Banshee

Opened: April 2014

Announced: August 8^th, 2013 at 10pm in the Action Zone

Cost: $24 million, at the time, the largest single investment in park history.

Maximum Height: 167 feet

Height of Tallest Drop: 150 feet

Top Speed: 68 mph

Track Length: 4,124.1 feet, the longest inverted coaster in the world

Trains: 3

Passengers: 32 passengers per train, seated four to a row with eight rows.

Inversions: 7, dive loop, vertical loop, zero-g roll, batwing (two inversions), vertical loop, and heartline roll.

Ride Design: Bolliger and Mabillard (B&M)

Ride Manufacturer: Clermont Steel Fabricators in Batavia, Ohio

Ride Erection: Adena Corporation

Station Design: Tony Ravagnani Architects

Theoretical Hourly Capacity: 1,650 people her hour.

Location: Action Zone

Ridership: Banshee has given more than 9.5 million rides since opening. Its record year was 2014, when 2 million rides were given.  (Numbers through 2019 season)

Miscellaneous: There is 208 feet of elevation change in the track from the top of the lift hill to the lowest portion of track on the ride.  This ride is the fastest B&M inverted coaster in the world.  It is also tied for the most inversion on an inverted coaster with (7) Montu at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Banshee Teaser video:

 

 

Banshee Construction

 

 

Banshee Media Day

 

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