Kings Island placed Vortex in Coney Mall, on the ground once occupied by The Bat. Arrow Dynamics supplied a custom steel looping coaster for that well-known corner of the Mason park, giving visitors a new landmark where an earlier experiment had stood. coasterpedia.net· en.wikipedia.org

When Vortex opened on April 11, 1987, it was presented with genuine civic pride: 148 feet tall, a 138-foot drop, 55 mph, and six inversions. Its $4 million structure briefly made Kings Island home to a record-setting full-circuit coaster. coaster101.com· wvxu.org

The ride was also a workmanlike piece of park engineering. Its stated capacity was 1,600 riders per hour, helping move the summer crowd from the queue, into the station, and back out to the midway with admirable dispatch. en.wikipedia.org

Kings Island announced in September 2019 that Vortex would close, saying the coaster had reached the end of its service life. On October 27, 2019, visitors gathered for its final rides; after the farewell, the old Arrow train bodies were sent on to Carowinds for use on Carolina Cyclone. wcpo.com· coaster101.com