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Longer than it was on July 8th, 2008 at 3:39pm Blast! Foiled by time travel again!!

How long do you guys think the DB wait will be on July 8th, 2010 at 3:39 PM?

I plan on being a public dummy riding DB on April 18th.

Looks like 2 of the trains have been put away after a long hard day of testing.

So is the "Diamondback is rusting" tag line going to stick like "Magnum is sinking"?

Yeah, it's a nice day, they're running pretty much non-stop, and the cam isn't constantly freezing up.

^ Sweet catch. The splash is huge.

Check out this one. Got 2 trains on the track:

If they start showing up with goggles on, then we'll know they're staying. Or would that be gaggles?

That looks pretty permanent to me. The metal ones up closer look temporary.

Is that the word on the International Street?

What kind of direct feed do you have to the cam, raptor?

Oooo, I hope they don't put fish in the splash down. That could get ugly.

How about "poison purple".

Yeah, I'm assuming there are a lot of people hitting it to try and get a view of the splash.

Meh, I don't care if there's music, as long as it flips a lot like it did the last time I rode it. I'd probably actually prefer it to be outside and not themed at all. As long as it gives a good ride, I don't care what I'm listening to.

Okay, that's cool. Thanks for the response.

I'd like to go to Kennywood. I really need to go on a Pennsylvania coaster tour.

That's what I did as well, Tchu. I'm taking my receipt with me as well, just in case anything went screwy.

SOB is the scariest for me too. I don't know what new form of pain I'm going to discover after riding it.

I'd still like to ride some classics like Jack Rabbit, Thunderbolt, Racer (Kennywood), Giant Dipper, Blue Streak (Conneaut Lake) and Leap the Dips.

That's weird. My fiancee (who loves coasters and has ridden the same CP coasters as your dad) has told me that she's kind of freaked out by the look of it. I wonder what it is about DB that's freaking some people out.

Would it be okay to just post on here something like, "I asked Don if there was going to be a test today and he said 'yeah at 2:30.'"? You technically wouldn't be posting the e-mail, but you would be posting helpful information you received and stated a valid source.

I replied to this post in the DB construction thread originally but figured it would be more appropriate out here: Hey Ryan, I understand you wanting to keep personal e-mails from being posted on here, but wouldn't it be beneficial to the park and Don Helbig if he makes an announcement in an e-mail to post it here in hopes of preventing others from asking the same thing? For instance when members were wondering on here when testing would be or if they were testing on a certain day, someone sent him an e-mail and he answered. That member posted the answer on here which most likely stopped a lot of people from doing the same thing and e-mail spamming him with the same question. I mean, his answers from 1 person about the park are pretty much going to be universal for the entire world. If 100 people send him the same question, they're going to get the same answer. If 1 person e-mails him, posts it and those remaining 99 people see it; that's 99 e-mails he won't have to answer individually. But then, he's paid to do that so I understand that part and it's your site so it's your rules. I just wanted to give my 2 nickels. Thanks!

I'm interested in meeting you guys. I'm sure I'll be in line after the first riders finish, hopefully not too far back.