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2. Son of Beast - Wikipedia

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   Son of Beast was a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States. Built and designed by the now-defunct Roller Coaster Corporation of America (RCCA), the ride opened as the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world on April 28, 2000. Its record-setting height of 218 feet (66 m) made it the first wooden ...

3. List of former Kings Island attractions - Wikipedia

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   It was removed from Kings Island's park map and the ride list on the official web site in early 2010. 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. The lift hill was demolished on November 20, 2012, at 11:02 a.m. ET.

4. The Beast (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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   Fast Lane available. The Beast at RCDB. The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Designed and manufactured in-house for approximately $3 million, the ride opened in 1979 as the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in the world. Decades later, it is still the longest, spanning ...

5. Kings Island - Wikipedia

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   Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Island, a popular resort destination along the banks of the Ohio ...

6. List of Kings Island attractions - Wikipedia

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   Inside Kings Island's main entrance. Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located in Mason, Ohio.The park is known for releasing record-breaking and first-of-a-kind rides over the years, such as Flight of Fear, the world's first launched roller coaster using a linear induction motor, and The Beast which opened as the world's tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in ...

7. Banshee (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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   Banshee is an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Designed and manufactured by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, the roller coaster opened on April 18, 2014. Banshee cost $24 million to build, making it the most expensive project in Kings Island's history at the time.

8. Roller Coaster Corporation of America - Wikipedia

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   Roller Coaster Corporation of America ( RCCA) was an amusement ride manufacturer based in the United States. [1] The company's first major project was the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 1992, while their most famous coaster was the Son of Beast at Kings Island, the world's tallest and second looping wooden coaster when it opened in 2000.

9. History of the roller coaster - Wikipedia

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   First modern wooden roller coaster with a vertical loop: "Son of Beast", Kings Island. (Note: after an accident on July 9, 2006 the loop was removed.) First wooden roller coaster over 200 feet (60.96 m) tall: Son of Beast. First large-scale flying roller coaster, Nighthawk, California's Great America, now at Carowinds