NewsPlusNotes: Kings Island's Beast to Best its Own World Record in 2022

Friday, April 1, 2022

Kings Island's Beast to Best its Own World Record in 2022

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It is not often that a roller coaster is able to maintain a world record for decades, and then beat its own record again... actually I'm not sure that this has ever happened before. The Beast, located at Kings Island, has held the record of the world's longest wooden roller coaster since it opened in 1979 - so for more than 4 decades. The park has revealed that the Beast will actually beat its own record by becoming two feet longer, from 7,359 feet to 7,361 feet, as a result of major off-season work.

Kings Island is showing some major love to the famous wooden coaster right now, and as a result of certain profiling changes the ride's total length will be extended by the two feet. Sure, it's not much, but it's a pretty interesting record to hold.

The Beast is seeing a total of 2,000 feet of track upgraded and worked on during this off-season, and the first drop (seen up top) had some major changes as well. In order to enter the tunnel at the base of the first drop at a lower height the drop was reprofiled and went from 45 degrees to 53 degrees. Kings Island, along with the news of the record breaking, shared additional photos of the work, available here. I'm sure everyone is excited to get a ride in on the renovated coaster this Spring!

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