Sir_Neidig

I just created a page and will be participating at King's Island! http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/stevenneidig/KingsIsland

I don't post much because I usually can't come up with anything good to say, so this is a rarity for me. I visited Kinds Island today with some friends. It was pretty busy - Diamondback had a 30 min wait all day; Firehawk, 90 mins; Flight of Fear, 60 mins; plus 30-45 min waits on things like Drop Zone and Delirium. I was in a group of 5, but only myself and one other really like coasters, so when we saw the lines, we decided to check out the Fast Lane booth and got two wristbands. I simply have no complaints. We were literally able to walk up to available rides, and allowed in as soon as possible,even picking the first seats on some and getting front row on Firehawk, since it loads front to back. Using the approximate wait times posted, we estimated saving around 500-600 minutes, nearly 10 hours. We weren't even at the park for 10 hours! The only wait times were short, maybe 10 mins, and were at rides like Diamondback and Flight of Fear, since you merge with the main queue at the station. Other than that, we spend the entire time doing one of the following: Walking between places, riding, drinking water and resting. We felt spoiled when we visited Boomerang Bay (no Fast Lanes there). Note: the wristbands are not 100% waterproof, but chances are if you have one, you won't be in water that much. I was just really pleased with this new system and wanted to share what I felt. I highly recommend it if you visit the park on busy day. We went on Sunday, July 31st, and had clear skies, and a highish temp (high 80's I would guess.) Fast Lane was $50/person, but we were still able to have a great time for about $100/person for just the two of us who got it. That includes admission, fuel, and lockers.

I really want to go to this! Hopefully I can find a way to be there. This event lands right on my 20th birthday, so maybe if I convince some of my family to get me a really nice present... hmm. Seriously though, I really miss being with TPR at parks. Maybe I'll find a way. Right now, it's either tuition or coasters.

I've been to King's Island a few times but never mid-summer. All I can say for sure is that if there is ANY precipitation, Firehawk will be closed. I rode Diamondback in hard rain (hurts a bit) about 2 months ago so as long as there's no lighting or high winds, the rest of the park is fine. Not sure about the lines. When I was there, they were dispatching fairly quickly though on Diamondback and rarely stacked with two trains.

I'm very glad you got out alright! You got some awesome pictures - thank you for sharing them. I think it's really cool how you turned this into something like one of your reports you do on a ride. I'd probably be in a little bit of shock if I were you. Being in a burning building is nothing to joke about. I would like to say something from experience working on running crew of live shows: Whether or not a fog machine will set off fire alarms really depends on the type of machine and what it's set to. In theatre, they have hazers and they have foggers. It's always the foggers that make us have to run shows with EVERY door around closed (the alarm in the space is turned off during shows with foggers.) There are countless variables to consider, but it seems to me that the alarm would have been turned off at the request of a renter using a hazer/fogger, even if their equipment would not set it off. Well that's my input on it. Again, I am happy that you are not hurt. I was a little perplexed by your "OMG FIRE!!!" tweet. It had me thinking a wooden coaster somewhere had gone up in flames... seems to me that they would burn quite well...

1. What are your initial thoughts? "I love the sound of this!" "I hope something like this wouldn't make TPR too 'clique-ish'" "$40 is a very fair price if all that is posted is offered!" 2. Can you think of anything else we could be offering? I can not think of anything else at the moment. 3. Is this something that interests you? Absolutely! 4. Why would you NOT be interested in this? The only reason I would not be interested in this is that after the summer of 2010, I probably won't be able to go on anther trip for a few years and may not be able to enjoy the premiumness. 5. Any additional feedback you can give us based on the information you see here. To be honest, even if I don't take advantage of the perks, I wouldn't mind sending the $40 anyway as a kind of donation.

I am Steven Neidig from Indianapolis, IN. I am a senior in high school and recently turned 18 years old. Although I was a part of TPR during their Deep South and Texas tours this summer, I have yet to post on the forums (I've read tons, just haven't posted yet!) I've decided to change that and try to be active on here. I could choose either Holiday World, Indiana Beach, or King's Island as my 'local park' because they are all about the same driving distance away, but I would say without a doubt that my "home park" is Holiday World. That is where I rode my first coaster, The Raven, and has my favorite wooden coaster, The Voyage. In total, I've ridden about 65-70 roller coasters. Some interests I have include: - Technical Theatre work at a local theatre. I also do tech for school productions. - Playing RuneScape. I've played this browser-based Java game for 5 years now. People like to give this game and it's players a lot of crap but I don't care - I love it! - Aviation / things that fly. I have been accepted to Purdue, College of Technology and will be striving for a degree in aviation management, particularly air traffic control. This could change, however. - Fish and snake keeping. I am currently raising 14 red belly piranhas. They are currently 3" in length. My snake is a California King snake that I accepted from a friend that no longer wanted her. She is 4' in length. - LOST!!! Best show ever. 'Nuff said. I'm sure there are other things I could say but I just can't think of any right now... Well, that's that! First post on the forums! ^-^