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They look more representative of the ride's reach envelope to me. Also, the trains in the station and the single set of air gates for loading completely rule a WIng Coaster out. Good eye on the single loading.

To me these newer blue prints appear to show heartlining as if it were a wing rider. It shows two ride paths (one on each side of the track) and each path has its own heartlining and what not.

Is that even a world record though? I'm guessing its going to be the Longest Inverted Coaster in the world?

Not sure if this has been posted...

I just put 2 and 2 together. Silver and blue are the only colors featured on the announcements. The blue supports are already spotted. The silver comb was a dead giveaway. The ride is going to have the same color scheme as Afterburn.

Silver track, blue supports. Looks nice.

Still wondering if it will be called Banshee or some kind of sequel to the Bat. I'm excited. A Giga would have been sweet but somewhat impractical if if wasn't Intamin. I am excited. For the first time in 3-4 years I will have a Kings Island season pass. Now that there are 2 great coasters and not just one and half or so.

I know I will be in the minority but WindSeeker actually.

I don't know why but I'm getting the feeling this will be a heavily themed inverted coaster like Volcano or something. Considering the small land area and the fact that this is making up for Son of Beast it has to be rather large scale in one way or another. Theming is a real possibility considering now hard Kings Island has tried in the past. Whether or not they've succeeded is a different story.

Is this thread really happening?

I love how people shit on the Big Dipper when it's literally the best wooden roller coaster I've ever ridden, which granted says more about me not riding enough wooden coasters but out of all the ones I've ridden the only one that compares is Blue Streak. I could care less about rides like The Beast, which is at my home park. Then again it's not like we're losing an El Toro or a Voyage. I would be willing to bet money that Big Dipper was vastly superior to the DBH... It looks even more tame than the Big Dipper. I even enjoyed the Big Dipper 2-3x as much as the Villain which was solid. By vastly superior I mean more fun, more forces, more riders, more successful, a better ride all around. So yeah.

This thread and in particular Robb's attitude is just disappointing as hell. I feel like I'm on Last.fm watching a bunch of music elitists cannibalize each other.

Probably already been posted...

The only views that I think are comparable are perhaps Magnum XL-200 and perhaps Thunder Dolphin.

Some of these omissions are illogical... I just cannot wrap my head around the fact that Intimidator 305 isn't in the top 10... Not only that but what's so good about Nitro, Goliath and Diamondback? If you've ridden one B&M hyper you've ridden them all, I feel like lesser known B&M rides are more deserving, such as Shambhala. I didn't expect my favorites to line up with the Golden Ticket Awards but yikes... Some glaring differences from what I expected.