[Edwardo]

Son Of Beast didn't fail because of its loop. It failed due to poor construction and poor decisions.

[Picklesthedrummer]

^Didn't Son of Beast have "bad" wood. I wasn't sure if that was a rumor or if that was officially what one of the problems was.

[coasterbruh]

From what I have heard and read, the loop on son of beast was the best part of the entire ride...other than the brake run.

[Edwardo]

Yup Jarvis.

And pickles, it used souther yellow pine, I believe, but that's not the issue. There were construction flaws, and apparently some maintenance flaws,mother rolling stock was a mess. SOB was just a mistake all around. The design firm, Stengel, suggested the ride be built using prefabricated track, but Paramount didn't go with the suggestion and had RCCA build it. If you take a look at the six coasters RCCA built, they all have terrible reputations.

[Picklesthedrummer]

Yeah that is what I thought was the main problem was the company that built it. They just seem like they were not up to the job of building a coaster of this magnitude.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

The final piece of track is being installed on Gate Keeper today!

[chknwing]

Well gatekeeper has been completed and they are testing.