Kings Island
Kings Mills, Ohio
May 31, 2009
Page Twelve
The giant piece of garbage that looms over Flight Deck is the notorious
Son of Beast.
In case you didn't know about SOB it is the worlds tallest wooden coaster
that was built by the cheapest bidder. The Roller Coaster Corporation
of America, through a throwaway subsidiary (throwaway in case they get sued,
like they were over this ride) built Son of Beast in 2000 from a design
by Werner Stengel. It's big draw was that it was the only wooden coaster
in modern times with a loop. The loop was it's only good part and
sadly after an accident on the ride they removed the loop in order to add
lighter trains as heavy trains were the cause of the accident.
So Bond and I left Mike as he didn't want his spine compacted and took Son
of Beast for a ride. Allie told Bond he'd hate it and she was right.
The whole ride is like driving 70 mph over speed bumps and potholes, not
fun. When we hit the mid-course brake he asked if it was over and
I wish it was as well. It sucked, we got off and won't ever contemplate
riding it ever again.
Interesting note there was an injury the same day we rode it that shut it
down again. Maybe Cedar Fair will one day remove this pile of garbage
and put up something good, or at least vaguely good because Son of Beast
is not. Unless you want the credit avoid this ride at all costs.
Still one good thing about riding Son of Beast was that it was almost as
high as Diamondback. You see Bond had been worrying about trying Diamondback
because of it's height. Having done Son of Beast he agreed to take
Diamondback for a try.