I've been staring at the posters from Winterfest 2018 for hours now. I'm wondering if the text in "Flight of Cheer" are colors of the coaster. The 355 written on the bottom of the calendar is the height and the face in the loop is the logo. The trademarked names of Orion & Polaris certainly fit the X-Base / space theme also. Also, the #5 that keeps popping up in easter eggs like Son of Beast station means the 5th giga in North America???
I still tip my hat to King's Island for going big and building a hyper woody. I don't think it worked out so well because the technology might not have quite been there considering it was in design stage in 95 or 96? Among other things.
Oh how i wish the surviving Arrow suspended coasters did this. I'm sure the shock companies do too. Just look at that car past 90 degrees! Nothing but OTR restraints too. You can also see how the brake design was already blowing the paint off the cars a few weeks into testing. One of the best things about getting old is saying that i got to ride the Bat.
I love the feeling of having a coaster train all to yourself. It's rare for this to happen in my opinion. I've been lucky enough to have i305 twice, Banshee once, the Racer twice, the Beast once, and Magnum once. How about you?
The Beast was giving religious experience rides last night. Nothing like a cool, dark foggy October night to bring out the best in that coaster. I've ridden it for 35 years, last night ranked as the best.