Just how big is Kings Island's new giga coaster? Aerial video shows its massive footprint, with 5,321 feet of track spanning a large portion of the amusement park. Orion, soon to be the 10th fastest roller coaster in the world, is slated to open April 9. When it does, it will be one of only seven giga coasters in the world, a class of roller coasters having a height or drop of 300-399 feet.Riders on Orion will plummet down an exhilarating 300-foot first drop, sending them on a high-speed journey over seven more hills and 5,321 feet of track at speeds up to 91 mph.It's the Mason, Ohio, amusement park's tallest, fastest and longest steel roller coaster. The coaster is all but complete, running final test runs ahead of its launch. Costing an estimated $30 million, the coaster was exclusively designed for Kings Island by Switzerland-based Bolliger & Mabillard, which also designed the park's popular Banshee and Diamondback roller coasters.

Just how big is Kings Island's new giga coaster? Aerial video shows its massive footprint, with 5,321 feet of track spanning a large portion of the amusement park.

Orion, soon to be the 10th fastest roller coaster in the world, is slated to open April 9.


When it does, it will be one of only seven giga coasters in the world, a class of roller coasters having a height or drop of 300-399 feet.

Riders on Orion will plummet down an exhilarating 300-foot first drop, sending them on a high-speed journey over seven more hills and 5,321 feet of track at speeds up to 91 mph.

It's the Mason, Ohio, amusement park's tallest, fastest and longest steel roller coaster.

The coaster is all but complete, running final test runs ahead of its launch.

Costing an estimated $30 million, the coaster was exclusively designed for Kings Island by Switzerland-based Bolliger & Mabillard, which also designed the park's popular Banshee and Diamondback roller coasters.