jackparanoia Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Reading through this thread is pretty neat. It seems like everyone is still having the same conversations as they were a year ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 As mentioned by Don earlier today...... One year ago today the 218-foot lift hill on the Son of Beast roller coaster was brought down to complete the ride's demolition. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Good ridance, I'm shocked this topic is still open, let it rest in pieces! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Reading through this thread is pretty neat. It seems like everyone is still having the same conversations as they were a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executioner822 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 i dont see why theres so much hate. i loved Son of Beast (i love any coaster ive rode really) i had the privilege of riding it 2 times with the loop in 2005 and then 4 times in 2008 and my last 2 in 2009 right before it closed. ill never forget my ride in 2008 as thats what i finished the night with while the fireworks were going off. so pretty. but then in 2009 Diamondback tooks its place with the night and fireworks ride. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (That statement can be interpreted in various ways) ~The Interpreter~ 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncars05 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Never got to ride this thing because I honestly was scared of coasters just about 3 years ago. (I know I missed out on a lot, but I am making up for it very quickly haha) But looking at that video posted above sure did bring back some good memories of looking at this behemoth structure. I always thought that SOB looked amazing with all of the supports and everything. The structure always made me stop and look at it during the time it was SBNO. It was a beautiful looking ride. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 He was like his father, but on steroids or crack or something? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Cracks, I think you meant. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I didn't know if it was a crack or cracks, I just remember riding it shortly before it was shut down forever to the public. It was extremely shaky. It will be nice to have Banshee in his spot, it was pretty cool riding S.O.B and DB that season though, but this will be much better in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindingSon Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Only a few days shy of three years since this was announced. What a ride. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 10/31/2012 at 3:18 PM, ahank said: The station of Son of Beast is meant to reflect Outpost 5, the same outpost that Adventure Express is meant to "depart" to. See below: This is the side of the SoB station. Now listen to track number 3 below: http://kiextreme.com/kitunes.php Outpost 5 would be a good name for a new coaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Does everyone remember before this when every topic on here would become a SOB topic even if SOB wasn't even in the same zip code as the original post's intentions? Good times. 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 31 minutes ago, silver2005 said: Does everyone remember before this when every topic on here would become a SOB topic even if SOB wasn't even in the same zip code as the original post's intentions? Good times. Kind of like how every thread now either becomes about the shed or the possible Giga. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 ^The SOB stuff was exponentially worse. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, chugh43 said: Kind of like how every thread now either becomes about the shed or the possible Giga. That's why I created a thread for gigas and the shed, to free up threads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just now, SonofBaconator said: That's why I created a thread for gigas and the shed, to free up threads So you think. No matter how many dedicated threads, someone will still use other threads to bring up said topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, chugh43 said: So you think. No matter how many dedicated threads, someone will still use other threads to bring up said topics. Oh yeah they will, just like what I did to this thread about an hour ago. That logo would look sick on a coaster though. While we're on the SOB thread, I wanted to ask. Is the track in the station still there or was that removed along with the ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 The track is still there sticking out on at least one side of the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Necroposting much... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I've always wondered how they got all those SOB footings removed. There were THOUSANDS of them. The rose bowl even had pilings driven hundreds of feet in the ground. I cannot imagine the work it took to pull all of them up... if they did... and how they did it... or if they just covered them up. For several years, the larger footings that supported King Cobra over the access road/former safari monorail tracks were still there long after the ride was removed. I believe these were removed when Banshee was built. At the very least, the former SOB footings on the precise parcels of land in which Banshee was built had to be removed as well. I guess they use a backhoe to dig them up and then toss them in a dump truck? If so after about 5, they'd have to get a new truck due to weight restrictions. It baffles me and is something no one ever talks about when a coaster gets demolished... what happens with all those concrete pillars! When Geauga Lake was demolished, all the footings were left. No doubt because removal would have been too costly. They've since been removed, from what I hear, but again... how'd they do it? Here's a pic... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 @Shaggy that's honestly quite interesting to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 IIRC, Don told a few of us at one of our informal meetups that year, while we were chatting under the Eiffel Tower, that they had a special tool that could come down over a footing, grab it, and twist it to pull it straight up out of the ground in a matter of seconds. Now how they actually transported them away from that point, I have no clue. But that's how they were removed from the ground. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Perhaps they are tossed in a KI junkyard somewhere instead of being transported out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixohdieselrage Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 They are probably being used to fix Vortex's sinking. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Probably just jackhammer them into transportable sections if they are to big. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryoj Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 hours ago, SonofBaconator said: That's why I created a thread for gigas and the shed, to free up threads Theres absolutely no way they put a shed on an Intamin Giga. The animation would be too unreliable. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 23 hours ago, Shaggy said: That just looks depressing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRickster Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 They are probably sold off to someone will to pay for it for scrap? Maybe landscaping or water flow control material? I know a creek by my house always has concrete crap from random stuff dumped into it to keep the water flow controlled after rain. I'd be they were probably broken up with a machine and buried or trucked out by someone. I'd be willing to bet there is a machine that could be transported on site to grind the material down . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Does everyone remember before this when every topic on here would become a SOB topic even if SOB wasn't even in the same zip code as the original post's intentions? Good times. Those were the good daysSent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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