Tanna Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I'd never ridden it, but there are plenty of POV utubes of the ride, to see where the banking is. The link above you will lead to other POV links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I can vouch for this...just saw it yesterday, you can see it plainly from Adventure Express. Not real familiar with the layout on SOB, but, one of the middle lifthills is completely turned askew, track faces directly towards AE, the support boards are turned over as well, many look broken and missing. Looks like the whole area collapsed, and twisted the track sideways. I don't mean to sound like I'm questioning whether or not you actually saw what you did, but I think what you saw was the first hill after the first drop. That hill actually is just that strongly banked... Outside of The Voyage, it's one of the biggest banking angles I think I've ever seen on a modern wooden coaster. From Adventure Express, it pretty much does look like you're looking at the track from the top, but that's just how the ride is. Until I started experiencing other parks, that was actually one of my favorite elements on a coaster--up until the train started knocking back and forth as you got closer to the top, that is. As far as the support boards go... I've got nothing. I was usually too preoccupied with avoiding cracked ribs after the first drop to care about what the supports look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrealNightmare Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Is this what you saw? Photo Taken by me during Ride Warriors Weekend 09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdwebber Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Weeeeeee! I miss it so much! Well if anything, if they ever do tear it down, then they should build another wooden coaster in its spot to out-do that new record breaker being built in China or wherever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Personally I feel like Kings Island won't try to outdo The Beast. Even if it ends up not being the longest in the world, there's still much to be said about being the longest wooden coaster in America. Wasn't the Son of Beast purposefully left a few hundred feet shorter just so that The Beast could retain the record? And while many records don't seem to typically be "well known" by the public (especially Cedar Fair's traditionally far-reaching ones), even they seem to know that The Beast is the world's longest wooden coaster. My personal opinion is that with so many well-versed wooden coaster creators nowadays (including Intamin's plug-and-play and GCI), a tallest, fastest wooden coaster could be successful. After all, after Son of Beast, the #2, #3, and #4 slot for tallest wooden coasters all go to Intamin, and if anyone might attempt a wooden loop again, I can see it being Intamin. The question is, would Cedar Fair pay the undoubtedly massive price that any company would charge to conquer those records again? But I think there is truth to the idea that Kings Island is a sort of 'wooden coaster capital' in a sense. If Cedar Fair did decide to create a wooden behemoth the way they've so long focused on steel ones, I should hope Kings Island would be at the top of their list... One of the most important wooden coasters historically, one of the 'best' wooden coasters annually... A real record breaker really would be at home. It would be a nod to the past and a testament to the future. Of course, that was a different Cedar Fair. The new company may like to tread carefully, and maybe that's best. But seriously... a 200 foot Intamin pre-fab with a loop. Can you imagine? Talk about putting KI on the map... The Travel Channel specials would write themselves. (And so would the marketing: Son of Beast was a real brat, but now he's on his best behavior. Son of Beast: REBORN. Only at Kings Island.) Dreamer? You bet. But I'm not the only one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I will do my best to get a photo of it on a weekend trip coming here in the next few weeks. That is the area in question, however, the whole walk area is twisted over, the track area is twisted over far more than that photo suggests, and, there are many boards just hanging loose. I just think nit goes back to the original lawsuit KI filed against the contractor for using sub-standard wood products during construction. Add to that 2+ years of sitting with no maintenance, and you have failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagoda Gift Shop Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Intamin is probably the only company crazy enough to try a loop. I don't think GCI or Gravity Group would even think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Crazy enough? I feel like the loop was probably the most successful part of the ride from a comfort and marketing point of view! Perhaps the size could be reduced or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Actually, The Gravity Group said in a Gravitycast podcast episode from a few years ago that, now that the Timberliners are out, they'd pretty much just need to find the right client who wants a wooden coaster with a loop to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Actually, The Gravity Group said in a Gravitycast podcast episode from a few years ago that, now that the Timberliners are out, they'd pretty much just need to find the right client who wants a wooden coaster with a loop to do it. Not to say it is not possible, but would they feel the same way about that statement today? That was probably before they got delayed on The Voyage twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 ^ Good point. Still, the context of the statement seemed to be that they were more comfortable with the idea of a loop because they now have control over the trains' design. I'm sure The Voyage has helped them realize the depth of that responsibility, but there's also a difference in the situation--we're comparing adding Timberliners on a ride that's spent five years running a different manufacturer's trains to them designing a new ride that has a loop and would be designed around Timberliners in the first place. The former is what's causing them problems; the latter, without the loop, has apparently given them few issues. Just see Wooden Warrior and Twister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benred23 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Just an update on the Supposed "Falling Apart" Of Son of Beast where the really sharp banking is. I rode AE today and did notice it... If you look at the pic above posted by unrealsk8r, if you look at the middle rails in between the tracks, you notice a few of them are kinda crooked and not straight up with the track. In what I saw today of the Supports between that track, NONE of them Are straight! They are all bowing out, falling off or just not even there at all! Kinda surprised to see this actually... wander if anyone else saw or noticed this weekend.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 ^ If you look closely at unrealsk8r's picture, they're actually not straight there, either. The ride just looks like that--they're at very odd angles to each other. It's very different from what we've come to expect from KI's other woodies. It's not impossible that there might be some missing; I'm just saying what I've noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 If they're in the bank turn, can't someone go grab a picture from the Eiffel Tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I've noticed that before. It's been like that for years, that's just part of the ride's somewhat questionable structural design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 The Beast has a wonky look to it's rails, too. It's an abandoned mine theme. That's why I was looking for that false decayed look. Guess it's genetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benred23 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Somewhat questionable structual design aside, That just looks downright dangerous! I mean, On the pic above, a few of the boards in the middle are kinda crooked... But now, there either Not there or totally bowing out or turned in alltogether! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccarthysnerd Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I was on AE about a week ago and it looked like some of the boards were falling down but most of them just as crooked as normal because thats how SOB was built. SOB had the boards kind of crooked when it was first built in 2000 but from what I saw, 2 or 3 of them had fallen or broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah I don't think they can stay silent on this issue much longer. I mean, how many years can you just let that thing sit there? We're approaching 3 years now. On a similar note, does anyone have the audio from SOB's station that played while boarding? You ask, you shall receive. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9ib79v44a7c2cli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccarthysnerd Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 We'll it looks like SOB is going to stay in hibernation again for 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortexfan Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 At this point in Son of Beast's SBNO state, would the park even announce its removal? It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the coaster was quietly dismantled during a future off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I think the only reason they'd say anything about it if it were positive for the ride's future. If it is to be removed either this offseason or in a future offeason, they would probably say nothing on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlopez Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I hope not. I want to get Pictures next season of it , if they are going to be removing it . In some way I dont care If they remove it but yet i will miss it. Its memories. I wish they would just let us know though. Maybe they just dont know what to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip-phantomtheater Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Any one want free fire wood: PLEASE TAKE!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastForever Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Is it me or did anyone else remember last year when they said they were going to decide it's future in the 2010-2011 offseason? I hope they at least say something about it this offseason. The ride's been sitting there for a little over 2 years now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWBeast1039 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Is it me or did anyone else remember last year when they said they were going to decide it's future in the 2010-2011 offseason? I hope they at least say something about it this offseason. The ride's been sitting there for a little over 2 years now! I think they're waiting for a windstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_humor Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I'm completely dumbfounded that we have gone through another operating season with no word whatsoever. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Sounds like to me they are waiting for an act of God, so they can claim the insurance money on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudecoasterman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 along with the posts above I agree that they could just just waiting for some natural disaster to come ant take care of it for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I know SoB hasn't been touched since 2009. The Trains have been sitting on the ground next to the old loop area since the end of the season of 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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