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Kings Island is a great place to enjoy roller coasters, water parks, and much more. You can also get all these at Six Flags Great America. The are very similar in what they provide for their customers. Visiting rides like Banshee or Goliath are fun for the whole family along with the water parks. Whether visiting Mason, Ohio or Gurnee, Illinois, there is always an amusement waiting for you. With reasonable prices and great fun, no wonder these amusement parks are packed with millions yearly.
Kings Island is known as the Midwest’s biggest amusement park. In total, there are 14 roller coasters. One of their rides is known as the longest inverted roller coaster, the Banshee. Along with Banshee, their newest ride, Diamondback is also a favorite. Diamondback reaches 230 feet tall and goes a maximum of 80 mph. Diamondback is called their “tallest, fastest, and meanest ride.” The ride’s first drop decreases 215 feet at an angle of 74 degrees. Kings Island doesn’t have only one favorite. There is another favorite, the Beast, is five thrilling minutes long. Six Flags Great America introduced their fan favorite ride called Raging Bull in 1999. This roller coaster is known as the world’s first, “hyper-twister” roller coaster. There are six horizontal loops …show more content…

Cedar Fair has amusement parks in 9 states and also in Toronto, Canada. It owns 11 parks including Kings Island. It also owns two water parks. It’s headquarters are in Sandusky, Ohio and they have an amusement park called Cedar Point there. Matthew Ouimet is the President and CEO of the company. Earlier in his life, he served at Disneyland and has plenty of amusement park experience. The company Six Flags owns Six Flags Great America. Their headquarters are in Grand Prairie, Texas. The founder of Six Flags, Angus Wynne, opened the first park of their company in 1962 in Texas. They own 13 Amusement park and is the second largest theme park company in the US following

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