^^That is just perspective, the track is exactly the same size throughout the ride.

Coaster_junky's not talking about the track gage (the train stays the same size, so of course the gage stays the same!, but the spine (the supporting structure or backbone, if you will, under the track and above the supports. Look again. The spine is much, much deeper in the background than under the track in the foreground...

You can see a more defined path to The Beast now.

^^^No I definitely think coaster_junky is right. I think they are talking about the spine not the actual size of the track.

Just looking at this beast through the webcam makes me so excited. When I was in the park for the returning employee party it look amazingly huge even back by Action Zone. I will be back there again during the job fair Saturday but during the day so I can't wait to see it in the sunlight!

yes and this means higher speed & forces on those spots vs. the slower ending.

I see the exit ramp has been topped off. I cant see what else they are doing. Sure is a bright sunny day there what are they doing under the track next to the crypt building? Is that new or did I never notice it....

so...much...sunnnnn....IT BURNS US!...no seriously its way bright...

^^That is just perspective, the track is exactly the same size throughout the ride.

The track does stay the same but if you loook at any picture of the break runs you can see how the spine drops down a lil to make room for the breaks. I think all B&M's have that drop in the spine during break runs it but im not too sure

I wonder if the workers are as excited as we are to see a train go flying around that thing. Probably more so.

Wow I was just looking at the drop into the splash down and that drop itself looks to be amazing!

^Yeah I keep having moments like that. The drop out of the MCBR looks awesome an higher than i invisioned (even though I knew the measurements), the helixes both look more fun than in the renderings, some of the "bunny hills" have pretty steep peaks which could be very intense. She just keeps getting better everytime I look.

I am also excited for those little drops. The drop out of the mcbr and the drop into the splashdown look to be a little bit more intense than we think.

I don't know which is going to be more fun for me... riding, or watching others react to this thing!

^^'Tis true!!

Btw, who's the first real celebrity to ride D-back??

And by real celebrity, I don't mean weatherman Dave O'Brien from WCPO!!

My vote is Nick Lachey! He goes to KI every year, and dare I say likely even knows about Diamondback already!

Bring back Montel Williams! "We have the paternity test results for Diamondback right here, and Beast, you are not the father!"

Bring back Montel Williams! "We have the paternity test results for Diamondback right here, and Beast, you are not the father!"

I though that was Maury?

That was all those shows! Sally Jessie, Montel, Maury, Ricki, Jerry, and that other blond lady? .... Oh yeah Jenny Jones.

I wander if in Action Zone they will put up some Diamondback banners like they did for Firehawk?

Are you worried those banners will deter some from riding Sonny?

I wander if in Action Zone they will put up some Diamondback banners like they did for Firehawk?

I don't think they will have to. You can't miss it!

I do remember them asking Carmen Electra if she would be one of the first riders back at the Walk Of Fame Q & A. Could it actually BE her?

I will always ride sonny no matter what banner hangs in Action Zone

Are you worried those banners will deter some from riding Sonny?

I want everyone else to go to other coasters so I can ride my Sonny! Boy do I miss the days when the GP hated it and it was always a walk on!

Well first off, I've been a long time member but it's been quite a while since I last posted...though I visit almost daily to look at the various threads, inlcuding the monster that has become the "Diamondback Construction Thread". So I'm not sure if this observation has been noted but I felt compelled to see if anyone else has noticed a possibly overt or inovert resemblence of the entrance pathway as being that of a snake's tongue.

That the exit path that forks

i believe that you are looking at the exit ramp that splits, but you're right it does look like a snake's forked tounge

I was just at the park for the job fair and saw Don all over the place. But more importantly Diamondback looks amazing even from towards the end near the tower on International Street!

my girlfriend is down there for the job fair and i was on the phone with her when she got there and was telling me about DB and let me say i was quite the jealous man. i thought about going down there to sit in the parking lot just so i could look at things

Wasn't it this time last year someone snuck out of bounds and snapped a picture of the recently cleared Swan Lake?

Wasn't it this time last year someone snuck out of bounds and snapped a picture of the recently cleared Swan Lake?

Somewhere around this time. I remember being very excited when I saw those photos.

I missed it by a day. The mods removed it before I got to see it.