Attraction Son of Beast
- Thread starter Unagi
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It was a really neat ride that just had a horrible execution. It's also worth noting that SoB sits on some really prime real estate (along with most of the other park, too).
It's a sad thing to go but it looks somewhat bad to have a ride just sitting there and not operating. Especially a ride of that magnitude. It would have been tough to get it back running even if they wanted to since all the parts have been sitting still for years. I think it's better off getting destroyed. Maybe a piece of it will be at the Roller Coaster Museum.
I'm not gonna miss it. This ride should NEVER have been made. It was flat-out awful. All the other ride manufacturers at the time overbid on the project because they knew it was a disaster in the making. That left Kings Island to go with a company with very little experience.
SoB's footprint takes up about 1/10 of the park. Dollywood's Thunderhead would fit in the rose bowl section alone. They could build a few good-sized coasters in that location.
SoB's footprint takes up about 1/10 of the park. Dollywood's Thunderhead would fit in the rose bowl section alone. They could build a few good-sized coasters in that location.
Thing is RCCA made some pretty decent looking rides, but with the horrible quality of their construction plus the wood they used really didn't make the rides all that smooth.
http://www.rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&co=6918
http://www.rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&co=6918
Snap! said:
No, they didn't build this to be the "best." They did so strictly to break world records (highest/tallest, fastest and only looping).
The ironic thing about this coaster was the initial problem stemmed from the loop. The trains were built to handle the loop, not the wood track. But they eventually removed the loop to put lighter trains and it didn't help. And the loop, actually, was the smoothest part of the ride.
At that time, Paramount was really into taking risks with their new rides by investing in prototypes. It's such a shame the prototypes didn't work out so well. It seems the additions got smaller and smaller after Hypersonic, Stealth, and SOB turned out to be failures, especially after larger additions like Top Gun, Flight of Fear, and Volcano in the late-90s.
Kings Island took a risk and it backfired on them. I'm pretty sure if SOB worked out, it would be regarded as one of the best in the world.
Kings Island took a risk and it backfired on them. I'm pretty sure if SOB worked out, it would be regarded as one of the best in the world.
Two pairs of two words...
Fire Wood
Wrecking Ball
EDIT: I'm actually sure this ride wouldn't even make good fire wood...
Fire Wood
Wrecking Ball
EDIT: I'm actually sure this ride wouldn't even make good fire wood...
