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Looks like the drop is going to be steep. Virtually straight down!

Note: The following changes would only occur if Kings Island had a budget of about $100,000,000: 2015- expand Action Zone behind Banshee, and place Falcon, tallest wing coaster in the world at 220 ft. 2016- make X-Base its own area... and add an interactive dark ride (like Wonder Mountain's Guardian) in the old Crypt building 2017- add a "wild eagles" ride in the Action Zone expansion as well as a few more flat rides 2018-???

I'm liking your idea of a floorless coaster... but not the dive coaster. Cedar Fair has no dive coasters at any of their parks because they are expensive and they will stay true to the Busch Gardens parks and other parks not in the U.S.

yes it did... I was just as surprised as you are. Were there four hours worth of people in the line or were you waiting in line for four hours?Big difference. Like I said before... it might have been temporarily shut down

Last night on August 8, 2013 at 10:00 pm... Kings Island unveiled plans for their biggest investment ever, Banshee; the 4,124.1 foot, 68 mph inverted scream machine. If you would like to share any news, facts, opinions, etc. about the ride... this is the place to be!

Actually now that I think about it... we did see a couple workers who looked like engineers in the queue line... maybe it was shut down because of the storm

where did you discover this information?

I found a pretty cool "prototype" sketch of the 2014 coaster... (note: this photo was not created by me... I found it on the website in the link below) http://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/kings-island-new-coaster-2014/14#881637

1. Diamondback 2. The Beast 3. Vortex 4. Flight Deck 5. Invertigo 6. Adventure Express 7. Firehawk 8. Racer 9. Flight of Fear 10. Backlot Stunt Coaster

yes it did... I was just as surprised as you are.

Me and my friends went on a Kings Island Trip on 5-18-13. We got there right as it opened and went immediately to Adventure Express (my all time favorite mine train coaster). After riding AE, Racer, and Vortex... we decided to ride the best wooden roller coaster in the world, The Beast!!! Even after riding it 6 or so times before... my heart still races when going down the massive first drop into that tunnel. Sadly, after we rode The Beast, it started to pour down rain and eventually turned into a full blown thunderstorm! It took at least an hour and a half for the rain to stop and for the rides to open again. But we waited too long and didn't get to ride Diamondback, which I surprisingly have never ridden (but am hoping to by the end of August), as well as Flight Deck because of it's 4 hour wait!? Despite all of the "bad luck" we had that day... it was still an epic day at Kings Island.

-Sometime in the future (hopefully not too soon), Vortex will be taken down. I have ridden Vortex many times, and let me say it's a great ride... but an old one none the less. Hopefully, years from now when Vortex is gone... a new ride... a better ride.... will open and carry out Vortex's legacy. Maybe the ride will be another custom looper like Vortex... and maybe it will have a name like "Vortex 2.0" or something. Just hope that day isn't too soon to come.