Banshee is an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States.

Designed and manufactured by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened to the public on April 18, 2014, and is the longest inverted coaster in the world, featuring a track length of 4,124 feet (1,257 m).

[1] Banshee was also the most expensive project in Kings Island's history at the time, costing the park $24 million to construct.

Banshee was built at the former location of a short-lived, record-breaking wooden coaster, Son of Beast, as well as the Thunder Alley go-kart attraction.

It has also consistently ranked among the top 50 steel roller coasters worldwide in the annual Golden Ticket Awards publication from Amusement Today.

Banshee was built at the former location of Son of Beast, a wooden roller coaster plagued with issues and demolished in 2012, and the Thunder Alley go-kart attraction that was removed the same year.

Along the perimeter of the former Thunder Alley go-kart track, a fence was set up with a sign that read, "Due to the increasing occurrence of mysterious and bone-chilling screams, it has become necessary to close this section of the park until the cause of this evil phenomenon can be identified."

[8] On June 10, 2013, the park launched their social media campaign by posting a photo showing the construction site with the caption, "Field of Dreams".

[14][15] A limited number of tickets were also made available to the public giving access to a tour of the construction site prior to the revealing and reserved seats at the event, with net proceeds being donated to breast cancer research.

[18] One week later, on August 8, Kings Island officially announced that it was constructing Banshee, the world's longest inverted roller coaster.

[50] The first vertical loop wraps around the lift hill, an element that can be found on two other Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters, which are The Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Kumba at Busch Gardens Tampa.

[3][29] As a result, Banshee reaches its maximum speed approximately halfway through the layout, rather than after the first drop, as is the case with most roller coasters.

The ride's backstory details sightings and screams of the banshee dating back to when the construction of Kings Island began in 1970.

Upon exiting the pretzel knot, the train enters a second vertical loop before making a right turn into an inline twist.

[57] On June 19, 2024, a 38-year-old man from Wilmington, Ohio, was critically injured after he entered a restricted area and was struck by a moving train.