- Number of trains
- 2
- Cars per train
- 5
- Passengers per train
- 20
- Ride cycle time
- 130 seconds
- Hourly capacity
- Approx 900 people
- Opened
- 1985
- Closed
- 2002
Number of trains: 2
Cars per train: 5
Passengers per train: 20
Length of track: 457.2 meters
Ride cycle time: 130 seconds
Hourly capacity: Approx 900 people
Opened: 1985
Closed: 2002
Half the size and height of The Bush Beast, The Beastie was a wooden roller coaster designed for younger riders. The Beastie was located in Hanna-Barbera Land and was originally to be named the Scooby-Doo Coaster.
Stories & memories – Beastie sandbags
Beastie sandbags
Original post
Why where there sandbags holding the base of the beastie before it closed?
When where they put there?
Comment 1 – djsupersleuth
Subject: Re: Beastie sandbags
I suspect the sandbags that you saw were the ones we used on Probe, Beastie, Bush Beast and Skyhawk for load testing. An addition to load testing was they added the required potential energy to the trains to help them get around the circuit which was especially helpful after a rebuild because your bearings are tight and packed with cold grease. It was not uncommon to have the sandbags in the carriages and a train load of keen maintenance employees riding the first trips after a rebuild then "bobsledding" then train through its slow moments to prvent a stall or even worse a prolonged stay in the bottom of a dip.
So those bags would have probably been around near to the spare train shed siding and piled up next to an upright but in no way they were helping hold it up.
Stories & memories – Recently found a picture of me on The Beastie 11 years ago
Recently found a picture of me on The Beastie 11 years ago
Original post
🙂 I loved this place so much.
Comment 1 – Wazza
Subject: Recently found a picture of me on The Beastie 11 years ago
Lol nice pic.
Comment 2 – wonderland
Subject: Hahahaha i LOVE this pic, i
Hahahaha i LOVE this pic, i have put it in The Beastie Section.
Best Beastie pic ever.
See also: Bush Beast and Beastie trains, 2012