Kight31Woodmen Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 That's awesome news, if you see anymore activity on the ride like installing of trains or so make sure to post again. Thanks! Kight31Woodmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 They were working on the place were they store the extra cars. Could you tell if they were adding a train? Thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondrewfoo Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 this is amazing news! hope someone else could clue us in to more of whats going on later, but thanks dud, love the info! im def gonna be so excited to finally ride this again! heh, not that i havent rid it recently , i rode it the thursday before it happened... multiple times. and it was fine then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I saw the lights on in the station when I was at the park on Thursday night. Could Matenice team just checking everything out to make sure it still works before they add the cars back on? Or just making sure after all this time eveything is still working the why it should? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I saw the lights on in the station when I was at the park on Thursday night. Could Matenice team just checking everything out to make sure it still works before they add the cars back on? Or just making sure after all this time eveything is still working the why it should? What time did you see the lights? While the sun was still up, or when it got dark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I saw the lights on in the station when I was at the park on Thursday night. Could Matenice team just checking everything out to make sure it still works before they add the cars back on? Or just making sure after all this time eveything is still working the why it should? What time did you see the lights? While the sun was still up, or when it got dark? It was 9:45 pm at night with the sun down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bparrott03 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 its 7 PM, im leaving the park right now. No one is at SOB anymore. I don't see ANY trains. To answer previous questions, the lights WERE infact on, in daylight. The station was shaded, and I highly doubt (ill bet $50) that it was a sun glare. My camera on my phone SUCKS.or I would take pictures. No cars were added (from what I can see. The lights are ON right now, at 7.03. I hear a noise in the station, which would be the Que fans. A blue truck just FLEW by. I did attempt to take some pics, but ill upload them to photobucket on the car ride home, but I doubt they will be worth viewing. Ahhh! Im EXCITED! It looks like they are making sure everything works before something happens, which hopefully means touch ups and the installation of the *NEW* cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I don't care how bad the pictures turned out, I want to see them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Hmmm they are doing something, they must be preparing for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 I am so excited, i want to see those pictures so bad. I really think & hope SOB will open soon!!! Son of Beast is one of the best roller coasters at KI!!! =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bparrott03 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Just a note, I didnt get to take pictures of the crew becuase my phone was in a locker by tomb raider, which is where I made the first post from (, but I did however try to take pictures of the station and a picture of the track (to show as an example) of where they were working on.) I litterally SCREAMED when I saw them working.. In a very manly way tho.. hah . It's nice to know progress is being made! I wish I could go tomorrow to see if they do any thing more, but the next time i will be able to go is two mondays from now. But they used the station speakers and told one of the guys to "__insertname___, turn on the lift hill", which I not only HURD running, but saw the actual round thing moving at the very top of the hill that catches on to the chain(excellent terminology, I know ) You can't see the lights on because of the crappy phone camera.. But theres what everything looked like as of today. Part they were working on. It's RIGHT where the final block brakes are Station. Couldn't see a train though. Another station picture [[with a lady walking by!]] Different view I really wish I would have gotten a picture of the crew. There was a good 4 or 5 people working ON that brake run section, and then there was probably 2 or 3 more in the actual station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywriter Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 If I remember right didn't they take out the pic thing off of the SOB last year or a couple years ago. It looks like it's there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondrewfoo Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 sooo cant wait till it opens, likin the whole update thing, i bet some more details will surface soon... thanks again for posting this info, its greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 If I remember right didn't they take out the pic thing off of the SOB last year or a couple years ago. It looks like it's there now. No, i havent rode SOB since late June 06 and i got my picture taken. I think they should take it out and put it some where your actually scared... =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywriter Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Thanks all I remember is seeing that photo thing when riding Top Gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Giant Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 To add to this, I was at the park on Thursday (6/14) and also noticed 4-5 men working on the section bparrott pointed out in this pic. I also zoomed in from the Eiffel Tower to see a clear view of the station. There were no trains to be seen, but there were a bunch of water dummies on the side closest to me. Hopefully all of this is a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 I really want to ride SOB, i just hope that the ride will still be awesome without the loop... i think it will. I also wonder if where the new track is, will it be smoother than the other parts since it's new??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast08 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Will SOB ever open this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Will SOB ever open this year? Or any time in the future? No matter how distant, or soon. If recent reports from up at GLP prove to be true, I'm sure that incident as well will put further delays on Son of Beast's opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Especially since they are the same type of trains they are going to use for SOB. Let just hope it wasn't a manufacture issue as to what caused the accident at GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I will be at the park on Wednesday and I will try to take some pictures to see if anything is going on with SOB. Last time I was up I did not see any trains on the track, but the track does look ready for testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywriter Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I got to thinking. Theses must be brand New G-Trains not used because it should only like take 2 weeks to ship them up to us if they were coming form the Hurricane ride I mean it only took like a day to ship up Firehawks trains . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I thought they already had the trains at the park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 ...and were modifying the gauge so that the trains would fit the existing Son of Beast track . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 The trains are on site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropZone99 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ho do you know??? =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ho do you know??? =] No matter what BoddaH1994 says, he is always right. I hope they get on the track soon. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Could be that I'm the know-all of Kings Island. Could be that I have a direct phone line to Dick Kinzel's office. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Maureen said they were on site at Winter SOAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corn4ahead Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Then why is it takin them so long to get them on the track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 As was stated before, they have to adjust the trains to fit Son of Beast`s extra large track gage. Also, once all the structural repairs to the ride were completed, a third party structural engineer had to verify that Kings Island corrected all the structural issues that the state cited in its report about the accident from last July. The state will not certify the ride to run again until the engineer has signed off on the corrections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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