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Ohio Department of Agriculture: *inspects roller coaster that could potentially be dangerous to many lives* Public: So is it safe? Them: Idfk we’re not roller coaster engineers
I think the department did a very good job given that they were the department of agriculture. No-one even died on Son of Beast! All thanks to their hard work....granted, they shouldn't have HAD to do that job. It was entirely unreasonable. They were LITERALLY corn farmers! .....But they did a pretty good job.
I actually felt kinda bad for the Department of Agriculture when I heard that, lol. They weren't TRYING to cover anything up. They just got assigned this job because state law somehow made them responsible for this jurisdiction, and they straight up told everyone they were unqualified. I feel like I'd be very stressed to be in that position.
According to GP To Enthusiast's very interesting "What Actually Happened?" series, the wood cracked on Son of Beast when one train went over it. A second train was sent out while the first was being de- and re-loaded. When that second train went over the crack, it got worse and dropped like 5 inches, painfully jerking everybody on board. When that train returned, the boarder noticed that everyone looked like they were in pain and sounded the alarm to the operator, who E-stopped the train that had just left with 27 riders aboard. This probably saved all their lives, because if that train had gone over the crack I have no doubts it would've derailed entirely.
Fuckin E-stop used as intended. Take notes six flags. You don't call someone to ask what to do you push the shiny red button when something goes wrong.
While Son of Beast was a trash heap waiting for this to happen this is also a story about ride operators paying attention, giving a fuck, and saving 27 people so its not all bad 😉
"...we're not rollercoaster engineers..." Thats pretty much them going, "yeah i dunno why you chose us for this. our opinion isn't gonna mean much more than a random guy off the street."
@@largol33t1 it's less about the city and more about the history of the state. Since the Ohio Department of Agriculture oversaw state fairs in the 1800s into 1900s and when these state fairs became perminate fixtures known as amusement parks they kinda inherited this mess. If the Ohio Department of Agriculture doesn't view themselves as the best people to oversee amusement parks perhaps the state government should reassign amusement parks to a different state agency but that's just my 2 cents on the subject.
@@alexm947 So, it's because their grandads inspected kiddie coasters 80 years ago? Well it's not entirely useless experience but, still feels like they're a bit out of their depth.
Well their investigation was thorough enough to assist a legit investigator years later in review. They couldn't make an assessment but they damn sure took plenty of pictures and notes. Which I'm sure the injured were thankful for.
2:23 so for those curious about the brady bunch thing: " Before the cast got on the roller coaster, Robert Reed noticed the camera on the front of the car looked unsteady. In another account, series creator Sherwood Schwartz said he thought the camera was too tall and would hit an overhang. Whatever the case, a test run was ordered without anyone on board, just to be safe. Sure enough, the camera flew off during the first run. When the car came back to the station, the camera was missing. Had anyone been seated in the car, the camera surely would have flown back and seriously injured them, perhaps fatally. Two cast members who would have been spared were Reed (Mike) and Susan Olsen (Cindy). Olsen refused to ride the roller coaster, so a stand-in was used. Barry Williams (Greg) held his hands in the air to cover the stunt-double's face. "
Pandora how is the Beast better than Son of Beast, the Beast is painful and gives you a headache, never got to ride Son of Beast, a lot of people say Son of Beast is better than the beast
@@ArrowThrills Definitely not, the ride is still amazing and it holds up really well. It still draws in a crowd. I don't think they'll ever tear it down if it keeps bringing a lot of people to it.
It’s more of if you hire roller coasters of America to build anything for you, you’ve made a mistakes. They purposely underbid everyone by a large amount, then cut costs all the way to ending it. Notice how the law suits say Roller Coaster Of Ohio. It’s a shell company they would do quite regularly. Form a shell company, outsource the work to that shell company. Then close that company after the coaster was built. In theory it helped them dodge lawsuits and negative press Also the wood itself was above the needed at the time. But they didn’t have enough supports.
I like to imagine the son of beast was born with gigantism, and that’s why it was unnecessarily large, unstable, and is dead while the father is still alive. Is that sad?
Both of my parents suffered months of back problems after riding Son of Beast. They called the park customer service and warned them that this could lead to a lawsuit. Customer service told them that this was the FIRST complaint they'd ever heard related to the coaster! And this was in 2005!
@@andysocha525 You should have given your psychic powers to OP's parents, then they would known they couldn't take it before riding it for the first time
I rode that ride before: The restraints were far too tight and when I was able to somehow get the restraints on, it was so tight that I couldn't even move my legs in the slightest. I ended up with cuts, blisters, and bruises coming off that death trap. Considering what happened, I'm lucky that all I ended up with.
I know this video is 4 years old, but there's a bit of an error with your description of the July 9, 2006 incident. A wooden support in the rose bowl section of the ride had cracked as a result of Kings Island's reinforcement of supports in other parts of the rides. The ride had become too stiff in certain areas, causing too much stress on others. It's believed that one train passed over the support, cracking it, then the next train that passed over experienced a major bump in the track damaging the support further. Both trains completed the course, but when the second train returned one of the ride operators noticed that riders seemed to have experienced extreme discomfort. The ride op immediately yelled for the ride to be emergency stopped. There were no trains on the course when this happened, one was in the loading station and the other is the one shown half-way up the lift hill in the footage you have. The people treated were the riders on the second train, the riders evacuated were on the train that was halted before dropping from the lift hill, none of which were injured. At no point did the ride stop mid course. The E-stop was not a result of ride failure, but instead a result of a ride operator that held rider safety as the highest priority. There were no sensors on the ride indicating ride failure, from the perspective of the ride ops everything would have appeared normal. If that ride op hadn't called for an E-stop the 3rd train would have likely not made it past the rose bowl section of the ride. The story you gave is not far from the truth, but it the ride op deserves praise for the call to E-stop.
I know right it's hilarious because they probably decided that the department of agriculture qualified for inspection since the roller coaster was made out of wood. See the correlation? Wood = tree = plant = agriculture etc. etc.
@@karonga629 It could also be a historical thing. Before there were permanent amusement parks, there were (and still are) traveling carnivals and fairs, many of which were set up in conjunction with county fairs. Since county fairs prominently feature livestock and animal showings and competitions, and the dept of ag covers livestock, maybe they just scribbled down "fairs, carnivals, etc" under the dept of ag's job duties and just never updated it.
My art teacher was telling the class about when she got stuck on this ride and got injured (because we'd been talking about rides getting shut down)... apparently she was on the ride that sent 27 people to the hospital. I'm glad she's okay, she's an awesome teacher.
I went on it right when it opened. It was shaky from the beginning. My friends and I only did it once. We went back to ride Face/Off multiple times instead.
9:47 This saved lives! The people before them came in injured, so the workers E-stopped the ride and if they hadn't they would've derailed and potentially suffered serious or deadly injuries The wood had snapped and caused a sink in the rail. The pressure was enough to keep the coaster stable for the previous riders to go across with mild injuries, but another car going over would've caused a catastrophic failure and thus taking the riders down the with unstable frame
props to the ride ops for doing their jobs and actually hitting the e-stop the moment they saw something was wrong. wish i could say the same about a certain six flags park
That coaster HURT to ride. The Banshee (that is now in the same location) is AMAZING and they have a new wooden coaster Mystic Timbers that does a way better job of storytelling than SOB ever did and is so fun to ride.
With the unfortunate tragedy at the Ohio State Fair, the quote from the Ohio Department of Agriculture you provided just proves why this essential department needs to be reformed with _actual_ engineers.
we could put it all on government or inspectors or we could try to rediscover professional pride, and the idea that it's better to sink some money into doing a good job on something rather than getting sued into oblivion and having it torn down later anyone who seems interested only in quick profits, as if they expect to die soon, should be excluded from consideration, and if they're already in charge of something, just... quietly removed from their position by their underlings who would rather keep their jobs....
The Beast: "They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son. I've never fully understood why. Frankly, I can see an upside to it!" This has been a moment from "If Roller-coasters Could Talk Theater".
I rode Son of Beast personally myself....many times....and I can tell you from experience.....it was brutal and beat living crap out of you. It was a rough ride.
It’s always cool to hear accounts from people who actually rode it. I would’ve loved to have ridden it at least once just so that I could say “yeah I rode that one before it was torn down”
@@Basement_Bro I rode it twice, though after the loop was removed. RohxAirsoft wasn't exaggerating, it really did beat you up lol. Beyond that I can say with confidence that no massive hyper coaster I've ridden has instilled fear in me the way that the son of beast did. A genuinely terrifying experience.
For the Scooby-Doo doo kicking the joker picture: Kings island was originally associated with Hanna-Barbara characters such as scooby doo, while six flags has a partnership with DC comics. So it was like kings island was kicking six flags in the face.
Great video! As a native Cincinnatian it was such a blessing to be able to grow up at Kings Island and even now still be able to drive up the road and hop on The Beast right before closing in the pitch black. The Son of Beast was an incredibly violent ride...and I loved every second of it.
Why do I remember SOB in the late 90's. I almost broke a rib in the rear car, but this says it was ooened in 2000. I am class of 1999 and was there before I graduated.
I rode the SoB (I like to think that its initials were intentional) the year that it opened, and it was a miserable experience. Shaky and jerky throughout, even moreso than other wooden roller coasters like the original Beast (which, despite its shakiness, is still an amazing coaster) and Mean Streak at Cedar Point. I'm honestly surprised that it survived as long as it did. Great video.
I rode it once when it had the loop, and then once again when they took out the loop. Sure it was a marginally smoother ride but without the loop it was just boring.
The Son of Beast is by far the roughest roller coaster I've ever ridden. It was a miserable experience. My dad honestly thought his ribs were broke after riding it.
Rode this a few times when it was available, with and without the inversion. Definitely one of the roughest and most violent coasters I have ever ridden. Those giant wooden curves would just thrash you about everywhere and, because they didn't have a lot of space, there were a lot of giant curves...
I had a similar experience a as kid riding a wooden coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It was closed in 2007. Called Cyclone and it was rough as hell. As a 13 year old that thing beat me the hell up. I still remember smacking my head on the grab bar in front of me at one point. Here's the ride: th-cam.com/video/92Hg3vONF5A/w-d-xo.html
Son of the Beast was one of the coolest things ever, when I was a kid, but once I was old enough to ride it, I realized how dangerous it was. If you ever find your self in Kings Island, just ride the "Beast", the bigger and safe version.
@@rcky6506 how would it be someone else's fault if the roller coaster had just happens to collapse? Unless they were sitting a certain way unless they were sitting a certain way they very well weren't supposed to be I don't see how it would be their fault. You confused me with that statement, and it's so crazy to me that I thought you had something against the roller coasters.
It is perhaps worse in actuality, because it was a known thing that the ride was not in the best of shape (it closed quite often), and riders may not leave in the best of shape either, due to how jerky it was. Was very fortunate to have had enough of the coaster shortly before it sent people to the hospital.
I rode Son of Beast a few times and hated it. It was waaaaay too jerky. Funny story though- I was riding the ride with one of my friends' moms and was like screaming in pain around each turn (because it would shake you so hard, and there was something on the side of the cart that was jabbing into my leg). She thought I was just screaming out of fear, so she was laughing really hard at me- up until a bug flew right into her mouth and down her throat.
This sounds like what happened to me on a ride in the UK called Rattlesnake at Chessington, it was a coaster ride that had like rigid breaking and a lot of sharp turns and honestly it was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever been on and I came off with a bit of a sore back.
I rode this ride only 2 times. The first time was with my classmates back in 05. Thought is was fun but it seemed off. My friends loved it that they got bounced around a lot since it’s kind of like the back of the bus if you hit big bumps. For me it wasn’t so bad. It was last quarter part of track that was bad. I noticed it get rickety that my head would bang a bit hard to the seat. Gave me a headache afterward. The second time around was with my family in 07. And that was the last time I rode it. My dad says he wouldn’t get back on it cause his back started hurting and it wasn’t like the first time he rode it when it first opened. Something has changed. For me I noticed more jerking in the seats than before and more banging to the back of head. Overall it could have been a good coaster if it was built correctly. Plus my family is all for the Beast. Always a tradition to start with the Beast when we first arrive to the park and always end with the Beast for the night. The Beast has its flaws too but that is mainly the cars themselves that is the issue. Ride the beast at night and on the second hill, the arm strap lifted up and unclamped from me. I had to quickly grab it or I would have flung off the ride. When I did grab the arm strap, the ride bumped hard enough that the clamp really clamped in that it stayed. By the time I got to the station, I couldn’t get out of the seat cause the locks were stuck. They had to shut the ride down till they got me out. Had several workers trying to pry the arm locks off so I can get out. They asked what happened and I told them that everything was fine until the second drop that somehow the thing flung up and was unlocked when the checkers have checked to see if it was locked before starting the ride. So something went wrong. They got me out and had to put the bars down for that seat only and have the other bars up so that maintenance would know which seat to take a look at. I will never forget that. Scared me to death and my dad didn’t know that was the reason why I screamed so loud on the hill cause normally I don’t scream on coasters. I love coasters and laugh when I’m enjoying them and say Whoooo! But that time around I was screaming.
only rode it twice 1st time was late in the season the first yr and the second was after the loop was removed.... one of the roughest rides ive ever experienced...... HORRIBLE HORRIBLE RIDE
I went on this roller coaster once when I was a teenager. It rattled my head around so much, I ended up with a terrible migraine and a sore neck, and it ruined the rest of my trip. Never went on it again. Can't understand why some people enjoyed it so much.
It doesn’t help when going to the park every single time I’ve wondered what was so bad about this ride, sure I’ve heard story’s from my parents, but now knowing a bit more about it, it’s a little creepy.
Not this one. I remember as a kid riding it, and I had to devise a way to reduce the amount of shaking to be endured. I firmly pushed and pulled myself to one side of the seat to hold on. I rode it everytime I went, but only because you miss the full experience otherwise. At least it was better than Top Gun, that ride sucked.
Skyscrapers like those in NYC are designed to sway with the wind or else they would just collapse. This can be felt on the top of sears tower in Chicago
I regularly go to six flags over Georgia, and about 4 years ago they removed one of my favorite rides which was the Georgia cyclone. it was an old wooden coaster, and the wood had rotted to the point where if you stand on the ground and watch one of the sharp turns, the wood gives and the coaster moves about 3 feet towards you. they replaced it with the twisted cyclone because of safety issues. rip georgia cyclone :(
I got to ride The Son of Beast in 2009 just a week or so before it shut down. I was 9 years old at the time and it was the first "big kid ride" I had ever been on. It was one of the most insane, exhilarating, and fun experiences of my life. It instantly sparked my obsession with thrill rides. I'm still a bit sad that I'll never get to ride such a life changing coaster again. I still wish they could have found a way to revise the ride and make it safer (even though I know that was unrealistic) :(
"It was one of the most insane, exhilarating, and fun experiences of my life". SO true! I loved the Son of Beast for those exact reasons. I grew up with rough wooden roller coasters. To this day I believe most steel coasters are too smooth.
Anne Lorraine that ride was terrible lol. Fast but it hurt like hell. I’m going to Cedar Point Friday, hear they have a new wooden coaster that I’m pumped about. Beast is still my fav KI coaster, his son was a dick.
Stutz the only wooden roller coaster in Cedar Point is their oldest operating ride, built in 1964. I assume you were on about Steel Vengeance, which is not a wooden coaster but a hybrid
"Son of Beast? never heard of it. alright, let's give it a shot--" >starts video >immediately starts with a news report; the word "injuries" is mentioned Oh, this gonna be _good..._ >:)
I grew up basically my whole life at Kings Island. Once I was tall enough to ride ever ride at the park me and my family invested in season passes. There isn't a ride in that park, kiddy section and all, that I haven't rode. The Beast has been a huge favorite to me for awhile, but I never rode this! Ever since I was little it was shut down, and my dad would tell me horror stories about how painful it was. He told me that he stood in line for hours on opening day, and that one person tried to cut the line and everyone in a 15 mile radius lost their shit at em. But when he finally got on, he had to leave the park and go home because he was too sore to ride anything else. As crazy as that park is, and as horrifying as it's tales can be; I can't wait till they finish the Giga coster this year and FINALLY destroy The Vortex. That ride has almost killed me on soooo many occasions. I got stuck at the top of the main hill once and, overall, that ride has always been horribly painful. One night after riding it I cried myself to sleep because of the amount of pain in my skull from the way the ride banged my head around. The Vortex was just metal Son of the Beast, in my opinion.
SoB was extremely rough.. I was 13 when it was built, my buddy and I didn't give a crap how rough it was.. It was the biggest and baddest coaster in the park. We loved the hell out of that ride. But in the end, it was INCREDIBLY dangerous. Probably the reason I have back problems as a 33 year old now lol.
The vortex and racer hurt like hell and I would refuse to go on them, if you want a splitting headache for the rest of your time at the park you would ride those. Yea and I never got to ride SoB since I wasn’t tall enough but I do remember my dad saying he would never ride it again because of how bad it was.
I stopped riding Vortex after a couple of seasons visiting the park (I started visiting in 2011 after moving to the area in 2010). It just kept getting rougher, and as someone who is, um, well endowed in the chest the restraints hurt. I was not sad to see it go when they announced closure in 2019, even though I love me a good loop
A friend of mine got seriously injured on Son of Beast. He got his knee sliced up by a loose screw or something. He showed me the next day and it was nasty.
I actually rode The Beast a few years ago and I cant believe how it still holds up. Its genuinely one of the most fun roller coasters I've ever been on. Especially because one time, we were still in line when the park closed and the sun went down, but they still let us on the ride. And at night, in that forest, there is NO LIGHT. So we were literally barreling through a forest in pitch darkness, it was crazy.
Quinton Parchment Are you high? The Beast is literally one of the best rides at Kings Island, and still one of the best woodies in the world after almost 40 years.
It's fun but these videos shouldn't be taken too seriously though right? most of it is looking up stuff you can find on Wikipedia or fansites like 'Theme Park Tourist' (who also mostly get facts just off the internet), downloading clips to put to it and writing a voice over . It's a fun youTube series but that's really all it is, a TH-cam series. I'm not having a go at the uploader, I enjoy most the videos, but just sayin' .. because you see so much of the past being 'branded' now with various channels, doesnt necessarily reflect the past fully
Hey ! Defunctland manager, 9:45 the train did not stopped but returned to the station where the crew members E-stopped the ride. The train in the video is the third train that stopped on the lift hill because of the e-stop.
I actually rode the Son of Beast the day of the 2006 incident. My parents and I had ridden it once in the morning and loved it. We went back for one last ride before leaving in the evening, and noticed a dramatic change. We notified ride operators of how battered we felt, with bruises already starting to form on our bodies, and were told that's "how it's supposed to be." By the time we reached our car, we could see emergency vehicles heading for the ride and knew that we were right in thinking something was off. Such a shame.
It’s bizarre seeing this recommended to me. I remember riding this at 12 years old and just being completely destroyed where I felt like I couldn’t ride anything else the entire day. The ride was so bad it literally just ended the day for me and my family because it jerked us around so much. My family just casually went there knowing nothing about the park but that it was close to a spot in Kentucky we were vacationing. Watching this now, is absolutely terrifying.
I rode it too when I was kid! With the loop it was terrible. I rode it again when I was older without the loop and it wasn’t as bad, but the Beast is also not a very comfortable ride. Also does anyone else remember hearing a rumor that someone died on the ride? I grew up near KI and remember there was a rumor someone died!
When I was a kid, me and my cuz had to wait while the adults went on th beast. Took so long for them to get back she peed herself and started crying thinking they got ate by the beast.
As a child (it closed when I was 11) my mom and I would ride this ALL the time in the summer, it was my absolute favorite and I remember crying when it came out that it was being shut down.
I’ve watched this video so many times it’s so good. I’ve gone to Kings Island for years and Son of Beast is so hauntingly beautiful. A powerful presence, both while it was running and while it stood abandoned for a few years.
SOB is what happens when you hire non coaster designers to design a coaster and non coaster builders to build a coaster. I know upwards of 20 enthusiasts who rode it, not one of them had a good thing to say. Regardless of old/new trains or with/without loop it just sucked.
I rode it all the years it was open and operating with the loop and without. I am from the old school before steel coasters became so popular and wooden coasters were the norm. Riding a wooden coaster you were thrown around to high heaven. I still am a woodie fan and a member of ACE. This was a damn good coaster and I am happy to have been able to ride it. Any other Son of Beast fans out there? Steel is just so tame, not a fan of "smooth" rides and I am 63-years-old.
Jim Kilbane road the last train before the one that caught. Was wild and incredible ride. The SOB threw me about all over the place and I absolutely LOVED it! That said the original and Mystic Timbers blow it out of the water!
In July 2000 I flew from London, England to Chicago then drive to Kings Island just to ride SOB, also visit Cedar Point a few days later to ride MF. SOB was amazing as i've never been on a wooden coaster that big, The ride experience was mega bouncy & quite rough.. The vertical loop was the best part, so amazing being 118ft high on a woodie. I hope a park can put a Vertical Loop on a wooden coaster again someday.
I rode this one back in 2001 when it was brand new and boy was it painful. The ride jerked you around so hard I have no trouble believing people got injured riding it. I only went on it maybe twice and decided that was enough. The headache for the rest of the day wasn't worth it.
@@thenewfritzthecat8478The two books were "The Beast" and "The Beast 2," published in June of 1994 and 1995, respectively (so before "Beast" had a "Son"). The premise was that the ride was haunted by a ghost who went to the fictional "Firelight Park" that existed before the real Kings Island. When the protagonists sneak to the The Beast after the park closed, he offered them a chance to ride the coaster, while simultaneously sending them back in time to when the previous existed. www.goodreads.com/book/show/176581.The_Beast www.goodreads.com/book/show/293150.The_Beast_2
I rode this on opening day and every year before it was taken down. Yes, it was brutal. Yes, it was violent. Yes, I usually got off with a headache. Yes, it was THE best Rollercoaster I've ever been on since then. "Thrilling" is an understatement.
Oh yeah, and another thing. The Racer technically didn't almost kill the Brady Bunch. It was just a twist of an outcome. The woman who played the mother on the show actually was scared of roller coasters and wanted to experiment with the ride with the camera on it before the cast would get on. The camera wasn't properly attached, so it broke as the coaster was operating. If the Brady Bunch decided to ride it with the camera not attached properly, someone would've got hit and the head and die on it.
Love the new intro style looks really cool - also I still think it's be cool to do some old school Epcot attractions - mainly horizons, body Wars,or the original journey into imagination
I rode this thing a handful of times in my youth. Was pretty good, but i always preferred the original. Used to give me headaches. Didn't even know it had the loop removed until i saw this and other, similar videos.
Man, the memories. For one season in the 00's they sold big plush gloves of the claws seen in the Beast logo. Wish I still had it, because that was the best merchandise they ever made. EDIT: Oh my god, and at 8:47 - I remember those old Local 12 text polls so vividly. I remember one about the damn OJ Simpson trial of all things. Hilarious.
I love how this series presents each attraction's history as a chronological narrative, almost like a legend. Are you still working on your dream project of making a theme park of these lost attractions?
Hey, at least this coaster operated for more than a couple of days. You should really do a video about Ring Racer. It's still standing but not operation, with no intention about reopening it. Most people who aren't enthusiasts outside of Germany don't really know about it, and I dont think you've heard of it, but it would make a neat video, expecially that thier aren't many videos on it.
So since you are now doing roller coasters, I would love to see a Defunctland on Drachen Fire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It has a really interesting history and i think would make for a good video.
CoasterDude 7 Ooh yeah! It was my dad's favorite coaster growing up and he was super disappointed to see it removed the second time we visited. I'd be interested in this!
Drachen Fire would be a similar story to Son of Beast, in some ways. I rode that thing during its brief period of existence--I remember getting all beat up and sore, and since I hadn't ridden any other coasters that were quite in that class, I figured all big modern coasters would do that to you. I liked it, but it wasn't an experience I wanted to have very often. I didn't find out until many years later that Drachen Fire specifically was considered to have serious design flaws and was shut down just a few years later for hurting people.
That is true. It holds the main issue of being a design built by the wrong manufacturer, since it was supposed to be B&M, but they didn't have the manpower or the size back then and needed time, so they went to arrow with it and basically asked them to do what they couldn't. The result was something very unique, and I think if it wasn't for so many issues, it would've been possible to make a lot better, but, who knows. Arrow should've never taken on that project, nor the X2 one either, but they always wanted to build what someone wanted. Ok so the story is different enough, with son of beast the wood and the company really didn't care, though they definitely should've waited for CCI, that's 4sure. The wood itself was not right at all.
As an employee of Cedar Fair now, I had no idea this happened in one of our parks. I can say that in the current priorities in our park, safety is number one. Second is guest satisfaction. This would never happen in our parks in modern times.
It was a Paramount park when it was built. The rose bowl incident occurred a week after Cedar Fair purchased all of the parks owned by Paramount. The ride never actually valleyed as stated in the video. A train returned to the load/unload station and one of the ride operators noticed that riders had appeared to have experienced extreme discomfort. The ride op called for an E-stop and the ride was stopped as the other train was halfway up the lift-hill. Cedar Fair has always held rider safety as the highest priority. I wouldn't be surprised if Cedar Fair had mandatory safety training immediately after buying Paramount Parks. It's possible that the train on the lift hill would have continued on the course had Cedar Fair not purchased the park. The outcome of this would have been fatal.
Given that Cedar Fair's priorities right now are rider throughput and reliability, yeah, there's no way that this piece of junk would have been built the way it was under Paramount.
Wow, you handled the ending of this episode really, really well. Grew up in Springfield, OH going to this park during the summers, so many memories. The hype over Son of Beast at the time was unbelievable. Top notch work, Defunctland!
Lol! Can the future VR version of this incorporate a mechanic where the coaster can fall apart mid ride? Like to the point where the cart can get stuck and you have to be rescued by virtual paramedics?
Nah, just have a bolt fly off in front of you, leading to the collapse of the whole thing.
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I am obsessed with your channel. I am a huge theme park fan, mostly Disney. I literally wait on pins and needles for you to release a new video. I just shared the link on my Facebook! Props!
These videos shouldn't be taken too seriously though right? most of it is looking up generic stuff you can find on Wikipedia or 'Theme Park Tourist' (who also mostly get facts just off other websites), downloading clips to put to it and writing a voice over . It's a kind of fun youTube series but that's really all it is, a TH-cam series. I'm not having a go at the uploader, I enjoy most the videos, but just sayin' .. because you see so much of the past being 'branded' now with various channels, doesnt necessarily reflect the past accurately.
Tigger was accused of inappropriately groping and fondling children. The actor in the costume was acquitted on all counts. Came down to the fact the costume hands were huge and the actor could barely see out of the thing.
I know I'm very very far from alone on this, but I just have to say how much I love the wooden coasters. not just because of the sound and the feel, but the SIGHT - the intricate web of supports and bridges you fly around and through ... you can't beat that, in my opinion. it's a really complex and overlapping pattern, the wooden criss-cross, and so it's just a really really interesting thing to fly around. I love that. then, of course, come on. clicketty-clack clicketty-clack clicketty-clack ... the quiet hum, then BOOM. you're off. awesome tension, awesome experience. a good wooden rollercoaster has so much going for it that a more modern steel design just can't. or won't.
Well since you said that anything is possible, is it possible to do an episode of Defunctland on the 3D Jimmy Neutron ride from Universal? THAT WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE IN UNIVERSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love these videos and have shown it to my young nephews (our home park is Kings Island) and was surprised how interested they were in it. Your videos are very well made and I'm excited for a new season!
I grew up with Kings island and while I was only 2-3 years old when Son of beast came out, my mom remembers it clearly since she grew up in Cincinnati. Son of beast is pretty infamous for kings island, if you grew up in the area and been to kings island, chances are you’ve heard of this ride and not in a good way. And now that it’s demolished because of Banshee, there’s little memorial (a tombstone) in the waiting area so it’s kind of a nice touch.
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Correction at 12:30: Cedar Fair, not Cedar Point
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Defunctland Cedar Fair also bought & ruined Geagea Lake.
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Ohio Department of Agriculture: *inspects roller coaster that could potentially be dangerous to many lives*
Public: So is it safe?
Them: Idfk we’re not roller coaster engineers
Them: it doesn’t *NOT* entirely look _unsafe_ 🤷🏽♂️
is this corn sir? No....I think It's an axel, no, no, no, still corn to me
@@veasley1215 Ohio at its best
I think the department did a very good job given that they were the department of agriculture. No-one even died on Son of Beast! All thanks to their hard work....granted, they shouldn't have HAD to do that job. It was entirely unreasonable. They were LITERALLY corn farmers! .....But they did a pretty good job.
I actually felt kinda bad for the Department of Agriculture when I heard that, lol. They weren't TRYING to cover anything up. They just got assigned this job because state law somehow made them responsible for this jurisdiction, and they straight up told everyone they were unqualified. I feel like I'd be very stressed to be in that position.
SoB: wood starts cracking, bolts become loose
Kings Island: just put it in some rice
Knparks 19 It’ll fix the red ring of death. My cousin totally did it
/s
Maybe they should try soaking their logs in wood.
Maybe Flex Tape
Fix it with ramen
That's why you don't get lazy!
According to GP To Enthusiast's very interesting "What Actually Happened?" series, the wood cracked on Son of Beast when one train went over it. A second train was sent out while the first was being de- and re-loaded. When that second train went over the crack, it got worse and dropped like 5 inches, painfully jerking everybody on board. When that train returned, the boarder noticed that everyone looked like they were in pain and sounded the alarm to the operator, who E-stopped the train that had just left with 27 riders aboard. This probably saved all their lives, because if that train had gone over the crack I have no doubts it would've derailed entirely.
Fuckin E-stop used as intended. Take notes six flags. You don't call someone to ask what to do you push the shiny red button when something goes wrong.
@@tomhill3248 Pfah, it's not like someone's feet will get ripped off by a loose cable if you don't E-stop.
That attendant doesn't get enough credit, he saved a lot of lives. He could have easily not been paying attention, or not known what to do.
@@tomhill3248 Shots fucking fired at the whole Kentucky Kingdom incident!
While Son of Beast was a trash heap waiting for this to happen this is also a story about ride operators paying attention, giving a fuck, and saving 27 people so its not all bad 😉
"...we're not rollercoaster engineers..."
Thats pretty much them going, "yeah i dunno why you chose us for this. our opinion isn't gonna mean much more than a random guy off the street."
Uh, at least he was being honest. The city is clearly corrupt and shifted responsibilities to people who were unqualified for the job.
@@largol33t1 it's less about the city and more about the history of the state. Since the Ohio Department of Agriculture oversaw state fairs in the 1800s into 1900s and when these state fairs became perminate fixtures known as amusement parks they kinda inherited this mess. If the Ohio Department of Agriculture doesn't view themselves as the best people to oversee amusement parks perhaps the state government should reassign amusement parks to a different state agency but that's just my 2 cents on the subject.
@@alexm947 So, it's because their grandads inspected kiddie coasters 80 years ago? Well it's not entirely useless experience but, still feels like they're a bit out of their depth.
Well their investigation was thorough enough to assist a legit investigator years later in review. They couldn't make an assessment but they damn sure took plenty of pictures and notes. Which I'm sure the injured were thankful for.
Some still wonder about the Wife of Beast
ciberkid22 Who says that the Beast can’t be the mother?
Karen took the beast
And the son of beast's sister stacy
The Bush Beast. Of course.
Voyage at Holiday Park is the cousin
2:23 so for those curious about the brady bunch thing:
" Before the cast got on the roller coaster, Robert Reed noticed the camera on the front of the car looked unsteady. In another account, series creator Sherwood Schwartz said he thought the camera was too tall and would hit an overhang. Whatever the case, a test run was ordered without anyone on board, just to be safe.
Sure enough, the camera flew off during the first run. When the car came back to the station, the camera was missing. Had anyone been seated in the car, the camera surely would have flown back and seriously injured them, perhaps fatally.
Two cast members who would have been spared were Reed (Mike) and Susan Olsen (Cindy). Olsen refused to ride the roller coaster, so a stand-in was used. Barry Williams (Greg) held his hands in the air to cover the stunt-double's face. "
Wait so they used the stunt doubles for a test run??
@@Bobsbugur8140 The test run was done without any people. A double was used for the actual ride.
Nearly 40 years later and The Beast still kicks ass.
Riding that old wooden terror in the dark is one of the best coaster experiences I've ever had.
So true, I did yesterday!
I never rode son of beast, I would say son of beast is better than the beast
Quinton Parchment it would be great if it didnt break your bones
Knockout 0 the beast did lol
Pandora how is the Beast better than Son of Beast, the Beast is painful and gives you a headache, never got to ride Son of Beast, a lot of people say Son of Beast is better than the beast
If you think of the whole history of these rides, (The Beast, Son of Beast, and Banshee) they make up father, son, and unholy spirit ironically.
LuigiBroMario the Son also dies for the greater good
The beast should have been torn down first, then GCI could have retrack Son of Beast
@Katelyn Jebens It will retire one day but not now
@@ArrowThrills Definitely not, the ride is still amazing and it holds up really well. It still draws in a crowd. I don't think they'll ever tear it down if it keeps bringing a lot of people to it.
@@austinwayne637 mybe 20 years from now the Beast is medeoker and kinda sucks,hopefully it gets a retrack
When you hear someone did something to save money, it’s never a good thing.
There are a few places you should really never cut costs... rollercoasters are probably the top of the list
The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten.
@@Scorpia161 hahah very good point 👍
It’s more of if you hire roller coasters of America to build anything for you, you’ve made a mistakes. They purposely underbid everyone by a large amount, then cut costs all the way to ending it. Notice how the law suits say Roller Coaster Of Ohio. It’s a shell company they would do quite regularly. Form a shell company, outsource the work to that shell company. Then close that company after the coaster was built. In theory it helped them dodge lawsuits and negative press
Also the wood itself was above the needed at the time. But they didn’t have enough supports.
What if I want to use coupons?
I like to imagine the son of beast was born with gigantism, and that’s why it was unnecessarily large, unstable, and is dead while the father is still alive.
Is that sad?
LMAO THIS COMMENT!! 😂
Damn son, spot on!
yes...........but accurate.
😂😂
I immediately thought of Bean from the Ender series.
Both of my parents suffered months of back problems after riding Son of Beast. They called the park customer service and warned them that this could lead to a lawsuit.
Customer service told them that this was the FIRST complaint they'd ever heard related to the coaster!
And this was in 2005!
natestewiu you could say that about any wooden rollercoster that’s what makes them unique if you can’t take it then dont ride it
And then a year later, the infamous accident happened which closed the park until the year after.
@@andysocha525 you COULD say that about any roller coaster, but this one literally had complaints ever since it was built. It was impossible to take.
@@andysocha525 You should have given your psychic powers to OP's parents, then they would known they couldn't take it before riding it for the first time
read my comment on here. It almost made me leave the park on a stretcher! Almost broke my back.
I rode that ride before: The restraints were far too tight and when I was able to somehow get the restraints on, it was so tight that I couldn't even move my legs in the slightest. I ended up with cuts, blisters, and bruises coming off that death trap. Considering what happened, I'm lucky that all I ended up with.
You got a blister from a 3.5 minute ride? Is your skin made of paper?
@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III mate did you not watch the video?
Feck Eric-Schmidt what wonderful points you made, totally doesn’t make you look like a lame shitlord
@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III lol are you ok dude?
Same here, that ride beat you up and wasn't fun.
ah yes agriculture department investigating rollercoasters. nice
In a state known for coasters, no less
Hahahahaha, sounds like an episode of "Parks and recreation."
We're not coaster engineers.
Pēteris Zvirgzdiņš welcome to Ohio bud
Because farmer is another word for mechanical engineer
I know this video is 4 years old, but there's a bit of an error with your description of the July 9, 2006 incident.
A wooden support in the rose bowl section of the ride had cracked as a result of Kings Island's reinforcement of supports in other parts of the rides. The ride had become too stiff in certain areas, causing too much stress on others. It's believed that one train passed over the support, cracking it, then the next train that passed over experienced a major bump in the track damaging the support further. Both trains completed the course, but when the second train returned one of the ride operators noticed that riders seemed to have experienced extreme discomfort. The ride op immediately yelled for the ride to be emergency stopped. There were no trains on the course when this happened, one was in the loading station and the other is the one shown half-way up the lift hill in the footage you have.
The people treated were the riders on the second train, the riders evacuated were on the train that was halted before dropping from the lift hill, none of which were injured.
At no point did the ride stop mid course. The E-stop was not a result of ride failure, but instead a result of a ride operator that held rider safety as the highest priority. There were no sensors on the ride indicating ride failure, from the perspective of the ride ops everything would have appeared normal. If that ride op hadn't called for an E-stop the 3rd train would have likely not made it past the rose bowl section of the ride.
The story you gave is not far from the truth, but it the ride op deserves praise for the call to E-stop.
Bro any time I hear "Department of Agriculture" in this video it genuinely cracks me tf up
Don't ride coasters in Florida!
@@jimkilbane5180 But this happened in Ohio...?
I know right it's hilarious because they probably decided that the department of agriculture qualified for inspection since the roller coaster was made out of wood. See the correlation? Wood = tree = plant = agriculture etc. etc.
@@karonga629 It could also be a historical thing. Before there were permanent amusement parks, there were (and still are) traveling carnivals and fairs, many of which were set up in conjunction with county fairs. Since county fairs prominently feature livestock and animal showings and competitions, and the dept of ag covers livestock, maybe they just scribbled down "fairs, carnivals, etc" under the dept of ag's job duties and just never updated it.
My art teacher was telling the class about when she got stuck on this ride and got injured (because we'd been talking about rides getting shut down)... apparently she was on the ride that sent 27 people to the hospital. I'm glad she's okay, she's an awesome teacher.
Evelyn Trashman I’m sorry to hear that but I haven’t Ben on son of beast or the beast ride on kings island I don’t know if safe if it fallen apart
Wow
I went on it right when it opened. It was shaky from the beginning. My friends and I only did it once. We went back to ride Face/Off multiple times instead.
9:47 This saved lives! The people before them came in injured, so the workers E-stopped the ride and if they hadn't they would've derailed and potentially suffered serious or deadly injuries
The wood had snapped and caused a sink in the rail. The pressure was enough to keep the coaster stable for the previous riders to go across with mild injuries, but another car going over would've caused a catastrophic failure and thus taking the riders down the with unstable frame
I'd like to commend the ride operatiors for their quick reaction.
props to the ride ops for doing their jobs and actually hitting the e-stop the moment they saw something was wrong. wish i could say the same about a certain six flags park
That coaster HURT to ride. The Banshee (that is now in the same location) is AMAZING and they have a new wooden coaster Mystic Timbers that does a way better job of storytelling than SOB ever did and is so fun to ride.
With the unfortunate tragedy at the Ohio State Fair, the quote from the Ohio Department of Agriculture you provided just proves why this essential department needs to be reformed with _actual_ engineers.
True, When they inspect ALMOST EVERY RIDE IN OHIO it is kinda stupid.
Ohio is all ass backward tho. There's a reason puppy mills thrive here. Ohio is worse than Rwanda and Malaysia when it comes to idiots in government.
gladitsnotme Columbus born and bred brother and I can’t agree more it’s all junkies and idiots around here
we could put it all on government or inspectors
or we could try to rediscover professional pride, and the idea that it's better to sink some money into doing a good job on something rather than getting sued into oblivion and having it torn down later
anyone who seems interested only in quick profits, as if they expect to die soon, should be excluded from consideration, and if they're already in charge of something, just... quietly removed from their position by their underlings who would rather keep their jobs....
But those rides are not based from ohio as they travel
The Beast: "They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son. I've never fully understood why. Frankly, I can see an upside to it!"
This has been a moment from "If Roller-coasters Could Talk Theater".
seatspud the beast should have been torn down first ,Son of Beast should have been retrack by GCI
I rode Son of Beast personally myself....many times....and I can tell you from experience.....it was brutal and beat living crap out of you. It was a rough ride.
I understand your pain, I also have experienced the chaos of the son.
It’s always cool to hear accounts from people who actually rode it. I would’ve loved to have ridden it at least once just so that I could say “yeah I rode that one before it was torn down”
@@Basement_Bro I rode it twice, though after the loop was removed. RohxAirsoft wasn't exaggerating, it really did beat you up lol. Beyond that I can say with confidence that no massive hyper coaster I've ridden has instilled fear in me the way that the son of beast did. A genuinely terrifying experience.
For the Scooby-Doo doo kicking the joker picture: Kings island was originally associated with Hanna-Barbara characters such as scooby doo, while six flags has a partnership with DC comics. So it was like kings island was kicking six flags in the face.
Great video! As a native Cincinnatian it was such a blessing to be able to grow up at Kings Island and even now still be able to drive up the road and hop on The Beast right before closing in the pitch black. The Son of Beast was an incredibly violent ride...and I loved every second of it.
The Son of Beast was the only ride I've ever cried on
Mariana xo was it because of the height or because of how rough it was?
Melaine Bullock the roughness, I thought I was gonna die 😂
Mariana xo omg I’d cry just at the height of the thing 😂😂😭
Why do I remember SOB in the late 90's. I almost broke a rib in the rear car, but this says it was ooened in 2000. I am class of 1999 and was there before I graduated.
I rode the SoB (I like to think that its initials were intentional) the year that it opened, and it was a miserable experience. Shaky and jerky throughout, even moreso than other wooden roller coasters like the original Beast (which, despite its shakiness, is still an amazing coaster) and Mean Streak at Cedar Point. I'm honestly surprised that it survived as long as it did. Great video.
I rode it once when it had the loop, and then once again when they took out the loop. Sure it was a marginally smoother ride but without the loop it was just boring.
*SoB*
I rode the Racer once, can only imagine SoB then.
of course SOB was intentional. jeeze.
The Son of Beast is by far the roughest roller coaster I've ever ridden. It was a miserable experience. My dad honestly thought his ribs were broke after riding it.
So you should put this ride in Defunctland right next to first aid.
Lmao
That's the truth. I love intense coasters, but this one was painful.
No, next to action park
deereboy8400 i loved it, but I had to cross my legs and it was painful and not nearly as good as it's father
Mrtfarrugia YES
Rode this a few times when it was available, with and without the inversion. Definitely one of the roughest and most violent coasters I have ever ridden. Those giant wooden curves would just thrash you about everywhere and, because they didn't have a lot of space, there were a lot of giant curves...
Oh yeah. Would rattle the teeth right out of your skull.
I had a similar experience a as kid riding a wooden coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It was closed in 2007. Called Cyclone and it was rough as hell. As a 13 year old that thing beat me the hell up. I still remember smacking my head on the grab bar in front of me at one point. Here's the ride: th-cam.com/video/92Hg3vONF5A/w-d-xo.html
Abandoned waiting area of a rollercoaster
Theme park companies: HaUnTeD HoUse
I quite like Wolf Pack, though. It's not bad.
@@hannahnicquole7715 definitely one of their better ones!!!
Makes sense
Son of the Beast was one of the coolest things ever, when I was a kid, but once I was old enough to ride it, I realized how dangerous it was. If you ever find your self in Kings Island, just ride the "Beast", the bigger and safe version.
Brennan Curry I never rode son of beast, I would say Son of Beast is better than the beast
I ride that.... And is amazing
I don’t
@@ArrowThrills you cant say something you never rode is better then another coaster which you probably have rode
@@kings_nemesis5995 yeah your right
Well at least no one died on this one. Many rides only close because someone died. Though injuries are bad enough.
Aubrey Lane thank goodness it didn't collapse mid-ride. With all the issues, it's a mystery and a miracle it didn't.
Kim Mann Lol you better not be seriously. If someone on a roller coaster dies it’s probably there fault
@@rcky6506 Who hurt you?
Kim Mann what?
@@rcky6506 how would it be someone else's fault if the roller coaster had just happens to collapse? Unless they were sitting a certain way unless they were sitting a certain way they very well weren't supposed to be I don't see how it would be their fault. You confused me with that statement, and it's so crazy to me that I thought you had something against the roller coasters.
This actually give me the creeps, all those people having a fun time without knowing that there was cracking wood and loose bolts right beneath them..
It is perhaps worse in actuality, because it was a known thing that the ride was not in the best of shape (it closed quite often), and riders may not leave in the best of shape either, due to how jerky it was.
Was very fortunate to have had enough of the coaster shortly before it sent people to the hospital.
@@ericbambach3222 just watching videos of the train passing through gives me the shivers. The track sways like a waterbed, terrifying.
I rode Son of Beast a few times and hated it. It was waaaaay too jerky. Funny story though- I was riding the ride with one of my friends' moms and was like screaming in pain around each turn (because it would shake you so hard, and there was something on the side of the cart that was jabbing into my leg). She thought I was just screaming out of fear, so she was laughing really hard at me- up until a bug flew right into her mouth and down her throat.
This sounds like what happened to me on a ride in the UK called Rattlesnake at Chessington, it was a coaster ride that had like rigid breaking and a lot of sharp turns and honestly it was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever been on and I came off with a bit of a sore back.
Brittany Lawless you must've laughed your ass off when she swallowed the bug
she must've been in pain too tho. ive laughed on a rollercoaster. not fun
thats tuff for her
I rode this ride only 2 times. The first time was with my classmates back in 05. Thought is was fun but it seemed off. My friends loved it that they got bounced around a lot since it’s kind of like the back of the bus if you hit big bumps. For me it wasn’t so bad. It was last quarter part of track that was bad. I noticed it get rickety that my head would bang a bit hard to the seat. Gave me a headache afterward.
The second time around was with my family in 07. And that was the last time I rode it. My dad says he wouldn’t get back on it cause his back started hurting and it wasn’t like the first time he rode it when it first opened. Something has changed. For me I noticed more jerking in the seats than before and more banging to the back of head.
Overall it could have been a good coaster if it was built correctly. Plus my family is all for the Beast. Always a tradition to start with the Beast when we first arrive to the park and always end with the Beast for the night.
The Beast has its flaws too but that is mainly the cars themselves that is the issue. Ride the beast at night and on the second hill, the arm strap lifted up and unclamped from me. I had to quickly grab it or I would have flung off the ride. When I did grab the arm strap, the ride bumped hard enough that the clamp really clamped in that it stayed. By the time I got to the station, I couldn’t get out of the seat cause the locks were stuck. They had to shut the ride down till they got me out.
Had several workers trying to pry the arm locks off so I can get out. They asked what happened and I told them that everything was fine until the second drop that somehow the thing flung up and was unlocked when the checkers have checked to see if it was locked before starting the ride. So something went wrong. They got me out and had to put the bars down for that seat only and have the other bars up so that maintenance would know which seat to take a look at.
I will never forget that. Scared me to death and my dad didn’t know that was the reason why I screamed so loud on the hill cause normally I don’t scream on coasters. I love coasters and laugh when I’m enjoying them and say Whoooo! But that time around I was screaming.
Looping hyper wooden coaster 1 looks too intense for me
Rollercoaster Tycoon???LOL!!!
Homeless_ Potato rct3 jokes will never get old
Looping hyper wooden coaster traincar 2 has not returned to the station.
only rode it twice 1st time was late in the season the first yr and the second was after the loop was removed.... one of the roughest rides ive ever experienced...... HORRIBLE HORRIBLE RIDE
Homeless_ Potato at least God isn't picking you up by the back of the shirt to keep you in line for looping hyper wooden coaster 😂😂
I went on this roller coaster once when I was a teenager.
It rattled my head around so much, I ended up with a terrible migraine and a sore neck, and it ruined the rest of my trip.
Never went on it again. Can't understand why some people enjoyed it so much.
The exact same thing happened to me. I remember crying just wanting it to be over. I have zero doubt I got off that ride with a concussion
Closed attractions are so depressing and sad.
Son of beast should have been retrack by GCI
I agree that closed rides are sad. My friend made fun of me for it XD
It doesn’t help when going to the park every single time I’ve wondered what was so bad about this ride, sure I’ve heard story’s from my parents, but now knowing a bit more about it, it’s a little creepy.
But we still have "The Beast" 😊
Not this one. I remember as a kid riding it, and I had to devise a way to reduce the amount of shaking to be endured. I firmly pushed and pulled myself to one side of the seat to hold on. I rode it everytime I went, but only because you miss the full experience otherwise. At least it was better than Top Gun, that ride sucked.
"the low quality wood was causing the coaster to sway" UHHH EXCUSE ME??? im no expert but i don't think a roller coaster is supposed to MOVE
beavis anderson So can bridges
Skyscrapers like those in NYC are designed to sway with the wind or else they would just collapse.
This can be felt on the top of sears tower in Chicago
I would say some swaying is to be expected due to the height, but it shouldn't be noticable.
beavis anderson The trains are.
I regularly go to six flags over Georgia, and about 4 years ago they removed one of my favorite rides which was the Georgia cyclone. it was an old wooden coaster, and the wood had rotted to the point where if you stand on the ground and watch one of the sharp turns, the wood gives and the coaster moves about 3 feet towards you. they replaced it with the twisted cyclone because of safety issues. rip georgia cyclone :(
The Son of Beast was only nine years old when it was demolished. So tragic. :'(
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@@garrettbrooks6576 My mistake.
I got to ride The Son of Beast in 2009 just a week or so before it shut down. I was 9 years old at the time and it was the first "big kid ride" I had ever been on. It was one of the most insane, exhilarating, and fun experiences of my life. It instantly sparked my obsession with thrill rides. I'm still a bit sad that I'll never get to ride such a life changing coaster again. I still wish they could have found a way to revise the ride and make it safer (even though I know that was unrealistic) :(
Anne Lorraine I'm 15 years old I never got to ride it your lucky, I wish I could go back in time
"It was one of the most insane, exhilarating, and fun experiences of my life". SO true! I loved the Son of Beast for those exact reasons. I grew up with rough wooden roller coasters. To this day I believe most steel coasters are too smooth.
Anne Lorraine that ride was terrible lol. Fast but it hurt like hell. I’m going to Cedar Point Friday, hear they have a new wooden coaster that I’m pumped about. Beast is still my fav KI coaster, his son was a dick.
Stutz the only wooden roller coaster in Cedar Point is their oldest operating ride, built in 1964. I assume you were on about Steel Vengeance, which is not a wooden coaster but a hybrid
Oh hell I went on this one. It was a big deal.
HI QUINTON FANCY SEEING YOU HERE
Whats your Fav kings island ride? Also are you.making more fallen titans?
did u have a brain hemmorhage
mathewparrett - its a series on his channel
*SO JEALOUS*
"Son of Beast? never heard of it. alright, let's give it a shot--"
>starts video
>immediately starts with a news report; the word "injuries" is mentioned
Oh, this gonna be _good..._ >:)
_>:)_
"Son, I am disappoint"
-the Beast
As a native Cincinnatian, avid roller coaster enthusiast, and former Son of Beast rider, I must say this video was very well done!
I grew up basically my whole life at Kings Island. Once I was tall enough to ride ever ride at the park me and my family invested in season passes. There isn't a ride in that park, kiddy section and all, that I haven't rode. The Beast has been a huge favorite to me for awhile, but I never rode this!
Ever since I was little it was shut down, and my dad would tell me horror stories about how painful it was. He told me that he stood in line for hours on opening day, and that one person tried to cut the line and everyone in a 15 mile radius lost their shit at em. But when he finally got on, he had to leave the park and go home because he was too sore to ride anything else.
As crazy as that park is, and as horrifying as it's tales can be; I can't wait till they finish the Giga coster this year and FINALLY destroy The Vortex. That ride has almost killed me on soooo many occasions. I got stuck at the top of the main hill once and, overall, that ride has always been horribly painful. One night after riding it I cried myself to sleep because of the amount of pain in my skull from the way the ride banged my head around. The Vortex was just metal Son of the Beast, in my opinion.
SoB was extremely rough.. I was 13 when it was built, my buddy and I didn't give a crap how rough it was.. It was the biggest and baddest coaster in the park. We loved the hell out of that ride. But in the end, it was INCREDIBLY dangerous. Probably the reason I have back problems as a 33 year old now lol.
The vortex and racer hurt like hell and I would refuse to go on them, if you want a splitting headache for the rest of your time at the park you would ride those. Yea and I never got to ride SoB since I wasn’t tall enough but I do remember my dad saying he would never ride it again because of how bad it was.
@@akiilux10 Never got on the vortex but the Racer was rougher than I expected. I also had a headache when i got home that night.
I’m a Vortex survivor. I feel like that ride scrambled my brain like eggs.
I stopped riding Vortex after a couple of seasons visiting the park (I started visiting in 2011 after moving to the area in 2010). It just kept getting rougher, and as someone who is, um, well endowed in the chest the restraints hurt. I was not sad to see it go when they announced closure in 2019, even though I love me a good loop
I'm kind of surprised this thing never killed anyone, in retrospect.
You would think that the sudden stop wouldv'e caused major injuries, but I guess those safety harnesses really do their jobs.
A friend of mine got seriously injured on Son of Beast. He got his knee sliced up by a loose screw or something. He showed me the next day and it was nasty.
Yeah, my mom got her belly button ring ripped on on it too
I'm glad he's okay.
My neck hurt for a couple weeks after years later I found out I had a bunch of bulging disks in my neck and back
@@arielmoreno7774😱oh my gosh that’s terrible😭
I actually rode The Beast a few years ago and I cant believe how it still holds up. Its genuinely one of the most fun roller coasters I've ever been on. Especially because one time, we were still in line when the park closed and the sun went down, but they still let us on the ride. And at night, in that forest, there is NO LIGHT. So we were literally barreling through a forest in pitch darkness, it was crazy.
That sounds crazy!
Hope you were okay because of that day in 2006
Son of Beast: great idea, terrible execution.
Noah Joffe the beast should have been torn down first, then GCI could have retrack Son of Beast
Quinton Parchment Are you high? The Beast is literally one of the best rides at Kings Island, and still one of the best woodies in the world after almost 40 years.
@@ARRRsonist naw it's sucks in my opinion the Beast should have retired like Son of Beast, it would also make a good RMC
Quinton Parchment There’s no way The Beast will be RMC’d retracked, definitely, but not RMC’d it’s too iconic
Quinton Parchment it would be cool, it just won’t happen
I remember the son of the beast almost cracked my ribs when I was little, the damn thing was too dangerous
@@user-yn1bd4yf3h If they would have used the same wood they used to build The Beast, then Son of Beast probably would still be here.
I loved Son of Beast. He was like a father to me.
Jock Allen i like your profile picture
Is the beast a grandfather to you
You never dissapoint Kevin. Also, im hyped for Defunctland VR!
This was really interesting, enjoyed the way you put it together!
TPMvids HOLY CRAP IT'S YOU
It's fun but these videos shouldn't be taken too seriously though right? most of it
is looking up stuff you can find on Wikipedia or fansites like 'Theme Park
Tourist' (who also mostly get facts just off the internet),
downloading clips to put to it and writing a voice over . It's a fun youTube series but that's really all it is, a TH-cam series. I'm not having a go at the uploader, I enjoy most the videos, but just sayin' .. because you see so much of the past being 'branded' now with various channels, doesnt necessarily reflect the past fully
does this mean a crossover?
OMG TPM VIDS! Doing a comment about a coaster that was at my home park??????!!!!!
Hey ! Defunctland manager, 9:45 the train did not stopped but returned to the station where the crew members E-stopped the ride. The train in the video is the third train that stopped on the lift hill because of the e-stop.
The Beast: You disappoint me son >:(
definitely would be proud. that was one hell of a ride
Casmier Ghasting son of beast: But dad :(
@@capybara6997 The Beast: Were replacing you son
S.O.B (Son Of Beast): but DAAAAAAAD?
Da Beasht: **LE SHAMK** SHUT UP U MEASTAKE
S.O.B: le cri :'
I actually rode the Son of Beast the day of the 2006 incident. My parents and I had ridden it once in the morning and loved it. We went back for one last ride before leaving in the evening, and noticed a dramatic change. We notified ride operators of how battered we felt, with bruises already starting to form on our bodies, and were told that's "how it's supposed to be." By the time we reached our car, we could see emergency vehicles heading for the ride and knew that we were right in thinking something was off. Such a shame.
It’s bizarre seeing this recommended to me. I remember riding this at 12 years old and just being completely destroyed where I felt like I couldn’t ride anything else the entire day. The ride was so bad it literally just ended the day for me and my family because it jerked us around so much. My family just casually went there knowing nothing about the park but that it was close to a spot in Kentucky we were vacationing. Watching this now, is absolutely terrifying.
I rode it too when I was kid! With the loop it was terrible. I rode it again when I was older without the loop and it wasn’t as bad, but the Beast is also not a very comfortable ride.
Also does anyone else remember hearing a rumor that someone died on the ride? I grew up near KI and remember there was a rumor someone died!
Fun Fact: This is the first ever Defunctland video I ever saw, and I've been a huge fan ever since!
Thanks so much! Thank you for watching
When I was a kid, me and my cuz had to wait while the adults went on th beast. Took so long for them to get back she peed herself and started crying thinking they got ate by the beast.
As a child (it closed when I was 11) my mom and I would ride this ALL the time in the summer, it was my absolute favorite and I remember crying when it came out that it was being shut down.
Same!
*Chunks of the ride missing.*
Official Statement : "NoT aN iSsUe at all."
I’ve watched this video so many times it’s so good. I’ve gone to Kings Island for years and Son of Beast is so hauntingly beautiful. A powerful presence, both while it was running and while it stood abandoned for a few years.
I never got to ride it and I regret that, but any story that ends with "...and then they built Banshee" is a good one in my book.
Jesse Hughes I never got to ride son of beast, honestly banshee sucks
Jesse Hughes lol
Be glad you never rode it!
Wish we had more wooden rollercoasters in the UK, the only one I've ever been on is the Grand National :(
Larry Bundy Jr Thankfully there is the Wickerman.
Let’s hope it’s good.
Hopefully...
😐
Isn't alton towers getting one?
Wicker Man is a GCI coaster. It's gonna be great, especially considering their most recent ride at Kings Island (Mystic Timbers)
Larry Bundy Jr Hey it's Larry! Funny seeing you in this comment section lol. Love your videos! (Probably 7 months too late for you to read) lmfao
Scrack Arcata he's everywhere
I laugh everytime when you introduce yourself with a picture of brad pitt
Yeah, my parents actually met at Kings Island. They were working in the same general area, and the rest is history.
SOB is what happens when you hire non coaster designers to
design a coaster and non coaster builders to build a coaster. I know upwards of
20 enthusiasts who rode it, not one of them had a good thing to say. Regardless
of old/new trains or with/without loop it just sucked.
Kent Zacherl yeah kings island tried to save money wherever possible and that’s why sob failed
I never rode son of beast, the beast should have been torn down first, then son of beast should have been retrack by GCI
Quinton Parchment idk why you’d tear down the beast at all I’ve never had a bad ride on it lol
I rode it all the years it was open and operating with the loop and without. I am from the old school before steel coasters became so popular and wooden coasters were the norm. Riding a wooden coaster you were thrown around to high heaven. I still am a woodie fan and a member of ACE. This was a damn good coaster and I am happy to have been able to ride it. Any other Son of Beast fans out there? Steel is just so tame, not a fan of "smooth" rides and I am 63-years-old.
Jim Kilbane road the last train before the one that caught. Was wild and incredible ride. The SOB threw me about all over the place and I absolutely LOVED it! That said the original and Mystic Timbers blow it out of the water!
Proud to say: I rode this coaster ON OPENING DAY after HOOOUUUURSS waiting in line.
Kevin Wells I was there in the first week. So cool!!
did you died
I love the little song ending of Father and Son by Cat Stevens lol. Fits perfectly!
Bricks and Blocks Reviews I wonder if it was inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2
Do you like talking tomatos?
TommyTom YES
I always feel like I'll get decapitated at the tunnel on the beast
Craig Hipsher same it’s an irrational fear of mine lol
Craig Hipsher that’s how I feel every time I ride it
Those last two decapitation tunnels are my favorite part!
don't ride adventure express, it has even lower overhangs.
Same at Six Flags
The Beast HATED his kid. S.O.B.????? That's messed up.
In July 2000 I flew from London, England to Chicago then drive to Kings Island just to ride SOB, also visit Cedar Point a few days later to ride MF. SOB was amazing as i've never been on a wooden coaster that big, The ride experience was mega bouncy & quite rough.. The vertical loop was the best part, so amazing being 118ft high on a woodie. I hope a park can put a Vertical Loop on a wooden coaster again someday.
I rode this one back in 2001 when it was brand new and boy was it painful. The ride jerked you around so hard I have no trouble believing people got injured riding it. I only went on it maybe twice and decided that was enough. The headache for the rest of the day wasn't worth it.
I died on Son of Beast once. I thought it was a safe roller coaster though. And fun...
F
It murdered my entire family. And raped my mother, too. I want my million dollars.
Oh man that stinks. Are you okay though?
Did you respawn?
worth
Who remembers when R L Stine wrote two books with stories relating to these coasters? :D
He did what were they called
@@thenewfritzthecat8478The two books were "The Beast" and "The Beast 2," published in June of 1994 and 1995, respectively (so before "Beast" had a "Son"). The premise was that the ride was haunted by a ghost who went to the fictional "Firelight Park" that existed before the real Kings Island. When the protagonists sneak to the The Beast after the park closed, he offered them a chance to ride the coaster, while simultaneously sending them back in time to when the previous existed.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/176581.The_Beast
www.goodreads.com/book/show/293150.The_Beast_2
Hell yeah! New Defuctland about a ride from somewhere I've actually been to!
Nice thumbnail. I haven't seen Sammy Terry since I was a kid.
Iona Clevinger I rode both when I was younger. I had no idea it was dismantled 🤔
@@MadiBendy It wasn't dismantled; it was BULLDOZED. Very sad.
I rode this on opening day and every year before it was taken down.
Yes, it was brutal.
Yes, it was violent.
Yes, I usually got off with a headache.
Yes, it was THE best Rollercoaster I've ever been on since then. "Thrilling" is an understatement.
Oh yeah, and another thing. The Racer technically didn't almost kill the Brady Bunch. It was just a twist of an outcome. The woman who played the mother on the show actually was scared of roller coasters and wanted to experiment with the ride with the camera on it before the cast would get on. The camera wasn't properly attached, so it broke as the coaster was operating. If the Brady Bunch decided to ride it with the camera not attached properly, someone would've got hit and the head and die on it.
Love the new intro style looks really cool - also I still think it's be cool to do some old school Epcot attractions - mainly horizons, body Wars,or the original journey into imagination
I rode this thing a handful of times in my youth. Was pretty good, but i always preferred the original. Used to give me headaches. Didn't even know it had the loop removed until i saw this and other, similar videos.
Man, the memories. For one season in the 00's they sold big plush gloves of the claws seen in the Beast logo. Wish I still had it, because that was the best merchandise they ever made. EDIT: Oh my god, and at 8:47 - I remember those old Local 12 text polls so vividly. I remember one about the damn OJ Simpson trial of all things. Hilarious.
Mokujo HI STOCKING
When I saw that I had graphic flashbacks of the telephone graphic. No questions. Just the slide in animation.
I love how this series presents each attraction's history as a chronological narrative, almost like a legend. Are you still working on your dream project of making a theme park of these lost attractions?
Playing "father and son" at the end really got me.
Hey, at least this coaster operated for more than a couple of days. You should really do a video about Ring Racer. It's still standing but not operation, with no intention about reopening it. Most people who aren't enthusiasts outside of Germany don't really know about it, and I dont think you've heard of it, but it would make a neat video, expecially that thier aren't many videos on it.
So since you are now doing roller coasters, I would love to see a Defunctland on Drachen Fire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It has a really interesting history and i think would make for a good video.
CoasterDude 7 Ooh yeah! It was my dad's favorite coaster growing up and he was super disappointed to see it removed the second time we visited. I'd be interested in this!
CoasterDude 7 Yes please do Drachen Fire or Big Bad Wolf.
Drachen Fire would be a similar story to Son of Beast, in some ways.
I rode that thing during its brief period of existence--I remember getting all beat up and sore, and since I hadn't ridden any other coasters that were quite in that class, I figured all big modern coasters would do that to you. I liked it, but it wasn't an experience I wanted to have very often. I didn't find out until many years later that Drachen Fire specifically was considered to have serious design flaws and was shut down just a few years later for hurting people.
I would love to see a video for Drachen Fire!
That is true. It holds the main issue of being a design built by the wrong manufacturer, since it was supposed to be B&M, but they didn't have the manpower or the size back then and needed time, so they went to arrow with it and basically asked them to do what they couldn't. The result was something very unique, and I think if it wasn't for so many issues, it would've been possible to make a lot better, but, who knows. Arrow should've never taken on that project, nor the X2 one either, but they always wanted to build what someone wanted. Ok so the story is different enough, with son of beast the wood and the company really didn't care, though they definitely should've waited for CCI, that's 4sure. The wood itself was not right at all.
As an employee of Cedar Fair now, I had no idea this happened in one of our parks. I can say that in the current priorities in our park, safety is number one. Second is guest satisfaction. This would never happen in our parks in modern times.
It was a Paramount park when it was built. The rose bowl incident occurred a week after Cedar Fair purchased all of the parks owned by Paramount. The ride never actually valleyed as stated in the video. A train returned to the load/unload station and one of the ride operators noticed that riders had appeared to have experienced extreme discomfort. The ride op called for an E-stop and the ride was stopped as the other train was halfway up the lift-hill.
Cedar Fair has always held rider safety as the highest priority. I wouldn't be surprised if Cedar Fair had mandatory safety training immediately after buying Paramount Parks. It's possible that the train on the lift hill would have continued on the course had Cedar Fair not purchased the park. The outcome of this would have been fatal.
Given that Cedar Fair's priorities right now are rider throughput and reliability, yeah, there's no way that this piece of junk would have been built the way it was under Paramount.
Speaking of loops could you add the looping slide from action park as an addition to a water park section of defunctland?
Nice
Aaaaand it becomes its own video
Oh god action park
Wow, you handled the ending of this episode really, really well. Grew up in Springfield, OH going to this park during the summers, so many memories. The hype over Son of Beast at the time was unbelievable. Top notch work, Defunctland!
Is the song at the end “father and son” by cat Stevens 😂
Yes
Yondu's funeral song!
Lol! Can the future VR version of this incorporate a mechanic where the coaster can fall apart mid ride? Like to the point where the cart can get stuck and you have to be rescued by virtual paramedics?
Nah, just have a bolt fly off in front of you, leading to the collapse of the whole thing.
I am obsessed with your channel. I am a huge theme park fan, mostly Disney. I literally wait on pins and needles for you to release a new video.
I just shared the link on my Facebook!
Props!
These videos shouldn't be taken too seriously though right? most of it is looking up generic stuff you can find on Wikipedia or 'Theme Park Tourist' (who also mostly get facts just off other websites), downloading clips to put to it and writing a voice over . It's a kind of fun youTube series but that's really all it is, a TH-cam series. I'm not having a go at the uploader, I enjoy most the videos, but just sayin' .. because you see so much of the past being 'branded' now with various channels, doesnt necessarily reflect the past accurately.
The waiting will be much easier if do it figuratively on pins and needles.
13:24 the addition of Father and Son by Cat Steven's is absolutely perfect!
i think we're all gonna want to know the story behind that tigger lawsuit
Tigger was accused of inappropriately groping and fondling children. The actor in the costume was acquitted on all counts. Came down to the fact the costume hands were huge and the actor could barely see out of the thing.
How the hell did they even track down the actor who was accused? Don't they rotate?
Void of Space and Time Disney must be aware of who's playing what characters at what time and which area of the park.
I used to ride Son of Beast every summer. Was much more fun with the inversion. Shame it's gone, but I guess it's for the best.
Salvador Luna It is possible to do it with RMC,Gravity Group or an Intamin Prefab Woodie.
Remove banshee and replace it with a gravity group redo of Son of Beast
I know I'm very very far from alone on this, but I just have to say how much I love the wooden coasters. not just because of the sound and the feel, but the SIGHT - the intricate web of supports and bridges you fly around and through ... you can't beat that, in my opinion. it's a really complex and overlapping pattern, the wooden criss-cross, and so it's just a really really interesting thing to fly around. I love that.
then, of course, come on. clicketty-clack clicketty-clack clicketty-clack ... the quiet hum, then BOOM. you're off. awesome tension, awesome experience. a good wooden rollercoaster has so much going for it that a more modern steel design just can't. or won't.
I don't even know what this ride is, but I know I likes me some new Defunctland!
(PS. Please review Alfred Hitchcock Experience. Cheers)
Do you think a Defunctland episode on the original Star Tours is possible?
Anything is possible
Well since you said that anything is possible, is it possible to do an episode of Defunctland on the 3D Jimmy Neutron ride from Universal? THAT WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE IN UNIVERSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well the Jimmy Neutron ride was originally Hannah Barbara...
he should do one on nick studios in general
I love these videos and have shown it to my young nephews (our home park is Kings Island) and was surprised how interested they were in it. Your videos are very well made and I'm excited for a new season!
"we're not roller coaster engineers" haha
You mean
Omg! I saw this comment as soon as he said that!
I like that guitar riff from "Father and Son" you added in. 👌🏻
I grew up with Kings island and while I was only 2-3 years old when Son of beast came out, my mom remembers it clearly since she grew up in Cincinnati.
Son of beast is pretty infamous for kings island, if you grew up in the area and been to kings island, chances are you’ve heard of this ride and not in a good way.
And now that it’s demolished because of Banshee, there’s little memorial (a tombstone) in the waiting area so it’s kind of a nice touch.
Rip: son of beast.
You were a wild child.