Kings Island

Cap your trip to Cincinnati with a visit to the largest amusement and water park in the Midwest. The park is located in a 364-acre area in Mason Ohio. It boasts several thrilling rides and attractions including 14 different roller coasters. The most well-known rides are the Diamondback roller coaster, The Races which ignited back the interest in roller coasters in the 1970s, the Banshee which was the longest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened, and the Beast which is the tallest, longest, and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world in 1979. The Beast still holds the record as the longest wooden coaster at 2, 243 meters traveling across a 35-acre site at the speed of 65 mph. Kings Island also offers visitors a taste of Europe in its International Street with architecture inspired by France, Spain, and Switzerland complete with a one-third scale replica of the Eiffel Tower, and the Oktoberfest area which resembles a German town.