I rode this when it first opened, and absolutely loved it. The fact that it had a loop but you were still riding in a car designed like it was for wood only really added to the effect. Riding at night was phenomenal. It really is sad to see that it has been torn down :(
@@afoolsbabybear2266 something happened and they thought they could lessen how rough the ride was by replacing the trains with new lighter ones, and unfortunately the lighter train could not complete the loop so they removed it.
Yeah it was if a hurricane hit Kings Island it would of been gone but something like Ozark Wildcat had a fight th-cam.com/video/frN53CyUQhE/w-d-xo.html
Quinton Parchment son of beast could not be repaired, it was a rough unsafe coaster and the beast can’t be removed because it’s a huge Part of the parks history
Believe me, Son of Beast was brutal. I rode it only 2 times, once in 2002 and again in 2004 at night. Going through that huge helix felt like getting punched in the face. Son of Beast looked good on paper, but didn't work out well in reality.
Joel Hunt wow, that sounds exhilarating. I know you had a blast dude.. sounds like the Beast was a ride that made someone beg for mercy. Makes me wish I'd gotten to ride it even more.
Brennan Ellwood it was definitely a great coaster. I got to ride it the first year it opened then again when they took the loop out. One thing I’ll never forget about it (besides the amazing speed) is you don’t get to see how steep the hill really is unless you rode it. The surrounding trees hid majority of it from viewers. My opinion, if it were still around it would probably be their best wooden coaster. Can’t say overall because Outer Limits (Flight of Fear) is my fave. Long live Son of Beast!
That was a ride with multiple safety and engineering issues. The builder, RollerCoaster corporation of America, was sued to the point of being out of business due to the many issues with SOB. Personally I think the project was seriously underbid, and RCCOA cut way too many corners. The amount of structure problems it had year in and year out was astronomical. I believe I read somewhere the annual upkeep was 2 million dollars. that is a lot of cash to keep a rollercoaster running.
@@MrSpecificity they did. They even made a shell company called roller coaster corporation of Ohio to try and keep their real name out of it. They were a really shady company and it really sucks because if they had gotten a better company to work with we might have had a much better ride that would still be up to this day.
As one of the first riders on this beautiful coaster, and a regular rider until 2005 when I moved to Florida, (with no issues, I might add) it broke my heart to see this video. The racer caused me back pain every single time I rode it, but I never complained.. nor did I hire an attorney. 😠😪
Dave Baker not really, you could spin the bolts that’s how lose they were and wooden beams on it cracked and fell that’s why no one attempted to retrack it
@@skunkman9815 if you knew you had heart problems and that something too intense might kill you, would it really be fair to say the ride is responsible for your death?
While I was not there to see the prep work, that lift hill came down a bit too easy for being 200+ ft. tall. I watch a video of the Ozark Wildcat in Branson MO, a GCI Woodie, and it took the bulldozers 8 or 9 good pulls before it finally let go.
I loved kings island i rode the beast and went up the tower. I also saw the initials D.C., since the Partridge family had just filmed there I believe that was David Cassidy who put them there. I was there between. 1972 and 1974.
I remember going on this and absolutely hating it. And also when I went on it I felt unsafe about the coaster. Now seeing this thing come down so easily, it's scary.
It didn't fall easy. They cut the footers first then the slightest pressure would make it fall. It's like if you cut the base of a house and pushed it over.
I hope people do realize that this was controlled demolition, so most support beams were pre cut or weakened and the rope that was pulled was attached at strategic point ? Look up building demolitions, it is meant to fall apart easily and predictably
RMC was never planning to convert it as there was no need to in which I agree. Son of Beast failed and trying to do something ambitious to fix it really would not of been worth it. RMC was only a small company at this time and did not have the skills and capabilities they have today. Plus Son of Beasts structure was too unstable as it was poorly constructed and not safe.
ThT thing went down without a fight, which is terrifying considering it was the only wooden hyper coaster ever and I’ve seen coasters two times as small take way longer to knock down.
went to Kings Island for the first time in 2007, mainly to ride the Beast, wish I could've ridden this one but it was shut down. Didn't go back until after they tore it down.
Wow that big hill I was always used to seeing when I drove around that area just wiped away. I'll be honest, to me it was one of those "alright" rides, not great but not bad. Even so, its a terrible shame they demolished it. After having been closed for multiple seasons we all knew it was probably coming down soon :/
RIP Son of Beast. Killed because some wimps couldn't handle it. You will forever be remembered in our hearts and we look forward to seeing you again one day. May you forever be happy in Heaven.
@shadowiish :D hey i was like 12 when i commented this 😭 pretty sure i was being sarcastic but i honestly don't remember writing this so who knows lmao
MrGamerBoy *Had* a loop. I wish this coaster didn't have too many mechanical problems, looked like it would've been fun. Although it wasn't the first wooden rollercoaster to feature a loop, back in the early 1900- mid 1920's most coasters were wood and designers did put loops on some roller coasters, but the problems were they were perfect circles, loops today are elliptical, and that put too much g-forces on riders which made them uncomfortable. Therefore, the loops on the coasters weren't popular and loops didn't become popular again until the 70's when Magic Mountain built Revolution, the world's first steel vertical looping coaster.
That isn't looping, that's inverting. That's a barrel roll and all the inverting wooden coasters these days have dive loops (Goliath, Great America), heartline rolls (Outlaw Run, S.D.C), zero g stalls (Goliath Great America). and overbanked turns. A wooden coaster is yet to do a vertical loop since Son Of Beast and I doubt that R.M.C will ever do a vertical loop on a coaster.
Son of Beast is never coming back. This ride was a complete disaster since it went vertical and this coaster is now in the past. Though an RMC could be coming at some point.
It was demolished because it was a really jerky and shaky ride. Tons of people were injured from a crack in the ride. And more people were hurt from the shaky ness.
You should actually be happy that it’s gone, because the ride was actually a rough painful mess, mostly because it was built by a piss-poor manufacturer. If it were built by, say, Great Coasters International, Custom Coasters International, Gravity Group, or maybe Intamin (as a prefab Woodie), then it would be a smooth and exciting ride and continue operating today. But it wasn’t. Instead it was built by the Roller Coaster Corporation of America, one of two manufacturers known for building terrible and painful wooden coasters (the other one being the Dinn Corporation). The moment RCCA was chosen to build this ride was the moment it was doomed to fail. In other words, not having the chance to ride this painful mess of a ride is for the better. If you want to ride a super-tall woodie, I’d suggest you’d give El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ, or T Express at Everland in South Korea a ride.
An end of an error. This roller coaster gave too unpleasant ride experiences. However, when I visit kings island during a vacation to Ohio, I will definitely give Banshee a ride.
You should actually be glad you didn’t. Son of Beast was a rough and brutal ride for many, many people, especially due to the fact that it was built by a piss-poor manufacturer.
Favorite color? ....You mean the dull brown this flop of a wooden coaster had. Im not being rude I’m saying Son of Beast was a cool idea on paper but ended up failing miserably.
This is a wooden Dangerous rollercoaster It opened in 2000 and Closed on 2009 Lots riders Were Killed Some Lucky Survived they Destroyed it in 2012 Potholes were Causing people in A suffering Pain So they Decided to Demolish it For all the regrets so they had to Some people Snuck in I think and Was sent to the Asylum or Prison
I rode this when it first opened, and absolutely loved it. The fact that it had a loop but you were still riding in a car designed like it was for wood only really added to the effect. Riding at night was phenomenal. It really is sad to see that it has been torn down :(
Deez Nuts huh, they removed the loop a couple years after opening. It was never added it was always there
Dafuq are you talking about? The loop was taken out after 2006 but it was absolutely in there when the ride opened in 2000.
Michael T your the idiot here. It opened with the loop but is was removed later on
Ethan Faranda why was the loop removed?
@@afoolsbabybear2266 something happened and they thought they could lessen how rough the ride was by replacing the trains with new lighter ones, and unfortunately the lighter train could not complete the loop so they removed it.
It's pretty scary how easily it came down.
Nick Dwyer Yeah they're using heavy equipment and most of the supports were gone already so in no way would it come down while riding
Tolataly Realvillan also the wood that was used was very weak
Well when paramount made it they ddint use the best wood and structures
Yeah it was if a hurricane hit Kings Island it would of been gone but something like Ozark Wildcat had a fight th-cam.com/video/frN53CyUQhE/w-d-xo.html
I once saw a much smaller wooden coaster that went down with _much_ more effort than it took to fell Son Of Beast...
are you sure you want to completely demolish wooden coaster 4?
Hahaha! I miss that game!
No no, you got it all wrong. "Delete this item? wooden coaster 1"
Wooden rollercoaster 1 has great value
Wouldn't it be wooden coaster 2 since it's the son of the beast?
LuigiBroMario Son of Beast*
son of east outlived by his own father.
*banshee rises out of the ashes*
Only to bring disappointed to all that ride it
#RMCbanshee LoL
@@davidbaker234 I’m bummed I never got to ride Son of Beast, but Banshee is my favorite B&M invert for now!
@@davidbaker234not by me! I LOVE Banshee!!!!
R.I.P son of a beast at least we still have your father
Aidan Cavanaugh the son died before the father and he was only 12
The beast should have been removed ,and son of beast should have been RMCed, instead of a rip off banshee, banshee sucks
Quinton Parchment HOW DARE YOU p.s it was impossible to rmc son of beast
Carson’s Coasters I don't like banshee it's rough,I hate the vest restraints, gravity group could have repaired son of beast
Quinton Parchment son of beast could not be repaired, it was a rough unsafe coaster and the beast can’t be removed because it’s a huge Part of the parks history
I never got to ride this. It makes me cry to see it go.
you dont want to ride it
Brennan Ellwood I can't believe I never got a chance to ride Son of Beast either. Believe me I feel your pain
Believe me, Son of Beast was brutal. I rode it only 2 times, once in 2002 and again in 2004 at night. Going through that huge helix felt like getting punched in the face. Son of Beast looked good on paper, but didn't work out well in reality.
Joel Hunt wow, that sounds exhilarating. I know you had a blast dude.. sounds like the Beast was a ride that made someone beg for mercy. Makes me wish I'd gotten to ride it even more.
Brennan Ellwood it was definitely a great coaster. I got to ride it the first year it opened then again when they took the loop out. One thing I’ll never forget about it (besides the amazing speed) is you don’t get to see how steep the hill really is unless you rode it. The surrounding trees hid majority of it from viewers. My opinion, if it were still around it would probably be their best wooden coaster. Can’t say overall because Outer Limits (Flight of Fear) is my fave. Long live Son of Beast!
That was a ride with multiple safety and engineering issues. The builder, RollerCoaster corporation of America, was sued to the point of being out of business due to the many issues with SOB.
Personally I think the project was seriously underbid, and RCCOA cut way too many corners. The amount of structure problems it had year in and year out was astronomical. I believe I read somewhere the annual upkeep was 2 million dollars. that is a lot of cash to keep a rollercoaster running.
RCCoA must’ve done a poor job
Looks like the son didn’t carry his father’s reputation
@@MrSpecificity they did. They even made a shell company called roller coaster corporation of Ohio to try and keep their real name out of it. They were a really shady company and it really sucks because if they had gotten a better company to work with we might have had a much better ride that would still be up to this day.
They probably did a rush job on this coaster to complete with Cedar Point’s Millennium Force and Six Flags Ohio in 2000
I'm actually glad RCCA went out of business, now parks don't have to fall for the scam that they were
Honestly, it's depressing for me when a wooden coaster gets torn down
In this case, nothing good would have improved it. It was plagued with problems when it was being constructed, and continued with the ride's lifespan.
Great Coaster, you had to make sure you had Health Insurance to ride it!
As one of the first riders on this beautiful coaster, and a regular rider until 2005 when I moved to Florida, (with no issues, I might add) it broke my heart to see this video. The racer caused me back pain every single time I rode it, but I never complained.. nor did I hire an attorney. 😠😪
This ride caused injuries. It wasn’t only slight roughness.
I can only imagine what someone would’ve thought if they were driving down the highway seeing the Son of Beast lift hill suddenly fall down
Jeremy Clarkson: "We've improved the look of Kings Island immensely!"
Only imagine if they gave it the RMC treatment!
RMC Son of Beast would be better than banshee, banshee sucks and it's a rip off
It’s impossible to rmc it because the dangerous structure
@@YurBoiCarson structurally the ride was fine
Dave Baker not really, you could spin the bolts that’s how lose they were and wooden beams on it cracked and fell that’s why no one attempted to retrack it
RMC?
Lol kinda looked like 100 billion dominoes falling
Rest in Pieces, Son of Beast, you will be missed.
But it caused huge pain on the riders. How could it be missed?
And it caused the death of one woman
@@skunkman9815 if you knew you had heart problems and that something too intense might kill you, would it really be fair to say the ride is responsible for your death?
You mean a man
Eeeeeeeeh? Will it?
that was the sound of my heart breaking...
While I was not there to see the prep work, that lift hill came down a bit too easy for being 200+ ft. tall. I watch a video of the Ozark Wildcat in Branson MO, a GCI Woodie, and it took the bulldozers 8 or 9 good pulls before it finally let go.
It would've been better if the Ozark Wildcat knocked the bulldozer down instead, to teach it a lesson!
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The drop tower in all its glory lol
I loved kings island i rode the beast and went up the tower. I also saw the initials D.C., since the Partridge family had just filmed there I believe that was David Cassidy who put them there. I was there between. 1972 and 1974.
R.I.P Son of Beast. 2000 to 2012
CoolGarrettRPG97 cough.. cough.. 2009.. cough cough
Carolina Thrills it was demolished in 2012, closed for good in 2009
@@rackaid14 what do mean by cough
I miss the son of beast😭 it was really fun for a wood coaster,especially with the loop! (Itused to have a loop)
They removed the loop because the lighter trains didn’t have enough momentum to make the loop
I remember going on this and absolutely hating it. And also when I went on it I felt unsafe about the coaster.
Now seeing this thing come down so easily, it's scary.
It didn't fall easy. They cut the footers first then the slightest pressure would make it fall. It's like if you cut the base of a house and pushed it over.
I hope people do realize that this was controlled demolition, so most support beams were pre cut or weakened and the rope that was pulled was attached at strategic point ?
Look up building demolitions, it is meant to fall apart easily and predictably
Then why didn’t they do the same for Ozark Wildcat?
I like to hear the music of those excavators reversing while tugging the abandoned roller coaster tracks.
Beast: No, my wooden roller coaster! Help me god.
It's sad to see a once mighty roller coaster be reduced to a pile of firewood. :( Oh well, a wooden hypercoaster was quite a bit too ambitious anyway.
Maybe too ambitious for the time, anyway. We have significantly better wooden coaster technology now. I'm sure we'll see another one soon.
@@MinkyBoodle44 I wouldn’t say too ambitious for it’s time. It was just built by an incompetent manufacturer.
I only rode it once. Still remember riding it to this very day... sad to see what happened to it. Maverick isn't nearly as fun.
Any other coaster enthusiasts that found this hard to watch? :(
Damn. Too bad RMC wasn’t a thing when they tore it down. Can you imagine how great this would have been if it got RMC’d
RMC built New Texas Giant one year before this ride was demolished.
@@triple7marc oh wow didn’t know. Then that’s on them then. Thanks for telling me
That would’ve actually been a good addition to their coaster lineup
One hell of an ambitious ride. It was very rough but I do really miss it.
Son of Beast was beautiful and forever holds many world records for wooden coasters, it was just the in the right place at the wrong time
If they'd just kept it for a few more years maybe RMC could've done something about it...
RMC the beast into son of beast
RMC was never planning to convert it as there was no need to in which I agree. Son of Beast failed and trying to do something ambitious to fix it really would not of been worth it.
RMC was only a small company at this time and did not have the skills and capabilities they have today.
Plus Son of Beasts structure was too unstable as it was poorly constructed and not safe.
It’s always hard to watch a coaster collapse like that
ThT thing went down without a fight, which is terrifying considering it was the only wooden hyper coaster ever and I’ve seen coasters two times as small take way longer to knock down.
went to Kings Island for the first time in 2007, mainly to ride the Beast, wish I could've ridden this one but it was shut down. Didn't go back until after they tore it down.
Wow that big hill I was always used to seeing when I drove around that area just wiped away. I'll be honest, to me it was one of those "alright" rides, not great but not bad. Even so, its a terrible shame they demolished it. After having been closed for multiple seasons we all knew it was probably coming down soon :/
RIP Son of Beast. Killed because some wimps couldn't handle it. You will forever be remembered in our hearts and we look forward to seeing you again one day. May you forever be happy in Heaven.
bro people were hospitalized
@shadowiish :D hey i was like 12 when i commented this 😭 pretty sure i was being sarcastic but i honestly don't remember writing this so who knows lmao
broken necks tend to get things shutdown.
@mikekinsella2822 im aware, i don't remember writing this bc i was like 12 but i was 100% being sarcastic 😭
TIMBER!!!!!!
... that was painful to watch
jay pichard I knew I wasn't the only one who thought so. Rest in peace Son of Beast.
Same
Painful to hear a fighter just give up and fall
And later that night a banshee came up out of the grave to haunt Kings island for years to come
After the coaster starts to collapse “maybe we should have done RMC revamp” lol
RMC was only a young company at the time and Son of Beasts structure was too unstable so it was not sturdy enough.
I can't believe this thing has a loop. I think it was the only wooden rollercoaster with a loop.
MrGamerBoy *Had* a loop. I wish this coaster didn't have too many mechanical problems, looked like it would've been fun. Although it wasn't the first wooden rollercoaster to feature a loop, back in the early 1900- mid 1920's most coasters were wood and designers did put loops on some roller coasters, but the problems were they were perfect circles, loops today are elliptical, and that put too much g-forces on riders which made them uncomfortable. Therefore, the loops on the coasters weren't popular and loops didn't become popular again until the 70's when Magic Mountain built Revolution, the world's first steel vertical looping coaster.
The new looping wooden coaster in first place is hades 360 rip hades 2000-2013 new loop
That isn't looping, that's inverting. That's a barrel roll and all the inverting wooden coasters these days have dive loops (Goliath, Great America), heartline rolls (Outlaw Run, S.D.C), zero g stalls (Goliath Great America). and overbanked turns. A wooden coaster is yet to do a vertical loop since Son Of Beast and I doubt that R.M.C will ever do a vertical loop on a coaster.
not true...
not true...
The dislikes are from the people who almost died while riding the rollercoaster
Wow
Still have done people watch in 2020 with corona outside that all six Flags park has to close
Rest and Peace Son of Beast, from Portland OR
This was a fun coaster but it had to go away but at least they added a better ride (it’s banshee)
Who else found that soothing
TIMBERRRRRRR!!!
Wooden Coaster 1 looks too intense for me!
I’m so glad I didn’t have the chance to ride this.
Actual demolition starts at 1:22
Sad that they tore it down before I ever got a chance to ride it. Rest in peace Son of Beast.
RCCA went out of business shortly after the SOB. Too bad it wasn't built right, it was one hell of a coaster.
I was able to ride this, I was fun but rough, I kinda agree to tear it down but they should bring it back as an rmc
Son of Beast is never coming back.
This ride was a complete disaster since it went vertical and this coaster is now in the past.
Though an RMC could be coming at some point.
Those excavators are so strong that they can easily pull a rollercoaster track.
The man in the background is videoing the demolition aswell
The excavator uses the force on a sloppily built wooden coaster
It was demolished because it was a really jerky and shaky ride. Tons of people were injured from a crack in the ride. And more people were hurt from the shaky ness.
I was really looking forward riding this but now I’m sad it’s gone. R.I.P. son of beast. 😢😞
It looked cool but this ride would beat the crap out of you as you traveled along giant helixes made out of poorly constructed wood.
You should actually be happy that it’s gone, because the ride was actually a rough painful mess, mostly because it was built by a piss-poor manufacturer.
If it were built by, say, Great Coasters International, Custom Coasters International, Gravity Group, or maybe Intamin (as a prefab Woodie), then it would be a smooth and exciting ride and continue operating today.
But it wasn’t. Instead it was built by the Roller Coaster Corporation of America, one of two manufacturers known for building terrible and painful wooden coasters (the other one being the Dinn Corporation). The moment RCCA was chosen to build this ride was the moment it was doomed to fail.
In other words, not having the chance to ride this painful mess of a ride is for the better. If you want to ride a super-tall woodie, I’d suggest you’d give El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ, or T Express at Everland in South Korea a ride.
@@VinceHere98 I really want to travel to New Jersey and ride El Toro.
come on it was the only looping wooden roller coaster😢
not true....
than what was the other
+Patrick O'Hara Well there is Hades 360 at Mt. Olympus in Wisconsin Dells
ok i dont know that now oone comment on that one pot
+MrFarmingman123 that isn’t a loop. That is a barrell roll or corkscrew. Get ot right. THIS coaster had a loop.
Rip son of beast 😔😔😔 I never rode it
I give it a thumbs up but should be a thumbs down as it is sad any time a coaster is demolished!
An end of an error. This roller coaster gave too unpleasant ride experiences. However, when I visit kings island during a vacation to Ohio, I will definitely give Banshee a ride.
Thanks a lot. Liar who lied that she got hurt on the ride.
Well the ride really was unsafe behind the scenes as the structure was unstable and poorly built.
I think it was for the best.
It’s sad seeing it go
Broncos Country! Let’s Ride!
The ride: 1:26
Why is this heartbreaking, yet scary?
I wish i could have riden it
Thank God you didn't ride it, it's an awful ride go to El Toro instead
You should actually be glad you didn’t. Son of Beast was a rough and brutal ride for many, many people, especially due to the fact that it was built by a piss-poor manufacturer.
Is it bad that I teared up a bit?
1:24 The wooden beast died
Who would think that the beasts son would be stronger than his dad.
*_How TO TRIGGER ROLLER COASTER FANS_*
This hurts.
the fact that this shut down in 2009 is pretty sad for me, because i was born in 2009...🥺
*breaks toothpick*
Looks small with a person
Are we still able to ride it??
1:25 is satisfying to watch
I bet that excavator operator had a few pucker seconds!!
anyone know where i could get a piece of the Son of beast wood,
why i wanted to go on it
it killed so many people and injured more
+BlueChermernder YT It never killed anyone...
+BlueChermernder YT it injured 28 people
Your lucky you didn't go on this. I went on it and had to go to the hospital because it was that rough.
That cheap rcca wood just snapped like a toothpick
I go back to the Bat and hang out around the old turnstiles,and train house isbstill there.
This should have been edited to half its length.
Watching that fall shattered my heart 💔😭
It's sad to see my memories just... collapse
Man in the digger got massive balls
This shows you hw strong it is though
O fuck I can’t believe you’ve done this
It was my favorite color still in King‘s Island 😭
Favorite color? ....You mean the dull brown this flop of a wooden coaster had.
Im not being rude I’m saying Son of Beast was a cool idea on paper but ended up failing miserably.
Does Kings Island do on funerals for son of beast on 2009?
I like how i just folded up and just free fell like DropTower! RIP
Roller coaster go BOOM BANG NOOT NOOT BANG
What a waste of lumber when it was first built.
Collapse at 1:23
This is a wooden Dangerous rollercoaster It opened in 2000 and Closed on 2009 Lots riders Were Killed Some Lucky Survived they Destroyed it in 2012 Potholes were Causing people in A suffering Pain So they Decided to Demolish it For all the regrets so they had to Some people Snuck in I think and Was sent to the Asylum or Prison
missed opportunity for some angry birds IRL
Make the meme then my guy
I rode in a Mexican space ship that shook less than this ride
1:25 TIMBER!