jdawg1998 Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 Just out of curiosity as I'm trying to eyeball how this will look, how tall is the Sling Shot structure?I'm not sure on the height of the structure but I believe the ball itself can travel as high as 230' I believe it goes to ~260 feet, depending on weight of the ball. tuxedoman52 is replying to this. Make sure you use quotes... I despise getting next paged. 6
Kat Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Sorry if this is late, but you can now see Banshee from Kings Island Drive 15
thoe124 Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Sorry if this is late, but you can now see Banshee from Kings Island Drive Ki will look real different for a while! 3
Kat Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Again may be late but I don't do haunt (chicken) so haven't seen this til now and found it funny 11
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Banshee supports seem pretty lit up tonight..... (or the surrounding lights are just hitting the support) Either way...Here's a good night-time webcam shot from the Banshee Cam.... 1
fanofFirehawk Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Has there been anything indicated from the park about whether or not Banshee will be lit up or will it be flying through the night blind?
TTD-120-420 Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Some deep purple spotlights on this ride would really look cool. 8
Diamondbacker27 Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 I thought all track was already there?
myklhicks Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 I'm not sure what the truck is delivering then...
upstop Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 I think they are about to begin work on the diving loop. There sure are a lot of pieces around that area....right now they are doing something at the lift motor with a small crane. Edit: Baby crane is on the move and now under the lift headed towards the dive loop. Now Clifford is on the move...today is shaping up to be exciting in the construction phase! 6
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Kings Island Banshee Construction Update #3 11
upstop Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Two baby cranes are in the diving loop area this morning....yay! 2
fryoj Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing. 1
upstop Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 I think you are right. It might be to add additional stability to the first section of the hill.
fryoj Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Drop Tower is stuck. o.O You know the park is closed today right? 3
thedevariouseffect Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry
medford Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Drop Tower is stuck. Nah, that's just Gravity doing its thing. 3
sheikra_rocks Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Stairs on going up on the lift now. 1
fanofFirehawk Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry I think there is some sort of lift truck in front of it. Never Mind….
THE_BEASTmaster Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing. That's how Patriot's lift hill at Worlds of Fun was built. See picture:
calakapepe Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 So glad our lift is way more steep than that haha 4
thoe124 Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry Now it's unstuck but it was stuck for a good 20 mins in that position. Maybe there was maintenance going on under it.
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Picture of the work going on at the Banshee construction site today..... (Photo Courtesy of KingsIslandPR) 11
Oldiesmann Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Nice to see that they're putting that lift from over by Invertigo to good use for once 1
TheCrypt Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 I'm sure it's frequently been used for track inspections in the mornings.
Kat Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing. That's how Patriot's lift hill at Worlds of Fun was built. See picture: Banshee is starting to look like a copycat now o.O I know nothing about Patriot but just noting how very similar Banshee is looking to it.... 3
bkroz Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Probably most inverted roller coasters have a lift hill! 16
calakapepe Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 It's considerably different compared to when you compare other B&M inverts to each other. 4
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