Ranking All My Non-American Parks

[@moldugamaniac3339]

Video idea: Ranking the best years for coaster openings

[@litterbocks47]

Yessss

[@DoswarePictures]

Didn’t he do that in 2019?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@moldugamaniac3339 i did that back in '19

[@mack_r-s]

@@AirtimeThrills Then why not try ranking every Six Flags park's opening years and seeing which park started off with the best ride collection?

[@leyoshivenere350]

I think 2016 might be the best year: Taron, Flying Dinosaur, Lightning Rod, Wildfire, Valravn, Cobra's Curse, Flight of the Hypogriph, Mako, Lost Gravity, The Joker and Storm Chaser

[@christianortiz-v1l]

You should really go to Germany in the future to experience Europa Park, Phantasialand, Heide Park, Hansa Park, Movie Park Germany, Holiday Park, & Erlebnispark Tripsdrill.

[@ra-qy2vj]

I'm impressed that they went to europe but not to those parks

[@drdewott9154]

@@ra-qy2vj Seems like they were on a larger tour with other enthusiasts, and the tour they went on was seemingly more focused on Scandinavian parks. Still they came at a pretty bad time. I was on a trip around Denmark (my home country) around the same time they were in Denmark and we were hit by an extremely unusual summer storm. Storms like that usually only happen in October-November in Denmark normally. I had to extend my trip by 1 day and move my visit to Fårup Sommerland to then, and by that point the summer weather had returned.

[@karstenbursak8083]

That would shake up this Ranking substantially 😂

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@christianortiz-v1l Germany is my top bucket list country for coasters for absolute sure

[@julielawrie2586]

We did a tour of Europe ourselves this year (Germany, Belgium and Holland) and absolutely loved it. Best parks we visited were Plopsaland De Panne (Ride to Happiness is a must), Efteling, Phantasialand, Movie park germany and Europa Park. Also, come to the UK when you can to do Thorpe Park, Alton Towers and Blackpool Pleasure Beach at least.

[@Fregler]

I am so blessed to currently have Liseberg as my homepark and I dare say that few other parks I have been to in Europe are close in quality but two personal favorites I find even better are Phantasialand and Europapark (both in Germany). I hope you get a chans to come to Europe and vist new and revisit old parks again soon Chris!

[@mack_r-s]

I would say I'm very lucky to have Canada's Wonderland as my home park. Not only is it always getting new additions, but it has something for absolutely anyone. Thrill seekers have the 3 B&M's, kids and families have 2 whole areas to enjoy, and the supporting coaster lineup, while not perfect, does offer a huge variety of experiences, from old Arrow's to painful Vakoma's. And that's not even mentioning the massive flatride lineup.

[@michael7054]

Great video! Im looking forward to watching the Japan trip! Sweden and Norway sure had some nice parks on your trip!

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Never been outside of the US for coasters, and most likely never will. At least I can live vicariously through y'all. Thanks for showing us what, most likely, many of us will never see otherwise.

[@flsxhszn2827]

Canada's wonderland fans Here?????

[@vortexluigirosalina5557]

I’m here

[@aldoparise1224]

Yes

[@Ben-nr2wb]

Yes

[@clairefunnell8481]

Yep! Absolutely. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexmills9223]

Here here

[@MalrusOSC]

You should come to the UK for Hyperia and Nemesis Reborn! Hyperia bc well, it’s a Mack Hyper…but Nemesis Reborn bc not only is it a B&M Invert, but the theming is IMMENSE

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Is Hyperia running yet? Or do y'all have your own little TT2 situation over there? Well.... at least Thorpe Park would give updates on it. Very unlike CP.

[@Th3_PizzaGamer]

It’s open I rode it on the 6th!

[@TowersAltonPlanCo]

@@Spike-sk7qlHyperia reopened almost 2 months ago….

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@MalrusOSC now that Hyperia and Nemesis are open it sounds like a good time. But itll prob have to wait til 2026

[@WelshGuitarDude]

@@AirtimeThrills Might aswell wait for Universal Studios Great Britain in 2030 in that case, if it happens at all.

[@roryevans4295]

As an non US based enthusiast, I’ve waited for this one

[@craigauclair4026]

Favorite overseas park would probably be Dreamworld in Australia. Tivoli Gardens in Denmark has probably my favorite atmosphere for a park. Also loved Port Aventura in Spain, Thorpe Park in England, and Europa Park in Germany. Thankfully, I was able to do Vertigo at Tivoli before it was removed, and got to do it forwards and backwards. Favorite ride I've ever been on.

[@NonstopAdventures1]

You definitely have to check out Thorpe Park and Alton Towers in the UK, Europa Park, and Phantasialand!

[@nykohastoast6894]

I WAS THE SEPARATOR YOU TODAY AT BANSHEE IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE YOU! :D

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Man, seriously???? I just left KI yesterday. Hopefully you're one of the good ride ops, and don't staple the crap out of people. Seriously, I was stapled really hard at Diamondback, and Orion last weekend. The Banshee crew never pushed down on the restraint. Just pulled up to make sure it's locked. You guys were great. Most of the time so are the Dback, and Orion crews are too. I've gotten many one or 2 click, barely green rides. Then Dawn seriously treated my lap like it was her ex boyfriend who chested on her or something. She seriously slammed the restraint down so hard I couldn't even reach the seatbelt on the brake run. She was seriously trying to punch the crap out of me, through the clamshell.😢

[@nykohastoast6894]

@Spike-sk7ql damn that sucks, luckily our restraints are pretty forgiving, however those vests can really suck if they tighten over the course of the ride

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@nykohastoast6894 if you know how to ride with them, there is no problem with the vest restraints. Yes, they CAN come down hard on you during the ride. However, set the restraint far enough off of you that you can jam your arm in there, elbow against the seat back, hand against the restraint. Hold it off of you during the positive G moments, and they're actually pretty awesome restraints. Learned that on Gatekeeper. I didn't want to ride it one day, and the person I was with told us that. I've never had a bad ride on a B&M vest restraint ride since. I won't be back down to KI for at least a month. I'm missing Grand Carnevale this year. 😢

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@nykohastoast6894 I just REALLY wish that ride manufacturers could make restraints that lock in BOTH directions instead of just not coming up. There's a few rides that actually do that. Steel Curtain at Kennywood, and TT2 being 2 examples of restraints that don't come down on you during the ride. Hell.... I even hold the clamshell up when I'm riding B&M hyper/gigas. I really like that sweet sweet I'm about to fly out of this dang seat, airtime. Diamondback turns green after one click. Orion after 2 clicks. Fury after 2, and Intimidator I think after 2. Diamondback used to be 2 until last year. I'll take it though.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@nykohastoast6894 it was nice to meet you too! Also met a couple other enthusiasts today at Banshee and Snoopys

[@woodencoasterfanatic1600]

Energylandia is by far my favorite park outside the states I have visited, couldn't have asked for a much better all around experience.

[@cowplatter5320]

At Bakken I saw a ride op do the unthinkable. On Mine Train Ulven (which btw doesn't have any airgates, you could theoretically just walk onto the track & get hit by the train), I saw the ride operator (only one in the station which is weird for a coaster) dispatch a train, wait for it to exit, and then step ON THE TRACK to cross to the other side. Anyone who has worked in a theme park knows how big a of a deal it is to step on the track.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@cowplatter5320 yeah in europe their standards are so lax

[@levisimp3860]

Nerdy criticism but twister is a gravity group I enjoyed this video alot, i love seeing Canadian and non American parks get appreciated

[@DoomSlug78]

100% agree with you about Canadas wonderland, they really need to take out flight deck, time warp and re-track some of the wooden roller coasters. but the fact that they are adding a big launch coaster seems to say they are working on things.

[@ceaserri]

I’m surprised marine land was so high up apparently the park has no rides open anymore and all you can do is walk around due to poor management

[@litterbocks47]

Extremely random video idea: your top 15 favorite roller coaster sounds (some for me are cresting the lift hill on an RMC, soaring with dragons LSM’s, B&M breaks) just general sounds or very specific. I just wanna hear your favorite coaster sounds

[@edwardschannelyt]

You should really go to the UK and experience Alton Tower + their Water Park because I want to see you on the Smiler have fun

[@sillylittleguy002]

Your intro is so underrated!!!

[@chadappell2447]

Rank ‘em up 🤘🏼

[@twelvmonkees]

You probably get this all the time but you have to visit Phantasialand !! And come to France for Parc Astérix, Nigloland and Walibi Rhône-Alpes !

[@IKEA_SSB]

i noticed in a lot of the aussie parks that there's a flipped around or spinning back car on their bigger rides, is this a common thing over there or is it just more prevalent in oceanic parks than in most others?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@IKEA_SSB its becoming more common esp on Mack coasters but it definitely seems like a point of focus for the Aussie parks

[@IKEA_SSB]

@@AirtimeThrills ah interesting, didn't know that about mack. hopefully the trend shows up somewhere in the states because it seems like a novel concept if executed right

[@Thelightning1out]

Sadly, jetline at grona Lund is now permanently closed, lisebergbanan is the only custom Schwarzkopf coaster in operation now.

[@treynolds94]

This is the last year of MarineLand. Only thing open is the baluga whales and splash pad. All rides and animals have been taken out. They were found guilty on crulty charges early this year. Dragon Mountain was my first ever coaster when I was like 6 years old. Only went on cause my sis went on first so I had to do it too. My second was ghoster coaster/scooby doo coaster now at Wonderland.

[@bradymartin9055]

happy to report that Dreamworld as of late has been slammed with high attendance in the school holidays, the park wide improvements are really improving the parks rep finally.

[@popcanstudios9081]

Wonderland is my home park and I love it but it only comes in 9 on my list. My top two are both in England and very different, Alton Towers is my favourite Theme park and Number 1 on my list while Blackpool Pleasure Beach is my favourite Amusement park and lands as my number 2 park overall.

[@LSM-Jenson]

You really should try to get to the UK for great theme parks and coaster such as Thorpe Park and Alton Towers, I must reccomend Hyperia, It might be a top 10 coaster for you, Airtime from start to finish!

[@dylanmeyer72]

Any interest in doing a pre trip park ranking prediction for the upcoming Japan trip?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@dylanmeyer72 i will do coasters, i may do parks too

[@DoswarePictures]

Last Saturday, I finally got on my first two big coasters at Michigan’s Adventure, Wolverine Wildcat and Shivering Timbers!

[@Spike-sk7ql]

You didn't go for mind eraser? Probably a good thing. You may have forgotten about the others from the brain injury.😅

[@DoswarePictures]

@@Spike-sk7ql don’t you mean Thunderhawk? Didn’t ride it, couldn’t fit in the test seat.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@DoswarePictures no, I mean Mind Eraser. Just like "Dominator" will always be Batman Night Flight, and Posessed will be Superman. Geauga Lake was my first home park if you can't tell.😀 Oh, and Firehawk was still X Flight to me until KI tore it down. Still miss that coaster.

[@DoswarePictures]

@@Spike-sk7qlThunderhawk was never called “Mind Eraser” because of their Boomerang having that name.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@DoswarePictures shit my bad, Serial Thriller.

[@Stampida9]

My ranking is: 1: Phantasialand 2: Alton Towers 3: Liseberg 4: PortaVentura When I got to EuropaPark next month that should make for a decent top 5!

[@jimspagg5496]

I've always wanted to go to Fuji-Q Highland congratulations on the future trip.

[@Josh_Stuchbery]

I think you're going to love Japan. Eejanaika is my favourite coaster and Hakugei is a close second.

[@brandonlp]

Liseberg is my 2nd favorite park in the world that I’ve been to (behind only Kings Island). I wanna know where airtimethrills ranks it overall.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Kings Island for the win. No matter how many times I go to Cedar Point (over 50 times a year) I will always put Kings Island over CP unless it's ONLY looking at the coasters.

[@brandonlp]

@@Spike-sk7ql Kings Island is the best operated park ever, has a solid ride lineup, and has great atmosphere. Cedar Point has 1 of those 3 things going for it. It’s the worst, imo, other than its top 2.

[@Themeparkfan630]

​@@brandonlp I enjoyed cedar point and think it's one of the best amusement parks in the country.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Canada's Wonderland is getting a Premier Ride 2 Launch coaster next year. Some footings have already been done. All the parks in this video looked really fun. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Itsamemaro]

Have you checked out europa park? I went there last month for my first trip overseas and it was a blast. Its a perfect mix of some family rides with lots of fun thrilling ones. The first ride I went on when I was there was the can can coaster and it was universal level theming and ride. I was impressed, and everything else was just as good. Definately recommend.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@Itsamemaro germany is my top coaster country, just need to find my way there

[@alex33952]

Never been to overseas park but six flags overseas parks would be fun Mexico looks like fun and la ronde, well idk lol

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

Goliath at La Ronde is great, tons of airtime!!!!!!!

[@Fireball_]

I just rode mahuka 3 days ago and it is pretty great but not best in the park but still a great ride

[@Noct31]

What's this Cedar Fair company you keep talking about?

[@King_Cosmic865]

Incredibly surprised u haven’t been to Alton Towers yet . It’s on my theme park bucket list

[@DuecePiece]

"That doesnt even sound like a real year" 🤣🤣🤣 Love it bro! 👏❤️

[@CaptureKing247]

I think it's a slap in the face that Canada's Wonderland is the most visited regional park in North American but they ignore the complains about with their older terrible coasters. Yes building a new launched coaster is long over due, but they really need to look at replacing Flight Deck, Time Warp, Wilde Beast and Dragon Fyre.

[@elitelord5350]

My only international parks I have been to are Disney parks but her is my list 1. Tokyo Disney Sea (My favorite park I’ve ever been to) 2. Tokyo Disneyland 3. Disneyland Paris 4. Disney Adventure World (definitely the worst Disney park by a mile)

[@thatlldo4247]

I'm surprised you rank the spinning seat on Steel Taipan over the backwards seat on DC Rivals! Why do you think it's superior?

[@CoasterThrills1]

Ws in the chat airtime thrills uploaded

[@CoasterThrills1]

OMG AIRTIME THRILLS GAVE A HEART YOUR MY FAV KZbinR I WISH YOU STILL LIVED IN CALI SO I CAN SAY HI AT MAGIG MOUNTAIN

[@mitchellries256]

Galaxyland, La Ronde, Canada's Wonderland, and Six Flags Mexico are the only international parks on my to-do list.

[@Ecirtapdb]

When you'll Come to La Ronde at Montreal?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@Ecirtapdb soon i bet

[@ndelli23]

I just went to La Ronde two days ago for the first time, I thought you had been there and forgotten it on the list and I wasn’t surprised, I was like rewinding through the video to double check lol, id love to see what you think of it though I had a good time

[@RoadrunnerMoose]

I've only been to two International parks. Marineland in Niagra Falls and Tokyo Dome City. It's honestly hard for me to say which park was better. Marineland had it's infamous trek across Middle Earth just to get anywhere and I was too scared to get on Dragon Mountain at the time. Tokyo Dome City on the other hand, I went in December 2017 and all but one of the attractions were closed, the one still opened was Thunder Dolphin. It'd probably be easy to say Tokyo Dome is the better as it's where I got my 1st international credit and Marineland....is...well...Marineland. But I still feel like I should Dragon Mountain a fair shake before judging.

[@wittkevin222]

We will be in Japan in July next year! When are you going?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@wittkevin222 just confirmed the last 2 weeks of july

[@wittkevin222]

@@AirtimeThrills lol meet up in Japan!

[@Kittyhat]

Nah forget you man, I'm riding Grona Insane as many times as needed to get that legendary -3g dunk on the final pullout, I miss when Magic Mountain had the two most intense coasters on the planet

[@Helaina721]

Feels like tour falling out ofyour seat on the first drop on Canada wonderland lefithien

[@Manoahfan69]

R.I.P Marineland

[@Keystone_Koasters]

It’s still open

[@Manoahfan69]

@@Keystone_Koasters barley

[@chuckecoop4082]

@@Keystone_Koasters Kinda, all the rides are closed. If they do close the park, we're losing one of the coolest looking arrow loopers.

[@Not_grasshopper_god]

There are speculations that the launch coaster at wonderland is going to be build by premier, so finally they would have a proper launch coaster

[@ColeYote]

Probably fair to omit the nordic parks that were hurt by weather/maintenance issues. Think you'll ever end up revisiting them? Could be worth making the trip to grab Powerpark and Linnmäki over in Finland, Junker and Taiga are supposed to be world-class.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@ColeYote i really doubt i will, just because if i go back overseas i will focus on places i havent been yet

[@sterospa]

Will you ever do a top 20 video with arrow defunct or still operating?

[@mitchel4361]

I'll be bakkan a minute..park puns

[@Derek_the_coaster_nerd]

next time you go to Europe, do you plan on visiting other countries like the UK, Germany, and Poland for parks?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@Derek_the_coaster_nerd next trip to europe will likely be UK. But would love to do germany poland netherlands belgium

[@Derek_the_coaster_nerd]

@AirtimeThrills Sounds great, would love to see your reactions to Hyperia or even Nemesis. I haven't been to Europe yet but seems like they have a ton of phenomenal countries for parks and coasters.

[@Ohiocoasterenthusiast]

Just saw you at ki hope you like it even more

[@Jake76667]

my first foreign theme park was tokyo disneyland in may 2018 and i'm super excited to visit that park again next year in october 2025

[@tomato383]

What about la ronde

[@TheRealestHooman]

I’ve only gone to one but it’s Alton towers hehehe

[@MattMcIrvin]

The only parks I've been to outside the US are PortAventura, Tokyo DisneySea, and Singapore's Adventure Cove Waterpark, and given the nature of those three parks I cannot rank them in any order whatsoever. They're all great places actually and you should go to them. PortAventura is the only one where I rode coasters (I gave DisneySea's Raging Spirits a pass, but my wife and kid did get a cred on Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster while I was on Journey to the Center of the Earth.) Would rank DisneySea #1 for atmosphere and amazing dark rides, PortAventura #1 for coasters, and Adventure Cove #1 for riding a lazy river through a tunnel of live manta rays.

[@JulianDale94]

I feel like if Hawaii had a theme park, people would put it on a list like this

[@benm3017]

I would be surprised if Hawaii has room for a theme park lol

[@TheRealestHooman]

You should rank all the floor less coasters you’ve ridden pls

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@TheRealestHooman i did that a few years ago

[@TheRealestHooman]

@@AirtimeThrills let me check that out

[@kiwisafari565]

Proud of Liseberg 💪

[@stboombasloth9424]

Not a bad list my friend.

[@mrcnoasters]

You enthusiasts have had really bad luck with Farup Sommerland, first Park Pros now you! 😂

[@AirtimeThrills]

We were part of the same group so thats why lol

[@Doctor_dispatch]

Chris, do you think universal will acquire Doctor Who from BBC and in the upcoming years build a themed land for it, potentially replacing Harry Potter land?

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Doctor Who has been turned into garbage. It's almost like Disney is running that show already with how bad it's gotten.

[@Doctor_dispatch]

@@Spike-sk7ql I was meaning the ones from 2005-2022

[@geraldvanzanten4797]

Haven't been to Efteling is suppose?

[@derpnowitzki1766]

A brand new gravity group ride rough? How crazy.

[@ryanleeuwis1602]

Australia is such a bucketlist country.

[@Coaster_Crash]

I wanna go to canadas wonderland

[@GingerbreadHen]

I personally didn’t like Luna park, whereas I absolutely loved sea world. I was surprised to see that sea world was so low

[@Noct31]

No La Ronde?

[@mcrcwmasonshorts]

Video idea: rank the coasters that were built in 2000

[@Hellow41361]

My favourite international park (I live in the UK) is Walibi Belgium because of Kondaa

[@brucemiller64]

Now we need ranking every US park lol

[@brittariedel3446]

You definitely need to come back to Europe. You missed almost every major park here like Phantasialand, Europapark, Efteling, Energylandia, Portaventura, Park Asterix, Alton Towers just to name a few.

[@DJWezzyK]

Twister in Grona Lund is build by Gravityworks (The Gravity Group), Not GCI.

[@stonedfinn3649]

Liseberg finally receiving the international praise that it deserves.

[@Vertigo_64]

You should go to some parks in france and Germany.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I'll get there eventually. One trip at a time

[@miserybeach9630]

You should do a video on your top worst parks you've visited

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@miserybeach9630 i thought about that but really its elitch gardens and six flags america. Every other park i honestly dont have much of a problem with. Maybe Nickelodeon Universe at american dream but I'm about to revisit that

[@Coaster_Crash]

17:03 loopiest is crazy

[@dylanmartinez8430]

Ur voice is so familiar. Do u have a baseball channel?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@dylanmartinez8430 you know it

[@philhutchings7354]

Marine land is closed completely and permanently as of 2023. There is a splash pad, and many of the animals are still there pending relocation/keeping in trust.

[@CatsAreKindaCool]

Last continent is Asia then :)

[@Splater765]

Of course the roller coaster from Final Destination is an old school Vekoma

[@DJJODolla]

No Six Flags Mexico?

[@MarsJenkar]

Nope, not yet.

[@thebestdecepticonSoundwave]

WOW.

[@2001mark]

Ranking all of Time Warp's corners.

[@atlelu]

Big sad den aller minste at Tusenfryd Closed for 2024 and got replaced by some benches😢

[@everythinggame5]

OW, Vaughan is spelt wrong.

[@corkscrewfoley]

I felt a bit triggered that CW was number two, but as soon as you said Liseberg, I was like 'damn straight.'

[@dba8623]

Bro, you have to come to Germany 😅

[@NorthernRidesYaBoi]

Japan a year away, you say? 👀

[@VelvetteSimp]

Ranking the ones I've been to cause why not I'm bored #1 Alton Towers #2 Energylandia #3 Walibi Holland #4 Canada's Wonderland #5 Thorpe Park #6 Disneyland Paris #7 Walibi Belgium #8 Legendia

[@randomstuff-yb7xb]

I know this man did not just call twister a G C I when it is a gravity group

[@fifa-ss7cw]

durs now great park

[@JakeScott96]

Come to Madrid and ride Batman Gotham City Escape

[@karstenbursak8083]

Get your ass on a plane to Europe (mainly UK, France and Germany) a.s.a.p. ... Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Parc Asterix, Hansa Park, Tripsdrill, Phantasialand and Europa Park will shake your list ! And make a detour to Poland (energylandia) and Belgium (Plopsaland de Pane) 😊