The only intense part of the ride is the first helix. It Is a little jolty around the part of the ride before the subway tunnel. Also the fire effect and the helicopter effect have frightened some before.
I have tried Backyard BBQ before and It was a very good deal. The food was very fresh especially the pulled pork. Though be prepared to be alone or with little amount of people. The only complaints I have are there are bees by the pop fountain but they don't sting and the buns are stale but these are all things that are apart of a real backyard picnic.
Sure AE needs to smell better and some theming upgrades and FOF also needs to get theming painting and upgrades But The Racer needs some love especially painting and work near the station.
I belive that it was a great ride and was very impressed for the bad inpression CF gave us in the 2008 "retheme".
And I have to agree with the high volume on the blasters.Indeed it was more intense than sdathc.
Speaking of The Beast doing crazy things,While I was in line for The Beast with my friend,and this 7-year-old kid comes up and says.
"If you ride on the blue train you go thru loop-de-loops."
This had us for the rest of the day to tell little kids the looping beast to scare them.
Diamondback has totally lived to the hype,I arrived at 6:00 and the wait was worth it,there was so much airtime my ears started to pop ,and Cedar Fair actual did some landscaping and theming to the darn ride!
and yes zoso beast you are crazy
My DB dream was that I was waiting in line for DB for 6 hours,I was at the front of the line when suddenly me ,and my surroundings turned into RCT3 mode.I was seemingly a zombie and said"HYPER COASTER 1 LOOKS TO SCARY FOR ME" and walked away.Iwas Happy to wake up.