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After Diamondback it was time to hop on the Italian Job Stunt Track....ooops, I mean the Backlot Stunt Coaster.



The Backlot Stunt Coaster was added to Kings Island when it was owned by Paramount.  They were big on tying in their intellectual properties to the parks.  In 2005 Paramount purchased three of these rides for Kings Island, Kings Dominion, and Canada's Wonderland.  They are all wonderfully fun family coasters that have lost a little of their original luster with some of the theming going away when Paramount sold the parks to Cedar Fair and from lawsuits when Mini Cooper sued to have the trains not look their cars.  It is a fun ride with a great launch and always a coaster to hit.



At this point after two and a half hours at Kings Island I had three rides on Orion, 1 on Windseeker, 2 on The Beast, 2 on Mystic Timbers, 3 on Diamondback, and one on the Backlot Stunt Coaster it was time to head over to the other side of the park which means heading under the Eiffel Tower, across International Plaza, to get to the Action Zone.



The ride currently known as Drop Tower was another Paramount name change as it was called Drop Zone which was an easily forgettable Wesley Stripes movie.  These huge Intamin drop rides are always fun to ride.  You don't have the uncertainty of when your car will drop like in their earlier models like Superman: The Tower of Power at Six Flags St. Louis but as the car is larger the drop feels more immediate.



Moving to the back of the Action Zone is a rare Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster.  The Bat is always a hike to get to but the ride's wooded valley setting makes it all worth while.



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