ChazyG Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Interesting article on WLWT.com CINCINNATI -- Where were you on April 14, 1979? If you were at Kings Island, you might have been riding a new roller coaster called The Beast. http://www.wlwt.com/entertainment/27545612/detail.html Quote
standbyme Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I for one would prefer all of you kids not to chime in and say "I wasn't even born yet"! Quote
jdawg1998 Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I bet I can beat all y'all. I was negative 19 years old. How 'bout that? I find it interesting how early they opened then. The earliest they've opened that I've seen is April 17 (last year). Quote
Hendrick Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I bet I can beat all y'all. I was negative 19 years old. How 'bout that? I find it interesting how early they opened then. The earliest they've opened that I've seen is April 17 (last year). I was depressed when I saw my work had hired someone born in 1995... I shouldn't feel old at this age. Quote
KIanatic1975 Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I was seven. And I do remember riding it on opening day of '79. Quote
Vortex Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I was at home back then to short to ride anything. Quote
jdawg1998 Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Alright, alright, we get how old you guys were at the time........ Quote
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Funny, I was negative years old at that time. Too old to remember the length. LOL Quote
standbyme Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Alright, alright, we get how old you guys were at the time........ It's more like how old they weren't ! Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Anyone else find this interesting? "Most riders in a single hour -- June 15, 1980, 1,680 riders " Quote
Hendrick Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Anyone else find this interesting? "Most riders in a single hour -- June 15, 1980, 1,680 riders " Wow! Doing the math (assuming it was three rows per car, not the 4 when it initially opened), 1680/36(riders per train) = 46 2/3 train (rounding up) = 47 trains. 60(minutes per hour)/47=1.27, which means 1 train was dispatched every 1 minute, and 16 seconds! (Which leads to the question, how did they have enough trains? Train 1 leaves the station, so, it takes 1 minute, 16 seconds for both train 2 and train 3 to leave, train 1 is then only 2minutes, 32 seconds into it's journey...) Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Sounds like something doesn't add up. Did it used to have 4 trains? Quote
Hendrick Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 There was talk about this in another thread, but the answer is no. But, it used to have four rows per train. I'm just not sure if it still ran all 6 cars at that time. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.