Racer (Left) • Kings Island

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This is pretty much a rougher version of the red side of Racer, has some great airtime and is overall really fun.

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This review is for the backwards racer. Slightly more fun than going forwards, but I’d choose backwards every time.

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Racer at Kings Island was surprisingly smooth. Neither side was hugely different from the other. This is a fun classic wooden coaster that is in good condition 50 years later.

An old woodie which is rather uncomfortable to ride and with better offers in the park is not really holding to it's age

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It has 1 nice floater hill but the rest of the ride is slow, forceless and even is rough at points. I’m not sure how this side is so much worse than the other one but it is.

Gravity group retracking has helped keep this ride smooth and some nice airtime even. Overshadowed by adjacent rides, but is relevant in KIs lineup as an intermediate step between kiddie and hypercoasters. It's important that this scale of ride is available to offer a progression up the scale - and that it is fun in the process. Racer manages both requirements.

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This is a very smooth wooden coaster after the retrack and has solid floater airtime. It’s boring in some spots though.

I rode this when they had the trains turn around backwards. I believe the right side was running backwards and the left side was normally. Forward it is just a nice, classic, John Allen goodness coaster. Decent speed, decent hints of air--overall a very decent coaster.

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Racer is very good, one of the 2 historic woodies in KI.

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Not very rough both sides of racer are good has some good air

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This is a great racing PTC woodie with some good airtime and a very fun ride experience

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Solid wooden racing coaster. Its a pretty smooth ride but there are better racers out there but overall good pacing and airtime's here and there. Its a good addition to Kings Island and its equal to its counter part and is a must do with your family.

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An excellent ride on its own merits, when racing, this ride is exquisite. The ahead-of-its-time airtime from modern profiled hills shows the brilliance of John C. Allen, and the offseason retracking work returned this ride to its rightful position as a classic jewel that led the coaster resurgence in the 1970s.

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This is always a fun coaster especially when dueling. Has a few rough patches but not unbearable. Decent airtime throughout as well.

Lap Bar Fun Layout Rattle

A timeless classic that desperately needs some maintenance before the RMC fanboys start clamoring for its closure.

Airtimes Rattle Discomfort Tear it down!

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