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Kings Island | Orion | B&M Giga Coaster
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Doublethink
Roller Poster
One of the things I love about my job.... Wait until you hear this... #Orion #KingsIsland @KingsIslandPR @IMAscore pic.twitter.com/E3QHZy2gWw
— Chad Showalter (@chadshowalter) March 2, 2020
Sounds like we will be getting a custom soundtrack by IMAScore for this
ultimate poaster
Roller Poster
Must maintain the echo chamber!
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
Yes, I too can click and drag a slider to adjust the scale in whatever computer program I'm using. As German automotive engineers say regarding their vehicle classes that spin multiple models of all shapes and sizes off of a single platform: same sausage, different links.
TrY hArDeR nExT tImE ???
What on YouTube ?
BansheeBerry
Roller Poster
I was super happy to learn about this, they did such a good job with Mystic Timbers score, really looking forward to hearing it this April.
Pear
Strata Poster
The difference between KI fanboys and fanboys of those parks is that PHL/EP/Asterix fanboys have an actual good park to fanboy over
Doublethink
Roller Poster
oriolat2
Giga Poster
See? This ride will have a redeeming quality: a custom track by Imascore!
Kw6sTheater
Hyper Poster
I don't think the trims are being tested yet, which is probably why Orion is running as fast as it currently is.
BansheeBerry
Roller Poster
The trims won’t effect the first 3 elements.
Llama Drama
Roller Poster
I will say, despite my qualms of Orion detailed earlier, let it be known that I'm still super pumped for this thing, and optimistic it can exceed my expectations - even moreso having seen the testing footage. Regrdless of how much the trim effects later on (at the camelback) it is going to be flying through those first three elements everytime (banked turn, turnaround, speed hill).
I actually haven't ridden Fury or Leviathan yet, and even my B&M hyper experience is rather limited (DB and Nitro) so I will still probably be blown away by this, even if it admittedly didn't pan out the way we're hoping. If I were to make a prediction on where this will rank relative to what I read/hear/see of the aformentioned B&M Gigas, it will rank somewhere in the middle - which is to say a very, very, good ride! No, not the best coaster in the world, but still firmly a standout coaster, and something to write home about...
It doesn't have the stats of Fury, no, not even close. Not as good of elements either, but I think Orion's elements at least look better than what I see on Leviathan. I'm kind of lukewarm on Orion's elements. While they're certainly not as good as they could have made them, they're far from the least inspired elements imo. I don't know, I'll just have to wait and feel how they ride...
If I were to synopsize my thoughts into one sentence, it'd be: "The elements that are there look solid, but there's just not very many of them unfortunately."
I actually haven't ridden Fury or Leviathan yet, and even my B&M hyper experience is rather limited (DB and Nitro) so I will still probably be blown away by this, even if it admittedly didn't pan out the way we're hoping. If I were to make a prediction on where this will rank relative to what I read/hear/see of the aformentioned B&M Gigas, it will rank somewhere in the middle - which is to say a very, very, good ride! No, not the best coaster in the world, but still firmly a standout coaster, and something to write home about...
It doesn't have the stats of Fury, no, not even close. Not as good of elements either, but I think Orion's elements at least look better than what I see on Leviathan. I'm kind of lukewarm on Orion's elements. While they're certainly not as good as they could have made them, they're far from the least inspired elements imo. I don't know, I'll just have to wait and feel how they ride...
If I were to synopsize my thoughts into one sentence, it'd be: "The elements that are there look solid, but there's just not very many of them unfortunately."
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bob_3_
Giga Poster
OMG <3 IT'S SO GOOD. It's so uncharacteristically un-B&M for initial test runs. I can't get over how it flies over the top of the turn around. It's actually made me think MAYBE the layout is so short because it's actually super intense.
bob_3_
Giga Poster
I know from experience, Air and Nemesis run very differently and faster on hard wheels, but they are very very loud (illegally so). So this maybe a case of that as you can see in the videos this thing is LOUD atm. There is a tendency to do this when testing in the cold to prevent the danger of valleying. Saying that though, I wouldn't expect the softer wheels to dampen the speed too much, and when it runs in the summer it should get back up to speed.
ultimate poaster
Roller Poster
Table scraps.