chef kitchen Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 $84,000 on the bid to be one of the first riders? Oh, i'm ALL in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeboy23 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Think he meant $84,000 total. According to the website first place is $5,000 and 32nd place is $625.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Maybe Kings Island's average guest needs to be reminded where they are. Â Kings Island's an island, right? They have trees, beasts, and wild natives....so it has to be, right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Well, we broke out the measuring tape last night and Sam is just slightly OVER 54" without shoes so pandelirium insued as we did the "I am now tall enough to ride EVERYTHING at the park" happy dance. Â Shari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreditCrazy Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Well...opening day is Saturday. Can't wait for the reviews and PTRs to start pouring in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looty Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'm driving out there this weekend from Minneapolis so it better be good! I have a feeling it will...hopefully it'll be better than Behemoth which I found to be quite generic and boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbcoasterfan Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Well, we broke out the measuring tape last night and Sam is just slightly OVER 54" without shoes so pandelirium insued as we did the "I am now tall enough to ride EVERYTHING at the park" happy dance. Shari  Yay I remember being there! Hope you have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Well, we broke out the measuring tape last night and Sam is just slightly OVER 54" without shoes so pandelirium insued as we did the "I am now tall enough to ride EVERYTHING at the park" happy dance. Shari  I suppose you are going on Saturday, I hope to see you there. I need to get all the credits there so I might need some help on that.    I will be sure to put up a ptr hopefully on Sunday or Monday. I am leaving the park about 3pm so I can head to LAwerenceburg for a sprint car race where the track promoter offered up lodging for the night s I don't have to back to the Haute that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'll be down in the park all Saturday, minus a bit of time in the morning to get my pass processed. I'm debating on wearing my actual Diamondback shirt from the announcement, ooooooooor Laser Snake Horse on Fire. Either way, can't wait to get back to KI! Vortex, Crypt, Firehawk, Drop Zone, and now Diamondback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ^ Hopefully Crypt will be open. That ride has more downtime than an all year christmas shop.... which is next door to KI if anyone actually wants to go there... Â -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Crypt was pretty good last year, for me anyways. Hopefully it'll be open, but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoastinGS Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'm debating on wearing my actual Diamondback shirt from the announcement, ooooooooor Laser Snake Horse on Fire. Â Definitely go with the Laser Snake Horse on Fire. Its pretty close to diamondback anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbcoasterfan Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Crypt was pretty good last year, for me anyways. Hopefully it'll be open, but who knows? Â I'll have to respectfully disagree with you x1,000 on that. When I went in August last year all the theming in there had been removed, the preshow was gone. It was just a Huss Topspin inside a building. That ride is ruined for me untill the theming comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ^But the program is much better, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ^^It's not. At least not in the Tomb Raider sense. Will they add theming eventually? Possibly. But it's not going to be the same theme as it was when it opened. Â EDIT - double arrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoastinGS Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ^Agreed. The themeing was much better when it was still Tomb Raider. The ride sequence is better now though. I really wish they could have put the new ride sequence in the old themeing I'll have to take some pictures of the Crypt themeing next time I am at KI. Some of it is pretty silly looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbcoasterfan Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I don't think the ride is better at all. Unless a preshow comes back and theming is installed I think most of the general public will walk away from this ride (especially those who rode the original) thinking wtf was that? Add theming and bring back a preshow. Btw side note: After discovering this change after going last year I did email the park voicing my displeasure in this and my displeasure for the now OVERLY trimed Beast (they ruined it too imo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ...and my displeasure for the now OVERLY trimed Beast (they ruined it too imo). Â Really? I never did ride it with the old skid brakes, but from what I've heard, the skids trimmed it just as much, if not more, than the magnetic trims do now. Have I been lied to?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmaverick Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 ^^It's not. At least not in the Tomb Raider sense. Will they add theming eventually? Possibly. But it's not going to be the same theme as it was when it opened. At Fall Freakout last year, one of the rides managers said more theming would likely be added once the ride itself is more reliable. Even without the theming this is a great ride. The ride program is amazing which makes this my favorite flat anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 ^^It's not. At least not in the Tomb Raider sense. Will they add theming eventually? No. But it's not going to be the same theme as it was when it opened. EDIT - double arrow.  Fixed that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 ...and my displeasure for the now OVERLY trimed Beast (they ruined it too imo). Â Really? I never did ride it with the old skid brakes, but from what I've heard, the skids trimmed it just as much, if not more, than the magnetic trims do now. Have I been lied to?!? Â Well, I rode it with the skid brakes.... If there was a full train, it didn't trim very much... especially on a hot, humid, day.... or if it had been raining and the skid brakes were wet... Oh how I miss the old Beast! Â -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Really its just the break shed that kills Beast for me. Off I go, rushing through the forest, then all the sudden it just lurches to a crawl in the shed. COMPLETELY kills the flow of the ride. Â So yeah, Deathbat/Crypt is better than TR:TR and will be themed eventually, and Beast got killed by trims. In a completely unrelated story, Vortex is still one of the best rides in the park, atleast until LSHoF proves to give better airtime than Vortex's first drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Does anyone have any details on exactly what time the ride will begin operating for the public? 10?? 9 for Gold Pass??? or later because of all the bidders/special riders? I am scheduled to work at IKEA at 12 and had hoped that if we got over there at 8 we could be far enough up in the pack to get a ride in by 11 or so, but the last day or two I started to think I was kidding myself.... Â Meanwhile, I am going to try to find someone to switch shifts with me at IKEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 What I read, the auction riders start riding at 8am or something, then pass ert starts at 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 OMG just found out my girlfriend won the CP contest for media day!!!!! So excited I never thought we would win!!!! Wow so happy can't wait to try this beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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