Son of Beast Construction Tours - 1999/2000 

I feel honored and lucky to have ridden that coaster. I actually loved it, was the best woody I have ever been on. I loved its overpowering force and speed. The giant helixes were out of this world. But it did help that I was young and in good shape to enjoy it’s roughness and I guess there’s the rub for some riders. What a shame that corners were cut during its design and construction. If only it was done correctly we’d still be enjoying it today.

I’m probably one of the few who miss that ride. I know it was a problem child, but I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for it...and a sharp pain in my back from it

Great construction video! Amazing how much you were able to see this coaster come to life up close! Too bad this coaster didn't work out. This coaster looked was a BEAST. I wish I got the chance to ride this monster.

Top 10 moments filmed before the disaster.

That thing was just massive! I personally loved it. Was lucky enough to get my first rides with the loop a few days before the accident in 2006. Where dreams and a coaster arms race meets cutting corners and spotting engineering.

Great footage Sean! If only they knew back then that this coaster would become famous for all the wrong reasons...

Always love the videos Sean! We share a love of Kings Island- I guess that comes with the territory when this is your home park! RIP Son of Beast

Everyone calls this the biggest failure, but without it... No industry would even try to make the rides we see today.

I absolutely love going through these. I love all your videos but the SoB (especially this one) are very cool. Never got to ride or take this beast in. So I'm appreciative of these. Hope you are doing well Sean, and have a great Christmas and New Year!

This is one coaster I’m thankful to have never gotten a chance to ride. I remember reading about Son of Beast in a book about Roller Coasters when I was young, and thought it looked pretty cool with it being over 200 feet tall and featuring a vertical loop, hoping one day I would get a chance to ride it. At first I was sad that I never got a chance to ride it before it was demolished, but after hearing about how painfully rough it was, not to mention was built by an incompetent manufacturer, and even had a horrific accident back in 2006, I’m thankful I wasn’t one of the unlucky few who got beaten up and tossed around by this monstrosity which Paramount should never have tasked RCCA with building in the first place. I’ve ridden some rough-as-hell wooden coasters like Mighty Canadian Minebuster in Canada’s Wonderland, Le Monstré at La Ronde, and even El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure a month before it had another accident, but I feel as though Son of Beast would’ve legit tried to knock me unconscious. I know some people who enjoyed the ride are pretty upset that it’s gone now, but really it was for the better, because this ride was rough as balls, not to mention a literal recipe for disaster, especially with the 2006 accident. At least they replaced it with an awesome B&M Invert named Banshee, however the rest of the area where SoB stood has yet to be filled. Same with the old Vortex plot. Hopefully something from either MACK Rides or Vekoma (or both, idk) can fill in those empty spaces, and thus increase Kings Island’s number of coasters to 16.

Thank you for that video, it's the best one on the tube

Son of Beast had a lot of problems no doubt about that...but imagine if they had hired a reputable company? Imagine how much of an accomplishment it could have been.

Great footage as always!

19:03 “It’s my number one wooden coaster and I don’t even have to ride it” Well…you may want to ride it before saying that…😂

Oh man I got goosebumps watching this

Good morning have a great day. From Pakistan

Fantastic footage as usual Sean. My only regret is I never got to ride it. It was one of the most beautiful coasters that I have ever seen in photos and video. I wanted to watch this last night but You Tube was down for a few hours. Way to go once again Sean. You continually deliver the gems. How many times did you ride this? Rob/Boston

OMG! amazing

I think it was the best

Montel Williams sends his condolences

Sad i loved that coster :'(

That terrain blows my mind. Did they ever talk about the elevation changes with respect to the ground? It looks like the lowest point is the valley where the drop and loop are. I'd love to know more about those details. Also, how tall is the drop before the loop?

I would watch this video, but yt just decided to stop working for some reason. Wonder if other ppl are having the same problem Edit: nevermind it decided to work now lmao

I really wish they gave the job to intamin. Imagine a prefab of this size. I hope a wooden giga shows up some day.

Do you want to completely demolish Wooden Roller Coaster 4?

13:32 oh my that’s the King Cobra! I was curious what coaster that was lol

It makes me sad to see all the work they put in gone to waste.

Its crazy that as massive as son of beast is its still so much smaller than Orion by almost 100 feet.

I cannot imagine the shear size of S.O.B.

Despite probably being one of the worst coasters on earth I really wish I could’ve experienced it

“It looks like some sort of drilling device, and people sit on it!” Hey dude, stop talking about my sex toys like that...

17:50 This is the first time I have heard someone describe Ohio as "cool".

Honestly I think wooden coasters have a limit of how big they can get. I doubt a wooden giga will ever happen. It's far too much speed and force on the track, far too much maintenance for hundreds of thousands of feet of wood to inspect, it just doesn't make financial sence to make wooden coasters this large.

Too bad that it was a colossal failure. If they would have waited a few more years Intamin could have done it