Son of Beast Statistics |
Park: | Paramount's Kings Island | Type: | Wood |
Opened: | 5/26/00 | Status: | Operating |
Ride Time: | 2:20 | Track Length: | 7032 feet |
Top Speed: | 78.4 mph | Inversions: | 1 |
Lift Height: | 218 feet | Vertical Drop: | 214 feet |
Angle Of Descent: | 55.7 degrees | G-Force: | 4.5 |
Designer: | Werner Stengel | Builder: | Roller Coaster Corp of America |
Cost: | ? | Capacity: | 1600 riders an hour |
Features: | 214 foot drop at 55.7 degrees, 164.11 foot drop at 43.3 degrees, 149.97 foot drop at 37.3 degrees and a 118 foot vertical loop. |
Vehicles: | Three trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 36 riders per train. |
Structure: | 1.65 million board feet of southern yellow pine. |
History: | The first wooden hypercoaster in the world. Only wooden coaster in the world with a loop. Tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world. |