Orient Express was a steel roller coaster located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri.

During the celebration, visitors could receive a roller coaster guidebook with entry forms that could win them a variety of prizes including a vacation to Hawaii.

[citation needed] Orient Express was the first coaster ever to have a "Kamikaze Curve" element, which was later termed a "boomerang" by Arrow Development and a "batwing" by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Orient Express was also the second full circuit roller coaster to have interlocking loops, the Loch Ness Monster being the first.

With the retirement of Orient Express, Loch Ness Monster is the only coaster installation of any kind with this feature.

This was a fast-paced operation since the car had to enter the house, unload and load all in the span of time it took a train to climb the lift.

[citation needed] After departing the station, the train passed through a 100-foot-long (30 m) tunnel and made a right turn into a 117-foot (36 m) lift hill.

[4] After cresting the top, the train took a slight dip as it turned right, and then descended 115 feet (35 m) down the first drop, reaching a maximum speed of 50 mph (80 km/h).

This loop was followed by a double-inverting Kamikaze Curve, the first of its kind that years later became widely known as a batwing element.

[4][5] After exiting both inversions, the train entered the track's finale, a left-turning, ascending helix.