Beast1979 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 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 I hate it. That's one less for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceofbeast Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 This doesn't really go with much of what you guys are saying, but I hope they plant some grass and some trees around the ride. It'd really add to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I was going to bring that up. I really hope to see some nice landscaping; and knowing the KI landscape team, it will. I think the real finishing touch (beside trains) to DB will be a lush bed of grass and some fresh landscaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast08 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I think Diamondback will end up just like Firehawk, was all dirt and mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 In no way do I think that KI won't be ready for opening day. But, by looking at pics like the one below, I can't help but think that they have an extraordinary amount of work to do in 8 weeks. Not just to DB, but lots of the area around it (including The Beast's entry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIFAN! Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 wow eight weeks! So close but yet, so far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I am very pleased to see them putting a water fall that empties into the Splashdown area of Diamondback. I know recirculating the water helps keep down mosquitoes and the falls will help oxygenate the water to help keep the allege down. I have always liked the stream in River Town flowing under the bridge, it helped give character to the area and using it to recirculate the Splashdown area is a bonus. Mr. Licastro spoke highly of KI landscape department and many landscaping business offer water features as options in their services. Water features are fairly easy to do other than dealing with the weight of the rocks and being a bit of a back breaker (bending over a lot). I wonder if the new falls is a inside job or is being done from an outside company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIFAN! Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Theres ganna be a water fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) A stream at least but given the slope of the grade there it would be wasted opportunity not have the water flowing over those rocks they are placing in. I am not taking Niagara Falls but that slope is perfect to have a/few short drops. Edited to add: Having drops in man made streams helps control water flow but smaller ones to help prevent splash out. With that slope the water would run really fast down hill and wash out potentially smaller rocks at the bottom. Plus it would require a larger GPH pump to keep a fast moving stream flowing. Verses a steady flowing water stream with a few drops to keep the water from moving too fast down hill. Plus it just looks better with drops. I don't know how it will end up but from the pictures I have seen I would be surprised if it did not have any over the rocks drops. Edited February 14, 2009 by Avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaredap88 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 i still cant get over how good this all is goin to look when its all finished...i cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 i still cant get over how good this all is goin to look when its all finished...i cant wait! Hopefully, this isn't a sign of getting old, but the thought of looking at the completed DB is almost as (maybe more?) exciting than the thought of riding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerrider Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 does anyone know what this is suposed to be? http://www.kiDiamondback.com/public/latest...ge&chip=487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Yes. Exit, stage left and right. Terpy, speakin' with a Diamondback's forked tongue, double punnin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Yes. Exit, stage left and right. Terpy, speakin' with a Diamondback's forked tongue, double punnin' Someone wheel him out of here please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 So I take it that was a hiss? Boo! Terpy, practicing for a fright fest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIFAN! Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 So what purpose does a double exit ramp serve? Is it easier for guests to get out quiker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 One way will doubtless go through a gift shop...the other probably will not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIFAN! Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Oh i see. Thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I was thinking it may be like a few other rides I've ridden, it may have separate exits for the front and back of the train. I can't remember what I've seen that did it that way. It clears the station out faster because you don't have people tripping over each other trying to put stuff in bins and getting in the way of those exiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIFAN! Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Well they both exit the same spot in the station but then they split. Yes post 100!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatbandguy8807 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 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. I noticed that right away too but I thought it was just me making up shapes in my head again lol..glad to know im not the only one that saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corn4ahead Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 doesnt thunderhead at dollywood have separate exit gates but then they come togather...so its basically the opposite of db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Butcher Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 doesnt thunderhead at dollywood have separate exit gates but then they come togather...so its basically the opposite of db That is correct, Thunderhead has two exit gates. However, I believe you do not have to come together, one of the exit gates leads directly into the arcade, if I am not mistaken, while the other one comes out next to the arcade. I am a little fuzzy on this, but I am mostly sure that is how it was set up...Robbie and I were mostly worried about sneaking in another ride as quick as possible, so we weren't too worried about what the exits did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 The Thunderhead exits do meet up at the bottom of the stairs. If I recall there was no arcade located in the exit to Thunderhead. There was, however, an arcade in the exit of Tennessee Tornado with air hockey tables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 i still cant get over how good this all is goin to look when its all finished...i cant wait! Hopefully, this isn't a sign of getting old, but the thought of looking at the completed DB is almost as (maybe more?) exciting than the thought of riding it. Nah, it's not getting old. It's valuing aesthetics. I'm also excited about seeing the area done. I just want to see what the park does with the blank dirt canvas. Also, I can't wait to see the splashdown area filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I remember somewhere someone saying that the exit would flow under the lift into the Old Time Photo Shope which would be redone as a gift shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChase Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 For some reason, I was thinking that too, Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkjkj Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Why would the exit need to go under the Lift Hill, when it's on the same side as the building they are turning into the gift shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigellinus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 ^^It's not, he just accidentally got that turned around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I wander if there will be Diamondback parking spots... Is there even Firehawk parking spots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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