I pulled in to one of the communities directly behind the island. I believe it was Ashton Falls or Afton Falls. Excelent first drop view and you will definately hear folks screaming on the way down.

I have. I used to dreeeam of having a house in that area, but it has built up much more than I ever expected. Aside from free 5-minute firework displays on summer nights, and a unique view of things you just don't see everywhere else (an Eiffel Tower, the occasional (now ubiquitous) coaster hill), the area has just grown into a giant subdivision; the feel is just not the same anymore.

maybe they are painting or maybe just using the tarp to keep the wind off of them when they are working?

someone give us some insight

I would guess they are using the tarp as a barrier to make the work within and under the station more bearable for the guys. Especially once they start running electrical and so forth underneath.

Could be trying to keep some warmth under there for whatever there doing. Looks like a big propane tank there beside it possibly for a heater.

Its prob. a heated room. they do this all the time in construction.

I would believe they are installing electrical wiring and whatnot down there, and judging by the small little "Door" opening on the side facing the brakes I would assume it's there to keep the poor workers warm.

Also I think we should name the hills after all the PR guys, with Mt. Helbig being the last hill visible from Western Row Rd.

^PERFECT!!

You forgot Mt. Beaver!

http://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayima...m=293&pos=4

Is it just me, or does this picture almost look photoshopped?

I love the names on those peaks, espiecally Stock Market Summit. Actually, maybe that could be the new name for Drop Zone...or the Crypt since your not sure which way you're going.

You forgot Mt. Beaver!

http://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayima...m=293&pos=4

Is it just me, or does this picture almost look photoshopped?

Wow, that pic really does look photoshopped. Hmmm...

Love the Diamondback Sierra, nicely done

Wait! Stock Market Summit doesn't sound as Kings Islandy as all the others. Are you sure?

Wow, that pic really does look photoshopped. Hmmm...

It's all true, KI is not getting Diamondback, I along with KICentral have photoshopped every photo update!

Thanks for the fly over comments everyone. From the plane you really get a new perspective of the size of DB.

I agree, Stock Market Summit sounds to Joke Like. Everything else was nice, and if we want to come up with some serious names the second hill must be taken care of.

Hows, Mt. Suhr (dedicated to Ryan)

Better.......but still, not quite....

Perhaps "Mt. Voss"?

Redux:

The Majestic, Snow-Capped Mt. Helbig rises above the Diamondback Sierra, high above the treetops! (can you tell I have the day off?)

Perhaps "Mt. Voss"?

Redux:

The Majestic, Snow-Capped Mt. Helbig rises above the Diamondback Sierra, high above the treetops!

Lol let's save that picture and compare it to a pic of it after our first good snow!

(can you tell I have the day off?)

Ohh boy, just you wait KICentral! Jackson has The rest of this week off!

Those horses are getting an eye full! I might give tours in my plane... I'll call it, "Nemos Diamondback Sierra Air Tours!" Heh, add that to the drawing.

I would definately take a ride in that service.

Hey! No Barnstorming the horses!

^Sweet.

Hey! No Barnstorming the horses!

Wow, that's to funny! That's going on my blog!

What software do you use to make these?

Kinda low flying, especially for commercial use in public property.....

Hey! No Barnstorming the horses!

Wow, that's to funny! That's going on my blog!

What software do you use to make these?

Thanks! I'm honored!

Well, believe it or not, it's Microsoft PowerPoint. Except for the horses, plane, Eiffel Tower head and other gifs, most of what you see are drawing objects that I set with 3D gradient fills. The trees are all the same tree, which I place carefully and then reset brightness & contrast values, as well as re-sizing. The fog effect is really an oval autoshape set to fill from white to transparent, then ordered behind the first layers to give the illusion of depth. I'm a stickler for detail, so the shadows you see are all the same as the fog, only black-to-transparent. I drew the arrow sign 'by hand' using autoshapes. Mt. Helbig is the same curved line repeated three times, with the center one 'dashed' to give the illusion of track supports. The 'dashboard' is just a long triangle. The high-tension electric towers are really two images of a lattice tower reversed and superimposed over one-another with contrasting grey values. I then added the power lines and braces and faded them to appear more distant. The fence is a repeated lower case 'L,' shaded with brown shadow, and with a white curve drawn through them. The snow cap atop the hill is just a freehand object that I set to gradient from gray-to-white, to make it look sunlit. I then group the images, save-as-picture to jpeg format, post on my blog, and then post here on KIC. It's much faster for me than PhotoShop or Roxio PhotoSuite, both of which I also use occasionally.

Man Im impressed. How long did it take you to produce that image?

^Sweet.

i figured that side would be the exit

Man Im impressed. How long did it take you to produce that image?

Thanks! About 15-25 minutes, tops.

^I do see those new tracks, too. I agree. It makes sense that that would be the exit lines.