Kings Island- Trip Report+ Mystic Timbers Construction Photos!

Over the past weekend, one of our owners visited Kings Island, located in Mason, Ohio. We hope you enjoy reading and viewing the pictures!

Time In Park: 6pm-1am

Food: Auntie Anne's Pretzels

Rides (Also In Ride Preference)-

Diamondback: 3

Beast: 3

Banshee: 1

The Bat: 1

Flight of Fear: 1

Firehawk: 1

The Racer: 1

Backlot Stunt Coaster: 2

Adventure Express: 1

Vortex: 1

Invertigo: 1

Review:

   Friday, we arrived in Mason at 6am for a 3 day Ohio park trip and went to sleep until 2:30. Once we got up we headed to the park. Once we got to the park, we sat in line to get in for 30 minutes.Then they finally opened the gate which had scare actors crawling under it..

Once in the park, Diamondback was the first ride. This ride saved B&M Hypers for me since Nitro was one of the most boring coasters I've been on. I got on the front row and got so much air time! It was insane. This resulted in Diamondback getting an 8.5/10.

The next ride we went to was the most legendary coaster created... Beast. This ride was so amazing! From the tunnels to the surroundings, it was great! Surprisingly, the ride was not very rough at all. In the end, Beast gets an 8/10 for me but at night it's an 11/10 and my number one coaster which probably won't last long due to my next destination (Cedar Point).

Once we got off the Beast  we went and rode Backlot Stunt Coaster which was a fun greatly themed ride. This is a Premier Rides Family Launch Coaster. From me, it gets a score of 5/10.

After that, we got the Vortex credit, which for an arrow looper it wasn't that bad but overall it was painful in spots and somewhat enjoyable in others. In the end, Vortex gets a 3.5/10.

Now it was time for the first flat ride of the day which was Windseeker. I have mixed feelings on Windseeker when I compare it to the Sky Screamers since I like Sky Screamers restraints and also the chains that hold it but on the other hand, I like how Wind Seekers was solid and had a much longer cycle.

Following Windseeker, we were going to go ride Flight of Fear and Firehawk but Flight of Fear was closed. It reopened after we rode Firehawk.

Firehawk was awkward ride the layout was good and can't believe I'm saying this about a Vekoma, but fun. The downside were the restraints since they were so awkward and put pressure on my shoulder which was already bothering. Firehawk will get a 5.5 due to the restraint.

Once we got off Firehawk we saw Flight of Fear was open so we went and rode that. The queue for that ride was really cool and the ride itself was awesome but I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I could have because my shoulder and the leg restraint crushing my foot. Beside that, the launch and inversions were awesome 6.5/10.

Next ride up was The Racer and once again it was surprisingly smooth for a wooden coaster. We got the blue train and we lost the race since red had a little lead on us going up the lift which we couldn't recover from. In the end, the ride gets a 5.5 the racing aspect helped a lot.

After we took the L from the race we went and rode their mine train Adventure Express which was a nice fun little ride. It had a cool themed second lift hill also. I'm going to give it a 4.5/10.

On the way over to Banshee, I got to try Delirium and was very let down. The ride spun a little amount and was very short.

Now I finally get to ride Banshee and i'm not going to lie I was very let down. That doesn't mean it wasn't a great ride, because it is. The vest restraints suck. The overall ride was fun and long so it's going to get an 8/10.

Once Banshee was over we did Drop Zone which was awesome. I am going to rank it above Zumanjaro but below Lex Luthor.

After that, we rode InVertigo so I could get my credit. Nothing really much to say, it is just a boomerang that is inverted so yeah 2.5/10.

Once InVertigo was over we searched for The Bat, which was in such a horrible spot away from everything but we did end up finding it and it was amazing. I am a huge fan of suspended coasters and this is easily the best one of the three I have been on. It was hauling throughout the course and in the back, you swing so much so Bats going to get a 7/10.

After we got off The Bat we got some food which was Auntie Anne's which was delicious but expensive. Going up the Eiffel Tower was the next stop for us and we got some great views of the park and could really see how fogged out it was from the Halloween event. Once we got down we rode Beast front row at night and oh my this ride is perfection you can't really see anything. When we got off Beast we did Backlot again which was cool at night and then went to Diamondback. Diamondback at night was awesome the airtime was good and the whole splashdown area was fogged out. I also soaked my arm and shoulder from the splashdown. Once again went to Beast but this time, I tried a back row ride and rough is an understatement the ride felt like it was trying to break my ribs especially in the final tunnels. When we got off we had 9 minutes until closing and we booked it over there and when we got there it was 1 on the spot and the guy just closed it and we couldn't get on -__-. So that wraps up the first day of my Ohio park trip at Kings Island hope you enjoyed reading.

Mystic Timbers Construction Photos

 Mystic Timbers is the parks 2017 GCI wooden coaster.