KICP16 Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Courtesy of ungrounded uncensored Facebook group. They talked about the station is actively being completely cleared out. Now I can’t Remember the last picture I have seen of the station but these pictures it looks a little more cleared out and empty from the last time Ive seen it but it could very well have looked like this for awhile just not sure. I’m not reading anything into this as I don’t think there is much too this. 1
Losantiville Mining Co. Posted April 22 Posted April 22 I saw that as well. The most it looks like has been done is that the items from the Haunt lantern activation point have been taken out. I think there's still some track in there so that might be good for an "authentic SoB track piece" and/or other parts sale. They could use some of that money to pay off debts and such. If we see more items removed then I would like to know what plans they have for the structure. Assuming it's still usable I'd appreciate a new Haunt maze in there and/or to see it used for a coaster pass through like with the Yeti on Expedition Everest. 1
KICP16 Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 10 minutes ago, Losantiville Mining Co. said: I saw that as well. The most it looks like has been done is that the items from the Haunt lantern activation point have been taken out. I think there's still some track in there so that might be good for an "authentic SoB track piece" and/or other parts sale. They could use some of that money to pay off debts and such. If we see more items removed then I would like to know what plans they have for the structure. Assuming it's still usable I'd appreciate a new Haunt maze in there and/or to see it used for a coaster pass through like with the Yeti on Expedition Everest. If there’s clearing and work being done on it anything like that is good news it’s just weird and useless for it too still be there if there’s no real good use for it so tear it down or use it. it would be cool for a future theming fly through for a new coaster. Don’t use the station as the actual station. location of the station for a new ride somewhere else and have the coaster fly through this old SOB station and have theming elements in there possibly tying back too SOB. 1
WoodVengeance Posted April 22 Posted April 22 A lot of people have been saying the structure is in bad condition due to being left abandoned for so long. If this is true, I'm curious as to why it hasn't been demolished yet. 1
WoodVengeance Posted April 22 Posted April 22 21 minutes ago, Diamondback_Is_King said: RMC Son of Beast! 🙃 On a Six Flags budget? No way!
Losantiville Mining Co. Posted April 22 Posted April 22 3 hours ago, WoodVengeance said: A lot of people have been saying the structure is in bad condition due to being left abandoned for so long. If this is true, I'm curious as to why it hasn't been demolished yet. I could see this being the case, but it does make me wonder what part is in bad condition. The roof and the flooring would be my guesses for what might be unsalvageable. I don't think the track and wood supports are integral to the structure though.
Losantiville Mining Co. Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago We walked down to the Son of Beast station today and got some good looks from the public path. It doesn't look like anything has changed since the initial photos from mid-April, but I was able to see some things I hadn't noticed before at the queue, station, and exit path. The air gates still appear to be in place in the station. I only remember ever going through Wolf Pack once, but I didn't realize they still had those up. It makes sense because they would block anyone in there from falling onto the track, though I also thought it'd be easy enough to build a platform over the entire track area. Most of the queue (minus the part on the hill) is still there, but it looked like the small bit of queue between the path and the bridge ramps is entirely overgrown. I've seen it before but I'd never realized just how short of a connector that is. The ride photo booth doesn't look any different compared to last year. It probably has some more holes in the covers though. I'd love to find some photos of that area (and other 2000's ride photo booths). I didn't get to see if anything besides the temporary walls had been removed, but I doubt they have. Like everyone else, I'd love to know what the plans for that station are. If it gets demolished then I think we could see another round of authentic Son of Beast track pieces get sold using the only part of the coaster that's still standing: the station track. I could 100% see that happening either way since KI and Six Flags needs all of the money they can use to pay down their debt. They could even keep the cost of production down by doing most of the work in-house using a table saw and laser engraver. I'm not entirely opposed to the structure being reused as a coaster station since it's already there and waiting to be used for something. My dislike of "bring back SoB/the SoB theme" does not extend to being a dislike of having any coaster (even a hybrid) there. The queue would need to be cleaned up and a separate Fast Lane line would probably be added, but as long as the structure is in good enough condition then it's possible. I'd reverse the direction of travel and have the lift hill go toward the park entrance though. Have it rise above the Haunt barn and then dive down into Timberwolf's valley and go from there. (I really want to see GCI build an RMC-style hybrid using Titan Track. Their website says it can handle inversions, but they also don't have an example like Twisted Timbers or Steel Vengeance. If Six Flags won't work more with RMC then maybe we can see a GCI hybrid.)
IndyGuy4KI Posted 1 minute ago Posted 1 minute ago They moves stuff in and out of there almost every year at this time. I honestly do not think it means anything significant, but I realize we still want to dream of what can happen with it!
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