Kings Island Vlog June 2019
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- In this vlog we head to Kings Island in Ohio for the first time! We share our full review from the park including our thoughts on the 14 different roller coasters on offer.. Kings Island opened back in 1972 and has since grown to be the home of a fantastic variety of thrilling and family rides.
In this video we share our thoughts on The Beast, Mystic Timbers, Banshee and many more bucket list coasters. We also have a funny moment on a kids coaster, wait hours for a storm to pass and much more. As you'll see throughout this vlog we had a fantastic day enjoying the high amount of coasters on offer, however our day took a turn for the worse towards the end!
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You three bribing that kid with ice cream to get the kiddie coaster cred was the funniest thing I've seen in a while !
We appreciated it so much, it was very kind of him to ride with us all!
@@i_make_shite_content whys that?
USA Customs: Anything to declare?
Shawn: ThEmE PaRK WoRLdwiDE oN YoUTube
Check it out!
Love this!
Kings Island still runs fire on Backlot, it just wasn’t on that day due to the weather
I have to say this kid, Tevon, was a great sport! He rode this ride with you old guys 6 times. LOL!!!!! How sweet was this baby!
He was fantastic and we really appreciated it!
That boy rode 6 times around so you 3 could get the credit. Lol. Good hearted young man. I'm loving these vlogs💙! It dropped just when I got home from work, 2:30m California time. God bless and keep the vlogs Coming. PS, neat fact: the American tv show the Brady Bunch filmed a crazy episode there!!! I'm
It was indeed very kind of him and we very much appreciate it!
Yes, thx for giving the bat some love
We loved it!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide Kings Island is my home park but it dosent lack in its very nostalgic coaster lineup from the racer having a backwards train and the Brady bunch roller coaster, to the dark ride boo blasters being a Caripro coaster. I hope you sometime come back and we could meet up
Jeeez... the ammount of content you put out on UA-cam is staggering!! All that work.... Appreciate it!
Thank you for your kind words and support!
Shawn what happened to the old logo
Alex's musicality dancing to you cant stop the beat is honestly EVERYTHING
I knew you would love the Beast. I just wish you could been there to experience the ride back in 1980 when I rode it the first time. I rode it at night in the rain. It was unbelievable.
Rode it in 1980 and again tonight in 2021. So fantastic at night. No moon so couldn’t see a thing a big portion of the ride. A shame they close it temporarily for fireworks, gone are the days you could get in several summer night rides in a row it appears. But on the flip side it was cool meeting people in the still line anticipating the grand finale to a great roller coaster evening.
I hope these guys can make it back, perhaps after the Vortex vacancy gets a new coaster. Orion, Beast night and tbd Vortex spot should make it worth their while.
GOod morning, good morning!
It's such a wonderful day!
Good morning, good morning!
It's time for King's Island, yay!
The fountains are getting better with every park!
We saw some epic fountains on this trip!
Weirdest review of Diamondback I’ve ever heard lol I’m perplexed.
I know right! Diamonback is a staple top 10 in the Golden Ticket awards. Also baffling is Shawn's Mystic Timbers review. Many people consider it the best coaster in the park. Coasters are subjective though:)
@@carlgibbons5777 Rides run differently on different day depending upon a variety of things. Keep in mind that they did not ride it at night.
@@carlgibbons5777 Golden Ticket awards mean nothing haha, too American biased and it's always the same top 10 in general. Publicity stunt vs something legitimate.
@@carlgibbons5777 lol golden tickets mean nothing
The original Bat used the station that the Vortex uses. It was the 1st Arrow suspended coaster. It was too intense and was tearing itself apart, which was why it closed, not due being unpopular. The current Bat was originally named Top Gun after the Paramount movie. But after Cedar Fair bought them they changed the name to celebrate its predecessor. (After calling it Flight Deck for a bit)
It wasn't too intense. It was just designed poorly. That faulty design by not bothering to bank the turns is what lead the original bat to tear itself apart
Thanks for the information!
@@Posirep Was lucky enough to ride it a few times. Those "decapitation" rumors for decades were ridiculous. SO MANY people believed it. Including me. SMH #UrbanLegend
Man don't I love staying up until 2 am and then going to sle- oh nope new vid sorry sleep schedule I gotta watch
We hope you enjoyed the vlog!
Being denied a night ride on The Beast has been known to negatively affect one’s mental state. Not only is the ride a physical beast, it is also an emotional one.
It is indeed, we were gutted!
It would have been hard for them to get one anyway... On days where there are fireworks the Beast closes the queue 30 mintues early and then for about 45 minutes if you have made it in the queue and you have to stand in line and wait for the show to finish so they would have gotten one but at like 11pm and only IF they would know to get in the line a half hour early.... Also as far as the park goes I like Kings Island. It isn't the greatest park as I feel most of the coasters are overrated there but there is a TON to do and the park is well kept, looks nice, has good food options, and some high quality flats and operations.
Shawn you have encouraged me to go on more coaster trips! Thank you for all that you do. My mate and I are gonna do a 5 park trip in Pennsylvania and New Jersey...Can't wait!
Try to have a one day break between major parks if you can. It really helps
Have a fantastic trip!
I grew up by KI and would visit Cedar Point every summer. Wasn't until i recently got into coaster did I realize how lucky I was.
I didn't ride The Beast till I was 44 yrs old, The Beast is a giant feat of engineering that was built in 1978.
@@lowlifeangler the beast was my first credit, I was about 8?#coasterprivilege
@@okokukok my first credit was like a Pinfari Zyklon :-|
I go to kings island every year
I was at the park that day and left before the evening storm. I wish I would have stayed to see the bright fireworks against the dark, ominous clouds. That looked really cool - thanks for filming it!
I saw more stars on Backlot Stunt Coaster than I did on I305! I305 was definitely 'more intense' but I agree, what a surprise that helix was!!
You can't stop the beat from Hairspray was what Alex was dancing to
Alex doing "Uptown Girl"..... he's flipped!
You guys were able to do all of the coasters with no lines at all, I think saying at the end that people should skip the park completely because you couldn't have a night ride on The Beast was a little too harsh, imo. But anyways, very nice vlog, loving the trip so far!
I appreciate your feedback and sorry that you feel this way. At the time we were very annoyed with the lack of communication from the park. I completely understand storms can be nasty however it had long past over 90 minutes before the original park closing time. They also ran a firework display which proves that the weather was fine to continue the park operation!
The original bat was where vortex was.
The second bat opened as "top gun" and was rethemed to coincide with banshee and pay homage to the earlier ride
Just on my 3rd watch of the America Mega trip vlogs,this is one of my favourites,I’ll remember watching this content when I’m old and wrinkly guys ,mad respect Shawn! Thankyou.
Just woke up and this vlog is out? It’s gonna be a good day 👌🏻
Such a sweet comment...
We hope you enjoyed it!
@@GeorgeT370 simp
I absolutely love your videos and infectious enthusiasm you both have. Can't wait for Cedar Point video.
Thank you!
38:07 loving Alex's cover of uptown girl. Come on guys - Up charge rides !!!
Up charge rides on the TPW official album!
Hello! This is Austin and Emily. We rode Adventure Express with you guys! We really hope you guys enjoyed Kings Island! We are sorry again for our Bipolar State weather! We really wished the weather hold back so we would of rode The Beast at night but it didn't and again we are sorry! But it was so much fun and nice to meet you guys! We hope to see you guys in the future! Maybe we will be at your guys parks over in UK! We love your guys videos and keep the good work up!
It was great to meet you and thanks for saying hello!
that GCI sounded like the smiler
Mystic Timbers is a wooden coaster 😂
His review when he got off made it sound like he rode the Smiler lol
John Knueve oh my bad lol
I was disappointed with it sadly
I live by there so I practically go every day. Its amazing!!
when i was a kid back in the 70s, kings island had all of the HANNA BARBERA characters...the flintstones, scooby doo, the jetsons, yogi bear etc. it was great along with the hanna barbera ride!!!! better than its a small world.
I can't wait to see the carowinds vlog
These two guys after every ride: aWwWw ThAt wAs TeRrIbLe!
We enjoyed many rides across the day, however we'll always be honest with our opinions!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide lol I was just playing around I understand it was a good video👌👌
Tbf I don’t see why you wouldn’t recommend kings island, it had great operations and they probably don’t close early often and they have 3 train opps and all the rides were open.
Was disappointed by most the rides though
I appreciate your feedback and sorry that you feel this way. At the time we were very annoyed with the lack of communication from the park. I completely understand storms can be nasty however it had long past over 90 minutes before the original park closing time. They also ran a firework display which proves that the weather was fine to continue the park operation!
Theme Park Worldwide yeah I think it’s ridiculous aswell I would’ve been frustrated. Don’t need to apologise, it’s your opinion and I’ve never been to KI so what am I to say?
I understand why they were upset... it was kind of shitty... but Kings Island's a great park. You can't EVER judge a park by ONE experience... like I explained in my comment to them about Cedar Point... you can visit ANY park on a bad day. But Kings Island usually goes above and beyond to do right by their guests. I went there one time in september, back before the internet was popular... and unbeknownst to me, the park was closed to the public that day because they were having "GE day"... which is a day where they only let in employees of General Electric... Kings Island is a 4 hour drive for me... and when I told them that I'd driven 4 hours to get there... they talked to management and let us in anyway... for free.... it was one of the coolest thing any park has ever done for me. I thought it was just absolutely above and beyond the call of duty.... and best of all.. because of the public closing... there were ZERO lines... we rode coasters til we turned green lol. Probably my best day ever at a theme park that started completely awful.
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival wow that sounds amazing
Ik y’all see Alex dancing in the background
Nice video to watch with my morning coffee ! thank's lads ;-)
I'm a huge fan of you and you're channel and i admire your honesty of parks but in the cold light of day, do you think you you've been a tad harsh on this one? Shutting an hour early isn't the end of the world when the park has already been open 11 hours with 3 train operations on the major rides. Imagine Americans coming over to visit AT and finding it shutting at 4 - now that's a disaster. In an ideal world Kings is a 2 day+ park anyway so like i say maybe a bit harsh.
It wasn't just the fact that the park shut early. It was the fact that there was no reason why from the staff, or anyone saying sorry. See my comment above on Hershey park.
It's a big deal when a night ride on the Beast is legendary and on the top of most every enthusiasts list and they didn't get that opportunity for no real reason. One of the first things they said on the blog is they are hanging around the park all day just for that specific reason.
I'd be annoyed too.
I appreciate your feedback and sorry that you feel this way. At the time we were very annoyed with the lack of communication from the park. I completely understand storms can be nasty however it had long past over 90 minutes before the original park closing time. They also ran a firework display which proves that the weather was fine to continue the park operation!
Ima big fan of u...u should come to carowinds
Theme Park Worldwide That really isn’t good. I think something needs to happen
"I'm looking forward to a nice B&M to start the day"...Priceless! I'm dying I'm laughing so hard!
Shawn, I love what you do and you're content is great, but man oh man I think you guys were way, waay too harsh at the end there. I understand being upset over not getting any night rides and sent away early but as you know things happen, such as weather. Yeah the weather was clearing up and perhaps they could've kept it open longer but considering how you talked about understanding the reasoning and even talking with operations themselves I feel as if the harshness towards the end was really unnecessary, talking about skipping Kings Island on USA trips because weather is just something else.
Facts.
Exactly!
Remember this is from the point of view of tourist from abroad. Unless you have lots of time, it would probably make sense to skip a park with questionable operations. I don't think you'd see something like this at Europa Park or Tokyo Disney. Cedar Fair could do better with communication.
@@clarapfeiffer7172 That's a shame, did they say why?
@@ThemeParkOgre From an operations standpoint, no way is Kings Island "questionable". Cedar Point is waaay worse about closing for weather, with practically everything closing for a little rain.
So excited when I saw this video!
This is one of my most anticipated videos of the year!
I love waking up in the morning and seeing a notification on my phone for a new TPW video. Always puts me in a good mood🤗💙
great great fun!! so glad you guys are having the best time!!
Lovely ... Theme Park Worldwide on UA-cam. Well planned Shawn
I believe that's me on the right of the seventh row of Diamondback in the first station shot. I really wish I had just looked to my left and realised I could meet you in person.
My morning sorted mate cheers lol hope your having a blast you’s two 😎
We did indeed!
I seen you guys in black pool today ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
We hope you had a good day!
Awesome video!
With all the American vloggers and their constant visits to Disney, it's so nice to see someone going to the other awesome parks we have here in America.
Thank you, we enjoyed visiting a good mix of parks on this trip!
Alex was giving me good vibrations.....goood...good...good vibrations, ha, ha. Loving all the vlogs from this road trip guys.
Thanks Derek!
I am from Georgia and visited kings island in October of 2019 and had the WORST experience. For one it was crowded as heck. I only visited for a day and only rode 4 rides (diamondback, mystic, delirium, and banshee.) It was about an hour wait for delirium, 2 in a half hour wait for banshee, 30 minute wait for diamondback, and 45 minute wait for mystic timbers. I was sad because I really wanted to ride the beast but it was a three hour wait. It was like 30 degrees and I am from the south so I am used to warm weather. I am visiting again in June including Cedar Point. Hopefully the corona virus is over by then.
The bat train is what the vampire trains used to be like before they changed to what they have now!!! Xxxx
It is indeed!
I can't help but think that some of the more underwhelming parks in the US have given Shawn and Alex a renewed appreciation for Alton Towers
Definitely so!
Such a shame at the end, I really hope the park sees this video or takes notice of the complaints I can only assume they got, and hopefully improve on things.
Great video all the same though guys, I'm really enjoying watching everything from this trip😁
Let's hope so, thanks for watching!
awwwwwww, you finally made it to my home state of OHIO home to two of the greatest theme parks in the usa...KINGS ISLAND and CEDAR POINT. K.I. being my favorite as a child.
From the brilliant kid to the shocking management. I hope you and every visitor got their apologies. Keep up the good work.
I never comment on poses for Thumbnails but man that is a great pose for a great park!
I loved The Beast photo point!
The Bat reminds me a lot of the old Big Bad Wolf that used to be in Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA
I miss the Big Bad Wolf!
Well it's the exact same kind of coaster made by the same company so it should.
Also it was way better than Verbolten
@Carlover88 Z like no, Bat from early 80s had maintenance problems, The Bat now used to named Top Gun then Flight Deck
This park looks amazing. 😀😀😀😃😃😀😀😃😃
These USA trip vlogs are THE BEST!
Thanks Tim!
Cedar fair neutered the beast. The old girl had trims always on the hills. But you didn't feel them as much at all. They switched to mag brakes.
Prior the maintenence would adjust the height of the trims using various objects like paint cans.
Some real interesting thoughts here with enthusiasts having bad days at Kings Island. I have never had a bad visit here and I hope its not a trend and just bad luck That weather policy in US parks is annoying. Six Flags seem to be the worse for that though and I am gutted you never got to ride Beast in the dark. Still glad you love Bat and Vortex, I love them to bits.
There's some great rides at this park however it's a shame that the bad weather came in which caused the issues for us at the end!
Saturday upload of a kings island vlog thats my morning off work sorted as always pleasure to join you guys on this trip looking forward to planning my own! think ill avoid Texas though!
Thanks for watching!
that's a really good entrance view.
That kid was amazing :D What a sports.
He was indeed, very kind of him!
when Cedar fair buys a park... improvements begin... Kings Island used to be like a six flags... same as Carowinds.... but now they're both so much better
Like the way they improved Geauga Lake? F
Me and The Snit ... ages ago... Cleve goes to Cedar Point... it was competing with itself
My hometown park, a classic
Shame about the beast we rode it 11-30pm it was awesome and love kings island one of the best
Another great looking park. One of those parks that's on my bucket list. Coasters are fantastic
Your videos are fun to watch. Kings island is my home park. I'm there around 30 times a year.
Loved the ET music playing when you stood in front of the Eiffel Tower towards the end of the vlog! Wonder how Universal would feel about that...
Been here once when my kids were younger and they loved that kids area. Bummed you didn’t have a better visit but glad you got all the coasters in. Thanks for sharing and being honest as always.
We'll always be honest and share our full thoughts!
The kiddie coaster bit is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a while lol that's pretty cool ❤
I got to go on the Beast in 1979 the first year it opened, my father took us there, I was 10 yrs old. I planning on going back this summer for the first time since then. I can't wait to see how the Beast has held up.
On the one hand I absolutely enjoy following you and alex via those vlogs....on the other hand: The more I see, the less I feel I need to go to America for amusement- and themeparks. The more I see the more I appreciate what we have here in Europe...talking about "full experiences", operations and so on...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We experienced some excellent parks on this trip however also some parks that we wouldn't return to in a hurry!
The things us coaster enthusiasts do for the creds 😂
Another awesome vlog again Shawn keep up with the awesome videos
I never knew anyone that had this bad of a day at Kings Island. In all of my experiences coming here, I've had some of the best days of my life! I think that most of the coasters are in the top 3 of their respective coaster type/model. I view the park staff to be wonderful here (and all Cedar Fair parks for that matter), and the park has such an amazing atmosphere and charm!
I understand that you are upset at the park closing an hour early, but there are many parks across the US that will close early if weather is severely bad. Cedar Fair parks, Six Flags parks, Busch/SeaWorld parks, Disney parks, Universal parks.... you name it, they will close earlier than scheduled if they have to. I highly reccomened you give this park another try in the near future, especially with that rumored giga coaster making its way in 2020.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
“giga” 🤣🤣🤣
YES! Fantastic Vlog as always! #Giga2020 hopefully you will return next year for their new coaster
Thank you!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide 😊😊
I’m sorry you two had a poor visit. Usually this park always impresses me, but what you two went through wasn’t that great. At least it’s still better than six flags lol
Anything is better than Six Flags!
Screw Six flags lol... they were almost the death of Kentucky Kingdom... nothing worse can happen to a park (outside of just closing) than being bought by Six Flags... They're like the freakin' ghetto of theme parks lol
6 flags completely lied about Astroworld and why they were closing it down. New mgmt. sighted dwindling attendance numbers. I howled laughing at that one. Many U S A parks have walk on rides. I remember 2 months before the flags closed Astroworld, we waited over an hour for one of the worst log flumes in history. The Bamboo Shoot. A boring Arrow one hit wonder. 45 minutes for Swat and Serial Thriller.The last coaster they actually built from the ground up (not moved from another park) was the Texas Giant. They transferred in: Serial Thriller, Batman, Ultra Twister, Taz' Texas Tornado, Greased Lightning, and Viper. Texas Giant was the #1 coaster anywhere, for several years. A duplicate of the original at Coney Island. If fact, they were gonna move the original to Astroworld, but it proved to be too costly, so they built one themselves, but bigger.
That park never stood a chance. Had they expanded with a hyper or giga; hired more security and kept up the appearance, it would be a top five, 6 flags park right now. With over 4 million residents, the tourism was built in. NASA, Galveston, Zoo, Museums, Sports, Astrodome, etc...The land was supposed to be sold to make stockholders a ton of $$$. Well, the land still sits....empty. Wish I could buy the land and start over! So, there are great theme and amusement parks in most of America's 50 biggest cities and small areas like Pigeon Forge, Santa Clause, etc... We have 2 great, small parks. One on Galveston Bay in Kemah and one on a pier over the Gulf Of Mexico in Galveston. They include a great woodie (CCI I think) called the Boardwalk Bullet and a Gerstlauer Euro(I think) over the Gulf, but no Astroworld. We have a promised, massive tourist/recreation area that eventually will have a theme park that will open w/ 5 class coasters. Hmmmmph. We'll see. Supposed to have opened several years ago. Called Texas Grand. A water recreation area, campground and speedway are opening now. We shall see. It's way out in the NE suburbs.
Great start, sad ending😔. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻
When shawn gets dripped on lol!
Amazing vid. Can’t wait for the Cedar Point vid
Theme heme park Worldwide is one of the only things that could get me up at 3 in the morning. It seems like a lot of American parks opened between 19 71-1974. Maybe it was due to the new rides Arrow was coming out with. it's always interesting to see the assortment of rides through the years that were trending at different times. Everyone seems to have their own version. Paramount owned two popular American TV shows at the time, The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family which had famous episodes filmed there. The Brady Bunch kids were almost killed on The Racer because of a mounted camera that came off the front of the train.
Thanks for watching and also for sharing some information about the park
Vest restraints are bad
Classic Shawn wearing jeans
the beast is a legend....iconic
Shame you didn’t like Banshee and Racer. I rode Banshee in the back and it was super intense and had amazing hangtime, and I got a smooth ride on Racer, and great airtime. Hopefully you can ride it again!
I really hope you get back there. Amazing park when it’s not raining.
I don’t blame you for being upset. A night ride on The Beast is the best thing about the park. Probably my favorite coaster experience ever. I don’t understand why they don’t stay open later to have more night rides.
Please give kings island another chance next year please I have went there for 30 years I agree They have there problems but a great park still just needs more love.
I would like to give it another go, at the time we were just very upset with how it was handled!
Koaster kidssssss! I love his videos. So happy you got to meet him.
He’s met him at Fun Spot Orlando back in 2016
Metalhead Coaster Fan . Oh cool! I wasn’t a coaster enthusiast yet so I didn’t really watch this stuff then. Thanks for the info
Logan sure is great!
Great vlog guys! Nice to see Brett again!
Wow that fireworks display was tragic 😂😳
Thank you, it was awful!
Just watched this for the 2nd time in a row... can’t wait for this Saturday (may 8)! I’ll be goin to KI myself! Also, thanks for the great content Shawn keep it up!
I can’t wait to get back!
9:37 "4 years of Terror" 🤣
I'm so sad for you that you missed the BEAST at NIGHT. Believe me, it's an unforgettable experience. You HAVE TO GO BACK !
I'm sure we will do in the future!
The blue side of the racers used to go backwards, but yeah they've declined significantly. As a local, I dont ride it when I'm in.
There was nothing more fun that riding the racer backwards at night... I used to love that... I don't know why they changed it... I thought that was the coolest part about the racers
Racer is not rough vortex is so painful 😣
Vortex is fine but some rough parts, just keep your head back
I hear that Vortex is running a lot smoother than it once did... I don't know if they did some track work, some train work, or what.. but thats what a lot of people have been saying. It's a little rough on the ears and neck.. but I still think its a classic ride... one of the best Arrow custom loopers ever built in my opinion
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival it transitions are a little jerky, and the batwing is a little rough
I think you just got unlucky on Backlot Stunt Track. Its the last one to have any effect.. and it usually still has fire and the helicopter sound/ visual effects.
It used to also have on-board audio, fake splashdown, and best of all... water canons that would "explode" the petrol barrels after the fire explosion.. it would give you a proper jumpscare from the sound alone. It was great.
The pumpkin coaster made me lol
Bit suprised that you wouldn't visit again as on all US theme parks hours and operating hours are subject too change on a day too day basis
At the time we were very annoyed with the lack of communication from the park. I completely understand storms can be nasty however it had long past over 90 minutes before the original park closing time. They also ran a firework display which proves that the weather was fine to continue the park operation!
Always intregued to see what the shops offer. Its great that you get people well fans to show you round the parks. Another awesome vlog.
Another thing on the bat. It used to be called Top Gun. Was themed to the movie
Ur my fave youtuber
Thanks!