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• Diamondback Coverage & Early Reviews

  Written by The Coaster Critic 16 Comments
  Last Updated: April 21, 2009
  This past weekend the opening of Kings Island’s Diamondback dominated theme park news sites across the Web. The ride’s opening had both the enthusiast community and likely southern Ohio in a frenzy. Since I couldn’t be there to give you my own coverage, here’s some of the best coverage I’ve found on the Web. Kings Island fan sites like KIExtreme and KICentral had in-...

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• New Diamondback Test Video & Images

  Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
  Last Updated: March 4, 2009
  It’s that time of the year when coaster geeks will start drooling over test run videos of the new roller coasters opening this year. A great test video of King’s Island’s Diamondback has been posted on YouTube by KICentral. Note the empty pool towards the end of the video. This will be where the train takes a dive into the splash section. Don’t expect to get wet though. I...

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• 2009 Construction Updates – Diamondback, Terminator & More

  Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
  Last Updated: November 17, 2008
  Coaster Construction Updates – Diamondback, Prowler, & MoreCarowind’s relocated boomerang coaster, Carolina Cobra is coming along nicely. The park’s mini site for the new attraction has tons of photos and even a live web cam, likely perched from the park’s observation tower. As Carowinds is my home park I’m looking forward to reporting on whether or not the coaste...

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• Diamondback to Tower Over Kings Island in 2009

  Written by The Coaster Critic 6 Comments
  Last Updated: August 6, 2008
  Kings Island Releases Details on Their 2009 Hyper Coaster, Diamondback A Mile Long Journey into the Wilderness Earlier this week Kings Island, located outside of Cincinnati, OH, released details on their highly anticipated roller coaster for the 2009 season. Diamondback will be a Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster that will offer a high-speed ride with many drops and lots of airtime. Unlike e...

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• Kings Island Teases 2009 Coaster

  Written by The Coaster Critic 1 Comment
  Last Updated: July 23, 2008
  Kings Island Teases Fans with New Mini Site & CluesEarly guesses that the new B&M hyper coaster will be named ‘Mustang’, largely based Internet chatter and on this ‘Ride Sally Ride!’ teaser poster seen in this post, may be wrong. Kings Island’s new teaser site shows a reptilian eye that follows your mouse around the page. It also features three short videos of...

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• Mustang Hyper Coaster Rumored for Kings Island

  Written by The Coaster Critic 2 Comments
  Last Updated: July 9, 2008
  Clues Surface About Kings Island’s Hyper Coaster, MustangRumors that Kings Island will be getting a Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster are looking more and more like fact. On Tuesday an article was written which pretty much confirmed the coaster. The Dayton Daily News reported on the details they were able to discern from the drawings Kings Island filed with the city of Mason Planning De...

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