Recently got to snag a ride on this! They were only running one train and the lines were long, so I was only able to ride it once. It was a night ride and I think I was row 6(?) and farthest to the left. I loved that helix over the water! It was surreal. The water was so dark that it felt like I was just riding right over space or something. Love it!
@gabrieltrejo25337 жыл бұрын
Top Gun aka Flight Deck was the 2nd inverted coaster created by B&M back in the early 90's. I believe the 1st is at it's original sister park in Gurnee, IL. Recently I went to CGA and rode Top Gun (it will always be Top Gun to me) and I have to say that it felt faster than it did before. Flight Deck is such a stupid name. This roller coaster deserves a better name for sure.
@stevenschiro18388 жыл бұрын
Top Gun was my first big-boy coaster as a kid. It's short, but I love the maneuvers it does, and the ride is so much better at night when it's cold. The turn around the lake is really good too
@morganwilliams55917 жыл бұрын
I went on this for the first time today, it's actually the first coaster with inversions I've ever been on! Usually I'm too scared to go on bigger intense coasters, but today I was brave, lol. I ended up loving it and I think I'm gonna be braver and go on more big coasters like this in the future! It was kind of a scary start to riding coasters with inversions, given how intense it is - but well worth it, I went on it three times today because it was so much fun. :D
@jasper45495 жыл бұрын
GP
@douglaspantz2 жыл бұрын
@@jasper4549 Don’t snob at some random person for not being as knowledgeable as you.
@Haazza8 жыл бұрын
that corkscrew looks sooo powerful it looks like it would be so fun on the way out of the corkscrew
@starlightay8 жыл бұрын
I definitely agree, wish it was longer but still one of my favorite inverts. The helix over the lake is such a cool element.
@joao.spegiorin7 жыл бұрын
That's an underrated coaster. I rode it yesterday and it was great. As you said, the main downside of it is the duration of if, but yet is a great coaster. Currently my #7 on my top 10
@samvoss66977 жыл бұрын
This was my first inverted coaster. It's very fun, and I agree that the ride was very short, but they did very well with what they had to work with. I recommend it to people
@lanepollard25648 жыл бұрын
Could you do a review on Patriot at WOF.
@tigerband66628 жыл бұрын
L-Man 15 yes, people need to like this comment
@lanepollard25648 жыл бұрын
pppppppllllllllleeeeeeaaaaaasssseee
@benxyb27915 жыл бұрын
And Talon
@somepersonthatlikesrollerc89327 жыл бұрын
Flight Deck is my favorite invert and the corkscrew in the back from what I remember was RIDICULOUS
@ivyy64378 жыл бұрын
This was my first looped roller coaster I have ever been on.. Only this happened Christmas of 2016 xD Loved it ever since LOLL. I am also very terrified of heights. After a while of not riding roller coasters, I become afraid all over again.. :((
@KannikCat8 жыл бұрын
That helix over the water is definitively the defining element of this coaster; skimming the water like that feels fantastic. The looping dive that leads into the helix is very nice too. I've been on other inverted coasters that have more inversions and tighter layouts, but I still prefer Flight Deck for its overall soaring feeling, very flight-like. I'm with you, my only wish was that it was way longer because it's so great! :D
@RichardDuryea4 жыл бұрын
This was my home park as a kid. 25 years ago.
@samvoss66977 жыл бұрын
Rode this for the first time last month. Ride is fantastic! If you ever come back to Ca's GA again, you should check out Patriot. It's very short, but a pretty good ride.
@joao.spegiorin8 жыл бұрын
Great review, I can't wait to ride it! With that Hyper coming anytime in the future, CGA will have a very good Top 3 and still have depth in the lineup, making the park one of the best of the chain!
@zacharyyamashita85545 жыл бұрын
Hyper I believe is on track for a 2021 opening :)
@kworkshop4 жыл бұрын
@@zacharyyamashita8554 oh, goodness - this is my home park, really hope COVID hasn't delayed the hyper's opening too much. I think 2022 or 2023 might have to be reality now :(. At least I got to ride RailBlazer before the shutdown. Awesome ride!
@scottc41998 жыл бұрын
Yay more hometown reviews... Most intense B&M I've ridden
@orochimaru05238 жыл бұрын
for invert I've only ridden nemesis at Alton towers great coaster and it has a prity intense helix right after the first inversion also the whole coaster is built into a pit and the theme of the ride makes the coaster have this creepy alien vibe
@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan7 жыл бұрын
I love these real old-school inverted roller coasters from B&M :) You really can't find the same ride experience these days.
@stellasilverr5 жыл бұрын
The problem with coasters in Northern California is that they can't be super large due to earthquakes, and when they do build large ones they get REALLY EXPENSIVE for earthquake-proof supporting.
@RobsRides8 жыл бұрын
The Flight Deck name was out of date from conception
@SchleyerZed8 жыл бұрын
who else remembers when it was top gun
@FuzzyMonkey955 жыл бұрын
So, I’m kind of a nervous rider with bigger thrill rides, and I’ve never done an upside down coaster. But, I want to go on this with my friends and am excited, but nervous. Anyone have any tips or thoughts?
@triple7marc8 жыл бұрын
So cool riding this with you!! :-)
@adriang69467 жыл бұрын
Marc Weiner i love slcs better than b&m inverts 😵😵😵😵😵😜😜😜😜😜💚🤫🤫🤫🤫💚💚🤑🖤🖤🙉💔💞😁💘💙😡💕😡💜🤯😱🐵😱🖤😱😱🤯😡🤯😘😡😜💜🐵😱💓💓🙉🙉💓🙈🤯💀💀💀😡😨😜💜🤯🖤🤯💙😠🐒🙊😱👋❤️💀💘🖤💔💙💔🙉💞💕💜💕💕😜❤️❤️💕🐵😠😠😠🤫❤️🤯💘🖤👋😜💔💔🤯🤯🤯🤯👋😵😃😼😼😼😼😺😸😸🙀🙀😽😽💞💞💞💛💝💝❤️❣️🖤💛🖤😼😃💞💀🐵❣️😸😨😡💛❣️
@PastTime7778 жыл бұрын
I give it an 8. The ending over the water is the best part. My Inverted USA list. Alpengeist (BGE) Montu (BGT) Raptor (CP) Talon (Dorney Park) Patriot (WOF) Afterburn (Carowinds) Great Bear (Hershey Park) Silver Bullet (KBF) Flight Deck (CGA) Banshee (KI) And no, I don't like Banshee because of the vest and it's just a loop machine. Different opinion here.
@pivotcoastervideos35518 жыл бұрын
PastTime777 And another opinion is I don't like how fast back to back Afterburn's inversions are and like Banshee's huge, drawn out loops way better
@nootriousdav24168 жыл бұрын
flight deck is an old-school Inverted. it was built in 1993
@irmadcow937 жыл бұрын
The only reason it's called Flight Deck is because Paramount built it when they owned it and named it Top Gun after the movie. Rather than re theme it, they just kept the basic theming.
@rollercoastermania31418 жыл бұрын
Can you do a review of Raptor? It's one of my favorites and I'm curious what you think
@benswales48988 жыл бұрын
This is at my home park and I think it's really nice
@natalieohlsson77775 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites!! Wonder why it’s not Top Gun anymore
@rcengineer5 жыл бұрын
copyright. The park used to be owned by Paramount.
@joshkirkham42818 жыл бұрын
This is a very strong number 2 - Taylor 2017
@lucianoalonso43898 жыл бұрын
Josh Kirkham #poopjoke
@AndrewsOpinion153 жыл бұрын
nice flight deck ride - review - at california's great america !!!
@Ministry.098 жыл бұрын
are you gonna do a review for silver bullet at knott's?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
eventually
@Ministry.098 жыл бұрын
Coaster Studios oh ok
@samvoss66977 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I like the name Flight Deck because it's unique. I'd rather have it be called Flight Deck than Goliath
@me-myself-i787 Жыл бұрын
There's also one at Canada's Wonderland. Although, there aren't nearly as many.
@themeparkcentral30598 жыл бұрын
awesome review and video!
@jamoniroberts26557 жыл бұрын
flight deck vs afterburn would be a good one well taylor can you put them up together
@connorkane41848 жыл бұрын
rode it with u back row but I think the far right the beat seat but left is fun
@RollyCoaster8 жыл бұрын
I really hope that you can get down to Busch Gardens Tampa to ride Montu - an invert definitely better than Afterburn and Banshee!
@hunterl64108 жыл бұрын
Rolly Coaster ikr
@hunterl64108 жыл бұрын
Rolly Coaster I just got back from universal hulk is okay I thought I was better than Kumba, cheetah hunt...
@hunterl64108 жыл бұрын
Rolly Coaster rip ride rocket was great
@harrh45288 жыл бұрын
I'd love you to come over here to the UK and ride nemesis. I imagine your review would be really interesting!
@casperfowl91158 жыл бұрын
Coasterfan3657 and black mamba at phantasia land
@harrh45288 жыл бұрын
Cas Mornout I have ridden both actually, and it would be interesting to see his preference! I prefer Black mamba. I think he would be dissapointed by nemesis due to its short length
@casperfowl91158 жыл бұрын
Never rode Nemesis ;( but mamba is great (though Taron is better)
@harrh45288 жыл бұрын
Cas Mornout Taron is one of my favourite coasters! Incredible! The theming and intensity is awesome and the audio is stunning!
@casperfowl91158 жыл бұрын
Coasterfan3657 it's my favourite, but I haven't ridden that much (Dutch...)
@danielmadeson3113 жыл бұрын
Anyone talking about the SLC at Canada’s Wonderland when you hear the name flight deck?
@cthomas28128 жыл бұрын
they need to change the name back to the original name it had.. which was Top Gun! after the movie.. which also explains why its soo short because this ride came out decades ago
@justinotchis50448 жыл бұрын
You should do a top 10 favorite/least favorite defunct roller coasters
@adrikerkhofs88928 жыл бұрын
Taylor did you know that there's a new B&M wing coming to the Netherlands ? it opens in 2018 at the park Toverland.
@Trioxo8 жыл бұрын
Adri Kerkhofs Not confirmed yet, or did toverland confirmed it?
@adrikerkhofs88928 жыл бұрын
Not 100% confirmed indeed, but Dutch theme park pages are going crazy about it and we're really just waiting on the 100% confimation by Toverland. BTW: You can check the website www.looopings.nl. Everything is in Dutch though.
@Trioxo8 жыл бұрын
Adri Kerkhofs I know I'm from Belgium and that's why I asked if it was confirmed becouse I check www.loooping.nl everyday and didn't see that is was confirmed. I know that they want to have a big coaster in their park :)
@adrikerkhofs88928 жыл бұрын
I hope so too ;)
@Trioxo8 жыл бұрын
Adri Kerkhofs me to lol
@bjask88958 жыл бұрын
You people in the comments have to remember this was the second invert in existence, and kind of the first "spread out" invert. B&M was still very new
@damocoaster84518 жыл бұрын
Any old B&M coaster is good, just look at raptor, Kumba, Montu, Alpengeist. Good review BTW.
@RobsRides8 жыл бұрын
They're intense af
@damocoaster84518 жыл бұрын
IKR
@owendavies37868 жыл бұрын
Damo Coaster cough, dragon kahn, one of the riughest b&m out ther
@damocoaster84518 жыл бұрын
DO 01 Do you mean Roughest? (Ive never been on Dragon Kahn)
@triple7marc8 жыл бұрын
Here's my top inverts: 1. Chinese Fireball (IOA) 2. Hungarian Horntail (IOA) 3. Flight Deck (CGA) 4. Batman: The Ride (SFMM) 5. Silver Bullet (KBF) 1000000000: KONG (SFDK) (😷😫)
@adriang69467 жыл бұрын
nice
@adriang69467 жыл бұрын
ew kong lol
@sxst3m_3rrxr-o248 жыл бұрын
i could see the top of flight deck from my bedroom window
@quesadilla_codes5 жыл бұрын
Lucky... CA Great America is 20 minutes away for me
@toes95553 жыл бұрын
@@quesadilla_codes hour away for me
@panicatthetwentyonecrybabi96148 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Top Gun? Love that name,but I'm too small for that ride when I went to great america
@TheScottskey7 жыл бұрын
Can u do a coaster battle with this vs nemesis
@edth3goat8 жыл бұрын
you should do xcelerator at knotts pls
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
eventually I will!
@tyweaver1458 жыл бұрын
When will you do a Silver Bullet review?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
no idea! Eventually!
@coastermonium5158 жыл бұрын
Did you know if you go to Canobie next year, Canobie has a height limit of only 80 feet. That Coaster won't fit at that park.
@LucasBradley8 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. It's interesting to see what parks do with height limits like that.
@coastermonium5158 жыл бұрын
Evolution Epoch like SFDK
@skylerpowers88718 жыл бұрын
Huh, I didn't know that. I've been to Canobie. It is a really nice small park. Very charming, very pretty, great employees, and a couple good coasters. Maybe they could install a small Gravity Group woodie. Something like the new Fun Spot one or Switchback. They could give it an inversions and everything. Either that or they could get a small Hyper GTX coaster.
@richey09958 жыл бұрын
Do a review on wildfire
@cspettit24108 жыл бұрын
Hey Taylor what is the most intense coaster you have ever ridden?
@amirig48 жыл бұрын
Cspettit24 Intimidator 305
@nate55995 жыл бұрын
This rides layout reminds me of nemesis inferno at Thorpe park
@peterherron98998 жыл бұрын
Can you review hydra at Dorney Park? Pleeeeeeease?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
I only review coasters I've ridden, and unfortunately I won't be getting to Dorney till June, so sometime after that I can review it
@donovanmullen25888 жыл бұрын
What's better Taylor Afterburner or Flight Deck this is maybe a stupid question...
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
Afterburn
@donovanmullen25888 жыл бұрын
Coaster Studios lol how stupid was that question
@Ayare43 жыл бұрын
Whats the music at the brake run?
@CoasterZone8 жыл бұрын
I want to go to La ronde next time I go to candas wonderland
@spencerhoage7 жыл бұрын
Coaster Things that isn't at Canada's wonderland
@brycefourn20018 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@TheOhioStateMan8 жыл бұрын
What were your top 3 inverts? We're they afterburn, banshee, raptor?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
Yes, in that order
@lanepollard25648 жыл бұрын
Mine are Afterburn, Banshee, Montu.
@TheMaverick9878 жыл бұрын
Nemesis, Montu, Flight Deck
@LucasBradley8 жыл бұрын
Great Bear is his 4th. Mine are Banshee, Raptor, Great Bear. If Dragon Challenge dueled, that would be 3rd, but it's 4th right now.
@skylerpowers88718 жыл бұрын
Banshee, Afterburn, Great Bear
@angeloxdmt5 жыл бұрын
Ayyy this is my home park
@cherryaxemanOP8 жыл бұрын
It has the new colour scheme from when the 49ers football team moved in next door.
@SpiritOfTheSeasons8 жыл бұрын
I'm so immature I audibly laughed when you said a strong number 2
@hunterl64108 жыл бұрын
I love dueling dragons today we got to ride it in front omg it was great best row
@rcengineer5 жыл бұрын
F
@QILLERX6 жыл бұрын
Wait I'm confused. I thought you mentioned flight deck as one of the worst roller coasters. Or did u mean a different flight deck with a different layout? Btw I was looking foward to this roller coaster but when I rode on it I passed out and my body couldn't handle that 4.5 Gforce. I'm sad
@lilyerwin52685 жыл бұрын
I love flight deck
@coasterseeker5918 жыл бұрын
Did you ride Demon?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
Coaster Seeker yes
@twistedcheese18 жыл бұрын
and still the shortest thrill coaster is Revolution at Blackpool pleasure beach 😄
@JVGmidi8 жыл бұрын
I have only been on black mamba.
@gooigismansion82158 жыл бұрын
What bugs me is the 7 cars why!? Did CGA go cheap?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it's because of its tighter layout and a 7 vehicle train just worked better. Think of like how Mako has only 7 cars instead of 8
@janek.gehrlein8 жыл бұрын
Coaster Studios Well, I think that's not the reason because Black Mamba is at my home park Phantasialand in Germany and this Inverted Coaster is very intense and has some tight turns but they run it with 8 cars on a train.
@redwolfcorprevamped82668 жыл бұрын
Great Bear V.S. Flight Deck?
@jarrenlumpkin51788 жыл бұрын
Cool 😊
@abreezie8 жыл бұрын
I still call Flight Deck Top Gun tbh
@ryandowner65958 жыл бұрын
I want to ride this roller coaster
@bigblueamusementproductions8 жыл бұрын
who made it so short? I bet it was Josh from Kings Dominion! I smell a parody for Flight Deck
@TheZachyamashita7 жыл бұрын
I would love Coaster Studios to make a parody on flight deck
@kilianoberhauser26388 жыл бұрын
How old are you?
@adriang69467 жыл бұрын
afterburn has a similar layout to flight deck
@lerrynlittle57248 жыл бұрын
diz ride waz litt
@tampathrills42508 жыл бұрын
I LOVE montu
@ragumeatsauce50268 жыл бұрын
Can you do a coaster fight featuring Flight Deck and Silver Bullet?
@j.d.contreras3922 жыл бұрын
My grandmother lost her teeth on this ride.
@rcengineer4 жыл бұрын
Another thing: that last helix feels like it's gonna rip your legs off.
@emmygreen81082 жыл бұрын
This ride is great but it needs a better name something still plane themed. Like jetscream, warbird or valor.
@zacharystewart53448 жыл бұрын
Favorite invert is Montu out of the 10 I've been on :/
@kiwiangeldust69125 жыл бұрын
Rode this today and was on the farthest left seat 😂😭👌
@elliotearles83028 жыл бұрын
I rode flight deck with the old paint job
@LindaAndAubrey8 жыл бұрын
If I could rename it I would name it XDeck Something different
@taitondeboer3668 жыл бұрын
X wing! lol. Gatekeeper Parody
@rcengineer5 жыл бұрын
I would just repaint it back to being black. The only reason they repainted it in the first place was to match Levi's Stadium for the super bowl. Personally I think they need to demolish Levi's Stadium and turn it into an extension of the park since as the SAN FRANCISCO 49ers they should stay in San Francisco.
@YTIcemanGaming7 жыл бұрын
They should change the colors back to black and grey and change the name back to Flight Deck.
@lessthenable32236 жыл бұрын
IcemanGaming the name is currently Flight Deck
@jacobmorgado80878 жыл бұрын
You should see the one at Canadas wonderland
@RollyCoaster8 жыл бұрын
Yeah that one's really awesome, smoothest invert in the world!
@triple7marc8 жыл бұрын
This or the BTR clones?
@Mechum226 жыл бұрын
Both have their strengths, but I slightly prefer Flight Deck. They rank pretty close to each other for me, though.
@mrmuffins9518 жыл бұрын
Better or worse than batman?
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
Probably better, just because the more Batmans I ride the more tired I get of them
@mrmuffins9518 жыл бұрын
Coaster Studios yeah i bet if there was only one or even just a few batmans it wouldn't be as bad
@thatrandom75836 жыл бұрын
Scariest ride I've been on like the grizzly is like 2nd place xd
@nationalcoasternews57988 жыл бұрын
This is not on my bucket list. No inverts are on my bucket list. Good review though.
@LucasBradley8 жыл бұрын
Not even Montu, Banshee, or Afterburn?
@nationalcoasternews57988 жыл бұрын
I've ridden Banshee. Afterburn and Montu look good but I am not the biggest fan of inverts. They are alright but I like other types of coasters better.
@djlowtek8 жыл бұрын
Agree
@Happi-HD8 жыл бұрын
not even raptor?
@nationalcoasternews57988 жыл бұрын
PizzaProGaming nah. Not Raptor.
@bb5bucks8 жыл бұрын
Convert flight deck into floorless!!
@CoasterStudios8 жыл бұрын
Um that's impossible lol
@bb5bucks8 жыл бұрын
Not if we dream
@dlk58238 жыл бұрын
Technically, it's already floorless :p
@hwalnut72027 жыл бұрын
Even if that was possible they already have a floorless
@timokho208 жыл бұрын
just too short, and lack of elements, and could be a bit taller and faster but its an okay coaster.
@RollyCoaster8 жыл бұрын
I mean, it has the elements. It's just too short. It's like the American Nemesis without being underground. Definitely an 8/10 ride.
@timokho208 жыл бұрын
it definately does not have the elements, nemesis does not have elements too, both are intense, but they all lack elements, i mean 3 or 4 small inversions isn't that great, i like the larger elements more like dive loops nd immelmans, i think nemesis is really overrated.
@dlk58238 жыл бұрын
But Nemesis isn't really about the elements as it is about the terrain and theming. That's what makes it so intense and great.
@RollyCoaster8 жыл бұрын
MovieBoysHD uhhh hello every coaster on this planet has some sort of element. Flight Deck has more elements than I can count. To name the basic ones: Vertical Loop Zero-G Roll Corkscrew 270 degree helix to name a few
@timokho208 жыл бұрын
Damien Kent the theming and terrain on nemesis doesnt make it intense, it gives the illusion its intense, now it does look cool and all, but just the coaster its not that great since it just lacks inversions, a good drop and speed since its pretty slow.
@WaluigiLebron6 жыл бұрын
TOP GUN
@rockygill50917 жыл бұрын
I been on ut
@camdroid49366 жыл бұрын
I wish it could have stayed with the name “Top Gun”
@evanstonbalce95885 жыл бұрын
Cameron Haselton So do I, but this park was sold and the new owner has no right to the name.
@cedricscott66228 жыл бұрын
I've just always hated the name flight deck. So glad the bat is no longer called flight deck. I hope they change this name and the one's name at Canada's Wonderland
@JGuy978 жыл бұрын
Unpopular Opinion: I prefer the Batman clones to Flight Deck.