John Peck Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Some new pictures from today Overview Wondering if they will reuse the King Cobra Footers. Doubtful, but time will tell. More sewer/rainwater drainage? Remember, by donating $5 for a snoopy to fight Breast Cancer, you're in the drawing to win this beautiful 2013 Accord Sedan (a $21,000 value!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The49er Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Isn't Alpengeist the current full-circuit record holder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Kidd Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 For height? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby2889 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'm thinking that all of the footers near Delirium/Slingshot are not for the beginning but for the end. If you look at the station/transfer track footers I believe the lift will head directly out into the cleared out land. Any clues what kind of element(s) would require so many footers like that? Has this already been mentioned? I don't mean to state the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koasterking48 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 To be honest, this looks too scaled back (land-wise) for a Giga. I'm about 90% sure it's an invert or a wing coaster (preferably the former.) They may clear some more land and add some footers, but that's doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopScreweD Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 How far back do those footers go? i know the pictures show a lot but are there any all the way to the former rose bowl or just around the SOB station. If not might want to scale back the size expectations for whatever this attraction is going to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boughtontroy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Kings Island Haunt has revealed new mazes this year From:Screamscape Kings Island has confirmed on Twitter the names of three new attractions on the way for this year’s Halloween Haunt. Checking in with my own sources, I have a few extra details for you as well. “Board To Death” is a new maze with an evil board game theme, just think of it as Jumanji with lots of blood, gore and boobytraps. “Delta Delta Die” will take you inside the ultimate college rush party... one you may not survive. “Backwoods Bayou” is fairly self explanatory... as any haunt with banjo music is always of great concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 With the subtle changes of terrain elevation there may be more footers than what we are seeing right now from the Eiffel Tower. CF seems to like to go big so I'm exptecting this to be a ride of considerable size with at least six inversions if it is indeed an invert. Can't believe it's almost August and the first signs of Haunt are already being revealed. Where did the summer go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fahrenheit1221 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 ^ A Zamperla Volare would have made up for the old SoB Kidding of course... But I agree, I hope this coaster is heavy in the theme department. I wish that whole area would get a splash of theming. When the name Banshee started resurfacing, I kept thinking, how cool would it be if they did a land with a horror/spooky theme, "Drop Tower" certainly needs a new name BAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacoaster09 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) I think it would be interesting, seeing the color blue of these supports (if this indeed going to KI), if they went ahead and used the exact same color scheme as they have on Mantis, seeing as though that was originally supposed to be Bashee's colors. Either that, or we have another Manta on the way (sea world?) Edited July 29, 2013 by vacoaster09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 ^ This was mentioned a couple pages back, started all the hullabaloo about KI's project potentially being an inverted coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Surprised nobody has mentioned.... It was posted four pages back, there's already been discussion about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 For height? Yes. And speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Not speed... Wouldn't that go to Volcano? 70mph vs. 67mph... I guess Alpengeist wins if you are talking about lift-only full circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 The only defined path we see is from the bottom of the hill up to the maintenance area, and around to where the station "should be". All of the footers between Delerium and the maintenance area of this coaster are not for the coaster itself. There will be shade structures. Based on the shade structures are Windseeker, some of the footers match, and would most likely come from CSF. By match, I mean that they are roughly the same size as Windseeker shade footers. They still have plenty of time and room to pour more footers in the valley. Just because there is grass, does not mean that they can not dig footers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 All of the footers between Delerium and the maintenance area of this coaster are not for the coaster itself. There will be shade structures. Based on the shade structures are Windseeker, some of the footers match, and would most likely come from CSF. By match, I mean that they are roughly the same size as Windseeker shade footers. Nope these are the same B&M footers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachclarke2 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Don't think anyone's posted this yet- Intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 All of the footers between Delerium and the maintenance area of this coaster are not for the coaster itself. There will be shade structures. Based on the shade structures are Windseeker, some of the footers match, and would most likely come from CSF. By match, I mean that they are roughly the same size as Windseeker shade footers. Nope these are the same B&M footers. If that is the case then it does not make sense. I am usually spot on when it comes to B&M construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I asked the guy working Skycoaster yesterday and all he would tell me was "higher than Diamondback". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmullin Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 ^^^ Could it be the first pieces of track and supports showing up on site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Linn Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 There's already an inverted (swinging coaster) and an inverted (boomerang) right next door, but if this ends up being an inverted coaster, I hope it has a drop with some good airtime like Raptor or Katun. A straight drop would be really unique. Battlestar Galactica is the only straight inverted drop that I can recall offhand. Dorney has Talon, Stinger, and Possessed (the latter two being literally right next to each other). I doubt Cedar Fair is concerned about that, nor should they be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codylamb18 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I don't know if it was mentioned on here before but on the 27th they said "@KingsIslandPR: One year ago today we announced that Son of Beast was being removed to make way for future park expansion." Then moments later they deleted that tweet and replaced "removed" with "dismantled" I don't know if it was a mistake or not but maybe some track is being used for something else in the park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codylamb18 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I don't know if it was mentioned on here before but on the 27th they said "@KingsIslandPR: One year ago today we announced that Son of Beast was being removed to make way for future park expansion." Then moments later they deleted that tweet and replaced "removed" with "dismantled" I don't know if it was a mistake or not but maybe some track is being used for something else in the park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 ^ Well its obviously being relocated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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