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Roller Coaster
The Beast
- Manufacturer
- Built in-house by Kings Island
- Model
- Unknown
- Opened
- April 14, 1979
- Ride Duration
- 4:10
Manufacturer & engineering history
Built in-houseKings IslandDesigned and built in-house by Kings Island personnel.
Track layout
The Beast
Verified schematic · not to scale
- Station
- 1110 ft chain lift hill
- 2135 ft first drop at 53°
- 3Tunnel
- 4Tunnel
- 5Second chain lift hill
- 6141 ft drop
- 7Tunnel
- 8540° helix
- Brakes · Station
Shows the order of elements only. Shape, distance, height and direction are not represented.
Known coaster characteristics (not geometry)
- Wood track
- Terrain coaster
View sources (2)
- Built in-house · Opening dateThe Beast — official ride pageKings Island (Six Flags) · Accessed September 28, 2026
- drop_ft · Duration · Height · Inversions · launch_count · launch_type · length_ft · max_vertical_angle · Opening date · Speed · track_typeThe Beast — RCDBRoller Coaster DataBase · Accessed October 6, 2026
Specifications
- Track
- Wood
- Height
- 110 ft
- Drop
- 141 ft
- Speed
- 64.8 mph
- Length
- 7361 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Max angle
- 53 °