Coasters That Put Their Parks ON THE MAP

[@pipepicasso8112]

Thank you for doing my suggestion. Hopefully it can spark debate in the comments, and could be revisited in a future episode.

[@samraymond4464]

The fact Ride to Happiness isn't on here feels slightly illegal. Yeah Plopsa already had 2 somewhat alright coasters, but RTH put that place on the MAP for not only thrill seekers in Belgium, but WORLDWIDE coaster enthusiasts

[@actor5991]

I wish Holiday World would get more recognition for the freaking amazing park that it is. It's one of my favorite parks in the country

[@edwardrhoads7283]

Agreed. Even after taking my family to Cedar Pt my little one keeps asking when the next time we will go back to Holiday World.

[@strangerdanger8491]

The free parking, sunscreen, drink booths, etc really add to the experience. Makes the day far more enjoyable. Wish other parks cared more about guest experience

[@RankingTheMouse]

You've been CHURNING out elite content lately bro. Keep it up, we're all thankful 👏👏

[@rideexpedition]

I'd say maybe Nemesis (I know it's the 1 coaster all of us Brits always mention) but what that beast did for not only Alton Towers but the UK theme park scene as a whole is nothing short of amazing. And if it wasn't for Nemesis, Oblivion & Air wouldn't have been built (meaning there wouldn't be a B&M Dive or Flying coaster model). I often look at the butterfly effect with coasters, and thinking about it yet Nemesis, Phantasialand wouldn't have built Black Mamba after the designer admitted it was heavily inspired by Nemesis. Meaning Phantasialand wouldn't have grown enough to get rides down the line such as Taron. Which would inspire Velocicoaster & Taiga for example... Obviously these things might still have happened but it's also strange to think about the, What if?

[@MGMutt]

Oh yeah, nemesis is way more important than colossus (even though colossus is overhated)

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah i didnt pick nemesis because of the coasters that preceded it, it was a decent coaster park beforehand

[@furina_the_hydro_archon]

Loved this video, and I would love to a see a part 2 with more parks like Hersheypark with Storm Runner and Dorney with Steel Force!

[@MarsJenkar]

Related video idea: "Coasters That Took Their Parks to the Next Level". In this case, the park was already "on the map" for coaster enthusiasts, but a new coaster was added that _really_ boosted the park's popularity. I'm thinking coasters like The Beast at Kings Island. Kings Island was already on the map due to Racer, but a few years into the park's life, The Beast was added, and that quickly became the headline coaster for the park. For nearly thirty years, The Beast was _the_ standout coaster at Kings Island, with the few challengers for the title fizzling out for one reason or another. Only when Cedar Fair took over was that crown ever seriously challenged, but it's still one of the top rides in the park, and for good reason.

[@AirtimeThrills]

The beast would fit that video much better than this one. Colossus at sfmm would also qualify

[@rikp]

​@@AirtimeThrills Also, I think Ghostrider, which turned Knott's into a must-visit destination overnight for coaster enthusiasts, especially when they ran their Coaster Solace event in the early 00s (and especially since the event ran during the off-season for other parks, hence the "solace" term). Those were the "CCI years" of coaster fandom. I mean, people traveled to Michigan's Adventure *just* for Shivering Timbers. Seriously. Maybe that's another video idea -- the eras when a particular coaster manufacturer dominated the industry.

[@MarsJenkar]

@@AirtimeThrills Other coasters I can potentially see showing up in such a video: Lagoon - Cannibal (while Wicked may have turned a few heads, Cannibal was on a whole different level) Cedar Point - Magnum XL-200 (the harbinger of the "coaster destination" era of Cedar Point) Carowinds - Intimidator/Thunder Striker (the start of Cedar Fair's big investments into the park) Canada's Wonderland - Behemoth (same story as Carowinds, but north of the border) Knott's Berry Farm - Ghostrider (the last project of the Knott family, but also a precursor to the big investments that Cedar Fair would put into the park) Alton Towers - Nemesis (the first "Secret Weapon" to see the light of day, and the coaster that set the tone for many of the coasters that would be added to the park since then)

[@weerdo75]

Python at Efteling is also a great example. It propelled Efteling to the next level.

[@PastTime777]

What put these parks on the map was the coaster shows on cable TV and the internet so people could book their own vacations. For me, it started when I saw Desperado on a TV show back in 1998. I had to ride it, and that's how it all started for me. After that, the coaster wars happened between CF and SF. It was a great time for new rides.

[@markvolpe2305]

As for my home park Six Flags Darien Lake, although Viper opened with the park in 1982 and it was a record breaker with 5 inversions, I would say that at the time Superman: Ride of Steel (Intiman's first hyper coaster) put that park on the map drawing more guests than ever before for the first several seasons.

[@GbHandlebar]

The cultural significance of Corkscrew arriving at Alton Towers was beyond anything I’ve seen since for anything park/coaster related. It arrived in a pre-online world, yet there was so much press and attention given to it that pretty much everyone in GB suddenly knew of the park and its iconic ride. It was a subject that would drop into conversations in a way you’d never expect now. It even had a national TV series based around it. There’s a good reason why the corkscrews, themselves, now serve as a monument at the front of the park.

[@Crowbar03]

Vampire at Chessington also fits, often being considered the UKs first major popular coaster

[@EveryoneIsFamily]

Very interesting idea! Yet I was expecting to also see Magnum/Cedar Point; Beast/Kings Island; Ride To Happiness.

[@Andrew-gh5pm]

When I went to fun sport Atlanta, it was ridiculous. Two crappy miler coasters and cheap flat rides, and then a huge rmc

[@FryGuy909]

I would also add Magnum for Cedar Point. Really marked when CP started going crazy with coasters

[@Coaster_Crash]

Cedar Point was already majorly famous before Magnum came out. I’d say at least Blue Streak or Corkscrew.

[@FameyFamous]

Gemini opened in 1978. I was a very impressed 10 year old kid. I think CP was a major coaster destination before Magnum.

[@TerraEpon]

@@FameyFamous Indeed, Gemini was the tallest coaster (excluding shuttle loops) in the world when it opened, hard to believe I know.

[@EjectorJohn-y3d8]

I would say Steel Phantom at Kennywood. Kennywoods best coaster was lazer loop before that and Steel Phantom was a HUGE upgrade.

[@davidgreene6607]

I would have to agree with Gemini. Magnum took it to an elite park.

[@MattMcIrvin]

Hersheypark's sooperdooperLooper was basically the East Coast Revolution, and I think it served a similar purpose for the park--it was far from the park's first coaster but it gave it a ride that was utterly unique in the region, though their coaster purchases didn't really kick into high gear until Great Bear in 1998. A weird case is Walt Disney World's Space Mountain. It opened just a few years after the park, and had probably been conceived as the East Coast counterpart of Matterhorn Bobsleds, but it really upped the game for thrill coasters at Disney parks in general. It was the first roller coaster where I heard about people making long-distance pilgrimages to the park just to ride it.

[@urbex_coasters]

I'd say it was really Wildcat or Great Bear that put the park on the map. That was the start of consistant coaster additions.

[@Evil_breakfast]

This was awesome to see some of these parks history.

[@_J_E_N_S_]

You should make a video where you improve coasters so their parks are put on the map

[@righthearproductions8934]

I live just down the road from Holiday World (my son, daughter, and brother all worked there at one time or another). I remember when Raven came and what a HUGE deal it was. I still have a souvenir cup from Raven's first year. Side note, that Pinfari that Holiday World had was the very first roller coaster I ever rode back when it was still Santa Claus Land.

[@notdoctorq]

The Voyage is the single greatest wooden coaster on the planet.

[@BoomerBaskins]

Great video as usual!

[@buckaroobanzai8942]

texas giant or shock wave at six flags over texas, sfot was basically kinda known but when these world record rides opened, it made sfot a true player.

[@davidgreene6607]

Follow up idea, what coaster moved a park to elite status?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I actually just had that idea also. that one would make people even more mad lol

[@davidgreene6607]

@AirtimeThrills stirring a hornet's nest is always fun 😁

[@DuecePiece]

The Beast for Kings Island should definitely be on here. No other coaster has two kids books written about it due to its overwhelming hype! Long live The Beast (I'm biased, hence my profile pic lol)!

[@AirtimeThrills]

I didnt include it since Racer was already a big deal when the park opened. Racer kicked off the coaster rebirth

[@cooperd1315]

I remember riding Kraken in the early 2000s blowing my mind having loved coasters but really only experienced worlds of fun

[@TripleTSingt]

I'd like to add Black Mamba @ Phantasialand. Not only the first extreme coaster for the park, but the first time they built a whole themed area just for one ride. It changed the park from a more local family park to a destination theme park, also adding the hotel two years later. And it still is one of the more popular coasters, even though it gets overshadowed a bit since Taron and FLY opened.

[@trecapers4485]

Big Dipper always has a piece of my heart, I know the park is defunct, but it did become the largest park in the world. Was it the large gap where it was sole coaster that left Big Dipper off the list?

[@AirtimeThrills]

Sometimes when the coaster comes that long ago its hard to judge if it put the park on the map or not, plus the huge gap does separate its influence from the rest of the collection

[@legomania2427]

Alright how long until arieforce one is named Edit: 0:52 it is disqualified with footage of it on screen

[@desmondlord7553]

I would suggest, at least as an honorable mention, Blue Streak at Cedar Point. It's not big or flashy nowadays, and CP was already known enough as an amusement park, but it's what helped restart the course to making CP the top roller coaster destination in the world.

[@jonjon10220]

if you make another one of these, shivering timbers would absolutely fit here

[@olig5964]

Nemesis put Alton towers on the map, the big one put Blackpool on the map, ride to happiness put plopsoland on the map (ik plopsoland can’t be put in until it has new additions tho)

[@michael7054]

Great video! I really enjoyed watching this! I love Beast at K.I. but i understand why you didnt put it on here. Its still a great coaster though.

[@JBThrills]

Revolution is definitely so iconic I’m glad I can still ride it to this day

[@PhantasMc86]

Great idea for a video! But, Racer at KI, Superdooperlooper at HP, Thunderbolt at KW, Oblivion/Nemesis at AT. All of these parks had local crowds before these rides made them destinations, almost. You could even say Magnum really put CP on the map.

[@dubvuchyea502]

I think you could argue The Beast has had a larger splash than The Racer

[@pipepicasso8112]

I actually did give The Racer as an example when I did the suggestion. But, I do understand his reasoning. Racer opened with the park.

[@Tapirboi]

Funny how revaluation put magic mountain on the map considering the thrill level but it shows how new inversions were and how many people liked inversions

[@brianmacdonald7297]

I'd say the SooperDooperLooper for Hersheypark. It had an effect on the park and even the region similar to Corkscrew or Revolution.

[@stickskinny1266]

Maybe it could be argued there’s nothing else to the park because it’s so small but I think before Ravine Flyer 2, no one would go to waldameer and now it’s got some attention since then.

[@MercyAndMae]

came here to comment this as well! Waldameer would be nothing without it. If they never got it they wouldn’t be as popular and in turn not have been able to expand and grow as they have.

[@PhiloRaboin]

comet at great escape really put great escape on the map after it opened there in the 90s it ranked #1 coaster in the mchauger poles

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah only thing is they didnt do a whole lot after Comet, but that could definitely be a contender

[@TransAmDude8806]

I'd like to think The Beast put Kings Island on the map....however the Partridge Family and the Brady Bunch may have done more for the park during the early years

[@AirtimeThrills]

Racer was also a really big deal also so i left KI off this list

[@ninjagirl226]

When I went with my mom she kept referencing that this was the park the Brady Bunch went to. So yeah I think they put it on the map more than any coaster. lol

[@brademge6638]

I would say The Beast for Kings Island and Shivering Timbers for Michigan's Adventure

[@Noct31]

I feel like Steel Dragon 2000 at Nagashima Spaland would have been a good fit for this list too

[@pharmeiga]

If new Six Flags ever drops the DC branding, Great Adventure should retheme Flash as new Lightnin loops. They can even repurpose the thunderbolt theming with some reworking.

[@ScottyMania313]

Love the video. Michigan's Adventure's "Shivering Timbers"!!! Thoosies will love this fact. Some people I know who are 25 and older in the area know Kings Island and Cedar Point, yet do not even know Michigan's Adventure exists; Enthusiasts like us do, they have never even heard of that park. If Shivering Timbers didn't exist and Cedar Fair didn't take over that property, would anyone even know that park existed? Also Go Lions Superbowl Chiefs - 6 Lions - 73 Lions got sloppy in the 2nd quarter - allowed a TD, but stopped the 2-point conversion perro

[@genoesposito2895]

Arie Force One is the #1 example here

[@Account3Llc]

ride to happiness:

[@chubbbubb6870]

It looks awesome but they haven't added anything since. Which is one of the parameters of the list.

[@notdoctorq]

@@chubbbubb6870 I highly doubt we will ever see a small FEC do what Fun Spot Atlanta did again.

[@urbex_coasters]

Wildcat (1996) at Hersheypark. The start of consistant coaster additions, GCI's first coaster, it was certainly the start of something.

[@gemmachaos]

Troy! Toverland was just an FEC before they built that (though they did have Booster BIke). It was incredible how oversized Troy was for its location at the time. Now, the park's going from strength to strength, adding Dwervelwind and Fénix and big themed zones, and with massive room left to expand, I'm expecting Toverland to be one of Europe's top destinations.

[@uriel30]

I think the Six Flags Great America would have been a good choice on this. American Eagle was the tallest, fastest wooden roller coaster when it opened back in 81. I think that put that theme park "ON THE MAP".

[@AirtimeThrills]

I did consider it, but with Whizzer being there already i decides not to. But an argument could definitely be made

[@uriel30]

@AirtimeThrills true, but Whizzer was one of the first to open for Great America along with Turn of the Century (Demon). Remember, it can't be ones that open with the park. Both opened the same day.

[@gukx1]

Skyrush should be on list because it instantly made hersheypark a F tier park for airtime thrills due to the curse of skyrush. When the park got new restraints, it really put hersheypark on the map.

[@zacg_]

Skyrush made the park a bucket list park for extreme thrill seekers but I don't think that's what he meant by a coaster "putting a park on the map." Hersheypark has been a major destination for decades. It would be hard to pick one individual coaster in their collection that especially drew attention because it's growth and reputation as a park have been so gradual but steadily. Comet is great but it didn't really make the park stand out. I think SooperDooperLooper is probably the closest thing you could argue because regionally speaking it served the same purpose as Revolution in California (and they are very similar rides

[@gukx1]

@zacg_ yes I know, this comment was a joke since airtime thrills doesn't like skyrush

[@TheSwant98]

Python at Efteling was a major impact for the park going from fairy tales to a extreme rollercoaster.

[@TheSwant98]

You can also add Troy at Toverland to that list: From being a FEC to having one of the best GCIs in the world.

[@dm06012]

Thought Six Flags Great America would be near the very top of this list. Could have picked any of American Eagle, Iron Wolf or Batman and it would have been a layup

[@MrCusefan44]

Knoebels was not much of a park pre-Phoenix. I remember going to Knoebels, Hersheypark, Dorney Park, and Rocky Glen as a kid and Knoebels and Rocky Glen were similar (I remember liking Rocky Glen more…). After Phoenix, Knoebels took off and Rocky Glen slowly declined and eventually died. It still blows my mind people come from all over the country to hit Knoebels.

[@zacg_]

Couple of others worth considering. Adventureland: The Monster. I used to live in Iowa and NOBODY talked about coasters in Iowa before Monster. SFOT: Texas Giant. Sure, Runaway Mine Train is historic and influential. But Texas Giant is what made people say that you needed to travel to Texas for a coaster. Shockwave is fantastic but I don't think it ever drew the kind of attention that Texas Giant did. It really seemed like a Texas sized wooden coaster and it was arguably as famous as Colossus or even The Beast. Disneyland: Matterhorn Bobsleds. Hear me out. Obviously, the park was famous prior to Matterhorn. But if we're focusing on a ride that turned an existing park into a coaster destination then I think by that definition it would qualify. It wasn't just the first Disney coaster. It was the coaster EVERYONE was talking about. It was both technologically innovative as well as highly themed. But it also just didn't seem like anything anyone had ridden. And it's a visual spectacle. If you were a coaster enthusiast in the 50s and weren't especially interested in Walt's folly in Anaheim, Matterhorn changed your mind.

[@pipepicasso8112]

Talk about a crash course on 20 different parks history. Well done! 👍🏻

[@AirtimeThrills]

A true crash course. 20 parks 15 minutes

[@ryan6523]

I'm showing my bias, but Canada's Wonderland made a major splash with Behemoth and afterwards getting two other record breaking B&Ms plus rejuvenating the park to what it is today should be acknowledged from where Paramount was taking it.

[@OutlawRunnerSDC]

Honestly, I'd put Screamin' Eagle on the list for SFSL(then SFOMA) alongside Great American Scream Machine for SFOG. Both parks started off with Mine Trains (plus OG's Mini mine train) and then got their standout PTC wooden coaster a couple years later.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah screamin eagle could have definitely made the cut

[@Mforcebob]

Great list but some greats are missing CP Magnum, KI Beast, HP SuperDooperLooper or Wildcat (RIP), KD Rebel Yell (this lead to the formation of ACE), MA Shivering Timbers, SFFT Rattler. Just naming a few, but great video overall, love the history!! Thank you

[@djblind1401]

Really would advocate for American Eagle at Six Flags Great America

[@OnTheMapWithZack]

Do best roller coaster one hit wonders. Parks that only have 1 good coaster and not much else

[@AirtimeThrills]

That video is definitely on the calendar as a follow up to this one

[@Evil_breakfast]

Canadas Wonderland pre-Cedar Fair with Vortex. 😂

[@IMWBMEGJCC]

All the ArieForce 1 comments got their dreams crushed

[@pipepicasso8112]

I actually used it as an example when gave the suggestion. Also, Racer at Kings Island. And that didn’t make the qualification.😊

[@MrMywildside]

Cannibal at Lagoon would fit. It is a coaster with one of the biggest and steepest drops in the world. If that’s not enough it was built in house.

[@AirtimeThrills]

It definitely lifted the park up to another level but they did have a solid collection of thrill coasters beforehand

[@MrMywildside]

@@AirtimeThrills true. Colossus the Fire Dragon was big for its time, and Wicked is fairly solid, too. Plus we can’t forget the old wooden coaster, the oldest coaster out west that will be 104 this summer.

[@keithstransitexperiences9749]

Off topic but people would go to Australia for the Southern Lights and would include coasters regardless like I did though DC Rivals Hypercoaster exists. Also, do this same video for coasters that opened with the park that drew crowds and standalone coasters that were on the map.

[@southernstarspeeweea1917]

i feel boulder dash would be a great fit for a continuation of this list

[@Scream162]

I think one that should’ve been included is Cannibal at Lagoon. While Lagoon had 9 coasters before adding Cannibal, no one really knew about the park and Cannibal put Lagoon on the map once it was added. Especially because Cannibal was designed and manufactured in-house.

[@ninjagirl226]

I think you should do a version of rides that put their park on the map, but that’s all the park has. So this would include things like Arie Force 1, Shivering Timbers, or maybe Ride of Steel. These parks are just more limited on expansion for a number of reasons from money in the case of Funspot, Cedar Fair taking over and axing MI Adventures hyper coaster, and New England just not having the room for major expansion to my knowledge.

[@AirtimeThrills]

that is definitely on the calendar. the 1 reason to visit that park coasters

[@michaelcarter8020]

Blue streak cedar point. Vortex at CW.

[@Basketballkid2342]

You should have added the bat at Canadas Wonderland. It put them on the bad coasters map

[@alex33952]

No Six flags New England for Superman?

[@PlaneguyAN225]

I was thinking that it was going to be #1 but not even an HM

[@AirtimeThrills]

You could make an argument despite the 2 woodies they had already, thats not a bad selection

[@alex33952]

@@PlaneguyAN225 @airtimethrills I thought it would make the list near the top

[@daniellemarcantel2487]

RIP Thunderroad. It was my first big coaster. Loch Ness Monster is still one of my favorite coasters at BGW.

[@ryanlevan1158]

The beast started the rise of the best park in the world??

[@AirtimeThrills]

But dont underestimate how groundbreaking Racer was when that opened

[@ryanlevan1158]

@@AirtimeThrills good call! Didn't it open with the park? Or was it a year or 2 after?

[@zacg_]

I think what he's saying is that because Racer opened with the park and immediately caused a stir that Kings Island doesn't really have a coaster that would fit this list because it's always been "on the map."

[@KleineKassiopeia]

I would like to add Kärnan and Hansa Park. That is pretty much the only reason enthusiasts go to this park.

[@aridaje4345]

I was expecting ride to happiness with plopsaland being #1, but here we go another video missing that.

[@random_stsop]

Nice vid

[@pardinensis]

What about Hyperion for Energylandia? That coaster alone made people consider a trip to Poland.

[@KIKoasterKid]

Are we not saying the beast….

[@AirtimeThrills]

I think Racer was a big enough deal so the beast didnt put the park on the map

[@Loopdyloop325]

For me Hagrids and Velocicoaster put IOA on the map.

[@pjw1993]

They're amazing rides and really cemented the 'new era' for Universal after spending half the 2010s in screen-based hell. IOA has always been a massive destination park since it opened though; I'm from the UK but non-enthusiast friends would still know and talk about Duelling Dragons back in the early 2000s.

[@Loopdyloop325]

@ that’s cool. I know in the UK there is Alton Towers which everyone talks about here as well

[@zacg_]

I don't think IOA has a coaster that really meets these criteria. Between Hulk and Dueling Dragons there wasn't a time period where IOA existed without being "on the map."

[@SnowghostFilms]

🇦🇺DC Rivals, Tower Of Terror. Before we got the first 100mph coaster, who even thought about Australia when it came to coasters? (Superman’s ‘96 previews weren’t at full speed) and the way DC rivals went on everyone’s bucket list (even yours, Chris), it should have been on here for sure

[@AirtimeThrills]

Dc rivals was considered, but with Superman there already i thought the park was already on the map. Plus since then theyve just opened a few small coasters

[@rcjew]

By mistake you had Marriott's Great America's 'Turn of the Century ' roller coaster as Knott's 'Corkscrew '. Plus don't forget Disneyland's 'Matterhorn Mountain '.

[@mrshinyguy12]

what about Behemoth at cw

[@AirtimeThrills]

They already had a ton of coasters by then and 4 when they opened so i dont think they have a good option for this list

[@baileyneedham169]

Corn ball express really put Indiana beach on the map for me

[@OneOne7Rih]

The BeaSSSST 🤯

[@history_leisure]

All 5 core United Parks on this list (the CA was still a water park 5 years ago and I think the OG was put more on the map due to the water slides than Vapor Trail once it became more ride heavy vs a "Playground of the Future"/Children's edutainment that it and the long lost Texas park they had)

[@history_leisure]

Guess if I had a nickel for every time the present United Parks chain failed in Texas, I'd have two nickels-which isn't a lot, but its interesting that it happened twice (Busch Gardens Houston [early 70's]-Log Flume now at Great Escape, Sesame Place Texas [June 1982-October 1984] right across from Over Texas, then finally SeaWorld San Antonio-which has been around since 1988)

[@KIfan8386]

Disappointed Kings Island and the Beast didn't make the list......

[@AirtimeThrills]

That would imply the Racer wasnt a big deal when it opened with the park, and that was pretty huge

[@dustanglx50]

The most egregious miss was The Beast. It's such a bad miss that I don't feel the need to explain. It feels like you may have done it on deliberately to get comments like this one. Another one is Magnum XL200 in Cedar Point. It took Cedar point from the best local park in the region, to a destination for all thrill seekers. Just look at the "Before and After". Before: Gemini, Corkskrew, Irondragon. After: Some of the absolute best coasters on the planet.

[@mitchel4361]

How on earth is waldameer not on here...

[@AirtimeThrills]

Waldameer would be a candidate for another future video about 1 (and only 1) good reason to visit a park. It didnt qualify here since they havent done anything since RF2

[@bigc1280]

You missed 2. Viper at Darian Lake put that park on the map as the first ever 5 looping coaster. The other one is obviously Superman at SFNE. Do you think we would have wicked Cyclone thier without it?

[@AirtimeThrills]

Viper is a good one. Superman is also a strong choice but they did have a pretty solid lineup pre-2000

[@Coyotek4]

What would have been chosen for Hersheypark and/or Lagoon?

[@AirtimeThrills]

Those are so tricky because theyre so old with coasters going back 100 years. I tried to avoid parks in that scenario

[@Coolcaden4188]

I started watching this 1 min after it was posted

[@iliketrains3546]

Nemesis at Alton towers should have been on here imo

[@jamie-dempsey]

Magnum and Beast not on this list is a crime.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Cedar point had so many coasters before though. Blue streak corkscrew gemini, all record breakers of their time

[@jamie-dempsey]

@AirtimeThrills debatable on Gemini. I don't think blue streak put cedar point on the map

[@duncanidaho84]

@@AirtimeThrills None of those coaster put Cedar Pt on the map. And Magnum surely got Cedar Pt past Racer and even The Beast. Riders today just cannot fathom what a HUGE deal 200ft was back then. Nobody was going to Cedar Pt. as a "Destination" until Magnum.

[@zacg_]

I'm curious what you mean by nobody was going to Cedar Point as a destination before Magnum? Cedar Point has been a multi-day resort destination for over one hundred years. People were going there before it had coasters. It has always attracted major crowds. You can point to coasters that shaped it's reputation and trajectory but it's silly to say it wasn't a major destination prior to Magnum. That's like saying nobody went to Disneyland before Matterhorn simply because you are focusing on coasters specifically.

[@flsxhszn2827]

Cpuld u consider leviathan as canada's tallest and fastest roller coaster?

[@LydsTherinNotamon]

I think I would have included Beast at Kings Island and Magnum at Cedar Point, but I absolutely agree with your number 1. Holiday World is one of my top park destinations and the Voyage is 95% of the reason

[@AirtimeThrills]

With racer, blue streak, corkscrew, and gemini already there, beast and magnum didnt qualify for me but they did definitely elevate their parks tremendously

[@mitsurushinozaki202]

video recommendation every manufacturers most intense coaster

[@mdf3530]

Six Flags Great America: Either Demon or American Eagle Six Flags St. Louis: The Boss Worlds of Fun: Orient Express Disney’s Animal Kingdom: Expedtiion Everest (I know it’s the only coaster, but people were only spending a few hours at the park and then park hopping. It needed that weenie.) Kings Island: The Beast

[@TTMfred]

Shock wave sfot

[@AirtimeThrills]

Solid option

[@Masonthegoat]

Monster at Adventureland

[@ToastGhost]

Very random number 1 pick, also I think Nemesis at Alton should be on the list somewhere

[@AirtimeThrills]

Alton had a bunch of coasters before Nemesis so i wasnt so sure what to make of it

[@ToastGhost]

Maybe Corkscrew then as the park was technically open before that

[@SwitchAnimationsGacha]

Superman ride of steel

[@toastterrrr8957]

before I watch this superman the ride at new england better be on this list

[@toastterrrr8957]

rip

[@AirtimeThrills]

superman is a good contender but they did have a nice collection before 2000

[@jppurple98]

I would add Gemini Cedar Point, Beast - Kings Island, Phantom- Kennywood , Batman Geauga Lake

[@AirtimeThrills]

Gemini is a good option but they did already have corkscrew which broke records, and blue streak. As for kennywood, they had those 3 classic woodies before phantom

[@jppurple98]

@@AirtimeThrills True but Gemini is what made Cedar Point gain national attention and same with Phantom. Just like Revolution and Colossus did for Magic Mountain 😎 This would make a great new series. So many others to add! Great video

[@MWCoasters]

You included Great American Scream Machine at SFOG but didn't include Screamin' Eagle at SFSL

[@AirtimeThrills]

Screamin Eagle is definitely a good contender

[@ThatOneGuy-mk8qi]

👍 first day group

[@michael7054]

here

[@Coaster_Town]

Aint no way bro forgot about great american scream machine at sfga

[@AirtimeThrills]

Lightnin Loops tho

[@Coaster_Town]

@AirtimeThrills scream machine was more important tho