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i think it would look pretty sweet with a really deep, dark purple for the tracks and black supports.

^actually, the green train has been setting there ever since they removed it in november

i just noticed that Diamondback's trains were never took off site. the red and brown are still setting in the maintance shed, and the green one is setting on the ground behind the shed on carts.

nobody had a "dag near stroke" after riding Son of Beast last year that caused the ride to close (a woman reported bursting a blood vessel in her skull), and the trains on Son of Beast are safe, if they wern't then it never would have been cleared to run with them when it reopened in '07.

the first thing construction wise with Diamondback happened on october 11, 2007 (according to the Diamondback blog), i don't see how in less than a year Cedar Fair decided what to build, where to get it, and started construction, unless however Cedar Fair had for whatever reason already planed for an attraction to go into rivertown before Kings Island was ever purchaced from paramount. but hey, i'm not going to argue with the parks p.r.

^ not too sure about Diamondback, it takes a long time to plan out something that large.

ah, so that's what it is, they only have two trains designed to run in the rain, and we blamed it on Cedar Fair's safety rules. I think that was a typo they don't have trains that only run in the rain. this i was already aware of. , i guess i should have added a

^if paramount still owned Kings Island, Firehawk wouldn't even be at Kings Island

ah, so that's what it is, they only have two trains designed to run in the rain, and we blamed it on Cedar Fair's safety rules.

if the deal goes through with apollo, does it turn the unsuccessfully into a successfully?

yes, they do still own worlds of fun. a map showing all amusment parks, water parks, and amusment/water parks can be found here: http://www.cedarfair.com/

i'm actually not that big of a fan of the new paint job, orange is my absolute, least favorite color, but i'm just hoping all goes well with the complete transformation of nick u. to Planet Snoopy(and still in shock that Cedar Fair didn't decide on red ).

the support structure is being painted orange (used to be green), and the track appears to be staying yellow as before.

seeing these pictures almost makes me wish that you could go walk around the park during it's winter rehab, i think it would be amazing to get to see all of this stuff going on in person (expecially since when we went last year there was only a little work going on in the Diamondback station).

i've rode Diamondback at night in both row 1 and row 16, and i must say, it's amazing getting to dangle off the chain lift in the very front only seeing a few little light poles lighting the ground below and it's equally amazing getting the extreme ejecter air coming over the tops of the hills in the very back when you cannot see when you are about to clear the top of one.

sorry, just fixed the link to take you directly to the Kings Island section, there is also a picture of a not completed international street a little further down from the picture of the Eiffel Tower.

okay, i searched and didn't see anything on this, but i found a little article about the construction of Kings Island's effiel tower, along with a picture of the tower before completed. here's the link: http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Kings%20Island

^ ahh i guess that would make sense then woops, i forgot to hit post, this was suppost to go after tycoon telling me that this was in the wooden coaster main. building.

great pictures, exactly what building are they inside of?

if you want a good chance to meet him, when visiting the park look around for him, i saw him walking around, taking pictures and mingling with the guest various times this season.

i'll ride the front on any roller coaster, but my personal preference goes to the very back, well except on Diamondback, the feeling of gliding over the water in the splashdown is amazing.

^i understand that completely, but still most of the general public doesn't pay attention to things like that. anywho i'm don't like feeling as if i'm a flame thrower, so i'll stop posting in this topic.

edit: just ignore this post i understand that the map is the '09 park map but not every member of the general public would. so if a change as big as no more Son of Beast at Kings Island came about, Kings Island wouldn't want someone to raise a fuss because they showed Planet Snoopy and Son of Beast on the same map, yet Son of Beast wasn't at the park. maybe i'm just looking at this too hard, but i still think Kings Island/ Cedar Fair/ apollo wouldn't want to risk something like that happening.

^^because they wouldn't have it posted as the 2010 map on the web site showing off the new kids area and have something that wrong be showing on it. if they were not going to have Son of Beast they would have erased it off the map so misinformation wouldn't be relayed to the general public.

yes, but that is a site run by Kings Island, which if they know that Son of Beast will not opporate, or be standing they wouldn't release a "2010" park map for public view because the last thing they want is someone sueing for false advertisment.