• Doyle Rudolph

    Standort Dead spots

    A juddery, meandering ride that only gets good just before it rolls into the final brakes. The pretzel-shaped helices over the water are scenic and fun, but until that point, the ride doesn't really do much. This would be high on my chopping block to create room for a good modern wooden coaster through the trees and onto Millennium Island.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Inversionen Intensität Rückhaltebügel

    It's a bit rough and shows its age, but it's an intense ride with a lot of interesting inversions and a wild footchopper off of the heart-shaped roll. This is considered one of the worst SLCs? I thought it was decent in spite of the bulky restraints.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Inversionen Abschuss Intensität Unangenehm

    Spaghetti bowls are much less fun in the dark, when you can't brace for the next snappy transitions.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Thematisierung Spaß Sanftheit

    A fun, decently thrilling family mine ride with excellent theming.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Abschuss Intensität Hangtime Rückhaltebügel Unangenehm

    Surprisingly intense, a shocking amount of hangtime on the twist, and then a wild ride through snappy vertical transitions make for an insane, if not exactly the most comfortable, ride.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Inversionen Hangtime Rückhaltebügel Dead spots

    My first trip to Kings Island was the weekend of the announcement that this relic of my defunct home park would close at the end of the season. I'm thrilled that I made the trip, but not because of Firehawk itself. The loop offered incredible hangtime, but the rest of the course meandered around while my chest was crushed by the bulky vest restraints. I'm thankful to this coaster for getting me to Kings Island, but I'm not wearing the nostalgia goggles about this one - especially with the plot being used for a giga coaster next season.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Abschuss Intensität Dead spots

    Somewhere in the no-man's-land between a quality family ride and an intense launched coaster sits Backlot Stunt Coaster. A sharp banked transition leads into a tight and forceful helix that makes no bones about this ride not being fir the faint of heart, but then it seems to die into a tame experience. The ride can't seem to make up its mind on what it wants to be, and it suffers on both ends of the spectrum.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Intensität Sanftheit

    It doesn't hold a candle to its RMC-converted cousin in Charlotte, but the retracked section is butter smooth and the trademark CCI forces make it a pretty intense ride.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Standort Spaß

    A fun, picturesque family mine train.

  • Doyle Rudolph

    Spaß Intensität Sanftheit

    Invertigo was smooth, forceful, and fun.