Would Anyone Be Interested In Reading About My Kings Island OCs? I Have A Funky Little Itch To Talk About

Would anyone be interested in reading about my Kings Island OCs? I have a funky little itch to talk about them, but I don't want to ramble if nobody's interested lol

The entire time I was in the queue for this ride, the main thought going through my mind was "this doesn't feel real." I've been following the entire construction process of this coaster since it was pretty much first announced, and I've seen the animated POV so many times that when I was watching it go by with real people in it, it almost looked fake. It wasn't until I was sitting in the train myself that it truly hit me that this thing was REAL and I was getting to ride it after all of that time watching it get built. And it was so much fun!

10/10 family coaster in my opinion. Vekoma made a damn good ride and Kings Island put in some damn good theming! You can't see it in any of these photos, but there's a moving Snoopy figure waving a green flag over top of the station at the first lift, so that's pretty awesome. Also the station audio telling you to keep your limbs in the train and stuff is essentially a race commentary! I feel honored to call this ride my 31st coaster credit!

(Images taken May 27, 2024)

Prepare thyselves for SeaWorld posts soon! I've ridden Journey to Atlantis, Mako, and Manta so far and I can't wait to get on everything else!!!

(I'll give you guys a list of the coasters I've ridden today at the end of the day!)

Thank you to the one person who voted on the poll, because that means we're doing a Busch Gardens post first, and we're starting off strong! I present to you my photos of Kumba!

I'm honestly a little disappointed with myself that I never took a video of it going by because it indeed lives up to its name - it's LOUD! But in a good way! It's truly just an amplification of the B&M roar that I'm already familiar with, but you can hear exactly how and where the sound is echoing through the hollow track - sounding like an ambient growl - as the train passes and it's so cool!

Also I'm not kidding at all when I say that Kumba's roar is loud. We were in a different section of the park & I could hear it still in the distance. It was awesome!

And while I'm at it, I should also mention that it's not just the sound that's great, but the ride experience. One of those inversions (I think maybe the dive loop) was 100% the whippiest inversion I've ever experienced in my life. I was loving every second!!!

(Images taken June 3, 2024)

Today's new credits include:

Journey to Atlantis - #32

Mako - #33

Manta - #34

Ice Breaker - #35

Kraken - #36

Pipeline the Surf Coaster - #37

Super Grover's Box Car Derby - #38

Today has been absolutely wonderful. I got to experience a bunch of new kinds of roller coasters that I've never gotten the chance to go on until today (water, flying, floorless, surf/stand-up), which I qualify as an absolute win! My day at SeaWorld Orlando has been a blast, and I can't wait for tomorrow at Busch Gardens Tampa!

I'm really sad that I didn't get more/better pictures of Mako - SeaWorld Orlando's B&M Hyper Coaster - but here's what I do have! It's a beautiful coaster with a multi-colored track and unique seven-car trains, the front of which looks like a shark head. Believe it or not, Mako was actually my favorite coaster at SeaWorld! The B&M Hyper! My favorite! Believe me, I was shocked too!

I think what sets this coaster apart from Diamondback and Orion is the layout. It's as though it's the two of them combined. You have the first section that's like Diamondback with massive camelback airtime hills and a horseshoe turn taking you back through the L-shaped out-and-back layout (around a lake!), and then you have the section after the midcourse break run that's still speedy, but also low to the ground, taking you around more forceful sweeping turns like on Orion, ending it off on a helix like the both of them. It was so much fun!

And interestingly enough, I never felt nervous when I was in line! Maybe it's just Orion and Diamondback that make me nervous then...

(Images taken June 2, 2024)