PKI Jizzman Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Glad you folks like my photos. Ill be there next weekend for more. Im betting at least part of the first inversion migtt go up this week. Ed alonzo is rocking kings island this year. Most shows, even on fridays have been packed. The scarezones this year are so so. The new one blood in the bayou has some creepy animatronics in it. You enter on the crypt side and come out on the pathway behind the eiffel tower. Scareactors throughout the park are scarce at times. Most jyst go boo or ghey so some kind of roar. I was in there shoes, and masks, 2 years ago. Its tough work at times. But always fun when you make a guest jump out of their skin. The lines have been short the last 3 fridays and busy on saturdays. I usually get 2 trips through most mazes each friday. If anyone has photo requests fire away. Nice seeing you again on Friday, it was a really decent night. Great coverage of Banshee too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2012jarrett Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Glad you folks like my photos. Ill be there next weekend for more. Im betting at least part of the first inversion migtt go up this week. Ed alonzo is rocking kings island this year. Most shows, even on fridays have been packed. The scarezones this year are so so. The new one blood in the bayou has some creepy animatronics in it. You enter on the crypt side and come out on the pathway behind the eiffel tower. Scareactors throughout the park are scarce at times. Most jyst go boo or ghey so some kind of roar. I was in there shoes, and masks, 2 years ago. Its tough work at times. But always fun when you make a guest jump out of their skin. The lines have been short the last 3 fridays and busy on saturdays. I usually get 2 trips through most mazes each friday. If anyone has photo requests fire away. The only major photo requests I have are one of Banshee in the park's skyline with everything else. That and maybe one of it behind Slingshot. Â I've always wanted to work as a scare actor but I have a night shift job now so I can't get a clear schedule to do it. Though I believe you when you say it's fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geek Mojo Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Trip Report: Â My family and I got to visit King's Island Haunt Saturday Oct. 5 and stayed the whole 14 hours the park was open. We got to do all the rides, all the haunts, and get a ton load of pics of Banshee but seeing how so many people have already posted pics, I won't bother doing the same. I'm a huge B&M fan so April can't get here fast enough...and yeah, had to whore my appreciation out by buying some Banshee merch. As for the haunt, it was fun...the rain sucked, but what can you do...just deal with it really. This was only my second haunt I've ever been to. Last year, we went to Six Flags Fright Fest and Cedar Fair's Haunt is just better. Six Flags makes you pay for every little thing, Cedar Fair's is all included...Plus there was just more to do. There were like 15 haunts...all basically the same scare tactics, but different themes. We even watched the shows. With the rain, the crowds moved out late night, so we were able to do everything easily without fright lane except for the train ride, I guess the weather shut it down. I'd have to say Slaughterhouse was the best, we did it twice. Holiday Horror was the lamest. I found everyone working the Haunts to be alright, I got no complaints. We also got to ride Diamondback's last ride at the end of the night in the rain...A huge bolt of lightning shot across the sky while we were mid ride...It was awesome. But, they shut it down after that. I like how Kings Island keeps the majority of their rides going in bad weather...A lot of parks don't like Cedar Point...A small breeze, and then everything is dead. Kings Island is a trooper. I understand the lightning shutting things down, but I just find riding roller coasters in the rain fun as hell. Thanks KI for a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The ride is coming along great. It really adds to the skyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I hope someone posts a skyline pic soon. I'd love to see how it transformed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark549 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The first drop looks "almost" like the B&M version of the Crystal Beach Cyclone first drop. Almost. Â I'm hoping Cedar Fair bought something like Raptor or Flight Deck, not Silver Bullet nor Talon. (I haven't been on Patriot, but have heard it is more like Talon than Raptor.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The first drop looks "almost" like the B&M version of the Crystal Beach Cyclone first drop. Almost. I'm hoping Cedar Fair bought something like Raptor or Flight Deck, not Silver Bullet nor Talon. (I haven't been on Patriot, but have heard it is more like Talon than Raptor.)  Patriot (my 100th steel coaster) is okay, but Talon is better and more forceful. Patriot and Talon are also better maintained than Raptor. (Cedar Point doesn't seem to care much about there B&M's.)  Judging by the looks of the drop, I am going to ride Banshee the way I ride Montu. Row 1 in the morning, and row 8 later in the day.  I think the side you sit on is going to effect the experience of the drop in row 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocoasterkid Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I hope someone posts a skyline pic soon. I'd love to see how it transformed. Â Here ya go! Taken by elyk on kicentral: Â And this is from the Coney Mall side, curteousy of calakapepe at kicentral: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I like the last picture of Banshee from the midway. The ride is gonna look great when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Looks great from the highway, I wonder how many of the first elements we'll be able to see from there, the dive loop and vertical loop maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The first drop looks "almost" like the B&M version of the Crystal Beach Cyclone first drop. Almost. I'm hoping Cedar Fair bought something like Raptor or Flight Deck, not Silver Bullet nor Talon. (I haven't been on Patriot, but have heard it is more like Talon than Raptor.)  Is it just me that thinks talon was pretty forceful and oldschool? I mean, it wasn't quite as intense as Batman the ride clones or raptor but I felt that it packed quite a punch. I also really liked the fact that there isn't any actual pause in terms of speed (apart from the bit between the helix and drop into the corkscrew) it was just an element right after another and the pacing was great, it also pulled some really nice forces in the helix after the immelmann and the one after the corkscrew. I personally think it is usually underrated (although I might just have caught it in a very good day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMJr Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 ^I agree with you. I enjoyed Talon for what it was. Â Banshee sure looks great. I'm just not getting my hopes up about how great of a ride it will be. I just hope that this isn't the absolute end of the B&M pre-drops as I feel like they are a great first element and can still work great in future layouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Turbo Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I don't want the pre-drops to end either. They are fun and interesting, especially in hypers giving the back seat some good airtime on the first drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I hope someone posts a skyline pic soon. I'd love to see how it transformed. Â Here ya go! Taken by elyk on kicentral: Â And this is from the Coney Mall side, curteousy of calakapepe at kicentral: Â Â Thank you for sharing those! The skyline looks awesome with Banshee, but still odd without SOB lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Is it just me that thinks talon was pretty forceful and oldschool? I mean, it wasn't quite as intense as Batman the ride clones or raptor but I felt that it packed quite a punch. I also really liked the fact that there isn't any actual pause in terms of speed (apart from the bit between the helix and drop into the corkscrew) it was just an element right after another and the pacing was great, it also pulled some really nice forces in the helix after the immelmann and the one after the corkscrew. I personally think it is usually underrated (although I might just have caught it in a very good day) Â Â I think Talon is a good coaster. The problem is there are a lot of good Inverts, so it gets lost in the crowd. ...Afterburn too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Talon is a great invert in my opinion, I like it more than Raptor and the BTR clones that I've been on. There are definitely some g's on the ride, especially on the helix. Hopefully Banshee is a bit more forceful than Talon, but the same forces would be fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I love that view from Coney Mall. It sort of gives Coney two bookends with Banshee's lift on one end and Vortex on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocoasterkid Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 A few new pictures off of Twitter and Instagram from KI PR: Â Not much different here: Â A bit of a different angle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PkiJake Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Can a roller coaster be sexy? That drop and the colour is very sexy. I can't wait to see it in person Saturday when I go to the park for my birthday. I love going to theme parks during the fall, the time of year is just great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 ^Rule 42. If you can think it, someone has already turned it into porn and either F^@ked it or F^@ked on it. Â Guy "I refuse to give links as I don't want to corrupt the young, and young at heart. But believe me, they exist." Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I just hope that this isn't the absolute end of the B&M pre-drops as I feel like they are a great first element and can still work great in future layouts. Â Basic fact of life that is worth repeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 ^Rule 42. If you can think it, someone has already turned it into porn and either F^@ked it or F^@ked on it. Guy "I refuse to give links as I don't want to corrupt the young, and young at heart. But believe me, they exist." Koepp  Actually, that's Rule 34. Rule 42 is that nothing is sacred, which somewhat ties into the same theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The cat walk is now complete. I figured that would be something that would be done once actual track work had been completed. I wonder if we will see the Dive Loop by the end of the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamico2 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 ^Rule 42. If you can think it, someone has already turned it into porn and either F^@ked it or F^@ked on it. Guy "I refuse to give links as I don't want to corrupt the young, and young at heart. But believe me, they exist." Koepp  1001 Nachts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocoasterkid Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 An awesome update from the Great Ohio Coaster Club's Facebook page. I believe you can see the album without logging in. Â www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.609062062489766.1073741841.115430945186216&type=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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