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ride Son of Beast
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- Name
- Son of Beast
- Status
- Demolished
- Closing
- No
- Park
- Kings Island
- Category
- Roller Coaster
- Description
- The first wooden roller coaster with a vertical loop and, at the time, the only wooden hypercoaster, standing 218 feet tall. After 27 injuries in a July 2006 incident the loop was removed in 2007; the ride closed in 2009 and was demolished in 2012. Designed by Werner Stengel with Roller Coaster Corporation of America.
- Designer
- Werner Stengel
- Drop
- 214.01 ft (65.23 m)
- Closing date
- 2009-01-01
- Coaster type
- Wood
- Opening date
- 2000-01-01
- Opening year
- 2000
- Seating type
- Sit Down
- Height
- 218.01 ft (66.45 m)
- Length
- 7031.99 ft (2143.35 m)
- Max speed
- 78 mph (125.53 km/h)
- Track material
- Wood
- Attraction type
- Ride
- Intensity level
- Extreme
- Manufacturer
- Roller Coaster Corporation of America
- Support material
- Wood
- Closing from park
- No
- Propulsion method
- Chain Lift
- Source unit system
- Imperial
- Closing date precision
- Year Only
- Opening date precision
- Year Only