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Patriot reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Patriot, a roller coaster at Worlds of Fun. (The minimum height to ride is 54 inches.)

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Posted: December 26, 2008

A $14 million Bollinger & Mabillard inverted coaster that was added to the park in 2006. Includes the following features: 149' lift hill, a 125' first drop, a top speed of 60 mph, a 90' vertical loop, a zero-g roll, an Immelmann loop, and a corkscrew.

A separate front-row only line is occasionally open.

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31 votes, so far

The Patriot is not the best B&M coaster in the world, but it is a very good ride and one of the best attractions in the park. Smooth and exciting, with lots of twists, turns, inversions, and some nice airtime, it is a real winner. - James Rao

FABULOUS! - Kelly Comstock

This is a very good B&M Inverted. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but it does everything great. It was fun to ride it on July 4th too! You feel extra patriotic ;-). 9/10 - Blake Nieman

I usually not a big fan of inverts but this coaster took my invert level to another step! 10th best tied with Prowler. - SFOG Goliath

We chose the back row, rumored to have the best ride (the Ride Op gave us this recommendation). In some ways, I wish we had waited for the front then, but my first ride was still great. When people say it’s not as intense as Batman: the Ride, I would agree for the most part. B:TR is non- stop intensity, while Patriot has it moments, and spreads out its elements more. However, I really like the zero g roll on Patriot, and the ride better overall. The spread of the elements gives the ride a nice feeling of speed throughout. It does seem Patriot is missing one more inversion. I think either the tilted helix should have been made a second loop, or an element should have been added to the little uphill stretch leading into the final corkscrew section. My second ride in the third row came through as well, giving a smooth ride. Worlds of Fun really got the colors right on this coaster, it is beautiful. 8/10 - Jake Jones

Great smooth ride. The front row is definitely the best, but all rows are good. It has plenty of inversions and great airtime, and is a smooth and quiet ride the whole time. - Jake Gould

I rated this as good until I rode in the front. I have now moved it up to commendable as riding in the front row makes for a very fun ride. - Carl Stovall

This ride is the Best Ride in the Park and is the most up to date ride for a behind the curve park - Dakotta Hagar

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