The Beast
Rivertown, Kings Island
About The Beast
Designed and built in-house by Kings Island personnel, The Beast sprawls across 35 acres of wooded terrain. It is still listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” as the longest wooden roller coaster in the world at 7,361 feet.
Height requirement
- From 122 cm
Stats and facts
- Type
- Roller coaster
- Top speed
- 104.3 km/h
- Height
- 33.5 m
- Length
- 2,244 m
- Inversions
- 0
- Duration
- 4:10
- Opened
- 1979
- Manufacturer
- Kings Island
- Material
- Wood
- Style
- Sit-down
- Layout
- Terrain
- Lift/launch
- Chain lift
- Drop
- 43 m
- Max angle
- 53°
- Capacity
- 1,200 / h
- Trains
- 3 trains of 6 cars, 3 x 2 riders