spaceace12 Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Few points before picture posting: *I was a common ticket holder so I didn't get to any rides until 10. *Didn't ride DB right away. *left at 3pm Coaster reviews in order of rides. Backlot Stunt Coaster: Launch was pretty good and the upward helix (?) is fun. Coaster is fun. Very smooth. 9/10 Racer: Seats are terrible, very rough, semi enjoyable. Liked the three bench trains 6/10 Adventure Express: I actually enjoyed this coaster. Very smooth, like the themed lift at the end. Sadly this is where we were stopped for about 20 minutes. Still give it a 9/10 Flight Deck: Fun and smooth. Not big person friendly (or tall person friendly). 8/10 Diamond back: I rode in back seat. First off the single riders have to have tickets? Why, isn't the point of these to fill out the train? AFter being denied a SRT, I waited in line and seen about one or two seats per train go out without anyone on them.... Anyway, onto the restraint, not big person friendly. I didn't fit the first time, I moved back farther and barely made it. But the back seat has awesome air time. That is all, next time I head to the park, Will take my video camera and my dslr. Get better pictures. Onto pictures. Bonus hint. I am parked in this picture...very well worth the 15 dollars for preferred parking. Rode it...goal was five coasters, got five after this. me being geeky Almost not big person friendly. almost 90 degrees The "cool" people in SoB que, breaking the rules... Got in line for SoB, line was slow, it broke down, I left and rode.... Got stuck on Adventure Express, pulled camera out of pocket took pic, put it back in. Rode blue racer My chariot awaits Skipped DB intially and went straight for this with a 20 minute wait. DB line. I am here. So is my crappy camera (good camera stayed in car)
spaceace12 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Posted April 20, 2009 Bonus section...after leaving the park at 3pm I headed towards Lawernceburg Indiana for a United States Auto Club (USAC) sprint car race. These races are fun to watch. They still only turn left, but they are mostly local racers who here to race. Not like the NASCAR races. These you can attend for under 50 dollars with food at your local track if you have one. I purchased a pit pass which is ever more awesome. Ahem...WRONG! Your doing it wrong. If it wasn't for the pole, this would eb a good picture. I guess the older guy on the right side is a legend when it comes to track promotor or driving. Robert "the mad man" Ballou and Jesse "the rock it" Hockett. Changing a tire, they have one lug nut on each wheel and it is deep in there. So a regular car tire wrench won't work. These cars do not have starters. To start them, they have push trucks push them. The driver puts it in gear and as the truck gets enough speed, the engine spins enough to fire. Clay a spraying. either Levi Jones or Tracy Hines during qualifing. Tony Stewart Racing. Another example of sliding. and arrows for some of them. Cleaning the wall so drivers can see where it is. The week prior, the track put down new clay. Which in the first hot lap session, some of it was sprayed into the stands adn fans (including me). Jesse sliding through the turns. I always feel safe when a nuclear power plant is right across the river in Kentucky! NOT! How to turn. In the turn, break the rear end free and get it sideways adn crank the wheel the opposite way of the turn and floor it to keep it sideways. I like this picture, I believe taht the baby is his. I guess, didn't seem to be a fan. Another one, Jerry Coons Jr. Another big name, Dave Darland. Casey Khane Racing. One of the cars in the hauler I passed on the way to the track. This is what sprint car racing is all about, the fan/driver interaction. This is what NASCAR drivers do when they make the big bucks, own sprint car teams. This is Tony Stewart Racing. Also Casey Khane has a racing team. Shane "the throttle" cottle. These are the big boys. This would be Jesse "the Rock it" Hockett, another good driver. Billy Boat, a good driver. Sorry, these are AMSA mini sprints. These are the big boys. They either have a 360 engine or a 410 engine. They have just one gear, go. No shifting. To effectively turn you have to get the car sideways and just slide through the corner. More on that later. AMA Mini Sprint, these normally have a 1100 motorcycle engine. They were the support class.
X2coasterfreak Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Is that Casey Kahne the Kasey Kahne NASCAR driver? He is my favorite driver, yeah! Good pics I wish I could go to KI to ride DB, it looks really fun. Glad you had a good time
spaceace12 Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Yeah, the NASCAR Driver is Kasey Kahne owns the team, he wasn't there, but he owns the team. I don't follow NASCAR anymore so I didn't know how to spell it. I should add that dirt track racing is how a lot of NASCAR drivers got started racing or got more into racing. Jeff Gordon, I believe, started in go karts before going to Sprints and then moving onto stock cars or something. Tony Stewart has raced Sprints in my home track.
pkd freak Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Great TR! I wish to visit our sister park one day.
Kennyweird Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 I always feel safe when a nuclear power plant is right across the river in Kentucky! NOT! Double Fail. That is not a nuclear power plant nor is it in Kentucky. Other than that, great Photo TR. It looks like you really enjoyed yourself.
spaceace12 Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Oh well, it looked like a nuclear stack and it was in direction of Kentucky. I am not very familier with that area.
Kennyweird Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 ^Cooling tower does not equal nuclear power plant.
ScoastinGS Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Son of Beast looks so impressive from the Eiffel tower. I wish the actual ride didn't suck
CoastersNSich Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner's_Creek_Generating_Station LOL, cooling towers. The Simpsons will do that to ya!
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Is Flight Deck at Kings Island experiancing loading/capacity problems like CW's Vortex is? I heard from my cousin in Toronto that Vortex has been plagued with those problems for awhile... Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon are my favorites too. But I don't follow NASCAR anymore either... (I have a Jeff Gordon picture on my bedroom wall though) Does dirt track racing feel anything like riding a really intense B&M? I wanna try it someday as I've always LOVED FAST THINGS! As for the nuclear power plant thing, I think you've been watching too much Simpsons!
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