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Reviews of Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare

Rank Kings Islands roller coasters from best to worst

zachman
in Kings Island

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Vortex

Bat

Racer

Adventure Express

Banshee

Beast (at night)

Firehawk

Woodstock Express

Beast (in the daylight)

Flight of Fear

Diamondback

Backlot Stunt Coaster

Flying Ace Aerial Chase

Great Pumpkin Coaster

The lovely picnic tables next to the fountains in front of I-Street LaRosa's

Invertigo

 

And no, there is no trolling here. My opinions on coasters are not usually popular, but they are always genuine.

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      Thrill_Biscuit

      General Diamondback Lieutenant General Banshee Major General Beast Brigadier General Flight of Fear Colonel Vortex Lieutenant Colonel Firehawk Major Racer Captain Invertigo First Lieutenant Ba

    • calakapepe
      calakapepe

      I can't ride it, that's why it's last for me; it has become irrelevant for my park visits. *I refuse to borrow someone's kid*

    • dtk1378
      dtk1378

      Captain Invertigo sounds like a terrible super hero lol

    1. Banshee

    2. Vortex

    3. Flight of Fear

    4. Firehawk

    5. Diamondback

    6. The Beast

    7. Backlot Stunt Coaster

    8. The Racer

    9. The Bat

    10. Adventure Express

    11. Invertigo

    12. Woodstock Express

    13. Flying Ace Aerial Chase

    14. Surf Dog

    15. Great Pumpkin Coaster

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    going off of memory here (still haven't been on a coaster since last year)

     

    1.) The train

    2.) The Bat

    3.) Adventure Express

    4.) The Beast

    5.) Cirque Imagine

    6.) sitting in Festhaus trying to get a break from the ridiculous humidity

    7.) Diamondback

    8.) Banshee

    9.) FOF

    10.) Woodstock Express (have not ridden it since the 90's when it was still Beastie)

    11.) Flying Ace Aerial Chase (have not ridden it since it was Runaway Reptar)

    12.) Great Pumpkin (not ridden it since the 90's when it was Scooby Zoom)

    13.) Son of Beast (without loop)

    14.) Son of Beast (with loop)

    15.) Vortex

    16.) Backlot Stunt Coaster

    17.) Invertigo

    18.) Firehawk

     

    Never ridden Surf Dog/Avatar and due to the spinning aspect have no intention of doing so.

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    1.) Vortex

    2.) Diamondback

    3.) Banshee

    4.) Adventure Express

    5.) Firehawk

    6.) Flight of Fear

    7.) The Racer

    8.) Backlot Stunt Track

    9.) Beast

    10.)The Bat

    11.)Invertigo

    12.)Woodstock Express

    13.)Flying Ace Aerial Chase

    14.)The Great Pumpkin Coaster

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    1. Backlot Stunt Coaster
    2. Diamondback
    3. Firehawk
    4. The Great Pumpkin Coaster
    5. The Beast
    6. Racer
    7. Banshee
    8. Flight of Fear
    9. Flying Ace Aerial Chase
    10. Surf Dog
    11. Woodstock Express
    12. Adventure Express
    13. The Bat
    14. Vortex
    15. Invertigo

     

    Anywho, I don't know what ya'll have against The Great Pumpkin Coaster; it is a fantabulous ride.

    I can't ride it, that's why it's last for me; it has become irrelevant for my park visits.

    *I refuse to borrow someone's kid*

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    Anywho, I don't know what ya'll have against The Great Pumpkin Coaster; it is a fantabulous ride.

     

    lol despite the fact I've not ridden it since I was a kid I still had to rank it higher than Backlot and Firehawk :P

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    I wanted to do this list but the top three are extremely hard to choose between. I can't pick a #1.

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    1 Diamondback (by far)

    2 Firehawk

    3 Banshee

    4 The Bat

    5 The Racer

    6 The Beast

    7 Flight of Fear

    8 Blsc

    9 Adventure Express

    10 Vortex (too rough)

    11 Woodstock Express

    12 The Great Pumpkin Coaster

    13 Invertigo

    Edit have ridden Invertigo it is by far the worst coaster in the park (still havnt ridden Flying Ace)

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    KI's iconic coasters:

    Beast

    Racer

    Banshee

    Vortex

    Diamondback

    The Bat

    They also happen to be my favorite at Kings Island, but don't make me rank them against each other!

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    Flight of Fear...

    The Beast...

    Banshee...

    Diamondback...

    The Bat...

    Adventure Express...

    Firehawk...

    Backlot Stunt Coaster...

    Invertigo...

    Vortex...

    Flying Ace Aerial Chase...

    The Racer...

    Woodstock Express...

     

    Never ridden the Great Pumpkin Coaster... And say what you will, I don't count Surf Dog...

    What I like about KI is that I find the rides so hard to rank... Other parks, there are some rides that I get off of and say 'That was crap', but I didn't feel that way about anything at KI... Even the line between 'good' and 'meh' doesn't occur until the bottom of the list for me...

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    Personally...

    1) Diamondback

    2) Banshee

    3) Flight of Fear

    4) Beast

    5) The Bat

    6) Racer

    7) Vortex

    8) Firehawk

    9) Backlot Stunt Coaster

    10) Adventure Express

    11) Woodstock Express

    12) Flying Ace

    13) Great Pumpkin Coaster

    14) Invertigo

     

     

    And based on the 2014 Kasnak Coaster Poll (shameless plug)...

    1) Diamondback

    2) Beast

    3) Banshee

    4) Flight of Fear

    5) Firehawk

    6) The Bat

    7) Vortex

    8) Racer

    9) Invertigo

    10) Adventure Express

    11) Backlot Stunt Coaster

    12) Flying Ace 

    13) Woodstock Express 

    14) Great Pumpkin Coaster

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    1. Banshee

    2. Flight of Fear

    3. Diamondback

    4. The Beast

    5. Vortex

    6. Adventure Express

    7. Backlot Stunt Coaster

    8. The Bat

    9. The Racer

    10. Invertigo

    11. Flying Ace 

    12. Woodstock Express

    13. The Great Pumpkin Coaster

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    Out of the roller coasters I've ridden, my ranking is:

     

    1. Banshee

    2. Diamondback

    3. The Beast

    4. The Bat

    5. Vortex

    6. Backlot Stunt Coaster

    7. Racer

    8. Surf Dog (I'll count it)

    9. Invertigo

    10. Flying ACE Aerial Chase

    11. Adventure Express

    12. Firehawk

    13.Woodstock Express

     

    EDIT: Rode Diamondback for the first time a few Sundays ago and I couldn't go without mentioning it on here. It was AWESOME!

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    1. Beast


    2. Diamondback


    3. Flight of Fear


    4. King Cobra


    5. Vortex


    6. Adventure Express


    7. Banshee


    8. Racer (backwards)


    9. Backlot Stunt Coaster


    10. The Bat


    11. Racer


    12. Invertigo


    13. Woodstock Express


    14. Flying Ace Aerial Chase


    15. Great Pumpking Coaster


    16. Firehawk


     


    And yes, it was not a typo, Firehawk is worse than Great Pumpkin Coaster in my book


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    As of 2015. Until next coaster comes ~ 2019

    1. The Beast

    2. Banshee

    3. Diamondback

    4. Vortex

    5. The Racer

    6. Invertigo

    7. The Bat

    8. Backlot Stunt Coaster

    9. Adventure Express 

    10. Woodstock Express

    11. Flying Ace

    12. Flight of Fear

    13. Firehawk

    14. The Great Pumpkin Coaster

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    Beast


    Banshee


    Flight of Fear


    Diamondback


    Vortex


    Bat


    Racer


    Adventure Express


    Backlot Stunt Coaster


    Firehawk


    Woodstock Express


    Flying Ace Aerial Chase


    Great Pumpkin Coaster


    Paint drying on the wall


    Grass growing


    Cement wall


     


    Invertigo


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    1. Diamondback (back row)

    2. Beast

    3. Banshee

    4. Invertigo

    5. Vortex (rough but a fun layout)

    6. Racer

    7. Firehawk

    8. Flight of Fear

    9. The Bat

     

    I went back and forth between Beast and Banshee, they're extremely close. I haven't ridden Backlot Stunt Coaster or Adventure Express.

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    Banshee

    Diamondback

    Beast

    Flight of Fear

    Firehawk

    Invertigo

    The Bat

    Vortex

    Racer

    Adventure Express

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    Diamondback

    Vortex

    Flight of Fear

    Banshee

    Beast

    Racer

    Bat

    Firehawk

    Invertigo

    Adventure Express

    Stunt track

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    Diamondback

    Beast

    Flight of Fear

    Vortex

    Backlot Stunt Coaster

    Firehawk

    Invertigo

    Adventure Express

    Racer

    The Bat

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    1. The Beast

    2. Diamondback

    3. Banshee

    4. Flight of Fear

    5. Adventure Express

    6. Firehawk

    7. The Bat

    8. The Racer

    9. Vortex

    10. Backlot Stunt Coaster

    11. Woodstock Express

    12. Flying Ace

    13. Great Pumpkin Coaster (Wouldn't be able to ride it though without a kid though)

    14. Invertigo (That's right. Invertigo after a coaster I couldn't even normally ride)

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    Diamondback

    Firehawk

    The Beast

    Banshee

    Adventure Express

    Back Lot Stunt Coaster

    Invertigo

    Flying Ace Aerial Chase

    Surfdog

    Woodstock Express

    Vortex

    Flight of Fear

    The New Bat (version 0.5)

    Racer

    General Diamondback

    Lieutenant General Banshee

    Major General Beast

    Brigadier General Flight of Fear

    Colonel Vortex

    Lieutenant Colonel Firehawk

    Major Racer

    Captain Invertigo

    First Lieutenant Back Lot Stunt Coaster

    Second Lieutenant Adventure Express

    Master Sergeant Bat

    Technical Sergeant Flying Ace Aerial Chase

    Staff Sergeant Woodstock Express

    Corporal Great Pumpkin Coaster

    Private Surf Dog

     

    -Tb. Ranking 'em. B)

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    Captain Invertigo sounds like a terrible super hero lol

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    ^^^ I wasn't sure at first how that post related to the topic of this thread. Then I realized that there was white text, and I have this forum set to the Invision Power default theme (dark text on a light background) instead of the "KICentral" theme (the inverse).

     

    Just noting for anyone else with the theme setting changed.

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    So, to you the ranks were visible but the coasters were not? That's hilarious! My dad has showed me that there's some on-line, "what's my content look like on..." app; maybe I should look into that, given my propensity for using font variations (sorry.)  :lol:

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