I rode this when it first opened, and absolutely loved it. The fact that it had a loop but you were still riding in a car designed like it was for wood only really added to the effect. Riding at night was phenomenal. It really is sad to see that it has been torn down :(
@@afoolsbabybear2266 something happened and they thought they could lessen how rough the ride was by replacing the trains with new lighter ones, and unfortunately the lighter train could not complete the loop so they removed it.
Yeah it was if a hurricane hit Kings Island it would of been gone but something like Ozark Wildcat had a fight ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-frN53CyUQhE.html
Quinton Parchment son of beast could not be repaired, it was a rough unsafe coaster and the beast can’t be removed because it’s a huge Part of the parks history
That was a ride with multiple safety and engineering issues. The builder, RollerCoaster corporation of America, was sued to the point of being out of business due to the many issues with SOB. Personally I think the project was seriously underbid, and RCCOA cut way too many corners. The amount of structure problems it had year in and year out was astronomical. I believe I read somewhere the annual upkeep was 2 million dollars. that is a lot of cash to keep a rollercoaster running.
@@MrSpecificity they did. They even made a shell company called roller coaster corporation of Ohio to try and keep their real name out of it. They were a really shady company and it really sucks because if they had gotten a better company to work with we might have had a much better ride that would still be up to this day.
As one of the first riders on this beautiful coaster, and a regular rider until 2005 when I moved to Florida, (with no issues, I might add) it broke my heart to see this video. The racer caused me back pain every single time I rode it, but I never complained.. nor did I hire an attorney. 😠😪
Believe me, Son of Beast was brutal. I rode it only 2 times, once in 2002 and again in 2004 at night. Going through that huge helix felt like getting punched in the face. Son of Beast looked good on paper, but didn't work out well in reality.
Joel Hunt wow, that sounds exhilarating. I know you had a blast dude.. sounds like the Beast was a ride that made someone beg for mercy. Makes me wish I'd gotten to ride it even more.
Brennan Ellwood it was definitely a great coaster. I got to ride it the first year it opened then again when they took the loop out. One thing I’ll never forget about it (besides the amazing speed) is you don’t get to see how steep the hill really is unless you rode it. The surrounding trees hid majority of it from viewers. My opinion, if it were still around it would probably be their best wooden coaster. Can’t say overall because Outer Limits (Flight of Fear) is my fave. Long live Son of Beast!
@@skunkman9815 if you knew you had heart problems and that something too intense might kill you, would it really be fair to say the ride is responsible for your death?
While I was not there to see the prep work, that lift hill came down a bit too easy for being 200+ ft. tall. I watch a video of the Ozark Wildcat in Branson MO, a GCI Woodie, and it took the bulldozers 8 or 9 good pulls before it finally let go.
Dave Baker not really, you could spin the bolts that’s how lose they were and wooden beams on it cracked and fell that’s why no one attempted to retrack it
I loved kings island i rode the beast and went up the tower. I also saw the initials D.C., since the Partridge family had just filmed there I believe that was David Cassidy who put them there. I was there between. 1972 and 1974.
went to Kings Island for the first time in 2007, mainly to ride the Beast, wish I could've ridden this one but it was shut down. Didn't go back until after they tore it down.
Wow that big hill I was always used to seeing when I drove around that area just wiped away. I'll be honest, to me it was one of those "alright" rides, not great but not bad. Even so, its a terrible shame they demolished it. After having been closed for multiple seasons we all knew it was probably coming down soon :/
I hope people do realize that this was controlled demolition, so most support beams were pre cut or weakened and the rope that was pulled was attached at strategic point ? Look up building demolitions, it is meant to fall apart easily and predictably
RIP Son of Beast. Killed because some wimps couldn't handle it. You will forever be remembered in our hearts and we look forward to seeing you again one day. May you forever be happy in Heaven.
@shadowiish :D hey i was like 12 when i commented this 😭 pretty sure i was being sarcastic but i honestly don't remember writing this so who knows lmao
ThT thing went down without a fight, which is terrifying considering it was the only wooden hyper coaster ever and I’ve seen coasters two times as small take way longer to knock down.
I remember going on this and absolutely hating it. And also when I went on it I felt unsafe about the coaster. Now seeing this thing come down so easily, it's scary.
It didn't fall easy. They cut the footers first then the slightest pressure would make it fall. It's like if you cut the base of a house and pushed it over.
RMC was never planning to convert it as there was no need to in which I agree. Son of Beast failed and trying to do something ambitious to fix it really would not of been worth it. RMC was only a small company at this time and did not have the skills and capabilities they have today. Plus Son of Beasts structure was too unstable as it was poorly constructed and not safe.
Son of Beast is never coming back. This ride was a complete disaster since it went vertical and this coaster is now in the past. Though an RMC could be coming at some point.
An end of an error. This roller coaster gave too unpleasant ride experiences. However, when I visit kings island during a vacation to Ohio, I will definitely give Banshee a ride.
MrGamerBoy *Had* a loop. I wish this coaster didn't have too many mechanical problems, looked like it would've been fun. Although it wasn't the first wooden rollercoaster to feature a loop, back in the early 1900- mid 1920's most coasters were wood and designers did put loops on some roller coasters, but the problems were they were perfect circles, loops today are elliptical, and that put too much g-forces on riders which made them uncomfortable. Therefore, the loops on the coasters weren't popular and loops didn't become popular again until the 70's when Magic Mountain built Revolution, the world's first steel vertical looping coaster.
That isn't looping, that's inverting. That's a barrel roll and all the inverting wooden coasters these days have dive loops (Goliath, Great America), heartline rolls (Outlaw Run, S.D.C), zero g stalls (Goliath Great America). and overbanked turns. A wooden coaster is yet to do a vertical loop since Son Of Beast and I doubt that R.M.C will ever do a vertical loop on a coaster.
You should actually be happy that it’s gone, because the ride was actually a rough painful mess, mostly because it was built by a piss-poor manufacturer. If it were built by, say, Great Coasters International, Custom Coasters International, Gravity Group, or maybe Intamin (as a prefab Woodie), then it would be a smooth and exciting ride and continue operating today. But it wasn’t. Instead it was built by the Roller Coaster Corporation of America, one of two manufacturers known for building terrible and painful wooden coasters (the other one being the Dinn Corporation). The moment RCCA was chosen to build this ride was the moment it was doomed to fail. In other words, not having the chance to ride this painful mess of a ride is for the better. If you want to ride a super-tall woodie, I’d suggest you’d give El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ, or T Express at Everland in South Korea a ride.
It was demolished because it was a really jerky and shaky ride. Tons of people were injured from a crack in the ride. And more people were hurt from the shaky ness.
