bonsaiisuperstar Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I also have never seen that Bat POV. (only posted a few days ago) I'll take Bat Reborn anyday if it still swung as violently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsaiisuperstar Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Wow. That is the holy grail of vintage coaster POV there. I really miss the Bat. Rode it 3 times in 1983. I had 4 pair of socks on just to be tall enough to ride it. I was so excited because it was always closed whenever i went to the park. Still like one of my most favorite memories ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Peck Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Can anyone envision a layout? I'm not seeing it yet, but I could hypothesize a few. Not my photo. From KICentral. (SonofBaconator) Â Ask and ye shall receive. B&M Inverted Coaster Layout. Banshee Layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MIntaminGCI Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Just was browsing Nolimits-design and came across this, apparently they were told it was going to be a B&M Invert, the tallest in the world, and then this graphic was posted   Green box is the storage building (3 across).Red box is the transfer track. Blue is the brake run. Purple is the station. You can also see the two large footers next to the cement truck for what I believe will be footings for the base of the lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 If you look at Diamondback construction, it has a long rectangular "box" under the station area. Â I think the purple area will be a block before the station, then you turn left into the station from the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I think Griffion has a cement base at the bottom of its lift hill, and the footers are square. But i dont know how this would be layed out yet, although thats a good rendering^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Son of Bat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Red Headed Bastard Stepchild Grandson of Bat Beast! Â Guy "You heard it here first!" Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocoasterkid Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Â This image was just uploaded to Kings Island's Twitter page an hour or so ago, and it is titled "Field of Dreams." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 More like "Field of SCREAMS" (Banshee screams ) Â SO many interesting rumors and tidbits, this is the fun part, well... so is when the ride is running too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I would NOT mind seeing a bit Katun like coaster, big invert. That is if KI is looking to build the 'tallest or biggest'  If this is a big invert, it would have to be pretty big seeing Wicked Twister is the tallest, right? But of course Alpengeist is the tallest, and has the longest drop in a full circuit.  Height is Wicked at 215ft followed by 205 - Alpengeist.  Drop length: 1st 206 ft Wicked Twister Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, USA 5/5/2002  2nd 177 ft Aftershock Silverwood Theme Park Athol, Idaho, USA 7/21/2008  Giant Inverted Boomerang Jin Jiang Action Park Xuhui, Shanghai, China 9/30/2011  Goliath Six Flags New England Agawam, Massachusetts, USA 5/25/2012  Stunt Fall Parque Warner Madrid San MartÃn de la Vega, Madrid, Spain 8/8/2002 * 177 ft  unknown Sochi Park Adventureland Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia 2013  Sky Mountain Mirabilandia Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil 2009 3rd 175 ft  Steel Venom Valleyfair! Shakopee, Minnesota, USA 5/17/2003 4th 170 ft  Alpengeist Busch Gardens Williamsburg Williamsburg, Virginia, USA 3/22/1997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWAddington Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I think it would just have to be taller than Alpengeist for it to be considered the tallest inverted, if thats what it is. Wicked Twister, from what I've always heard, is the tallest impulse coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Anyone going to Kings Island tomorrow? Care to go? It's supposed to be cooler and less humid, and I haven't been in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I want to. But alas, I am stuck in LA working the Ubisoft VIP lounge for E3. FML! Perhaps I will get up there the week I am home after the 24th. I might pack up the midgets and head up there for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Hmmmmm, Â Windseeker anyone? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What the hell is that?! Did you make that? Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What the hell is that?! Did you make that? Haha  I am working on gathering material for actually make it a working model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWAddington Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What you have done already looks pretty much like the actual ride, being that they are down a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Very ambitious project! I wish you luck, the paint looks great! (I also have a train table in my basement covered in themed park models) Â Getting the carriage to spin will be easy, getting the carriage to raise and lower will prove difficult! Be sure to start a thread in the model forum, there are a lot of smart tinkerers there that can give you great advice when you run into trouble. Can't wait to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Very ambitious project! I wish you luck, the paint looks great! (I also have a train table in my basement covered in themed park models)Â Getting the carriage to spin will be easy, getting the carriage to raise and lower will prove difficult! Be sure to start a thread in the model forum, there are a lot of smart tinkerers there that can give you great advice when you run into trouble. Can't wait to see more! Â Actually, the opposite. Â I think getting it up (giggles) will be easy, and getting it to spin will be the hard part. Â My thread for my HO amusement park http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=65609 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsaiisuperstar Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Just got back from the park. Lots of progress on the "Banshee". Footers everywhere, cement trucks going to a fro and teams of workers pouring concrete and manning shovles. I have not been at the park in 5 days and they have done a lot of work in that time. No pics from me though because i don't like taking my phone in with me. It really looks like they are moving the launcher pay ride, new footers are poured for it so perhaps the coaster will go through its current location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koasterking48 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 This coaster is gonna be huge already! Did they really need more room?! This makes me believe it's going to be a giga with that much land cleared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhculdee Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 King's Island is on my amusement park visit list for 2014 because of this coaster, as it is starting to look very interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Does anyone know how much property Kings Island has, meaning undeveloped land/future expansion? I'm just curious, and pictures would be helpful if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Does anyone know how much property Kings Island has, meaning undeveloped land/future expansion? I'm just curious, and pictures would be helpful if possible. Â I was curious as well so I looked it up. A few sites has the park listed around 364 acres. Looks like plenty of land for many years. Â Kings Island land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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