Rustbucket

I rode Diamondback twice. I still am evaluating the ride. Therefore, I will not put this ride on top stop yet. I will put this somewhere in top 5 though. 1. Voayage 2. Magnum XL-200 3. Renegade 4. X (I was somewhat disappointed with X2.) 5. Millennium Force and T-Express Frankly, I think Diamondback has much more air time than MF which is a big plus for me.

I was an auction winner also. My numbers were 180 and 181. We got to ride it twice before 9 am. We left shortly after that.

I was with Auction group. By 9:30 am, the wait was all around the Chick Fil A toward La Rosa and toward the train station. The guides told me the wait was 5+ hours. I rode it twice: once on 2-1 and 8-1. Without a doubt, Diamondback is the smoothest ride I have ever been on. The lift: I really though the lift hill felt like MF at Cedar Point. My daughter said the same thing when I was thinking that. First drop: Again, similar to MF with soft floater air. Second hill: This was the insane air hill. This hill had more air time than the third Magnum, the second Voyage, or the third Wild Thing (VF) hills. This was more than a soft floater but definitely not an ejection (My definition of ejection would be Maverick first hill or bunny hills on Magnum). Third hill: Another great air time hill. This is comparable to the second Voayge hill. A soft floater. Hammer head: This element surprised me. I thought there was going to be more lateral. Fourth hill: Very nice floater Turn around helix: Nice lateral to MCBR. MCBR drop: This was closest to ejector air time. Somewhat similar to Voyage MCBR or Ghostrider MCBR hill. Two bunny hills: Again great air time hills. This was very similar to Apollo's Chariot return hills. Turn around Helix: Not very forceful but good lateral. Somewhat similar to Raging Bull final Helix. Drop and splash down: I thought this was quite spectacular. Great air time going into the pond. Another floater coming into the brake run. I am still deciding if Diamondback is up there with Voyage, Magnum, Renegade, or MF. There is no doubt that DB has more air than MF or Renegade. Based on that, this ride ranks higher than MF. This ride ranks right up there with my top five. I will ride some more before comparing to Voyage or Magnum.

I will leave around 6:30 am. I hope to be there by 6:45 am.

I will be there with my son for Diamondback first ride and Gold pass ride hour.

I am 184 and 185. I got an email notification to show up at KI by 7 AM. BTW, some of the workers got to ride this. Some were getting off crying. I cannot wait!

Thanks. I missed that.

Yes. I usually have considerable deductions. I thought most of these auctions are tax deductable. If so, I will bid more.

I just bid $75 per seat for 4. BTW, are these tax deductable? Just wondering.

Flying Eagle I have been getting a few rides on Phantom Flyers at Carowinds last two years. I rode it around 30 times. They actually encourage you to "rip" them since they are harder to do so than Flying Eagle. I believe they changed the motor when they moved it down to Carowinds.

I have both 08 and 09 CF Platinum pass. You get one free visit for 08 when you buy 09 pass.

Sundays in October is very good days to go. If you can get there by 11 am when they open, you should be able to get all the coaster rides in by 1 pm. My children and I have been going to KI on Sunday mornings for the past 4 years. Only time they are truly busy is the last Sunday of the operating year.

I have been on both. The stand ups are my least favorite coasters although I try to ride them at least once. The only stand up I rode more than once and enjoyed is Riddler's Revenge. Georgia Scorcher is a decent stand up. The last stand up I rode was Vortex at Carowinds in 2007. Mantis was not very enjoyable for me anyway. I rode Mantis only twice. King Cobra was better. I think Shockwave was much better when I rode that in 1991. I think Shockwave is better than King Cobra. I rode King Cobra in 1991 also.

The height requirement was 54" for 2000 and 2001 for MF. I was not there in 2002. When I visited in 2003, it was 48". I believe the seat belt was shortened after the accident on SRoS at SFNE in 2004.

SFGAm is one of very few parks that have a great wooden coaster and a hyper coaster. Do not forget to ride Viper and Raging Bull. Superman the Ultimate Flight is a nice one, too. Do they still run American Eagle backwards?

My second favorite coaster is Magnum XL200. I have been on 177 coasters to date including MF, AC, and Raging Bull, and Goliath. Please do not tell people that height is what matters the most. Frankly, I would rather ride Boulder Dash, Ghostrider, and Renegade than Son of Beast any day even though these coasters are 1/2 of SoB's height. I would be very, very happy if Diamondback is as good as Magnum. If some of the drawings accurately translate into the ride itself (I do not see why not), Diamondback should have more air time than Magnum. Of all coasters I have ridden, Magnum still gives me the most airtime. If this is a punch in my face, I would love to have many more. I do not have the links but people were saying why CF is building such a non-descript ride. Many people thought Maverick will be a "filler" coaster until next big thing. Although I am not a great fan of Maverick, I still rate this coaster 11th favorite steel coaster and 21st overall (out of 177).

I really, really liked Voyage. Some people actually say that Voyage is little too intense. Intamin woodies like T-Express and El Toro are much smoother rides. In my trip report, I thought T-Express may have been TOO SMOOTH for wooden coaster although I loved the airtime. I did not think Raven was as good as it was hyped. I rode that coaster 10 times. From CCI built rides, I prefer Balder Dash, SHivering Timbers and Ghostrider. Legend was not really a enjoyable ride. If anyone has a chance to go to Korea, T-Express and Eagle Fortress are quite a treat. I never thought that suspended coaster (Eagle Fortress) can be that intense. No other suspended coaster ever came remotely close to that.

I rode T-Express which actually has steeper drop than El Toro. T- Express is very similar to El Toro but longer. Voyage has almost out of control feeling. I am a junky for lateral which Voayge gives you a lot more. I prefer Voyage by long shot. I just rode Balder Dash past week. I really was impressed by the ride. My favorite steel coaster still is Magnum XL-200. One of my LEAST favorite coaster is Georgia Cyclone (sorry Terpy). My top 10 coaster lists 1 Voyage 2 Magnum XL200 3 Renegade 4 T-Express 5 Balder Dash 6 Ghostrider 7 X 8 Millenium Force 9 The Beast 10 Raging Bull

I am there between 10am and 1 pm on Sundays. The park is usually quite empty. It does get very busy after 1 pm, however. I may see you. I am there with my son mostly. Sometimes, my daughter tags along. We ride The Racer, Flight Deck and The Beast.

What is going on next to Son of Beast?

http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?model=119 The last B&M was Georgia Scorcher. Out of all the coaster types, I like these the least.

Interesting. Those are my two favorite B&M inverts!

I agree. Talon is my second favorite invert after Alpengeist. The ride is intense and relentless. I agree with many who said that B&M invert is missing at KI although they are still building these inverts. Just look at Patriot and Silver Bullet. They were recently installed at CF parks.

I was there on Sunday with my sun who cannot ride these except for The Beast. We rode 5 Racer, Scrambler, Zephyr, 4 BLSC, 4 Beast, and the train before 12 PM. There were two guys who came down from northern Ohio who said they got 4 rides in on Saturday. They were in the park from 1 pm to 9 pm.

I was there on Tuesday (7/15/08). The park was relatively busy. There were some security vehicles around the parking lot although none was moving around. The safest part of the parking lot appeared to be the season pass parking area with a person checking the pass for the lot.