Pride Knight @ KI TR

[BrownStreak]

Okay- so this is a bit late and lacking pictures because my camera is on the fritz...

 

I skipped one of my classes on Friday so I could get down to KI without feeling rushed and actually got down there with time to take a dip in the hotel's pool. I arrive about 1/2 before the event was supposed to start and was surprised when we were let in soon afterwards. The pre-opening show wasn't timed very well as they dropped the ropes before it was over and 99% of us were well on our way to DB before the National Anthem started.

 

So as mentioned, my 1st ride of the night was Diamondback and I sat in an inner seat in the middle of the train and thought the ride was "just okay." I then hit the Beast in daylight hours which I haven't done in almost 20 years! It was "just okay" as well.

 

I then hit Italian Stunt Coaster and Vortex- both of which felt bumpier than last time I was here- and Stunt Coaster was having an issue with serious stack because it wasn't very busy and the crew was slow. Next I hit up Flight of Fear- which I thought was better than the last time I rode it even if my legs fell asleep. I was confused by Night Hawk's station as they were assigning seats but I got the front and for some reason I liked the ride better when it was green.

 

I noticed only one side of Racer was running so I skipped it. I wanted to ride Adventure Express- but ha forgotten its name and when I asked a guy in games where was "the coaster that ends with the lift hill past the dudes with the drums" he told me it was the Beast and tried to send me to the back of the park.

 

Adv. XPress felt rougher than last time too. On Invertigo a Ride Op three times my size (I am not that small) came by my seat and without any warning at all threw all of his weight into my already locked harness which hurt my chest- but I decided I was having too good of a day to bother with complaining.

 

While on that side of the park I watched as a supervisor was giving a tour to Haunt workers as he said fairly rude things about guests- this was on the way back to Line:The Ride aka Flight Deck.

 

It was now getting dark and I hit Drop Tower and Delirum on my way back towards Beast/DB for night rides. Before I did those again I rode the Crypt which was like 30 seconds long- we only went around 3 times- is that normal?

 

Night time on the Beast was awesome- especially as the trains were now running full- with only a 2-3 train wait- same as with DB. My 2nd run on DB was the back outside seat, then the front outside seat. When I was coming up to the station for my last ride of the night I was offered a seat in the front row but I said "I like it better in the rear" and promptly got six phone numbers.

 

Overall the night was great other than the large guy on Invertigo and the 30 second ride on Crypt everything was great and the ride crews on Beast and DB really played to the all-adult crowd creating a festive atmosphere. As far as DB is concerned- it the inner seats its a top 20 coaster- in the outer seats its a top 5!

 

I did the Ren Fest the next day and had a blast!

[Homeboy23]

I was confused by Night Hawk's station as they were assigning seats but I got the front and for some reason I liked the ride better when it was green.

 

They were doing the same when I was there in June. And this was when the park just opened for the day.