![]() ![]() Visit our Accessibility page for additional information.Please do not use the ride restraints for support while entering and exiting, as they will shift.A transfer device is available upon request which may assist a rider out of a wheelchair and into the ride unit. Riders will have to transfer into the seat, on their own or with the assistance of a companion. Alternate access is available at the ride exit.Guests with a cervical collar, neck brace, broken collar bone, full arm cast, braced arm cast, or full leg cast are not permitted to ride.Amputations must be at the knee or below. Two functioning arms are sufficient instead of three functioning extremities if the guest has a normal center of gravity and lower extremities are sufficiently strong to maintain proper riding posture under the dynamic conditions of the ride. Guests must have a minimum of three functioning extremities. Island Racer 2018 English 148 Pages True PDF 136 MB Known as the World’s greatest road race, the Isle of Man TT draws thousands of fans to the island once a year and the Island Racer yearly annual is the essential guide every fan must have, with exclusive interviews from the biggest names - as well as the massive TT encyclopedia.Due to the nature of the restraint, this ride may not accommodate guests of a larger size.An individual lap bar and seatbelt secures each rider across the thighs and pelvis.A high speed wooden roller coaster with airtime hills.Its record year was 1976 when a park single-season attraction record 3,681,338 rides were given. The Racer has given more than 104 million rides since its debut in 1972, far and away the most in Kings Island’s history. It was the site of several world-record riding attempts and is notable for its appearance in the “Cincinnati Kids” episode of The Brady Bunch, filmed at the park in 1973. In addition to being considered an important part of the roller coaster renaissance of the 1970’s, the Racer was the first roller coaster built structurally on the ground with prefabricated sections lifted into position and bolted and was one of the largest roller coasters ever built at the time. The Racer is credited with re-igniting the wooden roller coaster building boom in the 1970’s, thus beginning the second golden age of the roller coaster. The Racer – really its twin racers – has been the focal point of the Coney Mall sector of the park since Kings Island opened in 1972, and with good reason. Red Racer race side-by-side along twin tracks to determine the winner. After the two trains joined up, the trains would go through a series of airtime hills before reaching the brake run.On this classic out-and-back wooden roller coaster, riders on the Blue Racer vs. ![]() At the far end of the turnaround, the trains would have a “near miss” moment, which set up for the ride’s final portion. The train would enter a banked airtime hill before entering the turnaround. After exiting the first drop, the trains would shoot through a series of speed hills on the two sets of tracks on the outside of the ride. After reaching the apex of the lift, the cars would enter a spiraling drop. Unlike today’s Racer, the cars went up separate lift hills (similar to what is seen on Kennywood’s Racer). Besides the Racer, there were other differences as well such as a Bavarian themed shopping area, a jungle cruise ride, a larger canoe attraction, a bridge crossing the International Street fountain (a feature that was used for Canada’s Wonderland), and the location of the Scooby Doo and Turpike attractions were swapped. As originally envisioned, although Coney Mall was always a part of the original design of Kings Island, it had a different ride lineup and was similar to the main midway of Coney Island, hence the Coney Island section name. Although a racing coaster was planned from very early on in the development of Kings Island, the design was not immediately settled upon.Įarly depictions of the Racer in Taft supplied material vary greatly from the Racer that was built. The twin 88 foot tall/3,415 foot long coaster has been a park favorite due to it’s unique layout. Having thrilled millions of riders and started the second golden age of the wooden coaster, the ride has had a celebrated history. In 2021, Kings Island’s Racer will enter it’s 50th season of operation.
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