Vortex (Kings Island) - Ride Experience

Ride Experience

Out of the station, the ride drops slightly and takes a hard right to the beginning of the lift hill. The slow ride to the top gives the guest a chance to look at the park and at the rest of the Vortex's structure on the right, and on the left the riders can catch a glimpse of the The Beast. Once the train reaches the peek, the train drops slightly to another sharp right hand turn into a 55 degree nosedive 138 ft down. The train then ascends into a left hand high banking turn, the track then flattens out as the rider prepares for the double vertical loop. The train then ascends into a high right turn fattening out and hitting the brakes just before descending into a double flying corkscrew. After the flying corkscrew the train makes a slight right hand turn and continues into a dive loop then passing by the on-ride camera then exiting in a immelmann loop (this maneuver can also be called the batwing). The final maneuver would be the a positive g-filled 450 degree upwards helix, then hitting the breaks to halt. Then another right hand turn into the station.