Themeparkfanatic | Banshee at King's Island @woodencoasterfan | Uploaded July 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
This is Banshee at King's Island north of Cincinnati, OH. It opened here as the world's longest and fastest inverted coaster on April 18, 2014. It replaced the former Son of Beast which was the world's tallest, fastest, and only wooden coaster with a loop. It proved more of a problem with it being delayed multiple times plus several injuries at the end and the park simply decided it was time to go. This Inverted coaster, not to be confused with a suspended coaster, was built by B&M (Bolliger & Mabillard). The difference between Inverted and Suspended is that a suspended coaster is hung beneath the tracks and allowed to swing freely and NOT invert riders. A Inverted coaster is hung below the tracks but the ride vehicles are fixed to the chassis and not allowed to swing freely from side to side. This allows the trains to go through a number of different inversions. Compare this video to my video of The Bat at King's Island and you'll see the difference as The Bat is a Suspended coaster.
This coaster is 4,124 ft. (1,256.9 m) long, 167 ft. (50.9 m) tall with a 150 ft. (45.7 m) drop, 7 inversions, has a top speed of about 68 mph ( 109.4 km/h), and a two minute and forty second ride time.
This is Banshee at King's Island north of Cincinnati, OH. It opened here as the world's longest and fastest inverted coaster on April 18, 2014. It replaced the former Son of Beast which was the world's tallest, fastest, and only wooden coaster with a loop. It proved more of a problem with it being delayed multiple times plus several injuries at the end and the park simply decided it was time to go. This Inverted coaster, not to be confused with a suspended coaster, was built by B&M (Bolliger & Mabillard). The difference between Inverted and Suspended is that a suspended coaster is hung beneath the tracks and allowed to swing freely and NOT invert riders. A Inverted coaster is hung below the tracks but the ride vehicles are fixed to the chassis and not allowed to swing freely from side to side. This allows the trains to go through a number of different inversions. Compare this video to my video of The Bat at King's Island and you'll see the difference as The Bat is a Suspended coaster.
This coaster is 4,124 ft. (1,256.9 m) long, 167 ft. (50.9 m) tall with a 150 ft. (45.7 m) drop, 7 inversions, has a top speed of about 68 mph ( 109.4 km/h), and a two minute and forty second ride time.
