TR - Diamondback Auction, Opening Day at KI

Youtube · by **HPCrazy** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:13 pm

The coaster looks so mejestic, even better with the blue sky! Many thanks to all you guys for posting so many wonderful pics on here. The anticipation is really building as this is one of the coaster that "I will ride" on my Cedar Point / Kings Island trip in August!

by **Speeddeamon128** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:46 pm

Awesome TR & DB pics. This is definitely the new for 2009 ride I'm looking forward to riding most! I wonder if it will be as good as Behemoth because Behemoth was AMAZING :airtime:

by **Voyager** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:26 pm

Well, no super-long TR this time, just an addition to my KI/DB thread from last week. Photos are just below.

A friend and I headed to KI Sunday the 26th. During passholder early entry (1/2 hr before opening), my first DB ride had a 4 minute wait. The second was 10-15 minutes, so I got two rides during early entry.

After rides on the Beast, Backlot Coaster, Vortex, Flight of Fear, Racer, and Adventure Express, we headed back to DB for a ride in Row 2. We tried the single rider line and got another ride in 10-15 minutes.

After another Beast ride it was lunch time - LaRosa's pizza.

We headed up front where I rode Drop Zone and Delerium, and then we went to DB again. After a ride or two I stayed there, and my friend went off to ride other coasters.

I used the single rider line a couple more times.

On the second hill of one ride I noticed that someone two rows in front of me had dropped something. They were trying to grab it, but they were having trouble reaching the floor, and the airtime was complicating matters. With the open seating, I had a great view. Turns out it was a cell phone, and as the airtime levitated it over the third hill, they grabbed it, but something came out and actually hit my foot on the way down. Turns out that was the battery!

The moral of the story is - Diamondback eats cell phones! With all of the airtime, make sure it's secured or you might lose it!

I decided I wanted a front seat ride. No chance of getting hit by cell phone batteries there.

I waited in the full line by myself. I explained this to the seat-assigner, and was able to get row 1. I knew I would make someone in the single rider line very happy!

It's amazing how coincidences happen......

A guy walked up from the line with a big smile, and I told him he had won the lottery. He was, of course, very happy to get a front-seat ride, but he looked slightly familiar......

We talked for a minute, and it turns out it was PKI ManJZ, aka Zach!

He is a KI employee and has been posting great DB photos (see his thread HERE). We had even corresponded a bit. Small world!

Anyway, we had an awesome front seat ride, and then we waited in line and scored a back seat ride. The splashdown had what we concluded was an acceptable amount of wetness. (I got a photo of my shoulder to show this.) Zach headed home, I got back in line.

All in all I got 12 DB rides, 2 during early entry, and 3 using the single rider line. Even sitting nearer to the middle (row 6) it was a fabulous ride. Riding in the back right seat, I looked behind me and to my left and watched the water flying out of the scoop. Very cool.

The front is still my favorite, though, for the wind-in-the-face feeling and the way the airtime feels.

Some photos follow. The shot of people coming over the second airtime hill shows what a relatively inexpensive small point-and-shoot camera can do. I intend to try this shot with a much better camera and lens in the future.

Next it's off to try out Prowler next weekend. Look for a TR at some point.

Facebook · by **PKI JizzMan** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:02 pm

I look like a mess! :lolr:

What a great way to end my day at KI! Awesome pictures, too. It was a pleasant surprise, Mike! Looking forward to our next adventures.

-Zach

by **spaceace12** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:14 pm

Knew I seen those photos elsewhere....great photos.

Facebook · by **PKI JizzMan** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:23 am

BTW.....the black dude-op in the back...is awesome on the mic. His name's Keenan. Pay attention if he's working while you're there!

-Zach

by **Voyager** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:54 am

PKI ManJZ wrote:I look like a mess! What a great way to end my day at KI! Awesome pictures, too. It was a pleasant surprise, Mike! Looking forward to our next adventures. -Zach

Mess?! That photo with you in the station turned out pretty good, I think! Everything's in focus, and the exposure was good. I had your name misspelled in the TR so I fixed that.

If I can make a recommendation, one of our next adventures should be at Holiday World. Let me know when you can head down there. Bring your camera and any friends that will appreciate wood coasters and you'll have a great time.

I'll be at Ride Warrior Weekend, and back at KI at the end of May. -Mike

by **spaceace12** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:05 pm

You should come down for HWN...I can meet another TPr member.

by **adamico2** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:49 pm

I made a trip down to KI for the Haunt a few weeks ago. My night ride on DB (3rd from back row, outside seat) was absolutely stunning. The ride definitely exceded my expections, which were quite high after riding Behemoth the previous summer. I know where you are coming from when you say it is better in the front. That seems to be the case with B&M hypers.

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