Me and my friends are going to Kings Island on May 9th, but we dont know what to ride first or last or in between. So i was hoping that if anyone had a great list of rides in order, that would really help me out.

Well, I usually just make a circuit around the park, starting at Diamondback and ending at Drop Tower or Invertigo. Usually, I do:

Diamondback

Crypt

Beast

Backlot

Action Theater, if I'm in need of an air-conditioned break

Vortex

Flight of Fear

Firehawk, if the line is short

Racer

Adventure Express

Delerium, if the line is short

Flight Deck, if the line is short

Drop Tower

Invertigo, if the line is short

CedarPointer, you actually put that post in your signature?

Yes, I rotate them out occasionally. That replaced the one about how rough Son of Beast is.

That SoB comment was my wonderful post!

Well, I usually just make a circuit around the park, Usually, I do:

Diamondback

Beast

Backlot

Shake, Rattle, & Roll

Vortex

Action Theater, if I'm in need of an air-conditioned break

Racer

Adventure Express

Viking Fury

Delerium, if the line is short

Flight Deck

Drop Tower,if line is short

Invertigo, if the line is short

Eiffel Tower

SDatHM

Train

and then anything else i want to ride again

We usually starts in Action Zone and work our way around to Rivertown, so:

Flight Deck

Son of Beast (maybe)

Invertigo

Congo Falls (only on hot days)

Delirium (maybe)

Adventure Express

Racer

Monster

Scrambler

Dodgem

Flight of Fear

Firehawk

Zephyr (sp?)

Vortex

Action Theater (very rarely)

Back Lot Stunt Coaster

The Beast

Crypt (very rarely)

Diamondback

I love these list.

Here's my list.

Diamondback (Twice if the line is not TOO bad)

The Beast

Backlot Stunt Coaster

Racer

Flight Deck

Son of Beast

Drop Tower (As many times as humanly possible)

Invertigo

Delirium

Flight of Fear

Firehawk

Vortex

The Crypt (If you can see the line in the cave, no-no)

Diamondback

The Beast (Last ride of the day at night)

The Beast is always first.

Then DB.

Then we go to Action Zone and skip ahead of everyone working there way through Coney and ride Delerium, Drop Tower, Flight Deck and SoB. Then we take a break and do AE and Racer.

If the lines aren't bad, we will do FoF and/or Firehawk (my youngest is too short for them, so that's kind of hard), and I will let the kids do whatever flats they want in Coney.

Then Vortex and perhaps BLSC.

After that its usually lunch in the car, then we go up the Tower.

After that its pretty random!

The Beast night ride, of course, is last!!!

i usually choose a ride i really want to ride on the way up to the park, then work my way clockwise around the rest of the park.

As others have hinted at, do NOT start in the front of the park, nor with Diamondback unless you are in the gold pass ERT. Rather, head for the back of the park and proceed toward the front with rides you want to do. By so doing, you will avoid a lot of the crowd, who just rides things as they come to them, or runs to Diamondback and stays there while the line goes down...

Terpy, who notes this is one reason Firehawk lines this year seem substantially reduced in the early mornings...

I enjoy walking randomly throughout the park and then if me or my friend drift off thats what well ride.. Normally we like to start out at the Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion though so that we can beat each other up..

KEIKO_coaster...thats probably a good list just randomly choose a ride . The Interpreter....thats a good stradegy for KI .

I bolt for DB and ride it several times, hit Beast, usually Vortex, BLSC, then FOF, Racer, drift over to Action Zone and get my Drop Tower rush. Repeat. And I try to hit Crypt if it's open or doesn't have 946 people waiting in line.

LOL. thats a way to enjoy your day at KI.

Diamondback 1st-a few times if possible. You gotta have that wake you up.

Then The Beast (front seat)

BLSC

Firehawk

Racer

Drop Tower (as much as you can-given the line)

SOB

*REPEAT*

I like to go in this order:

Son of Beast

Flight Deck

Drop Tower

Invertigo

Delirium

Diamondback (At least 2 times for now)

The Crypt

The Beast

Backlot Stunt Coaster

Vortex

Flight of Fear

Firehawk

The Racer

Diamondback (As many times as possible)

Well I always (As of 2009) start with Dback and than from there just about anything... I'll go to Action Zone before the park opens and wait for the rides to open, or do the same in X-Base. I also end my dad with Dback or Beast.

This year I start with about 4 rides on DB and end with DB with as many rides as possible til closing, or I have to leave. In between their its what ever I feel like.

Action Theater, if I'm in need of an air-conditioned break

oh boy...i rode Action Theather on opening day...bad idea. Outside, the temperature was 70-80 (my guess). Inside the Spongebob building, it was 90-100 degrees. not exaggerating. by touching the metal parts of the seat, you got burnt.

MillenniumBeast i gave it to you , thats a good list and me and my friends hada BLAST!!!

this is what me and my gf have been doing.

Early ride time for DB (more than once if line stays short)

then head over to fh right at 10 am so line is short

fof

drop zone

sob( first day, then i relized with the meds im on my body is just too sore for this ride now HA)

Invertigo

Delirium

Vortex

(check db line)

then beast at night.