Opryland USA Theme Park Nashville - Chaos - Belgium's "Revolution"

At Bobbejaanland in Belgium, "Chaos" had a sister ride made by the same company with the same design. It is called "Revolution."

[@dfelts2323]

The outside of the ride was pretty awesome as well. Remember those huge gears on the building? On the inside, standing in line, was cold. But it felt good on a hot summer day... The voice came over the intercom and said " Please move quickly through the station, your time is running out." You could actually feel the ride going above you, as occassionally the wall would shake and you would hear a loud roar.. My childhood was turned into my worst nightmare,,, 'shopping'

[@Frozensmokeprod]

I own the orginal opening sign for chaos. when they shut everything down, GAYlord sold everything, so that's my piece of the best ride ever.

[@danasuperstar]

The clock shattering was so vivid. The tunnel was very air-conditioned and there were always people making out in it. I remember that creepy woman's voice like it was yesterday. Then the arcade at the end. I have many other memories of this ride, but I could go on forever. It's crazy how there are so many videos of Revolution but not Chaos.

[@mloftin6472]

I remember the announcements telling you to board the trains like we were escaping some disaster. The clock sounds. The pendulum dropping and braking the clock face. Loved that ride.

[@danasuperstar]

@@mloftin6472 The voice said "Please move quickly through the station. Your time is running out."

[@whatever6737]

This ride was my absolute favorite at Opry land when I was really little.

[@Jocoll76]

I was lucky enough to ride when the clock was still working. I miss this ride.

[@adamstone7330]

I was just gonna say I remember a clock when I was riding...trying to explain this ride to my wife who never got to experience this...coolest ride ever! And when they did Quarantine for Halloween it was the best!

[@Wig4]

People, just COME AND RIDE IT IN BELGIUM ! ............ :-) We even do have SEVERAL different shows inside, according to either time of the year, or time of the day :-)

[@jessetroch8324]

They just copied it!

[@Wig4]

@@jessetroch8324 If your're not interested to see and ride it, then, stay where you are. If you DO want to ride "your Nashville's gone attraction", come to Belgium... lol (I'm the practical guy ! ... lol )

[@aaronmanier9383]

For real, thank you for documenting this, nostalgia overload!

[@dfelts2323]

in chaos there was a hige clock you rode round and round till finally a pindilum or however its spelled fell and burst the clock. it was sweet. While you would stand in line for this ride there would b clocks ticking on the wall and a voice would come over the speakers n say "please move quickly through the statiopn, your time is running out."

[@jorbennoten9536]

Well revolution also had that i think these are some older footage from after the clock was removed because it broke but it is still there altough the bottom clock is at the top and on the bottom there is a volcano it would be pretty amazing if you see this comment since yours os 13 years old

[@phishinvan]

On school trips to Opryland, me and my delinquent friends would use the darkness of Chaos to quickly and sneakily smoke cigarettes. I really miss Opryland.

[@carlasanders69]

ahahaha! that's why we smelled cigarette smoke on this ride. mystery solved!

[@bustyrandit]

Funny, I used it to snuggle n smooch with whatever girl I was dating at the time.

[@goo83]

it was THE make out ride 😏

[@StephenInTenn]

....or whatever girl I would meet that day at the park!

[@velvetravyn]

I really miss Chaos. The second time I rode it, there was some reactor billowing smoke in the middle of the room, and a train was laying on the floor on its side. As you neared the top, the whole room got dark, and warning lights started flashing, and odd alien-ish creatures appeared perched on the walls above you. It wasn't as good that time around, but still a very fun roller coaster.

[@shelbradshaw1]

Wow this takes me back nearly 30 YEARS (1987) to when our junior high class went to Opryland and my friends talked me into riding this. I HATED coasters so I was nervous but this was wonderful - I still adore this ride. One of my faves.

[@jrvbamafan1]

shelbradshaw1 cool but this ride didn't come to Opryland until 89

[@realestateunplugged6129]

jrvbamafan1 - LOL

[@WiltonWanderlust]

I rode this ride twice when I was a teenager. It's so great to see it again. RIP Opryland!

[@aegisofhonor]

I remember my step dad took my mom to Opryland in I think 1991 and he loved this ride; he called it "a better version of Space Mountain". This ride was changed several times over the 9 seasons it operated at Opryland including making most of the ride almost entirely pitch black and even adding VR to the ride at some point as well. Revolution in Belgium is essentially unchanged from it's original 1989 theme.

[@danasuperstar]

They only had the 3D glasses for a short time. People kept throwing them down on the screen. Sometimes they had them/sometimes they didn't. You never knew what you were going to get with that ride. Something would always be broken or different about it. You could see the glasses and all the stuff people would throw during certain flashes of light during the ride.

[@pieluvr7362]

Lucky enuff 2 have been 1 with them 3d glasses yellow if i was right

[@elysianbloom]

ahhh. takes me back to my childhood!

[@pieluvr7362]

👍🏽

[@MusicLeeSarah]

Loved this ride!!!!

[@openscholar9908]

Oh, memories. 😭 I miss Opryland.

[@kylecephus]

WOW...I remember that like it was yesterday. That line had the be the longest line at Opryland!. I remember the fire, glass and the two big screens on the roof and celing. I think it broke cause it was one used a few seasons then they changed it.

[@motel29]

Close...but no cigar. CHAOS at Opryland U.S.A. was the Bomb!~

[@jorbennoten9536]

As far as i know they were the same

[@brians3987]

Such a long time ago but I remember the clock video on the ceiling? Remember it having more effects than what was shown here. The version of it at Opryland I thought was really cool with the 3D glasses! I wish they never tore down such a great park in Nashville.

[@badbobbyhughes]

i used to love this ride in opryland. it was changed around a bit through the years as parts broke down and a monster was added later. in the original version i remember the clock, there was also video of some sort of wizard or something? thanks for posting!

[@jorbennoten9536]

Revolution also has the clock i think this video is just before the clock came back since the projectors broke down

[@jpayne3616]

I miss you Chaos

[@CoasterMan13Official]

This sounded and looked like a bad acid trip.

[@GenesisDelah]

omg! i miss this ride i remember going to it when it was at opryland before they shut down in 1997 and sold it where it sat in a feild in indiana for 5 years and then was sold for scrap metal such a waste for such a great ride i rode it so many times

[@vgmaster9]

That ride looks pretty unique.

[@DeMickeys]

Thanks for uploading this! I am gonna ride revolution this summer...

[@jorbennoten9536]

Did you do it

[@dfelts2323]

and the 3-d glasses you would put on . I almost forgot about that.

[@gtavideos]

The park 'Opryland' where Chaos operated closed in 1997.

[@aaronb7631]

Now it's one big shopping mall! RIP Opryland!

[@JeroenKantersNL]

Because there is no videomaterial of the 1989 period of this ride and or chaos, I made a 3d simulation which shows the revolution in many fases. You can watch the entire history of the revolution on my account including the 1989 version with 6 projection screens and original music. For those who remember, or those who never experienced..

[@Underwaterer]

I guess they don't have the scary green dragon on that one... lol. Oh this brings back memories!

[@heatherworkman7910]

I know I thought I was the only one that remembered the dragon started to think I was crazy lol

[@deb5564]

He was on the other wall. This person kept the camera on the center most of the ride. I def. remember him, tho! Favorite ride @ Opryland! Many of my mom's employee appreciate trips AND school trips there. Damn, I'm late, huh? Lol!

[@Gigidag77]

There are going to show the old movie in Bobbejaanland on the park's 50th Birthday on 27.08.2011. Probably this will be the last time to watch the old Chaos movie !

[@_FSync_]

@jkanters1 Ahhh, bones on the beach, it made me cry so much, I remember it from when I was young. Revolution's for me the best attraction at all times. just when those screens where there though.

[@zalgo-toth3500]

oh, i hope that revolution is still operating today. i really wish that another park stepped in and bought chaos, saving it from being scrapped.

[@Denew3t]

too bad nowadays in belgium half of the seats are reserved for VR glasses (which I think is absolutely ridiculous as the appeal of this ride is the illusion effects/music) The capacity of the ride is slashed by half and the music has been shut down for the VR-users

[@katleendelien2888]

How saw the dragon hat?🤔

[@LaraCroft36]

Guys, I never knew the chaos ride, but i am from Belgium, and i absolutely LOVE the revolution. Is this rollercoaster a remake of Chaos?!

[@AG7-MTM]

Does anyone at Bobbejaanland's maintenance team know what VF inverter was used for the drive tire motors? It sound like a metro train, AKA super awesome!

[@vgmaster9]

@Gigidag77 I guess so, but it was very different at the time.

[@vgmaster9]

@keniakittykat Yeah, but when it came out it had a very interesting design. Shame Vekoma doesn't make anymore of those.

[@dfelts2323]

i had my first kisss on chaos in tn

[@Havic366]

I do I do. good times, then when you got off you could go to the arcade game room or go back on the ride again. I remember X-Men the arcade game (based off of Pryde of the X-Men) was the new thing and we were playing that thing for at least an hour!!! good times

[@vgmaster9]

@keniakittykat That's cool. I'd love to see someone recreate this for RCT3.

[@kylecephus]

The screens that is...not the ride! The screens were still there but the fire, the glass breaking and the clock breaking was gone in the later years...anyone know what happend?

[@Gigidag77]

@vgmaster9 Vekoma hast still listed this ride. But it just isn't that interessting for parks because it's too expensive and not that thrilling nowadays.

[@Frozensmokeprod]

hey do you have the mp3?

[@DankLaDouge]

12 years later and I ask the same question!

[@manondrums79]

What is the name of the song,someone has got to know.Ive been trying to research it but im coming up with nothing.

[@bassemier]

Bones on the Beach

[@KodeLiMe]

Get a Chaos shirt here! www.redbubble.com/people/90s-mall/works/29824541-opryland-usa-chaos

[@ESGsolja]

my memory is off but if i remember correctly the monster at the end of the chaos look like a dragon that sprayed a mist of water but I could be wrong it was 97 and i was 12 at the time,man do I miss that place I went two times a year in 95 to 97damn those people for building a high price mall....

[@heatherworkman7910]

I remember that too

[@justincarroll1313]

This seems like a weird ride to have had in a country music theme park (Chaos at Opryland USA).

[@carlasanders69]

Opryland wasn't a country music theme park. It was a music theme park. Nashville is called Music City, not country music city. Opryland embraced several forms of music from rock, pop, progressive, bluegrass, show tunes, country, folk, jazz and classical.

[@Groggrim]

what will happen if all of the track from CHAOS come in Cedar point in 2020.

[@revolutionjo]

Impossible, the track was scrapped years ago.

[@Groggrim]

well how about a newer track that look's like chaos track

[@revolutionjo]

SamTasticVideos TrumpetAndMore Vekoma doesn't build the Illusion type anymore.

[@Groggrim]

how about this CHAOS is for sale for 8 million $ ok.

[@revolutionjo]

SamTasticVideos TrumpetAndMore The train was sold in early 2006 (the track had already been scrapped at this point). So nope, it's not for sale anymore.

[@maxtorbelgium]

Actually Chaos is the duplicate, the revolution came first...

[@vinnycamarats539]

MaXtor Abonnementen that ride Did cam 1st look it up

[@killwize]

Here is a video with the lights on!!!! /watch?v=io1bY1u88l8