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Thanks for all the great comments! As I mentioned in another thread I had taken more Panoramic photos that weekend as well. So head on over to the site to see 8 more awesome panoramic pics. Here are a couple to get your mouth watering. http://gravityphotography.net/ptr/kipan51/panrwcw.htm

Wow Thanks! I really appreciate that! I'm glad everyone is enjoying the photos!

Hey fellow KI fans. Here is my update from RWCW. Rather than jam this post full of photos I have selected a few and have put quite a few more on my site. It was great getting to meet some of you and see some familiar faces on the midway! Day 1 (May 9) http://gravityphotography.net/ptr/rwcw/dayone/pg1.htm Day 2 (May 10) http://gravityphotography.net/ptr/rwcw/daytwo/pg1.htm Plenty more pictures on my site so take a look!

I took a couple more at RW this weekend. I am working on getting them together and on the site.

I have already done Six Flags Great America, which can be found on my site. I will be doing Cedar Point soon as well. Wherever my travels take me this year I will do them. I will probably be hitting the old Hard Rock Park (now Freestyle Music Park) this summer as well.

I plan on re-doing the front entrance so that I can get all of the Eiffel Tower in to it. Maybe I will get Diamondback in it then.

Which one do you like? I can look into having one printed for you. I'm sure I can go to a pretty large format.

I shall fix that now. Thanks!

Glad you all are enjoying them. I hope to do some more. I was really happy with the way the Eiffel Tower shots turned out.

Hello all. Check out some of these great photos taken at Kings Island. These pictures are Panoramic and turned out pretty cool. Especially some from the Eiffel Tower. what is your favorite? I'm partial to this one... All of them can be found here: http://www.gravityphotography.net/ptr/kipan51/pan51.htm

Thanks for the info update. I'm assuming that there is still more info to come, correct? Thats some great ERT though!

My first ride in the front seat. I'm on the left.

I find MaXair much more enjoyable as well. Simple reason, as stated above, its ride cycle is indeed longer and seems to go higher.

1) Avatar - Jesse (First Rider) 2) TG93 3) VortexJunkie 4) Diamondback FOF 5) Goofywdw (I will be working out at parking tolls 11:30 - 6:30 then I can ride!) 6) Ki4life08 7) Beast1979 (With the famous Trooper Mom) 8) dare-to-fly 9) The Beast Rider 10) coasterguy15 11) Raptor 12)markhudson17 13)need_for_speed 14)wide_load 15) Bravo4460 16) AgentSoB (at about 5:00 have to freakin work mad.gif ) 17) Amber ( and family ) 18)angrybeaver 19)indianapolisman(no comment) 20) SOBFOF 21) HTCO(with friends) 22)Phantom Theater! (With a friend) 23) CedarPointer 24)G-Force (In the morning and the evening) 25)Skywriter-Family 26)Justin M17 27) FFEKUdawg4life, i have all day 28)catzdrummer09 29) Andrew 30)rotag1299 31) derek9312 (With girlfriend and maybe family) 32) Pkiruler ( by himself but be there about 6 or 7 p.m to closing.) maybe 33)Phantomtheater (the one who wears shorts in a snowstorm) 34) BoddaH1994 35)Ashers (Ashley) 36)kjkjkj(Kyle, Ashley's brother!) 37)RWildman424 (Starting work around 3:30ish) 38) Beast Man 39) tigellinus (w/ non-enthusiast g/f) 40) markalan (and friends) 41) Ogrmac (and friend) 42) Braves0511...all alone 43) violakat03 (wearing a KIC shirt) 44) gigacoaster2k (Angie) 45) gameGhost (Mark) 46) Kawana with Elina 47) Tuskin 48) Unrealsk8er (With fam and gf) 49) Zosobeast (w/ Kittenpooh as his guest) 50) Captain Picard 51) Mr. & Mrs. Thrill_Biscuit 52) Dvo (with uncle) 53) LongLiveTheSmurfRide (w/ fiance and friend) 54) XGatorHead with special guests Mrs. Gator and GatorGirl 55) Jamesv7 + cat13 Vortexfan92 & jessy8 56) CoastersRZ (Robbie) 57) TeenageNinja (working 12:30-Close) 58) paperg 59)Atomheartmother616 60) Longlivekingscobra (We'll see!) 61)KingsIslandMaster(I'll Be There At 8:00AM 62) CoasterFreak45 63) Popwar + ToastNJelly 64) iChase + Ksings 65)Kittenpooh (steph) 66) Tom76257 (wearing a custom white iron-on t-shirt saying "KingsIslandCentral" and "TOM76257" on both sides) 67) Jess (+ with #58- paperg) 68) IndyGuy4KI and wife (With my custom KIC Logo shirt that violakat03 created) 69) Frisbeefan 69) TheCryptRaider all alone. 70) JoeCartoon 71) Losantiville (Until Noon-1:00. Baseball game that night)

great news! If it's anything like Coastermania it will be a lot of fun. Can't wait to see all the details.

Hello all, Just wanted to let all you Facebook users know that I have created a Winterfest Group. Please join and share any pictures you may have from the 1 year return or from the olden days. The group can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=f2c9...gid=52873168940

According to the newsletter sent out today the number of seats has increased to 160 (5 trains)

The center wheels are powered and will push the train onto the main-line.

But in the storage area the center wheels have no effect on the polyurethane wheels as they are not resting on anything. They are completely free.

Ok I have done some searching and have found a few pictures that could help you understand how trains are placed on track. If you pay attention to the transfer & storage track of Diamondback you may notice that there is a line of wheels in the center of the storage area. This allows the trains to be moved forward and backward. The track from the transfer to the storage area quickly goes away. The track is only used as a guide to res the train on some side rails. Small wheels on the underside of the car sit on these rails so that the whole under carriage, including the wheels can be inspected and maintained with the ability to remove entire wheel assemblies at ease if necessary. See these examples below. These pictures are from Griffon. Note the way the track becomes non-existent and there are wheels in the center to move the train along. The rails on the side just below the floor support the coaster train. The train is supported on those small beams by wheels under the carriage of the train. Note how the underside of the train is completely available to maintenance, and is resting on those side rails. Here the train is in storage with nothing holding it up from under-neath. Note the tiny wheel which I have circled. This is the reason that the trains can and are put on from the back. The essentially just sit right in. This is the beauty of B&M! Simplicity at its best! Edit: I'm still on a hunt for a picture of the tiny wheels on the underside of the train to show you all.

The railing and floor removes. Note the long I beam railing stretching out off the top of the storage shed. That is where they put the mini-crane that hoists the cars into place. I will see I f I can do some searching to show you one in action. Believe me when I say that they do indeed get put on from the back. Quick edit. If anything the railing may be the only thing that moves out. If you pay close attention there is really no TOP rail for the wheels to hug. Most B&M's have smaller load bearing wheels that allow the major wheels of the coaster to be open for maintenance.

Glad I could help. Having attending many Coastermania's at Cedar Point, I can only imagine that this will be a very good event. It sounds as though it will be along the same lines! To get an idea what may be in store for Ride Warriors check out, who knows though it could be completly different.... http://coastermania.cedarpoint.com

Your best & cheapest bet for getting to attend the event if you did not register by the 1st (or other family members) would be to join the Great Ohio Coaster club. The cost is $20 for individual, $30 for a couple, or $40 for a family. This is in comparison to the ACE prices of $60, $80, or $85. This would also allow Coastermania access at CP in June as well. Just my 2 cents http://gocc.coasternewsnetwork.com/join.html

Thats a great set of picrures Beast1979! Thanks for sharing!