Kings Island has been voted the third best theme park in the nation, according to the USA Today 10Best Reader’s Choice Poll.
The poll named the top 10 winners for best amusement park.
Cedar Point was voted 6th best in the nation.
The full list below:
- SeaWorld Orlando – Orlando, Florida
- Silver Dollar City – Branson, Missouri
- Kings Island – Mason, Ohio
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg – Williamsburg, Virginia
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay – Tampa, Florida
- Cedar Point – Sandusky, Ohio
- Dollywood – Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Six Flags Magic Mountain – Valencia, California
- Holiday World – Santa Claus, Indiana
- HersheyPark – Hershey, Pennsylvania
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.
Kings Island is in its 50th season.
The Kings Island world-famous roller coaster, The Beast, broke its own record in 2022.
The coaster, which first opened in 1979 as the ‘World’s Longest Wooden Roller Coaster’, has held that title ever since. When the coaster opens for the season in May, it will beat its own record by two feet, from 7,359 ft. to 7,361 ft. due to offseason re-tracking and reprofiling work.
Kings Islands Vice President and General Manager Mike Koontz said, “When you look at roller coaster records, they’re being beat all the time. But there’s one record that no park in the world has been able to beat for more than 40 years, until now, and that’s the record for the longest wooden roller coaster.”
Last November, crews began the massive project of refurbishing 2,000 feet of the coaster’s track. In addition, the first drop has been re-profiled from 45 degrees to 53 degrees so that it can come into the tunnel lower and deliver a ‘buttery-smooth’ transition through the first tunnel and onto the second drop.
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