SLUSHIE Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Well I'm at least glad I got to ride it for historical reasons. Yes it definitely was a POS, but it will have it's place in roller coaster history and I think people will still be talking about it and cracking jokes for a long time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historyfreak92 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (sniffs) Bye Bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Finally...That SOB is gone. I kind of would not mind if instead of Vortex, they got rid of Flight Deck. Then they could redo the whole area with all new rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker7766 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Annnnnnnnndddddddd, it's gone!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Benvenuto Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Na na na na, na na na na! Hey hey hey! GOOOOODBYE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IneedTPforbunghole Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 And finally, thy son of thy beast hath been slayed. Â I'm really excited to see what replaces it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacoaster09 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) ^The name of the next ride that goes there needs to be named something along the lines of a BEAST KILLER/HUNTER. Â The Slayer Gladiator Conqueror Executioner Exterminator Scavenger Beast Stalker Falconer Huntsman The Eliminator The Enforcer Edited November 20, 2012 by vacoaster09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 ^I suggest "Exorcist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacoaster09 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Exorcist would work well for a ride at Dorney park considering they have possessed. I figured this has to go along with something that is the killer/defeator of the son of a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhuffva Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Coming in 2014! ... Second Cousin, once removed, of Beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Exorcist would work well for a ride at Dorney park considering they have possessed. I figured this has to go along with something that is the killer/defeator of the son of a beast. Â Yes, I understand your meaning, but I take things a step further. Son of Beast (like Bandit at Movie World and Anaconda at Walygator) is pure, unmitigated EVIL--not just some poor "beast." Exorcism is the only way to ensure that it is gone forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 The coaster that occupies it's area should be called Son of Beast Exhumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 BEST VIDEO EVER!!! Â Goodbye, horrible coaster. You will not be missed. Â dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeyman18 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 And......... BOOM goes the dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark549 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Finally...That SOB is gone. I kind of would not mind if instead of Vortex, they got rid of Flight Deck. Then they could redo the whole area with all new rides. Â SOB was SBNO when I visited. But Flight Deck was excellent, the best Arrow swinging coaster I've been on. Its pacing was better than Ninja at SFMM, although I like that one, too. (Ninja, of course, suffers from the longer lift being the finale of the ride, but otherwise is a great little ride.) I'd be sad if and when Flight Deck comes to the end of its life. Vortex, on the other hand, reminded me why computer aided design is better than coat hangers. It wasn't a "one and done," it was a "two and done." Front seat and back seat, then back to Diamondback for most of the rest of the day. Â SOB had one useful purpose when it was SBNO - it provided a "near miss" section of the Flight Deck ride. Â The only thing I didn't like about Flight Deck was their maintenance crew was doing full scale industrial lawnmowing underneath the lift at one point. Grass Pollen: The Ride. Surely they could have a more natural landscaping that didn't require super-sized lawn mowing that blew grass and soot into the rider's faces? Sneezing at 50 mph (80 kph) was a new experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykoala2112 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 The video in the original post has been updated to include more footage from the final portion of the demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CpBluestreakCp Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Woooooooooo! It's finally gone, now time to put something actually good in that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrakenKing Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I've become more of a lurker than a poster on this site. Â But this has made me log in to say one thing to this coaster: Â Bye. Â (Oh how I wish it could actually hear me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatdan Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Normally when a coaster is torn down people develop this nostalgic fondness for it and talk about how "it wasn't so bad" despite the fact that it was and they probably hated it when it was still in operation (I'm guilty of this with the Great American Scream Machine) . I'm so glad we haven't had to put up with any of that crap for this ride. This ride was horrible. Â Hey... I said that I liked it a few pages back. Â But I also admitted that I liked it because of the special memories that I had of the trip that I went on with buddies where it was basically the highlight of the trip, and from what I understand it didn't run decently past that first day. And, when I rode it again the following year, it was a piece of crap and one that I never needed to ride again. Â So yeah, I liked it. But I'm a realist too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 ^I suggest "Exorcist." Â Â I suggest Captain Howdy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I'm glad that they were sort of neat and organized with the demolition. It seemed a lot more clean and efficient to skillfully knock it down in sections than simply blow it up. Â One does not simply blow up the Son of Beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacaniac Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I think I had more fun watching it get demolished than I did ridding it. It will be interesting to see how all of that space is utilized in the future. Â -Gary T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Kings Island November 20th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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