shark6495

no i agree having one issue does not deserve to have the ride destroyed, but I think having the thing the way it is now is just asking for trouble, in the future. I want to see this ride last a long time and be enjoyed, but as someone has said before since the removal of the loop the ride has lost its luster to most "normal" people, and the roughness of the ride will not keep people coming back. I meant the comment about having a train of people flying off the track as a dark joke, meaning we all know it cant happen but if it did oh god..... but for some reason the ride has yet to be reopened. If I am right after the girl fell out of flight commander didnt the ride get closed down shortly there after.........

Having a train of people going to the hospital due to a problem in the design also makes the ride useless

I think people want trims because it seems the only sensible way to keep the ride open with out killing a train full of people, I kid.... mostly. If trims returns SOB to a fun, mostly safe ride then great. But I agree this ride is becoming a hassle for the park, a PR nightmare......

You know I was disapointed when Days of Thunder left, but then 007 was just as cool. Spongebob is okay but I am not a fan of the 3d...... Return to Phantoms Theatre would be huge....

I remember this from a few years back my buddy and I were about 16 or 17 (so almost 6 years ago) we ran back to the kiddie area to ride every coaster in the park including Beastie, (no line so it wasnt like we were taking a ride from a child). I sat in the front row my buddy behind me and as we were getting the seats checked I made the comment to my buddy that this ride was probably the farthest thing from dangerous and we probably wouldnt need to even be restrained. Well as we are going up the hill, the ride op was over the PA talking about no standing etc, then goes The Beastie is the fastest most dangerous coaster in the park reaching speeds of up to one million miles an hour.... I do not know why I found it funny then but I find it hilarious now...

Look I understand both sides of the picture, but I sadly feel like I may start crossing the picket line so to speak. I am a SOB fan and have been since it was built. I felt this ride was my generations F Yeah Ride. I was born in 85, so most rides were either built or torn down before I was born. I mean King Cobra was cool but only because it was a standing ride, and top gun was built but really it seemed like a passive ride to me, but SOB was well one big sob. But now I feel that this ride may be more of a hassle than it was meant to be. Questionable building techniques led to a ride failure which led to a ride redesign, and eventual changing to lighter cars to put less stress on the ride, but that still has not fixed the over aggresiveness of the ride. If SOB does stay open the park should make sure they do not open themselves up to any liability and put up many signs talking about the injury possibilities due to such a large coaster, or the park should consider this another Bat. I hate to put it like that but if it stays open people will still ride it, people will still get hurt, people may or may not still die on the ride. The ride was never classified as unsafe, except for the time it broke if I am correct. But if people will still get hurt the park needs to make sure people know they are literally putting themselves in harms way. This way the park can say, look we are doing all we can to make the ride safer but if something does happen they cant be sued. But if the ride is torn down it will be a sad day.