Photo TR: Reon's Roadtrips 2010

[Reon]

Yes, I'm conforming to the mass of users who make mega-threads about their theme parking ventures. FEAR MY GENERIC!

 

Anyways, a little about myself/plans before I start. My home park(s) are Kings Island, and the lesser known Coney Island Cincinnati, aswell as the epicness that is Strickers Grove...I guess Cedar Point too when I'm up at college. Anyways, I've been working for said Coney as a ride op and will be returning for the 5th year, so exspect lots of updates from the general Cincinnati area...and Cedar Point I guess. As for pictures, my camera prints too large for TPR, so until I can figure out how to resize, you will learn to settle with Photobucket. That, and I'll be backing up most of my reports on my FB...But enough about that, you only care about where I'm going this year...

 

Kings Island

Coney Island

Cedar Point

Strickers Grove

Holiday World

Kennywood

Six Flags America

Kings Dominion

Carowinds

Six Flags Over Georiga

Lake Winnie?

Waldameer

Six Flags Great America

???

 

But enough of intros, you came for the TRs and updates, right? Lets start with KI opening day...

 

For pretty much my entire life, KI opening day has been a traditional visit, and I wasn't about to let living 3 hours North of my hometown stop me...so I didn't. Dawning my magical TPR hoodie for the 2nd time (the 1st transported me to Cedar Point), I was instantly transported to Kings Island. Beating out all of the other major KI posters (Even the fabled JizzMan), I bring forth updates of 2010, and other pretty pictures for you to feast your eyes upon...

 

Backlot Stunt Coaster: Lights in the tunnel are now on, and the launch is so slow, I could swear that its going to rollback sometime this season. Other than that, you know the drill

Boo Blasters: AWESOME RETHEME

Race for your Life: A bit too violent, but it now gives an acceptable amount of wetness

Racer: The whole track got that double-plank-in-the-middle-of-the track treatment. Tis quite smooth now.

Other stuff: READ BELOW!!!!

 

Hi, LSHoF! It's been a while...

 

At this point, the line to get my pass processed was about 10 Miles long

 

Don't worry, I only have about half an hour to wait...I kid though, Staff was doing a great job trying to speed up the pass processing...process.

 

 

The park has been open for about half an hour, and Invertigo has valleyed....Vekoma Valley Count: 1

 

 

Of course, accompaning me today is one of my many Growlithes. Oh Pokemon, you are made of addiction and nostalgia.

 

And now for a flury of shots from the new Planet Snoopy. ENJOY THE COLOR SCHEMES

 

Creativity Fail

 

Better view of the car+Main ride sign

 

I like how the colors worked out on this one...

 

Some index lovin'

 

 

Any picture of Diamondback is a good picture

 

Another year, another tradition that I keep following. First ride of the season goes to my coaster twin, Vortex (1987 ride and I was born in 1987)

 

Vortex was actual moderately smooth, but it might have just been the fact that I rode 7-1.

 

Either way, its still very photogenic and made of win.

 

New for 2010: ZORBS!!!!

 

Somewhere in this old Eurobungy pad (Coney still has Eurobungy for all you fans) lies a pool of what I hope is water

 

How you doing, expired Nick liscence?

 

New for 2010: Intimidator 31

 

Not only have they made the trains universally colored, but they actually shortened them by one car during the day...

 

Has anyone ever noticed its now called Backlot Stunt Coaster? I'm just saying...

 

Hi expired liscence! Alternative caption: I just deliberatly avoided a signature shot TWICE!

 

SKLOOSH!...no wait. Also, apparently they added the 3rd car back on

 

The trains still have liscence plates.

 

 

A look at the front of the train

Crypt: The ride that USED to be cool. Atleast the queue music sounds good now...

 

I see you, LSHoF!

 

Still made of happy airtime, but the front doesn't seem to deliver as much as it used to...also, whats up with that one piece of track?

 

FLUME OF DOOM!...and now we narrate

 

SKLOOSH!

 

OHMYGODWHATTHECRACKSQUISHSLAM

 

Okay, were good now-Ooh, pretty theming!

 

But seriously, Race for Your Life has some nice theming until the ride actually starts.

 

Barbershop Quartet. Fancy.

 

Vekoma Valley Count: 2 The train did eventually move, but it sat dormant on the lift almost all day.

 

Ah, the power of changing letters around

 

I like the ghost up there. Boocifer aproves

 

How cute. How generic...

 

And then we zoom out. BBoBH is pretty cool though

 

It has $1 3-D....

 

...a new story....

 

...and Boocifer

 

Failed attempt at getting a shot of the cart. Overall, the ride's pretty fun. Yes there are cheesy/generic parts, and you can tell where they recycled old attractions. But once you get past that, its an awesome shooter with new tech like mist-projected holograms and such. I wont spoil it, but its worth checking out. Boocifer approves

 

Haha

 

Its like they aren't even TRYING to reopen it

 

New for 2010: A new cut path thingy in the 12 year long line to get to Flight Gun

 

Hey Guys. I'm one of the last of my kind...LOVE ME

 

This was kind of cool. Nice retheme

 

The old 4-D payride is now lockers for Racer...

 

Theming

 

Some transfer track porn.

 

Look at all those people queueing for JJ credits

 

...and I am among them

 

I think this is the longest line I have ever seen for Beast. 2 sections of switches were open+the one in the station...and they were running 2 train op

 

I have officially survived the closest thing I care to waiting for Beast back in the good ol' days....or a coaster event

 

New for 2010: ZOOOOOOOOLTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

 

And now we finish things off with some Tower shots. Because I care...sometimes

 

Partial SKLOOSH!

 

Enjoy this overview

 

Hi death-flume! You can tell the distinct line between where its themed and not. Also, it was closed by this point.

 

I really like the color scheme of Woodstock. Kind of RCT-ish, but it blends in perfectly with everything, especially the sky.

 

Hi waste of space! I hope you enjoy being a Beemer...or an Intamin...or something thats not a violent pile of wood...or a Pancake

 

I leave you with this pic of the new GWL slide. FAREWELL, DENIZENS OF THE INTERNETS!

 

ADMIN EDIT: I have added "Photo TR:" to the front of your title. In the future, make sure to add that to the from of your photo trip reports. Other than that, thanks for sharing this with us!

Edited May 19, 2010 by Reon

[tedten]

No mention of the lights being on in Big Lots Stunt Coaster? (laugh at my joke).

Anybody know if that's a permanent change?

or just for the day for some reason???

 

Great TR. Can't wait for more although I'm still grieving over your started but never finished Reon's 2009 Adventures that I was supposed to star in!!!

[Reon]

Where did that thread ever go anyways? I was looking for it to just continue my older threads, but I had to start a new one.

 

Also, I DID mention the tunnel on BS Coaster. Didn't you read the text above all the pics?

[tedten]

Actually, I did!

I think I read every sentence except that, haha.

[PKIDelirium]

1. What piece of track on Diamondback?

 

2. The new cut path in the Flight Deck line was installed prior to Haunt last year, to make things easier for the Club Blood queue.

 

3. lol, 29%

[Reon]

Apparently I was just uploading too fast, and completely missed putting that shot up. BEHOLD!

 

 

I'm talking about that white/faded/rusted part. I could understand it being from the water, but the section that gets the residual is the one right below it. Plus with the fact that the ride is barely a year old, the paint shouldn't be fading yet...

 

 

Also, thank you (?) jedimaster. I wasn't sure if I needed the "Photo TR" tag for something like this, since I haven't seen it on any of the other megathreads like the Brian and Adam Show or Big Mike....

[Emiroo]

Great report! I was disappointed that they didn't put a large Snoopy on a surfboard on top of Snoopy Surf Dog and I just don't understand why CF doesn't pop the $$$ to go buy some vinyl decals and skin/decal the BLSC cars. It could be flames, crazy Fast & Furious stuff, etc. It's practically free and would go a looong way to improve visual appeal. Heck, put RideWarrior stuff all over it if you like. Even that would be better than the naked cars.

 

I swear I am going to make it back to KI this season.

 

Oh and here's a free and easy to use Photo Resizer.

[PKIDelirium]

Hmm, that's odd. Looks kind of like what happened to the track on IJ at the splashdown.

[larrygator]

Also, thank you (?) jedimaster. I wasn't sure if I needed the "Photo TR" tag for something like this, since I haven't seen it on any of the other megathreads like the Brian and Adam Show or Big Mike....

 

While not mandatory you will get a lot more readers/viewers in this manner, as people like pictures. You will need to generate an audience to become a mega thread. Once people know what to expect from your thread you can change the title and remove Photo TR.

[Reon]

^Good point on that. I probabbly wont be able to show much until mid-May anyways...

 

Emiroo: Thanks! I'll try to resize them in the morning.

[ArizonaGuy]

Nice Photo TR. Lots of nice shots. Definitely one of my favorite parks.

[the ghost]

I am gonna agree with what Elissa said im the KI discussion thread. Boo Hills looks good, but it is no longer a little kids ride. Scooby Doo was a family ride, but I am assuming a lot of kids(around kristens age) could not ride Boo Hill, yet they could have ridden scooby doo.

[Reon]

Its kind of hard to say. There are still some little kid-ish props throughout the ride, but with all the strobe lights and skeletons and stuff, its definately a little bit more mature now.

[dragsterfan420]

Nice pics and captions Reon. BBoBH did loom to be a little more mature oriented when I saw the POV. I hope it has a chance of being liked as much as Scooby Doo was.

 

Look forward to the next installments.

[Reon]

Real quick update for you guys since I haven't posted anything here in a while....

 

First and foremost, the mid-July trip has been all but confirmed. It will be a coasters and anime convention tour leading up to Otakon and back to Knoxville, where my friend Doug who's joining this trip lives. Thanks to the ClubTPR card, we should be saving alot, though I wish there was some discount for Kennywood....Right now the schedual looks like this:

Wednesday: Kennywood

Thursday: Set up booth at Otakon and hit SFA

Friday/Saturday: Otakon

Sunday: Head to Kings Dominion and start there

Monday: Finish at Kings Dominion and head to Carowinds

Tuesday: SFOG, with a possible stop at Lake Winnie on the way back.

 

Secondly, I'm gonna head back to KI on Saturday, so I should be able to bring another update this weekend.

[bgwfreak777]

Dick would not approve of you using your Platinum Pass so much.

 

I think you'll enjoy Intimidator and I'm checking out its brother this weekend. Wait, was that the sound of an Intamin cable snapping?

[Reon]

^I'm just getting started

 

Quick KI update (no pictures), and general update. KI first...

 

I went up to the park on Saturday like promised, but the crowds were so bad I sort of came and went throughout the day. Got 3 rides on Diamondback (once each in front/middle/back). Just like I remembered from last year, theres no "bad" seat on our B&M hypercoaster friend..its more a preferance of WHERE you want you're airtime. After that, I waited for the rope to drop and got to be 1st rider of the day on Firehawk Not as fun as I remember from last year, but still one of my favorite flyers, and the front seat ride was always welcome...Next up was Flight of Fear x2, because its worth it. FoF was running with only the red light on, so it was mostly dark, and only light where it made the ride look like it was still themed. Blocks were on, but I actually LIKE going from a dead stop to falling sideways out of the seat, especially in the front. Then I went back to BS Coaster to see if opening day was a fluke....yes. 1st launch was much faster, and all the effects were on. Thats when crowds got huge. I went on a few more coasters of little to no consiquence, confirmed SoB being history, and left after a few rides on BBoBH (its so much fun,and a full line takes maybe 20 minutes to get through). Huge crowds+Good weather+Saturday+Groups=Me not staying that long, but mission accomplished.

 

 

And now for the other update: I'm making my first Cedar Point trip of the season on Thursday. Will probabbly be sporting ye olde magic TPR hoddie unless its too hot, and probabbly some sort of coaster appeal. If I can finalize plans by tonight, I'll also be adding on an excursion to Waldameer on friday

[Reon]

So I've noticed that this thread has got no loving at all. I know I haven't updated in a while, but thats mainly because no one checks out when I DO update...Anyways, I've had quite a few trips since last time, and I'm about to embark on another one today. I'd like for you all to pick what I post first (aside from the daily updates on today's trip.) Your choices are as follows:

 

Holiwood Nights

Waldameer

Kennywood

More KI/Coney Island updates

 

As for today's plan, I'll get a new Coney update up later. Today, Vans Warped Tour comes to town, so the Island should get interesting. Then, I travel up to Knoxville to start off my week long journey. Photos later for obvious reasons.