News Project 2020: Orion
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Oh... oops. Haven’t really been keeping up on this story at all and didn’t even know plans were leaked.
Still excited though to see the theme!
View: https://www.facebook.com/coasternation/videos/419585585566687/
Link to live feed because I can't get Kings Island's stream to work.
BGW and KI hired the same firm to do the live stream.
Here are the details:
Orion
300 ft tall
91 mph
5,321 feet
8 hills
Tallest and Fastest steel coaster in the park
Will also come with a retheme of the area... no longer X-Base but will be called "Area 72"
Oh, and lastly, Grand Carnivale will be returning to KI in 2020! Wooo!
Orion
300 ft tall
91 mph
5,321 feet
8 hills
Tallest and Fastest steel coaster in the park
Will also come with a retheme of the area... no longer X-Base but will be called "Area 72"
Oh, and lastly, Grand Carnivale will be returning to KI in 2020! Wooo!
The overall height is 287’ with a 300’ drop because they are constructing it into the terrain.
POV video for those that like these:
View: https://twitter.com/700wlw/status/1162312639533506562?s=21
View: https://twitter.com/700wlw/status/1162312639533506562?s=21
Here's all the goodies; specs, art, POV, yada yada yada...
www.wildgravitytravels.com
And... They're already selling merchandise....
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And... They're already selling merchandise....
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Kings Island typically does that with new rides, merch becomes available first thing upon announcement.
I think this looks like a fantastic ride. My only disappointment is that KI has some really cool topography and I would have loved to see them use it. But I love Leviathan and Fury so I'm sure this will be awesome even if it were to be 'weaker' than those two.
Love the name, love the theme, love the colors.... still hate the layout.
I have to say I think that wave turn after the drop is going to be amazing.
Kills me about the B&M gigas. All that (literal) potential surrendered.
Queue the apologists who think one needs several dozen feet of elevation change to achieve a gravity-fed station return from the final brakes, or that it's purely about keeping the speed down when entering the final brakes to reduce wear and tear, or that it's the only way to achieve a sufficient block count for three-train operations, or... or... or...
Nooooo. First and foremost, it's about lacking the space or (equally likely) the budget appetite for another several hundred feet of track. That's what drives any and all of those other design considerations. Once the decision is made to run a far shorter layout than the ride's initial potential energy allows, only then do you have to figure out a reasonable way to handle what would otherwise be a ton of kinetic energy rocketing into the brake run.
Space and cash. And perhaps a sense that nothing exciting can happen once a giga's hills drop below 70 feet. "That's not what this ride is about." ?
I don't fault ride suppliers for it.
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