Paramount’s Kings Island
This is Paramount’s Kings Island theme park in Mason, Ohio, and it looks absolutely awesome. The place is a flippin’ enormous 364 acres, with more rides than you could shake a stick at… in fact there’s more than enough room for a 1/3 sized Eiffel Tower replica, and about a bajillion-trillion parking spaces. This place is so big that it even has its own built in waterpark, Boomerang Bay.
As for the rides themselves, Kings Island is not only home to the world’s longest wooden rollercoaster, Beast (it’s actually 2,143 metres long) but also to Son of Beast, the world’s tallest, fastest, and only looping wooden rollercoaster. Son of the Beast is 66.4 metres tall, and has a top speed of 78 mph.
The images here are absolutely fantastic, particularly of Son of Beast, and also be sure to check out how far into the woods the Beast goes…
More info on the history of Paramount’s Kings Island is available at its Wikipedia entry, here’s a map of the park in pdf format on the official site, and for you stats-heads out there, the Wikipedia pages on Beast and Son of Beast should keep you more than satisfied.
Many thanks to Kenneth Head, Josh Lee, Clint, Jesse Allmyer and John Quigley II.
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I was visiting KI once whenever the King Cobra was stuck upside down. I also heard a women fell out of it. I believe this has been a good ten years ago.
HI YEA PEOPLE WERE INJURED ON THE BAT IN THE 80S BEACAUSE MY MOM WAS ON IT ON THE VERY BACK AND HER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK RIGHT SO HER AND SOME GIRL SHE DIDNT KNOW ALMOST DIED ON THAT RIDE.THEY TOLD THE PEOPLE CONTROLLING THE RIDE WHO JUST LET PEOPLE KEEP GETTING ON AFTER MY MOM AND SOME GIRL COULD OF DIED.SO YES THERE WERE INJURIES!!!!
The Firehawk is really X-Flight from Geauga Lake (Six Flags) from Northeast Ohio. All you Cinci people are amazed with it, and while I do love that ride, I don’t love it enough to wait for an hour to ride it…
I could have sworn someone was killed in the 80’s on the sreamin deamon at the bottom of the loop by the water. I also have been going since the early 70’s. That smurf ride was called Enchanted forest or something like that. “It’s a small world would play in the tunnel. If you are a coaster nut Cedar Point is better from what I have been told. However, King’s island has more variety as far as entertainment and for kids.
HEY!! i live near kings island!! i love it!!
I absolutely adore the rides at Kings Island! Especially the Rollercoasters!
IT IS THE MOST FUNNEST PLACE IN THE WORLD!!!!
I too loved the Hanna Barbara theme. I am looking for any pictures of the park during the 70’s and early 80’s. I f anybody has some I would love to have some copies. By the way my favorite rides were the boat ride through the building and the roulette wheel. Anybody remember that one?
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