I am glad to see the new pic of the exterior of the station. They have added the wing wall and lower level pop-out for the entrance.....just like the rendering shows......the only thing I don't see yet is the lone freestanding wall....but I am pretty sure that's a last minute build after everything else is in.

No this is what you have to look forward to hehehe

I wonder if the ride ops will be costumed as priests, fathers, sermons, nuns, etc.

Probably not. Would be kinda funny though!

Here is your ride ops crew...

Testament?

I wonder if the ride ops will be costumed as priests, fathers, sermons, nuns, etc.

Probably not. Would be kinda funny though!

Here is your ride ops crew...

Testament?

Why...yes!!!

Great Album and Band!!

No this is what you have to look forward to hehehe

Vinnie! Lol! I'm loving the updates from the park!

Yup..I miss that guy, was actually alot of fun to work with..he got into trouble because of these which was ridiculously stupid

I know! I think we've talked about it. Lol. I'll pm you in a second about one of the other ones.

Gee, Cedar Fair having problems with public representations that company ride ops, pictured in company uniforms on company property, don't care about guest satisfaction. I can't imagine what the problem was. For crying outloud.

Just goes further to illustrate how preposterous, immature (and annoying) spieling is. Guests and ride ops should take safety instructions more seriously. Paramount Parks until its last few years had a totally different philosophy about guest interaction at rides: Safety is important, be sure you've done as much as you can to assure that. The point of contact at guest boarding is to assure safety compliance, first and foremost. If any spieling is to be done, it will be mechanically reproduced by automated systems, as our ride ops have far more important responsibilities to consume their time and attention. That was the nineties and early 2000's Paramount Parks ride operations philosophy.

Then somebody got "Welcome Back you crazy Magnum Riders, How was your ride?" envy. Sigh.

Been on a cruise vacation for the past 7 days with no internet access. Can anyone update me on what/if anything has happened? Thank You

Crews have arrived in Action Zone this morning.....

This image was captured from Kings Island's Banshee Construction Cam, which can be found below:

Kings Island's Banshee Construction Cam

Crews have arrived in Action Zone this morning.....

This image was captured from Kings Island's Banshee Construction Cam, which can be found below:

Kings Island's Banshee Construction Cam

Is that gravel or wet cement?

Been on a cruise vacation for the past 7 days with no internet access. Can anyone update me on what/if anything has happened? Thank You

The best way?

Read the pages you missed.

Seriously.

With a high of 63 tomorrow and a high of 66 on Tuesday, I believe that Banshee testing could begin as early as tomorrow......

I surely hope so.

What will become of this thread April 17th/18th?

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I would suspect, like previous threads whose time has come and gone, it will be closed (locked).

Yep - just like Decoding 2014, this thread will one day expire...

..and it will be glorious.

Why glorious?

Great Album and Band!!

Gods of thrash metal. That album is indeed awesome.

Why glorious?

...because you'll be free to go ride Banshee any day you choose.

Why glorious?

...because you'll be free to go ride Banshee any day you choose.

Offer not valid in Guam, the District of Columbia and in certain states, provinces and countries.

Why glorious?

...because you'll be free to go ride Banshee any day you choose.

Only as long as the park is open and operating that day.

April 17th will be both a very happy and sad day. The speculation and construction of the world's longest inverted coaster will officially come to a close, but also the opportunity to ride it will finally be here!

As if I didn't miss KI enough, the song Right Now came on my shuffle play while at the gym

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heys guys new to ki central. im hoping someone can answer a question for me about Banshee. will it have the big boy seats llike Gatekeeper has (row 4)???

^ Per an interview with Don Helbig (don't remember which one) there will indeed be big boy seats as on Gatekeeper. And welcome to the KICentral family!

Additionally, I believe it has either been said or assumed that the midseason modifications Gatekeeper recieved last year will be in place on Banshee as well.

...Just goes further to illustrate how preposterous, immature (and annoying) spieling is. Guests and ride ops should take safety instructions more seriously. Paramount Parks until its last few years had a totally different philosophy about guest interaction at rides: Safety is important, be sure you've done as much as you can to assure that. The point of contact at guest boarding is to assure safety compliance, first and foremost. If any spieling is to be done, it will be mechanically reproduced by automated systems, as our ride ops have far more important responsibilities to consume their time and attention. That was the nineties and early 2000's Paramount Parks ride operations philosophy.

Then somebody got "Welcome Back you crazy Magnum Riders, How was your ride?" envy. Sigh.

Disagree with you on the spieling. Having been one of those people that have delivered said spiels, when done right, it is effective. Ensuring rider safety, when it comes down to it, is a visual check. A good ride op can ensure rider safety and deliver spiels at the same time. In the Paramount years, the control operator delivered most, if not all, of the spiels. Frankly, I'd rather have the ops on the floor deliver the spiels then the controls operator. The last thing I want, as a rider, is the controls operator to be distracted.

And that, as I said, was the later Paramount years. In the early years, there was no operator spieling.