The Beast is the signature roller coaster for Kings Island, a Cincinnati amusement park. It is a wooden roller coaster and has been around since the park first opened. It’s five minute ride is one of the longest of most amusement parks and features a second lift along with several enclosed turns.

When it comes to roller coasters, I bench mark them against the Gemini, a twin track wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio. I consider the Gemini to be a premium ride which features a lot of thrills with a smooth delivery.

The Beast has a lot of thrills and is an overall fun ride. But, it tends to beat you up a little with the jerkiness of the ride, much like the Mean Streak at Cedar Point. But all and all, it is a ride worth doing over and over again.

On a scale of one to ten, I would have to give the Beast a nine.