So I got off work early (2:00) Friday and didn't have another commitment till 5:45. Obviously, I went to KI since I have yet to visit since the announcement.

The first thing I did when I entered the park was go to the model set up. All I had with me was my phone but the pictures still look pretty good.

Station:

Train Kept A Rollin':

And I must say that it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood:

So after I watched the train make its paces twice, I walked through NickU to get to the Diamondback Stage. I took a couple pictures there and then started to walk toward The Beast to get a better view of the splash down area. As I made my way around the fence, I noticed new Diamondback signs which no one else had talked about. I took pictures of all of them. As I was trying to send the pictures to my brother, I walked back to the Diamondback Stage sat down. I glanced up for a second from my phone and look to my right and who do I see walking to the employee break area but Captain Nemo.

Unfortunately, he didn't recognize me at first but he'd really only know me from a couple instances. I was at the KIC Event last year and more notably I printed out the plans for then Rumor Coaster 2009 the day Dayton Daily News released them and, seeing the Captain working The Beast, flashed them to him. As we relived this story, he proclaimed to me that he didn't realize those were on the news. After a nice conversation in which he told me to visit Dollywood to ride Mystery Mine ("better than Maverick" he insisted) and ride The Beast and write this TR, he and a female coworker made their way to the break area. I made my way over the the Crypt's exit to snag some pictures.

Some new X's appeared:

There were some random dudes walking around the construction site:

So I ended up taking the Captain's advice and riding The Beast. Amazing as always. I got a couple more shots and left the park around 4:00. Overall it was a good day.

Panorama:

And let's not forget the linkage...

http://picasaweb.google.com/welchce/20080808

Nice pictures...I like the panoramic one a lot.

Thanks for taking the time to write this TR up.