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Vortex reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Vortex, a roller coaster at Kings Island. (The minimum height to ride is 48 inches.)

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Posted: January 19, 2013

An Arrow mega-looper that featured more inversions (six) than any other roller coaster on the planet when it opened in 1987. The ride features two vertical loops, two corkscrews, and a batwing.

FastLane is available on this attraction.

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24 votes, so far

This was a big surprise. It was a smooth Arrow looper, very rare. It had a very good first drop and turn around, and the inversions were some of the best I've ridden. I love the batwing. It had a very good helix to end an overall outstanding great ride. 9/10. (Sit in fifth car first row) - Edward Morgan

Suprisingly amazing! I thought it would be a boring coaster but you are upside down alot definently a must if you come to kings island! - ed shaheen

It was really scary when I first rode it in 1990. It's still good. I guess I'm just getting addicted to bigger and faster coasters. Still, I enjoy this ride. - Roger S

It seems like it's gotten smoother these days and now I laugh at rumors that it might get torn down. They'll still get at least 10 more years out of it and even though it's not the best, the course is unique and the speed before the double loops is really unexpected. - Bradley Keith

What do you get when you combine Loch Ness and Viper? Vortex. A great coaster with elements off both coasters and placed into a small footprint. It's aging, but I would ride this again and again. - M. Ryan Traylor

Vortex is possibly the best Arrow Megalooper out there today for a variety of reasons: It's big, but not too big, the ride has a smooth transition from one element to another, and the lines are never longer than a half hour. Vortex is generally smooth, but the smoothest seat is the front of car five. - Matthew Riczko

This is a classic 80s coaster with mixes of speed, height, lentgh and inversions. Great Ride. - Michael Hurley

This is a classic 80s coaster with mixes of speed, height, lentgh and inversions. Great Ride. - Michael Hurley

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