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

I for one would prefer all of you kids not to chime in and say "I wasn't even born yet"!

^^ Lol. I was 4 years old.

I was 14 Months... LoL

I was -9 years old

A great ride. Wish I could ride it today!

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 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.

I was seven. And I do remember riding it on opening day of '79.

LOL I wasn't born till 1980. LOL =)

I was at home back then to short to ride anything.

I was being -17 years old

Alright, alright, we get how old you guys were at the time........

Funny, I was negative years old at that time. Too old to remember the length. LOL

I was -3 at the time.

*runs*

Alright, alright, we get how old you guys were at the time........

It's more like how old they weren't !

Anyone else find this interesting?

"Most riders in a single hour -- June 15, 1980, 1,680 riders "

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...)

Sounds like something doesn't add up. Did it used to have 4 trains?

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.