Dudes.... read the Wiki article. Male carpenter bees, the ones that are so menacing, are actually harmless. They do not sting. They have NO STINGER! Female carpenter bees do pack quite a punch but they RARELY leave the nest and rarely are aggressive (except for defending the nest).

It is rather odd, though, because the Male's sole job is to gather food for the females and guard the nest. The only way they know how is to hover nearby and pounce on anything that moves. This is why they are always dive bombing you. They can not sting you. All they can do is scare the bejezzus out of you so you will leave the area.

This is a great thread, BTW.

My first trip back in nearly 2 years is coming up.

Having ridden Diamondback 19 times this weekend, I noticed a couple of things on the right side of the first hill:

A safety sign along the stairs saying something about "In case of evacuation ..." with an arrow pointing towards the top of the hill.

A weather gizmo of some sort at the top of the hill.

I noticed that in the stations for all coasters there are yellow lines that the rides ops have to stay behind.

All the grafitti on The Racers tunnel, they seriously need to clean all that up.

The stairs and door coming out of The Beast's final helix.

Not sure about the graffiti, but cleaning up the used gum in the final tunnel on Racer would be quite a chore in and of itself. Still, it would be good to see it gone. To prevent that from happening in the future, they should put cameras back there. Then they could fine people for putting their gum back there, and deal with the graffiti "artists" as current park rules dictate.

^yea, the other day a kid in my class was talking about how his piece of gum has been stuck on the wall for the last 3 seasons

And he knows it is the same exact piece of gum how exactly?

Somthing I noticed today..

Since when was AE a 5!?!

In all fairness, that ride is one of the most turbulent in the park...

Picnic table to the right of The Beast's 2nd lift hill. Silhouettes of the 'lady' and 'gent' who used to point the way to each rivertown restroom. Different music in different parts of the park/lines...really liked hearing The Band an Credence in rivertown-very fitting.

There really isn't a second story to Larosa's in Rivertown.

Oh there is though, there is a stairwell on the back right side.

^ There's framing for the second story, but it has no roof nor is it an actual usable floor. I saw this in the photo gallery on KIDiamondback.com. The stairs might be for roof access. I could be wrong though.

I noticed a wind meter on Backlot Stunt Coaster back in the special effects area. I am assuming this is so the fire wont be blown back in your face if its too windy.

I just now noticed the waterfall going into DB's splashdown yesterday. I also never noticed the tiny arcade tucked back over by the LaRosa's in Rivertown. It's amazing what things you notice when you actually stop to look around.

I also noticed two girls smoking in a non smoking area on the bricks between the airbrush tattoo and Shake Rattle and Roll. An employee saw them and did nothing.

They really should consider an outright ban of smoking in the kids Nic Univ Area (Rivertown to International Street); little kids don't need to be introduced to this. If an adult wants to smoke with their kids that bad, let them goto the adult side of the park and just hurt their own kid(s); Mine and yours don't need second hand smoke.

In all fairness, that ride is one of the most turbulent in the park...

Lateral Gs. Those turns need some banking.

I would also add Little Bills Giggle Coaster to the list. I hate that &^$%& thing.

If you've never been on it, you have no idea what I am talking about.

And he knows it is the same exact piece of gum how exactly?

i think he had a coin stuck to it close to the begining of the brake run.

Not sure about the graffiti, but cleaning up the used gum in the final tunnel on Racer would be quite a chore in and of itself. Still, it would be good to see it gone. To prevent that from happening in the future, they should put cameras back there. Then they could fine people for putting their gum back there, and deal with the graffiti "artists" as current park rules dictate.

It seems the the red Racer tunnel has replaced the tree that used to be outside The Beast's entrance as the place to stick gum.

The park REALLY needs to do somthing about that.. its borderline disgusting..

Ive noticed 2 things on friday. 1)Going to Flight Decks, they have painted over the "High Security Area" sign, 2)If you order Hanks Favorites(Formally,Forrests Favorites) at Outer Hanks, it still has a fake newspaper to hold the food in,talking about stuff like "jenny Gump dies at age 23" and "Forrest Gump runs across america."

^well wasn't it suppost to be bubba gumps again this year? maybe the went ahead and ordered stuff like they went on and put it on the park map

Ive noticed 2 things on friday. 1)Going to Flight Decks, they have painted over the "High Security Area" sign, 2)If you order Hanks Favorites(Formally,Forrests Favorites) at Outer Hanks, it still has a fake newspaper to hold the food in,talking about stuff like "jenny Gump dies at age 23" and "Forrest Gump runs across america."

And I'm pretty sure the map still calls the place 'Bubba Gump's'

Nope the map calls it outer hanks I picked a map up this past Saturday.

^well wasn't it suppost to be bubba gumps again this year? maybe the went ahead and ordered stuff like they went on and put it on the park map

Oh! I didnt know that. I would love it to be Bubba Gumps again, you've got to love Forrest Gump!

Flight Deck, and more importantly its ungawdly long "path," is in desperate need of some theming and/or landscaping. What a disaster.

is it just me, but walking to Flight Deck isnt bad, but walkin back up is a different story. I know it is a amusement park, but THAT is the only area of the park that you have to walk down and up hills to get to a ride.

Yea the location of Top Gun sucks.

is it just me, but walking to Flight Deck isnt bad, but walkin back up is a different story. I know it is a amusement park, but THAT is the only area of the park that you have to walk down and up hills to get to a ride.

I think it is so far back because when Paramount owned the park, the walk back was full of theaming.

Really? Then explain how the ride was planned and contracted for before Paramount purchased Kings Island...

^speaking of rides being planned before the park being purchaced by another company, does anyone on here that can tell, and will tell know if Diamondback was already thought of before the park was sold by paramount?

i tried my hardest to make my question "terpy proof"