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Adventure Express

Opened: April 13. 1991

Cost: $4 million ($400,000 of the $4 million was on special effects)

Type: Mine train

Track Length: 2,963 feet

Lift Height:  1st– 63’    2nd– 42’

Maximum Speed: 35 miles per hour

Time of Ride: 2 minutes, 30 seconds

Designed by: Arrow Dynamics, manufactured by Kings Island Construction Co.  Special effects by R&R creative, with design by Amusement Design

Trains: 3 trains, 6 cars per train with 30 people per train

Tunnels:    1st– 161’ long       Theme- snakes

2nd– 103’ long     Theme- booby trap

3rd– 201’ long      Theme- volcanic eruption

                   4th– 295’ long      Theme- forbidden temple

Materials: 180,000 board feet used to support the steel track.

Hourly Capacity: 1,600 people per hour

Ridership: 37,450,509 rides since opening in 1991, the eighth-most in park history. Its record year was 1993, when 2,143,480 rides were given.  (Numbers through 2019 season.)

Location: Oktoberfest

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