King Cobra POV - Kings Island

Official POV of the now defunct King Cobra at Kings Island

[@JasonUGA311]

Don't overlook the fact that this ride was built back in the 80's. Kings island and Cedar Point were doing coasters in the mid/late 80's that other parks didn't start getting until the mid 90's.

[@novaestrella2775]

This was my favorite coaster of all time at K.I.! Seeing this makes me so nostalgic.

[@ericab513]

I've never been a coaster person, but I loved this and the Screamin' Demon when I was younger.

[@snakeeyes2k4]

Do you have any extra footage at all whatsoever? Pictures or videos

[@ericab513]

@@snakeeyes2k4 Sorry, no I don't.

[@chasemcqueen5056]

I remember going to kings island as a kid and wanting to ride this so bad but I wasn't tall enough, finally hit a growth spurt and went back the next year and it was gone! I was so bummed.

[@GhostsQueen85]

oh man you would've loved it!!!

[@Yourfavecheergirl]

This happened to me too

[@isingjoy]

Actually I work at KI. All the parts for the Cobra are still in the woods at KI. They were sold about 3 yrs ago to a park in Spain but the deal fell through because they couldn't come up with the money. The parts are still able to be put together and used. Who knows... with the other snake themed rides at KI... we might bring it back!?!?!

[@blakesteenrod4765]

It’s 2024 and I guess it’s not coming back

[@rollercoastercentral0808]

@@blakesteenrod4765lol no it’s a horrible ride system haha

[@jandyb79]

It was taken out in 2002 and was located in the lot where the slingshot and Delirium currenlty reside. The Delirium is resting on the exact spot where the King Cobras double helix was once located. I must have ridden this coaster close to 75 times. I loved it, but it was a ball buster!

[@jamwell212]

Was a nice Coaster,,,, Hope they put in another standup coaster at Kings Island.

[@toledopieguy6998]

Good god! Glad to see this! I did a radio story that was aired on NPR for the 100th anniversary of roller coasters from this ride. .... Many Memories. Short lived.

[@firstmusic00]

I remember waiting for 2 hours to ride this thing back in 1984 when it was new. Very cool coaster back in the day.

[@bygod76]

I miss this coaster... Probably one of my all time faves in the history of the park... You can never forget the Delta Demon or the Bat though.

[@reoracer]

Wow. I'm not really a coaster person, but I truly loved this one for some reason. Thank you for allowing me to relive it again...

[@cukeilholz]

Somewhat rare pov! Thanks for this!

[@YokozunaNumber1]

2:11 - "Hi, Frank."

[@BackSeatJunkie]

Awesome example of what was possible for the original batch of Stand Up Coasters back in the day. Too many parks, took stand up cars and stuck them on some old coaster sitting in some forgotten corner of the park.....truly sad.

[@thejimm2009]

i've been going to KI for 31 years. this was a great ride. i still remember the bat and the screaming demon. they were awesome.i miss the old rides.

[@CoastersNSich]

@MrsJonasNicholas No, it was removed at the start of the 2002 season. They had attempted to sell it, but there were no takers. Supposedly much of the steel track was rusted out prior to that time. Fortunately the two similar coasters found at two other Cedar Fair parks had better quality/maintained steel, so they continue to operate.

[@deadline27]

i got stuck upside down in the loop on this when i was younger

[@cukeilholz]

Very rare video, there aren't many videos like this anymore.

[@virtuouswomen3194]

Teenager: I miss the king cobra because even though it's a old ride it will be in our hearts forever ♥️ ❤️ 💔

[@colorfularies]

At the end of the ride, just before it stopped there were a few little hills or "humps" it would cover...and when you were watching the ride from the outside, it actually looked like a snake slithering...pretty cool....

[@Alyssaburkhart]

I never seen a stand up coaster until I looked up kings island coasters that were taken down and looked this one up

[@cavalierfan1995]

RIP KING COBRA YOU WERE THE BEST.ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THE PARK

[@Dregandice]

I miss this ride sometimes but the bicycle type seat was a bit uncomfortable lol

[@HarvestmanMan]

I love the anemometer at 0:50 . Haven't seen that on any of KI's other coasters.

[@eryntodd]

Noticed that as well, glad you acknowledged it in the comments! Interesting detail of these times

[@isingjoy]

I do agree! We loved the phantom theater!

[@ember-x9o]

This is 80’s af

[@SariaFan93]

I never got to ride the King Cobra because I wasn't tall enough to ride it when it was still at Kings Island. I hope the park's new ride for 2014 will be a B&M stand up roller coaster.

[@Jacquesisawesome]

This coaster is awesome! But one question, how come around 1:42 the track is sideways? Not straight?

[@OutSparkBlogger]

epic coaster of its day

[@arlichar11]

what defunct? its intersting to see old rides fade away ! when i was young they had the bat and aride in center of prk that was just a loop, you went forward,then back and taht was it! (black and gold) i miss kings island , i cant go anymore!

[@clevelandcbi]

I loved this as a young teen in the early to mid 90's. Felt tall to get on it lol. Am 37 now, and looking back I don't get the idea of stand up coasters. Any others besides that I understand and love. STILL love stand-ups too, but besides being different, there's really no difference. You stand in line, ride standing up, and then you walk to stand in the next line. Loved KK, but I'd still prefer several normal coasters with similar features 8 days a week in the long haul.

[@justiflyer2]

for a more helpful answer than was given by the other person, the techneique they used there is called a Trick Track which banks one way before turning the other, i hope this answer is what you were looking for

[@GamesTutorialsandBeyond]

I never got a chance to ride this :( i was too little. This makes me really want to ride a stand up coaster

[@flytallerkin]

i've never seen a 2 people per row stand up coaster. wow. the stand coaster i go on is the iron wolf sf great america, and i believe has 5 ppl per row

[@jasonhook3884]

ah, yes, another TOGO stand-up. or, as they are better known, TOGO nutcrackers

[@RockyandTuck]

XD agreed. And headbangers.

[@jasonhook3884]

Rocky Tuck Arrows and TOGOs both hurt like hell, but damn it all that's one of the reasons they're so fun

[@RockyandTuck]

I don't know about Arrows, as i don't think they're THAT bad when it comes to head banging, especially Loch Ness Monster at BGW. Even Anaconda at Kings Dominion was tolerable IMO. Why do Arrows receive such shit from people?

[@doolindanger2459]

You're not actually supposed to sit on that bicycle seat. It was there to keep your posture straight and to keep you from slipping out of the restraints from underneath.

[@JuneDreaming]

no one ever died (or was even injured) on king cobra or the bat. both were removed due to outrageous maintenance costs.

[@1M005E1]

This is when Kings Island was fun, with tons of rides, now it sux.Noticed other rides in the park?Not there now!

[@nationalcoasternews5798]

Letit Bemee No, they actually have good coasters now

[@TPoPArt]

I loved the bunny hops at the end

[@KingsIslandHistory]

@EatAtWhiteCastle No one died on SoB in 2006, but on July 30, 2007 a man died from hemorrhagic shock from blunt impact to his torso a day after riding. And on August 8, 2009, a man died after riding Firehawk and having breathing problems. Both victims had pre-existing medical conditions, but a death is still a death.

[@ColumbiaQT2001]

This first Coaster is called The Shockwave it was at Kings Dominion.

[@michaelshort275]

i hope the new ride is a stand up one like this

[@theliabarker4860]

This was the ride that had me not riding any rides for 28 year until last year. That damn ride had a malfunction and stopped while we was upside down for 15mins. I asked God to get me off of it and I will never ride again and I kept that until last year

[@crystalmeyers9252]

This ride fell off the tracks in the 80's... I was there and will never forget it....=(

[@ethanrobertson670]

No it didn't

[@crystalmeyers9252]

Umm... Yes it did!!!

[@ethanrobertson670]

Crystal Meyers No, you're lying for attention

[@crystalmeyers9252]

LMAO.....LOL

[@amandasmith2542]

How

[@1997BAB]

This ride closed because after Togo shut down, it became hard to maintain. Parts were hard to find, maintenance cost went higher, popularity for this ride went down. Kings Island did try to sell it, no one bought it because it was rough, out of date, etc. So yea Kings Island did the right thing and took it out.

[@hundoe100]

@skiboy247 I kind of doubt that, King Cobra was the first stand up roller coaster, that was designed as a stand up coaster.

[@chancethetraveler458]

0:04 r.i.p Headphone users.

[@Tylrr72]

This stand-up coaster is just like Shockwave at Kings Dominion

[@A_A610]

Aside from 4th dimension rides and flying coasters, stand-ups are my favorite coasters. Pity to see this historical ride gone. :(

[@callmemarc]

Those little hills at the end broke your balls

[@drummercali]

Actually, Flight Commander was not a coaster, rather a ride that roated in the air. People were able to control their capsule. I have the newspaper article from the accident. Interestingly though, two others did die the same day. One was a guest and the other a work who drown trying to rescue someone who fell into a lake.

[@UmbrellaAl]

@nhirajeblack Go to Kings Dominion and ride Shockwave... it's essentially the same ride, only difference is the back half after the helix is slightly different in layout.

[@JohnnyRandom89]

@coasterwild um...no it doesnt i have been playing rct for almost 10 years. the stand up coasters dont let you do helixes, it even mentions that they should be avoided on stand up coasters in the description. it lets you do banked turns, but not helixe. rct 3 lets you do helixes on them, but not rct or rct2

[@HarvestmanMan]

Time to eat my words. It was a woman dying while on the Skylab thingy. Also, since KI counts the Eiffel tower elevator as a ride, there's a second one. John Harter, a high school graduate, was climbing the inside of the elevator shaft on graduation night, May 13, 1983. He was trying to jump on the elevator to scare his friends, but he was crushed and killed by the counterweight.

[@2001arsen]

this ride is just like skyrider at Canada's wonderland

[@KingsIslandHistory]

@HarvestmanMan Skylab once injured a dozen people, but never killed any. On the contrary, people have died on or after riding Flight Commander, Firehawk, Son of Beast and Flight Deck.

[@thejimm2009]

One of my favorite KI rides. Man, I miss it.

[@marshallmann]

i got stuck on this ride a few times. still miss it though

[@CARAVANRUSH]

I road this ride the first year it came out. First stand up coaster I was ever on. The second was the Mantis which was like 5 times better. #3 Riddlers Revenge kicked ass as well.

[@Psvitawwe]

Mantis at cedar point is great but It bumps you around a little bit

[@meganveite5678]

Did a roller coaster take King Cobra's place?

[@M.Rollins20]

Shockwave and King Kobra are different after the loop.

[@HarvestmanMan]

@123iloveuu No it's not. It was taken down because Togo, the company that made it, went out of business, and replacement parts were too expensive.

[@theknexrock]

why would they put air time hills if its a stand up coaster it would feel like your feet wouldnt be touchin the floor

[@nucleartrout]

i miss this ride

[@Chriscolfers1fan]

wait, is this ride still in the park?

[@indyfan1831]

Give me a list of the best roller coasters there

[@HarvestmanMan]

@jh61694 Wrong, and...wrong. The Bat was removed because it was a prototype coaster, and wore out brake pads like potato chips. King Cobra was removed because the company who made it went out of business, and they couldn't find replacement parts for it.

[@JuneDreaming]

you are all wrong. it was removed because the type of steel used to mold the ride was losing its integrty and eventually would have started to bend under the stress. Togo did go bankrupt but the ride was coming down regardless.

[@KingsIslandHistory]

@jh61694 No one died due to an accident on The Bat or King Cobra. People have died on or after riding Eiffel Tower, Flight Commander, Son of Beast, Firehawk, and Flight Deck, however. Plus others have been electrocuted in a Kings Island pond, dove into the Royal Fountains, overdosed on the campground, or been mauled by a lion. Charming place, eh? =)

[@callmemarc]

This ride was short but I always liked it. Never any line

[@krazydrummer]

@32o4 theres still on at Canadas Wonderland in Toronto

[@carolynwright2546]

R.I.P. Shockwave Kings Dominion

[@RockyandTuck]

Good riddance Shockwave! That thing hurt my ears, head, and BALLS!

[@RudolphManor]

+Rocky Tuck ROTFLMMFAO!

[@KuramasSilverstar16]

I remember seeing this ride around 2001 I think, unfortunalty I never went on it. I would've liked to though.

[@partyclubleader]

They should take out the freaking derlium and put a roller coaster just like this one!

[@Bfyobrian12]

i swear i rode this, but i keep thinking that it went around a pond and it had a giant figure of that little miner guy with the long orange beard? anyone gotta clue of what coaster that was?

[@UltraTigerFIlms]

When was this Built and when was it torn down

[@kendraboykin]

i have never seen this at kings island and ive been there 100 times!

[@Shaneplayzzz9789]

Yea cuz they tore it down duh

[@superdude9077]

AND THAT'S A WRAP! Togo stand ups are no more in North America. (As of August 9th, 2015)

[@kuroorchid2455]

Come to Britain and visit Drayton Manor. We have one called the Shockwave, and there's the GForce which drops you down a loop. :)

[@blaakeebills]

I don't know if delerium was worth taking out for this but delerium is a good ride

[@kayapraeter8767]

actually ppl it was taken out for other reasons besides delerium. there waa a whole year when the old site of king cobra was empty, and they built delerium there because they had no other use for the space.

[@JohnnyRandom89]

i hate how rollercoaster tycoon doesnt let you do helixes on the stand up coasters

[@Moshi2009Fire15]

This is exactly 100% the same as SkyRider at Canada's Wonderland. SkyRider was released years before this one though.

[@prodiggy3848]

is this still there?

[@sportygrl09]

isn't The Vortex in its place now?

[@Hadslo]

Where was this in the park?

[@bonker333]

wow.. this ride.. haha.. goes kinda slow, it's sweet to see how much kigns islands changed.

[@cjmybud]

they have one at canadas wonderland named "skyrider"

[@MarkyMark590]

I think I rode that few years ago when I was younger and remember my glasses flew off. it was really rough also

[@MrPhsycodude999]

This is shockwave at KD with vortex's colors.

[@sk8orhateit]

o alright thanks for clearin it up :)...cuz i was confused

[@gymnastics127]

at 00.54 what is that big stick in the middle

[@batmandalorian5504]

Sounds like they used every present on the MIDI box for this song, huh

[@Cosoms_Luna0738]

omg i miss that ride! .. how sad they torn it down =(

[@ciarranichole6]

This looks fun!!!

[@asaisaac]

It was dismantled to that KD could use the parts on their coaster similar to KK

[@dawnflora847]

theres a video showing the remains of this coaster and parts of the track:'(

[@zombkingsezio4308]

It looks like daimond back combined with vortex

[@philipfischer5750]

I never rode this ride because I was not alive and never get a chance to ride it.

[@46knine]

Shockwave at Kings Dominion.

[@RockyandTuck]

Rest In Horror.

[@callmemarc]

It was where Delirium and Slingshot are now

[@oysterbandk]

I never got the chance to ride it because I was to small.