September 7, 2025

Three friends and I spent four hours at Kings Island outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. We rode:

• Diamondback three times: Twice in the front and once 3/4 back. I first rode Diamondback on June 13, 2012. It still holds up as a fantastic coaster, with huge airtime and great restraints.
• Beast once in the front. There's nothing else like this ride on Earth. The beginning quarter of this ride felt like it was recently retracked.
• Mystic Timbers twice, both times in the front. This was my first modern GCI coaster, and it was phenomenal. Our second ride was after noon, and the heated track made the ride significantly faster.
• Orion once in the front. My friend didn't enjoy his ride on this in the back of the train due to the immense positive G-forces. But in the front, he loved it. What a ride! The first drop never ends, and the speed is intense.