| Roller Coaster: | Son Of Beast |
| Amusement Park: | Kings Island (Kings Mills, Ohio 45034 USA) |
| Classification: | Roller Coaster |
| Type: | Wood - Sit Down |
| Status: | Operated from 5/26/2000 to 7/9/2006
SBNO from 7/10/2006 to 7/3/2007
Operating since 7/4/2007 |
| Builder: | Paramount's Kings Island |
| Designer: | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH, Roller Coaster Corporation of America |
| Track layout: | Terrain |
| Capacity: | 1600 riders per hour |
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| Length: | 7032' | |
| Height: | 218' | |
| Drop: | 214' | |
| Inversions: | 0 | |
| Speed: | 78.4 mph | |
| Duration: | 2:20 | |
| Max Vertical Angle: | 55.7 Degrees | |
| G-Force: | 4.5 | |
| Elements: | 218' tall Lift Hill with a 214' drop at 55.7°
Hill with a 164' 1" drop at 43.3°
Hill with a 150' drop at 37.3°
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| Trains: | 2 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
| | Built by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH |
| | Until the 2007 season, the Son of Beast used trains built by Premier Rides. The trains were made up of 6 cars and sat 6 riders per car. During the 2005/2006 off season one car from each train was removed, thus shortening them from six to five cars per train. |
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| History: | The Son of Beast was originally built with a 118 foot tall vertical loop. Problems encountered during the 2006 season closed the ride for the remainder of the 2006 season. During the 2006/2007 off-season many changes were made, most notable was the removal of the loop. While the loop was not the direct cause of the 2006 problems, removing it allowed lighter trains to be used, which in turn was done to prevent the problems in 2006 from reoccurring. |
