I don't think you can bring lawn chairs into the dry park...

Terpy said flatly...

I noticed a lot of yellow supports behind the Son of Beast tonight

Sooo...did anyone else notice that the helix on the model is flipped the opposite way? The animations have it away from the lift and the model has it towards the lift...hmmm. Or am I just seeing things?

But who ever said that the cannons on maverick were to simulate a horse running through water...I believe that they were intended to be simulating being shot at. Since the name maverick kind of has to do with a thief.

That would be my children who suggested that.... They're 8 and 9, give them a break, at least until they're old enough to post on their own... When I'm sure they will be ornery... My 9 year old already told me his screen name will be BavarianBeatleIsATroll.... LOL!!

Perfectly Understood. I was just putting that out there as a little tidbit...sorry if you thought I was correcting you

It just dawned on me that Kings Island had a (now defunct) coaster named King Cobra..

now they are naming the new one Diamondback..

KI seems to want a snake theme somewhere in their park.. maybe I'm the only one who noticed?..

I kind of doubt it.

The Park Strikes Back in 2009!

I don't think you can bring lawn chairs into the dry park...

Terpy said flatly...

I've been crushed.

I kind of doubt it.

The Park Strikes Back in 2009!

I do know that I've only been on 2 B&M coasters, neither one of them a hyper (I know, my coaster count is still pretty low).

Either way, I can't wait until the park strikes back! I only live an hour from KI. I am really excited about this coaster.

I don't think you can bring lawn chairs into the dry park...

Terpy said flatly...

I've been crushed.

lol,what would you do,sit near the Eiffel Tower and tan?

^^No...my guess is he/she wanted to sit in front of that fence across from The Crypt and by that flavored ice shavings stand or whatever....but seriously, at this point they're not moving at THAT fast of a pace yet for that, and I even doubt serious track rigging will be happening during open park hours anyway. You're better off sticking with the webcam!!

FYI if you are interested the first piece of track is going up now on the webcam.

^I just checked it, it'll be 5:00 by the time they get it up!

I was wondering when anyone else would notice that. I've been watching the cam all morning.

It's pretty exciting to see the first piece of track going up.

Do you think that's a transfer track or just for the station.

I've been looking at Google Earth, trying to figure out exactly where this ride is being built. Can someone tell me that.

That looks like a transfer track section, and it does seem like it's taking them a while to get it moved. It's finally off the ground, so it should be up on the support structure before too long (hopefully).

^Definately transfer track because there aren't any supports in the station area.

And to answer you're question about google earth:

Well glad to see the cranes work. In place around 1:30 is my estimate

^Definately transfer track because there aren't any supports in the station area.

And to answer you're question about google earth:

NICE! Thanks a lot

Well glad to see the cranes work. In place around 1:30 is my estimate

Ehh they put the track back down.

^^Union rules called for lunch now!!! LOL

They were just testing to make sure they had the right crane on site.

^They've had the same crane on site for 3 months, they must be some forgetfull workers!

This doesnt really have anything to do with Diamondback, but Google Earth was brought up so I thought I'd mention this. If you go to maps.live.com you can do a bird's eye view (which I dont believe you can go with Google Earth) over Kings Island. I think most the pics are in the offseason a couple years ago. I just thought I'd put that out there because it's pretty cool.

Go Diamondback!(now this is post has something relating to Diamondback in it)

^Some are from Fall 2004 some Spring 2005. You can tell because in some pictures there are the Antique Cars and some there is the Italian Job.

Sorry to double post but the track is now going into place.

The track is in place. Check out the webcam. Plenty more to come.

My guess is that the next piece of track will be put up maybe tonight, but probably tomorrow morning.

^I've been checking it frequently over the past few weeks, and it seems to me they have normal hours.

9:00 AMish-6:00 PMish Monday through Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday off.

^Actually once I checked the webcam at about 7am, right before leaving for KI and they were already on site working on it. So I would say probably 7AM-6PM. Looks like today they are working over time!

So I was bored and I watched the Front Seat Video of Diamondback after having not watched it for a few weeks, and coming in there with a new mind I have to say:

darn! Watching the Video a billion times in a row you can really loose sight of it, but darn! This is going to have MAJOR Airtime!

How can you tell? I know it's hard to tell airtime on Videos, but the trick is to have points of refrence. I watch the ties on the track, or you could watch the off ride animation, and you can tell it's going to have real air.

Personally I can't wait to see what that first drop and all the others are going to feel like.

What I'm about to say may sound crazy to a lot of you.

I prefer the feeling you get from an extreme drop or the feeling you get from a launch, rather than airtime. I love airtime but I'd rather be dropped or launched, it's a better adrenaline rush.

Does anyone ever have random times when a coaster like Racer will really get you on one of the drops, but The Beast or Son of Beast don't even give you that feeling.