Orion Construction Photos

[Imperial79]

20 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

Check this out.

 

It sounds like Chad is talking to someone,  and says "We plan to do a couple more ????? in December",  hope he is talking about tours!  

[Hueney020]

19 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Looks like the piece of the backbone that attached to the "footing/footer" is in place. Could be just an illusion though. 

 

I think that is just a shadow. 

[sixohdieselrage]

The other shadows dont flow the same. Also, there IS a footing/footer just in front of the other one. It's hard to tell unless you see it from the sky. 

[fyrfyter]

That was definitely a shadow. They rotated the crane and there is nothing there.

[thatguyfromohio]

Staring at your tv like “come on, do something!”


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[Maverick44]

Haha yeah that was just a shadow lol welp I feel dumb.

[Beast Night Rider]

 Not sure this was already mentioned but in the video from channel 9 yesterday, you can clearly see the long piece of track assembled behind the maintenance shed that we were talking about last week. This is 100% lift hill track with the catwalk already installed.  You can see it will be the next piece of the lift hill based on how the catwalk will fit with the existing lift hill track/catwalk that’s already up. 

[sixohdieselrage]

Odd shadow then. 

[KingsMills79]

from WKRC twitter

 

 

 

[CedarIslander]

17 minutes ago, Beast Night Rider said:

 Not sure this was already mentioned but in the video from channel 9 yesterday, you can clearly see the long piece of track assembled behind the maintenance shed that we were talking about last week. This is 100% lift hill track with the catwalk already installed.  You can see it will be the next piece of the lift hill based on how the catwalk will fit with the existing lift hill track/catwalk that’s already up. 

"Don't waste your money!" Does Six Flags own that news station?? lol

[Maverick44]

I am loving all these  behind the scenes pictures.

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

31 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Odd shadow then. 

It's just the perception you get from a very tall object.  Everything else is shorter, so the shadows look different.  The shadow matches the angles of all the other shadows.  

(I know, I have too much time on my hands :/)

They are now attaching the piece of drop track that separates from the backbone to the rest of the backbone.

 

 

[fyrfyter]

It's just the perception you get from a very tall object.  Everything else is shorter, so the shadows look different.  The shadow matches the angles of all the other shadows.  

(I know, I have too much time on my hands :/)

 

 

I’ll save you some time in the future...

 

https://www.suncalc.org/#/39.1366,-84.5406,10/2019.10.08/11:20/1/3

[Beast Night Rider]

This is a backbone piece, right?

[sixohdieselrage]

It's too d@mn early, and I haven't had my coffee yet. My bad. LOL 

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

1 minute ago, Beast Night Rider said:

This is a backbone piece, right?

Yep.  And now they're attaching a piece of track to it.

[JubJester]

4 hours ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Just imagine, days like this after the ride is built, seeing the track peeking through the fog. 

That's gonna be awesome looking. I remember going for Steel Vengeance's media day and you couldn't see the top of the hill. Was an amazing experience.

[Maverick44]

Also reminds me of that picture from TTD looking at MF hill and they were the only 2 objects you could see above the clouds.

[sixohdieselrage]

9 minutes ago, Maverick44 said:

Also reminds me of that picture from TTD looking at MF hill and they were the only 2 objects you could see above the clouds.

 

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[Maverick44]

15 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

 

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[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

So I'm guessing Zeus isn't the priority right now.  No progress (that we can see) has been made today in assembling it.

[FreedomPenguin]

Unless the parts aren't all there yet to be installed? May be enroute. 

[collin.klopfstein]

Im jealous of the people living in these houses because they will get a nice view of orion everyday once its done

[flightoffear1996]

We looked into moving into that area when we had our house built. Then we saw the prices.  

[collin.klopfstein]

Also from the looks of it, this is what it will look like when the next pieces are put up

Also here is a drawing where i actually tried on the lift hill

[thatguyfromohio]

Im jealous of the people living in these houses because they will get a nice view of orion everyday once its done

That’s where I lived, I recently just moved out though, to be closer to work, we couldn’t really see much of the park, just the towers from our angle


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[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

Here's another nice article on Orion. Imo this kinda explains the reason they didn't go taller with this.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/kings-island-new-giga-coaster-uses-rolling-terrain-its-advantage/gsPH2j2l1E1thR5MNVA5yO/

[Kodistict]

Orion is going to look amazing in the fog.

[thatguyfromohio]

Our house was a little lower, almost near the bike trail and river


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[collin.klopfstein]

1 minute ago, Kodistict said:

Orion is going to look amazing in the fog.

This is amazing