After riding Son of Beast for the first time since its "re-birth", I thought, they should have just given it a new name, as making it a reference to The Beast really isnt appropriate any longer. Also, with all they did to it, if they would have renamed it, I would have felt justified and making it a new coaster on my coaster count list.

If anyone has any cool names that they think would be cool, feel free to respond. This is just for fun, I'm sure it won't get renamed, but if they did, what would you like to see it called? I think a good one would be

Rolling Cyclone. As that is what it feels like you're riding when riding it! Also, our friends in Jersey

may find that amusing

sry about this, post has been taken off

After riding Son of Beast for the first time since its "re-birth", I thought, they should have just given it a new name, as making it a reference to The Beast really isnt appropriate any longer.

Forget "any longer".

When was the reference to Beast appropriate at all?

The ride known as SoB is an insult to a ride that put KI on the map.

It really is too bad that such a great legacy has been tainted.

^Amen.

As for a new name... how bout one of these:

Bonecrusher

The Punisher

Rib Smasher

Knee Knocker

Body Bruiser

The Fairly Odd Not-fun coaster

Terrible Rampaging Illegitimate Child of Beast

Pain County, USA

my post erlier i was some what scared but here it is

Son of Crap

Too true, tggr, that the name has never really been appropriate. They only share the helices in common. SOB needs a tunnel.

How about Son Of Pain?

Rib Smasher

That's the name right there. Rib smashing is what happened when I didn't ride in the front seat of the blue train. If you don't ride it Exactly right that is.

Still my favorite as I always ride it smoothly.

Also, with all they did to it, if they would have renamed it, I would have felt justified and making it a new coaster on my coaster count list

Are you kidding, a new ride. All they did was do some re-tracking which is done on every wooden coaster, at least once a week while I worked at beast would we open late because they were re-tracking some portion of the ride. Do you count Beast as a new ride every time you ride it? In addition Son of Beast has been retracked many times before and no one has added tallys to their list. New trains; rides have made modifications to the trains before, FOF changing their restraints had a bigger impact on ride experience than the new trains on SOB had. Is FOF a new ride since 2001? As for the removal of the loop, things like that happen. Hell look at The Racers, those started out with an extra bunny hill and both trains forward. I doubt people that have been riding it in 1972 count:

Forward on forward side with bunny hill

Forward on fordard side without bunny hill

Forward on backwards side with bunny hill

Backwards on backwards side with bunny hill

Backwards on backwards side without bunny hill

As 5 different roller coasters.

If you're that desperate to add to your track list, then you need to get out more.

In addition changing the name would be stupid because reguardless of positive or negative publicity for Son of Beast, it is STILL publicity. Tons of people come to Kings Island and know of Son of Beast "the worlds tallest, fastest, and first looping coaster." Changing the name would produce way too much bad publicity for the park to justify.

^

We generally call those people "coaster credit whores".

Although, it seems like FOF was a new ride when they switched the trains from OSTR's to lap bars.

^Amen.

As for a new name... how bout one of these:

Bonecrusher

The Punisher

Rib Smasher

Knee Knocker

Body Bruiser

The Fairly Odd Not-fun coaster

Terrible Rampaging Illegitimate Child of Beast

Pain County, USA

How about naming the Son of Beast.....

Debt..The Ride

SpineTingler

Ruptured Disc

( Do Chiropractic Centers Sponsor this Ride??? ) ..of course I'm kidding

I've got it:

Firewood

how about Son of Beast

.... In a recent press release, Kings Island has revealed that it intends to change the name of the Son of Beast roller coaster to Son of Beast??????

Sorry. Doesn't make sense.

Implies roughness but still has the tie to The Beast:

"Wrath of Beast"

Either that or "Next Stop : Hospital"

Why does everyone hate SOB??? It's the best roller coaster at KI, im going to start making fun of IJST, and keeping annoying everyone about how it is the worst ride ever not only because it ruined Coney Mall, it also hurt me really bad when i ride it. If you don't like SOB keep it to your self, some people find SOB as a great ride.

If you don't like SOB keep it to your self, some people find SOB as a great ride.

I always find it funny when on a forum someone tells someone else to keep something to themselves. It kinda goes against the entire purpose for having a forum.

Terrible Rampaging Illegitimate Child of Beast

I like it.

Timber Tantrum

Demon Quake

Widowmaker

Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train

Hell's Toboggan

The Bizznezz

The Once-Over

If Universal had bought the park they could have themed it off of the movie "Problem Child".

I'm going to start making fun of IJST, and keeping annoying everyone about how it is the worst ride ever...

Good Luck trying to find anyone that you would truly annoy by knocking IJST!

As for your "Why does EVERYONE hate SOB?" comment...doesn't it tell you something about the ride when even you notice that most people don't like it?! (Do you think that "everyone" is posting negative comments just to annoy you...quite a conspiracy theory.) If you like SOB more power to you...and great health insurance.

As for a new name, an appropriate name would be: "Closed For Repairs".

just so you know thrill biscuit-Hard Rock park does plan on having a ride called "Crazy Train". It will be their 1st "Woodie". Of what porportion is left to be seen.

This will probably be the last time I suggest that a ride is named after a movie.

Along the lines if Universal purchased the park:

The Money Pit.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091541/

If you don't like SOB keep it to your self, some people find SOB as a great ride.

Well if you want to take that avenue, and since most of the population of the planet Earth dislikes SoB...

If you like SoB keep it to yourself, most people find SoB as a terrible ride.

^Amen.

As for a new name... how bout one of these:

Bonecrusher

The Punisher

Rib Smasher

Knee Knocker

Body Bruiser

The Fairly Odd Not-fun coaster

Terrible Rampaging Illegitimate Child of Beast

Pain County, USA

To add to the list:

Suicide

Murder

They should just tear down it.

Actually SOB is a very sad story. It was just not built well. The most prolific roller coaster designer ever made the blueprints then a company with very little experience (roller coaster corp. of America) built it.

Roller coaster corp of America only built one other wooden roller coaster and it sucked too! I forget the name but I just saw it yesterday and could get back to you. It was ALSO plagued with maintainece problems and needed to be re-designed after only a couple years.

I WONDER why SOB has problems.... coincidence?

If I had 3 wishes for KI:

1. SOB was built by a better company

2. Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal was brought back instead of TR:TR

3. Food was better and REASONABLY PRICED.

Ummmm.....

RCCA did NOT build Son of Beast. It was slated to, but a subsidiary, the Ohio Coaster Corporation began building it, when suddenly Paramount Parks took over as general contractor. Many attribute the problems with Son of Beast to the building job done by Paramount Parks.

And RCCA was responsible for seven coasters, including Son of Beast, according to http://www.rcdb.com :

http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?contact=114

And yet, on Son of Beast's own rcdb page, we find RCCA as co-designer, with Paramount's Kings Island as the builder:

http://www.rcdb.com/id584.htm

See also the park's OWN fact sheet, where IT says Paramount's Kings Island was the builder:

http://www.rcdb.com/document31.htm

Terrible Rampaging Illegitimate Child of Beast

I like that one.

I don't think Alabama Adventure would find it very amusing:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig475.htm?picture=2

If Universal had bought the park they could have themed it off of the movie "Problem Child".

Actually if you remember, in 2000, many of the advertisements for Son of Beast refrenced it as the "Problem Child." Remember the old baby carriage on the coaster track pictures?

Ummmm.....

RCCA did NOT build Son of Beast. It was slated to, but a subsidiary, the Ohio Coaster Corporation began building it, when suddenly Paramount Parks took over as general contractor. Many attribute the problems with Son of Beast to the building job done by Paramount Parks.

And RCCA was responsible for seven coasters, including Son of Beast, according to http://www.rcdb.com :

http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?contact=114

And yet, on Son of Beast's own rcdb page, we find RCCA as co-designer, with Paramount's Kings Island as the builder:

http://www.rcdb.com/id584.htm

See also the park's OWN fact sheet, where IT says Paramount's Kings Island was the builder:

http://www.rcdb.com/document31.htm

Wasn't The Beast also built in-house? I really can't remember.