Usually it’s a sad story when a parent outlives their child.

Not in the case of King’s Island’s wooden shit sled, Son of Beast.  When the park re-opens this weekend, Son of Beast once again won’t be running.  And again, it won’t even be listed on the park maps.  Sort of a “nothing to see here” pile of wood and steel.

You already know about the trouble with Son of Beast:  it sucks.  More specifically, it was an intensive care visit and structural disaster waiting to happen.  That “only wooden looping coaster” thing?  They took out the loop in an effort to keep the rest of the ride from rattling apart.  Unlike your 5th and 6th vertebrae.

Look, every park has its hits and misses.  But does it seem like King’s Island has had a lot more of those misses over the last 20 years?  Flight Commander.  Adventure Express.  Amazon Falls.  That ridiculous Days of Thunder movie ride thing.  Turning the Smurfs into Phantom Theatre.  And now Son of Beast.

At least we can still ride its dad.  Ewwwww.… Read the rest

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