Theme Park Discussion / Kings Island 2014

no predrop? JDP's head just exploded.

Also, yes, nin, you are correct.

looks like the back half is going to be what I look forward to.

Yep, basically. I love the batwing crossover and everything afterward. The beginning seems to be the standard back-to-back inversions we're so accustomed to now.

B&M just posted this on their facebook page: http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Majordomo, the page I linked had that video plus quite a few others. I'll put them here. [separated into different posts due to only 2 videos displaying at a time for me]

Birdseye:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8F5JUC6QHtY

Ride Vehicle:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8FUUwfG_ELc

Offride:

http://www.youtube.c...?v=3OuW3fGuRZEE

POV:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=dM7SJctRFMY

Teaser:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=I0prGGzKtAA

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Sorry about the tripple post, only 2 videos would display at a time. Let me know if this is a problem.

looks bonkers

The restraints.

Looks like a fun ride though, I'll get down to ride it for sure.

There's also not a MCBR on the ride. I really dig the use of the terrain to get the top speed half way through the ride! Gonna be a sick coaster to put at Kings Island!

watching the birdseye really emphasizes how enormous that batwing is

#sexy

Someone post the layout on the white background cause that picture is beyond sexiness.

B&M Invert <3

#DATFLOW

Screamscape Link
Local News Announcement - WARNING: Autoplays

It's official: 165 foot, 208 feet of elevation change, 7-inversion, 4,100+ foot inverted coaster.

Lift -> Dive Loop -> Vertical Loop -> Zero-G roll -> Batwing -> (top speed is here, ^__^) Vertical Loop, sprawling heartline-roll -> Helix -> Final Brakes

NO MCBR!!!!

I love it! Would've preferred a giga (duh) but this is a perfect fit for the park and for the site. Because of the scale of everything I fear that it might have new-school B&M force-less syndrome; but they seem to be breaking out of that shell recently. Looks looks like potentially the best invert in North America, and maybe the world? It'll at least challenge the Busch monsters and Afterburn; which hasn't happened in a while.

As much as I've come around to Gatekeeper (might be my #2 at CP after MF), adding a wingrider in this spot would've been a bad business move. They either would've had to up the ante on Gatekeeper, or everyone in Ohio would just say that "Cedar Point's is better". This circumvents that completely. Raptor is just about 20 years old... So if this ups the ante on that I don't think they'll be any outcry about it.

Rdie6

Ah. I apologize... I started a new thread for this since it's been announced. If the mods don't like that I'm cool with it being merged in here or deleted entirely.

But yeah. I really love this ride/idea. I have some reservations about the scale because B&M tends to pull the teeth out of some of the bigger rides, but this looks like it could be a monster... The lack of a MCBR really helps with that too. Also Batwing!!! Also NO CORKSCREWS, MO heartline roll! It's like they're in my head! />

Ride6

B&M is going to go down hill with those restraints

Are they advertising the new roller coaster, or that damn frisbee?

Merged Ride6's topic.

Apparently I'm in the minority who loves those new restraints. I find them much more comfortable than the current ones on inverts. No headbanging!

The ride itself <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Can't wait to ride this next year!

the diving loop looks sexy

That barrel roll is sex.
Also, TRAINS.