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Loved the original, so what can there not be to like about the ride once the nasty over-the-shoulder restraints are removed?! Nothing! The ride is even more intense and forceful now with Paramounts Kings Island being able to run the trains at full speed through the entire layout and midcourse brakes. This makes the ride end with an insane twisted helix design and a corkscrew thats as close to the out-of-control feeling of a B&M zero-G roll that Ive ever experienced. The launch is perfectly haunting with the flashes of light for the cameras, noises throughout the course, and a great pre-show production for Flight of Fear. Paramount has been able to turn a once infamous headbanging ride into one of the best steel loopers in the entire world. Almost perfect, but the waits could be a lot better than they currently are. Otherwise, the star steel coaster at Kings Island and a great match-up to the wood ride that Son of Beast delivers for an outstanding one-two punch. But of course, with The Beast and Face/Off or Vortex, its really a quadruple punch and the park is really beginning to shine!
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