Son of Beast lift hill comes crashing down

Watching amusement park rides get destroyed never gets old.

Depends on the ride. I've seen a couple John Millers go down, and it was in no way enjoyable. TX Cyclone as well.

On the other hand, there are Psyclone, Hercules, Sonny...

Here are some nice shots of the ride that someone who apparently enjoys the Mighty Ducks trilogy took while walking the track. Really an impressive looking ride.

Those are cool photos. I don't get the Mighty Ducks reference though, I'm only 22.

I'm 48, and I don't get it either. Great pix of a former favorite coaster of mine, though.

Awesome pictures! It is interesting how such a beautiful coaster could have been such a terrible ride.

bjames said:

Those are cool photos. I don't get the Mighty Ducks reference though, I'm only 22.

The pictures were taken and posted by Gordon Bombay.

I'm assuming that was the name of a character in the movie(s)..maybe even that of Charlie Sheen's brother?

Indeed. Emilio Estevez. A promising hockey player dealt the triple whammy of letting his team down in the clutch, career-ending knee injury, and a DUI that results in community service (youth hockey coach).

Nowadays, NHLers don't even need to fail in the clutch, shatter their knee, or get a DUI in order to resort to coaching youth hockey, as the 2nd NHL season in the past 7 years will be cancelled any day now.

SoB was a terrible coaster, but watching that video was still tough for me to watch (Who am I kidding? I watched it over 20 times.). I never understood those that thought it was an eyesore; I thought it was a beautiful work of art, and the pictures that Gordon Bombay (from KIC) took really capture that.

I am one of those people always trying to save, repair, and re-use everything I can, but I have the sense to let things go when a repair is not cost-effective. SoB was probably a case where it needed to be let go, but I'll forever wonder if they could have deleted the rose bowl and made it a giant out-and-back coaster, saving the first hill and a good chunk of the ride. Without high-speed turns and with a bunch of straight air-time hills, I think a fix could have worked and been cost-effective. But, the risk was too great.

I have a hunch that what's going to take its place will make (most of) us forget all about SOB fairly quickly.

:-) I think you're underestimating the enthusiast community. I expect to see SoB comments live on for generations as an example of a coaster design disaster along the lines of The Bat.

I get the point of your positive post though...I'm looking forward to the replacement as well. I know I've said it before, but I want it so badly to be an epic steel terrain coaster that throws back some elements to Beast (tunnels, final helix) with a "Steel Beast" type name. That'd be such an awesome quirk for the park and get me much more amped up than..."Here is our new generic B&M...Python."

Wow, kinda sad. . . . . ok I'm over it.

Whats coming next Ensign?

How should I know?

Okay, maybe I've heard a thing or two. Or maybe I haven't. But if I have, I guarantee I didn't hear it third-hand from Lance.

How about a B&M with 2 lift hills... (OK, probably not going to happen...)