Cedar Point changed the name of Banshee because a vocal group of conservative Christians raised concern of using a theme that insinuated death for screaming riders. Majority of the merchandise was indeed destroyed. Here's a brief newspaper article: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PK ... shee&hl=en
It was an unfortunate circumstance, as Mantis does not have sand-silenced track, which makes it one of the loudest roller coasters I have experience. (The famous B&M roar!) Would have fit really well with the Banshee theme.
To my knowledge, Kings Island has not said whether or not the track will be filled with sand to dampen sound - if not that would make for a great sounding roller coaster.
The banshee screams were apart of promo for the roller coaster, and will most likely be removed once the roller coaster is in service. The screams were honestly horrendously loud and annoying during the media announcement, and I wouldn't mind not having to bear through them while in line.
It was an unfortunate circumstance, as Mantis does not have sand-silenced track, which makes it one of the loudest roller coasters I have experience. (The famous B&M roar!) Would have fit really well with the Banshee theme.
To my knowledge, Kings Island has not said whether or not the track will be filled with sand to dampen sound - if not that would make for a great sounding roller coaster.
The banshee screams were apart of promo for the roller coaster, and will most likely be removed once the roller coaster is in service. The screams were honestly horrendously loud and annoying during the media announcement, and I wouldn't mind not having to bear through them while in line.