Kings Island Adds Banshee, a B&M Invert, For The 2014 Season

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The embed isn't showing so I had to search for it on YouTube.
Th sequence of elements is correct and is mostly smooth (room for improvement, still). Just some things to point out:
-There shouldn't be a pre-drop
-The last helix should be a lot closer to the exit of the zero G roll
-The in line twist should be banked the other way
-The zero G roll should be banked the other way
-I think the base of the lift should be at a less wide angle to the station

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by fear the four

The General public loved it. And they will love it even more opening day next year.

If it was a generic B&M and not unique like this one (the park obviously requested a unique one) then the enthusiasts would complain about it lol.

I feel like nobody is happy with anything new nowadays.

The drop doesn't have a predrop, the first Immelmann isn't a perfect loop, and the zero g roll needs to rise a lot more before rolling. There's a start.

Fixed that.

Let's keep this topic about the real ride; gforce I recommend starting a new topic regarding your recreation if you with for people to comment on it so that you can make improvements.

I wish I could have made it to Kings Island on the 8th. Fog covering the Action Zone and Banshee screams just sound too awesome to miss, and so was a crowd of people chanting "BANSHEE BANSHEE!" Instead I was stuck at home watching someone stream it through their potato.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I just waited for them to post it and then watched the enthusiast rage come in as people decided new and improve trains would hurt their shoulders and that giant rides need to have tiny loops and kill people with G's to make the loops cause physics

and

durrrrrr

Especially the durrrrr.

Everything about this ride looks awful. It's so big and spread out. Gouldy nailed it.

Don't read this thread then.

^^Gouldy hasn't posted..

I want to put my input to this new ride also. Everyone here has different opinions but I don't really care about what others say about this new banshee coaster weather its good or bad. My first impression after looking at the video I think this may be some sort of an exhilarating ride. Why do we all need that extra quick snaps, special loops like corkscrews and all that to make it more better? (may be unhealthy for elderly people ofcourse) What more could we ask for? It was already planned and it could be something unique and very exciting in own ways. Maybe I should say never judge the book by its own cover. I feel it may turn out good just the way it was planned. Maybe sometimes hight and speed may play an important role and they may mean everything to this ride afterall. I look at this differently but again everyone has different inputs about the new ride though.

People gotta be butthurt about something. " This Ride doesn't have all of MY EXACT requirements for a roller coaster, therefore this roller coaster will be terrible for everyone and not just me because my spoiled attitude said so!"

Roller coasters are fun. Universally we can all agree on that. Whether one coaster is more fun than another is a completely subjective inquiry. Express your opinion, fine. But until you've ridden the damn thing, don't tell other people why this ride isn't going to be fun for anyone...

I like it. It's a bit inversionish the whole time but inverted coasters can't really provide proper airtime without looking messy so... they do this.

And also, Yay for pink track! Ever since GRC repainted their Giovanola I hated the damn thing. The crappy orange everything doesn't do it for me.

Originally posted by Jakizle

Everything about this ride looks awful. It's so big and spread out. Gouldy nailed it.

That's the modern b&m way lol. If you want a good b&m looper you have to buy a used one from the 90's.

Originally posted by tmv8888

People gotta be butthurt about something. " This Ride doesn't have all of MY EXACT requirements for a roller coaster, therefore this roller coaster will be terrible for everyone and not just me because my spoiled attitude said so!"

Roller coasters are fun. Universally we can all agree on that. Whether one coaster is more fun than another is a completely subjective inquiry. Express your opinion, fine. But until you've ridden the damn thing, don't tell other people why this ride isn't going to be fun for anyone...

Yeah i notice a lot of people on here are too picky. If it gives me a thrill/rush that's all i need. This is just another case of judging a book by it's cover.

I meant cjd. Oops.

It looks really big but oddly enough it looks like it could be fun. Could have that big looming loop feel with long positives on the bottoms of the inversions. It won't be a quick ride, but it looks like it will still be fun and large. It at least doesn't look to be forceless.

I see that banshee so ugly track.. Those tracks look almost same by Montu Bunch Garden, Tampa. Montu better than Banshee.....

The flyer/wingrider restraints are extremely comfortable, effective, and ***ier than the traditional OTSRs, and I'm not sure why people find reason to complain. Maybe everybody needs to lose a little weight. The foam is restraining, yet liberating, and the grab bars are EXACTLY where they need to be for people to grab for comforting reasons. It's stellar that they're adding them to inverts. I think it's clear that they're going to be using them on all of their multi-loopers.

It's only a matter of time before the Dive Machines use them.

^I'm fat and still find them pretty comfy.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by Jakizle

^I'm fat and still find them pretty comfy.

The newer generation of "kids" has decided the B&M rattle is extremely uncomfortable and rides like B:TR are super rough now, so I wouldn't even both addressing the restraints being supposedly uncomfortable.


They can keep drinking Monster energy drinks (because they can't handle a cup of coffee) and yoloswagging around town.

Originally posted by Coasterkidmwm

Originally posted by Jakizle

^I'm fat and still find them pretty comfy.

The newer generation of "kids" has decided the B&M rattle is extremely uncomfortable and rides like B:TR are super rough now, so I wouldn't even both addressing the restraints being supposedly uncomfortable.


They can keep drinking Monster energy drinks (because they can't handle a cup of coffee) and yoloswagging around town.

I'd rather ride Batman the Ride or Kumba than these butter smooth new age forceless B&M's.

^ We understand you dont like B & Ms newer rides, do you have to mention it EVERY SINGLE POST?