originally posted on 11/21/2019
As workers toil in the cold to build Kings Island's new giga coaster, Orion, its manufacturer, Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), this week unveiled the train cars for the ride at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida.
Photo: David Lipnicky. View full-sized image.
Photo: David Lipnicky. View full-sized image.
Photo: Derek Perry. View full-sized image.
The blue and white carriage of Orion looks vaguely similar to the cars on the Mason, Ohio, park’s Diamondback, a similar but smaller B&M coaster. However, rather than featuring staggered seating like Diamondback, with just two seats per row, the cars have four seats in a line.
The seats themselves are almost identical to those on Carowinds' Fury 325, another B&M giga coaster in the Carolinas.
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