jonnyvelvet

No one has said the Blue Streak. This one has two classic shades of blue right by the lake!! =) http://rcdb.com/ig12.htm?picture=5

The forces in Firehawks loop make it one of the best in the park!! I love the last inversion on FOF! The illusion of speed into the inversion makes it a classic!!

Yes we remembered their names. However, for privacy reasons I will choose to keep the names silent.

My brother and I are from Huntington, WV... we have been coming to Kings Island 3 or 4 times a year since about 1983. We decided to visit the park this week (the 27th and 28th). The park was not crowded and most of the rides were walk ons. The longest wait for both days was a 15 min wait for Firehawk. We both managed to get in 20 Diamondback rides: 10 each day!! I can't get enough of this coaster!! It was everything that I had imagined and more! The air time is simply magnificent!! I had one main concern I wanted to address within this post: ( I wasn't sure where it belonged so I will talk about it here ) On our last day, around 5:00 we hit up white water canyon! This is a great ride and we try to hit it about 3 or 4 times in a row each time we visit the park. My brother and I were the only ones in our raft, however as we were coming around to the final geysers, I noticed a full raft of young boys un buckling their belts and moving about the raft. The manager and ride op on duty yelled and told them to stay seated ect. Upon returning to the station, we were confronted by two of the ride ops.... They yelled at us, treated us like children and told us that if we did not leave the ride they were going to kick us out of the park. I asked what for, and they told us it was because we had been taking our seatbelts on and off and running around the raft. It was the boys on the raft in front of us. We were falsely accused and embarrassed in front of everyone else in line. I am 28, my brother 26. We don't line jump, break park rules, or anything of that nature. I tried to tell the ops that we were being falsely accused but they kicked us off the ride. We were both so embarrassed about being accused of something we would never dream of doing. We headed straight for guest relations, where they listened very closely to our side of the story. They were wonderful and had us both fill out complaint forms. Again, I have been coming to Kings Island for almost 28 years and this is the first time I have ever had a bad experience!! I was steaming mad!!! Has this happened to anyone else..... just curious ???? Thanks, Jonathan

I am not sure if this has been mentioned: It looks as if the fencing around the whole area is getting the dark stain!! If so, I think it will look fantastic!! The whole are is coming along nicely

Thanks for answering my question! I too think it would great to see some que themes like that of maverick. I am curious to see how this will all look and if they will open up the path to the right of the tower this year!

I am loving the progress of Diamondback!! Yes, this site can be addicting. Does anyone think the que area will be covered?? If so, with what?

Thanks for clearing that up. I didn't know an extra fee was charged to those who wanted to take advantage of the system. I too agree, Disney does it right with it being free.

I must say, I am more than pumped to ride Diamondback! I am very pleased with the progress thus far! This thing is really taking shape!! As far as the wait times for Diamondback: Does anyone think that King Island should invest in the " fast past " ( Cedar Point, Disney Parks ) type system for the certain bigger rides. Especially now that they have a classic B and M ! thanks!

I visited Myrtle Beach with some friends this summer, and there is still nothing developed on that site. There are no visible signs of the pavilion, which is kind of sad if you ask me. Only a few trees rest on the site. I always thought the pavilion was a great place to go for the evening when you wanted your classic beach side amusement park atmosphere. In my opinion, when they took out the pavilion, it started the demise of the downtown area. Cheers to the swamp fox and the Family Kingdom.

When does everyone think we will get a new blog/photo update from the KI site?

Is the red track for the first drop???

Thanks for breaking that down beast1979!! Great job!! I am really impressed with the speed of construction so far!! Looks to me like they are just about on schedule! I can't wait to watch after the seasons end!

From the action on the cam I can see the top off piece sitting upright. Is it going up tonight?

The supports behind the crypt might be for the first drop seeing as how they are yellow.