Where is the beast rollercoaster?

The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. Designed and manufactured in-house for approximately $3 million, the ride opened in 1979 as the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in the world.



The Beast is a world-famous wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, USA. Sprawling across 35 acres of dense, wooded terrain in the "Rivertown" section of the park, it holds the prestigious Guinness World Record as the longest wooden roller coaster in the world, featuring a track length of 7,361 feet. What makes The Beast unique is its layout; unlike traditional coasters that stay on a flat lot, it follows the natural topography of the land, diving into tunnels and hugging the forest floor. The ride experience is roughly four minutes long and includes two massive lift hills and a signature 540-degree helix finish. In 2026, following a major multi-year refurbishment that smoothed out the tracking and steepened the first drop to 53 degrees, it remains a "bucket list" attraction for thrill-seekers worldwide, offering a particularly intense "night ride" experience where the coaster plunges into total darkness through the Ohio woods.

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In 2024, Kings Island's new Camp Snoopy will feature the park's newest roller coaster, Snoopy's Soap Box Racers.

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That's just the first tunnel – there are two more. Eight banked turns and a 540-degree helix tunnel near the end. Speeds up to 64.77 miles per hour (about 105 kmh). Kings Island said it cost $3.5 million to build The Beast from 1977 to 1979 and that it would cost more than $20 million to recreate it today.

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The pay-per-ride attraction Sling Shot, opened the following season, and now sits on part of the land that the coaster once operated on. Several years later in 2014, the inverted coaster Banshee, would later be constructed, with more of King Cobra's former operating space being used.

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The ride experienced its first major incident on July 9, 2006, during which a train passed over a structural track failure that severely jolted riders. Son of Beast closed for the remainder of the 2006 season while repairs were made, and Kings Island decided to replace the original trains with lighter models.

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The Banshee represents a $24 million dollar investment by the park – the most expensive ride in Kings Island history.

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Invertigo Inverted Looping Roller Coaster at Kings Island Witness the terror flash in the eyes of fellow riders as you experience the only face-to-face inverted roller coaster in the Midwest! Scream your face off as you soar at speeds reaching 55 miles per hour through three inversions forward, and then backward.

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Grand Carousel Family Ride at Kings Island Kings Island's magnificent carousel was manufactured by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1926 and is the oldest ride in the park. It is one of approximately 90 carousels built by the company from 1904 to 1934.

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Weekdays (Monday-Thursday) are historically least crowded during the summer season in June, July, and August. Weekends, especially Saturdays, attract more tourists and vacationers. The Halloween event tends to be more manageable earlier in the season, especially in September.

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2. The very first. The first rides and attractions constructed at the park were the Eiffel Tower, Royal Fountain and the Racer roller coaster. The Racer was the first twin-track wooden coaster built in modern times, according to the Kings Island website.

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