The Beast roller coaster and Kings Island will be featured tonight at 9:00pm on the Travel Channel’s “Insane Coaster Wars” series in the “Splintering Speedsters” category.

The Vortex (“Wrong Way Up”) and Diamondback (“Extreme Heights”) will be featured on the Travel Channel series July 22 and July 29, respectively.

A production crew from the Travel Channel spent three days at Kings Island in May filming for the episodes.

Can't wait to watch this tonight!

It will be great to see KI on TV! Hopefully The Beast wins.

It will be great to see KI on TV! Hopefully The Beast wins.

I think The Beast has a chance because it is a pretty well known woodie.

Saddly I dought Diamondback will win it category because it against Kingda Ka & Millennium Force two of the most known coasters.

Still keep your finger crossed.

I honestly think The Voyage will win.

the voyage is proably gonna win . Cause if you look at insane coaster wars on travelchannel.com it has the most comments .

I have trouble seeing it beat Voyage... but there's always hope

Aftershock beat out Alpinegeist and Montu last week and Afterburn was beat by Apollo's Chariot. however, it was cool seeing myself on tv riding Afterburn.

I thought KI was on tv, already once. Not like the news, but another tv program. Mabey I'm wrong.

But either way.... It is SO cool that KI is on tv.

Look carefully, you might see yourself!

I thought KI was on tv, already once. Not like the news, but another tv program. Mabey I'm wrong.

But either way.... It is SO cool that KI is on tv.

Look carefully, you might see yourself!

Kings Island's been on many Travel Channel shows.

As hard (nearly impossible) as it is to honestly compare two coasters, due to the different things each coaster is designed to accomplish, I feel that Voyage does what its supposed to do better than The Beast does what its supposed to do. Beast is cool, Voyage is cool, but IMHO Voyage is a "better" coaster due to what I like in a coaster.

Can't wait

It was such a fun day filming! I can't wait to see the final product. I must admit, I hate watching myself on tv.

The Beast will be the best wooden coaster on the episode in my opinion. But what whould have been cool to see on the show is Son of Beast. I'm sure a lot of you disagree but I think it would be cool to have SOB on there and show old clips and photos of it. I mean come on, Operating or not, Son of Beast is still the Tallest, Fastest wooden roller coaster in the world.

Neither the parks nor the Travel Channel want to showcase a ride that isn't operating. That would make no sense at all, and could engender a lot of ill will for the parks.

"But I came to ride that looping wood coaster I saw on the Travel Channel!"

I'm sorry guys but the Voyage is the better coaster.

...which has nothing to do with which coaster "wins." The Travel Channel will be pleased to know so many think it matters which coaster is selected. Mr. Slade, on the other hand....

I'm sorry guys but the Voyage is the better coaster.

Blasphemey!!

Operating or not, Son of Beast is still the Tallest, Fastest wooden roller coaster in the world.

Really? It's time to move on - a coaster that hasnt operated in years and is unlikely to operate again (IMO) is hardly worthy of laying claim to any records.

Except perhaps for cost, downtime, liabilty, injuries, busted careers, litigation, frustration, wasted potential, etc.

I could see Son of Beast appearing on a Travel Channel special again...but only AFTER a decision is made with it. Heck, given the history of the ride, you could probably dedicate a whole half hour show to it...example...let's say SOB is demolished...

TV Announcer: "Tonight at 8PM on the travel channel...it was supposed to be the ultimate wooden coaster, a ride that would build upon a legend established by its father. It was to be taller, faster, and be the only wooden coaster to ever have a loop. But, somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong, and the ride was doomed before it ever even opened. Our research team interviews those who designed, built, maintained, and rode the ride through the course of its existence...and what finally did the gigantic wooden coaster in. The Rise and Fall of: Son of Beast! Tonight at 8..."

I would actually watch that, too...or, if Son of Beast is overhauled, re-opens, and is somehow successful the special would be: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Son of Beast...which I would probably also watch.

As for its papa, The Original Beast, best of luck in tonight's show...tragically, it's going up against The Voyage, and while I perfer Beast to Holiday World's massive wooden coaster, in most polls, Voyage pwns all...because so many polls are biased towards it because of how good the rest of the park around it is (I did also greatly enjoy The Voyage as well, as it is my #2 favorite ride after Beast). El Toro is also not one to mess with, even though I have never been on that one, it did win the 2011 Mitch Hawker Wood Coaster poll (a poll that actually does have some credibility)...and then you have Thunderhead (nope, haven't ridden it yet either), possibly GCI's greatest coaster ever, with its insane speed and twists and turns. To be honest, I feel the wood coaster battle could be the best on this show...then again, we saw a freaking Deja Vu clone win an earlier round, so perhaps Beast has a chance!

I wouldn't be surprised if any of these coasters won. They all look good, even though I've only ever been on 1 of them.

It's time !!!!!!

The only thing I didn't like about The Beast's segment is they didn't say any statistics like height and speed. Oh well. I voted for The Voyage anyway.

I was actually going to take time to watch the show, this would be the first time I have sat down in front on the TV in two years (ever since LOST ended). Apparently Time Warner Cable got rid of the Travel Channel for Basic Cable and made it a Digital Only Channel. Oh well, I wonder if they have it playing in the Festhaus right now?

The Voyage wins! Good job Voyage! (If you can't tell, I love The Voyage).

The Voyage wins! Good job Voyage! (If you can't tell, I love The Voyage).

Traitor!

Knew the Voyage was going to win. Maybe Vortex and Diamondback can redeem KI.

Diamondback won't win because it is up against rides that are much better. I'm hoping Vortex will win but I don't see that either. I still love my rides though

I wonder if they have it playing in the Festhaus right now?

Nope.