Hawaiian Coasters 325

If I had my way a 200+ foot RMC or an Intamin blitz would be our next coaster. However, the chances of CF working with Intamin again are practically zero due to a poor track record of Intamin and CF. However, I do think we'll be looking at a 3-7 year gap between Orion and what comes next though.

Here is my best shot of what it could look like walking up to the park with Orion's lift hill. This pic was taken by my father on Passholder preview night 2017!

Ok this is the best I could do with what the lift could look like from the tower. This is definetly not accurate since I couldn't really see the base of lift footer on here since it is behind a tree and it is hard to see some footers on the webcam, but here is my best shot.

What about looking at DB from Orion's lift hill? Should we be able to notice Orion being higher than DB?

Are you sure since Diamondback from the top platform doesn't imo look that much shorter than the ET and both sit on a higher elevation than Orion.

How much taller? Will Diamondback look taller?

That track or whatever is sitting on the ground by the transfer table has been sitting there for a while. Also @CedarIslander the ET stands 314 feet tall where the highest point guests can go is 275'.

Did you really watch all three hours?

I'm hoping to have a nice soundtrack for Orion kinda like this:

I think someone spotted the Firehawk track pieces up near Dayton several months back. It was not too long before the tornadoes hit up there.

If Orion does come up short of the best new ride of 2020 and gets beat by RMC Gwazi, maybe that will help KI get an RMC in the future. I know that Mystic Timbers was a result of Prowler beating Diamondback for best new ride of 2009.

At least it's not above the transfer building like Diamondback which causes people to toss poneytail holders onto the roof.

From Kings Island's Instagram account!!

I'm at the Kings High School football game right next to KI!

Remember when we thought stuff being dumped behind Banshee was clearing?

And then there will be people saying they should RMC the Banshee webcam lol

Oh I know they most likely won't. I wish they would work with them though, but yes very unlikely they will anytime soon or ever.

Looking at the webcam trying to imagine how this thing is going to look at night lit up with a hopeful LED package with the lights in the distance of the surrounding area!

It was moved over to where the rest of the track are.

I found this Intamin blitz coaster concept on YouTube. Now I really wish CF would work with Intamin again because this would be amazing in the woods between Diamondback and The Beast!

I don't know if it's just me, but it looks like a piece of track was moved a little bit. I wonder what piece of track that is for.

I believe those are probably for the transfer/storage facility.

Yeah. Honestly I don't expect track to start going up for another week or two because it takes time to do the transfer/storage area.

Watching the webcam now and cranes are moving around I believe picking stuff up for the storage facility.

Wait, local news stations use the Banshee webcam? I did not know that. If they were to use a webcam this year, it'll very likely be Orion's because Orion will most likely be the hot topic surrounding KI over the next year.