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Am I going crazy, or was there a loop on the Son Of Beast roller coaster at Kings Island?

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I went to Kings Island for my high school after prom in 1998. I could have swore there was a loop on this roller coaster, but when I went on it on Saturday, there was no loop. What happened?

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  1. You are correct.  The Son of Beast (A sequel ride to the famous roller coaster "The Beast.") held 4 world records.  

    It held the world record for the worlds fastest, tallest, and only wooden looping roller coaster in the world.  (Although, it kind of cheated because the loop was mostly steel.  Although Guiness still classified it as the world's first and only wooden looping roller coaster.)  More wood was also used to make this ride than any other ride on the planet.

    In the summer of 2006, the ride had malfunctioned once again.  One rider even broke his sternum on the ride due to the rough unsettled track.  The ride had problems from year one.  It was always shut down.  They determined that because the coaster was built on a 20 year flood plain, that the continuous force from the loop was causing subsidence to the ride.  They made a few other adjustments to the ride as well.  

    So no, you're not going crazy.  There was a loop on the ride.

    Is the ride smoother now that they fixed it?  It always seemed a little rough.


  2. They had to take the loop out after a bump in the track caused by structural failure caused some injuries. That happened in July '06, and the ride remained closed till July '07. During that time they took out the loop and replaced the original trains with lighter ones.

    No crazy pills for you, don't worry.

  3. No you aren't going crazy.  It used to have a loop.

  4. there was a loop but after the accident they took it out trust me i go there every week

  5. After an accident that sent several riders to the hospital, Kings Island (now owned by Cedar Fair) decided that the coaster needed lighter trains, and the extreme heavy ones they opened with. The old trains were able to secure riders in enough to allow a trip through the loop.

    The news trains however, were not specially designed for Son of Beast, and for safety reasons, Cedar Fair decided to remove the loop.

    I really did not care. Son of Beast was a flawed coaster from the get-go. It should have never been built with its current design. Its design is completely not what a wooden coaster should be even now. The loop, sadly, was the best thing about the ride.

  6. son of beast is a wooden roller coater which means it cant make any loops.

    Please make me best answer.

  7. Yes.

    It was the only wooden roller coaster in the world with a loop.

    They took it out last year.

    I'm not really sure why, surly it was for safety reasons.

  8. They had a bad accident involving the loop, which led to some people being injured.  It was bad engineering, and they are now fighting it out in court with the company that designed the coaster over whom should be liable, who should cover the repairs and redesign, if there was a breach of contract, etc.  They took the loop out to make it safer.  It was the only wooden coaster with a loop.

    How can you ask for best answer when you're wrong?  I dont get  that.

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