Woodstock Express
Wood Family at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio. Opened 1972.
- Height
- 39 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 35 mph
- Length
- 1,350 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 30 s
- Designer
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Woodstock Express is a wooden family roller coaster in the Planet Snoopy area of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters built it to a design by John C. Allen, and it opened with the park on April 29, 1972.
The ride has carried several names. It opened as Scooby Doo and was later called The Beastie and Fairly Odd Coaster before taking its current name, after Snoopy's friend Woodstock, in 2010. A tunnel added at the bottom of the first drop in 1980 was removed after the 2005 season.
The coaster has 1,350 feet of track, a 39-foot chain lift hill and a top speed of 35 mph, with no inversions, and a ride lasts about a minute and a half. Its two trains each have five cars and carry 20 riders. The park's minimum rider height is 46 inches, or 40 inches with a companion.
Sources
- sixflags.com/kingsisland/attractions/woodstock-express (Park page: family coaster in Planet Snoopy themed to Woodstock; introduced 1972; Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters; 46-inch minimum, 40 inches when accompanied.)
- rcdb.com/72.htm (Woodstock Express, Kings Island: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters wooden family coaster designed by John C. Allen, operating since April 29, 1972; length 1,350 ft, height 38.6 ft, speed 35 mph, 0 inversions, duration 1:30; 2 trains of 5 cars, 20 riders; former names Scooby Doo (1972-1979), Beastie (1980-2005), Fairly Odd Coaster (2006-2009); tunnel added 1980, removed after 2005.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kings_Island_attractions (Woodstock Express, Philadelphia Toboggan Company wooden coaster in Planet Snoopy; formerly Scooby Doo, The Beastie and Fairly Odd Coaster.)
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