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Kings Island
Score7.2
🇺🇸United StatesHybrid resortNorth America (USA)
Mason, Ohio, United States
A large Ohio park with one of the best coaster line-ups in the Midwest.
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Opened
1972
Size
364 acres (147 ha)
Rides
65 attractions
Avg. visit
8 hours
Ticket range
$45–$80 USD
Kings Island overview
Kings Island at a glance
A large Ohio park with one of the best coaster line-ups in the Midwest.
Kings Island pairs one of the largest children's areas in the world, Planet Snoopy, with a heavyweight coaster roster. The Beast is still the longest wooden coaster on earth at 2,243 metres and runs through unlit woodland after dark; Orion is a 300-foot giga coaster; Banshee is the longest inverted coaster ever built.
A one-third-scale Eiffel Tower marks the centre of the park, and Soak City water park is bundled into standard admission.
Our editor's recommendation
Worth a day, but build it into a wider trip rather than flying in for it. It ranks #32 of the 50 parks we score, at 7.2/10 with 65 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 8 hours. Tickets run $45–$80 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its big-ticket thrill rides. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get, and queues average around 22 minutes. Best time to visit: Summer.
Kings Island highlights
Rides & attractions at Kings Island
These are the top attractions at Kings Island — 10 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 6 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
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Eiffel Tower
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Plan your visit to Kings Island
- Operating hours
- Typically 11am-8pm, to 10pm on peak summer days
- Seasonal closures
- Closed roughly November to April apart from WinterFest in late November and December
- Queue-skip pass
- Fast Lane and Fast Lane Plus wristbands, priced by date. From about $85 USD.
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- 2-day and combo tickets with Soak City; season passes usually undercut two single days.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $125 USD.
Kings Island map
Plan your visitKings Island events & shows
Halloween Haunt
Halloween event with haunted mazes, scare zones and live shows after dark.
WinterFest
Holiday event with ice skating on International Street, millions of lights and festive shows.
Kings Island reviews & ratings
Amusement Park Ranker overall score
7.2
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Kings Island wait times
- Typical day
22
- Crowd & wait score
4.1
Kings Island records & achievements
World's longest wooden roller coaster (The Beast)
1979The Beast opened in 1979 with a track length of about 2,243 metres and remains the longest wooden roller coaster in the world.
Attractions near Kings Island
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Home of Fiona the hippo and a renowned insectarium.
Downtown Cincinnati Riverfront
Smale Park, Roebling Bridge and the Banks entertainment strip.
Newport Aquarium
Shark bridge walk and seahorse gallery on the Ohio River.
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