Diamondback restraint thoughts

[Existential]

When I set up the Super Loop at work...I touch the supports. But only from June 4 until Labor Day. Then I get my Def Leopard CDs in order to move over to the Gravitron. Do not flip head over heals on that one I may tell you from September onward.

[Thomahawk]

Diamondback went down multiple times on Sunday but was operating when I left around 7 with about a 30-45 minute wait

[shrillcaptinspike]

When i went a couple weeks ago i had restraint problems.. As the train was going up the lift I felt the restraint press down really hard then when it started down the hill, the restraint released 1 click, I reported the problem and they said they would look into it..

[elyk]

The ride-op on Sea Dragon stood next to the train and gave us the quote " Hands up or down but not sideways". Then he proceeded to manually operate the ride, times sure have changed, at least for most places.

About the whole hands up situation, I remember Hersheypark having signs saying that you have to hold on to the grab bars??? And about the whole Diamondback restraint system, i think y'all are just in the middle of clicks and when you go down a hill the restraint goes back up like a millimeter because its inbetween the clicks... Its normal.

[Bennett]

Search was not my friend....Diamondback now has seat belts as of today.

[Sebastien6221]

Search was not my friend....Diamondback now has seat belts as of today.

that sounds weird, so not as much or a free feeling now?

[KI FANATIC 37]

I doubt it will hinder the ride experience that much at all.

[Bennett]

It won't...just a redundancy to keep the main support in place. There is no possible way for it to come unlatched now. Does not affect how it latches in any way.

[OleShawn]

might have saved someones life. Hope it doesnt affect the ride.

[silver2005]

might have saved someones life. Hope it doesnt affect the ride.

Except B&M hyper coasters have existed for 15 years and have had 0 ejections. It feels more like a knee-jerk reaction to the public's reaction over the New Texas Giant incident more than anything else.

[KI Guy]

Sigh, see Flight Deck 2007-2012. See also Nitro early 2001.

[APE]

I hope I still fit.

[LoraX]

Seatbelts are about 3 feet long. Should not be a problem for anyone that can fit on the ride already.

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[RingMaster]

I doubt it will hinder the ride experience that much at all.

Tell that to some of the enthusiasts furiously spamming Facebook comments about how the belts will slash capacity times and diminish airtime. Speaking of which:

My anger towards this is....forget it. Not even gonna go there.

[OleShawn]

Airtime is why I love Diamondback if it hurts airtime, that will be awfull. Why didnt they do like Flight of Fear and attach the seatbelt to the restraint and not the rider. IDK after seeing the picure it upsets me more than it did at first.

[Oldschool75]

I just rode it. It's fine folks. Does not hamper ride experience at all except a delay in loading And unloading.

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[homestar92]

I just rode it. It's fine folks. Does not hamper ride experience at all except a delay in loading And unloading.

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And in time, once the crew and public adjust, I think capacity will return to normal.

[gad198]

might have saved someones life. Hope it doesnt affect the ride.

Except B&M hyper coasters have existed for 15 years and have had 0 ejections. It feels more like a knee-jerk reaction to the public's reaction over the New Texas Giant incident more than anything else.

+1. Completely redundant and totally unnecessary. They'll probably be removed eventually, but say adios to a good chunk of capacity until they're removed.

[PKIVortex]

These Belts are not from b&M either they are Kings Island (Cedar Fair's) Doing. They are the same type of belts that are on the other rides and coasters, the bright orange ones.

[stashua123]

Just got back they dont hamper much of the ride experience except you do not have as much airtime. I heard the operator say "there are now seatbelts on Diamondback for the first train" and I was like is this a dream? It's real.

[rcwizard13]

I really would like to know what their reasoning is. It didn't seem that the Texas incident stopped anyone from riding DB before. It just seems so random, like , "Hey, we should just randomly add seat-belts to Diamondback!"

*(I realize that's most likely not the case. I'm just expressing how unnecessary this is.)

[OpSonofBeast]

Maybe it's none of our business but I feel like we have a right to know why. Don input would be nice.

[Diamondback FOF]

I did not notice the seatbelt while riding. I don't know if it was just the crew or due to seat belts, but Diamondback was dispatching ridiculously slow tonight...a train was in the splashdown or on the brake run before the ned left the station. Lead to an unnecessarily long wait.

[homestar92]

^^We don't have a RIGHT to know anything. If the park chooses to reveal such information to us, it would be a privilege. I don't think they will, and that's their right. All we know is, Diamondback has seatbelts, and I think it's a safe assumption that they aren't going anywhere.

Then again, two seasons ago, I would have assumed that the seatbelts on Backlot Stunt Coaster and (what was then) Flight Deck were here to stay as well.

[Jr for Birdy]

I didn't notice the seat belt at all during my DB ride today, I also don't think it was the reasoning for the Diamondstacking I watched while I waited in a 20 minute line that should have been 10 minutes tops. The ride-ops are running a bit slow to start the season.

[Diamondback FOF]

I'd be willing to bet we won't ever have a reason as to why seat belts were added. There's no reason for the park to explain.

[jla]

We rode it tonight. Still the same airtime. Line still moved fast. Not to worry. You wont notice you have it on.

[Jr for Birdy]

What time were you in line, I've been to the park three times this season and notice it's stacking all the time, especially tonight. Banshee's ride-ops on the other hand have been outstanding,thumbs up!

[King Maple The Tree King]

I, for one, am glad that they installed the seat belts. Finally, my wife and I can enjoy the Diamondback experience without that uncomfortable floating sensation.

[gad198]

We don't have a RIGHT to know anything. If the park chooses to reveal such information to us, it would be a privilege. I don't think they will, and that's their right.

I don't think it's in Kings Island's best interest to say anything about this situation publicly. They could position it positively as a "this is just for extra safety" statement, but I really don't see the value in opening themselves up to questions about any of their previous safety policies. It's Pandora's box waiting to be opened.

I believe Diamondback will be giving its 10 millionth ride sometime this season. B&M hypers have probably given - conservatively - at least 100 million rides worldwide. To silver2005's point earlier, how many incidents involving the failure of restraints have we seen on B&M hypers? Zero. Anyone who has ever seen the inner workings of a B&M restraint knows that the odds of any of their restraints failing is so close to zero it may as well be zero. I'm sure B&M's safety record is a big reason why Cedar Fair continues to go to them to design their coasters.

This is just an educated opinion, but I don't believe the seatbelts on Diamondback are primarily there for safety reasons, even though that's that reason most people buy in to. I believe the belts are there to simply make sure that the rider - specifically those with larger lower body proportions - fits in the seat. If the belt doesn't buckle then there's no need to deal with the primary restraint.

Would anyone here ride Diamondback with the restraint up with the seat belt only restraining you? Probably not right? Just food for thought for those of you who believe that seat belt only would somehow be an effective way to restrain you in the VERY unlikely event of a restraint problem.