Benin Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Offt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Big fan of the lack of pre drop. What a colour scheme though, it looks so eye catching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Double post because.. Benin and Sidders 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Well I say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) I like that a lot Edited October 5, 2013 by Tommy Language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 The first inversion is complete!! Mark9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Kings Island have confirmed that Flight Deck for next year will be rethemed to the iconic THE BAT! from their facebook page: Thirty-three years to the day it was first introduced in 1980, The Bat will fly again at Kings Island. The park is changing the name and colors of the Flight Deck roller coaster to The Bat. The change will take effect for the 2014 season. The new color scheme for The Bat will feature orange track with two shades of charcoal for the columns and structure. Black will be the featured color of the trains. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152280924048368&set=a.226729858367.174830.155893938367&type=1&theater This is fantastic, Banshee and The Bat. going to be good for Kings Island next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Won't stop the ride from being completely and utterly meh though... And be miles away from any major pathway... The exit path was longer than the ride I'm sure of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I thought from the video it looked better then vampire and had some nice speed to it as well, ah well maybe they will make the path a bit more entising next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Doesn't Banshee look nice in the snow? *Image from Kings Island's Twitter* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 http://www.fox19.com/story/24534522/track-work-finishes-on-ohio-parks-thrill-ride It is done, testing should be imminent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Banshee is looking Smoulderin' today!!! Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 First look at the new-style restraints. (From KI's FB) Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not sure I'd like those restraints on an invert, they prevent head banging (but to be honest that isn't really a problem on a B&M) but they also stop any float time or potential airtime the ride could have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not sure I'd like those restraints on an invert, they prevent head banging (but to be honest that isn't really a problem on a B&M) but they also stop any float time or potential airtime the ride could have. The park have confirmed that the vests won't lock in place and will move freely so there is potential for hangtime, obviously there will be no airtime cos there isn't anywhere it would get airtime lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 So this has opened and stuff now: (Avoid the second half the video if you don't want to see Alvey screaming) Looks good, even if a bit sluggish at some points. Then again, we all know how difficult it to judge B&Ms from their POVs. If it is a bit tame at the moment though, I give it a few years before it's a bit of beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercameron98 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Currently a FIVE HOUR WAIT! The line stretches all the way back to the Eiffel Tower thingy they have in the park. Source: TPR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I don't really know why, maybe because scale doesn't work well on videos, but that doesn't excite me much at all. Looks a bit dull and lumbering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I would love for some European park to just get a lumbering piece of kit like Banshee. Whilst the more imaginative, smaller rides like Nemesis are greatly appreciated, something massive like Katun would be awesome and very exciting. I'm also a bit jealous of American parks doing these epic opening events with free t-shirts and official openings from park managers. Adds a bit of occasion to the day instead of ride just opening with no fanfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I have been looking around at some reviews and, Banshee has train roulette like the Smiler. Blue is the smoothest, greenish sort of colour is Nemesis type rattle and the Purple train, from what I have read is like being on a Vekoma SLC... That doesn't sound good for a brand new B&M that has been open for only a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 I have been looking around at some reviews and, Banshee has train roulette like the Smiler. Blue is the smoothest, greenish sort of colour is Nemesis type rattle and the Purple train, from what I have read is like being on a Vekoma SLC... That doesn't sound good for a brand new B&M that has been open for only a month. Can I read these reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Go on coaster force and read 2012jarrett and Rtheizzo's (or how ever you spell it) review of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Double post but Flight of Fear's motors caught on fire... MASON, Ohio -- Eighteen people were exposed to thick smoke on Kings Island's indoor roller coaster Flight of Fear Monday afternoon after a motor connected to the ride malfunctioned. Mason's fire department responded to a call from the amusement park at about 2:45p.m. Once at the park, firefighters found that an electric motor within the ride's housing was smoking. Eighteen people were exposed to the smoke, according to Mason's fire department. Two people were treated on scene but not taken to hospitals. Once the engine was turned off, the motor quit smoking, Mason firefighters said. Hayley Ashcraft is a student of Union, Kentucky, who spent Monday afternoon at Kings Island for a school field trip. She and some friends rode Flight of Fear just before they closed the ride down. "While we are on it, it smelled like gas and we couldn’t ... we couldn’t breathe so we just held our breaths the whole time," Ashcraft said. "It smelled like burning rubber. It was like a gas smell." "It (the ride) just smelled really bad. I didn’t really know what was going on. It was kind of scary I guess." Once the ride was over, she stayed at the park but went to ride a nearby ride. She said the fire department showed up about five minutes after she rode Flight of Fear. "Then we went back just to see what was going when the fire trucks came and we realized that they were going to Flight of Fear," she said. "And then we went back there a few minutes later and realized that it was shut down. We just wanted to see what was going on." Ashcraft will go back to Kings Island despite Monday's mishap, she told WCPO digital reporter Taylor Mirfendereski. "It didn’t scare me that bad, but it was just weird that it happened because I didn’t think that something like that would happen," she said. Flight of Fear is located near the Racer wooden roller coaster in the Coney Island section of the amusement park. It was built in 1996 as the Outer Limits: Flight of Fear coaster and re-named just Flight of Fear in 2006. Ambulances and stretchers could be seen near the coaster on Monday, with Kings Island staff directing visitors to the park away from the ride. For a brief period of time the adjacent FireHawk roller coaster was shut down. That ride reopened at about 3:40 p.m. Source: http://www.wcpo.com/web/wcpo/news/local-news/warren-county/mason/report-kings-island-flight-of-fear-indoor-roller-coaster-catches-fire Well thats unfortunate for now atleast anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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