Wingless92 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Wow! Opening day crowds are INSANE!!! Follow us on Twitter as we are live tweeting from the park today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well, the queue is already insane. You can see it trailing off to the bottom left of the Webcam image! Insane line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 ^ & ^^Yikes! I'll be curious to know what the actual wait times for Banshee will be throughout the weekend. It certainly looks like Fast Lane Plus would be your friend for those in attendance (or probably just about every weekend from here on out). In fact, I was just telling the partner last night that I would like to go check this coaster out this summer, but that we would definitely plan on getting FLP for the day in order to avoid the long wait times. Glad to hear that you had a great ride on The Beast, Robb...I absolutely loved my ride in the front seat (in the dark) a couple of years ago. One of the best rides I have ever had on an old fashioned wooden coaster. Still not sure if seat choice is a determinant of quality because my partner and sister took the third and fourth rows and both said they had awful, painful rides. Good to know that they are still working on improvements, retracking, etc...I agree with others that RMC would not be the way to go with this coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamd Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I just noticed something. Is this the first b&m invert without the dropping station floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Robb, Any chance of getting a video walkthrough of the queue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie200330 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 LOL.....all rides in park are walk on.......except Banshee......7+ hour wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Haha the rest of the park looks completely dead!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrbuzz Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 It's great to see King's Island join the B&M club with another awesome addition. Banshee looks like a blast to ride. It's nice to hear that this ride is bringing back some of the classic B&M intensity reminiscent of rides like Montu and Kumba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster19 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well banshee just had its first breakdown! I was excited to be on it! For my shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 What was wrong with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster19 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I am going on a limb and saying that it has to do with the restraints. Only reason I say that, last night they were having minor problems with them locking last night. One or two seats would not lock. I am guess that is the cause. The RO was telling the crew the 1,1 was not locked. This by no means makes this official, it is a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 It's running now, the webcam is showing a train in the dive loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster19 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Question: are openings cursed?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithPlus1 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I can't believe there has not been an off ride video posted yet! i don't mean by Robb but by KI or anyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 In line now... B&M guy and Maint crew working on final friction brakes the last 45min it has been down. Line I would estimate at 4-6hrs easily at this point. Running three trains but stacking so bad when it is up it is practically one train op. It did reopen but ran two trains with people and down again. Work in progress on final brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Did GateKeeper have a 6 hour line at opening? That's insane!! Kings Island definitely has a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Question: are openings cursed?? I think whenever a ride is brand new there are going to be some kinks which is probably why rides break down more than normal on opening day. Combine that with ride operators that are unfamiliar with the ride and breakdowns are understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just reopened again at 1:05pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just finished marathoning Banshee for A Kid Again. They gave me two KI tickets just because WoW! (It was supposed to be for the top three donation receivers).As for Banshee, I noticed the rear of the train is pretty chattery / jackhammer-ish on the outside seats. The inside seats are smooth as butter. Strange because they are 5 inches apart and the wheel is right in the middle of them. Anything from the middle to the front is SUPER SMOOTH. Inside very back rear is the most intense, but also the roughest. It's a great coaster. Just as forceful as Raptor and the last slow roll into the helix is AWESOME!! 27 rides. I may be the record holder haha. I took #20 with Rob Alvey himself. Umm. Excuse me. You forgot the "superfluous B" Glad Banshee is getting some positive cred. Makes me look forward to this more than I was on the Mini New Hotness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 ^^Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsaiisuperstar Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I was there and left. No freakin' way. Banshee lines must be 8 hrs long. They will hit full capacity today guaranteed. If you plan on going, stay home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewalk13 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Yowza, banshee line is starting to circle the Eiffel Tower!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) I was there and left. No freakin' way. Banshee lines must be 8 hrs long. They will hit full capacity today guaranteed. If you plan on going, stay home. Or go ride almost anything else. Opening days for big new rides are always busy. That's why I tend to avoid them. Edited April 18, 2014 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I would go just to ride the other rides that have empty queues. And marathon them, and then go to Banshees fast Lane line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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