After reviewing all options, Kings Island officials announced on July 27, 2012, that Son of Beast would be taken down to allow for more park expansion. It was removed from Kings Island's park map and the ride list on the official web site in early 2010.
Park officials confirmed on March 15, 2010, that they had no plan to reopen the ride. It reopened on July 4, 2007, but closed indefinitely on June 23, 2009, following another injury report. In response to 27 injuries that occurred on July 9, 2006, Cedar Fair installed lighter trains acquired from the Hurricane: Category 5 roller coaster at the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion and removed the loop in order for the new trains to complete the circuit. Son of Beast was the first wooden roller coaster with a vertical loop and at the time the only wooden hypercoaster. Removed in 2005 as a part of the Hanna-Barbera Land removal for Nick Universe. The ride had poor capacity and roughness complaints. Prototype suspended roller coaster (billed as the first suspended coaster for kids). It last operated there in 1999 and was demolished in November 2004. The ride was sold and relocated to Camden Park in West Virginia where it was renamed to Thunderbolt Express. First looping roller coaster at Kings Island and one of the first in the country to run forwards and backwards through a loop. The Crypt ride assembly now occupies that space.Īlso known as The Demon.
King Cobra's track was scrapped in December 2006, the cars used to be stored inside Flight of Fear's enclosed bowl until 2012 when they were sent to Kings Dominion to be used on Shockwave. It was taken down in 2002 because TOGO had gone out of business making it harder to find new parts. It was the first stand up coaster with a loop in the United States. Originally operated at Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio, as Galaxi (1970–1971). The Bat 's name would eventually be reused, as Flight Deck was renamed The Bat for the 2014 season.Ī steel roller coaster.
It was replaced with Vortex, the world's first six-looping roller coaster, which opened in 1987. The Bat closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1984. This concept was reintroduced with Top Gun (later renamed Flight Deck) in 1993, which was significantly more reliable. Although intense, the ride had a fair share of downtime as a result of the designers not banking the track as they did with later suspended coasters.
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