Amusement Today readers voted Diamondback in its debut season as the seventh-best steel roller coaster in the world. By way of comparison, Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland ranked 29th in its first season of operation in 2008, but climbed to the No. 12 spot this year.
Diamondback gave a strong charge toward the Golden Ticket as the Best New Amusement Park Ride for 2009, placing second behind Prowler, a wooden roller coaster at World's of Fun.
- Don Helbig
