World’s LARGEST Portable Inverted Roller Coaster?! | Meet Euro-Star!

What’s going on guys and welcome back to the channel! In old and recent times, many roller coaster manufacturers have taken to the idea of building rides that can easily be assembled and disassembled, generally with the intent to run them on travelling fair circuits. As a result, in 1995, Intamin amusement rides would unveil the world’s LARGEST PORTABLE INVERTED ROLLER COASTER at a fair known as Düsseldorf in Germany. With a height of nearly 100 feet, 4 inversions, and speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, this extremely ambitious coaster has now become one of the most unique ever, and is still the only one ever made by Intamin. But what is this coaster? And what is it’s history? This is the story of Intamin Amusement Rides’ Euro-Star. ⭐️🎢
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[@MattMcIrvin]

Giovanola's involvement explains why it looks like a B&M invert. Bolliger and Mabillard came up with that distinctive track design while they were working at Giovanola, and Giovanola continued to use it without them (Goliath at SFMM and Titan at SFOT are other examples).

[@AMCustomCoasters]

Giovanola also built an invert (Anaconda) which is almost exactly the same layout as Batman with a few more elements

[@askjeevescosby2928]

It is great that this ride is still going. Bit if it closes again we shoild groud fun to buy it because it is a amazing ride that had so many coaster companies involved.

[@katioely8672]

Love this coaster. Rode it in the 90s when I was a teenager.

[@Helawutz]

"Düsseldorf" is a City in Germany. The fair is called "Düsseldorfer Rheinkirmes" or "Größte Kirmes am Rhein" (English: Biggest fair at the Rhine)

[@coyote_bravo2723]

WOW! That looks incredible for a traveling carnival ride, I love the videos in this style about obscure coasters. Keep it up!

[@NationalCoasters]

I’m glad! Thanks!!

[@enthusiastJD]

This is like the All star coaster of the coaster manufactures

[@ldngigs8416]

The best proof that legends aren't always great. So many bashing SLC's but saying they wanted to ride Euro Star. Euro Star made many SLC's seem smooth. And yet here I am reminiscing about my rides on it throughout the 90s and early 00's and still sad that it's not part of the German funfair scene anymore.

[@MrFalkone]

Thanks for the video. This coaster visited my home town in Germany several times and swallowed all my pocket money :) It was indeed uncomfortably rough though and I believe it left many people behind with s serious headache. Nevertheless due to its presence on the Octoberfest there was quite a cult around this coaster. It also had 1 serious accident in September 1996.

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Still on "me" bucket list" to ride! As an ACE member seeing this photos of this, I was "enchanted" It is truly the (Airbus) equivalent (meaning # of companies involved in its creation) of a roller coaster.

[@gerardolivier5250]

Giovanola's best, loved that ride, really hope it comes back to fEurope fairs one day

[@m_ianO]

I can’t wait! This looks great.

[@DJTooMass]

Rode this one many times in Düsseldorf over the years. It was never the smoothest of rides but at the end of its travelling days, this coaster was a real pain, especially in the back rows. Even the worst SLC couldn't deliver the pain of Euro-Star on a hot day late in the evening in the back row. But it was an awesome ride on a funfair nevertheless!

[@ldngigs8416]

Agreed. It wasn't a fun ride and still, it was part of the German fun fair scene. Everyone talked bad about it and then 5min stood in line to buy a ticket anyway - year after year after year lol

[@IngoLedebur]

Bin damit mehrere Male gefahren z.B in Düsseldorf,Hamburg Dom und Bremen Freimarkt! War eine meiner absoluten Lieblingcoaster. Es gab neben den Olympia Ringen,noch eine andere transportable Bahn,allerdings mit drei Loops. Kann sich noch jemand an Thriller erinnern? And by the way,this Video is great. Thanks for a lot of very nice memories. Very intresting and a lot of fantastic facts. Good Job. Cheers from Germany.

[@fetterstheclown1079]

Thankful I got a chance to ride this a few times at Oktoberfest in 2003. Loved the video and the history!

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

[@shawnrw3727]

You made my vid request !!! Thanks man , awesome.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I wish more videos of this coaster existed

[@coasterdroidgaming3699]

If your going to Valley Fair go to Wild Thing. I might actually be there this weekend and If I'm not there go to Lucy's Tugboat or Linus Launcher (I'm also trained on this rides as well).

[@joshuamcdonell5490]

Thanks again about that Battlestar Galactica video. Been watching your videos everyday now. I am curious about Gold Rush(?) at Great America in Santa Clara California. Supposed to be one of the largest Wooden Coasters built.

[@NationalCoasters]

Thanks for your support man! Yeah, I’ll have to take a look into CGA, could be a fun video 👍

[@RomanJockMCO]

Keeping with the German theme I'd like to see a video on the Looping München. It's another traveling coaster. I rode it back in December 1991 in Berlin. Not sure if you've covered it or not.

[@NationalCoasters]

Haven’t done it yet! Will take a look!

[@drewcorry5056]

1 Word Outstanding

[@EclecticElectric101]

How about Eagles Fortress, the elusive Arrow suspended coaster?? I think it was in Korea.

[@NationalCoasters]

Man everyone is asking for this one! Maybe it shall be granted ;)

[@thecoasterman682]

At which park russia is Eurostar now located?

[@LamSH1109]

Am I the only one who keeps thinking this looks like a B&M?

[@Kelsay25]

I am The rides supervisor over the planet snoopy area at valleyfair feel free to stop by and say hi. We wear the teal supervisor shirts

[@flashback0978]

This was the inverted big brother of Flashback at SFMM, they both suffered from the same problems, each time they were taken apart and put back they got rougher and needed more frequent work done to the tracks and structure, Eurostar from what I have heard became horribly violent that first they closed off the last row, then it was upgraded to the last 3 rows

[@beanboozle4149]

You should do a video on the now defunct Delphis rollercoaster.

[@Blast2224]

It reminds me of an inverted Z Force aka Flashback, in how it sort of dives around itself in a compact layout.

[@themagicboy6548]

looks like a really neat layout

[@tufab3494]

I'm almost building it with my The Dragon Coaster Dynamix set

[@MrSRArter]

Intamin made quite a few coasters that look like B&M coasters

[@coasterboy324]

You should do a video on Hercules from Dorney Park! I was lucky enough to be a ride op during its last season in ‘03. I feel this ride was very under appreciated!

[@juliusk.4883]

Please do a video about Wild Train at Fantasiana Erlebnispark.

[@NationalCoasters]

This one’s been heavily requested by you guys ;)

[@Thesmokercoaster]

Please do any major uk coaster.

[@kevinhanson6106]

Interesting thank you!

[@aussieskates]

Back in 2011 when I visited Moscow, I am guessing it was the model I saw in Gorky Park. It wasn't operating, but I managed to take a few decent photos of it.

[@luciano6967]

I was shocked when I found out that this coaster used to travel around

[@thycooa]

Have you heard of the giavanola invert

[@NationalCoasters]

Anaconda yes! I’ll definitely be making a video on it at some point

[@thycooa]

@@NationalCoasters dont forget about tower of terror in the same park that has 6.3 gs

[@heikoimhof4412]

It was in aschaffenburg and in Frankfurt and I ride it a lot of times!! The best coaster on Kirmes in Germany❤️❤️

[@nvzmv]

Video suggestion: the standing coaster called Skyrider that was at Canada's Wonderland

[@nvzmv]

It's in Italy now!

[@your_antagonist]

I literally had a picture of this in my english textbook last year

[@maincoasters]

they should’ve made a large permanent one … could’ve competed with b&m!

[@fipskirchinger319]

I miss the Eurostar. Now we just have the Olympia Looping and the Alpina Bahn at the Oktoberfest. But I enjoyed riding the Eurostar much more 😞

[@jeffreyverspaget4353]

The real opening was on the oktober fest in 1995 this rollercoaster is from the family bruch and is very spectacular for a fun fair or fun parks gr Jeffrey ☘️🌞☕😘🌴.

[@johnphillips3475]

No it wasn't. It debuted at the Dusseldorf Rheinkirmes in July 1995.

[@jeffreyverspaget4353]

Oh I mean it was in München oktober fest in 1995 than I now the owners of the euro star.

[@Andreas-ih1hs]

No, it wasnt. Düsseldorf is correct. The Eurostar startet 2 Days after beginning of the Fairground. They took a bit longer to build it up. After Düsseldorf the eurostar went to Herne to „Cranger Kirmes“.

[@Faulty720]

Hoping this can travel to the UK one day hopefully at the same time as Munich Looping

[@louisaroots1424]

Have you heard of turbo at Brighton Pier

[@Tripster_2011]

A started to watch and it stopped ? Thought that was a bit strange

[@sophiemakeup6834]

There was an accident with Eurostar in munich oktoberfest too

[@claudez1963]

Please feature 2 coasters. The original X at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Shockwave from Six Flags Great America. (Why such a short life?) keep up the outatanding work!!!

[@NationalCoasters]

Thanks for feedback and kind words! 🙂

[@mermaidfan2420]

A coaster named after a train company that links England 🇬🇧 to France 🇫🇷 called eurostar

[@bmx2227]

Can you do fury at bobbejaanland next pls

[@Wilhelm1407Coasters]

I'm actually going to Six Flags St. Louis on Sunday! 😀

[@NationalCoasters]

Cool, you’ll have to say hi!

[@Wilhelm1407Coasters]

@@NationalCoasters I messaged you on Instagram. I didn't know what the best way to message you would be, when I get there lol

[@olafvanrijnsbergen1177]

Am I the only one asking for Eagle Fortress? Does really no one knows about it

[@FAFO4wisdom]

I miss this coaster so much. 😭😭😭😭

[@al3xskng854]

Looks painful considering its not a permanent coaster but it’s better than nothing

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I wish a permanent clone was made

[@kevinthompson6986]

Looks like B&M track

[@leandrocesarnahas1678]

Make a Review about Shambalaia in PortVentura - Spain

[@darrenyoung3102]

Went on this one year at Oktoberfest, the roughest rollercoaster I have ever ridden, not very impressed. More torture than fun.

[@adamlipare1033]

Did you say dorky park? 🤔

[@AlphaSQUADYT]

Do: vliegende hollander (flying dutchman) at efteling

[@samuelahoffman]

Imagine an inverted raptor

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Those would be intense

[@ernestoalejandrojuradoagui4824]

Eurostar was build by diferents manufacturers, not entirely by Intamin.

[@michaelfischer545]

Ich war bei der Eröffnung in Düsseldorf dabei

[@benallred5897]

@airtimethrills had no idea about this coaster

[@jonny-b4954]

4:10 How in the world do they make any money on the thing? I mean, that must cost tens of thousands to move and pay 20 people skilled in a trade to work 8 - 24 hour days. Haha Then 14 days to reassemble. Phew.

[@johnphillips3475]

Because German fairs can be unbelievably busy. EuroStar was designed to run 5 trains (though an early incident meant it only ran 4), and relatively high ticket price meant it did prove profitable, at least in the early years.

[@h3nryy_xyz]

Looks like a B&M creation

[@Sprite_.cranberry]

American eagle at Six Flags great America

[@Gabes1321]

Kumali

[@FZ-fj9tu]

It's lego 😂

[@dennisk.18]

i rode this, it was rough as hell and beats the brain out..... never ever again....

[@corybourrier9722]

Maverick was Stengels 500th…

[@errandonachtergaele735]

Psyke underground at walibi Belgium

[@dgpkira9440]

Who built Euro-star? Possibly an easier question. Who didn't build Euro-star? And you're not allowed to say RMC lol

[@cltcoasters]

Intamin built it

[@OliverJanotta]

Bruch is pronounced like the Spanish word "bruja" without the a.

[@TheCoasterSam]

European fair coasters put American fairs to shame

[@minutewithmitch7609]

Nerds

[@michaelfischer545]

Neben dem OlymiaLooping. der Alpinabahn, die beste transportable Achterbahn. Bin alle drei mehrfach gefahren