LovinMeSomeBanshee

So I've seen so many people on Reddit and elsewhere saying, "this will probably jump to the front of my B&M hyper rankings." ...why? I don't see anything super special about this coaster. After watching Candymonium's POV video, I still prefer Diamondback over this coaster. I just don't get it.

That bank is going to be ridiculous when it comes to forces, because it begins to straighten back up at the peak of the hill, which means those in left seats are going to feel like they're being thrown to the right as they descend that hill. It's going to be nuts.

You’re also going into that element at >90 miles per hour. It’s going to have a lot of airtime.

What exactly are they constructing?

That overbanked hill is way overbanked!

Really looking forward to seeing photos of Orion from park guests tonight. Anyone going tonight that will be snapping pics?

Two different coasters here. The red is the circle in the original post - disregard that. The coaster in orange is The Racer's turnaround (left is Blue Racer's turnaround, right is the Red Racer's turnaround). The coaster I circled in blue is Vortex.

You mean KI opens Friday at 5 and not tomorrow, right?

He totally could have circle-fingered everyone just now. Nice and level now. Excellent view. Thanks, Kings Island!

They're turning the camera!!!!!

They have lights on because they’re still working back there. They got a very late start on erecting a couple of track pieces. In the morning, I bet we see the crest of the overbanked hill installed.

Dude. Come on. Please.

Well, we can stop wondering whether or not it's a "giga" coaster when B&M officially calls it one.

I've never been on Leviathan or Fury, but the seats on these trains look different than something like Diamondback. With Diamondback, the seats are so open and fastened with open metal supports, whereas with these, the seats seem more..."enclosed". I think I love these trains more than the Diamondback ones.

They can't. They will need at least one crane like Zeus or Artemis to do the turnaround. And probably the overbanked hill, too.

Are you sure? I think they're both still there, but the angle of the sun is just making them hard to see.

It looks like Zeus might be getting ready to be moved. He's folding down. Someone just took the basket to the top of the lift hill like an elevator, and got off up there.

I'd guess they'll definitely have the same strategy for doing the turnaround hill as it's over 200 feet, but I'm not sure about the wave turn hill.

I guess I never realized the sun came up in the spot it did in the webcam. I always thought it was much further to the left of the pan. Unless the sun has changed that much position in the sky in the last two months..

More track going up now? Cleo has a piece of track in a weird vertical angle..

This. They can (they literally moved the camera from left to right from Banshee to the Orion construction area) but my guess is they won't. The park really doesn't care about anyone that wants to watch the construction.

Knew it.

Yep, it's definitely new. I watched them as they lifted it into place today.

Wow, what a welcome surprise this morning! It looks absolutely massive. Artemis is on her way out, and it'll be interesting to see how they move the other two cranes over to the next area of construction.

It has now been three weeks for what is apparently “software upgrades”. The Kings Island IT staff looks incredibly inept right now.