One first of two rides that scared me as a young kid. I remember my sister and her friends always wanting to go on it. It would be the first ride she would go on to get her adrenaline going.
I would sit there some times impatiently waiting to get to the rides I could handle.
Most of the time the lines went fast on the account of this ride being a ship. A number of people could fit on this ride.
There is a place to put your personal belongings, but not everyone felt comfortable doing that. Even back then, King's Dominion is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
Nevertheless, I remember people losing their pocket change on this ride all the time. If you want to get do you want to get technical and nasty, some people would spit or hocking loogies, while upside down. It would be timed so when one spits, the ship was on it's way down so someone would get hit by it. I have come close to getting hit by some one doing this. The person was lucky to get away from me.
One of the last times I went on this ride, some one vomited and that kinda ended it for me. I wasn't hit be the vomit, but it ruined someone's morning.
I don't know why I was a scaredy cat for a number of years as a kid, but I am glad I developed a stomach for this ride, because it is one of the better starter rides out there. This kiddie ride that I see parents and kids go on, suck. Once you experience The Berserker in all of its heavenly glory, there no going back to the cheap imitation versions of this ride. read more