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There are 3 ways to get from Downtown Cincinnati to Kings Island by bus, car, or taxi

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Bus
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1. Take the bus from Government Square Area F to Kings Island Park & Ridebus 71X
42 min
$2–4
Drive 23.6 mi
1. Drive from Downtown Cincinnati to Kings Islandcar 23.6 mi
29 min
$5–7
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Downtown Cincinnati to Kings Islandtaxi 23.6 mi
29 min
$55–70

Downtown Cincinnati to Kings Island by bus and foot

97Weekly Services

42 minAverage Duration

$2Cheapest Price

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Distance: 23.2 mi
Duration: 42 min

What companies run services between Downtown Cincinnati, OH, USA and Kings Island, OH, USA?

Go Metro operates a bus from Government Square Area F to Kings Island Park & Ride hourly. Tickets cost $2–4 and the journey takes 34 min.

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Kings Island

Kings Island is a 364 acre amusement park located 24 mi northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Island, a popular resort destination along the banks of the Ohio River that was prone to frequent flooding. After more than $300 million in capital investments over the years, the park has grown to feature over a hundred attractions including fifteen roller coasters and a 33 acre water park.

More things to do in Kings Island

Son of Beast(Opens in a new window)

Son of Beast was a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States. Built and designed by the now-defunct Roller Coaster Corporation of America (RCCA), the ride opened as the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world on April 28, 2000. Its record-setting height of 218 ft made it the first wooden hypercoaster – a height class of 200 ft or more. It was also the first wooden coaster in the modern era to feature a vertical loop and reached a record-breaking maximum speed of 78 mph. Son of Beast was marketed and themed as a sequel to The Beast roller coaster, one of the park's signature attractions that was built in 1979.

Banshee (roller coaster)(Opens in a new window)

Banshee is an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States. Designed and manufactured by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened to the public on April 18, 2014, and is the longest inverted coaster in the world, featuring a track length of 4124 ft. Banshee was also the most expensive project in Kings Island's history at the time, costing the park $24 million to construct. The ride includes seven inversions and travels up to a maximum speed of 68 mph. It operates with three trains, each with eight cars, producing an hourly capacity of 1,650 riders.

The Beast (roller coaster)(Opens in a new window)

The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States. Designed and manufactured in-house for approximately $3 million, the ride opened in 1979 as the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in the world. Decades later, it is still the longest, spanning 7361 ft across 35 acre of hilly terrain. Two lift hills contribute to the ride's duration of more than four minutes, which also ranks as one of the longest among roller coasters. A refurbishment in 2022 increased the angle of the first drop and lengthened the ride by 2 ft.

Flight of Fear(Opens in a new window)

Flight of Fear is the name of two identical enclosed roller coasters located at Kings Island and Kings Dominion amusement parks. Built and designed by Premier Rides, they were the world's first launched roller coasters to feature linear induction motor (LIM) technology. Both locations opened as The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear on June 18, 1996, originally themed after The Outer Limits TV series that began airing in 1995 as a revival of the original 1960s series. Paramount's licensing rights to the TV show eventually expired without renewal, and all references to The Outer Limits were removed from the ride and its name in 2001.

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