Kings Island roller coasters: POVs and height to ride

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Extreme Orion Steel · Opened 2020 287 fttall91 mphtop speedNeverupside down 54 inches to ride Tallest here Coaster page

Extreme Diamondback Steel · Opened 2009 230 fttall80 mphtop speedNeverupside down 54 inches to ride Hyper coaster, over 200 ft Coaster page

Extreme Banshee Steel · Opened 2014 167 fttall68 mphtop speed7xupside down 52 inches to ride Most upside down here Coaster page

Thrill Invertigo Steel · Opened 1999 131 fttall50 mphtop speed3xupside down 54 inches to ride Runs forward and backward Coaster page

Thrill The Beast Wooden · Opened 1979 110 fttall65 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Wooden, through the woods Coaster page

Thrill Mystic Timbers Wooden · Opened 2017 109 fttall53 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Ends inside a mystery shed Coaster page

Thrill The Racer Wooden · Opened 1972 88 fttall53 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Two trains race side by side Coaster page

Family The Bat Steel · Opened 1993 78 fttall51 mphtop speedNeverupside down 42 inches to ride Cars swing out on turns Coaster page

Thrill Flight of Fear Steel · Opened 1996 74 fttall54 mphtop speed4xupside down 54 inches to ride Launched Coaster page

Thrill Adventure Express Steel · Opened 1991 63 fttall35 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Mine train Coaster page

Thrill Queen City Stunt Coaster Steel · Opened 2005 45 fttall40 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Smallest here Coaster page

Woodstock's Air Rail Woodstock's Air Rail Opened 2001 44 inches to ride Hangs below the track

Snoopy's Soap Box Racers Snoopy's Soap Box Racers Opened 2024 48 inches to ride, 38 with an adult Newest here

Woodstock Express Woodstock Express Opened 1972 46 inches to ride, 40 with an adult

The Great Pumpkin Coaster The Great Pumpkin Coaster Opened 1992 36 inches to ride Lowest height to ride here

Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is the park's own figure.

Coming soon

Nothing announced

No new coaster is listed as being built at Kings Island.

Retired coasters

The 8 that used to run here, newest closure first.

Coaster	Ran	Tall	Top speed	Upside down	What it was
Vortex1987 to 2019	1987 to 2019	148 ft	55 mph	6 times	Steel
Firehawk2007 to 2018	2007 to 2018	115 ft	50 mph	5 times	Steel, you ride face down
Son of Beast2000 to 2009	2000 to 2009	218 ft	78 mph	Never	Wooden
Scooby's Ghoster Coaster1998 to 2005	1998 to 2005	35 ft	8 mph	Never	Steel, cars hang below the track
King Cobra1984 to 2001	1984 to 2001	95 ft	50 mph	Once	Steel, you ride standing up
Demon1977 to 1987	1977 to 1987	56 ft	45 mph	Once	Steel
The Bat (1981)1981 to 1983	1981 to 1983	100 ft	34 mph	Never	Steel, cars hang below the track
Bavarian Beetle1972 to 1978	1972 to 1978	45 ft	Not published	Never	Steel

Questions

How many roller coasters does Kings Island have?

15 are operating. 8 more have closed for good.

Which coaster is the tallest, and which is the fastest?

Orion is both: 287 feet tall and 91 mph.

What are the height requirements?

From 36 inches to 54 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 10 of the 15. Only Orion, Diamondback, Invertigo and Flight of Fear need 54 inches.

What can little kids ride?

Under 42 inches or with an adult: The Great Pumpkin Coaster (36 inches), Snoopy's Soap Box Racers (48 inches, 38 with an adult), Woodstock Express (46 inches, 40 with an adult) and The Bat (42 inches).

Which coasters go upside down?

3 of the 15: Banshee (7 times), Flight of Fear (4 times) and Invertigo (3 times). The rest never turn you over.

Is a new coaster coming?

Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Kings Island.

Closest parks

Straight-line distance from Kings Island, among US parks with five or more coasters.

170 miles northwestIndiana Beach

Monticello, Indiana. 7 coasters. Tallest: All American Triple Loop, 108 ft.

170 miles northeastCedar Point

Sandusky, Ohio. 16 coasters. Tallest: Top Thrill 2, 420 ft.

240 miles eastKennywood

West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 7 coasters. Tallest: Steel Curtain, 220 ft.

Similar parks

The coaster line-ups closest to Kings Island's.

Arlington, TexasSix Flags Over Texas

Closest match on size, rides that flip you and launches.

Coasters11 there, 11 here
Go upside down3 there, 3 here
Launched2 there, 2 here
Tallest309 ft there, 287 ft here

Charlotte, North CarolinaCarowinds

Closest match on size, giant coasters and tallest coaster.

Coasters10 there, 11 here
Over 200 ft2 there, 2 here
Tallest325 ft there, 287 ft here
Go upside down5 there, 3 here

Doswell, VirginiaKings Dominion

Closest match on size, tallest coaster and rides that flip you.

Coasters11 there, 11 here
Tallest305 ft there, 287 ft here
Go upside down4 there, 3 here
Launched3 there, 2 here

Sources

Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Kings Island, read Thu 10/1/2026). Height to ride: Kings Island ride pages (The Racer: Wikipedia). Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.

Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters. Similar parks: counts from the Airtime Fever coaster dataset of the coasters that have a page: height, launches and inversions.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Airtime Thrills Raw Footage (CC BY 4.0), Chris Hagerman (CC BY 2.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Jeremy Thompson from United States of America (CC BY 2.0), Jonathan Goble (on Commons as jcgoble3) (CC BY-SA 3.0), Martin Lewison (CC BY-SA 2.0), Oblivioux (CC BY-SA 4.0), rollercoasterphilosophy on Flickr (CC BY 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.

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Roller coasters at Kings Island