Didn’t have the original with me to make the perfect recreation.. but here’s me at kings island 2026 and 1996. Found the same spot and almost the same exact pose. May have to try it again in the fall or something. Still wearing Nike airmax to this day.
Edit: whoops here’s hoping it’s still around in 19996
Screen grabs from the Project Chimps reel via Instagram. Link in comments.
Is this a hot take?
I went for the first time in 9 years over the weekend. We have a gold passes! My fiancé loved everything and wants to ride everything! We ate at Miami River Brewhouse and Chicken Shack and have decided to get the dining plan as well. Food suggestions welcome below.
I had limited coaster experience before going this weekend. I started with Adventure Express. I rode this first and had no recollection of it being so janky, jerky and painful. I cried the whole ride. Breathing heavy and everything. I remember this ride being very smooth in 2017... I was shell shocked on how hard it was on my shoulders and neck. (I am 23)
Went early the next day (Sunday) - no line and walked right on The Racer. Woah. I had no idea what “air time” was. I thought I was flying. Better than Adventure Express. I didn’t cry but I think I closed my eyes the entire time.
Next I tried to go on The Bat. I did some research-It says The Bat was manufactured by Arrow Dynamics -the company who produced the original Bat(and also Adventure Express) It is a new refurbished version, the one in operation now, correct? I couldn’t make it on the Bat because that long walk took me out of it. I got too scared. I’m going Thursday just to watch it over and over again.
Any tips where I go from here? Did I start too strong? My goal is to get on Orion … ugh!
Came back to Ohio for a quick visit and grabbed this great shot of the Eiffel Tower just as sun was setting on my way from the Beast. Shot on Fujifilm x100vi and velvia film sim.
I'm going to be that guy, after riding the beast this past weekend I noticed after the second lift hill that it seems to be a much rougher, faster, and some what steeper pitched ride going into the tunnel. Has anyone else noticed this?
Everyone online talking about seeing a new rmc at KI. I would love to see a Mack Stryker coaster in Vortex's plot. Odds are it will never happen, but I rode Voltron at Europa Park last year and thought it was fantastic. It's a pipe dream, but I think it would be a great addition to the KI lineup.
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We are obsessed and go nearly every weekend. 💜
Hello! I am an Ohio native who has never actually been to King's Island (I live right by Cedar Point, so it's a 3 1/2-4 hour trek), and I am supposed to be going at the beginning of August. Unfortunately, since booking our summer vacation plans, I was diagnosed with a brain condition called a Chiari 1 malformation, which means that my brain is too big for my skull and is herniating down into my spinal column. Now, I have been told by numerous doctors that a coaster or 2 won't worsen my condition and given permission to do so if I so desire....I do, in fact, desire. I am a coaster junkie, I just thought everyone got a splitting headache for a few minutes after riding roller coasters....which apparently is not true lol.
Anyways, because my brain is putting pressure on my spinal cord, it gets banged about easier and causes a severe (but usually fairly brief) headache. For those familiar with Cedar Point, Maverick is a good example of a coaster that gives me an extremely bad headache...but Steel Vengeance isn't too bad. The smoother the coaster, the less pain I am in. So my question is, when considering a coaster or 2 to try, which would you recommend as being relatively smooth?
Thanks!
So I am a prestige pass member with Cedar Point as my home park, I’m going to be visiting KI later this month (night of May 26) and I am curious what time I should enter the queue for the beast to get a night ride in. I will be using my fast lane from prestige pass for this ride, but I’m not sure when in the season they start nightly fireworks and am curious if anyone can recommend what time I try to make sure I am in queue so that I can get a night ride in at that point in the season.
We came to King's Island today, Saturday 5/2, so that my sister could experience the park for the first time. Overall, it had been a great day and we had went to the Beast and got on at about 7:20pm. My sister really enjoyed it so we wanted to try to do it again. To our utter terror we see a person two rows ahead of us pull out her cell phone as we dropped over the first lift hill. My sister alerted me and I tried to alert our parents in the row behind us. I was barely audible since it was later in the day and we were towards the back so the ride was shaking violently. When my parents realized what was happening they braced their faces and my mom was very panicked.
We all tried to scream and beg for her to put her phone away, watching is shake viciously in her hand as we flew down the track. All the while my mom starts having a panic attack while the rest of us are bracing our faces for if she drops her phone and it flies back and hits someone. As soon as we got back to the station we informed a worker of what happened and pointed her out directly. They stopped her, and we left to try and calm down my mom.
To the lady who thought it would be awesome to pull out her phone on Beast to record, screw you, seriously. These types of incidents have led to serious injuries. If you wanna record so badly on a ride, just get glasses that can record so that you don't horribly hurt someone. It's selfish and reckless to be doing things like that on a ride like Beast that can shake so aggressively. We did see the culprit leaving the area after the staff held her back for a bit, so I am assuming she got a warning. All I can do is hope she doesn't do it again.
I haven't been to King's Island in years. The last time I went, virtually all the roller coasters would stop at some point along the track. AFAIK, this was part of an awkward attempt to get more riders through the ride in a shorter amount of time.
Does this still happen?
Does anyone know why The Bat has only been running with one train so far this year?
Been to the park three times in 2026, the kiosks havent worked, and I have yet to find a location that can print a fast lane pass. Really hate having to take my phone on rides.
I've tried stores with the Fast Lane sign, even tried the main Fast Lane location at the front of the park.
I dont understand the decision to seemingly make this impossible.
Has anyone found a location willing to print them?
Just got an alert that Adventure Express is now open for the year! Now just waiting for Invertigo
My brother and I call Cedar Point our home park, both living an hour away. We have never been to Kings Island before, just admired from afar. With the all park passport, we decided to make the 3+ hour drive yesterday morning to experience the park. Honestly, the only downfall off the day was banshee not being open at 9:30 for early entry. Here were some of the takeaways from yesterdays visit.
We have heard that operations were good at Kings Island, but man, they had those lines moving! Every posted wait time was either right on or less. Our longest wait kf the day was Phantom Theater, and even that was only 30 minutes. Definitely a nice change of pace from Cedar Point. We were able to get on 22 rides yesterday, including multiple on Orion-3x, Mystic-2x, Banshee-2x, Adventure Express-2x, Diamondback-2x, Beast-2x(including night ride), Snoopy Soapbox-2x, plus the rest of the other main coasters.
The whole park seemed very well paced and spread out. I was kinda blown away from how many places you could just sit and hang out, and also the amount of places to sit and eat. It was nice to see the amount of trees utilized throughout the park as well. Walking past the fountain on the way out of the park and the tower were really cool experiences as well.
Coming from the home park of Cedar Point, it's hard to to compare coasters. The coasters definitely exceeded our expectations. Orion was a blast, even in the rain, which honestly added to the ride experience. Mystic and diamondback were both really fun, especially the second time around. Adventure Express and Queen City were both pleasant surprise. The ending of AE was hilarious! Banshee was in our top three, wish we had that coaster over Raptor. And our favorite ride of the day was definitely the Beast, especially at night! Holy cow, nothing could have prepared us for that night ride. Nothing like it.
Overall, what an amazing experience. We will definitely be back in the future, and probably bringing the kids because that kids area was top notch as well. Probably stay the night close next time because a 3 hr ride north after a beast night ride was not ideal. But all in all, well done Kings Island!