*Cough*74 degrees*Cough*

It's not that warm. Heck, it's barely over 20.

Terpy, who just HAD to

New blog update for the day with a nice mention about KICentral and their top bid.

Blog Update

^if that is what the two ramps are used for i am happy, that means not being jammed into a small giftshop with fifty other people like with maverick.

Before the entrance to the Maverick gift shop, there are stairs off to the right that you can take back out onto the sidewalk. That's what I do to avoid the gift shop crowd.

^wow, thanks for telling me that, i had no idea that existed

I have some sinister news about our friend Mr. Don Helbig. It seems that name is only an alias, as his real identity has been leaked to the media.

Don Helbig is in fact.....

Andrew Zimmern!

It seems that instead of spending that week in Sandusky, Don Helbig was in Thailand eating giant shellfish!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

so i just thought of this, but on the 31st did don base the color of his shirt and tie (red shirt and yellow tie) on the color of Diamondback?

I have some sinister news about our friend Mr. Don Helbig. It seems that name is only an alias, as his real identity has been leaked to the media.

Don Helbig is in fact.....

Andrew Zimmern!

It seems that instead of spending that week in Sandusky, Don Helbig was in Thailand eating giant shellfish!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

Haha! That is what I've been thinking for the longest time!

I cannot wait to see the trains doing their pull through or even see the trains for that fact.

I have some sinister news about our friend Mr. Don Helbig. It seems that name is only an alias, as his real identity has been leaked to the media.

Don Helbig is in fact.....

Andrew Zimmern!

It seems that instead of spending that week in Sandusky, Don Helbig was in Thailand eating giant shellfish!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

I have always thought they looked alike too! Maybe it's Don's long lost brother?

So I'm looking at the station in the webcam, and where are people in line waiting to enter the station going to be crossing under the tracks at??

I think the stairs leading to the middle of the left side of the station is the main station entrance (with those stairs in the back of the station being for emergency exit), but so does that mean the line will cross under the lift, or still cross under the tracks leading to the station, and then wrap around to those stairs leading to the middle side entrance?

^They will cross underneath the beginning of the chain lift (give or take).

^^What other coaster's queue crosses under the lift?? I'm actually thinking it will wrap around from the back.

Edit: two I've just thought of are Raptor and WT, but for D-back, crossing under the lift means close proximity to the lift motor! I can't imagine it's under the lift, but maybe...

Those of you who were able to ride King Cobra would know that the entrance line crossed under the lift hill, immediately adjacent to the lift motor, before reaching the main queue area.

I have some sinister news about our friend Mr. Don Helbig. It seems that name is only an alias, as his real identity has been leaked to the media.

Don Helbig is in fact.....

Andrew Zimmern!

It seems that instead of spending that week in Sandusky, Don Helbig was in Thailand eating giant shellfish!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

I have always thought they looked alike too! Maybe it's Don's long lost brother?

Don Helbig is better looking than Andrew Zimmern!

Those of you who were able to ride King Cobra would know that the entrance line crossed under the lift hill, immediately adjacent to the lift motor, before reaching the main queue area.

Noted...though things do change over 20 years...I mean, I'm not doubting it can't happen, but it would just seem odd on a number of levels, especially in the 21st century when as Terpy would tell you, guests nowadays aren't like they were when Flight Deck was using their claustrophobic under-station queue.

How is the line crossing under the lift any different today than it was when King Cobra was installed? Keeping in mind that several portions of Diamondback, including the first drip, cross right over midways, and The Crypt`s queue and exit area.

Does it matter what it enters under? It's going to enter under the ride, and put you in the middle of the action LITERALLY. I love how Cedar Point has most of their queues inside of the "ride area" see Millie, Iron Dragon, Raptor, Mantis, etc. I think it will come behind the back and under the ready breaks right before the station, but I'm not really sure.

Any ideas about what the digging work they are doing at the final drop into the splash?

Probably cutting away at some midway so no one sticks there hands anywhere near the track.

Or it could be related to work on landscaping around the splash down area. I would imagine that they will be resurfacing at least part of the midways in Rivertown as well.

^maybe it's to keep the crowd thinned out at the exit so there isn't a giant mob there.?

Too right. That area will be crowded anyway because the entrance and exit should be very close to each other, right?

so i just thought of this, but on the 31st did don base the color of his shirt and tie (red shirt and yellow tie) on the color of Diamondback?

I don't know if it was intentional, but he did wear a red shirt and a yellow tie.

I see lots of movement in the storage track area. trains maybe?

Maybe from the looks out my office window it appears to be a nice day out.

I have some sinister news about our friend Mr. Don Helbig. It seems that name is only an alias, as his real identity has been leaked to the media.

Don Helbig is in fact.....

Andrew Zimmern!

It seems that instead of spending that week in Sandusky, Don Helbig was in Thailand eating giant shellfish!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

I have always thought they looked alike too! Maybe it's Don's long lost brother?

Don Helbig is better looking than Andrew Zimmern!

Maybe its his twin. LOL MT Helbig!

Oh you mean that the guy eating the food isnt Don Helbig?

No its Andrew Zimmern from the travel channel show about eating food from around the world.

I love how Cedar Point has most of their queues inside of the "ride area" see Millie, Iron Dragon, Raptor, Mantis, etc.

You left out Mean Streak! Its queue is in the middle of the coaster! You are in a forest of supports for the majority of the entrance and you leave it off the list. How dare you!?

He did say etc. at the end of his post thus referring to Mean Streak.

WOW! It appears that the crew is working today, and seem to be mostly on the storage track and in the splashdown area! Maybe trains and landscaping are on the list for the day??? all the snow is melted on the pavement and only a thin layer remains on the grass! prob. not but I wish It also looks like they have put down gravel behind the splashdown! prob. because if they left it grass it would be mud all summer because the water would destroy it and gravel keeps the water from puddling.