Banshee Watch- 1/15 Last Track Arrives

Banshee Watch- 1/15

The Last Pieces of Track Arrive

 The last two pieces of the Banshee track have arrived today at Kings Island. Delivered this morning, the final pieces are expected to be in place within the next few weeks. Along the same lines, from Twitter we learn Kings Island is expecting the trains for Banshee to arrive at the park by the end of the month.


Construction is still moving forward on both the station roof and completing the ride. No official word yet when the trains will be placed on the track nor when testing will begin.  However, with a mostly mild winter (low snow totals) I'm going to guess that full electrical work will be in place by March!

Damn, I'm so excited!

Post by Kings Island.

Falcon's Fury- Drop Tower Pieces Arrive in Tampa

Image from Orlando Sentinel

 The nine large pieces of the new "Falcon's Fury" drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa arrived. After a month long trans-Atlantic trip, the body of the tower arrived via semi-trucks to the park. Over two days the pieces moved from Port of Tampa to Busch Gardens.

 Each section can weight up to 95 tons, the total weight of the tower pieces is 519 tons, stated Busch Gardens Tampa. Smaller parts of Falcons Fury have already arrived from several countries around Europe.

 Falcon's Fury is set to open to the public in Spring of 2014.