Orion Construction Photos

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

So I've been playing around with the cam and inverted color/filter settings to see if there's anything we can confirm that isn't initially apparent.  I think I can confirm that the entire length of track behind the transfer shed has been installed.  Using an inverted color filter when zoomed in, you can see the inverted orange color of the track stretches the entire length from the transfer section of track, all the way back around the turnaround.  Sorry for the potato quality, I did this in paint.

 

 

 

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

Here are some clear pics from Buckeye Coasters on Facebook. He was at p&g day today! 

 

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

1 minute ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

Here are some clear pics from Buckeye Coasters on Facebook. He was at p&g day today! 

 

It looks like his photos confirm my post above.  Thanks!

[collin.klopfstein]

what is this?

[Kodistict]

33 minutes ago, collin.klopfstein said:

what is this?

My best guess is that that is parts to assemble the station.

[sixohdieselrage]

You guys should wait till tomorrow. :-)

Yes, the track from the station to the end of the brake run is in place. My pictures will show that. 

[CedarIslander]

5 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

You guys should wait till tomorrow. :-)

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

8 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

You guys should wait till tomorrow. :-)

Yes, the track from the station to the end of the brake run is in place. My pictures will show that. 

So you went flying again? Can you do us a favor and fly a lot during the off season? Thanks! 

[Zayzayd13]

I was at the park today for P&G Day. Couldn’t really get any pictures, but I will say the station track piece is almost positioned at the same height as the queue line for Firehawk (now Flight of Fear’s presumably. Two things I noticed while riding The Beast and WindSeeker: 1.) They were in the beginning stages of preparing footings/footers (whatever) for the turn around.
2.) There is going to be a lot of “blue” dominating the left side of the park (Banshee’s supports, Delirium, Invertigo, Vortex, Scrambler, portions of WindSeeker)....but that doesn’t really matter



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[sixohdieselrage]

Ehh. I'll be nice and upload one on here early. Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

[collin.klopfstein]

I think this footers are for the exit 

[collin.klopfstein]

double post sorry i forgot the photo

[Kodistict]

10 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Ehh. I'll be nice and upload one on here early. Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

Whats behind the fence? Metal and concrete.  Metal that will soon be 287 feet in the air!

[collin.klopfstein]

Ok you can tell these lift supports are white and the others are light gray

[sixohdieselrage]

@collin.klopfstein I believe they are all the same color. It's our eyes playing tricks on us. 

[collin.klopfstein]

48 pieces of track So yeah the rusted/ unpainted track at CSF is obviously more track

[Kodistict]

4 minutes ago, collin.klopfstein said:

Ok you can tell these lift supports are white and the others are light gray

I'm glad Kings Island is trying to make the lift stand out, after all, it's tucked all the way in the back of the park.

Edit: Now that I look at it closely, they don't seem to far apart in terms of shade.

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

12 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

@collin.klopfstein I believe they are all the same color. It's our eyes playing tricks on us. 

Yep.  I believe they’re all the same color.

They were working on the newly-installed track all day today.  It looks like they’re installing the shrouding/netting/whatever the official term is for the guards that go around that area of track.

[collin.klopfstein]

I tried to follow all of the footers but failed lol

[collin.klopfstein]

Oh ok thats what these are. they are part of the supports for the lift hill

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

6 minutes ago, collin.klopfstein said:

I tried to follow all of the footers but failed lol

That’s really darn good.  One change I would make is that the supports in the brake run should be much more vertical and not be at such an angle.

[collin.klopfstein]

4 minutes ago, LovinMeSomeBanshee said:

That’s really darn good.  One change I would make is that the supports in the brake run should be much more vertical and not be at such an angle.

Doing that right now!

Edit: nvm i tried and i cant lol, can you try?

[sixohdieselrage]

Here is a pic showing more of the track. I thinned it down so file size isnt as big, but wont be as detailed. 

[FUN&ONLY!]

3 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Here is a pic showing more of the track. I thinned it down so file size isnt as big, but wont be as detailed. 

Wait! There is more track behind the construction site? I thought what was directly next the Flight of Fear was all of the track that had been delivered.

[collin.klopfstein]

2 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Here is a pic showing more of the track. I thinned it down so file size isnt as big, but wont be as detailed. 

oh wow

[LovinMeSomeBanshee]

2 minutes ago, sixohdieselrage said:

Here is a pic showing more of the track. I thinned it down so file size isnt as big, but wont be as detailed. 

Oh wow, didn’t realize there was THAT much track already on-site!

[collin.klopfstein]

I can count 49 so about 97 pieces on site!

[collin.klopfstein]

1 minute ago, LovinMeSomeBanshee said:

Oh wow, didn’t realize there was THAT much track already on-site!

yeah thats probably where they were hiding the first piece of track that got delivered but we didnt see it at Kings Island

[FUN&ONLY!]

Makes you wonder what else @sixohdieselrage got pictures of while flying over Kings Island. I had no idea Kings Island was storing track back there. I am really enjoying these photos.

[sixohdieselrage]

2 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said:

Makes you wonder what else @sixohdieselrage got pictures of while flying over Kings Island. I had no idea Kings Island was storing track back there. LOL!

I wonder what else he got pictures of as well. :-)