Rivertown · Roller coaster
Diamondback
Steel hypercoaster with huge airtime hills and a splashdown finale.
🔧 Refurbishment
Roller coaster
High thrill
54"
min height
Visitor rating⭐ Be the first to rate!
Before you ride
Large drops and extended airtime. Temporarily closed per current park notice.
Expert tip (Nov 2026)
Try an outside back-row seat if you love sustained floater airtime.
⏱ Live wait times · Powered by ThemeParks.wiki
⏱ Collecting live waits for this ride. A chart of the typical wait by hour shows up here after a few days.
Diamondback stats
Diamondback is a 230-foot roller coaster at Kings Island that reaches 80 mph and drops 215 feet. It was built by Bolliger & Mabillard, opened in 2009 and lasts about 3 minutes. Riders must be at least 54 inches tall.
- Type
- Roller coaster
- Manufacturer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Model
- Hyper Coaster
- Opened
- 2009
- Track length
- 5,282 ft
- Top speed
- 80 mph
- Height
- 230 ft
- Drop
- 215 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Duration
- 3 min
- Height requirement
- 54 in
💡 Fun facts
- 230-foot lift
- Splashdown finale
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share what you thought!