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I present: some of my favorite pictures I've ever taken from the Fast Lane line of The Beast.

For context, we went into the line at sunset in hopes for a night ride, and discovered that the park apparently stops operations on The Beast before all the other rides in preparation for the fireworks. Sure, we had to stand there for a good long while before the coaster started up again, but y'all will be happy to hear that we did indeed get our night ride!

The first picture is a shot of Diamondback going over its last airtime hill before the helix into the splashdown ending. The sun was really just starting to set by then.

Images 2 & 3 are of the drones during the actual fireworks show. They were practically right over us! If I had to guess, I'd say that the drones are probably released from the old Vortex site. Everyone in the Fast Lane line was standing there with their heads craned upwards trying to guess what the shapes were/what we thought the next shape would be. We had a lot of fun that day lol

Images taken July 22, 2023

Here's a pretty ominous shot I took of the pathway to The Beast during Winterfest. The park had just closed, and the group I was with had decided to take a quick stroll through Rivertown before leaving for the night to get a final look at all the lights up around the park. Definitely worth it for the shot of the empty Beast pathway.

Image taken December 1, 2023

*deep breath in*

HAPPY 45TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEAST!!!

Gotta be one of my favorite wooden coasters lol

I've decided that cringe culture is dead, so welcome to part 1 of me introducing my Kings Island OCs! We're starting off with one of my favorites:

The Beast!

(All of my OCs can be found under the tag #Disaster's OCs, while character introductions will be under #Character Intros. Info about the universe in which this character resides will be under the tag #Parkverse!)

Name: Taylor Baxter

Pronouns: He/Him

Physical Description: Ginger hair that’s long enough to put into a small ponytail (usually somewhat unkempt); beard & mustache; thick eyebrows; tall; incredibly muscular; strikingly yellow eyes w/ slit, cat-like pupil (think Son of Beast logo); covered in various scars that he’s collected over the years; wears a necklace with one of Son of Beast’s teeth on it; usually wearing a flannel; brown boots; always has something on his wrists, which can be anything from bracelets to hair ties depending on the day; notably long canines; significant chest & arm hair

Ride-Realized Description: Somewhat stereotypical “werewolf”-like; beastly yellow eyes; covered in thick orange fur; long, sharp, silver claws; horns on head; wolf-like tail; sharp teeth w/ notably pronounced canines; varies between quadrupedal & bipedal movement; digitigrade legs; usually ends up tearing his clothes 9 times out of 10; outfit wise; he usually has whatever now-torn-up clothes he was wearing before & chains around his wrists. He tries to make a point to give those around him something to restrain him with considering how admittedly little control he tends to have over himself when he’s Ride-Realized

Misc. Info:

- He seems all big & tough (and he is-), but he’s really an overall giant softie

- Has a low, fairly gravelly voice

- Known to have a bit of a temper, however he’s gotten better at managing his rage & calming himself down over the years

- Knows pretty much every calming breathing technique because The Beast has given him some of the worst anger issues known to man. He’s usually the one who will show up to help if someone’s freaking out; he’s the best at calming other people down because he’s gotten so good at calming himself down.

- DO NOT make him mad if you can avoid it. If he does get mad, find another Ride Rep to calm him down, & fast. If he’s truly pissed off at you, he will show you no mercy.

- On that note, it’s also recommended to NOT threaten his friends. Taylor considers his friends to be his family, & he is incredibly protective of his family.

- Probably has minor back pain

- Runs really warm. My man is basically a walking heater with how high his natural body temperature runs lol

- As mentioned before, despite him having worked with The Beast for 45 years now, he still often struggles with keeping himself & his emotions (particularly his rage) in check, especially while he’s Ride-Realized. Due to this, he usually always has something on his person & in multiple places stashed around the park that if he loses control, that others Reps around him could potentially restrain him until he calms down. Traditionally, this takes the form of the classic The Beast chains.

- If he’s particularly frustrated or excited, he’ll sometimes end up slipping into a mild country accent.

- The kind of guy who goes on morning walks. He's got incredible endurance.

- Ever since the loss of Son of Beast, he's essentially more or less "adopted" all of the other Reps in the park. In other words, he's the ultimate dad friend.

Here's some Beast photos from the last time I was at the park. Gotta love a good night ride!

(Images taken June 13, 2024)

Can we take a moment to talk about how The Beast is potentially implied to hibernate through the winter?

I mean-

So there's "Beast Day," which is a play on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is entirely centered around the fact that groundhogs hibernate. So...what I want to know is does The Beast hibernate through the winter, or - from an in-universe perspective - is there just a random guy/group of people who go out one day in February every year and watch this giant, terrifying, man-eating monster that DOESN'T hibernate wake up to see if it sees its shadow or not? What's going on there? XD

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE BEAST EVEN LONGER???

WHAT???