Ravings of an Intermittent Fool

I have now posted Paramount's Kings Islands photos from P&G Dividend Day 2003.

Overall it was a good trip. We had a nice large group and the threat of rain kept most people away from the park. Also, the cloudyness made for a relatively cool day. We got plenty of rides in across most of the rides in the park. The only downside was on the Backwards Racer. I was taking a few shots with my camera while on the ride (the camera was securely around my wrist) and the attendant got pissed and stopped the train at the top of the lift hill just so he could walk up and take my camera. I shot on a lot of the other rides and no one gave me any hassles. Oh well.

I did get to ride the new rides for this year, Delirium and Scooby's Haunted Castle. Delirium is a flat ride that is a big pendulum that rotates about 300 degrees of a complete circle. At the end of the pendulum is a round car seating about 40 - 50 people facing outward in over the shoulder restraints. As the ride rocks on the pendulumn, the car spins counterclockwise. Its a nice effect. The large circumfernce of the car plus the wheel turning relatively slowly made for some nice effects that just bordered on nausea for a few brief moments. If it spun any faster they might have to do some frequest cleanups at that ride.

The other new ride, Scooby's Haunted Castle is a dark ride in the style of Universal Studio's Men-In-Black ride. While not as elaborate as the MIB ride, King's Island did do a good job hear with nice sets, "mini-Mystery Machine" ride vehicles and decent plot. The ride is probably good enough to go through without playing the laser tag game. With that said, MIB is better because of the faster moving ride and the multiple endings. Scooby's wins points for having better targets and an in-car scoring system that is easy to see.