That is superstition though. If a coincidence happens and they connect it to the ride name, placing blame on the legend.. I'm sorry, but to me, that is undoubtedly a superstition.

'Less someone can make me believe otherwise, of course.

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No, no one will avoid the ride because of the name, but blaming it in proof of legend is all the same.

I rhyme, sometimes.

I asked this question on another thread and nobody answered me yet. Does anyone know if Banshee T-Shirts will be sold online in the future? I didn't have enough money with me this past weekend to buy a Banshee T-Shirt.

I asked this question on another thread and nobody answered me yet. Does anyone know if Banshee T-Shirts will be sold online in the future? I didn't have enough money with me this past weekend to buy a Banshee T-Shirt.

i have already forward the information on to the KI markerting dept. and hopefully during the Haunt hopeful to see Banshee Merc. hitting the marketplace site soon.

Bring on the name change due to the meaning like Cedar Point did!!!!! XD

Bring on the name change due to the meaning like Cedar Point did!!!!! XD

NO! I want Kings Island to keep the name. The Banshee name should stay.

I will lose respect for humanity if we change the name back.. again.

How much time elapsed between the announcement of CP's Banshee and the announcement that the name had been changed to Mantis?

How much time elapsed between the announcement of CP's Banshee and the announcement that the name had been changed to Mantis?

Four days. So we've made it longer than them XD

But to quote Shakespeare, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."

And if the dame did get changed, then congratulations, everyone who bought a shirt now has a collector's item lol

Must have been longer than four days. Cedar Point had patches, shirts, and buttons for sale at one point.

The only negative thing about the name that I keep hearing is everyone bringing up the past and talking about Mantis. I haven't heard any legit complaints about the name other then that. I think the name will stay!

Pray for Mantis!

Im surprised b&m will build a coaster with a name like Banshee.... "Appears before death" the second b&m death to be at Kings Island.. looks like Son of Beast will get the last laugh.

B&M designs/builds the roller coaster for a large sum of cash, doubt they care what the name is.

Im surprised b&m will build a coaster with a name like Banshee.... "Appears before death" the second b&m death to be at Kings Island.. looks like Son of Beast will get the last laugh.

2nd B&M death? I'm not aware of the first.

Im surprised b&m will build a coaster with a name like Banshee.... "Appears before death" the second b&m death to be at Kings Island.. looks like Son of Beast will get the last laugh.

This name is most appropriate, works perfect with the teaser video! The death was SOB, not the B&M!

Not sure what you mean by "second b&m death"?

B&M doesn't have a wikipedia (sub)article about there incidents, because they are so minute if they are any at all.

Intamin on the other hand….

Intamin Safety Records

B&M's Incidents

The only negative thing about the name that I keep hearing is everyone bringing up the past and talking about Mantis. I haven't heard any legit complaints about the name other then that. I think the name will stay!

Have you checked KI's Facebook comments lately? Some seem pretty P.O.ed about the name Choice..

Some would be if the name was Awesome Coaster.

Some live to be ticked off.

Again it's the internet where people can say whatever they want, but wouldn't dare say those things to someones face.

Oh, some would. I've met Mr. Kinzel. We had a frank and open discussion on more than one occasion.

Frank as in hot dog...or are you Hannibal lecter and actually had a Frank? :-P

As Mr. Kinzel liked to observe, "People gotta eat."

^And eat they did!

...outside the park, either from their own packed coolers or nearby restaurants....

Im surprised b&m will build a coaster with a name like Banshee.... "Appears before death" the second b&m death to be at Kings Island.. looks like Son of Beast will get the last laugh.

This name is most appropriate, works perfect with the teaser video! The death was SOB, not the B&M!

Not sure what you mean by "second b&m death"?

the death on dominator, train pulled into station with unconscious person, rushed to hospital and they ended up dying from a ruptured brain aneurysm ( brain bleed ) its hush hush tho its a b&m coaster... Unlike the 2009 Son of Beast incident that was all over the media. About a lady that 2 and a half weeks later ends up with a brain bleed and claims it was Son of Beast.. And cedar unfair ends up shutting down Son of Beast and eventually demolishing it even tho it was operating normally...

From my limited medical knowledge, riding a roller coaster wouldn't cause a brain aneurism...?

From my limited medical knowledge, riding a roller coaster wouldn't cause a brain aneurism...?

ya but it can cause one to rupture.

Oh, some would. I've met Mr. Kinzel. We had a frank and open discussion on more than one occasion.

The things I would do to be able to listen to those conversations...

^^I'm going to have to put that under a very unfortunate pre-existing medical condition. It could've ruptured anywhere. It's not like the ride was faulty and caused that accident. (It did bit it didn't...)

And for the seventy-eleventh time, a 2009 incident was NOT the cause of the Son of Beast removal.

Sigh.

Im surprised b&m will build a coaster with a name like Banshee.... "Appears before death" the second b&m death to be at Kings Island.. looks like Son of Beast will get the last laugh.

This name is most appropriate, works perfect with the teaser video! The death was SOB, not the B&M!

Not sure what you mean by "second b&m death"?

the death on dominator, train pulled into station with unconscious person, rushed to hospital and they ended up dying from a ruptured brain aneurysm ( brain bleed ) its hush hush tho its a b&m coaster... Unlike the 2009 Son of Beast incident that was all over the media. About a lady that 2 and a half weeks later ends up with a brain bleed and claims it was Son of Beast.. And cedar unfair ends up shutting down Son of Beast and eventually demolishing it even tho it was operating normally...

Was this death on Dominator induced by the ride or did the man in question have a preexisting condition?