Confirmed: Kings Island's 2009 ride will be a B&M hyper.

by **Chitown** on July 9th, 2008, 12:29 am

http://www.daytondailynews.com/hp/conte ... deweb.html

by **Coaster Justin** on July 9th, 2008, 12:51 am

I've heard that the ride will be 4,200ft long. For me, that sounds really short for a Hyper Coaster at a park with like 250+ acres for expansion. I wonder if the trains will be like Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland or if they will go back to Tried and True 4-Across.

2 B&M hypers for 2 Former Paramount Parks. Could Carowind's & Kings Dominion be Next? (I know there's California's Great America but I don't think that park has much room left for expansion. I could be wrong.)

With This, Son Of Beast, & Backlot added since my visit in 03, It is looking really good as a future trip.

by **saylorman47** on July 9th, 2008, 12:57 am

Those comments can get pretty fierce on that Dayton website.

Oh well, I go to Dayton every year so, I'll probably give it a ride.

by **bobbinbop20** on July 9th, 2008, 12:42 pm

that does seem rather short.. raging bull is longer and this one will proly be a little taller then it

by **zjohn1988** on July 9th, 2008, 10:07 pm

Some of us have known about this, glad its confirmed though!

by **cowboy1192** on July 11th, 2008, 9:13 am

YEAAA!!! I love B&M Hypers! Who doesnt?

But Im going to KI next year so this makes me realllllly happy about going! Flight of Fear, This one, Beast, SOB, omg this is going to be great!

by **BrianPlencner** on July 11th, 2008, 10:52 pm

Did anyone catch this statement in the article?

Kings Island's drawings filed with the city of Mason also indicate three loops.

Take it for what its worth, as I've not seen the drawing. However, the B&M Hyper's that I have been on, have not had any loops. Rather, they have the heavy banked turns instead.

Not to say that B&M can't put loops on the hyper. Just saying that the press may have saw what they thought were "loops" on the drawing and they are not loops. Of course, it would rock if it did have 3 loops!

--Brian

by **Chitown** on July 12th, 2008, 12:19 am

I am pretty sure they will be inclined loops.

by **BP317** on July 14th, 2008, 1:57 am

I liked riding on the "B" seats on Behemoth, it does have the same problem DejaVu had which was having issues filling those seats because people want to sit next to their friends so a lot of empty seats go out.

by **cowboy1192** on July 15th, 2008, 7:56 pm

^Thats me right there. lol, I hate sitting next to someone I dont know! I mean, what if they liked pigged out on Nachos and stuff right before... lol, and I cant say the same stupid stuff that I say with my friends on the ride.

by **FParker185** on July 22nd, 2008, 11:07 pm

http://www.kiextreme.com/gallery/thumbn ... ?album=320

track has arrived at Kings Island.

It appears to be standard track, as opposed to the wide gauge Dive Coaster track.

by **CoasterCruiser** on July 23rd, 2008, 12:41 am

It sorta looks like iron wolf's track.

by **Chitown** on July 23rd, 2008, 3:28 pm

Pretty much all B&M track looks the same with the exception of the Dive coasters which has a noticably wider track.

by **CoasterCruiser** on July 23rd, 2008, 3:38 pm

Oh yeah, I know. I meant the color of the track

by **RemoveShapiro,NotVu** on August 2nd, 2008, 9:49 pm

I'm dating myself here...but I remember the days when we got to experience the excitement of new coasters at our own park.

by **RBull4life** on August 2nd, 2008, 10:43 pm

^ Yep, and thats why the chain has no money, and is close to bankruptcy.

by **Mr. SFGAm** on August 6th, 2008, 4:46 pm

ANNOUNCED: Kings Island announces Diamondback!

230 ft tall... 5,282 ft long

http://www.kidiamondback.com/

I can't wait until 2009 at Kings Island!!

by **guitarhero119** on August 6th, 2008, 9:53 pm

I really like the layout and those trains look pretty awesome.

by **cycamps** on August 7th, 2008, 12:21 am

The layout looks neat, with lots of airtime hills. The seating layout looks very cool too. It seems like lots of B&M hypers are really spread out lately vs. a layout like Bull's, which isn't very sprawling compared to others.

by **Bob O** on August 9th, 2008, 9:38 pm

^ Yep, and thats why the chain has no money, and is close to bankruptcy."

That is part of the problem, but not the main one!!!!
The chain bought too many medicore parks just to get big, and has had awful service while being overpriced for almost everything in the park. They could have built big rides if the company was properly run with good customer service. And building prototype rides like DeJuVue that were rarely working doesnt help!!

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 9/1177/ENT

by **coasterkidd100** on August 10th, 2008, 6:11 pm

^When they bought DeJaVu they did not know that it was going to have problems. Now they know that it was a waste of money and did not help the company but when they bought it they thought it was going to work, attract people and that it would make them money.

by **cycamps** on August 10th, 2008, 8:21 pm

^ and ^^, King's Island isn't owned by Six Flags, it's owned by Cedar Fair, and they never bought a Giant Inverted Boomerang.

Also, when I was referring to a sprawling coaster, I meant that it has a longer layout, like Goliath at La Ronde, vs. a more compact, twisted layout, like Raging Bull.

by **Bob O** on August 10th, 2008, 9:43 pm

Whenever you buy a prototype ride you are taking a risk, unless its a B & M ride.

by **guitarhero119** on August 10th, 2008, 9:53 pm

^ that seems like a big unless... :roll:

by **CoasterCruiser** on August 12th, 2008, 11:58 am

Wow, that looks very fun!

Confirmed: Kings Island's 2009 ride will be a B&M hyper.

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