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There are many ways to share Kings Island & the all-new Soak City Waterpark with your audience. Let us know how we can help you with your next story by contacting Kings Island’s Public Relations Department at 513.754.5797 or by e-mail at Don.Helbig@visitkingsisland.com.

  
 

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New for 2012 - Soak City Waterpark
Get ready to splash, swin and float when Kings Island opens the largest waterpark in the region, the all-new Soak City. The $10 million expansion of Kings Island's exisiting waterpark will add new attractions and elements including a massive new wave pool, new Action River, new Entrance, more amenities, sand volleyball court and more lounging. With more than 50 water activities, including 30 water slides, two wave pools, tropical lagoons, rushing rivers, three family activity areas, sand volleyball courts, careening waterfalls, all surrounded by lush landscaping, no other water park in the area can compare to Soak City.
The Beast: A Legend In Its Own Time
The Beast is arguably the greatest wooden roller coaster ever built! This legendary ride opened in 1979 and still stands today as the world’s longest wooden roller coaster at 7,400 feet. The Beast features thrilling 141 and 135-foot vertical drops and a spectacular 540-degree helix tunnel at an astonishing speed of 65 miles per hour!  The Beast is also unique in that it was designed and constructed by Kings Island.
Dinosaurs Alive! at Kings Island

Visitors to Kings Island can step back in time to the beginning of the "Age of the Dinosaurs" at Dinosaurs Alive! at Kings Island -- the most immersive and comprehensive Mesozoic experience -- and encounter the beasts that dominated the planet for over 180 million years.  This multi-sensory and interactive experience is the world's largest animatronic dinosaur park and brings not only insight into the new scientific discoveries concerning the appearance and behaviors of dinosaurs, but also features some of the latest finds including Mojoceratops and Kosmoceratops, both of whom were discovered in 2010.  Dinosaurs Alive! is presented in a spectacular outdoor Jurassic forest setting, in order to feature the full life-sized majesty of gigantic sauropods such as Mamenchisaurus and the over 40-foot tall Ruyangosaurus giganteous, which is the world's largest animatronic dinosaur.  Combining finely detailed, hand-crafted animatronics, interactive consoles, a lush setting and educational content that reflects the latest scientific theories, Dinosaurs Alive! offers not only the excitement of a tail thrashing, clawing and roaring exhibition but the opportunity for guests of all ages to actively engage in a unique learning experience during their visit to Kings Island. 

World's Best Kids' Area

For the 11th consecutive year, Amusement Today readers awarded Kings Island with the prestigious Golden Ticket Award for Best Kids’ Area in the World! Planet Snoopy features more than 18 rides, including more kids’ roller coasters (four) than any other park in the world.
 

Two Parks for One Great Price
Families enjoy two great parks (Kings Island and Soak City Waterpark) for the price of one. Great discounts on tickets are available when purchased in advance on the park's website, including Pay Once, Visit Twice tickets.  These tickets do not need to be used on consecutive days and cut the cost of a visit in half while extending the time to experience everything the 364-acre amusement and waterpark has to offer.
 
Perfect Family Vacation Destination
Families are always looking for ways to save money on a summer vacation by sticking closer to home. So why not take a trip to Kings Island? With 364 acres of fun, there’s something for everyone in the entire family to enjoy with more than 80 rides, shows and attractions. Great discounts on tickets are available in advance online at the park’s website.
A Great Vacation In The Cincinnati Area
In addition to a day of fun and thrills at Kings Island, while in Cincinnati you will want to take time to visit the world-class Cincinnati Zoo and learn about species of animals from all over the world, or catch a Cincinnati Reds baseball game, which is fun for the whole family. For rainy days, the Newport Aquarium showcases some of the finest fish around! Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Museum Center is three museums in one, including a Cincinnati history museum, museum of science and natural history and a world-class children’s museum.
K.I. & Miami Valley Railroad
Many people today have never been on a train. And still fewer people have been on a real steam train. That’s why Kings Island’s re-creation of the railroad of the late 1800’s appeals to guests of all ages. Kings Island’s two locomotives have been at the park since it opened in 1972 and are scale replicas of the famous 1800’s locomotive known as The General, which was the subject of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War (The General is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia). Although Kings Island’s engines are fired by propane rather than coal, they are in fact real authentic steam engines. The only thing Kings Island’s railroad lacks is the coal smoke and soot. The 400-gallon boilers on each engine make them real steam-spitting locomotives.
The Grand Carousel
The Grand Carousel celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2011, and is the oldest ride at Kings Island.  The Grand Carousel was purchased by Cincinnati's Coney Island in 1926 for $201,000 from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. A popular family attraction, the Grand Carousel is a classic attraction and features the 1918 Wurlitzer Duplex #165 organ with 28 jumping horses, 20 stationary horses, and is painted with more than 20,000 sheets of 23-karat gold and 1,000 sheets of sterling silver.
Catch a Rising Star
What do Nick Lachey, Carmen Electra, Justin Jeffre (98 Degrees), GiGi Rice (actress), Carter Calvert (singer/actress), Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978), Susan Kay Johnson (Miss Ohio 1987) and Lisa Akey (actress) have in common? One thing – they are among the many talented people Kings Island has employed in its entertainment program since 1972, making it very possible to catch a rising star in one of the park’s performance venues.
Benefits of advance planning readily available online
The majority of guests visiting Kings Island today reach for their keyboard before they reach for their car keys. The benefits of advance planning are readily available through the park's new e-commerce platform. Whether its a ticket, special food and beverage offerings, or accommodations, they are easily purchased ahead of time, making a visit to the park better before it begins.