Just out of curiosity as I'm trying to eyeball how this will look, how tall is the Sling Shot structure?

I'm not sure on the height of the structure but I believe the ball itself can travel as high as 230'

I believe it goes to ~260 feet, depending on weight of the ball.

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Sorry if this is late, but you can now see Banshee from Kings Island Drive

Sorry if this is late, but you can now see Banshee from Kings Island Drive

Ki will look real different for a while!

Again may be late but I don't do haunt (chicken) so haven't seen this til now and found it funny

Banshee supports seem pretty lit up tonight.....

(or the surrounding lights are just hitting the support)

Either way...Here's a good night-time webcam shot from the Banshee Cam....

Has there been anything indicated from the park about whether or not Banshee will be lit up or will it be flying through the night blind?

Some deep purple spotlights on this ride would really look cool.

more track this morning?

I thought all track was already there?

I'm not sure what the truck is delivering then...

I think they are about to begin work on the diving loop. There sure are a lot of pieces around that area....right now they are doing something at the lift motor with a small crane.

Edit: Baby crane is on the move and now under the lift headed towards the dive loop. Now Clifford is on the move...today is shaping up to be exciting in the construction phase!

Kings Island Banshee Construction Update #3

Two baby cranes are in the diving loop area this morning....yay!

Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing.

I think you are right. It might be to add additional stability to the first section of the hill.

Drop Tower is stuck.

Drop Tower is stuck.

o.O You know the park is closed today right?

How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry

Drop Tower is stuck.

Nah, that's just Gravity doing its thing.

Stairs on going up on the lift now.

How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry

I think there is some sort of lift truck in front of it.

Never Mind….

Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing.

That's how Patriot's lift hill at Worlds of Fun was built. See picture:

So glad our lift is way more steep than that haha

How is it exactly stuck?? Confuzzled..that pic is blurry

Now it's unstuck but it was stuck for a good 20 mins in that position. Maybe there was maintenance going on under it.

Picture of the work going on at the Banshee construction site today.....

(Photo Courtesy of KingsIslandPR)

Nice to see that they're putting that lift from over by Invertigo to good use for once

I'm sure it's frequently been used for track inspections in the mornings.

Looks like they are putting the walkway that goes up the lift in. Kind of odd that they would start on that before the lift is done if that is indeed what they are doing.

That's how Patriot's lift hill at Worlds of Fun was built. See picture:

Banshee is starting to look like a copycat now o.O I know nothing about Patriot but just noting how very similar Banshee is looking to it....

Probably most inverted roller coasters have a lift hill!

It's considerably different compared to when you compare other B&M inverts to each other.