Son of Beast roller coaster to be removed

[TheBEASTunchained]

The music seems to be kind of sad but at the same time, an up-bringing sound.

[jandyb79]

The shot taken of the footers at 5:11 in that uploaded video look like headstones in a cemetery.

[flightoffear1996]

The more time passes on the sadder I get to see this go. It really was an awesome structure to look at even if it was a crappy ride.

[VortexBFForever]

When I clicked it, it said "This video has been removed by the user."

EDIT: It works fine now.

[TheCrypt]

I'm not sure why, but when I saw the numerous pictures of the snapped wood, sitting on the footings like tree stumps, a wave of sadness washed over me. Something about it seems heartbreaking to me, even if I know not why.

Perhaps it is a good thing the park did not release any Crypt demolition pictures.

[Shawn Meyer]

Anyone notice anything new with SOB? What I'm most interested in as well is if the rose bowl is still standing? Hopefully after this weekend, they have a camera pointed towards SOB.

[pyrocoasterkid]

From the KI Twitter just today.

[jcgoble3]

^ All those footers look like a graveyard.

[Bennett]

If they are planning to actually add a whole new "area" to the park, that will be one of the biggest bulldozer jobs in the history of the park. A whole lot of land will have to be removed, along with all the footers that are left behind.

The graveyard comment is spot on.

[IndyGuy4KI]

Who says that the footers will remain? They might be digging those up as part of the removal process once the structure is down. I think leaving them there would look quite silly.

[TheCrypt]

See King Cobra, The Bat, the monorail, among numerous and numerous others. Those footings remain to this day.

[KI-ORIG-EMP]

Removing footers that do not inter with any new expansion plans cost money. Just look at the footers that are left from King Cobra, The Bat, the monorail (which I helped construct) after those rides were taken down.

[Diamondbill]

On The Beast tour Don told us all the footers would be removed, and there would be no sign it ever existed.

[Diamondbacker]

^Wow, really? They'd take the footers out?

They want absolutely nothing left from this ride at all. No nostalgia or anything.

[KI FANATIC 37]

Don is like please!! I just want to forget it was ever here!!

[Diamondbacker]

I still hope one of them posts a video of the first hill coming down.

[Tanna]

On The Beast tour Don told us all the footers would be removed, and there would be no sign it ever existed.

That leaves space for something else.

[shark6495]

On The Beast tour Don told us all the footers would be removed, and there would be no sign it ever existed.

I am not doubting you, but I will believe this when it happens. Sort of like, watch what happens not what is said. They may dig up all of those footers, but realistically, may only dig up the ones that are in the way....

[beastfan11]

What are all these footers? I see no footers. Now footings on the other hand...

[TTD-120-420]

See King Cobra, The Bat, the monorail, among numerous and numerous others. Those footings remain to this day.

SOB has way more footings than all of those rides combined.

[TheCrypt]

Random Thought: Rides like King Cobra, The Bat, and others have footings lounging around to this day, because there was no need to have them removed. The park has reportedly mentioned all Son of Beast footings are to be removed. What could this "future park expansion" entail if all footings need be removed?

[LongliveKingsCobra]

...Aliens...?

A cost-er?

[Tanna]

But aren't footers for The Bat still present in the vicinity of The Vortex?

That has me curious, too. All of SOB's footers. I can still see remnants of rides long gone, but all remnants of SOB will be gone.

You can build a coaster with another ride's footers laying around, but what does it mean to have all footers to be removed?

What needs a flat clean area? A walkway? A building?

editted to ask Cedar Point goers, "What does Celebration Plaza look like? What does it entail? (thinking Luminosity.)

[homestar92]

But aren't footers for The Bat still present in the vicinity of The Vortex?

Yes. In fact, if you look to your right on the ground just before you enter the station part of the queue, you can see one next to the entrance of the shed where they park the trains at night.

And if you look to the left in that same spot, you can see a footer from the Skyline Chili-vision. But that's another story entirely.

[KI-ORIG-EMP]

I don't know how deep the footings for SOB are, but the footings for the monorail average 3' X 4' X 6' and there are several hundred of them that the steel rails were attached to. It would be labor intensive to remove all of those and I am sure there are still a lot of them. If Don said they will all be removed, then I would say they will.

[standbyme]

Maybe there will be some limited edition numbered Son of Beast footings available soon...I can't even imagine the shipping cost. (I'm already dreading to see what the shipping cost on the wood is going to be.)

[CoasterOhio]

What could this "future park expansion" entail if all footings need be removed?

My opinion. Maybe they are adding litterally a park expansion. New area? Expansion again to Action"Less" Zone? Or maybe Oktoberfest gets an expansion finally. There is plenty of room for that.

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I'm heading there in the morning and I'm bringing my camera. A very nice camera. So i'll be getting lots of pictures, Of SoB.

[Shawn Meyer]

Now i know you guys said that Don said that he wants SOB to look like it never existed, but what if they kept just the station? This way the new roller coaster can go into it and they save some money on removing steel. I'm sure whatever they plan on building they can alter the new ride in that station. I'm still hoping a ride like Maverick goes in SOB spot. Maybe the world's longest of it's type.

[The Interpreter]

El Toro uses the old Viper station. Still....

[flightoffear1996]

I am sure a tin shack on stilts doesn't cause too much to build.