Scooby's Ghoster Coaster

{{Short description|Defunct roller coaster}}{{italic title}}

{{distinguish|Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster}}

{{Infobox roller coaster

| name = Scooby's Ghoster Coaster

| image = Scooby's Ghoster Coaster 1.jpg

| caption =

| location = Kings Island

| section = Hanna-Barbera Land

| type = Steel

| type2 = Suspended

| status = Removed

| replacement = Surf Dog

| opened = {{Start date|1998|04|18}}

| closed = {{End date|2005}}

| manufacturer = Caripro

| designer =

| model = Batflyer

| track =

| height_ft = 35

| speed_mph = 8

| gforce = 1.0

| duration = 0:50

| restriction_in = 36

| rcdb_number = 505

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.342289|-84.269851|display=it}}

| lift = Elevator lift

}}

Scooby's Ghoster Coaster was a suspended roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1998, it was billed as the first suspended roller coaster in the United States designed for children.{{Cite news |last=Yeager |first=Connie |date=August 13, 1997 |title=Kings Island Has Big Plans for Little Ones |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67842980.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234003/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67842980.html |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=5 March 2012 |work=The Cincinnati Post}}{{Cite news |last=O'Bien |first=Tim |date=September 8, 1997 |title=Two Paramount Themers Focus on Young Families |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4592348-1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211234300/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4592348-1.html |archive-date=11 December 2009 |access-date=5 March 2012 |work=AllBusiness.com}} The ride is also the first in the country from Caripro Amusement Technology, a defunct company once based out of the Netherlands and later bought by Vekoma.{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Tim |title=Parks Are the Number One Draw for State's Tourists |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4577253-1.html |access-date=5 March 2012 |website=AllBusiness.com}}{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2001 |title=Manufacturers Tackle a Rapidly Changing Market |url=http://business.highbeam.com/53/article-1G1-80024057/manufacturers-tackle-rapidly-changing-market |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309015503/https://business.highbeam.com/53/article-1G1-80024057/manufacturers-tackle-rapidly-changing-market |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=5 March 2012 |publisher=Amusement Business |via=Highbeam Research}} Scooby's Ghoster Coaster was removed in the 2005-2006 off-season to make room for other rides during the area's conversion from Hanna-Barbera Land to Nickelodeon Universe.