disneygurlz2s Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 OK, so PKI is open daily this week (something new, I might add) and as luck would have it, my hubby asked me to stop over at HR and pick up his forms for returning to work at the park (he works in the money room). This gave me the perfect excuse to go in and ride the Italian Job Stunt Track. The wait was about 40 minutes, and the queue line moved pretty good, although toward the front of the line it was slower, as they are only letting 1 or 2 trains worth of people up in the station at a time. An employee came along looking for single riders, so I got on probably about 5 minutes quicker thanks to that. The trains are pretty cute, although the shiny metal that they sit on is weird. I don't know if there's been a picture of that yet, but imagine three real Minis sitting on top of sheet metal boxes, and you've got the look of the trains. The doors do open (one side only) and I will tell you, a tall person is in big trouble getting in. This guy on the train before me got his left leg stuck outside the train with his lap bar down trying to get in. It was pretty funny. Once you are inside the cars, you are sitting down pretty far, and the are decently comfortable, but it could be a tight squeeze. The coaster launches slowly and it quickly builds speed, sending you up the helix, which is a different approach. As previously stated, there is one tiny bit of airtime, definitely nothing to get excited about. The ride is very short... VERY short. Much shorter than I expected. The best part about it is the tunnel, and that makes the ride. Overall, if you are looking for something fast, wild, high or really different from what you've already ridden-this is not it. If you are a parent with kids who are big enough to ride "big" coasters, but who aren't quite up to riding them yet, this would be a good first big coaster-definitely not as rough as Adventure Express or Racer. The lines are going to be long this season, I am sure, so my advice is be there when they pull the rope because, while it's a fun little ride, it's not worth a long wait. Shari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Hopefully the lines arent long next Thursday night since we are swinging in just for this ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Ahh I can't wait .. no only adding 1 that day, but also another at SFKK .. so Legend and Raven, Chang at SFKK and this all in one day .. I hope I live to make it to CP that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 Last night (Friday, 5/27) it was down due to "issues" (that was the employee's word of choice). Not sure what was going on, but we walked past just so I could measure my daughter (wishful thinking, but, hey, it was worth checking) to see if she could ride this year. Shari "Personally, I don't see the 48" inch requirement" Shoufler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/LIFE/505270369 Anyone know if this will effect us on June 2nd, it says for opening weekend, which is this weekend for Memorial Day .. I mean we are heading in just to hit this ride then off to CP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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