Kings Island will officially open its for the 2024 season on Saturday.
“We’ve had this weekend circled on our calendar for months and everybody here has been working so hard to get the park ready,” Chad Showalter, communications director for Kings Island, said.
Riders can be among the first to scream with joy on Banshee, plummet down the 300-foot drop of Orion, and speed through the woods and tunnels on The Beast.
Plus, there is plenty of fun to be had on Kings Island’s original rides like the Racer, Monster, Grand Carousel, and Scrambler, according to their website.
There are also new attractions like Camp Snoopy and Snoopy’s Soapbox Racers.
Kings Island will be opened during the week of May 15-Aug 18., according to their calendar.
Photo from Eric Higgenbotham/Staff
Photo from Eric Higgenbotham/Staff
Photo from Eric Higgenbotham/Staff
Photo from Eric Higgenbotham/Staff
Photo from Eric Higgenbotham/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Photo from: Xavier Hershovitz/Staff
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Audrey)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Lori Reynolds)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Lori Reynolds)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Doug Hobbs)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Chloe Rayburn)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Sarah Hildebrand)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Sheila Robinson)
Todd Hollst, host of the Evening Edge on WHIO radio, visiting Kings Island with his family during the park’s early years.
Todd Hollst, host of the Evening Edge on WHIO radio, visiting Kings Island with his family during the park’s early years.
Todd Hollst, host of the Evening Edge on WHIO radio, visiting Kings Island with his family during the park’s early years.
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Sarah Hildebrand)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Debbie Pridemore)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Nancy Roeper)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Kristine Anderson)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Emily Barker)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Melinda Roe Rinehart)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Emily Barker)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Emily Barker)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Emily Barker)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Kristine Anderson)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Brittany Marie)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Emily Barker)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Megan Pendleton)
Viewers share photos of their favorite Kings Island memories. (Photo by: Jane Schmalenberger)
Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR
Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR
Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR
Daredevil Evel Knievel successfully jumped over 14 Greyhound buses on his motorcycle in the Kings Island parking lot on October 25, 1975. The jump was nationally televised and set a new world record. (Contributed Photo/ Kings Island PR)
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Contributed Photos/Kings Island PR
Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR
A park expansion in 1986 saw the addition of the Skylab, a 90-foot high wheel. (Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR)
Phantom Theater, haunted ride opened in 1992. (Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR)
The Son of Beast, the tallest, fastest and only looping wooden roller coaster opens in 2000. The ride closed in 2009. (Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR)
The Vortex roller coaster is seen at Kings Island amusement park in Mason. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/KINGS ISLAND
Kings Island announces closure of Vortex
Banshee, the world’s longest inverted roller coaster, opens in 2014 in the former spot of the Son of Beast. (Contributed Photo/Kings Island PR)
A Tennessee woman on Friday scored the 100 millionth ride on the Racer roller coaster at Kings Island.
Kings Island Winterfest in 2019
Kings Island released a video in May 2021 with a train full of Bob Ross doll riding the Orion roller coaster. Watch the video here: https://www.whio.com/news/local/video-kings-island-sends-plush-bob-ross-dolls-test-run-new-roller-coaster/7NPNOH2FPZGW5PVAADVP3YAW7E/
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Adventure Port Birdseye View | Contributed Photo/Kings Island
The Mercado and Sol Spin | Contributed Photo/Kings Island
