Characteristics ĭiamondback is the first hyper coaster to feature a splashdown. One cycle of the ride lasts about 3 minutes. After braking, the train takes a left U-turn and heads back into the station. After the final helix, the train passes over the Rivertown midway a second time and drops into the splashdown finale, slowing the train down before going up another hill into the final brake run. After the short brake run the train drops down into the ravine, raising into a pair of bunny hop hills before entering the final clockwise helix of 323°. After the fourth hill, the train turns down into a 287° counter-clockwise helix, containing the on-ride photo camera, and into the mid-course brake run. After dropping out of the hammerhead, the train travels up a 129 foot (39 m) hill (which has a trim brake). The ride then ascends a 131 foot (40 m) camelback hill and drops, curving left into the hammerhead turn. It then curves to the right up a 193 foot (59 m) hill, past Mystic Timbers' first drop, and then dives into the ravine, curving again to the left. Once reaching the top of the hill, the coaster drops 215 feet (66 m) at 74° over the Rivertown midway reaching speeds up to 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). Ride experience Īfter the train leaves the station, it begins its ascent up the 230 foot (70 m) chain lift hill. The first eight trains, or the first 256 seats were auctioned off. ![]() All proceeds from the auction would go to A Kid Again non-profit organization, formerly known as Adventures for Wish Kids. The winners of the auction would be given a commemorative first rider ticket, a special gift from the park, and an admission ticket. On February 3, 2009, Kings Island announced they would hold an auction for the first riders on Diamondback. Diamondback reached a milestone of one million riders in July 2009, and another milestone of ten million riders in July 2014. Diamondback officially opened on April 18, 2009. The last piece of track was installed on January 26, 2009. The ride was topped off with the 230 foot (70 m) lift hill on October 30. Kings Island started teasing visitors during the Fourth of July weekend in 2008 with signs saying, "Ride Sally ride" and "Steep incline ahead." Diamondback was announced on Augas the largest investment in Kings Island history. Swan Lake was drained and filled with concrete before opening day in 2008 this would become the location of Diamondback's splashdown element. Outsider.Construction of Diamondback began on October 11, 2007, with the removal of a tree. He was eventually released from that when it became futile,” Knight said with a laugh. ![]() He went on every interview with me for at least three years, and he never worked. I was getting in the car, and she smoked, and we drove an hour in traffic, and then we’d get home late. I knew that whatever I had planned with my buddies, that wasn’t happening. “It meant coming home from school and seeing my mother dressed up. Therefore Knight joked that their parents eventually “released” him from acting. Additionally, his parents forced his brother to audition as well, but he never once received a callback. Instead of getting to play with his friends after school, he auditioned and shot commercials late into the night. Once I learned what that meant, I hated it,” Knight said in a 2012 interview with Hollywood Chicago.Īcting at such a young age basically ruined part of Knight’s childhood. So the conversation was, ‘We’re going to get you an agent and do commercials.’ I said okay, even though I didn’t know what it meant.
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