Flight of Fear
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Flight of Fear
Kings Island · US · Premier Rides Launched Inverted Coaster
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Fast facts
- Flight of Fear is a steel, enclosed launched coaster built by Premier Rides. coasterpedia.net
- The ride opened at Kings Island on June 18, 1996. coasterpedia.net
- Its highest point is 22.6 metres, or 74.2 feet. coasterpedia.net
- The train reaches 86.9 kilometres per hour and travels through four inversions. sixflags.com
- A linear-induction-motor launch carries the train from zero to 54 miles per hour in four seconds. sixflags.com
- Flight of Fear is listed with a capacity of 2,000 riders per hour. coasterpedia.net
- The ride was built at a reported cost of 11.2 million dollars. coasterpedia.net
The story of Flight of Fear
Kings Island announced the new indoor coaster on August 17, 1995, placing it toward the back of the Coney Mall section. It was intended for the 1996 season, though its opening was postponed from April until June 18. coasterpedia.net
Flight of Fear was a prototype Premier Rides Catapult Coaster, using linear-induction motors rather than a conventional lift hill. Its 1996 arrival at Kings Island, alongside a twin installation at Kings Dominion, marked the beginning of the LIM-launched coaster era. kicentral.com· scholar.lib.vt.edu
The machinery and steelwork represented a considerable undertaking for the period. Coasterpedia records a construction cost of 11.2 million dollars, while contemporary reporting described an interior of more than a million pounds of steel tubing. coasterpedia.net· scholar.lib.vt.edu
In 2001, the ride took its present shortened name, and its shoulder restraints were replaced with lap bars following complaints about roughness. The building was later remade as part of Kings Island’s Area 72 in 2020. kicentral.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- sixflags.com Preferred source
- kicentral.com Acceptable source
- scholar.lib.vt.edu Acceptable source