Mean Streak: I was the roughest wooden coaster ever built! Son Of Beast: Hold my loop.

@Howlingburd19

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Danella I just watched a POV for that. Wtf is that track profiling, and those transitions

@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102

4 жыл бұрын

The loop was actually the smoothest part of the ride.

@chancethetraveler458

3 жыл бұрын

Ametures... Son Of Beast: What was that.. punk. Beast: Ametures!

@quix9556

2 жыл бұрын

@@Howlingburd19 at least Mean Streak was built properly. SOB was built so poorly that it made it rough.

@UncleMasterChefOBdaGodOrSumIDK

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 so hold on the loop

Baddest, meanest, harshest, toughest, most painful, most incredible roller coaster ever.

@MattyIcecubes

9 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! Those of us coaster buffs who had the (mis)fortune of riding SOB are hardened in a way that no coaster buff will ever be again, especially if you rode it when it still had the loop.

@Firehawk195

9 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah I did! 9 years old and had me bent sideways for a week!

@virtual5291

9 жыл бұрын

Firehawk195 never was able to ride it. Wish i could of

@Firehawk195

9 жыл бұрын

Connor Rutan Oh MAN it was so good.

@virtual5291

9 жыл бұрын

Firehawk195 it would be cool if some other company made one similar to sob as in speed and and total bad assness but it will probably never happen. Im going to kings island sometime in august. What is your favorite ride there?

I designed a rollercoaster on Coaster Planet called Son of Yeast. It's configured to look like a slice of bread, and the cars look like pats of butter. I think it's the best thing since sliced bread. But I'm biased.

@ainsopholli439

5 жыл бұрын

Marchant2 i wanna see

@ritualmastaa8043

5 жыл бұрын

Marchant2 you mean planet coaster

@joemarks5931

5 жыл бұрын

workshop link? i wanna see this 😂

@psimms988

4 жыл бұрын

How is this relevant to this video? Name rhymes? Lol 😄😅😅😂😂😂😁😁😁😁😁

@rolo8742

4 жыл бұрын

I made one called Son Of Yeet and Its a Giga

Let me assure you if you go to Kings Island these days wearing a son of beast shirt, random strangers will compliment your shirt I even got a hand shake.

Wooden Coaster 1 looks too intense for me And RCT3 is still epic in 2023 :)

@leitakcoc

7 жыл бұрын

I don't think many people will get that cry reference

@leitakcoc

7 жыл бұрын

+leitakcoc gaming rct lol

@adamtulloss9147

7 жыл бұрын

It was torn down after some person got brain damage from it

@thescottallen

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not paying that much to go on Wooden Coaster 1.

@dakotaconve9509

7 жыл бұрын

You are mistaken. A woman claimed that she burst a blood vessel in her head. This was 16 DAYS after she was at the park. The Coaster was shut down as a precaution. After a full investigation they found nothing wrong. July 29, 2009 issue of the cincinnati inquirer had a report on it. My guess is that she was simply out for money.

Kings Island straight up trolled it's visitors with Son of Beast. They put their heads together and came up with a ride that tested the very limits of how much punishment the human body could take without suffering irreparable damage, and then laughed at us all when we got off the ride. Once it got old they tore it down.

@MattyIcecubes

8 жыл бұрын

John Benedeck Yep, SOB is surely missed.

@JebusChrust

8 жыл бұрын

+Chef Danger I remember riding it in grade school and having chest pains midway through the ride. It hurt to breathe for a week.

@TianaSmith

8 жыл бұрын

+Chef Danger I got sick as soon as the ride stopped and had whiplash for a week. Like +Jebus Chrust I couldn't breath halfway through the ride

@dantmcoasters4188

8 жыл бұрын

It's not entirely the parks fault. RCCA was incompetent and didn't know just how much stress the ride and riders were put through. If gci or gravity group buit it today it'd work much better.

@harpergrace5846

6 жыл бұрын

I had a massive headache for the rest of the day after riding it

Sucks they got rid of it. This video is pretty much historical now.

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

JC Denton I wish kings island would have RMCed son of beast ,instead of cheap and rip off banshee

@chipsaloe470

5 жыл бұрын

Quinton Parchment you say that with every comment

@chipsaloe470

5 жыл бұрын

Quinton Parchment banshee is considered a top b m inverted coaster in the world

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Chips Aloe banshees probably a montu and alpengiest wannabe

@chipsaloe470

5 жыл бұрын

Quinton Parchment is it cold down there in your moms basement?

This coaster was amazing! I remember riding it the summer it came out on a weekday with very short lines. I rode it at least 7 times in a row. The next day, I had bruises in places I didn't even know could bruise lol great times

such a gem that suffered an unnecessary and disappointing date. one of the most mesmerizing and balls-on coasters ever built

@aakritgokul2197

6 жыл бұрын

WeHateThePatriots “unnecessary” my man, do you even realize the camera, *mounted on the train*, was shaking?

@laneoo8959a

5 жыл бұрын

It's a wooden roller coaster bro it's gonna shake. But the thing was made out of crap wood and hella warped. I wish they had just rebuilt it (maybe even improved?) but that's just my unhealthy opinion.

@HEYitzED

5 жыл бұрын

Lane Harris yes it should’ve been rebuilt. Park just hasn’t been the same since.

When I rode it, in the front seat, the grown man sitting beside me broke down in tears. The crowd was sparse that day, only part of the park was open at a time. Nobody got off Son of Beast and turned around and rode it twice in a row. Not for the faint of heart.

@sebdapleb1523

5 жыл бұрын

u siad that twice

@diondee4890

5 жыл бұрын

Because of it's roughness?

@psimms988

4 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you?

@somewhatchewy

4 жыл бұрын

@@diondee4890 Not the OP, but yes. It was the roughest, most painful ride I ever had the misfortune to ride. The only smooth part was the loop.

I'm SOOO sad I never got to ride this magnificent creation. Would be awesome to see a reincarnation via RMC technology!

@shadowprince4482

8 жыл бұрын

+FollowMyRuin I totally feel ya. It was on my top 10 coasters to ride one day for sure. :( Guess I'll never get to.

@TianaSmith

8 жыл бұрын

+FollowMyRuin I rode it and got whiplash, got sick, and thought I was going to die lol

@leehasselbeck453

7 жыл бұрын

it really wasn't very good. it looks cool, but the pain inflicted on you distracted you from any fun you might have

@CCBMmemes

7 жыл бұрын

Lee Hasselbeck I truly don't understand the complaints about how painful this ride was... I only got the chance to ride it once (without the loop) and I didn't find it any more painful than something like The Beast.

@Musickt196

6 жыл бұрын

I went to KI all the time when I was younger but this was the only roller coaster I would never ride. It looked way too rough and jerky.

The only roller coaster where GP and Enthusiasts agreed on how unsafe it looked and felt

@sat-xc7ze

3 күн бұрын

Fax

I bet Rocky Mountain Construction could build an exact replica of this ride but with their I-box or topper tracks (my vote is for topper) and it would not only be much better than the original (which I never got to ride and was definitely ahead of its time) but it might be the best wooden coaster in the world.

@Sokobansolver

8 жыл бұрын

Hopefully with actual airtime rather than taking 10 minutes per hill.

@damocoaster8451

7 жыл бұрын

That would be sick.

@hwalnut7202

6 жыл бұрын

Sokobansolver RMC is known for airtime so that's pretty much guaranteed

@cashprinter5000

6 жыл бұрын

They did consider iron horsing it but after some structural and visual review, they concluded that a sizable portion, (90% if i remember) of the stucture had to be redone before putting that i box track

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

They should remove banshee, and replace it with RMC Son of Beast

I loved this thing... Rest in peace, you old body beater.

i worked at kings island as a teenager during the rise and fall of this Monster ride. i can truly tell you that it was the most intense roller coaster i have ever been on. RIP son of beast

I remember riding this 5 times in one day in the summer of 2000. The only way I can describe it was it was a huge Mammoth of a ride. Everything about it seemed huge and grand, when you made the first drop its felt like being picked up by a large bird and just dropped from hundreds of feet in the air. It was slightly intimidating

Riding this at night in the rain was incredible!

This was definitely not for the faint of heart...it was fast...it was brutal...it was mean...Heck it was a ride that you will remember for the rest of your life. I rode it in 2003 when I was 16 and that speed and freaking loop were enough to make you scream!!! And I got sick after getting off lol Good memories XD

only 90s kids rode this before they took out the loop

@johnd5931

4 жыл бұрын

It was out in 2000-09.

@QK_Engineer

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnd5931 if you were born in the 2000s you wouldnt have rode this if you were just 5 years old

They should rebuild the Son of Beast WITH THE LOOP with the technology they have today (but still make it wooden). Imagine the excitement it would cause if the legend itself was rebuilt.

@Alex-yy5wo

5 жыл бұрын

Grandson of beast

@Bass_Goat53

3 жыл бұрын

Dream bigger. RMC builds the first wooden gigacoaster in Kings Island.

God, that was so fun. It was like my favorite ride before they took the loop off...

*Here comes the loop, oh shit, oh shit!* I rode this ride 3 times, before it closed, so the loop wasnt there, it still looks like an awesome ride, and its amazing that they built a wooden roller coaster that was like the diamondback

Miss this one so much, it was truly a great coaster, best time to ride it was at night when it got really foggy. You would turn to the first drop and just see the fog cover the track and it just set the mood. Man if this thing was around today I would consider it one of the best if not the best, but alas that title goes to its father. THE BEAST.

Rode it for the first time, a week before the accident in 2006. My brain banged against my skull the entire ride, everyone getting off of it was holding their heads! Mean streak was rough but this was horrible! Had it been smoother, it would have been one of my favorites. The Beast, Racer and Shivering Timbers are my all time favorite woodies!

Now the loop is gone. 3 years later, now the ride is gone.

What an extreme ride this was. I was able to ride it before they tore the loop out, which was very exciting but really wasn't the most dangerous part of the ride. This was one of the most violent, uncomfortable rides I ever rode on. I rode this the first year it was open and it already felt like it was falling apart by the end of the season. The trains would jump up and down on the track like it was constructed very poorly. You would be thrown around in your seat, being slammed up and down and side to side in the cars. I got off this ride with an extreme headache and backache and I felt like I was kicked 100 times. I was so happy to get off this ride but it almost ruined my whole day at the park. The ride itself was a great idea, in theory, but a terrible implementation. Just poor planning and poor design and all the injury lawsuits eventually caused its demise. Very Sad.

@captainxxadventure

7 жыл бұрын

I believe your ride experience is common with extreme wooden coasters in general. I left the Voyage in Holiday world feeling the same way. You feel every board and turn for sure.

@mikebarnes9082

7 жыл бұрын

+captainxxadventure yeah holy shit Voyage was SO rough

@dakotaconve9509

7 жыл бұрын

Correct. Every wooden coaster has a rougher ride. The more extreme the wooden coaster, the more rough the ride. That's just one reason why I prefer them. The steel coaster Desperado in Nevada was very rough when I was on it, and not in a good way. I likely never ride it again, but I'd ride Son of Beast in a shot.

@coastaku1954

7 жыл бұрын

Actually the best and most intense wooden roller coaster in the world, El Toro, is by far the smoothest wooden roller coaster ever

@michaelanderson2881

6 жыл бұрын

New Jersey thanks you!

Riding this ride at night paired with the Beast was some of the best coaster memories I will ever have.

R.I.P. Son of Beast. Not the most popular coaster, but I loved riding it. Will be missed. :(

it would be a funny throwback for RMC to rebuild this from the ground up. Except make the structure actually strong this time.

@Aatrains512

7 жыл бұрын

Connor Trout the land is taken though

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Banshee sucks kings island should have RMC Son of Beast

@Pidge287

5 жыл бұрын

Quinton Parchment honestly, and I don’t think banshee sucks, but an RMC recreation of son of Beast would still suck. The layout was awful, airtime-less, just un-RMCable. I wouldn’t want a massive banked turn with a few airtime moments at the very begining and very end and a few in the middle to be an RMC. The layout was awful to begin with.

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Zek Teh Kek I remember seeing son of beast at kings island, I liked seeing son of beast better i think banshee layout is more crappy than Son of Beast, banshee is too spread out

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Zek Teh Kek could you sub

This video is slowed down. play at 1.25 speed for a more accurate ride. and yeah it really was that fast. Even the lift chain was fast.

This is the best explanation I've heard so far. Being a coaster enthusiast it makes me depressed to know I'll NEVER get to ride this extremely unique masterpiece. Had I known about how harsh the ride really was, as well as the seemingly ridiculous upkeep and other accumulating concerns, I would have made EVERY effort to go to King's Island just to ride SOB while it still had the loop (its first season of operation). R.I.P. to the respectably daring idea of a wooden hyper coaster : (

Minor correction. It was 2006 and they reopened it in 2007 on July 4th. And they had to get rid of the heavy-weight trains because they were destroying the track and caused a support beam to crack in the helix and it hurt 27 people and this resulted in having to remove the loop.

This looks awesome. Too bad they tore it down.

What a huge waste of perfectly good trees. How not to design a coaster 101

@nitpicker9406

8 жыл бұрын

+aaaee Actually, the trees weren't perfectly good. The main reason why the ride had problems is because PKI was cheap and used low-grade lumber. I'm glad Paramount sold the park. They were shit at running a park.

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Banshee sucks kings island should have RMC Son of Beast

@sebdapleb1523

5 жыл бұрын

@@ArrowThrills why? ur giving me a headache (just like SOB)

You know it’s tall when even the drop is long

Good i miss this ride..... I was 9 when this opened and it was the first roller coaster i went on. Nostalgia is hitting me right in the feels

I didn't even know they shut it down! For as much as I loathe wooden coasters, this one was awesome, and the only one that I ever actually liked. Of course.

@Metallidethium

9 жыл бұрын

You loathe wooden coasters but enjoyed what might have been the most intense one ever built? That's both impressive and odd to me lol.

@joem8887

9 жыл бұрын

KimPossible I rode this when I was 12 or 13 I think. It is the biggest roller coaster I have I ever been on to this point in my life, and it will always be one of my favorites. Too bad it had to be torn down :/

@kinkisharyocoasters

8 жыл бұрын

+KimPossible I used to loathe woodies. My first big roller coaster was Wildcat at Hershey, and that was when it had the old trains so it was quite rough. But there are plenty of AMAZING woodies that aren't rough, like Beast at Kings Island, Phoenix at Knoebels, Thunderhead at Dollywood, or El Toro at Great Adventure. If you refuse wood as a whole, you'll be missing out!

@PotterMarauder

8 жыл бұрын

+kinkisharyocoasters I rode the beast at kings island and it definitely made me want to throw up. They are just really jerky.

@imchris5000

8 жыл бұрын

+KimPossible it was torn down because it was tearing itself apart the original cars weighed as much as a fully loaded concrete truck with no people on it I was just at the parts barn for it today its still loaded wall to wall with every spare nut bolt washer and nail to be used on the coaster the loop alone has 5 feet of shelving dedicated to just its bolts

Best coaster ever built. RMC could not of improved on it.

@ethank612

7 жыл бұрын

they could do it easily

@ronscurti1269

7 жыл бұрын

Ethan K I disagree. Did you ever ride this coaster. RMC is not the answer to every wooden coaster. There was never anything wrong with the way this was. Easily a top 2 coaster.

@ethank612

7 жыл бұрын

no i did not have the chance to ride the coaster when it was operating, and there were many problems with it, if there wasn't any problems with it the coaster would still be operating. and RMC is the answer to most wooden coasters that are aging badly because the RMC topper track is a cheap and very reliable track that has proven to be a comfortable ride experience. Easily a coaster that wasn't safe enough

@ronscurti1269

7 жыл бұрын

Ethan K I'm not saying that this coaster didn't have its problems. It had many from the very beginning. I also realize that RMC is the answer to many aging coasters. But you have to understand. When this thing was running it was truly AMAZING. The layout was phenomenal and it was just an Awesome ride. Came out the same year as MILLENNIUM FORCE, and I couldn't decide which one I liked better. Sure if RMC was around at the time, they could have saved it, but that would have ment changing it, changing the layout, and it wouldn't of been the same. I'm sorry you didn't get to ride it. It truly was one of the best coasters ever built, but it was way ahead of its time, and that is what killed it. It was doomed from the start, but it was one hell of a ride.

@ethank612

7 жыл бұрын

Ron Scurti i hate to keep disagreeing with you but Millennium Force does not have a good layout, it's a simple layout.

If this coaster were ten seconds longer, it would probably be an execution device

I rode this about seven years ago, when it had the loop. It knocked me around more than a pinball machine, which kept me from really enjoying it. It was kind of cool to go upside down on a woodie though, I'll give it that. Shame it's gone now, the loop I mean.

To all the people thinking this deserved the RMC makeover, the ride was pretty much just 3 helixes and a loop.

@MrWfromHarrison

9 жыл бұрын

If u ever rode it, you wouldnt be saying that.This ride broke 7 World records..... Tallest, fastest, longest drop wooden roller coaster. Haha

@Sokobansolver

8 жыл бұрын

Also largest coaster to be dismantled (I think).

@T40Killa

8 жыл бұрын

the helixes are the best ever!

@ArrowThrills

5 жыл бұрын

Banshee sucks they should have RMC Son of Beast

2018-2019 Anyone?

R.I.P. Son of Beast EST. 2000-2012 at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio USA 🇺🇲 and Randy West Miss Soul Much Forever.

Man this is a rare video of a rare coaster. A ride without the midcourse brakes into the loop was few and far between after the first year.

Wooden roller coasters aren’t supposed to go in a loop.. that’s probably why so many people died on it

@jaylenhubbard688

4 жыл бұрын

Xx Girlygamer xX i just went on the beast and learned about the son of the beast 😲

@ravensilkk

4 жыл бұрын

X dafuango X the only “beast” ride I’m going on is Woodstock express that used to be a beasty ride but they changed the name

@jaylenhubbard688

4 жыл бұрын

Xx Girlygamer xX i never heard of it , at my kings island they just have “the beast “ and this year is its 40th anniversary

@ravensilkk

4 жыл бұрын

X dafuango X I go to the one in Ohio where do you go?

@jaylenhubbard688

4 жыл бұрын

Xx Girlygamer xX me too ! Cincinnati

THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME ROLLER COASTER KNOWN TO MAN NO COASTER WILL NEVER TOP THE SON OF BEAST & THE ONLY OTHER ROLLER COASTER THAT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE SON OF BEAST WITHOUT THE LOOP IS THE WHITE CYCLONE IN JAPAN :) HAVE A GREAT DAY :)

@gabbygustafsen8762

7 жыл бұрын

T LOU - NO I'M NOT CRAZY I'M AWARE OF THE LAWSUITS !! WHEN THE SON OF BEAST WAS NEW THE ROLLER COASTER HAD 1800 RIDERS PER HOUR !! THE SON OF BEAST SET SEVERAL WORLD RECORDS FOR AWESOME LAYOUT OF THE TRACK !! LIKE OTHER GREAT ROLLER COASTERS THAT ARE OVERWHELMED BY RIDERS & EVENTUALLY WILL NOT PERFORM PERFECTLY & SMOOTHLY THIS IS EXPECTED OF A WOODEN ROLLER COASTER & WHEN THE SON OF BEAST WAS FIRST ON THE SCENE WAS THE MOST AWESOME ROLLER COASTER !! TO CALL ME CRAZY FOR ENJOYING THIS RIDE WHEN THE SON OF BEAST WAS NEW IS IGNORANT & IMMATURE TO CHASTISE SOMEONE OVER A ROLLER COASTER GET A GRIP & GET A LIFE !

@fishtitan7135

7 жыл бұрын

Gabby Gustafsen they used cheap lumber. That's the problem and the fact the manufacturer did not fully realize the effect on riders. Not to mention the cars were basically a loaded concrete truck with NO ONE on it rlly. Some people just have to accept that oldie is not always goodie. Or maybe you are a troll.

@lampshades120

6 жыл бұрын

I never rode Sun of Beast but White Cyclone was very so shaky my teeth hurt lol

@sebdapleb1523

5 жыл бұрын

@@gabbygustafsen8762 headache, u have caused

@sebdapleb1523

5 жыл бұрын

@@fishtitan7135 probobly

This definitely looked like the smoothest and funnest wooden coaster. Too bad its gone. Seems like it had a nice view and everything too

Heres a fun fact, this ride is so ridiculously tall for a Woodie that its second hill, (the one going into the double helix) is actually the second tallest hill on a wooden roller coaster. Keep your hands up.

did they have a regular harness that wooden coasters have that goes over your stomach/lap? or did they have the one that went over your chest? I never knew of a wooden coaster with a loop so i'm kinda surprised, sucks i wont be able to try it out.

i love when coasters r so fast u cant hear yourself scream. this vid is a good egsample of that

Wooden coasters are traditionally rougher, especially if you ride in rows that sit above the wheels. Every time the wheels bounce around and hit bumps in the track, you feel them directly. Since the old SOB cars had three rows, my friends and I would always hop in the middle row and the ride was somewhat bearable. The loop was incredible, it was so big and smooth. It's a shame that it's gone now. It was still closed when I went last year, so I haven't had a chance to ride the new SOB.

best ride ever i rode when i was like 13 now im 22 and still gives me the chills hahaha

@TrentG23

4 жыл бұрын

And now you're 29

I've been on this ride 3 or 4 times and wasn't aware how long it actually is. I think it's super cool. King's Island rocks.

The fact that this ride totally beats the crap out of you is what makes it so fun to ride!

great concept, great design, but basically built out of firewood. If you look at track level pictures you can see a lot of it was warped out of where it probably should have been

i was 19 when the SOB was opened. it was the roughest roller coaster i have ever been on. i felt like i had been in a car wreck when i got off it. it beat the shit out of you for all 4 minutes. the loop was huge and probably the smoothest part of the track

@trashlord3214

6 жыл бұрын

heh "SOB" is right =y

I loved this ride. I got to ride it 4 times with the loop. Too bad about the people who were injured on it.

That looks so fun! I was watching a show about it with my dad this morning and we both agreed we'd definitely ride it... but now that the loop's gone and it's less steep I don't think it'd be as exciting, I guess. I'm still a coaster fan though.

It was also the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop, which was removed in 2006 after an incident in which 27 people were injured. The loop was not directly related to the incident, but was removed as a precautionary measure.

If I am not mistaken they decided to take the loop out of this ride. I heard that it the loop was either on a sink hole or it was not very safe. Very good video! I love the fact that the camera does not shake! 5/5

So glad I got to ride this .. first year it came out .. was an 1 and 1/2 wait and I waited every minute with excitement ..

@JustinTinaFey An accident happened back in 2006. The loop was not directly involved, but was taken out to replace the trains with lighter ones, so that the track would be safer.

From what I heard the cars were stopping or abruptly breaking and continuing before the loop causing broken ribs on some passengers. Kings Island said it would be easier for them to service the ride but the upkeep on the loop is easier than the wood segments on the rest of the ride.

I'm sorry that I missed this one while the loop was still in. I live really close to Kings Island so I have no excuse, except maybe the prices. I have ridden The Beast hundreds of times and it scares the crap out of me each and every time! The Vortex, The Beast, and Flight of Fear are my all-time favs. The Racer was my first ever roller coaster when I was about 6 years old.

@HaloTrackStudios The tracks on coasters are all essentilly the same today. They just linked the metal part that the wheels were running on in the wood part to the full steel track.

I loved this ride!! Thankfully I bought a pic of me riding it when I was about 14.

Damn! That's a long ass rode! Even without the loop, and not including the chain, it seems REALLY long! And VERY fun!

this ride looks awesome

This video is a gem

I've ridden the Son of Beast probably 15 times, in positions varying from the very front seat to the very back seat, and I will tell you that while it was definitely one of the roughest rides I have ever ridden, THE LOOP WAS BY FAR THE SMOOTHEST PART!!! The decision to take out the loop must have been made by idiots that have never ridden it.

The unique thing about Hades is that it did the reverse of SOB. The inversion was ADDED later on. From the look of it, it was already an awesome ride without the inversion. They just made it better.

I miss this ride SO much

Looks awesome. Its beautiful.

They took it down because this ride killed someone from bashing his head open on the loop. Since the whole ride was wooden and the loop was steel, the transition was brutal. People got off throwing up. One guy sued Kings Island because he had a massive migraine the after. He ended up having a brain tumor and he died 2015. They took it down because it was hurting people. This ride was not good.

Wow, what an amazing structure! And its actually really, really long for a coaster too, it seems.

Wow! You are so lucky to have been able to ride this! I'm forever jealous!!

i think putting in the pre-manufactured composite track would help this alot. i love this ride and it sucks it's closed. i'd love to see it open again. that ride is beautiful.

That coaster hurt like a bitch to ride... once was enough for me.

Absolutely BRUTAL ride. It felt like I was getting punched in the stomach for 3 minutes straight... Still...I'm glad I got to ride it before they shut it down!

@hockronic The loop was removed in 2006 after an incident in which 27 people were injured. It was not directly related to the incident, but was removed to allow for lighter trains, thus reducing the chances of the 2006 incident's re-occurrence. Although they did this, the future of this ride is uncertain and has been closed the whole 2010 season due to extremely high repair and maintenance costs approaching 30 million dollars.

Great video! Thats a crazy long ride.

I rode this the summer that it opened and it was one of my favorites besides The Beast. I was looking up the past coasters I've been on and just found out today that the loop was removed and the coaster has been offline for 2 years. That really sucks. This was an awesome coaster.

I went on it June 2006, I'm 6'4" I remember those cars having a steel handle bar that hit right on the knee, I can't imagine the pain people were in when that incident happened. My knees would have been DESTROYED

I've never seen a ride that long! O_O Looks freaking EPIC!!

If I could ride any coaster that's no longer in existence, it would be Son of Beast. I wish it hadn't been so ahead of its time that it no longer exists.

Scariest coaster I've ever ridden... due to how it was a tall fast woodie and it made you feel like you may not come back alive. It sounded like nails were flying everywhere when I rode it.

Son Of Beast just looked like a real good wooden coaster and it truly felt like it belonged there at Kings Island and I've never heard of Hades.

Awesome. I love roller coasters. I rode this one a FEW times.

yeah I watched the POV of it and it looks like an awesome ride

i remember being at this park, just looking at this coaster and asking myself why its closed. RIP Son Of Beast

I get so sad watching this. I remember how fun this ride was, and I loved being able to boast about living only a half-hour away from the only wooden coaster in the world with a loop. Just a few years after they destroyed it, my brother would've finally been able to ride it, which is similar to how they got rid of King Cobra the year I was finally tall enough for it.

how was dat loop was it wobboly or was it really smooth? by the way I think u r right anyone can probably ride it id love 2 but I doubt that im goin 2 kings island any time soon

The perfect coaster! hands down, even though i've never been on it.

THIS COASTER LOOKS AWESOME!

There's a news story (also on KZread) that says there was a cracked board on a part of the sharp turns before it got to the loop. That's what caused several people to get hurt on the ride. Probably some kind of whiplash or something. It's a shame to see the loop taken down. I wanted to experience this coaster at least once, being the only woodie with a loop. But I guess it was necessary since they changed the cars.

I was lucky enough to ride this twice in 2004 while it still had the loop. I remember it being a VERY rough ride, but I loved it anyway. Too bad it's gone, loop or no loop.

I wanna ride this so bad! Even without the loop who cares, and I know everyone complains how rough it is but theyre supposed to be!! This ride looks sick.

This ride is a BEAST, with OR without the loop. I rode it when they still had it, and when they didn't anymore. It's still hella crazy. No wonder why it's called "Son Of The Beast".

Omg this was the best rollercoaster ever!!!! ME and my Friend went on it and she screamed her head off, especially on the loop!!! R.I.P Son of the Beasts Loop

Who needs that stupid steel vengeance when you got this *sarcasm*