The Beast

[CedarPointer]

Has anyone else noticed a lot harsher stops coming into the station on The Beast? When I rode it today it seemed to stop a lot more than it usually does. I don't remember it doing that before, anyone know more? I can't imagine they'd do that on purpose, it's kinda painful.

[kiruler102]

yeah, i noticed that too. Maybe something is wrong with the breaking system idk. I rode it earlier around 7 and it was running great, But around 10:30 or so it was stopping more rapidly in the station causing the rails and things to rattle.

[Tanna]

I've found it very fast, and yes, the braking was a little more rough than memory.

[qscott86]

The Beast is rougher than it has ever been and yet some people on here are defending it at all costs and claiming it's "not rough".

[jcgoble3]

^ It all depends on where you sit. Avoid the back row of any individual car, as those seats are directly over a wheel and therefore will be extremely rough. The middle row of a CAR (not the middle of the whole train) will be smoother. The front row is also fairly smooth. In fact, I would call 6-2 (middle row of back car) very rough, but I find the front row to barely be rough at all.

[qscott86]

Yes I do agree that the middle of a car is fairly smooth.. that doesn't give excuse for the rest of the seats to be rough.

[TylerRider]

Yes I do agree that the middle of a car is fairly smooth.. that doesn't give excuse for the rest of the seats to be rough.

The ride is a fairly old wooden roller coaster. That's a good excuse for it being a little on the rough side in places.

[qscott86]

Yes, it is old. My understanding is that they re-track it every year though. My biggest complaint is the roughness in the tunnels after the second lift hill.

[kiruler102]

Excuse me! 6-2 is the smoothest seat you will find on that ride! if you ask any crew member most of them would recommend sitting in 6-2. There first choice seating from some of the crew that i know is sitting in 6-2.

[Titan]

The Beast rough, nah......... But I have noticed that the train is coming into the station a tad quicker than usual.

[noobwire]

I rode the ride yesterday at dark and it seems the whole ride goes without braking as much. But as you come to a stop in the station it is a very forceful brake.

[deidre1976]

Sometimes I think it's the time of day when you ride, I don't enjoy morning rides on The Beast.

[Titan]

I've also noticed that on The Racers too. One day they'll be really shaky, then another they'll be as smooth as a pebble driveway.

[kjkjkj]

Look, The Beast is a classic wooden coaster, it's meant to be a little bouncy. It's not a pre-fabricated, smooth as butter ride, and some of us like that it isn't! I would never call The Beast painfully rough, and I ride in the very last row of the train, and it still isn't rough to me.

[Titan]

I'm the same way. I love the back seat, but then you have some people (not pointing anyone out) going on about how they got a little headache and had to leave the park. I mean it's a 32 year old woodie, it should be like kjkjkj said a little bouncy.

[jcgoble3]

To paraphrase a famous saying, one person's rough is another person's smooth.