Alpengeist Media Day Footage - April 1997

This video contains a mix of footage from WBNS and Busch Gardens Williamsburg, from the media preview day in April of 1997.
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[@KentuckianaCoasters]

Awesome, so glad you had this! Alpengeist is one of my faves. And always interesting seeing what random celebrities they scored for these events.

[@ThemeParkPlunge]

Best invert. Rode it for the first time in 25 years a week ago. Still the best.

[@TheDeviousDrDoom]

Still my favorite Invert!

[@christianortiz-v1l]

mine too

[@Wavylikedaviee]

Seeing Le Mans raceway in the background had me in tears wow KZbin I really a Time Machine

[@prentisroberson2305]

And they removed the screen-based rides, probably due to high maintenance costs. They should replace the former Battle for Eire with a TrioTech Dark Coaster themed to Irish mythology.

[@rdbarne]

how quiet that lift hill was lol. I remember those days lol. And it went straight through the mid course brakes with a light tap

[@tjcorcoran588]

lol ik it really stops you know

[@lastone032085]

I remember those days too. They were wonderful.

[@piercesteven3730]

Last year train 1 was absolutely silent on the lift for the entire season. And the ride reopened 3 weeks ago for Mardi gras this year and the midcourse trims haven't been on at all. The lift trims have been on though.

[@johnfoltz8183]

This ride killed off any remaining popularity of Drachen Fire

[@Joypyf]

Congrats on 200k subscribers, Sean!!! 😊🥳

[@SeanFlaharty]

Thanks, Joy! I wasn't aware I hit that until someone recently sent me an e-mail. Today is the first day I have gone into my account in months.

[@Joypyf]

@@SeanFlaharty I noticed! Hahaha after about 2 months, I started to wonder bout cha! Glad to see ya! I recently logged into my Facebook for the first time in 9 years so I’m very familiar with leaving platforms lol 😂🙈

[@davecoasterdudew1206]

I always wanted to visit there for Alpengeist since my legs are long.

[@mikeyb3880]

One of the best ever made

[@Specialist1Aim]

The way rollercoasters are built always made me dream of a more advanced monorail system, even in the country a mono rail would be awesome

[@bobs_coasterexperience3025]

Miss ya Sean. I will be at Kings Island on May 8th. I will be celebrating my 49th there that day as well. My birthday is actually on Thursday the 6th.

[@SeanFlaharty]

Have fun at KI, Bob! I won't be able to make it there until June. I may only be able to visit a few times this year.

[@ilikerollercoasters4757]

Skip to 25:20 for a trimless POV.

[@BluesCoasters]

Oh the mid course! How that has been slamming since!

[@ilikerollercoasters4757]

The camera mount sounded like it would fall apart at any second.

[@BluesCoasters]

OOOH YESSSS!!!! I’ve been waiting for this!!!!

[@aaronberns8485]

Those bellhop French ladies from what appears to be the late 19th early 20th century riding an intense modern day inverted coaster. What a cool time period.

[@Specialist1Aim]

The color is beautiful, but a very extreme ride

[@CoasterNick3157]

Awesome footages

[@cardinalfan828]

looks like one of those trains has 2 zero cars?? Was that just for media day?

[@SeanFlaharty]

I believe so. The second zero car was for the camera mount.

[@themeparkreconnoiter9787]

An Gagantic Ghost of Mt. Grossglockner in Austria ,Alp-en-giest

[@ProSlider]

Wow, how did you get this rare footage? Was it in a press kit or did you work for BGW?

[@SeanFlaharty]

I was supposed to attend the media day with the folks that are in this video. I had to cancel last minute. This footage was recorded for a TV station in Columbus, Ohio. Since I wasn't on the trip, I was given a copy of the footage. To the best of my knowledge, the TV station didn't do a story on the opening of the coaster. So, when I found it and decided to upload it, I knew that most of the folks watching it had never seen it before. I used to have a lyric video of the entire Alpengeist song but that was one of the 500 videos I had to remove during a spat I had with KZbin last year.

[@ProSlider]

@@SeanFlaharty I heard that in the queue line around 1997 there was a video of Alpengeist playing telling the story of the monster. Do you know something about that? Thanks so much for sharing!

[@Coasterkitty7]

Damn, I haven't been to BGW since.....maybe 2008? 2009? Something like that. A lot of people thinks the park is near me, but it's actually about six hours away. I've always loved Alpengeist!