The tallest, fastest roller coaster at Kings Island debuts in 2020. Themed to the park's new Area 72, Orion is a 287-foot tall megacoaster designed for speed with a 300-foot first drop that accelerates the trains to blazing 91 miles-per-hour. The roller coaster then features seven more hills of varying heights and plenty of negative-Gs!
| Year | Track | Type | Designer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Steel | Megacoaster | Bolliger & Mabillard |
Features: 8 Hills (287-feet, 174 feet, 202-feet, 56-feet, 147-feet, 125-feet, 90-feet, 83-feet)
Length of First Drop: 447 feet
Original opening date (April 11, 2020) delayed due to park closure from Covid-19.
Opening date: July 12, 2020
Train has eight cars with one row each, seating four abreast per row.
Height requirement: Riders must be at least 54 inches tall
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