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Who saw the latest post from screamscape? Looks like the 2015 coaster might not be called Diavolo after all. In all honesty, I like the name Diavolo better. 2015 - New Roller Coaster - Semi-Confirmed - (5/13/14) News Plus Notes spotted an interesting new trademark filing by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment this week for something called TEMPESTO. They report that the Italian sounding word loosely translates to storm. They’ve come to the same conclusion as I have, that this would be a perfect sounding name for that rumored new coaster planned for the Festa Italia section of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Just something to keep an eye on at the very least.

Man! That thing just keeps on getting taller and taller!

It is too up, its in a separate thread titled something like "Kings Dominion Birthday Bash May 10th" Check it out.

She was very good company. Very outgoing, enthusiastic, and just a lot of fun.

^ LOL! While at Kings Dominion yesterday, I overheard a guy tell his friend "we don't need to ride intimidator! We already rode dominator and they're both the exact same ride"

More photos from the Birthday Bash! I also went to Boo Blasters...guilty pleasure ride for sure. When you walked in, they greeted you with KD magazines to take home! The opening page with a note from Pat Jones, the GM of KD. Oh, and did I mention that they also gave us singing mushrooms posters? There's plenty to go around. I hit dominator around 4:30, since that was the point where it had the shortest line. They also had a live band playing. They were very good. Time for food. Cool stuff inside! So I grabbed like 5 of them. I think i'll end with a photo of the mushrooms at night. Thanks KD for an awesome event! This photo isn't the best quality, but it is of Pat Jones giving a brief little speech welcoming us all here. After that, she went around and talked to everyone. I got to meet her, which was cool! She's a nice lady. I was at the Point where I had ridden everything, so I took my first ever stroll through dinosaurs alive, since it is now free for gold pass holders. Huh. No line. Oh well! More for me! Enough fun and games, it's time for ERT on i305! I rode front row so many times...it's even better at night. And just like that, it was 6:00! We were originally suppose to meet at Outer Hanks, but due to the rain, they moved the location to a pavilion. We played Kings Dominion bingo. And ate birthday cake! If you won, then you could've gotten a wheel from one of the coasters! I didn't win, but the guy who did win took home a wheel from volcano!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend Kings Dominions very own birthday party! It was a very good event, and lots of fun. Crowds at the park werent too bad, but could've been better. Even with the new queue, Volcano still gets a very long line. Flight of Fear and Dominator also had pretty long lines throughout the day. We had 6 hours to hang around the park before the dinner, which was plenty of time to ride almost everything at least once. Including the ERT on i305, here was my ride count for the day: Shockwave-1 Avalanche-1 Dominator-1 Grizzly-1 Volcano-2 Hurler-1 Rebel Yell-1 Intimidator 305-10 Backlot Stunt Coaster-1 Anyways, onto the photos! Who's ready for a Great day? KD welcomes us! Too bad this isn't edible... Check in time was at 12, so since I arrived early, I decided to ride a few coasters first, so I went to the ones that I knew would have short lines, ie, shockwave. Unfortunately, there were no plans for ERT on the shrooms. I went for back row, and it actually wasn't as bad as you might think. It pulls some good G's ...And a zebra. Gotta love that Disney level of detail. Avalanche was running 3 trains, which was nice. I also had a little leftover time, so I went into Safari Village. By the time I got off avalanche, it was time to check in! Check in was at the Eiffel Tower, and by the time I had go there, there was already a line. The retheme to safari village meant we needed some new theming! So KD added a giraffe. The schedule for the day was on the back Once you checked in, they gave you a cool lanyard with a lamented Birthday Bash card. Don't forget 2 free skip the line passes! I used both of mine on Volcano, naturally. Front row both times! Here were the options for which rides you could've skipped the line for. They also gave you a complimentary pin! Nice! After checking in, I just went around the park hitting up rides. The dinner wasn't until 6, so lots of free time! Sorry eagles! Your line isn't worth skipping! Hurler was finally up and running. It had been closed the past few weeks. Drop tower was broken down all day. The drop mechanism was stuck half way up the tower. The crypt was also up and running. Here at KD, there are two types of people. Those that will watch the crypt, and those who will ride it. Eiffel Tower anyone? They loved the camera. The clown band!!!

I saw this on twitter too! I LOLed so hard! I retweeted it...

Love the cave theme. Very realistic to the movie. Universal never disappoints when it comes to detail and theming! Love it!

awesome photos! Cedar Point never lets us down when it comes to adding awesome attractions and throwing a great media day. Wish I could've been there! Sounds like a lot of fun. The gemini midway looks so pretty, I love it. Very modernized, and a much needed revitalization.

Wicked Twister: Superman Clone: (kinda)? sure, and while we're at it, we can throw in an aquatrax element!

Birthday Bash is tomorrow. I'll make sure to take plenty of photos and can probably have a trip report up on sunday.

If there ends up being a drop track, then I hope that if CF decides to add more of these around the US! Imagine if KD got one inside volcano...That'd mean 2 drop tracks in one state!

I hate how there's only 7 episodes...but I mean its not awful thats 28 coasters.

I'd love a drop track. It'd be very weird for a ride like this, but hey, if they could fit it in with the story line, then that'd be even better! Hopefully we'll also see some dragon theming in the queue line. Normally I wouldn't have high expectations, but Banshee has it so its possible...

^ Don't forget that he'll probably also mention that Wicked Twister was gonna connect the 2 towers at the top to make one consecutive coaster track.

great views of Kraken and Manta! Stunning!

^ When it comes to water slides, we always end up getting more wet from the end then the actual duration of the ride...If they didn't put that then a lot of people would've been like "I didn't even get wet!"

any one here gonna be at the birthday bash this saturday? I'll be there.

I thought they came from Dippin' Dots stands? Well if the dippin dots guy has a keyboard...

makes sense.

^ Where in the world did you get this from, who, and how are we suppose to trust that you're telling the truth? This could be just a giant rumor or fib.

Now that we've seen the best overall in the world, I think it would've been interesting to see the list you would make of the best in just the US, or the best parks outside the US. Or just theme/amusement parks or just water parks. But its interesting seeing the combined list!

hope lightning racer was filmed also. Or storm runner. both are good.

From what I've heard, full throttle first and then proceed to Tatsu, and do X2 around 4:30