Kings Island Coaster Ranking

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Personally:
  1. The Beast (specifically at night when it's pitch black, and in the back)
  2. Mystic Timbers
  3. Orion
  4. Diamondback
  5. Banshee
  6. Flight of Fear
  7. Invertigo
  8. Queen City Stunt Coaster
  9. Bat
  10. Racer (Red)
  11. Racer (Blue)
  12. Woodstock Express
  13. Adventure Express
  14. Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
  15. Woodstock's Air Rail
Only coaster I didn't get to was Great Pumpkin Chase, but I imagine that would be #16.

I rank coasters by my best ride on them. If I were to rank by average ride, Beast would be #4. It's only #1 for me because of the insane night rides.
 
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1. The Beast
2. The Bat
3. Mystic Timbers
4. Diamondback
5. Banshee
6. FoF
7. Racer
8. Orion
9. Backlot
10. Invertigo
11. Adventure Express
12. Woodstock Express
13. Flying Ace Aerial Chase

Haven’t been on Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers or Great Pumpkin Chase. I know that seems low for Orion, but it’s still my #41 and I consider everything up to my mid 80s to be a fantastic coaster. Kinda just speaks to the quality of KI’s lineup that 9 of their coasters are in my top 50 (Invertigo barely misses the cut at #54).
 
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1. The Beast (haven't gotten a night ride I just value duration and terrain)

2. Mystic Timbers

3. Banshee (really an incredible invert and the line hasn't been long either time I've been)

4. The Bat (I really love the Bat)

5. Orion (awesome in the front, mid elsewhere)

6. Diamondback (I think it's a little overrated compared to other B&M hypers but still solid)

7. Adventure Express (don't sleep on it!!!!!!!)

8. Racers

9. Flight of Fear

10. Queen City Stunt Coaster

11. Woodstock Express

12. Snoopy's Soap Box Racers

13. Woodstock's Air Rail

14. Great Pumpkin Chase


Invertigo has never been open for me. Please get urself blue ice cream u likely will not regret it
 
Diamondback is one of the few coasters that I think is best in the middle. In the front or back, the airtime is stronger, but in the middle, those first hills give some of the looooooongest, most sustained floater airtime I've ever experienced (I counted more than 5 seconds straight of airtime on the first 2 hills).
 
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plighting_engineerd said:
Diamondback is one of the few coasters that I think is best in the middle. In the front or back, the airtime is stronger, but in the middle, those first hills give some of the looooooongest, most sustained floater airtime I've ever experienced (I counted more than 5 seconds straight of airtime on the first 2 hills).
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On thunder striker during sCarowinds last year, I sat in the middle and got about a foot of room. I got about 10 seconds of floater on the big camelback and genuinely thought I was gonna die
 
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Not gonna post a full list, but I'll give my top 5, which is definitely a bit out of the ordinary:

1) Adventure Express
2) Orion
3) Mystic Timbers
4) Diamondback
5) Bat or the Beast, not sure

I should say that I didn't get the chance to rode Invertigo while I was there; it was open for a brief time, but then it shut down and stayed down for the duration of my visit. I doubt it would crack my top 5, though. I also didn't get a chance to try a night ride on the Beast, so maybe that could give it a boost when I finally get around to it. Adventure Express is a janky, but extremely enjoyable ride. I suggest you don't look anything up about it to keep it a surprise for your trip. It has so much character, and I don't know how it gets basically zero attention from coaster enthusiasts. Orion is also super underrated. It doesn't quite measure up to Fury, but it's still a hell of a ride, and a whole lot better than Diamondback in my opinion, which most seem to consider the superior ride. Diamondback just sort of limps along and totally dies as it approaches the splashdown, whereas Orion has a real sense of speed, along with a better variety of forces. Mystic Timbers is solid, but I found myself constantly comparing it to Thunderhead in my head, and really I would rather ride that coaster instead. Mystic Timbers feels a lot shorter somehow, and the layout is a bit dull compared to the all twists and turns and the station flyby of Thunderhead.
 
I haven't ridden Great Pumpkin Coaster (no interest) or Snoopy's Soap Box Racers (wasn't there as of my most recent visit), but here's how the rest stack up for me...

1. Orion
2. Diamondback
3. Mystic Timbers
4. Beast
5. Banshee
6. Bat
7. Flight of Fear
8. Queen City Stunt Coaster
9. Racer
10. Adventure Express
11. Invertigo
12. Woodstock Express
13. Woodstock's Air Rail
 
Including defunct credits in red.

1. The Beast (night, front row)
2. Mystic Timbers
3. Banshee
4. Vortex
4. The Bat
5. Adventure Express
6. Diamondback
7. Orion
8. Racer
9. The Beast (daytime or any row besides front)
10. Flight of Fear
11. Woodstock Express
12. King Cobra
12. Queen City Stunt Coaster
13. Firehawk
13. Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
14. Invertigo
15. Son of Beast (no loop)
15. Great Pumpkin Coaster
16. Woodstock's Air Rail
 
(Haven’t done racer, stunt, or snoopy coasters)
1. The Beast (GOAT)
2. FoF (underrated as hell yall are babies)
3. Dback (Airtime Galore)
4. Onion (shockingly good, not better than fury)
5. Mystic Timbers (criminally disappointing)
6. Bat (fun but short)
7. Invertigo (Intense AF, don’t get the hate)
8. Banshee (horrific rattle and the stupid B&M vests I fucking hate those things)
9. Advex (TOO janky. Killed my back. Now I’m not looking forward to Magnum at all and understand the haters)
 
CoasterBroCam said:
(Haven’t done racer, stunt, or snoopy coasters)
1. The Beast (GOAT)
2. FoF (underrated as hell yall are babies)
3. Dback (Airtime Galore)
4. Onion (shockingly good, not better than fury)
5. Mystic Timbers (criminally disappointing)
6. Bat (fun but short)
7. Invertigo (Intense AF, don’t get the hate)
8. Banshee (horrific rattle and the stupid B&M vests I fucking hate those things)
9. Advex (TOO janky. Killed my back. Now I’m not looking forward to Magnum at all and understand the haters)
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Dback has a worse rattle than banshee. Dbacks vallys are trash
 
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