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.



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