lights in beast tunnels

[eastcoasterdude]

i live in pennsylvania and come to kingsisland normally once a year for the last 20 plus years.i love The Beast,especially night rides.the last time i was there was in 2011 and all 3 days we were there the lights in The Beast tunnels were all on.is this something new? can anybody tell me how things were last season.

[Creed Bratton]

eastcoasterdue, welcome to KIC! The Beast tunnel lights generally aren't on. Sometimes, the lights are turned on by maintenance inspecting track and they simply forget to turn the lights off. When I rode last year they weren't on. Hope this helps.

[DontWantToWait42mar0]

What's it like when the lights are on?

Cool for the first time atleast?

[Creed Bratton]

It's alright..nothing really really special. It looses the "feel" of mystery/darkness on the night rides.

[BB1]

A word of the wise, night rides can be 100% different from day rides, same goes for morning rides during the fall, that is when a few Beast enthusiasts ride it more often than usual, like myself. I have only been on one "night light" run and it wasn't really anything new, just was something I didn't expect to see, it almost felt like a 80's music video..

[SonofBaconator]

The Beast is the best night ride hands down and adding lights would ruin the experience. I have yet to see tunnel lights..

[74Gibson]

My first rides on Voyage were in the dark of night at Holiwood Nights and I hadn't even let myself look at pics. I had no clue what was going on after the 3rd hill until the next day. Words connote describe such coolness!

[flightoffear1996]

Day rides are very borning on The Beast and dont even waste time riding it but at night however is in my top ten.

[xXDrummerKiDXx]

It's the only ride that I must ride at night

[dare-to-fly]

There have been several periods where maintenance has been very annoying about leaving the lights on. If memory serves, some of them were put on a timer at some point while I worked there in 2011, but I don't remember for sure which ones. I'm thinking it was the helix lights. I hate it when they leave the ones in the graveyard tunnel on.

[Jasper]

I have seen the lights on in the tunnel a couple of times and it really does kind of make it lose it mysterious aura. I wish they would turn out the light that is on in I believe either the center or hanging off the tunnel wall and lighting the area in the final helix. Just make that pitch black dark would be fine with me.

[TheCrypt]

^The other light I hate is the one just after tunnel 2 while you are hugging the ground. The orange glow it gives off doesn't compliment the ride experience.

While we're at it, can we get the first drop dark too?

[Jr for Birdy]

Please,The Beast is awesome no matter what! Picky people.