Making a splash!

Kings Island new $22 million Diamondback roller coaster features a spectacular splashdown ending. Diamondback will be the tallest and fastest roller coaster at Kings Island. The ride stands 230 feet at its highest point with a first drop of 215 feet at a 74-degree angle. Diamondback has 10 vertical drops, two helixes and a hammerhead turn. Riders will snake their way around 5,282 feet of track at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. The ride opens April 18.

Kings Island perfect combination of thrills and family attractions

With more than 80 world-class rides, shows and attractions, Kings Island offers the perfect combination of hair-raising thrills and family attractions!

Guests can check out the park’s 15 thrill-inducing roller coasters, including the new Diamondback – the tallest, fastest and meanest roller coaster to ever strike Kings Island – and the Beast – the longest wooden roller coaster in the world celebrating 30 years of terror in 2009.

Families can spend the perfect day together at Nickelodeon Universe, voted “Best Kids Area” in the world for eight years running by Amusement Today.

Plus, admission to Kings Island includes Boomerang Bay, a splashtacular 15-acre waterpark. Boomerang Bay features more than 50 water activities, including 30 water slides, tropical lagoons, rushing rivers, surfable waves, 36,000 square-foot wave pool, three family activity areas and careening waterfalls surrounded by lush landscaping.