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Track is in the air.....

The crane (CJ) is back up and ready for action this morning as the construction crews get ready for another day at the Banshee site.......

Kings Island opened for the 2013 season on Saturday, April 27th.

Photo from the Kentucky Kingdom job fair, that was held on Saturday.... (Photo Courtesy of The New Kentucky Kingdom)

I remember "KingsIslandPR" saying back in, I think July, "Keep the weekend before the Super Bowl open." For a possible winter construction tour?.... Has there been any more talks of this?.....I was just curious, as the weekend before the Super Bowl would be the 25th-26th of this month.

The temperature in Kings Mills this morning is 3 degrees........But apparently that doesn't stop construction crews from working at the Banshee site....

Saw this photo of the KI skyline today on CP Rundown's Facebook page...... (Photo Courtesy of CP Rundown) I'm guessing that the photo was taken today, but I'm not completely sure....

Banshee's Batwing from a different view..... "Riders will see nothing but sky as they climb the Batwing element on the new Banshee roller coaster. The world's longest inverted roller makes its much-anticipated debut in April at Kings Island." - Kings Island's Facebook page (Photo Courtesy of Kings Island)

Kings Dominion has now released Part 3 (of 4) of their interview with Dennis Speigel: In this part of the interview, the focus is mainly on Opening Day 1975.

.....Yes.....Another...... Currently Under Construction: The batwing.... (Photo Courtesy of Kings Island)

Courtesy of Kings Island's Facebook page: "Snow can't stop the construction of the world's longest inverted roller coaster, Banshee." (Photo Courtesy of Kings Island)

....And the Snow Banshee makes her return.....

EDIT: Link didn't work

The (Slang) term......"Footers"....always bothers me.....and it bothered me when I quoted it...... But then again, those are the words of a Mulcahy and not a "BeastUnchained"........

Courtesy of the Kentucky Kingdom Facebook page: "Out with the old and in with the new, won't be long now till coaster footers are in view! This part of the park has seen much change throughout the years. Picnic grove, haunted house, storage area and now the future site of "Lightning Run!" (Photo Courtesy of The New Kentucky Kingdom)

Glad to see you start posting again. The "Flashback Till Opening Day" topics are always fun to look/read through.

I see the light, at the end of the valley........ Crews are at the Banshee site, ready to work this morning.

In my opinion, the pavers looked great in Coney Mall and whoever put them in knew what they were doing...... That made me wonder, who actually put the pavers in?.... So I've found that HICON Inc. put in the pavers in Coney Mall, and I'm hoping that if the choice is made to do the same thing to Action Zone, that the same company does the job. This is HICON's project page... http://www.hiconinc.com/project.aspx# The page shows some of the projects done by the company in the past, including Coney Mall at KI.

Kentucky Kingdom has now announced that they will be holding a Job Fair at the Crown Plaza Hotel (On Phillips Ln. which is near the park) on January 4th....... Details...... http://www.kentuckykingdom.com/employment-2/

Construction crews are already on the Banshee site this morning...... It also looks like they got the crane back in upright position for some possible work throughout the day.

Nice rendering of Lightning Run....... (Photo Courtesy of Kentucky Kingdom)

Courtesy of Kings Dominion's Facebook page: "On the 12th Day of Christmas, ‪#‎KD40‬ gave to me: Blue Ice Cream to be sold in Candy Apple Grove! This family favorite will be available at Sweet Tooth located near the Drop Tower. We’ll be offering guests two choices of the Blue Ice Cream: plain blue and blue-vanilla swirled." (Photo Courtesy of Kings Dominion)

Hopefully it wont be the kind that stinks.....

Great video and interview Ohiocoasterman, it was awesome. On another note......at 34 degrees......The Banshee construction crew is arriving early.....

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet....but..... Banshee has now been added to the "Thrill Rides" section of VisitKingsIsland.com https://www.visitkin...do/thrill-rides