Riding the Worlds STEEPEST Roller Coaster! 121.5° Drop at Nickelodeon Universe American Dream Mall

Located just outside of New York City, TMNT Shellraiser stands proud as a world record holder, being the roller coaster that features the steepest drop- 121.5 degrees! That is half a degree more than its sister coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan, Takabisha. Join Taylor, Sarah, and Tyler on this wild, fast paced experience!
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[@jackfeldman3916]

Sarah being terrified and Taylor with a straight face just narrating literally every ride always makes me happy.

[@Ben-15]

“OH THATS GREAT I HAVENT BEEN TO JAPAN TAYLOR, NOT EVERYONE HAS” This is also my reaction to coaster reviews from Japan-still watch them though.

[@coaster365]

With all the inversions/forces on this ride, plus all the other spinning coasters and attractions, adding the fact it’s also indoors - I think this is the most nausea-inducing park in the country. It takes a TOLL on your brain and stomach lol

[@JFrombaugh]

Luckily that mall has a Walgreens LOL

[@CoasterKing605]

It’s my home park, I’ve ridden this ride more than any other ride out there. Especially on Sandy’s Blasting Bronco, this is still the only park that I’ve been to that makes me somewhat nauseous.

[@airbus7373]

The potholes are also terrible on this ride - I came off it with a headache lol. The fact that the ops consistently staple you hard also doesn’t help

[@jordanwolfson8378]

I must be the only person on the planet who actually didn't mind this place. ALL people do is complain about it. Also, hi C365! I follow you on Twitter!

[@coaster365]

@@jordanwolfson8378I enjoy it here too! Just find it very hard to ride things more than once 😅

[@brookenjonas]

I rode this 6 times on my 21st birthday and I had my makeup done all pretty and the tears pulled from my eyes during that launch definitely messed it all up. Worth it.

[@Jake-um5fx]

You still probably looked beautiful af

[@urbex_coasters]

This ride showcases Gerslauer's potential perfectly on this side of the ocean. They've got so many elite looking coasters in Europe and Asia that make them potentially a top 3 manufacturer but they haven't had many opportunities over here. Yea I could criticise the lack of theaming, especially when a lot of Takabisha was designed to take place in the dark (which could be dubbed "sewers" to go with the TMNT theme) but this is still by far the best Gerslauer outside of Europe or Asia.

[@christianortiz793]

Sarah's reaction is just hilarious! Just shows how intense TMNT Shellraiser is!

[@pyrosymphonyfireworksdesig5690]

It's really such a wasted opportunity to not name this coaster Fiery Fist-o-Pain 😞

[@fizzcarreviews7997]

Ikr

[@54t4meda5]

Love how taylor takes his hands off the restraints on the inversions like to feel the hangtime better. Enthusiast reflex

[@MattFromRVA804]

Looks crazy. It was great meeting y’all at BGW yesterday! My wife and I got our first rides of the year on Pantheon, front row.

[@t-san4596]

I work at the water park and I’m always in this park riding shellraiser. It is definitely in my top 10

[@SamApocalypse]

This could be one of the most underrated rides in the world. It was one of the best coasters I have ever ridden, I loved the experience from start to finish and it was smooth in my opinión

[@carameltones1]

Thank you so much your the first video that really captured that drop from the top that was intense watching it

[@nemesisandy2193]

That coaster looks epic, rode x2 Gerstlauers here in the UK, Speed at Oakwood and The Smiler at Alton Towers, both great coasters 😀

[@thisiskareem.]

Will be riding this for the first time this Saturday so excited

[@JKACLULU]

Amazing video guys. I’ve enjoyed as if I was there riding it 🎉

[@walzwerkzwerg]

Best shirt for those restraints 🤘

[@gametime2473]

Can't wait to ride this later this summer. It's on our next trip itinerary up the East coast.

[@miguelvpires]

I rode this as my first real rollercoaster in 25 years a few days ago, really did a number on my body, glad to think it is not just my lack of familiarity with roller coasters that made this feel extreme.

[@miguelvpires]

@Tusky1234 Games Supporting 🇺🇦 What I meant was that the last time I rode a real rollercoaster (Goudurix, at Parc Asterix - also a rough-riding inversion machine) was 25 years ago.

[@yolekz]

i love that dude sitting next to taylor he was so funny lmao😭

[@triple7marc]

We love Tyler

[@danielfoster3642]

That is a cool drop! This coaster is very identical to Takabisha in Fuji Q in Japan, except a degree or two higher at the top of the lift hill.

[@ScottyMania313]

I'm just glad nobody "Ralphael-ed" after this wild ride! I was glad to see your Nickelodean shirts, it seems like yall really gotten out of your shell! Just keep your phones in your pockets - no Shell-fies

[@THAT1SneakerHead..]

I was there 2 days ago when y’all made the Sandy’s blasting bronco I went the day after. I love yall

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

Love it...makes me want to go in a fighter jet so bad.

[@gabet3514]

This was a very entertaining reaction

[@OfficialJosephology]

Holy crap I just rode this today! It was awesome!

[@CollinHaak]

That looks so fun I’ve heard there were some potholes in it on opening day and I wonder if they were ganna go a way and nicolodione Universe vlog?

[@freizeitparkplohn_fanpage]

Looks insane

[@zacharyelder349]

Well i recently got the chance to ride TMNT Shellrasier 3 times during my trip with the American Coaster Enthusiasts. This is the steepest roller coaster that i've ever done in my life.

[@Fishtank492]

I hope to ride this one day it looks like a lot of fun

[@rmannayr2129]

WOW IT'S SO STEEP!!!!!!!!!!

[@Posirep]

The weird coaster where the front is a rattly mess. The back is weirdly much smoother despite only being 2 rows. I can marathon this in the back row but tap out after 1 ride up front cuz its so shaky. I dont get Gerstlauer. They either make really smooth rides or really rough ones. Kind of like Gravity Group.

[@victorhernandez71395]

Amazing

[@R7SkIlZ]

this ride is alot smoother in the front

[@Sirbartholomew]

Normal people when they ride this coaster: screaming and hysteria This guy: That wasn’t bad actually… anyways, fun fact!

[@ThemeParksAndAttractions]

Nice pov 👏

[@ellaedits4787]

waiting for taylor to talk to his 2021 self

[@ItsSiebay]

I drove past this last year. Couldn’t go, but would’ve loved to.

[@shmonkles1790]

the ride of all time

[@robertd9020]

I rode this Yesterday For the First time just to Say I went on the World’s Steepest Thrill Coaster and honestly once was enough this coaster had the full package for a thrilling coaster but it PsychicallyDrains you And Shredder does too both equal great coasters in a Great Thrill based Indoor Park

[@ryanfrieman733]

That was awesome, especially Sarah waiting at the top for the drop. Did the bottom of drop have a big pothole?

[@CoasterStudios]

yes

[@tondog54]

​@@CoasterStudiosSo it is indeed a Takabisha clone

[@rmannayr2129]

SARAH WAS TERRIFIED! ALSO, IT'S THE FIST O PAIN IN REAL LIFE!

[@sdc5914]

How can I ride so new be so rough! Prime potential!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

It has been in storage for years

[@sdc5914]

@@ThrillsofColdplay yea but if it's kept well, what should that matter. Pretty sure it has to do with either the manufacturer, which I don't believe it is, or the ppl who built it and keep it, which is what I think it is.

[@airbus7373]

I think it has something to do with the ride being indoors and thus having a rock-hard concrete foundation instead of normal ground - instead of the supports taking the load of the train, the track does that causing a bad rattle. That’s why all the coasters at that park are rough

[@jacquelineanderson4309]

Patrick and squidward 😂

[@StamfordBridge]

You didn’t mention the rattle, but I could see you shaking through much of it.

[@ha420weednumber]

I love this coaster but the holding brake is way too long and if you sit up front it'll vibrate your skull through every inversion. Honestly my favorite part of the ride is the pre launch and launch because they're the only bits that are smooth.

[@DJWezzyK]

The SBF-Visa Towering Coaster (Cool & Fresh, And now in Turkey) has a 135 degree drop. But it is SBNO.

[@chrisogrady28]

Sarah needs protecting at all costs

[@AG7-MTM]

I wonder if Gerstlauer can replace old Eurofighter trains with new eurofighters or Infinity Coaster trains (preferrably with lap bars)

[@WCfanboy]

No room for them with the lift + launch system

[@RAZZPR0D]

I was here td 😂lol

[@GavinPhillips-gh5gq]

i heard that in japan or something theres going to be a new nickelodeon universe and in the concept art there is a gerstlauer that looks steeper than this.

[@MattMcIrvin]

The weird thing about "steepest drop" records is that there's a hard limit--most people who care about such things seem to consider any tilt more than 135 degrees an inversion, so it's not possible for there to be a drop steeper than 135 degrees; not for any physical reason, but because anything steeper than that would just get classified as a saxophone inversion, like on an S&S Screamin Squirrel.

[@dindog22]

seems like coming out of that big drop there's 2 head choppers. the edge of the building and the pink track of the other coaster. plus all that swaying. oof

[@edwardjones1482]

I rode this thing 3 times when I went to Nickelodeon universe at American dream

[@STEVEJELLY]

I think I saw u at Kings Dominion leaving twisted timbers on New Year’s eve, was that actually u?

[@StanPetricca-vk9tl]

Was this the back row or front row

[@oscarmorris6736]

To be fair Taylor, I wasn't really watching your friend or Sarah much, you had a pretty tight hold on your shoulder restraint brother

[@TrainCoasterFan]

Was there supposed to be an international trip announcement yesterday? I thought Sarah said there would be

[@CoasterStudios]

Originally there was going to be- but we elected to delay it because we didn't want to step on the toes of any other theme park youtube channels that made travel announcements at the exact same time

[@TrainCoasterFan]

@@CoasterStudios Ohhh ok, thanks!

[@Protronica]

Is the pothole at the bottom of the drop still there?

[@CoasterStudios]

yes

[@patrickc950]

I did this and was amazing but sure was ruff

[@ShiningCoasters]

I bet gerstlauer will top this

[@Marty_NZ]

Pay per ride new system? That sounds great. (However, just checked it's $9.50 for 6 points, and the coasters are all 6 points each, so about $50 for the 5 credits riding each once. Perhaps not such a good deal then). I almost visited, but the ticket price for the two or three open rides just didn't sound good enough for me. Looks solid though.

[@jtbowman132]

Do they not offer an all day pass for a premium price? If not that’s pretty interesting

[@Marty_NZ]

@@jtbowman132 they do, but depending on when you visit it could be $59 or $79.

[@charliegrady-wray5996]

only a half of a degrees lol

[@jbw9999]

Still not as steep as a Free/Zac Spin. :D

[@665Atom]

It’s top speed is 62 MPH [100 KM/H]

[@kaizoman25]

I prefer Takabisha here in Japan though.

[@GloryRenault]

Look at Sarah on the launch 0:30

[@yippymishy]

She just zips backwards into the seat halfway through the launch lol

[@GloryRenault]

Ikr it’s kinda funny ngl….

[@macs3948]

You actually experienced 5G going down that drop.

[@CoasterFlop]

It's a shame this doesn't have the hangtime restraints.

[@Grateboy2114]

This ride beastf***ed my nerves. 😢

[@OrdinaryPigeon1]

Does Tyler have a youtube channel? That's him sitting next to Taylor right? 🤔

[@CoasterStudios]

He does not

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The train stopping at the top kind of ruined the first drop

[@lowercase_brody]

Did you pick up mrbeast burger while you were there 😂

[@CoasterStudios]

indeed

[@abbymitchell1858]

Busch Gardens Tampa is going to remove A roller coaster replace a new world coaster 2023

[@juiceman8108]

I would of named this donkey punch

[@alonzopulley8752]

Wearing that one Patrick shirt once again people are going to start making fun of you little kid lol

[@hellothere6991]

Lessssssssss go0o0o0o0oo0o0o0o00000o000

[@maxhagenauer24]

Best Gerstlauer in America?

[@yippymishy]

By a long shot.

[@ravanger5345]

I'm not sure if it's just me or not but I didn't find the drop that forceful or exciting, I think I prefer Sandy's Blasting Bronco more but the launch is amazing and punchy

[@Posirep]

Same.

[@maxhagenauer24]

I feel like you guys are pretending to be excited and that you are acting this is your first time. Like Sarah said "really?" when you said you see new york city at the top when she has already ridden it.

[@CoasterStudios]

This was Sarah and Tyler's genuine first time reaction. Taylor had ridden this before.

[@maxhagenauer24]

@@CoasterStudios Oh, I didn't know that, my bad.

[@caseycieslikowski2929]

Coaster is terrible.

[@yippymishy]

Coaster is great.

[@CancelHappiness]

Wth is "graying out", exactly? I've ridden over 200 coasters and I don't think I've ever experienced it. What am I doing wrong?

[@davidtran9130]

You lose vision or your vision gets blurry due to strong positive g forces

[@Marty_NZ]

It varies by person and your blood pressure level I think. The only ride that's done some funky things to my vision has been i305's first turn after the drop. It pulls some crazy forces.

[@MattMcIrvin]

The first time I actually noticed it was entering the vertical loop on a Vekoma Boomerang, which is a pretty forceful inversion for a very common ride--my vision got kind of grainy and purple, something I used to experience from just standing up too quickly when I was a kid. Then I started paying more attention and realized that I can see some subtle hints of it even on, say, Eurofighter vertical loops.

[@CancelHappiness]

@@MattMcIrvin maybe I'm just not paying attention. Thanks for the answer

[@CancelHappiness]

@@Marty_NZ that's my dream coaster. I can't wait to ride that one. I'm might skip graying out and go straight to passing out! Lol