2 hours ago, JonahWilliamson said:

@Waltny Love to hear it.

I shoot weddings and ad campaigns but when i do eventually have downtime I love shooting coasters and trips. Love love love cameras and coasters

Those are excellent shots! 

I imagine that if they are wanting to do a big media event for the topping off they will wait till tomorrow or Thursday for that since most news outlets will be busy with election coverage today and results tomorrow.

I don't know too much about this, but has Kings Island ever done a big topping off ceremony for past big projects? 

Was going through old Diamondback construction photos on the KIC photo gallery to see how it compares to Orion's construction. Here's a link if anyone wants it:

https://www.KICentral.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=293&pid=7366#top_display_media

^ Look how vibrant the paint once was, they should really consider repainting in the near future.

Any ways very exciting to see the lift hill almost completed. Can’t wait to see how quickly progress moves after the lift is done.

You can also view the construction gallery on the Diamondback page. 

https://kicentral.com/rides/diamondback/

If I recall, DB was topped off the week of Thanksgiving.

Does anyone know the lift hill angle?

Just now, Fishely said:

Does anyone know the lift hill angle?

I think somewhere around 50 degrees. But I may be wrong.

I apologise for the blurriness, but here are some shots of Orion while going by the park this evening!

 

Just now, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

I apologise for the blurriness, but here are some shots of Orion while going by the park this evening!

 

I love that first picture! It really shows how massive Orion is.

I think i might try and drive past this weekend I need to see this in person! 

Yeah that first picture really shows how awesome the drop is going to be. It is definitely going to be amazing going down that hill with the B&M clamshell restraints as long as they don’t staple you in. I can’t wait for the craziness. I actually might be happy they staple me in the first time. 

29 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

I apologise for the blurriness, but here are some shots of Orion while going by the park this evening!

 

Did you notice how big the drop looked compared to Diamondback? Thanks for snapping these pics by the way!

Hey Y'all! I went and took some photos today. I'm for sure going back tomorrow early to hopefully see the lift hill topped off! Enjoy!

I’m pretty sure they have the rest of the lift and drop preassembled into one piece. Orion could very well be topped off tomorrow!

Wow look how much steeper Orion is than DB. That is shocking!

7 minutes ago, KI FANATIC 37 said:

Wow look how much steeper Orion is than DB. That is shocking!

Anyone know the exactly angle of descent? 

1 minute ago, Gplez90 said:

Anyone know the exactly angle of descent? 

Dimondback's angle is 74 degrees, and Orion's is 85 degrees.

Orion could be the best First drop on a coaster ever. 

51 minutes ago, CoasterNerd said:

Hey Y'all! I went and took some photos today. I'm for sure going back tomorrow early to hopefully see the lift hill topped off! Enjoy!

Oh my god that drop. Oh boy.

That drop makes me wish they were doing the Diamondback style trains. 

5 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said:

That drop makes me wish they were doing the Diamondback style trains. 

What about these trains?

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/1uzdp8/the_worlds_longest_rollercoaster_train/

 

Long trains would result in longer, less snappy elements.

36 minutes ago, Ben43065 said:

Long trains would result in longer, less snappy elements.

Yes but there is nothing like sitting in the back getting whipped over the hills. 

After riding Nitro, the 4 across trains are my preference over the DB style on B&M hypers.   They really zip through the course.  

3 hours ago, silver2005 said:

After riding Nitro, the 4 across trains are my preference over the DB style on B&M hypers.   They really zip through the course.  

Totally agree. Although they both have their perks, I prefer the 8x4 train to the 16x2 DB trains. 

9 hours ago, flightoffear1996 said:

Yes but there is nothing like sitting in the back getting whipped over the hills. 

Plus it has a train engine in the front. 

Good morning everyone! Looks like today could be the day! Fingers crossed!

Also hoping today is the day the webcams are back up lol