King Cobra Statistics Park: Paramount's Kings Island Type: Steel, Standing Opened: 1984 Status: Operating Ride Time: 2:00 Track Length: 2219 feet Top Speed: 59 mph Inversions: 1 Lift Height: 95 feet Vertical Drop: 80-85 feet Angle Of Descent: 45 degrees G-Force: 3-4 Designer: Togo International Builder: Togo International Cost: $3 million Capacity: 1250 riders an hour Features: A large vertical loop, and a 540 degree horizontal loop at the end. Vehicles: Twenty four riders per train, two trains. Structure: The coaster weighs a total of 500 tons, or 1 million pounds of steel. Approximately 500 yards of concrete were used in the foundations. A total of 3,000 nuts and bolts were used. History: King Cobra is the first stand-up looping coaster in America, designed specifically to transport riders in a standing position.