Tunnels on Son of Beast

I have heard for a few years that Son of Beast was going to have tunnels added. Anyone know if it has even been considered? And here, you guys thought you heard the last of SOB. ;)

I did hear something about that a while back, but nothing since. Regardless, with tunnels or without it will still less desirable option then getting kicked in the teeth.

A turd with a parasol stuck in it still smells bad. The end.

Maybe the turd only smells bad because the sun is baking it.

And you'd know this how?

I saw the model for Son of Beast and it had no tunnels. Sure I guess PKI could add tunnels in the future if its done right.

Which is worse?

A. Riding SOB

B. A kick in the teeth

C. Mental images of turds with parasols

D. All of the above are equally bad

I'm going with option A as the worst.
*** Edited 5/10/2005 9:36:05 PM UTC by Danimales***

Once again another attempt to try to make a crappy coaster look good. The park probably thinks this will help get people attentoin, "Oh look SoB has tunnels, mabye its better."

It's just a way to get people to think is going to be a funner ride when in reality.. well... you decide. :)

E. Stepping on a turd with a parasol in it while getting on the train to ride SOB, then slipping and getting kicked in the teeth.

I like RatherGoodBear's way of looking at the whole thing, but I have to disagree with Corkscrewy.

SOB isn't a crappy looking coaster, it's a huge, awesome structure. It was actually ranked outside the coaster world as one of the top ten megastructures worldwide alongside Mall of America, Hoover Dam, and the New River Bridge (WV).

Secondly, PKI doesn't need to do anything like that to get attention, remember, they get plenty of advertising just by being home most recently to Italian Job, plus being home to the world's best kids area four years in a row, plus the announcement last week of the indoor waterpark resort for 2006, and then there's daddy, he will always bring in the crowds.

If PKI wants to put tunnels on SOB, they can, but I think it would show them to be unconfident in the Beast' legend to make sonny just a bigger, faster, rougher copy of it's dad.

By the way, since everyone hinted at SOB's reputation, just remember, this is one of the biggest wood coasters ever built, it's goes nearly 80mph...it's always going to be rough!! That's part of it's beauty and fun.

Thank you Floorless, for your final comments!

I'm glad Dr. Obvious is here.

For those of you already slamming SOB, ride it again this year! To me, I think some serious re-tracking went on this off-season. My brother and I both came off happy, to the point where it might been smoother than Beast *takes cover*... I actually enjoyed my ride on it this past weekend...

It was smoother than Beast last year, it just had those godawful trains that pin you down so it hurts much worse. Take out the damn loop and put on some PTC's, or better yet, get some of those Millennium Flyers.

Think logistically.

SOB is a massive, high speed wooden coaster.

The roughest parts of the ride are areas where immense amounts of force and pressure are placed on the track, train and riders.

Most notably, the bottom of the large drop, rosebowl and reverse helix areas are the most severe and require regular maintenance and annual re-tracking.

The areas of the coaster that would likely be tunnelled are the bottom of the large drop, rosebowl and helix.

But given the annual re-tracking and need to re-enforce structure in these areas, it makes sense that the park would avoid enclosing them. Tunneling these areas would only make the areas that require the most attention very difficult to attend to.

Although originally a design hope by the park, I'd be surpised to ever see it.

Shaggy

*** Edited 5/11/2005 2:03:40 AM UTC by Shaggy***

Shaggy I follow what your saying but what about the Beast. It has tunnels at the bottton of the first drop and the helix. The helix has to be one of the sections on the ride with the greatest forces and stresses. The bottom of the first drop also is another high speed section of the ride that has a tunnel.

Although maybe if the Beast was built today they would not put tunnels in such high stress areas. However your argument carries little wait when you examine where the Beast has its tunnels.

I am not sure if that is really the reason Son of Beast does not have tunnels but it might be. I am not sure how much adding tunnels would improve the ride. It might make it a little more interesting, especially for the boring second helix. However the ride is just below average at best, and money would be better spend just trying to maintain it and fix some of its trouble areas *** Edited 5/11/2005 2:20:35 AM UTC by Beast Fan***

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RavenTTD said:
Which is worse?

A. Riding SOB

B. A kick in the teeth

C. Mental images of turds with parasols

D. All of the above are equally bad

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E. People whining about a ride.

I pick E.

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pyrocoasterkid said:
For those of you already slamming SOB, ride it again this year!

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I saw/said that every year.

How did a question about tunnels on a ride turn into this? The first poster was asking a simple, decent questions, not coming here and hearalding it as the best coaster ever built, and yet we get bathroom talk and people telling him to get over it.

Did he ever say it was a great ride? Did he ever say he liked it? Wow, I simply can't believe it got to that point.

Thanks, Shaggy for an answer and explination.