Kings Island started running one of the Racers backward in the early 1980s. I was a high school student in Indianapolis at the time, and we thought that the idea of a backward coaster was pretty cool. Everyone thought that it was a temporary thing, though, a stunt to make a "new" attraction out of an old one, so I was surprised to discover that the train's been running backward ever since. (Shows you how much attention I've paid to Kings Island since I got out of the Midwest.)
I have a feeling that the Beast may be getting a neighbor soon. Rumors are huge about a B&M hypercoaster in 2009 around the Rivertown area. Hopefully they will leave the forests around the Beast untouched, but I'm wondering where exactly they will put this ride.
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