^ No dates for the 2014 operating season have been released yet.

Construction crews are at the site this morning, ready to (hopefully) complete Banshee's Batwing element.....

April 19th- November 2nd. This is my guess.

A better question is whether the park will be open to the public the Sunday after the first Saturday it is open.

Lately, it has not been.

Just remember the queue for Diamond Back will be renamed to Banshee overflow in 2014....

Will it be playing Banshee Screams Or Taylor Swifts "I knew you were trouble when you walked in"?

A Banshee scream and Taylor Swift are pretty much interchangeable.

Just remember the queue for Diamond Back will be renamed to Banshee overflow in 2014....

Will it be playing Banshee Screams Or Taylor Swifts "I knew you were trouble when you walked in"?

A Banshee scream and Taylor Swift are pretty much interchangeable.

Although the Banshee is more attractive.

Looks like they've been busy putting up the final supports for the Batzel, which means the track should be going up shortly to tie it all together (these are the supports that are sittng at a fairly steep angle like we've seen in several places on this ride, and would appear like supports you wouldn't want to sit around too long w/o being tied back into the track to give them full stability)

anyhoo, I'm guessing the Batzel is in place sometime in the next hour or two.

Is the webcam screen frozen? Seems like it has been at a standstill for hours now. Could be an illusion...I can't tell.

edit: nevermind....I think it's moving now....

it looks like there was a delivery in the staging area. I'm thinking that the forklift is busy unloading that. Once they are finished, they can move the next piece of track up.

I'm baffled by people on KI's Facebook!

They updated the Cover Photo of the track out of the Batwing element heading to the 2nd vertical loop and people swear the ride is from Cedar Point or they're taking it down already!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152476059428368&set=a.10150821122978368.513320.155893938367&type=1&theater

Wow... I had to restrain myself from replying to one woman. First she said, "I have it on a very reliable source that it is complete. Not sure if this is an older in process pic, or if maybe they had to remove some parts just to get through this Arctic blast but it is completed! Woo Hoo!" Someone replied to her that it's not done yet and to check out the live webcam, to which she responded, "Those cams aren't reliable, and I know the one who told me is, but I will also ask a worker who has been onsite on this since day one to confirm."

I almost replied with "So a LIVE webcam isn't reliable? A camera that shows you pictures of the coaster as it looks right at this moment? Wow... And why would they need to 'remove some parts just to get through this Arctic blast?'," but I didn't want to start an argument with someone who is completely ignorant of coaster constuction. Not that I'm all that knowledgeable on the subject myself, but at least I have some knowledge, plus enough sense to know that a live camera is more than likely showing me the truth. Seeing is believing, as they say.

People like this make me wonder if they took aspirin as a child when they had a fever?

They must be having an issue with that last support. They are currently taking it down for the 2nd time.

I noticed that too. Yesterday they only put up one section of it then they took it down. Today the put the entire thing up now half of it it gone.

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I thought it might have fallen. Hope not.

must be some major trouble they are taking the other side down now

Yep its down.

it probably needs a little "tweeking" to get it to fit just right

I thought perhaps my lyin' eyes were decieving me as I swore before lunch it was up, and now its gone. I'm glad to know my eyes still show the truth.

Perhaps its like putting together 'cheap' funiture with the A pieces, the B shelves and the C uprights. Maybe they lost 3 little, silver peg supports when they were only given 2 extra. Again, they could have the furniture together when their wife realizes that the C upright is in backwards.

I'm certain its exactly like that.

Ikea: The Roller Coaster.

3rd times the charm? we'll find out shortly

Construction of the Banshee station continues.......

(Photo Courtesy of Kings Island)

Wow seeing all the train contacts and stuff on both sides...so similar to current wing rider trains...amazing to see this technology overlap. No more hydraulic restraint release and locks

looks like CJ is disconnected from the support. Must be good this time

Working past sundown to get at least one more piece of track installed!

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I have been anxiously awaiting davidw 's completion schematic for today.

On their third attempt, one support and one piece of track installed today. Link to gallery

The word "Batzel" has been stuck in my head all day. Idk why because I am calling it batwing, I think it was the golden batzels that did it.

Sounds too much like Kinzel for me...

It's hard to believe how close they are to completing track installation. I'm actually kind of dreading it because it's going to drive me nuts seeing a full circuit coaster there on the web cam and not being able to ride it.

I won't know what to with my life next off season.

After track work is complete, it will take me a week or two to stop checking the webcam 10+ times a day