Son of Beast
The tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world
The only wooden looping roller coaster in the world
The tallest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world
Statistics
| Type of ride | Wooden complete circuit, looping, twisting roller coaster |
| Designer | Roller Coaster Corporation of America |
| Location | Paramount's Kings Island, Cinncinati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Opened | 26th May 2000 |
| Cost | $16,000,000 |
| Height | 218 feet |
| Length of track | 1.3 miles |
| Ride duration | 3 minutes |
| Maximum speed | 78 miles per hour |
| Maximum drop | 214 feet at a 56° |
| Helices | Two 540°, one curving left, one curving right |
| Maximum banking | 70° |
| Height of loop | 103 feet |
| Maximum "G" force | 4.5 G's |
| Ride capacity | 1600 per hour |
| Cars | Three trains of six cars each with three rows |
| Seating arrangement | 2 across each row |
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Last updated 3rd May 2001