Flying Turns front seat on-ride 4K POV @60fps Knoebels Amusement Park

This classic wooden bobsled coaster was built in-house and took over seven years to complete. It is inspired and modeled after the like-named rides from the 1930s and the layout is similar to the original one that was built for the 1933-1934 World's Fair and stood at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois from 1935-1967.
Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort is located in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
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[@jonathanfrancesco3305]

Who cares it isn't the most thrilling in terms of intensity? It's legit fun and a unique experience. There's always going to be another copycat steel coaster that will be constantly compared to another copycat steel coaster. Not every coaster needs to reach for the sky. Knoebels is not a corporate Six Flags or Cedar Fair park, and that's why people love it. Their coasters are more humble and down to earth. Their charm is old school rides that still pack a punch, and that is exactly the appeal of coasters like this and Phoenix.

[@easynhonest]

Spot-on !! Some people don't understand the historical significance of that ride and that is was over 70 years since the last wooden one was built . I'm willing to bet that it rides better than the old originals . The ones saying it's not exciting or it's short & boring are the ones who would complain about Leap The Dips not being thrilling enough .

[@randomtraveler9854]

Knoebels is an old fashioned style park instead of a modern theme park.

[@mecomingtomo6933]

100% just went, and I have been to 6 flags but knoebals was a blast, Phoenix was great!

[@ThyPandora]

@@randomtraveler9854 It's become more of a mix, but they do like the old-school flair with some rides (which I can appreciate).

[@illeyejahmalone]

Its not that unique though. There's plenty of trackless bobsled rides. This one seems meh

[@NOLNV1]

May be a weird thing, but from all the videos I have seen of this I always really love how that wood sounds!

[@shamus248]

Probably my favorite ride at Knoebels...I remember when they started building it in 07 and going back year after year and seeing little progress being made. Finally got to ride it in 2016 and it was worth the wait

[@SeekerLancer]

First time I rode Flying Turns was at its premiere and I was underwhelmed. I rode it this year and it's a much better experience. It's still not the most thrilling ride in the world but it's a lot more fun and exciting than I remembered. It's worth doing once if the line is short because of its poor capacity.

[@ryguy365]

Went on this yesterday in the front seat. Definitely worth the wait in line

[@LexLeeFamily]

Nice video. I really love it that Knoebels invested in this kind of ride!

[@audreyfreeman4208]

That was one great ride!

[@wolfey137]

My fav ride at Knoebels!

[@TimWhiteRailProductions]

Nice Job I Love Flying Turns

[@jmbmj]

Great video. Looking forward to my ACErs review after tomorrow. Flying Turns was my mom’s favorite ride at Euclid Beach in her childhood. She talked about it being a big thrill. Wish I was there to ride it in her memory.

[@marclux4020]

My mom told us about her favorite ride at Euclid Beach, Flying Turns. I never believed her description until I saw this.

[@catz_crazy6672]

this is my favorite coaster there

[@vincentcappello4746]

No wonder it took a million years to get this thing built. Looks awesome.

[@randomtraveler9854]

It is awesome. I'd definitely recommend. By the way the reason it took so long is because it's the only operating Flying Turns and they could not get cars that passed inspection that would properly run on it as guidelines have changed since the 1930s. They basically had to do it all from scratch.

[@5941jeff]

Wow! How unique is this!?! Thanks for sharing the experience!!

[@jaredstivers]

They built in house took about 9 years to get running so it very unique

[@randomtraveler9854]

Only wooden bobsled running in the entire world. All the other bobsleds are steel. Several models existed decades ago but have long been removed.

[@blainewilliams394]

There used to be many wooden bobsleds, but they have since then gone the way of the Dodo. This one was built in house about a decade ago

[@TrainerCTZ]

Amazing that it just like a bobsled but you don't need to steer.

[@LegionRides]

Nice ride!

[@jonahdw611]

This looks flipping awesome

[@marjorieduterte7672]

Nice

[@kmccurdy21]

I want to go on something more thrilling than Wooden Bobsled Coaster 1

[@KB91YJ40]

Am I the only one who gets this?

[@brogaming7393]

@@KB91YJ40 Not only you, I also do get this.

[@thebtshowcolony5115]

Hey!! I Rode the sams surf city roller coaster for you and I was wondering when that would be up?

[@juliekadams]

Looking forward to this opening back up after maintenance closure last season.

[@randomtraveler9854]

Still not open (July 2021) presumably due to staff shortage.

[@briankeenan1850]

Still closed June 2022

[@juliekadams]

@@briankeenan1850 Yep. I was at the park today and yesterday. I suspect they are only opening it to coaster clubs. Someone was there on a Wednesday recently and said it was open, but only to a visiting coaster club group. Not too happy that it's being kept private, suddenly.😞

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

@@briankeenan1850 It's open now.

[@randomtraveler9854]

Open to the public as of August 2022, just rode it a few days ago.

[@mikeyg9958]

1:07 Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! Left!

[@boyohio1980]

omg omg omg Im 40 now and when I was like 9 or 10 we went to Opera Land in tn and they had a coaster like this. It brings mr back wow almost like the same. Can anybody tell me if its is based of that coaster?

[@blacklisted351]

The one at opryland was a steel bobsled coaster. This one is wooden, and is based off of one that operated in Chicago from 1935 to 1967. There were some other bobsled coasters that were built with the same layout as the one at opryland, like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epq2do18payaadE

[@itsglen9646]

Wow, I've never seen a roller coaster that wasn't always on a track.

[@leviwalker1507]

It's a one in a million, the only in the world. Knobles was told they couldn't build it but they did anyway.

[@randomtraveler9854]

Other bobsleds exist but they're made of steel, this is the only one made of wood. They were fairly common back in the thirties but we're all removed.

[@rizzX1]

Honestly I’m alright with roller coasters just not the rage at ai

[@schlesinger29]

How you know each ride will be the same

[@angeloreilly3173]

Is this how a bowling ball feels?

[@252Scooby]

Like a wooden early version of avalanche @ BPB

[@amandaphillipson4408]

252Scooby that ride scares me more than any other!

[@blacklisted351]

This was actually built way after avalanche

[@randomtraveler9854]

This is a recreation of wooden bobsled coasters from several decades ago. Originally bobsleds were made of wood, all of which were removed long ago. With the exception of this coaster, all existing bobsleds are steel.

[@LtBeast]

Yuh

[@tem1pura]

looks like the mack rides bobsleds but wooden ngl

[@mitchellries256]

It's a fun ride, but how did it win best new ride of 2014 when it went against Banshee at Kings Island and Goliath at Six Flags Great America? It didn't even open in 2014.

[@mhtube01]

2014 was it's first full season, it was only open for the month of October I think in 2013. I think it may have won for uniqueness sake but it certainly is not on the level of Banshee when it comes to excitement. I know they couldn't be more different rides but at the end of the day that's what it is.

[@__.nexo__.7779]

Petit commanditaire français 👍

[@Elvin1803]

Coool un français personne

[@waxoclement4644]

Bonsoir

[@Elvin1803]

@@waxoclement4644 bonne nuit

[@danieltusso3929]

Where is this?

[@slipknottin]

Daniel Tusso ...Knoebels... it’s in Pennsylvania

[@ElementerChannel]

Daniel Tusso It’s in both the title and description. People sure love to be lazy don’t they 😑

[@Crack_Sellington]

Negroland

[@appalachianenthusiast9499]

2:02 They wanted their sawmill to get more practice, so they built more than they needed...

[@triple7marc]

That’s probably there so that the train doesn’t move around if they have to evacuate it.

[@juliekadams]

Yep, maybe something about safety that isn't obvious to the rest of us.

[@appalachianenthusiast9499]

@@triple7marc An evac from there is unlikely to occur. Evacs.are more likely to occur on the chainlift before the turn or the brake run after.