Mystic Timbers, Wooden roller coaster in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio.
Mystic Timbers is a wooden roller coaster in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, with a track measuring 3265 feet (995 meters) and 16 airtime hills. The trains reach a speed of 53 miles per hour (85 kilometers per hour) while running through forested sections of the park.
Mystic Timbers was built by Great Coasters International and designed by Skyline Design with Jeff Pike, opening in the Rivertown section of Kings Island on April 15, 2017. It was the park's sixteenth coaster and fourth wooden one, and its 3,265 feet of track helped Kings Island reclaim the world record for combined wooden coaster track at 18,804 feet. Vertical construction began in August 2016 and the first test runs took place on March 20, 2017.
The queue is themed as the fictional Miami River Lumber Co., with a crashed vintage GMC truck at the entrance and a recorded lockdown warning. Screens show security-camera footage of the woods, and the enclosed shed finale was kept secret until opening day 2017.
The ride lasts about two minutes and runs through dense trees that cast shade over the track. Wait times can grow longer on busy days, so visiting in the early morning or late afternoon may prove helpful.
Riders pass through rapidly changing sections between dense vegetation and open spots where direction shifts unexpectedly. These sudden turns keep orientation difficult throughout the entire run.
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