Specific Type: Wood Jr.
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King’s Island has been the midwest destination amusement park for wooden roller coasters for several decades, but it all started back in 1972. That spring they started a revolution with The Racer and The Scooby Doo Coaster. Both coasters were designed by John Allen and set a course for King’s Island that continues to this day. They were going to push the boundaries of what a wooden coaster could be and they were going to provide rides for everyone in the family. The Scooby Doo Coaster would accomplish the latter goal. Over its history the ride would be rethemed, named and painted several times: Scooby Doo from 1972-1979, Beastie from 1980-2005, Fairly Odd Coaster from 2006-2009, and finally Woodstock Express from 2010 to the present. This coaster used to hold the distinction of being an ACE Coaster Classic, however this honor was rescinded when changes were made to the trains.
The riders board their trains two per row, two rows per car, and five cars per train. The buzz bars lock into position and the train creeps out of the station in a slow right hand turn to line up with the 38 foot tall lift hill. The train glides down the main drop of this figure eight coaster at a family friendly 35 MPH. The coaster ascends and negotiates a turnaround and drops again towards the lift where is goes over a bunny hill and up into another turn around. It repeats arounds itself and delivers the train back to the station to conclude its 1,350 foot long circuit. Young thrill seekers are delighted as they depart wishing to get taller on the spot to graduate up to the larger coasters. |
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