Coastin' Thru Europe Episode 9: LEGENDIA

In this episode, we travel from Dortmund, Germany to Katowice, Poland so we could experience the incredible Lech Coaster at Legendia! This is a super weird and bizarre park, home to one amazing roller coaster! We'll then travel to Ostrava, Czech Republic!
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[@Adam.The.Tourist]

Legendia was amazing. My favorite part is when I smashed my toe on the looping bicycle and limped for half the day. And Lech coaster was also fun

[@CoasterStudios]

omg haha

[@tomjt8690]

Ok, to put things into context....Legendia was bought by new owners in 2015....they basically rebranded the park, rebuilt the entrance, and built some new signature rides - the dark ride, Lech, and ultimately the rapids. When they started, Energylandia was still not a thing - it was just a small park in the fields. Lech actually opened in 2017 as the tallest and largest coaster in Poland. It was only after that that Energylandia went on a rampage, and being just an hour away, totally stole the available audience - which is the reason why Legendia is pretty empty most of the time and some of the rides are abandoned. Lech is still worth the hype though - it's themed to the mythological founder of the Polish state and it even has its own music theme and a preshow (which is turned off nowadays). It stands its own agaisnt Zadra and Hyperion and still is the best themed coaster in Poland (which is not that difficult considering Energylandia's cheap and tacky and/or half finished theming).

[@leophyte9663]

Oh wow, I kind of feel bad for that park now... They tried to make it good but they couldn't see energylandia coming...

[@saberline152]

@@leophyte9663 should have applied for EU funding like Energylandia... they have more room to grow as well and they are starting to theme more with their latest projects even if it looks tacky

[@bronx1999]

Yes, they should totally now sell the fact that they are so close to Energylandia and seek further government funding too so that this area of Poland can really become THE rollercoaster/theme park area in Europe ❤

[@admiral_ikea5243]

I feel bad for Legendia, it was really unlucky for them that Energylandia opened so close by and became what it is today. I am sure the investors would put more money into the Park but they know they cant compete with Energylandia next door.

[@slaynan421]

I absolutely love this coastin through Europe series

[@drdewott9154]

So fun fact. Almost 10 years ago, back when this park was still just a typical Polish amusement park with a bunch of cheaper second hand fair rides, they bought a ton of stuff from a Danish theme park that had just gone defunct. That park was named Sommerland Syd, it was located near the Danish/German border, and I actually went there just one week before they went bankrupt. The Scary Toys factory coaster is from there, it was known as Himalaia at both Sommerland Syd and Legendia before the rebrand in 2017. The weirdest thing about it was that it was self operated. Like you would board one of 2 cars on the circuit in the front loading area, pull down the lapbars to a good enough amount, and when ready push a big green button next to where the carriage sat and that would activate a drive wheel that'd dispatch the ride. Kinda crazy in retrospect but its a decent little coaster. And that makes for 2 self operated coasters I've managed to ride. Also I'm 99% sure that the looping bicycles are the same ones that used to be at Sommerland Syd, they famously had some which were exactly identical, just painted fully red when they were there. And yeah Sommerland Syd was quite the place. They had a Vekoma Invertigo there for some years as their star attraction (and Denmarks at the time largest coaster, it looked HUGE) but had to sell it in a last ditch effort to keep the park alive for another season.

[@nelertile]

That invertigo was originally Hangover at Liseberg, and is currently Triops at Parc Bagatelle

[@joerandom]

Why does legendia give serious marine land vibes?! 😭

[@gddatfatrat2390]

I think it gives Tobu zoo vibes

[@uzi_the_drone]

Marineland but without the animal abuse

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Lech, Czech and Rus' are the legendary ancestors of the slavic peoples. They were brothers that went on a hunting trip, were they followed different animals. Rus' moved to the east and became the ancestor of the Eastern Slavs (Russians, Belorussians and Ukrainians), Czech went west Bohemia were he became the ancestor of the Czechs, while Lech followed his prey northwesz and became the ancestor of the Lechites (aka the Poles). While the story has no basis at all in history and is only known from the 14th century onwards, at least what it got right is that the unification of Poland in the early medieval period happened from the northwestern part of the country.

[@kaylawhipple7570]

This reminded me in a way of some of the Japan vlogs. A lot of "this is a weird theme and kind of creepy, what is that just doing sitting there, and why does everything look run down."

[@lightningboat]

Or Marineland

[@whatek1909]

10:20 This ride is themed to Lech who is the legendary founder of Poland.

[@phlixqlk1ng419]

Lech coaster has to be on my bucket list for this park 😭

[@mitzy123]

Love that you made it into a travel vlog as well as just the parks. Just us more of an insight into your trip, look forward to the next one!

[@sortascouseace]

Seeing legendia makes me very sad you have 2 amazing rides with lech and that dark ride you can see the potential of the park a few years ago it looked really good with so many rides and now they are all shut because energylandia opened so close with so many insane rides and a hell of a large budget

[@SpikePBB]

Devil's Loop was my first inverting coaster as a young boy when it was first based here in the UK at Lightwater Valley. It's not aged well by the looks of it, but it is nearly 35 years old. 😅

[@blindlycoastin]

Coaster studios walking in front of my old apartment building in Ostrava. Who would have guessed. 😀

[@BenRemFan]

The twin looping coaster was my first inverting coaster as a kid at American Adventure, so many great memories re-riding that thing over and over. It used to only have a 1m height requirement back in the day but was quietly bumped up to a 1.4m one year.

[@Moondoor775]

Fun fact: that twin looping coaster used to be called The Iron Wolf / The JCB coaster at my old home park in the UK called The American Adventure... the park closed years ago, and I remember that coaster being rough and uncomfortable way back when it operated there!

[@andyspruce7817]

Wow, I too recall the American Adventure, from the midlands, was a park from my childhood, used to go to Alton, Drayton, and American adventure in rotation in my childhood. The AA was a great small scale park but ran into financial troubles which was a shame, it was so close to Alton and Drayton an arms race it could not compete in, fun fact its final owner was the late John Broome, founder of Alton Towers, who sadly passed aged 80 this year, something interesting Taylor and Sarah and others may not know, he is survived by his son Will and his current company, in 2015 he had bought Cornwalls Crealy Adventure park and 200 acres of adjacent land, with plans to turn a family park into another top tier UK park, I don't think with covid and everything else if his company achieved it, but it is a sad day for the passing of one of the UKs giants of the industry and its history, he ran the towers from the 70s to 1990 when he sold it to Tussauds and moved on to other projects, saving the American Adventure was one of them, but he didn't strike gold second time around.

[@andyspruce7817]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqWpqZSahdWBhZo when it was in the UK, some rare footage does exist online.

[@Moondoor775]

@andyspruce7817 The American Adventure is now a (beautiful) housing estate, and as I understand there are nods to its history, but such a shame that a wonderful theme park was lost

[@ATLSloan]

Smart play getting in Legendia before Energylandia which BTW, cannot wait for that video 😎

[@JamesonThomas24]

Respectfully, after looking at this park, I’m NOT SURE WHAT I JUST WATCHED

[@undyinglight1785]

Weird park...but great! Great video once again. Loving this series!

[@lucastoft4948]

Loving this Europe trip. I live about 1,5h from this place and never been there

[@gemmachaos]

I went here in June, and you can tell Legendia is not thriving. It was basically a ghost town, while nearby Energylandia was absolutely slammed. It's a shame, I think it's a pleasant and clean park with some interesting heritage rides. What can Legendia do to get some of that sweet EU cash that Energylandia is doing so well off of? Music wise, this park indeed seems to have an "anything goes" mentality. At one point I heard a medieval version of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters. I had the exact same mishap in the Lech queue line! So bizarre. Some signs would have helped. I have no idea if I like Lech coaster. It's right on the cusp of what is too intense for me to enjoy. I spend half the course greying out. I could stomach only two rides. It makes Legendia a must-visit for thrillseekers, but I imagine it's not the accessible, fun-for-all standout ride Legendia needs to bring in local crowds and families. The zoo next door was busier.

[@danielfoster3642]

Definitely an interesting amusement park! A bad amusement park that has a saving grace of having an awesome roller coaster.

[@Thecincyclips]

Loving the Mystic Timbers shirt!

[@MrGoat-cd8lt]

america needs to add some bermuda blitz coasters

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Yes

[@Jacob-Simonsen]

Very expensive if it's not manufactured in the US.. The new blitz coasters is not cheap

[@MrGoat-cd8lt]

@@Jacob-Simonsen true

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

The green coaster used to be at 2 UK parks Lightwater valley and American Adventure....

[@Wesley-76]

Apparently the looping coaster (Devil's Loop) used to be called Tic-Tac Tornado. What???

[@aleksandrazona416]

What you probably don't know is that this was the first theme park ever established in Poland, in 1959 - hence "strange" location of some of the attractions. This place a loooong tradition and the surrounding park etc.are a staple of Silesia. It's very sad to watch, cause it should be thriving and not be weird and half abandoned like this 😢

[@rachelmccoy6447]

The beef dish btw is Svíčková -- it's beef w/gravy and then served with bread dumplings, unsweetened whipped cream, and cranberry sauce

[@derisleybrittain]

Superb 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@876portturbo]

Absolutely loving this series!

[@dantc2403]

The establishing shots of the train at the beginning made me think I was watching a Geoff Marshall video for a moment.

[@schway8193]

The night rides have to be awesome there cause that place is definitely haunted! 👻

[@fletchlivesdaily348]

Weird park, but Lech looks awesome...

[@devonlykins7070]

I’m pretty sure Dream Hunters Society was my favorite early 90s band.

[@jamalbrown8555]

Hello how are you guys doing I really enjoy this video vlog it was awesome 👍 and I just hope that you guys are okay safe travels. That's a nice Park it looks so different there wow and the food looks so good 😋 take care and stay safe.

[@golliday917]

I'm just 7 seconds into the video and it feels very weird, because i've never thought that i would see a subway with Aplerbeck on the front on an american theme park/rollercoaster channel. But it feels weird in a very good way.

[@overbanked]

21:53 A long time ago Old Town at Kissimmee used to have a ride similar to this called 'Extraordinary Bike". Back in the days when they had the Windstorm coaster.

[@JDeePlanetCoaster]

"we are officially airborne" 🤣

[@Cerxts]

14:04 ITS SO FUNNY HOW IT JUST CUT TO SARAH LITEREALLY GETTING THROWN AROUND 💀

[@motrydooto1698]

The kid behind youguys when you went on lechcoaster the first time 😭😭😭😭😭

[@joecandish3923]

When I went to legendia I enjoyed my day in the end as most of the day it was raining and keeping the rides shut but eventually I did get all the coaster credits I could, Lech Coaster in my opinion is the best vekoma

[@erikm8372]

I feel like purely visually-speaking, that coaster (Lech?) looks like Velocicoaster and Hagrid’s Creatures had a baby. The setting is like the wooded scenes of the motorbike ride, but the track sort resembled Velocicoaster, and that first drop. Obvi I’ve never been to Poland though lol

[@puwcyk]

Its sad that this park is slowly dying

[@NicholasNormand]

That dream coaster looks like the galaxy coaster ride at blue bayou and Dixie landin park in Baton Rouge Louisiana home to the ragin Cajun boomerang coaster

[@elizabethmones594]

It’s funny how you can get off the dark ride and walk around because there is NO ONE THERE whos gonna tell you not to lol

[@liammcfarlin3923]

Tree thing was still better than the shed

[@edvaira6891]

Jeez! I thought that some of the jankier parks in Japan were the saddest theme parks I’ve ever seen….this is pretty much the deadest, saddest park I have ever seen that is still technically “open”…

[@collinclary5762]

Marineland is worse

[@davet766]

Some of that stuff looks about as safe as your average carnival ride.

[@DanTheCaptain]

Legendia looks like Polish Marineland. All that’s missing is the animals randomly strewn all over the place.

[@twistedcoasters1533]

When I eventually get to energylandia I will have to come here too!

[@jgd5ygdyhcr6]

Im still salty that lech coaster was closed when i went

[@54t4meda5]

Great vlog !! I was wondering, about greyouts are you guys really tired and dehydrated or the rides you do REALLY have intense positives?

[@clubstep8244]

The are intense, and what Hits even more: very sustained. You have like 3 portions in the Layout were you have high Gs that last for a long Period of time, talking about the whole First sequence, everything that happens behind the Station building After the corksrew flytrough, and the final helixes are also taken really tight (you see its banked nearly 90 degres)

[@flaffstar_99]

Wow the park looks in an even worse condition than 2019 when I visited. The dark ride and Lech coaster are absolutely outstanding, but the rest of the park is a giant lost place. Really weird

[@drdewott9154]

Yeah afaik from what others have said, 2017 was pretty much the peak of their existance. They had just gotten a new management who had invested in Lech coaster and the dark ride and a bunch of theming. But Energylandia, which not only receives EU tourism development funding, but also is controlled by a pretty big and profitable corporation, completely outshined Legendia and has stolen away any and all of the audience that they were trying to capture. I mean in 2017 Energylandia was still mid sized, but from when they opened in 2014 to now they've become one of the world's largest theme parks in just 8 years. They know where to get the money for expansion from and they sure are abusing the heck out of it. IDK if its sustainable though, like IDK if Energylandia is even profitable on its own.

[@chaoticattractor4304]

On a scale from 0 to Vekoma SLC how rough was that Ryanair landing?

[@tchaffman]

You guys doing Prater in Vienna? Great energy this time of year with Oktoberfest around the corner

[@CoasterStudios]

yes we are!

[@drdewott9154]

Yup. They went there when Olympia Looping was in town too and got that checked off. Can't wait for the vlog of that too, it's like a version of Bakken but several times bigger and much more insane in pretty much every way... except for in the spinning coaster deparment.

[@natiezclement4400]

I see a familiar face from my 2021 September trip in that group :DDD What's up Adam ! Also went there in June (and Energylandia ofc), park is so dead and sketchy it's a bit sad to see, but Leech is such a G-force monster ! So sad you need to wait 10min after each cycle for the train to fill up (and in the end it still doesnt fill up anyway) and/or walk all the way around again.

[@pre_s_t]

Legendia is stranger than bon bon land

[@michalkomenda1427]

Lech is a polish brand of bear. And is provinces leh

[@MH_ZeR0]

Ryan air flight not being at the gate on time? No big surprise there! Worst airline ever haha Gotta get out to try Lech coaster some time! I looks amazing!!

[@maxhagenauer24]

How intense was Devil's Loop?

[@Cccoast]

Sooo all my Polish friends laugh that we trust the safety of their parks… lol

[@dingo137]

Yes, Ryanair like to try to sell you loads of random crap. Cheap tickets though (as long as you don't need extras like hold luggage) and I've never had any problems with them.

[@georgekowalski8715]

Real life liminal space amusement park

[@jorgediaz8526]

11:09 never seen you react like that after a coaster.... did it shook your stomach?

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Of course the kids shirts are the best

[@jefcoble8827]

You guys should do this with Japan/ Asia!!!

[@CoasterStudios]

We went to Japan in 2019! Hope to get back to Asia soon :)

[@zakkparker-kelly5922]

bruh taylor’s mask upside down in the beginning 😂

[@eriknelsen5954]

Better than Michigan’s Adventure, but other than that… yeah. They have interesting priorities with the theming.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Energylandia next!

[@johnnytest1cles783]

I rode an exact clone of Dream hunters society at my local fair

[@BroMagnon]

Did I see a Huss Rainbow in the background? I miss The Great Escapes Huss Rainbow more than anything.

[@upsidedown_]

Great video, btw I got a quick question for you, which what camera do you take the offrides? with the sony a6500 or the ZV1? Since I really like the quality of it and I need a new camera for school also, thanks!

[@CoasterStudios]

We use both! Depends on the shot!

[@przemekmielczarek6756]

Hi guys, I was looking forward for your opinions on the Lech coaster, it's my favorite roller coaster in Poland! If you like to visit Poland again, let me know, I can help you to figure it out as I guess Poland is sometimes a weird country.

[@JustinCoasters]

So this is Poland's Marineland without the animals?

[@dustmybroom288]

I think this park looks way better than Marineland

[@callmemarc]

These videos are very well done. What is the music you use in the intro?

[@Michael-kj7vs]

what's the "literally" count on this one?

[@coastermadab]

Welcome to Ryanair!

[@jasons9895]

please make Lech into a coaster parady

[@ernestoalejandrojuradoagui4824]

The Energylandia vlog, is coming this week ?

[@CoasterStudios]

Nope- sooner! :D

[@Aviationfan2009]

Typical Ryanair

[@orpheuz3682]

I like Lech more than f.l.y. or hals über Kopf :)

[@lansulin]

Lech or F.L.Y.? I still can't decide

[@chxlaw8588]

Finally i can say: SUUUIIIII

[@jordonfreeman166]

Duuuude 4:20AM.

[@elijahrock3914]

when did poland get so stacked

[@callmemarc]

Seems like they let the rest of the park go to hell just so they could build Lech Coaster.

[@blitzp0121]

Nah, actually all the festive rides used to stay here for years and this park operated like Prater, but then rich Slovakian company bouhgt it, and started theming whole park+built Lech and some other rides like "Jama Bazyliszka"-the dark ride

[@Jacob-Simonsen]

Lech may be better than Fonix, but Fårup is definitely better than Legendia

[@amusmentinfo9642]

4:20 am haha, 0:39

[@CoasterGuy719]

When will you go to Hansa Park?

[@CoasterStudios]

I've already been! I went in 2018. -Taylor

[@mikehimes4833]

Why does he just randomly have a mask on?

[@Thebusridesme]

Why did so many American enthusiast coaster types, come to Europe this year? Is it a post covid side effect? You are always welcome (cough no one visited the uk where I live, can’t blame you there though). But I’m at Lands of Legend tomorrow, which again no-one visited!? Google hates duplicated content vloggers. Peace.

[@wilbert_GT]

*C O A S T E R*

[@jayB733]

Hey so I am thinking about taking a trip to several amusement parks next summer. I wanna do a 2 in 1 trip does anyone have any recommendations for high quality parks near each other for someone who wants to go on more coasters? (Preferably a little less expensive than Disney world and universal)

[@JoshuaHere]

Depends what you consider nearby and where you are travelling from. Two examples of close parks are Parque Warner Madrid/Parque de Atracciones de Madrid and in London you have Chessington and Thorpe Park. But I often also hear people combining Europa Park and Tripsdrill or the Dutch parks which are all fairly close to one another.

[@jayB733]

@@JoshuaHere so yea im from New York but im willing to do a little bit of traveling as long as there in the US and by near by I mean like maybe anywhere from 1-3 hours away

[@JoshuaHere]

@@jayB733 Hershey, Dorney and Knoebels are all within 1-2 hours apart. San Francisco has both California's Great America (which is closing in a few years, so good place to get some credits) and Discovery Kingdom. Richmond has Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg closeby and there is also San Antonio which has Seaworld San Antonio and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. You could also go out to Florida but only visit the parks that are worth your buck, you don't have to visit all the parks. In NY State there isn't much but Nickelodeon Universe, Luna Park and Great Adventure (NJ) would all be doable together and has some fun rides.

[@jayB733]

@@JoshuaHere ok great! I absolutely love coasters but I haven't been to many parks (GA, Hershey, Dorney and a couple of small ones) so I really want to try and branch out a little while still not going crazy with expenses. Thanks for the feedback!

[@MattMcIrvin]

Six Flags New England (home of Wicked Cyclone and Superman: The Ride) and Lake Compounce (a small but charming park that has the mighty Boulder Dash, a bucket-list ride for any woodie fan) are less than an hour's drive from each other. Those parks alone get you the three most elite coasters in the New England region, and a bunch of others. SFNE's atmosphere is not the best but Compounce makes up for it. You could also hit Quassy about 30 minutes from Compounce, a tiny park that has one of the first Gravity Group junior woodies. My home park, Canobie Lake Park, is about 2 hours further on from SFNE, but that's going a bit further afield for another small park. It has a beautifully preserved 1930s woodie and a small, cleverly themed Gerstlauer Eurofighter.

[@rodrigoesc3747]

Wait so you're meaning to tell me there aren't fragrance carts in USA flights???

[@CoasterStudios]

Nope

[@victoriamaier5844]

the park has no people almost also like there were no people at the town streets .

[@Foxeral]

They fact that he still says dollars in Europe is very American haha

[@kylerzepa4048]

Lech coaster or FLY

[@mikamaciej1798]

Byłam na tym "najlepszym" ło boże

[@kingscoasters]

(7:03) i might be deaf, but I don't know what taylor said

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

11:10 what happened