But the sustained-for-as-long-as-possible, airtime-for-the-sake-of-airtime type of air? Vastly overrated, in my opinion.
Now you have to read the rest of this review so you can try to decipher the secret code embedded in it that details my plans to take over the entire world in a very Michael Bay sort of way. But seriously, why all the fanatical enthusiasm for simply experiencing a few seconds of weightlessness? Removed of any external context, to exist in a zero g-force environment seems just as banal and meaningless as a one g-force environment.
I have a similar relationship to g-forces. Before I alienate too many of my readers, I can perhaps relate to the sense of relief felt at having the normal forces constantly yanking on my bones and internal organs to be lifted for a brief moment and allow me to enjoy total freedom. I realize that is a crucial distinction that can only be achieved through pure, unfiltered weightlessness. Having now established the philosophical perspective from which I will critique the new-for Diamondback, it should be all too easy to draw the conclusion that the ride is nothing more than a vacuous heap of shit, albeit precision-engineered, million dollar shit.
Not so fast. Unlike Son of Beast, which playfully teases us with several dips and turns before committing to the first drop, Diamondback is not interested in such theatrics and is committed to transporting us to the apex of the first drop as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Speaking of efficacy, I cannot let it go unnoted that the wait for Diamondback that morning was less than 15 minutes long, and what small line they did have moved. It might be four seats fewer than its older speed coaster brethren, but while waiting in line Diamondback might as well have car trains based on how quickly they shipped trains out of that station and loaded new guests in.
The seats and restraints are the most comfortable imaginable without sacrificing any safety or loading efficiency. The train crests the first drop. I find myself quite underwhelmed by this initial plunge. That is still kind of true, but the long pull-over reduces the forward angular rotation normally associated with steep first drops, and the resulting sensation is one that kind of keeps on going down until you hit the bottom, with not much else to it other than that.
Regardless, when Kings Island announced the ride in ft. After the drop we surge up to crest the first hill. Seeing as the ride is not much more than a series of perfectly parabolic hills strung together with the intention of each providing the longest sustained airtime with however much speed it has, I might as well spend a bit of time analyzing exactly what kind of air this is.
What are the other qualities to this air? Intamin is a classic counter-example of this. So what? It means that you go up much higher and have much steeper drops on the camelback hills. It means that the speed is much more uneven, creating a greater distinction between the wind in your face at the bottoms and the slow sailing over the tops.
It also plays with your inner-ear much more. Although physically you may be pulled at Hey, this ride almost sounds interesting! And it should get even more interesting since on the decent of this second hill is when the terrain starts to come into play.
Does this sound familiar? Just from writing that I want to put this coaster on my top ten list. Diamondback is positively brimming with potential to be one of the few truly great modern steel coasters. Did we even just drop down a natural ravine? Funny, I never would have guessed.
When rumors were first gathering about Diamondback there seemed to be no limit to the possibilities. I think a ft. Keep on imagining because that coaster was never even close to being built. While it might be better than sitting in the bleak void of empty space with no points of reference whatsoever, saying that having the tree line cut back 15 yards further is just a minor disappointment is a big understatement.
On Diamondback the tree line becomes a uniform wall in the background, while on a ride like the Beast, the trees seem close enough in areas that a fundamental perception about the woods is changed; it becomes a major element of the ride, altering the sense of spatial relations and putting the eye and brain on sensory overload as it tries to process the complex and ever-changing texture to the surroundings.
I appreciate that the way out has two full camelback hills instead of just one, since one of my beefs with the generic Speed Coaster design is they only have one full hill before the turnaround, making the ride feel very short. It seems no matter when and where I rode Diamondback, the front always offered a smoother ride than the back row, which featured some shaking on the higher-speed pullouts. Later in August, however, the entire trains had picked up some bad trembling.
I think it was just a case of the wheels started to get some minor deformities after more than a half-season of use, perhaps they were parked on the track in the same position for too long, causing the contact point with the track to flatten a little bit this is partly why the storage shed parks the trains on a series of rollers resting on their undercarriage.
Does seating make a difference to the sort of air experienced? We now arrive at the turnaround, which should be rather awesome, banked well past the ninety-degree mark, but it somehow comes up a bit flat. From here it charges up into the third camelback hill, but not before passing over the rides first trim brake on the way up. In May it let us through without a hitch, in August we got grabbed a little. On the one hand, that introduces some light headchopper effects, on the other, it only highlights how much smaller this element is than the previous one.
Now we have the spiral into the midcourse brake run. Amputations must be below the ankle. Guests with a cervical collar, neck brace, or broken collar bone are not permitted to ride. Casts are not permitted on this ride. Guests with any type of arm prosthesis should not ride unless they can ensure the device is properly secured and will remain in place during the ride.
Alternatively, guests with certain amputations may be able to ride with the use of a separate full body harness provided the guest has remaining leg and arm remnants to be secured by the harness. Guests should check with Guest Services to determine if they are eligible to ride using the full body harness. Alternate access is available at the ride exit.
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