Orion running better than ever this year. To anyone who says "that wave turn does nothing for me", ride on an outside seat, exit side of the station, and in the front or back. Element is actually insane this year.
Tied for 1st place: Orion (Front Row Only) or Mystic Timbers (Night Ride Back Row 2nd Diamondback 3rd Banshee 4th Beast 5th Flight of Fear 6th Racer 7th Back Lot Stunt Coaster 8th Adventure Express 9th The Bat 10th Invertigo
For what it's worth: 1 Orion 2 Mystic Timbers 3 Banshee 4 Diamondback 5 the Racer 6 the Beast 7 the Bat 8 Backlot Stunt Coaster 9 Surf Dog! 10 Woodstock Express 11 Adventure Express 12 Snoopy's Soapbox Racers 13 Snoopy's Aerial Chase 14 Invertigo 15 Great Pumpkin Coaster Thanks for the review. KI has been my homepark for 45+ years!! 😮🎉
You should make a video about people who are afraid of coasters like me. Which ones they should start at in the park and which ones they can work up to!
start at adventure express, if you think it's boring move onto the racer, if you like the drop and/or had fun head to the beast or mystic timbers, if you like those just get on diamondback without thinking twice about it and trust me you'll love it
Start over in Planet Snoop/Camp Snoopy, if you can do those, work over to Adventure Express, Backlot Stunt Coaster and Racer. After that, you can do anything else in the park 👍🏻
Great Pumpkin definitely has something to report, for the kidless it's now a Credit. Air Race has better restraints than its clones, actually fun. Adventure Express isn't janky, it has great laterals! #7 unless I deduct for the smell. 6. Bat, yeah. 5. Orion. 4. Beast. 3. Banshee. 2. Mystic. 1. Diamondback. Amazing top 7, I'm a little biased against the launchers due to KD.
Thanks for the video! My list is VERY DIFFERENT as someone who has had this as their home park for the last four years and who works here. 1. The Beast 2. Diamondback 3. Mystic Timbers 4. Orion 5. Flight of Fear 6. Adventure Express 7. Banshee 8. Backlot Stunt Coaster 9. The Racer 10. The Bat 11. Invertigo 12. Soapbox 13. Woodstock Express 14. Woodstocks Air Rail 15. Pumpkin coaster (#1 in my heart)
@@Gen70d I personally find banshee to be the worst B&M invert ever built. It’s drop is great and its layout is long but I find the barrage of positive g’s and floatless and whipless invedsions (thanks to the trains) to ride very boring. Just my opinion though. An outside visitor may find these elements very thrilling, but they don’t age very well on repeated re-rides. Full disclosure I love B&M inverts and positive g-forces, but the execution of banshee is just poor imo
@@kylebetz9684 just rode it last night, it was pretty rough. First time it was brought this year for me so it might have just been luck. Don't think it's the work B&M Invert but they need to work on the trains this offseason.
Agree, crazy atmosphere too. Last time I rode it I came off with a black eye and broken thumb from how rowdy the line got. But make sure you wear earplugs, the on ride audio will deafen you. I love freebird as much as the next guy, but the decibel level is insane.
@@fantomfanatic18 Yes, usually oin the left. Not The Beast, although The Beast is best in the back CAR, but row 17, not 18. Invertigo Has 48 best seats, two front car seats facing forward, two front car sets facing backward, two back car seats facing forward, and two back car seats facing backwards back facing backward.
@@fantomfanatic18 Yes; all top five in the back row usually lef seat,, except The Beast which isn't in the back row but is in the back car. Same with The Racer. Invertigo has eight best seats; four in the front car and four in the back.
You're really sleeping on Adventure Express! That ride provides an awesome out-of-control experience that is unlike any other mine train coaster I have ridden! Some of the transitions are janky, but I think that adds to the character and experience of the ride. It also has some of the best theming and settings in the park. Anyways, if I had to rank all the coasters in the park, I think it would be something like this: 15. Great Pumpkin Coaster 14. Woodstock's Air Rail 13. Woodstock Express 12. Snoopy's Soapbox Racers 11. Invertigo 10. Backlot Stunt Coaster 9. The Bat 8. Flight of Fear 7. The Racer 6. Adventure Express 5. Banshee 4. The Beast 3. Diamondback 2. Orion 1. Mystic Timbers
My favorite roller coaster there is Orion, followed by Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, Beast, Banshee, Bat, Firehawk (R.I.P.), Flight of Fear, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Adventure Express, Racer, Vortex (R.I.P.), and Invertigo.
1. Diamondback 2. Orion 3. Mystic Timbers 4. The Beast 5. Flight of Fear 6. Banshee 7. Backlot Stunt Coaster 8. The Bat 9. Invertigo 10. Adventure Express Orion's first drop is excellent but the air-time throughout Diamondback, especially the second hill, puts it in first in my opinion
Mystic Timbers is the best coaster at kings island. It would be great #2 to a Mack extreme spinner like ride to happiness. In the current lineup Orion is the second best coaster. A pretty big drop off after Orion to #3 diamondback. If the rattle goes away it gets much closer to #2. Another big drop off to Beast at #4. Another small drop off to banshee which jack hammers a bit and is actually one of the weaker B&M inverts because of that. If it didn’t jack hammer it would be closer to Diamondback. Bat is #6 and is an underrated coaster. I think a lot of the family coaster less the Vekoma hang and bang work well for KI. I also think Racer and adventure express work well for the park. Invertigo and flight of fear could go away and I wouldn’t care. Backlot is also fine.
I came in expecting to have some strong differences, but honestly pretty much spot on. I would put invertego above FOF just because FOF is pretty much always a 45 minute wait, and personally I like DB better than Orion. Thank you for not being crazy and suggesting that mystic is the best in the park. It's an amazing ride. I love and I ride it a lot. But I think ever since coaster studios said it was the best it's been a little overhyped. Also for some reason this year the air time felt kind of weak for me. Not sure why.
I much prefer Diamondback over Orion. Longer layout, more airtime moments, plus I love the staggered seating and the splashdown. Also Banshee belongs in the dumpster fire category and I will die on this hill.
DBack does not have a longer layout than Orion. It’s about 50 feet shorter. People love to say Orion is too short, while ignoring that fact. DBack just runs way, way slower, especially after the midcourse, hence it lasts about 15-18 seconds longer. Also, Orion’s prime ride time is longer than Mystic’s, yet you never hear anyone call the latter too short. Now if you prefer DBack’s elements over Orion’s, that comes down to personal taste and is of course subjective. Banshee is a world class ride - why in the world are you labeling it as a dumpster fire-category coaster??
@@chadsstillaliveOrion having longer ride time than Mystic means nothing. Mystic packs far more action into its ride despite being 1/3 of the height. What’s next, are you gonna talk about how soccer is more fun than football cuz of “non stop action”, while ignoring the fact that all the action is a bunch of skinny men running around in short shorts not touching a polka dot ball with their hands?
@@chadsstillalivethey’re different types of rides, but the Diamondback vs Orion comparison makes a lot of sense in itself. That one is not apples to oranges, that one is much closer to apples to apples. One is a hyper coaster, the other is a giga coaster I believe both rides compliment each other, but that Diamondback is the one that truly hits home. It’s the opposite of Fury 325 / Intimidator for me. Intimidator is great in its own ways, but simply can’t match the magic of Fury
I feel like Orion is a miss in my book. I enjoy it, but take my last trip to KI. I rode Orion once, then got on Diamondback 20 times. I wish Orion would have focused on low to the ground elements, the wave turn in particular does nothing for me. Still, KI is amazing and no matter who you ask, you will hear a different ride as their favorite. Just an excellent lineup.
Thanks for being objective. Orion has its moments, but it’s a classic 7/10 coaster. After the speed hill, the ride is basically over. Diamondback has a much more rewarding and thrilling layout, and I consider it the best ride in the park for a reason
@@marcusmcgraw3519Strange claim, as the banked airtime hill right before the last one into the brakes is the second strongest airtime moment after the speed hill, while DBack is the ride that dies after the midcourse. Yes, you still get airtime, but boy is it slow and repetitive.
@@chadsstillalive I agree on the last twist being an interesting final element of Orion, but it feels like it leaves plenty of speed on the brake run as it slams to a stop. Diamondback has a fantastic finale and I don’t think the airtime is problematic on the return run, especially considering the air time you get in the back row off the final drop into the water
I live right by the island and havent road the bat, backlot, invertigo or flight of fear this year. Im not a fan of any of those. I just go ride the b&ms, mystic, the beast and the racers
If you’re not ranking Diamondback at the top, then you’re doing it wrong. I went on it 2 months ago, and it’s the 2nd best ride I’ve been on in my life next to Fury 325
Diamondback is only great if you are in the front or very back. Riding in the middle is meh. Orion has an overall solid ride experience regardless of where you are seated.
I live within walking distance of Seaworld Orlando so I can give you my opinion, it is a good family coaster that’s not very exiting. I prefer big bear mountain at Dollywood Tennessee if you have been there or ever go there
Orion running better than ever this year. To anyone who says "that wave turn does nothing for me", ride on an outside seat, exit side of the station, and in the front or back. Element is actually insane this year.
@@kmslacrosse43 I have started riding in the seat that is lowest during the turn and just kind of going limp during it, it's amazing.
Back right is my favourite way to ride Orion, but I still prefer any seat of the back car (last two rows) of Diamondback.
I enjoy the wave turn. Its a fun element, different from a traditional airtime hill
@@kmslacrosse43 For real. Its INTENSE.
please no beast 2.0 kings island
Lol
@@michael7054They should redo son of beast and make it by rmc, make it a hyper and use the ild s.o.b. station.
@@calamitycoasters2591 pls
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Tied for 1st place: Orion (Front Row Only) or Mystic Timbers (Night Ride Back Row
2nd Diamondback
3rd Banshee
4th Beast
5th Flight of Fear
6th Racer
7th Back Lot Stunt Coaster
8th Adventure Express
9th The Bat
10th Invertigo
For what it's worth:
1 Orion
2 Mystic Timbers
3 Banshee
4 Diamondback
5 the Racer
6 the Beast
7 the Bat
8 Backlot Stunt Coaster
9 Surf Dog!
10 Woodstock Express
11 Adventure Express
12 Snoopy's Soapbox Racers
13 Snoopy's Aerial Chase
14 Invertigo
15 Great Pumpkin Coaster
Thanks for the review. KI has been my homepark for 45+ years!! 😮🎉
@@jay-dubb.dubb.68 Put Diamondback as better than Mystic Timbers and you’re closer to
Surf Dog isn't a coaster and you're missing FoF...
You should make a video about people who are afraid of coasters like me. Which ones they should start at in the park and which ones they can work up to!
start at adventure express, if you think it's boring move onto the racer, if you like the drop and/or had fun head to the beast or mystic timbers, if you like those just get on diamondback without thinking twice about it and trust me you'll love it
Start over in Planet Snoop/Camp Snoopy, if you can do those, work over to Adventure Express, Backlot Stunt Coaster and Racer. After that, you can do anything else in the park 👍🏻
@@XscreamThrills i answered better 😒
Great Pumpkin definitely has something to report, for the kidless it's now a Credit.
Air Race has better restraints than its clones, actually fun. Adventure Express isn't janky, it has great laterals! #7 unless I deduct for the smell. 6. Bat, yeah. 5. Orion. 4. Beast. 3. Banshee. 2. Mystic. 1. Diamondback. Amazing top 7, I'm a little biased against the launchers due to KD.
Thanks for the video! My list is VERY DIFFERENT as someone who has had this as their home park for the last four years and who works here.
1. The Beast
2. Diamondback
3. Mystic Timbers
4. Orion
5. Flight of Fear
6. Adventure Express
7. Banshee
8. Backlot Stunt Coaster
9. The Racer
10. The Bat
11. Invertigo
12. Soapbox
13. Woodstock Express
14. Woodstocks Air Rail
15. Pumpkin coaster (#1 in my heart)
Why is banshee below adventure express?
@@Gen70d I personally find banshee to be the worst B&M invert ever built. It’s drop is great and its layout is long but I find the barrage of positive g’s and floatless and whipless invedsions (thanks to the trains) to ride very boring. Just my opinion though. An outside visitor may find these elements very thrilling, but they don’t age very well on repeated re-rides. Full disclosure I love B&M inverts and positive g-forces, but the execution of banshee is just poor imo
@@kylebetz9684 just rode it last night, it was pretty rough. First time it was brought this year for me so it might have just been luck. Don't think it's the work B&M Invert but they need to work on the trains this offseason.
1. Orion
2. Diamondback
3. Beast
4. Banshee.
5 Mystic timbers
6. Flight of Fear
7. The Bat
8. Invertingo
9. The Racer
10. Backlot stunt Coaster
11. Adventure Express
12. Snoopys Soap Box Racers
13. Woodstock Express
14. The Great Pumpkin Coaster
15. Woodstocks Air Rail
Yay
Your list isn't quite what I'd go with, but it's definitely the closest to mine lol
For me, I have an unpopular opinion, but my favorite is actually Great Pumpkin Coaster. The airtime is insane and I black out every time.
Agree, crazy atmosphere too. Last time I rode it I came off with a black eye and broken thumb from how rowdy the line got. But make sure you wear earplugs, the on ride audio will deafen you. I love freebird as much as the next guy, but the decibel level is insane.
@@dominicjannazo7144Omg my lega were seriously bruised
5: The Beast (row 17); 4: Mystic Timbers (row 12); 3: Banshee (back right) 2: Orion: (Back right) 1: Diamondback (back right)
So all in the back row
@@fantomfanatic18 Yes, usually oin the left. Not The Beast, although The Beast is best in the back CAR, but row 17, not 18. Invertigo Has 48 best seats, two front car seats facing forward, two front car sets facing backward, two back car seats facing forward, and two back car seats facing backwards back facing backward.
@@fantomfanatic18 Yes; all top five in the back row usually lef seat,, except The Beast which isn't in the back row but is in the back car. Same with The Racer. Invertigo has eight best seats; four in the front car and four in the back.
@@Paolo8772 nah banshee in back right sucks fr only way to ride is front row
@@ajplays232 There' no accounting for the GP who like to sit in the front of Banshee.
You're really sleeping on Adventure Express! That ride provides an awesome out-of-control experience that is unlike any other mine train coaster I have ridden! Some of the transitions are janky, but I think that adds to the character and experience of the ride. It also has some of the best theming and settings in the park.
Anyways, if I had to rank all the coasters in the park, I think it would be something like this:
15. Great Pumpkin Coaster
14. Woodstock's Air Rail
13. Woodstock Express
12. Snoopy's Soapbox Racers
11. Invertigo
10. Backlot Stunt Coaster
9. The Bat
8. Flight of Fear
7. The Racer
6. Adventure Express
5. Banshee
4. The Beast
3. Diamondback
2. Orion
1. Mystic Timbers
My favorite roller coaster there is Orion, followed by Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, Beast, Banshee, Bat, Firehawk (R.I.P.), Flight of Fear, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Adventure Express, Racer, Vortex (R.I.P.), and Invertigo.
1. Diamondback
2. Orion
3. Mystic Timbers
4. The Beast
5. Flight of Fear
6. Banshee
7. Backlot Stunt Coaster
8. The Bat
9. Invertigo
10. Adventure Express
Orion's first drop is excellent but the air-time throughout Diamondback, especially the second hill, puts it in first in my opinion
orion is my 3rd favorite ride ever
These rankings are very good but I think that diamondback is better than Orion. I’m just not a big fan of Gigas and I’m a sucker for floater airtime
Diamondback doesn’t have a weak area in the ride. Orion is basically over after the speed hill
For real. DB definitely beats Orion
Mystic Timbers is the best coaster at kings island. It would be great #2 to a Mack extreme spinner like ride to happiness. In the current lineup Orion is the second best coaster. A pretty big drop off after Orion to #3 diamondback. If the rattle goes away it gets much closer to #2. Another big drop off to Beast at #4. Another small drop off to banshee which jack hammers a bit and is actually one of the weaker B&M inverts because of that. If it didn’t jack hammer it would be closer to Diamondback. Bat is #6 and is an underrated coaster. I think a lot of the family coaster less the Vekoma hang and bang work well for KI. I also think Racer and adventure express work well for the park. Invertigo and flight of fear could go away and I wouldn’t care. Backlot is also fine.
Mystic Timbers is definitely not the #1...
The park needs another launch coaster. A mack extreme spinner would be 👌🏻
The first one was scarier than the Orion. I don’t know how that got in the kiddie rides.
I came in expecting to have some strong differences, but honestly pretty much spot on. I would put invertego above FOF just because FOF is pretty much always a 45 minute wait, and personally I like DB better than Orion. Thank you for not being crazy and suggesting that mystic is the best in the park. It's an amazing ride. I love and I ride it a lot. But I think ever since coaster studios said it was the best it's been a little overhyped. Also for some reason this year the air time felt kind of weak for me. Not sure why.
It's definitely overhyped. The Beast is far superior.
saying you thought banshee was boring is wild lol
That was also back in 2017 lol
i love kings island its so fun
I much prefer Diamondback over Orion. Longer layout, more airtime moments, plus I love the staggered seating and the splashdown.
Also Banshee belongs in the dumpster fire category and I will die on this hill.
You will die on that hill alone!
DBack does not have a longer layout than Orion. It’s about 50 feet shorter. People love to say Orion is too short, while ignoring that fact. DBack just runs way, way slower, especially after the midcourse, hence it lasts about 15-18 seconds longer. Also, Orion’s prime ride time is longer than Mystic’s, yet you never hear anyone call the latter too short. Now if you prefer DBack’s elements over Orion’s, that comes down to personal taste and is of course subjective.
Banshee is a world class ride - why in the world are you labeling it as a dumpster fire-category coaster??
@@chadsstillaliveOrion having longer ride time than Mystic means nothing. Mystic packs far more action into its ride despite being 1/3 of the height. What’s next, are you gonna talk about how soccer is more fun than football cuz of “non stop action”, while ignoring the fact that all the action is a bunch of skinny men running around in short shorts not touching a polka dot ball with their hands?
@@marcusmcgraw3519 That’s my whole point. It’s apples and oranges. Same thing when people compare DBack and Orion.
@@chadsstillalivethey’re different types of rides, but the Diamondback vs Orion comparison makes a lot of sense in itself. That one is not apples to oranges, that one is much closer to apples to apples. One is a hyper coaster, the other is a giga coaster
I believe both rides compliment each other, but that Diamondback is the one that truly hits home. It’s the opposite of Fury 325 / Intimidator for me. Intimidator is great in its own ways, but simply can’t match the magic of Fury
I feel like Orion is a miss in my book. I enjoy it, but take my last trip to KI. I rode Orion once, then got on Diamondback 20 times. I wish Orion would have focused on low to the ground elements, the wave turn in particular does nothing for me. Still, KI is amazing and no matter who you ask, you will hear a different ride as their favorite. Just an excellent lineup.
Thanks for being objective. Orion has its moments, but it’s a classic 7/10 coaster. After the speed hill, the ride is basically over. Diamondback has a much more rewarding and thrilling layout, and I consider it the best ride in the park for a reason
@@marcusmcgraw3519Strange claim, as the banked airtime hill right before the last one into the brakes is the second strongest airtime moment after the speed hill, while DBack is the ride that dies after the midcourse. Yes, you still get airtime, but boy is it slow and repetitive.
@@chadsstillalive I agree on the last twist being an interesting final element of Orion, but it feels like it leaves plenty of speed on the brake run as it slams to a stop. Diamondback has a fantastic finale and I don’t think the airtime is problematic on the return run, especially considering the air time you get in the back row off the final drop into the water
I had a similar experience a few days ago. I only rode Orion once and didn’t feel like re-riding, but I marathoned Diamondback!
@@marcusmcgraw3519Eh I'll give it 8/10. Diamondback is easily a 10/10 though.
Adventure express is not that bad!
Yes it is. It hurts like crap.
I live right by the island and havent road the bat, backlot, invertigo or flight of fear this year. Im not a fan of any of those. I just go ride the b&ms, mystic, the beast and the racers
1. Mystic Timbers 2. Diamondback 3. Banshee 4. The beast 5. Invertigo 6. Flight of fear 7. Adventure express 8. The racer 9. The bat 10. Orion 11. Backlot stunt coaster
Mystic Timbers is definitely not the best one in the park...
@@pirategamer6630 definitely is
@@pirategamer6630i agree it's lowkey overrated. Dback still the best
@@user-dr4zh7oo4u It absolutely is not. Not even close.
Woodstock Air Rail is perfectly fine if you know how to ride it. I'm surprised you don't know how to do this!
adventure express is underrated for a mine train....
Why is no one including Surf 🏄🐶Dog?!?! 😳🎉
Cause its not recognized as a roller coaster on RCDB
If you’re not ranking Diamondback at the top, then you’re doing it wrong. I went on it 2 months ago, and it’s the 2nd best ride I’ve been on in my life next to Fury 325
Diamondback is my number 2 at the park and my number 3. Overall only beaten my mystic Timbers
My #1 is between Banshee and Diamondback. Pretty sure Diamondback might be the best.
@@user-dr4zh7oo4uMystic Timbers ain't worth a #1 bro
@@pirategamer6630 steel vengeance is though mystic Timbers is number 2 bro..
Diamondback is only great if you are in the front or very back. Riding in the middle is meh. Orion has an overall solid ride experience regardless of where you are seated.
Thoughts on Penguin Trek?
I live within walking distance of Seaworld Orlando so I can give you my opinion, it is a good family coaster that’s not very exiting. I prefer big bear mountain at Dollywood Tennessee if you have been there or ever go there
Your list eas so close to being good until you decided to not only rank Mystic Timbers above The Beast...
But above THE BANSHEE?!!
Well, its better than Banshee for sure :)
@@XscreamThrills Not even close. It’s good but not even close to being as thrilling as Banshee
How old is your daughter?
9