![]() ![]() ![]() An oldies song plays on an old radio – for a long time, mind you. First, against a warning not to go in the shed, your train pulls into an old dusty shed with work clothes and tools. Then comes the “shed.” If you don’t want spoilers, I guess, skip ahead. Then the rest of the ride is fast, dips wonderfully over the river raft ride, and offers a ton of airtime. The queue winds through an abandoned wood mill, then when you board your train, the lift hill feels like it might not make it, changing speeds erratically. Mystic Timbers is a newer wooden coaster with a #whatsintheshed story element at the end that honestly really detracts from how good the rest of the coaster is. There doesn’t seem to be a good time to catch it, so no wonder folks use the Fastlane to ride, but it sure does slow things down for everyone else. I rode first thing in the morning the second time, and it was still an hour wait. The first time I rode, it took an hour and a half from putting my stuff in a locker to getting it back out. And Fastlane users make the line for this ride go SO slow. They may not be using the indoor queue due to Covid, but I feel it’s more likely that they don’t use it to accommodate Fastlane users from another entrance. I wish I had got pictures inside! It’s really cool. Flight of Fear entrance the outside queue they use instead of letting you into the AC Outside Flight of Fear. A video plays inside that sets up the story of the UFO, but you don’t stand inside long enough to see the whole thing. However, there is loads of interior queue line inside the hangar – where the air conditioning is – that they didn’t open up. The line takes you through the UFO, which is definitely fun. One of the best sights during the experience is when you enter the hangar and see the UFO for the first time. Adventure Express is the park’s mine train ride, found along a boardwalk to a large covered-bridge-like loading dock.įlight of Fear really trades on atmosphere. It makes it feel like you’re deep in the jungle, or far from the crowds around the Festhaus, at least. Kings Island does an excellent job of tucking rides into various pockets of the woods. It’s a strong, quick ride, and I like that the line is shaded. And it’s fun to be in the first AND last seat on the train at the same time, depending on which direction the train is moving. The inside seats face each other, so I prefer an outside seat. But this boomerang is big enough and fast enough to be exciting. Invertigo is a suspended shuttle coaster, which I usually don’t like so much. The Racer’s classically styled entrance Orion & The Racer from the Eiffel Tower And sometimes (or at least, it used to) run with one train backward, which would be a lot of fun. But that ending, though! I’m still somewhat mad about it. It even races, which isn’t always true of racing coasters these days. My disappointments aside, The Racer is a substantial wooden coaster with a good ride and decent thrills. (But also make these coasters a challenge to keep in working condition.) The ones I’ve ridden recently – like Iron Dragon at Cedar Point – lack that fun back & forth swinging action that really makes these fun. This feeling probably stems from a great experience on the Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens Williamsburg way back. I keep thinking that I love these old-style suspended coasters like The Bat. Flying Ace Aerial Chase is a tame family suspended coaster #11 – The Bat And the ride operator made a great Banshee joke while dispatching the ride, so extra points for that. It’s very similar (maybe the same?) as Kiddie Hawk at Carowinds, though Aerial Chase didn’t bang my head around as much. The third children’s coaster, Snoopy’s Flying Ace Aerial Chase, is a scaled-down suspended coaster that adults can also ride. And it’s a reasonably large & long ride for a kid’s coaster, just without any significant drops in its figure-8 layout. I think the biggest thrill here is watching the little bitties ride by themselves and get their first coaster thrill. Now getting to coasters, I actually experienced! Woodstock Express is a super cute, tiny person’s wooden roller coaster. The Surf Dog, which may or may not actually be a roller coaster ![]()
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