While it isn’t as high as the Diamondback or Banshee, it provides plenty of thrills, twists, and turns. The Bat is also a steel coaster of the suspended car variety. The coaster is currently the longest inverted coaster experience in the world. Banshee was added in 2014 and has a dizzying seven inversions including vertical drops, a dive loop, a zero-g roll, a pretzel knot, and an inline twist. The visual effect is awesome, but it usually does not end in riders getting wet. This hypercoaster also features a “splashdown” of sorts. Added in 2009, the Diamondback features a 215 ft drop, 9 more subsequent drops, and a speed of 80 mph. The wooden coasters at the park are pretty impressive, but so are the steel variety. The Brady family made a trip to Cincinnati back in 1973 and took a fun ride on the coaster. If it looks familiar, it is likely because you have seen it featured in an episode of The Brady Bunch. The granddad of all the wooden coasters at Kings Island is The Racer, which is a racing coaster that debuted when the park opened. Banked turns over rugged terrain, water features, and racing through a tunnel, culminates in “the shed”, which is always a guess about what is actually in the shed. The theme is that of an abandoned lumber company, and the track was built especially for the topography of the area. One of the newest coasters at the park is Mystic Timbers, which opened in 2017. At four minutes, you will have your fair share of literally hair-raising twists and turns with underground tunnels, helix tunnels, and eight banked turns all while coasting at speeds of 65 mph. It still maintains the record for longest wooden roller coaster, and for many people, remains a favorite. The legendary Beast was opened in 1979 and quickly became known as the ultimate wooden roller coaster. So, what is so great!? First of all, the collection of roller coasters amassed at Kings Island is quite impressive. It has been SO much fun seeing my kids come to enjoy and love coming here as much I do!

To this day, my own family gets season passes each year.

From the time I was seven, my family had season passes. Today we are going to talk about one of my favorite places to go: Kings Island Amusement Park in Mason, Ohio.

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