn't operate with 6 trains anymore, rather 5 (this is due to more efficient operations). So, this would mean that there isn't an even number of forward and backward trains, and you can't modify each side of the station every time. Ok, I have no idea if that made sense or not, but I tried!

^Son of Beast is dead. I wish you would stop having "Bring back Son of Beast!" as your signature.

Why was he removed? I think it fits well with the overall theme of the ride, along with the "grand" finale.

On the parking lot signs, it has a man in between Adventure and Express, but this is the only place the guy is visible. What's the deal, here?

Didn't want to dig up this thread, but I didn't want to make a new one just for this. Why (at least last year) were the red lights used to illuminate the lava pits fixed to face the gondola while it was in its homing state? (In other words, why were the red lights pointed to where the gondola was going back to its load/unload position). It seemed awkward for the lights to sporadically go off in such a relatively boring time, when the average park guests won't even turn their heads to look and say "Oh look at them purty red lights, Harold!" They could have been used to illuminate the "rock" when it backflipped. If the lights didn't serve any purpose, why have power supplied to them?

I don't know why, but it seems that Paramount didn't do such a grand job repainting its rides... Lets see, there's been the Eiffel Tower, InvertiFACEgoOFF, Vortex, The Racer, etc. These rides' paint faded relatively quick. And don't get me started on the choice of sealing for Italian Job! On the subject of paint, why is it that Cedar Point's paint on the supports looks like they put wallpaper in a spiral fashion on them?

I see this as a topic where you could make improvements to something, rather than a "I want a wingrider" topic.

The Zephyr crew is the best. Once last season, I went on Zephyr. The ride-op played a little game with us (except it wasn't really a game). It went something like "Hey Zephyr riders, you wanna know how to make the ride go faster?" "Yeah!" "Everyone, put your arms out like a plane and make jet noises.... You wanna know how to make it go even faster?" "Yeah!" "Stick your arms out and wave them like a bird!.... You wanna make Zephyr go realllllly fast?" "Yeah!" "Keep waving your arms like a bird, and make bird noises! Cuckaww!" Guess what I did!

What exactly is Holiwood Nights?