Riddler Mindbender POV Six Flags Over Georgia Classic Schwarzkopf Roller Coaster

This classic Schwarzkopf multi looper recently underwent a thorough renovation, including a partial retracking, repaint, and new trains designed by B&M!
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[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

Glad SF is taking care of this Schwarzkopf and not scrapping it.

[@bender9740]

This was my first looping coaster back in the day. Very classy.

[@maxhagenauer24]

I'm very glad they repainted this and re did it rather than removing it.

[@CoasterNerd]

The squeak at the end 😂

[@iitzfizz]

love those schwarzkopf loops, really intense!

[@BigDCoasterFam]

This was my first “big” coaster. I loved riding this and GASM back in the day.

[@AkeinTennakoon]

just say scream machine GASM sounds weird

[@jonny-b4954]

I love how on this and the Log Flume at that park you just soar through trees at tree top level. It's cool. This is one of the first heartlined coasters.

[@daniellekilburn9195]

This was my first big coaster, snuck on it by standing on my tip toes at only 5 years old back in 1990, I guess the ride attendants didn't care that day lol. My dad sat next to me and held his arm against my head because he said he thought it was going to break my neck 😅 Started my lifelong love of thrill rides!

[@MarcoFD]

what a beautiful oldie this one is, really pulls you through those classic loops. we used to have a schwarzkopf single loop one over here in slagharen holland but it got replaced a couple of years ago. surely was a good one.

[@AttractionSource]

Great POV. Glad that Six Flags are looking after such a classic.

[@kkrose311]

This is the very first roller coaster I ever rode, back in probably 1980, when it was painted brown and called Mindbender. Rode so many times over the years growing up that i can still recognize the route watching this POV

[@SWANNwillSUFFICE]

I never thought I'd be ok calling this thing Riddler Mindbender but it's probably for the best. Mindbender with the old trains felt like a different ride.

[@Itsyaboyharry98]

*better ride

[@millenniumthrills3958]

This ride is forceful fun and feels like its going alot faster than what it is

[@carlosreza1378]

It was so nice seeing you guys yesterday at Iron Gwazi! Maybe we can ride some coasters together soon!

[@VECTOR_Coasters]

that lift is so loud lol

[@charleskummerer]

It's comical, can't even hear yourself think when you're on it

[@emilywhitley5007]

i am nine years old and this is my first roller coaster and this year too

[@ryanmcdonnell5988]

I missed out on this coaster last year

[@CoasterCheetah]

Last summer I went to SFOG for the first time and Mind Bender was unfortunately closed, but this summer I’m heading back to the park so hopefully I’ll get to ride it.

[@amyholley4331]

My favorite ride there.😀👍

[@hectorlopez2640]

I gotta get on this ride for the riddler

[@zacg_]

I know this is heresy but I prefer this to Goliath (the one in the same park since clarification is always needed with that name.) This is my third favorite ride in the park just behind Twisted Cyclone and Monster Mansion and ahead of Goliath.

[@maincoasters]

you like monster mansion over ….. goliath…

[@zacg_]

@@maincoasters yep. I find Monster Mansion to be a very good dark ride. I find Goliath to be a lower tier B&M hypercoaster with way too much of a rattle compared to the others. It's cool that it goes outside the park, the helix is really good and the final bunny hills have good airtime. But the first half rides like the first half of Magnum XL-200 (which isn't a good thing.) When people compare Goliath and Twisted Cyclone to decide which is the best coaster at SFOG I think that's silly. Twisted Cyclone is a WAY better ride. I also prefer Mind Bender because I think it's just a more satisfying experience with better pacing.

[@charleskummerer]

Back row has nice whip over the hills/drops

[@rmannayr2129]

MINDBENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Tomtycoon]

Looks like it got a capacity hit with the new trains, going from 28 to 20. happens often when old trains get replaced.

[@johnniehaus6581]

Ok so I rode this for the first time this year (2022) in April and it's the best coaster in the park by far! Very smooth for a ride of that age, great pacing, trims were minimal, g-forcs was good, and what else can I say it was a great coaster! Stop at the end is kinda abrupt and you should brace for it. I also rode Revolution at SFMM 3 weeks after riding Mindbender and while I enjoyed it too I do think that it trims a bit harshly after the tunnel....kinda kills the ride from there to the end. However it was still one of my favs at Magic Mountain and I got to stay on for 7 consecutive circuits because nobody was in line that day!

[@dennissmith5807]

I went on it when it was new and known only as the Mindbender.

[@BigDCoasterFam]

Will always be just Mindbender to me

[@thehauntcrewreviews4169]

I hear the road & it seems smooth

[@pre_s_t]

This is a sic flags park I want to go to. Sadly I live far away from it in Pennsylvania

[@MrYoungspeeder]

Sounds like a bunch of Seals at the end lol!

[@maxhagenauer24]

What was that brake run sound at the end? It sounded like a seal.

[@charlanator225]

I think Six Flags took some seals from Wildcat's break run

[@HBP2]

One of my fav at that park I hope the park is better run now last time I was there its was hands down the nattiest park I have visited trash all over rude staff I think its the heat I dunno .

[@doubledeucedrums]

Nice Subbed!

[@enthusiastJD]

Dumb name but i loved this one !

[@porcelainthunder2213]

Widh they still made coasters like these classic steels.

[@Trickyguy9114]

8th and cool pov!

[@Matt-Horizon]

Would it be possible to use km per hour and height and length in meters aswell for the European viewers? Thanks for the great video, would love to visit the US one day and do a themepark roadtrip. Is there some kind guide or something with how to plan such a trip?

[@superthrills7398]

It Would Have Been Better If Six Flags Kept The Original Trains But Great POV!

[@mr.noride7226]

Six Flags just can’t get the train upgrades right. They ruined GASM by taking off the PTC trains with buzz bars and putting the old Cyclone trains on it, now they put shorter trains on Mindbender. I realize I am complaining more about what they did to Scream Machine than Mindbender lol!

[@superthrills7398]

You Do Have A Point There

[@coastaku1954]

I wonder which track pieces are new, the fresh paint makes it harder to tell

[@ryanfrieman733]

You must hit some mega G's on that sideways loop/helix.

[@godtiergodkiller8854]

I’ve ridden it and, YES you do. It pulls 4.3 Gs if I remember correctly.

[@ryanfrieman733]

@@godtiergodkiller8854 I would definitely grey out,lol!!

[@godtiergodkiller8854]

@@ryanfrieman733 when I was younger, about 11. There was on one in the park and I wasn’t listening to the ride ops telling me to walk the whole path and I was just jumping the line and going back to the front. No one was in-line. I rode it 8 times in a row at the back. On the 8th time I actually passed out and woke up in the station.

[@LiamA2007]

Question, do parks just let you attach your camera to the train? How do you record these povs?

[@CoasterStudios]

We had special permission from the park, and filmed it when it was not open to the public

[@elliotscoasterclips]

I've heard that the trims are worse than they used to be. I haven't ridden it since it has reopened :( So is that what your experience was?

[@Danrarbc]

They probably upgraded the control system and are able to tune the speed in more than they used to. So sometimes they might bite harder, and others they won't at all. I'm not familiar enough with the ride but it's entirely possible the old system was manual based on the ride timer (ie: ride op enables trim if the trains start arriving too quickly).

[@NICKDOTPNG]

i rode it after the renovation and it didnt feel that different. still very fast and forceful

[@caseysmith5890]

I have ridden it about 15 times this season. The first time we rode it, right after re opening the trims were awful. It seems like they have gotten it figured out now and it's not really any different than it was in the past. The capacity took a hit, but the new trains are much more comfortable

[@Danrarbc]

@@NICKDOTPNG I've been on a couple months before closure and the weekend it reopened (both early and late in the day). About as close to each other as possible. The trims trigger more often now since it seems to calculate train speed every run and applies braking to hit a target speed. Morning rides before it seemed to be possible to ride with little or no trim. They definitely fixed the worst jolts that developed with age - but they didn't over-smooth it, it's appropriate to the feel for this coaster type. I don't know if I'd have wanted a Nor'Easter-style retrack here. The B&M trains are kinda shocking for how close they get to the originals while meeting modern standards, but also notable for the changes. Yes it means they aren't quite like the originals, and they don't have fully modern ergonomics either due to trying to still be close enough to the same. They track well enough - they didn't over-upgrade the rolling stock, same upstop design even from what I can tell.

[@Xfireworksonline]

Yes the original trains were better, yes the trims hit a tad harder, yes its still a fun ride and imo they didn't neuter it. Still enjoy this coaster very much.

[@hectorlopez2640]

Pray for kern country yess always praying for kern country hallelujah hallelujah jesus Jesus yess lord hallelujah

[@darthvader5532]

Completely off subject, but would you guys ever be willing to do a documentary on Michael Chance?

[@CoasterStudios]

interesting idea- I am not directly opposed to it, but if the stars aligned and everything worked out, it could be a fun doc!

[@mcmillerjr00]

I thought they added a third loop 😭😭

[@IceCreamIslander]

wait, which part of this layout is supposed to be the contentious "third loop"? It clearly inverts twice and then never really comes close again for the rest of the layout. How did they bill this as "the world's first triple-loop roller coaster"?

[@mattybice09]

The "incline loop" is the third loop according to SF because...marketing lol

[@joshmelo]

i don’t understand how SF claims this roller coaster was the first triple looping coaster? did i miss a third inversion?

[@TopThrillMike]

Well technically not every loop has an inversion. It definitely pulls a lot of G’s like the regular loops do so I would say this ride has 3 loops but only 2 inversions.

[@rmannayr2129]

THIS IS A BIG COASTER!

[@TheyMightBeBricks]

The fact it doesn’t slow down at the top like it used to makes me depressed

[@ave0828]

It's bad how it's nowhere near as good as it used to be. Every time I've ridden it the trims before the final loop has stopped the train to a dead stop. It's very annoying.

[@Itsyaboyharry98]

Mind Bender is honestly a shell of it's former self. The intensity is gone, the air time is gone, and you crawl through the second loop due to the trims being turned all the way up. Honestly would have been better to replace it with something newer of the same caliber, but knowing six flags they would end up replacing it with a free spin.

[@ellexking9136]

Yep!! Just like Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It's nothing but a shell from what it used to be. A 5 Train operation, the reason for the very large Train transfer track area, and no trim brakes before the loop and after the tunnel, which gave the ride experience a very powerful finish coming out of the final helix. The park could reconfigure the final brake run and add magnetic braking right as the Trains enter the main safety/holding brakes to reduce excessive wear and friction. And one more Train could be added to increase ride capacity.

[@HumanStateOfEmergency]

The video stabilisation makes the POV feel unnatural...

[@mr.noride7226]

I’d rather this than a shaky camera. If you want it to be natural than ride it. For video, smoothening the quality looks a lot better.

[@creekcoasterfans2608]

I beg of you. PLEASE COOL IT with the auto-smooth feature in POVs!

[@CoasterStudios]

we keep it on because without it, the shake is pretty noticeable, and isn't reflective of the ride experience. We don't even keep it on the highest setting though!

[@Danrarbc]

@@CoasterStudios Would you be able to dial it in better if you left it off and smoothed in post?

[@CoasterStudios]

@@Danrarbc some jolts are too much for post, that it wouldn't look good. There's definitely a balance to it.

[@jasonjohnson114]

Rode this coaster twice. Last year and this year. Way overhyped. Should be replaced

[@AndreJK1991]

10, 20, 30 fps WTF? 👎

[@CoasterStudios]

Huh?

[@AndreJK1991]

@@CoasterStudios Bad fps. Not good.