Kings Island · operating · 1979
The Beast
110 ft · 65 mph
A legendary terrain wood coaster sprawling through the woods — long regarded as the longest wooden coaster in the world.
Specifications
Ride profile
Scaled against Kings Island's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
110 ft
#5 of 14 at Kings Island
Ride experience
Launches, airtime, layout style, and more
- Out & back
- Terrain
- Wood
Specs from visitkingsisland.com
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Out-and-back layouts
Leave the station, hit a big drop, return parallel — the classic speed hill formula.
Rocky Mountain hybrid coasters
Steel track on reinvented wooden structures — steep, twisted, and often relentless.
Track compliance — why wood feels alive
Wood flexes; steel is stiffer — the same forces feel different on each structure.
Twister layouts
Helixes and direction changes stacked in one direction — classic wooden feel.
History
Sourced timeline and background for The Beast.
Timeline
1979
The Beast opens
Debuted as a record-breaking terrain wooden coaster.
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Sources & official links
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- Kings Island — official sitevisitkingsisland.com(opens in a new tab)
- Kings Island on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcevisitkingsisland.com(opens in a new tab)