CrashCoaster
CF Legend
So Orion's circuit is now complete, with the final track piece being installed today. Coincidentally, the final track piece of Fury 325 was installed exactly 5 years ago to the day!
Kings Island | Orion | B&M Giga Coaster
- Thread starter Pear
- Start date
I guess they don't make them like they used to.
Nicky Borrill
Strata Poster
Sure this info is buried somewhere in this thread, but to save me 10 minutes can anybody tell me how high that brake run is off the ground?
BansheeBerry
Roller Poster
83 ft.
ultimate poaster
Roller Poster
KI fans must be poverty stricken.
Doublethink
Roller Poster
Am I correct that this has the steepest drop on any B&M hyper or gigga out there? Should be pretty interesting with just the tiny lap bars B&M use
Aaron Smith
Mega Poster
This right here! I feel the same way!
Pretty sure. Orion drops at 85 degrees, Fury 325 at 81 degrees, and Leviathan 80 degrees. For reference, Millennium Force has an 80 degree drop; indeed will be fun to have an ever-steeper drop.
Also, for a slightly more scenic screengrab (currently have snowfall in Ohio)
Peter Immelmann
Mega Poster
Where did you get this number from?
Doublethink
Roller Poster
Kings Island’s new giga coaster uses rolling terrain to its advantage
Kings Island is working to use its rolling topography to maximum effect while constructing a $30 million roller coaster that will soon be the park’s tallest and fastest.
Peter Immelmann
Mega Poster
Cool, thanks!
Pear
Strata Poster
And the webcams will be down for a while. https://kicentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/35959-psa-orion-live-stream/
The helix looks very interesting. Never seen an element quite like that. Orion will certainly have some very unique and distinctive elements.
