Diamondback_Is_King Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 What one element on any Kings Island coaster is your favorite? My personal favorite ride element at Kings Island is either Diamondback's camelbacks or the twisted drop on Mystic Timbers. Feel free to discuss your thoughts below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 The double helix on The Beast. What I love about wooden coasters is that each ride feels slightly different from the last! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I have trouble deciding between: -The speed hill on Orion: great airtime at high speed -The consecutive banked hills on Mystic Timbers, if you can count that as one element -The double helix on The Beast or... -The drop into the double helix: It's just so weird and unsettling building up speed at a steady but slow pace, and you're banked for the whole drop making it extra awkward, but in a fun way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 The drop into and the entire double helix on The Beast. I don't know if it would be an element, but leaving the brake shed on The Beast, building up speed, and going through the second tunnel is great for me. Before entering the tunnel, the train has this shimmy, like The Beast is trying to throw you off of their back. The noise, the smell, and the darkness in the tunnel, and then hearing the noise coming out of the tunnel and during day rides, the blinding brightness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 The exit to Orion's helix, or more specifically the lateral airtime where the track straightens. I was going to echo the statement regarding the series of banked hills pre-turn around tunnel on MT, but after watching the video I just couldnt see calling it "one element". Regardless, that pre-turn around segment on MT is the best 1 segment of coaster track in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 I'll do my favorite per-coaster- Adventure Express- The helix down into the 3rd tunnel Backlot- The s-curves after the helix Banshee- 0g roll and that long drop into the batwing Bat- the fan curve over the station Beast- The helix and the series of drops between the 2nd tunnel and the 2nd lift Diamondback- The hammerhead, especially on the right side of the train on the outer rows Flight of Fear- the launch and the build up to the corkscrew at the end Invertigo- the fact it can pull enough G's to make me grey out and nearly black out every ride Mystic Timbers- the 2nd big drop into the valley, it's still flying and it's a good sustained ejector air moment Orion- the 2nd and 3rd hills with the lateral airtime while also losing sight of the horizon for a bit of disorientation due to the combination of the upward angle and the overbanked elements Racer- the bunny hill between where it splits and the turn around, they always have insane air at that part Defunct rides- Vortex- the first drop in the back of the train SOB- the first drop and loop Firehawk- the overbank hill King Cobra- either the loop or the trick track 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 2 hours ago, silver2005 said: Vortex- the first drop in the back of the train I discovered that way too late in life to truly appreciate just how great it was. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion742 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Orion’s speed hill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Guy Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Firehawk's loop- If you rode in the back or front you could see the other end of the train enter or exit the loop. The forces/whip as you hit the bottom of the loop were impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlentless Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 For me on The Beast it is the first large dip in the woods exiting the 1st tunnel before turning into the long brake shed run. Also as others said the 2nd drop going into the double helix. The other was the first time or two I rode The Bat (original) and TopGun (when it opened) . . that feeling of "noughing is under me" getting to the top of the lift hill and rounding to the 1st drop. At the time it was like a whole new world. Diamondback . . the airless hills are still great. Orion . . the 1st drop Vortex . . the 1st drop Mystic Timbers . . that 1st hill got me when I first I rode it, was not expecting such a small hill to pack that punch. Just the whole ride never giving a break. Surprising how intense it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 20 hours ago, silver2005 said: Vortex- the first drop in the back of the train That first drop in the back always got my stomach txt no other coaster has ever done. Maggie in the back might be close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion-XL200 Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 The quick turn on Orion before the brakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 I don't know how to name which turn it is, so here's a mental picture: You come off of lift 1 on Adventure Express and head down the long, sweeping drop. You cross under the lift and turn left. You then drop into a CCI-like swooping turn to the right that ends with bonkers laterals. My answer is that turn. Honorable mentions go to the turn into The Bat's brakes, Banshee's heartline roll, Backlot's drop off the MCBR, Beast's double helix + the drop into it, Mystic's trick track, and the drop out of Son of Beast's station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex1987 Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Adventure Express, the turn into the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTreeBoi1 Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Double helix on The Beast Twisted hill on Orion Orion drop (specifically in the back) The quick turn into the first helix on BLSC, I've always loved that since 2015, the first time I remember going to KI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoeter Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 1. The drop into the helix finale on The Beast, especially in Row 18 2. The first drop in Row 18 on The Beast 3. The first inversion after launch in Row 10 on Flight of Fear 4. The final turn into the brakes on Orion, especially on the right hand side of the train 5. From days gone by, the first drop on Vortex sitting in 7-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjniehaus Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Best element on each Kings Island Coaster Diamondback: first drop in back row The Beast: double helix Orion: first drop Banshee: zero G roll Racer: airtime hill right before the turnaround (front row) Bat: turn at the bottom of the second drop Adventure Express: the drop/turn mid ride right before the helix near the abandoned mine cart Mystic Timbers: First drop Flight of Fear: final corkscrew Backlot: the tunnel Invertigo: second lift when in front row facing the sky getting ready to drop backwards Woodstock Express: first drop (back row) Woodstock Air Rail: helix/first drop Great Pumpkin: first drop Snoopy's Soap Box Racers: First drop back row Honorable Mentions Firehawk: the loop Vortex: the first drop (but I also loved the batwing finale by the walkway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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