1 hour ago, Coasterteam said:

honorary mention to people who add "The" to every ride

The Flight of Fear

The Diamondback

The Orion

The Invertigo

The Adventure Express

The The Beast (I've heard it once!)

I heard "The Son of The Beast" Sunday!

Wonder if anyone has gone as far as The The Beast?  

Yesterday I heard the usual “Yeah at night they turn the brakes off on Beast” a few times. 

Operator on Orion also called it “The Orion”…… is this the right thread???? 

Haha

On 5/17/2022 at 7:04 PM, silver2005 said:

Wonder if anyone has gone as far as The The Beast?  

Don't worry, I've heard it.

 

Guys, we've been riding coasters wrong the whole time.  We must ride with our eyes open according to a few boys I rode with on Orion.

I heard another The Bat killed someone story in line for the new Bat a few weeks ago

Daughter and I at park on Sunday.   Riding Mystic Timbers and met a guy from Michigan (first time at park) and he had bought a fast pass.   Told him too bad for that day since park was DEAD and all rides were walk on.    He wanted to ride Beast but it was said to be down.   Riding Mystic we saw Beast running.  Found him after ride and we headed to Beast with him.    While walking to Beast he said he heard they removed the loop in the track redo....   We said no just retracking and that was SOB which is long gone....   

I heard some kids talking about they moved The Vortex to Carowinds and they will get to ride it again when they go on vacation.

10 hours ago, MaestroJr said:

I heard another The Bat killed someone story in line for the new Bat a few weeks ago

I have heard that so many times!!!!!

It’s looking like the park will be packed today!

My cousin (who is about 50) mentioned The Bat killing someone the other day. I tried to be polite about correcting her.

Here are some fun things I've heard in recent trips:

• The Racer was retracked by GCI (easy mistake to make I suppose).
• Woman on Orion telling her husband that they were planning to take out Diamondback but that got delayed because of Vortex
• Some know-it-all type behind me on DB said that Mystic Timbers "isn't even a real wood coaster because it has steel <inaudible>"

 

 

 

 

Racer was retracked by GCI in 2019.

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23 minutes ago, tuxedoman52 said:

Racer was retracked by GCI in 2019.

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It actually partially was; they redid the turnarounds. 

https://www.wcpo.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/kings-island-racer-coaster-getting-new-track-smoother-ride

Just heard a teenage boy say he has taken the steps down from the top of Millennium Force lift hill (for those not familiar there aren't steps lol)

Apparently Adventure Express is gone according to one guest.

2 hours ago, KIEagle33 said:

Apparently Adventure Express is gone according to one guest.

Would have been more plausible if they had repainted it in camo! Lol

6 hours ago, Coasterteam said:

It actually partially was; they redid the turnarounds. 

https://www.wcpo.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/kings-island-racer-coaster-getting-new-track-smoother-ride

Learn something new every day. But this guy was clearly referring to the recent TGG retrack.

Speaking of AE, the guy who said MT isn't a wood coaster also said all the statues in AE were broken. Clearly hadn't been on it in a while.

I heard one time that there used to be a coaster called Invertigo next to The Beast.

1 minute ago, Orion742 said:

I heard one time that there used to be a coaster called Invertigo next to The Beast.

InVortexigo

While at Cedar Point on Monday, there was a woman behind me while waiting on line for Steel Vengeance who was thoroughly convinced that it was the oldest ride in the park, simply because it was "a wooden roller coaster." Her reaction to the ride op manning the metal detectors telling her the actual age of the attraction was priceless, followed by her continued confusion on why an amusement park would still want to build a wooden coaster.

Just for comparison's sake, Steve is set to begin preschool this year at 4. Blue Streak, now the park's only full-blooded wooden coaster, just went to his 40-year high school reunion last week and received a commemorative plaque by his former peers.

This one is more frustrating rather than funny. Guys behind me on The Beast were called out (while on the lift) for having a phone out.

They proceeded to call the ride op a "psycho" who was "power tripping"

On 6/28/2022 at 9:58 AM, rlentless said:

I heard some kids talking about they moved The Vortex to Carowinds and they will get to ride it again when they go on vacation.

I was just at Carowinds last weekend, and can verify that Vortex is not there. However, The Vortex train bodies were indeed repainted and run on the Carolina Cyclone, so these kids are not entirely wrong.

I did ride KI’s old Flying Eagles, currently called “Mountain Gliders”. An imaginative and well executed theme in my opinion. I’d rather have them at home, but glad to see they are being treated well. 

Finally, it was a strange feeling to see all the old Firehawk trains stored on the ground under Fury’s lift hill. Who knows if they will fly again?

 

So I learned from a guest today that Invertigo used to be King Cobra lol

While I was in line for The Racer, a man pointed to Adventure Express and said that it was Mystic Timbers.

*walking to ride mystic from Beast*

kid points at Mystics first drop/hill 

says “now THAT is The Beast” very confidently 

couldn’t help but chuckle 

I learned today that Invertigo used to be Screamin Demon by one guest and later heard from another that Invertigo used to be King Cobra.

I also learned today that Vortex was removed because someone died on it.

Just for the record, none of this is true LOL.

I don’t know if this eBay listing counts…but I was loving it. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354189460274?hash=item5277564332:g:K0wAAOSwovFi4XGk

On 4/21/2008 at 4:30 PM, UncleHenry said:

"What's that ride that goes upside down out there?" -Guy on SoB train, during looping days

"Where is the Epcot Center?" -Guy at FoF entrance

lol

Someone pointed at Diamonback today and said "look, another water ride!" This was 100% serious too

Someone also called Adventure Express, Mystic Timbers haha.

Has anyone ever been on The Beast and have not heard anyone talk about the slow lift hill? I am convinced that it is impossible to not hear someone say something about it.

2 hours ago, Taylor.B03 said:

Has anyone ever been on The Beast and have not heard anyone talk about the slow lift hill? I am convinced that it is impossible to not hear someone say something about it.

"They slow it down to build suspense!" 

"I hate the slow lift hill! Why does it randomly speed up???"

 

long story short: blocks.