CPSFMMCW Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Man, I REALLY want to go to Kings Island this year. And I couldn't agree more...they have a very good big 3. Do we have anything recent on the paint job of The Bat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The Beast would be even better like it was originally if they removed the fins that they put on the first drop and the drop curve into the corkscrew. I rode it at Coasting for Kids 2012 for the first time in years and it was much slower than it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The Beast would be even better like it was originally if they removed the fins that they put on the first drop and the drop curve into the corkscrew. I rode it at Coasting for Kids 2012 for the first time in years and it was much slower than it used to be. Sigh. The Beast runs the same as it did back then. However instead of skid brakes, they are magnetic and more abrupt. That is why you feel the train slowing down more. The Beast had undergone extensive rehab prior to the 2013 season, and gave some of it's best rides in 2013. I did not know Beast had a "corkscrew". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ^ Maybe he's actually talking about Vortex...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsaiisuperstar Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The Beast was smooth as butter last season. They replaced many sections of wood. It's double helix is still the best in the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Kings Island posted a REALLY cool picture on their facebook: https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t31/1039526_10152520461938368_2110795930_o.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ^It does look really cool, especially due to the different angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Too bad that view won't be available to the GP. Maybe one day they could potentially expand back there...they still have room behind banshee. Don't know where the path would start though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It does make me wonder what it looks like from the Great Wolf Lodge though. You get a pretty good view of The Bat, I know. But I don't know how many trees wold be covering Banshee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Man, seeing that angle makes you realize that Banshee is really going to be hauling coming into that valley! It has to get through the Batwing, the loop and up that Heilx and through the roll. It is going to be screaming through there! On another note, you can't see a lot of The Bat from behind Great Wolf. You can drive down the access road a little to get closer, but that puts you pretty much right behind the station so Banshee would be completely blocked. To the poster who was talking about expansion, there is all the room starting behind Banshee that runs all the way down behind the Racer and expands over to the river that you never see. It would be very cool to see some kind of launched terrain coaster like Cheetah at BGT or something back in there. They could run a path between Adventure Express and The Racer to expand into that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow this thing is huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 ^^^^^^ Wow, that pic is awesome! It would be a great view while queueing a New Ride in a future expansion in that area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Man, seeing that angle makes you realize that Banshee is really going to be hauling coming into that valley! It has to get through the Batwing, the loop and up that Heilx and through the roll. It is going to be screaming through there! On another note, you can't see a lot of The Bat from behind Great Wolf. You can drive down the access road a little to get closer, but that puts you pretty much right behind the station so Banshee would be completely blocked. To the poster who was talking about expansion, there is all the room starting behind Banshee that runs all the way down behind the Racer and expands over to the river that you never see. It would be very cool to see some kind of launched terrain coaster like Cheetah at BGT or something back in there. They could run a path between Adventure Express and The Racer to expand into that area. That would be nice...but will it happen? Maybe, but if it does, the expansion probably won't happen for a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I was just going by KI's facebook page and I saw they posted a picture of the last piece of Diamondback being installed saying it was done this day 5 years ago. Interesting how banshee was completed almost exactly on the same date (which is pretty early) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Banshee only had 100 sections of track to hang. Diamondback had 129 sections of track to hang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheBooker Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Banshee only had 100 sections of track to hang. Diamondback had 129 sections of track to hang. Yeah but wouldn't an invert have more support pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was just going by KI's facebook page and I saw they posted a picture of the last piece of Diamondback being installed saying it was done this day 5 years ago. Interesting how banshee was completed almost exactly on the same date (which is pretty early) Already FIVE years? Geez! Time past really fast! Banshee only had 100 sections of track to hang. Diamondback had 129 sections of track to hang. Yeah but wouldn't an invert have more support pieces? I don't think it's a big deal for B&M as their support design is always very simple. When it comes to other manufacturers, support pieces might slow down the construction for being complicated. For example, Volcano: the Blast, Spanish Tornado and Finnish Tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was just going by KI's facebook page and I saw they posted a picture of the last piece of Diamondback being installed saying it was done this day 5 years ago. Interesting how banshee was completed almost exactly on the same date (which is pretty early) Already FIVE years? Geez! Time past really fast! Banshee only had 100 sections of track to hang. Diamondback had 129 sections of track to hang. Yeah but wouldn't an invert have more support pieces? I don't think it's a big deal for B&M as their support design is always very simple. When it comes to other manufacturers, support pieces might slow down the construction for being complicated. For example, Volcano: the Blast, Spanish Tornado and Finnish Tornado. Agreed. Also, you have to make up the difference in height from Banshee to Diamondback. Diamondback's tallest support probably uses more steel than Banshee's tallest support. And Diamondback with 6 hills all over 100ft will use more steel supports than Banshee as well. Not to mention 29 and a half more sections of track to be hung. (Referring to Banshee TEENY TINY section right at the bottom of the lift hill after you turn up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheBooker Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was just going by KI's facebook page and I saw they posted a picture of the last piece of Diamondback being installed saying it was done this day 5 years ago. Interesting how banshee was completed almost exactly on the same date (which is pretty early) Already FIVE years? Geez! Time past really fast! Banshee only had 100 sections of track to hang. Diamondback had 129 sections of track to hang. Yeah but wouldn't an invert have more support pieces? I don't think it's a big deal for B&M as their support design is always very simple. When it comes to other manufacturers, support pieces might slow down the construction for being complicated. For example, Volcano: the Blast, Spanish Tornado and Finnish Tornado. Agreed. Also, you have to make up the difference in height from Banshee to Diamondback. Diamondback's tallest support probably uses more steel than Banshee's tallest support. And Diamondback with 6 hills all over 100ft will use more steel supports than Banshee as well. Not to mention 29 and a half more sections of track to be hung. (Referring to Banshee TEENY TINY section right at the bottom of the lift hill after you turn up.) Of course. My bad. Thanks for the explanations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This weeks time lapse videos. Week 26 (01/20/14 - 01/26/14): - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrbuzz Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That is one beauty of an invert. I wonder how the pretzel maneuver will compare to say a batwing like on Montu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This weeks time lapse videos. Week 26 (01/20/14 - 01/26/14): - - Will there be a full construction time lapse from beginning to end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Making progress on painting the Bat. #KI2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 ^That's an interesting-looking angle. I barely remember what it looked like before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angle O. Descent Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Vortex, put some clothes on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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