Son of Beast

Kings Island · Mason, Ohio, USA

Defunct · 2009Record holder

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Height: 218 ft66 m
Drop: 214 ft65 m
Top speed: 78 mph126 km/h
Length: 5,427 ft1,654 m
Inversions: 1
Track: WoodLift hill
Opened: 2000
Status: Defunctclosed 2009

About Son of Beast

★ Tallest wooden coaster ever built; only wooden coaster in U.S. history with a full loop

Son of Beast was a wooden roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, USA. It opened in 2000 and closed in 2009. The ride stood 218 feet tall, dropped 214 feet and reached 78 mph over 5,427 feet of track, with 1 inversion.

The tallest wooden coaster ever built, and the only one in American history to include a full vertical loop. The loop was removed in 2006 after injury concerns, and the ride closed for good in 2009.

Field note: demolished in 2012, three years after closing; its footprint sat empty at Kings Island for years.