Kings Island
Kings Mills, Ohio
June 3, 2009
Page Four




Along with the changed cars even more of this ride's theming has disappeared.  There's no more splashdown at the end, the headlights are off, no more soundtrack and so on and so on.  It's not due to any lawsuits or park ownership changes but more to budgets as things break and as they're not essential to the ride like some of the effects that were used to make it feel like the helicopter was shooting at you so when they go down they get cut.



This is a Troika.  It's called Shake Rattle and Roll and for years I have avoided these rides as, well to any reader of this site knows I do not handle spinning the best.  Last year my sister-in-law Heloisa guilted me onto the one at Six Flags Great America and I loved it.  I tried to get Bond on it later that day but it broke down so we had to wait for him to try one.



Like 99.99999% of the rides out there that I try to get him on he was nervous to try a Troika but after a few seconds of the ride he loved it.  So whenever we passed it Bond hopped on for a ride and when I was able to I joined him as I have to take what spinners that I can take in moderation.



With Bond's love affair with old school Arrow Dynamics designed looping coasters we had to stop by Vortex.  We head banged like usual and then hopped off of it; thankfully for my sake, for the last time that day.



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