![]() ![]() ![]() There is space to leave your bag in the ride station. Were your summers spent with family and friends deciding whether you should ride the Racer forwards or backwards From 1982 through the 2007 season, guests had the choice of which side they wanted to ride facing forwards, or if more daring. If you are apprehensive about this, try to face backwards first. As a result, Kings Island maintained a cult following of dedicated enthusiasts. You have to really trust the harness when facing forwards first as the car is pulled up the first lift hill quite slowly. Sitting at the front or back gives a fairly rough ride when facing forwards. We found the that the ride was a lot smoother sitting towards the middle of the car. Joe thinks it is better to start the ride facing backwards, but Hayley prefers to start facing forwards. In particular, we found going backwards to be very enjoyable. Our view: We were pleasantly surprised by this ride. What makes this ride unusual is that half the seats face forwards and half backwards, meaning all riders experience both directions at different times. ![]() At the end, there is an identical hill which lifts the car up and then releases it backwards through the same track. The ride begins with the car being lifted backwards up a lift hill before running back through the station and onto a track with two inversions. On the day we were there it seemed to be smoother to sit on the right side than the left, which may be due to the wind direction, but worth trying.Ī ‘boomerang-coaster’ with a car that travels through the same track both forwards and backwards. You can take your bag and leave it in the ride station there’s no need to pay for a locker. But either way you look at it, this is an excellent ride and hyper-coasters remain our favourite style of coaster.Īs with most rides of this style, it is smoother at the back but a bit more thrilling towards the front. Joe found that the airtime came to a slightly abrupt halt at the bottom of each hill. Our view: Hayley enjoyed this ride more than Joe as she found that it gave a lot of airtime, whereas Joe found it gave less airtime than other rides of this style (although still a lot overall). There is also a brief splashdown into water at the end, although riders do not get wet Like all rides of this kind, there is a high, steep drop initially followed by lots of hills and turns that provide airtime. A hyper-coaster with the same style of v-shaped seating and harnesses as in Shambala (Portaventura). ![]()
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