Call and ask, they'll tell you.

Just found this on Twitter, it says the lift hill is all that is left standing and it will be taken down next week. http://telly.com/9MYB0

Just found this on Twitter, it says the lift hill is all that is left standing and it will be taken down next week. http://telly.com/9MYB0

Wow, You can almost hear him scream as they rip him down......

I didn't hear him scream ... it sounded more like "Good riddance."

I wonder why they did this?

Do you REALLY have to ask?

Too much liability in sending Arsenic treated lumber to people so they can store it in their house.

Son of Beast Nov. 15th 2012

Good pics.

I can almost hear the lift hill chain - all the way here to Toledo!

So sad end of am era. I silk remember my very first ride on it back in 2000. Man I a am getting old

I knew taking it down would greatly change the skyline but I really under estimated how much.

I have been waiting for the lift to come down so I can say it's gone. It seems like the work has stopped or it's not going as fast as it was before.

Deconstruction of Son of Beast has been going really fast , idk what your talking about.

I wonder if they will send the lift hill chain or something else to the Roller Coaster Museum?

I wonder if they will send the lift hill chain or something else to the Roller Coaster Museum?

The lift chain would bring some good money at the scrap yard!

Strange how history repeats itself if you look back in the not so distant past. Although I wasn't alive at the time, this event reminds me of another well loved coaster here in Cincinnati and the sadness it caused when it was dismantled after Coney Island closed in 1971. My father loved the Shooting Star and was excited to see the pictures I acquired when I started collecting Coney photography 13 years ago! And so, history repeats itself in a similar way...

I have been waiting for the lift to come down so I can say it's gone. It seems like the work has stopped or it's not going as fast as it was before.

Probably because of the size of the lift hill. It's much bigger than everything else they've demolished, and probably has the most wood of any section of SoB. I would think that they have to clean up the wood first before demolishing again.

All I can say is that it is coming down 100xs faster than I ever thought. Truly with the magnitude of this coaster I sincerely thought it would have been Spring before we'd seen that last of it to retire. Is it Possible...Just Possible, with our Mild Ohio Winters, that we could see something "NEW" by May 2013 in it's place? Diamondback didn't take long. I still think a "Graveyard" Park would be Awesome. All the Old Rides that have been retired come back to life All NEW again...(Antique Cars)lol. I'd also love to have a Boardwalk themed area for us "older" folks. More Family rides, a roller skating rink with an old time organ playing & such. Just my thoughts. I don't post much except in Random Photos so I wanted to give my 2cents.

^Diamondback took longer to construct than, I'm guessing, you think. Land clearing and placing footings started at the end of the 2007 season and continued into 2008. Then it took roughly five months (August to January) to go completely vertical.

Is it Possible...Just Possible, with our Mild Ohio Winters, that we could see something "NEW" by May 2013 in it's place?

If you are referring to a ride, no. It is been mentioned a few times on KI's FB page from KI themselves that there will be no new rides for 2013.

Honestly, I'm happy with the rides that we have now, and I'm okay with KI not getting any new rides for 2013.

We have 14 great coasters, many family rides, awesome thrill rides, a dino attraction, and an awesome water park. That's enough for me!

I have a friend that drives concrete trucks near there. They were pouring concrete for the footings and casings late in the summer overnight. The footings were disguised with plants and things like that during the day. Steel coasters can go up in no time, but preparation is quite the different story just as any new construction would be. Imagine what they go through with insurance, legalities, etc...

^Diamondback took longer to construct than, I'm guessing, you think. Land clearing and placing footings started at the end of the 2007 season and continued into 2008. Then it took roughly five months (August to January) to go completely vertical.

Thanks for posting. I wonder if they sent it over night, or if its just because of your distance to the park. Did it come UPS?

Mine (042 of 250) was on the stoop yesterday after they called as well. I'm in Beavercreek, so not far (Dayton area).

Honestly, I'm hoping for a new ride, butI'm not expecting to much by 2014.

Let's just embrace the empty sky of what use to be the world's TALLEST and FASTEST wooden roller coaster and imagine a new skyline of what we think will take its place. Whether it be a flat, a floorless coaster, or a whole new section of Kings Island. The possibilities are endless!

Thanks for posting. I wonder if they sent it over night, or if its just because of your distance to the park. Did it come UPS?

Mine (042 of 250) was on the stoop yesterday after they called as well. I'm in Beavercreek, so not far (Dayton area).

I'm about an hour and a half from the park, and mine arrived the day after they called (UPS). They have to over-night them.

The pictures are held on by screws. Pretty sure I'm going to replace the one on the right with a picture of the loop. We'll see.

It is sad to think that Son of Beast is almost completely gone. It was not long ago that I saw this ride featured on Travel Channel as one of the Mega structures in the world. There were some design flaws but the first big hill, the view, the drop, and thr loop will not be forgotten.

With floorless and invert coasters being yesterday's designs, I would guess B&M giga twister is in the works? If not, a winged coaster may take SoB's place although winged coasters have been rather forceless.

I wouldn't mind a wing coaster because they are a attention grabber but they aren't very forceful all. The ride is fun for a couple of rides but after that it just looses its appeal.

I'm still hoping KI decides to call up Gravity Group and that Gravity Group will answer the call. With the changes they are making to Hades and the handle they seem to have on the Timberliner's I think GG could come up with a very good use for this much land.

Capcity though. I would rather see a B&M people eating machine.

Yes. People eating would give you a serious BM...

Yes. People eating would give you a serious BM...

Don't mean to quote you, but I'm a little confused over BM? Did you mean to say B&M?

^It is hard to digest this topic any further.