KI Kid has it right, believe me. You go the same speed everywhere, but the magnets just slow you down faster, as opposed to the skids slowing you down more gradually. The first drop wasn't re-designed it was re-built over the off season and is much smoother now.
It's impossible to get back to the woods behind Beast during operating and after operating hours, nobody died from the minor incident, stop makin crap up.
Most of the wood coaster maintenance guys at pki were all union carpenters at one time. you don't need to go to college, just join a union carpentry company and learn the trade, then you can switch over to wood coasters. Just my .02