stashua123 Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I wish I could watch a POV of Diamondback and wear the Oculus Rift thats so realisitc it made this guy think he was actually falling! That would be pretty cool and uber weird at the same time! Observations and thoughts for today. Snipped from Kings Island's Diamondback Webcam, found here:https://www.visitkingsisland.com/online-fun/webcams-7315_34349 If my handwriting is illegible to you guys I will tell you what I am saying. THE RED AREA BY DB This area I could see them putting a small midway type area with a couple of flat rides. Other Red thing is pointing at a possible new path someone was talking about earlier. Orange Thing Pointing to the fact that Diamondback is now testing, with its Splash Pool now full! Yellow Thing Pointing to the fact that the new Funnel Cake place is now nearly complete!! Green Area by WWC Land Clearing is continuing in the area that used to have the old WWC path. The old Funnel Cake building and some paths near the Train station look to be cleared out. New WWC path is looking like it is being installed. This area could be the possible Project 2017 area! I hope everyone has an absolutely great and fantastic day! 9 Quote
rhyano Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 A dark ride in the Crypt building makes more sense than ever, so much activity in Rivertown that it would not shock me if they were to add one soon, within the next couple years 2 Quote
calakapepe Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 But what I wonder, if a dark ride is to come.. where is the entrance going to be? With WWC now closer to the old Crypt entrance.. It feels like an illogical choice for an entrance in a new ride now in terms of crowd flow. Do we remember how much freaking space TR:TR originally had? And that was pretty necessary when it was a good ride still. See the utilized path space in front of all the major coasters. Quote
CoasterOhio Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Diamondback is testing today... but where is train three? Another thing to note, Are we getting some new brick paving, or some concrete at the Rivertown Potato Cake section? (The Potato Works and Funnel Cake patio is what I mean if you didn't get that fun little tape on the location name.) 3 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Hopefully its third train makes an appearance soon. Hopefully they don`t do what they do with the third Adventure Express train (they haven`t ran three trains on AE recently, because the third train didn`t increase capacity much more than when there are two trains). They rehab the third train during the regular season, and then when the off season hits, they only have to rehab one of the two trains over the winter, as they already rebuilt one during the regular season. There was a tweet or Facebook post by the park the other day saying "Work being done by the entrance and exit of the train station" and that was exactly what I thought about. Technically, they are called pavers. 3 Quote
CoasterOhio Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 I mean, from what I see. It looks like there is new concrete right in front of the station, but the rest is still empty with dirt. 1 Quote
Bradenwhite Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Wait so the new wwc path, is it the same as the one for Tombstone? sorry dumb question Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote
stashua123 Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 No question is a dumb question! Someone earlier pointed out they were building a new path from the slaughterhouse to Diamondbacks hammerhead turn. The new WWC path goes from near Diamondbacks first drop, crosses the train tracks and I presume joins the pathway somewhere in the woods. 2 Quote
Creed Bratton Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Diamondback is testing today... but where is train three? Another thing to note, Are we getting some new brick paving, or some concrete at the Rivertown Potato Cake section? (The Potato Works and Funnel Cake patio is what I mean if you didn't get that fun little tape on the location name.) Diamondback has simple looking trains, but is one of the complicated ones to rebuild. It'll be there.....there are still 2 weeks until it's needed to be there for opening weekend. It doesn't take all that long for a train to be commissioned for use once past it's opening season. Hopefully its third train makes an appearance soon. Hopefully they don`t do what they do with the third Adventure Express train (they haven`t ran three trains on AE recently, because the third train didn`t increase capacity much more than when there are two trains). They rehab the third train during the regular season, and then when the off season hits, they only have to rehab one of the two trains over the winter, as they already rebuilt one during the regular season. There was a tweet or Facebook post by the park the other day saying "Work being done by the entrance and exit of the train station" and that was exactly what I thought about. Technically, they are called pavers. I highly doubt that they will use the 3rd train as a rehab during the season. Diamondback is a people eater and utilizes all 3 trains well, no matter how many enthusiasts claim it stacks, ruins capacity, etc. The general public doesn't see that or care that it "stacks" and often hasn't. It really depends on the crew each day. The numbers for RPH are generally higher than many think. No question is a dumb question! Someone earlier pointed out they were building a new path from the slaughterhouse to Diamondbacks hammerhead turn. The new WWC path goes from near Diamondbacks first drop, crosses the train tracks and I presume joins the pathway somewhere in the woods. I highly doubt there will be a path from Slaughterhouse to Diamondback's Hammerhead turn to the midway by the train. Directly under the hammerhead there is a drop off....it's not as flat as some may assume. I'll never forget during training my supervisors took us out there and told us to make sure we didn't get too far out from under the track, especially at night be cause the land becomes incredibly steep. When I got to the point where I was close enough to be safe, sure enough, it was steep. We've also got to look at the area from the hammerhead to the train area. It's definitely not flat and is used for access roads. There are several lock out areas around there for low zones. Unless they would smooth out that land, place bigger fences to prevent folks from getting close to the lockout areas, it's not viable. 4 Quote
stashua123 Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I was talking about a new access road/path that would not go all the way over to the train to be used for other purposes. Not a new midway. 2 Quote
Creed Bratton Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I was saying that there wouldn't be a public path from Slaughterhouse, through the hammerhead by Diamondback to then connect with the area by WWC's new queue. 3 Quote
Infinity Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Does anyone have plans to go to Season Passholder Night? I'll be there. I'm curious to see how many of you guys I might run into. 2 Quote
Bradenwhite Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I was talking about a new access road/path that would not go all the way over to the train to be used for other purposes. Not a new midway. During haunt last year you would cross over the railroad track then would lead into the woods, but it felt like a temporary queue (like mainly used for haunt) 2 Quote
Creed Bratton Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Does anyone have plans to go to Season Passholder Night? I'll be there. I'm curious to see how many of you guys I might run into. Should be there. I don't think there is a meet up thread yet...but probably will be up soon. 2 Quote
BloodBlade21 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 The Fast Lane and Fast Lane Plus lineups have been updated for the 2016 season and they are sure to make a splash! The FL lineup seems consistent with last year while FL+ has Banshee, Firehawk, FoF, Beast, AND Soak City attractions! Yes, you are reading that correctly. Tropical Plunge, Rendezvous Run, Zoom Flume, and Thunder Falls all are now on FL+. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane-32615_32702 4 Quote
MDMC01 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Interesting, I believe both Dorney and Carowinds has done this as well with some of their slides. Curious to see how this'll work for Sidew- er, Thunder Falls since there are 2 slides; will one side be FL and one side regular line? And how will getting the tubes at the slides exit work now? I guess we'll find out when Soak City opens up. 3 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 The Fast Lane and Fast Lane Plus lineups have been updated for the 2016 season and they are sure to make a splash! The FL lineup seems consistent with last year while FL+ has Banshee, Firehawk, FoF, Beast, AND Soak City attractions! Yes, you are reading that correctly. Tropical Plunge, Rendezvous Run, Zoom Flume, and Thunder Falls all are now on FL+. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane-32615_32702 Your link has an extra space at the end (which seems to be happening a lot here lately). Here's a working link: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane-32615_32702 3 Quote
rhyano Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Interesting, I don't head to Soak City much, but it really won't make my day with Fast Lane 2 Quote
malem Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 A Fast Lane user enjoying Soak City isn't in front of you at Banshee. 11 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 I still think they should have taken my suggestion from several years ago and made Soak City's line-skipping pass a separate product called Splash Lane. jcgoble3, who may or may not be serious (after all, today is... [signal lost]) 8 Quote
rcwizard13 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 The lights were left on inside Banshee's transfer shed, giving the area a kind of creepy look right now on the webcam when everything else is off. https://goo.gl/photos/zC6RnpXfqQuMiU7s7 3 Quote
CoasterOhio Posted April 1, 2016 Author Posted April 1, 2016 Good morning Vortex! Also, I do believe I see three trains in Storage on DB now. 12 Quote
upstop Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 The KI MV RR engine is circling the track at this moment. 9 Quote
CoasterOhio Posted April 1, 2016 Author Posted April 1, 2016 Diamondback is waking up right now! Edit: Only to put it back in another section. What? Edit2: And then they pull it out again. Edit3: Now it's on the track. 7 Quote
stashua123 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Seeing that transfer track move has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in my life! 6 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 If they are going to put the third Diamondback train on the track, only the transfer bay closest to the midway (farthest from the station) has the winch mechanism to lift the trains from the ground onto the storage track. 7 Quote
MDMC01 Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Just watched The Bat test and it was beautiful! 15 days... EDIT: I also see one of Diamondback's trains just chillin' on the block/turnaround before the station 4 Quote
CoasterOhio Posted April 1, 2016 Author Posted April 1, 2016 I really hope they are putting the third train in soon... Because we only have 15 days until the park opens, and yet they're testing Diamondback with only two trains. Could it be because of stacking issues due to those seatbelts? 4 Quote
Infinity Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Maybe they'll wait to put it on until the summer season is in full swing. When it's needed more. 3 Quote
rhyano Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Maybe they'll wait to put it on until the summer season is in full swing. When it's needed more. It will be certainly needed opening day and the first few weekends! 6 Quote
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