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| The Beast at King's Island |
I'm a huge roller coaster fan and would love to visit every major theme park in the U.S., if I had the resources to do so.
I keep a ranking of my favorites. Each has a ranking on a 5 point scale in parenthesis after the name. This isn't an exhaustive list of every coaster that I've rode, only my favorites and some others I've chosen to mention.
- Monday June 28, 2010 - King's Island, I rated the new mega coaster Diamondback! We rode it twice in under 25 minutes! It's a great coaster cracking the top 10 of my list.
- July 12, 2011 - Six Flag's St. Louis, I rode Batman the Ride and The Boss. Batman was excellent and the The Boss was very good. The Boss was my middle daughter's first major coaster (she had mixed feelings about it). It was a great trip except it was really hot when we were at the park, heat index of 105 degrees! Yikes!
- Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - Sea World Orlando, I rode the Manta and Kraken. Despite crazy crowds and insane heat, we had a great time. I was impressed with the park. I had not been since I was a kid and they have really stepped up their game in nearly 30 years, HA! Click HERE to get a sneak peak at Sea World's new mega-coaster the Mako, coming in 2016!
- Thursday, June 26, 2014 - King's Island, I rode the Banshee for the first time and I have to say I was majorly impressed! I'm excited to now have it on my rankings list.
- Monday, July 13, 2015 we visited Holiday World. I rode the Thunderbird and I'm pleased to announce it did not disappoint, it's a top 10 on the list.
- Monday, June 13, 2016 we visited Cedar Point. It has been too long since I last visited this Roller Coaster Haven and we had a great trip. The weather was great and although it was a little more crowded that we would have preferred it was still a blast. I rode GateKeeper and Valravn, for the first time each. On the downside, I did not get to ride Rougarou or Maverick, the only 2 major coasters at the park I missed. I got in line for Maverick but the line was at 2 hours and I chose to ride other rides vs wait that long. As you'll see from the rankings below, GateKeeper now ranks as my #1 coaster at Cedar Point, yes ahead of Millenium Force.
- Monday, July 4, 2016 - King's Island. This was a great day to be at KI. Thunderstorms were in the forecast so the park was empty. It drizzled and rained on us off and on all day but I'll take that over 2-3 hour wait for rides! We rode the Banshee 4 times, and all my favorites multiple times. I have a few take aways, first, the Banshee is a great coaster in every way. Second, the Diamondback just gets better and better in my mind. It's no secret I'm a big fan of inverted coasters but I have to say this is a great thrill.
Feel free to offer comments on my rankings!
