Kings Island announces Diamondback

HeyIsntThatRob forgot it's supposed to go underwater too, not just through it. :)

Loved NITRO so anything similar is probably going to make my top 10.....which is already out of room! Is it '09 yet?

Diamondback? Meh. DiamondHawk would have been much better.

Agreed, this coaster will be worth a trip to King's Island by itself. They are known for their wood coasters, now it's time to be known for steel as well.

Floorless: you bet. I'll make sure to get a ride on Tornado for you. :) Have a great time in Pigeon Forge. And speaking of Tornadoes, don't forget to ride the Tennessee variety down there.

Hmmph! I looked around the whole site and didn't see a single view of the trash cans that will be installed in the queues, let alone a 360 animation.

I trust Moosh's glowing endorsement of the train arrangement.

Anyone who remembers my thoughts on Behemoth's trains when the ride was announced knows I was a very, very vocal critic. Much of that was based on the Deja Vu debacle -- those trains were a nightmare -- and that people have been conditioned to visit parks in even numbered groups so no one ends up riding alone and that trains would dispatch with a higher-than-average number of empty seats. I was also under the assumption that the longer trains would mean an (over)engineered track layout (think Nitro, but even more forceless!). B&Ms trains have worked flawlessly for over a decade...why change what works?

Flash forward to my July 4 visit to Canada's Wonderland. Imagine my surprise when I discovered airtime in the "ejector / makes you grab for the bar" variety. Imagine my surprise when I found the queue row for the two front outside seats -- and we all know the outside seats are da money -- empty because the GP was lined up for queue row #1 (the two inside seats) because "that's the front row."

I was immediately won-over with the trains and the ride. If Diamondback is 1/10th the ride Behemoth is not only will it be the best coaster at Kings Island it'll be the best in Ohio.

I haven't been to Kings Island since SOB's opening. SOB sucks, Beast was a shadow of its former self and nothing else thrilled me.

You can bet I'll be back next year.

I love how there are people walking around and spectating at the bottom of the first drop. So Cool!

Behemoth - First drop, Airtime hill, Hairpin, Three more hills, Mid course brakes, Downward helix, final bunny hop.

Diamondback - First drop, Airtime hill, Airtime hill, hairpin, Airtime hill, Mid course brakes, Two airtime hills, upward helix, water splash.

Two different spots there are people watching and spectating. The coaster includes the newly designed trains with a hot, fire, aggressive looking track.

Behemoth is a huge hit a CW, but this new ride makes me jealous. Seriously though, diamondback will be a ton of fun to ride.

Moosh, best in Ohio? That's quite a claim right there...

This ride is getting me back to a Cedar Fair park to try this out. I'm looking forward to this ride, it's exactly what KI needs and will hopefully get SoB out of people's heads...

2 months into operation, it will close, the snake heads will be stripped from the front... and a third skinny seat will be squeezed into row 2.

;-)

That looks freakin' awesome.

I'm already planning a trip for next spring. This should be a great ride.

TatsuRob, sounds to me like you wouldn't be happy with anything. I like Intamin and all, but I'm ready to try out a B&M hyper.

Here's my question:

How can CF use a name that PARC is already using at one of their parks (Diamondback is the Arrow shuttle loop at FC)? Is the ride name not already trademarked - assuming when the park went from SF ownership to PARC that the trademark would also pass to PARC....

Jeremy, anyone else?

^Are they getting away with the name because that this one is Diamondback(w/o space) and the one at FC is Diamond Back (w/ space)?

http://www.rcdb.com/qs.htm?quicksearch=diamond+back

Im just going by what ^that says.*** This post was edited by CoasterStreak 8/7/2008 10:51:26 AM ***

I finally got to see the animation. Wow! Nice layout. Nice dives along the ground out back. Those hills look like they'll deliver some float time. Nice interactions with the walkways. Nice money shot at the end. I like what I see! Looks like a tight fit for the train in some spots though.

I think this is great for us, but why up the coasters at the park? They already have 13 coasters without this new one. Isn't that enough? I went to the park in June, and the parking lot was jammed. Thankfully, a lot of people like to walk around the park instead of just going in the lines.

I think the kids area really helps because usually at the other parks, there aren't many people in those kids areas. That kids area was quite packed for what it was. I think it's too fast for another coaster so soon. They just got Firehawk last year.

Hopefully, this coaster will be similar to SFOG's Goliath, and not like Raging boring Bull.

KI has never had a signature coaster. Now they do. If they can put more people through the gate in a sustainable way, why not build another coaster?

Re: Moosh

Best in Ohio? I haven't ridden Maverick, but MF ranks above all the B&M's I've ridden to date. That's quite a claim. We'll see how it (or Behemoth if I ever get up there) live up to it.

MF ranked above all the B&M hypers I'd ridden...until I rode Behemoth.

Living less than 30 minutes from KI it's going to be hard for me to not be there on opening day. MF is prolly my #1 at this point (out of a very small number of coasters) but if Behemoth is better than MF, I can only imagine what this brings.

And all this time I thought that the Beast was the signature coaster.