“Before we look into B&M, there’s one more flying coaster type to explore” Me: “hmm?” *zamperla volare shown* Me: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GET IT AWAY!”
@jamesg31265 жыл бұрын
The ginger guy in the Air advert is my PE teacher 😂
@ThemePark_Nerdo5 жыл бұрын
Can you do The Troubled History of Vekoma SLCs?
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
Yes :D
@Archman1555 жыл бұрын
@@ExpeditionThemePark I can't wait for this episode.
@Jason_Maier5 жыл бұрын
@@ExpeditionThemePark pretty much the ONLY SLC that people like is Fly - The Great Nor'Easter at Morey's Piers (New Jersey)
@matthewrobertson955 жыл бұрын
@@Jason_Maier Kumali at Flamingo Land in the UK also has a very good reputation.
@huetobi5 жыл бұрын
@@Jason_Maier It isn't the only good one I found MP Express at Moviepark Germany to be Quite enjoyable. That said there also are ones that are straight up painful like El Condor at Walli Holland.
@coasterobsessed34305 жыл бұрын
I applaud the fact that you managed to basically Rick-roll your entire audience. Well played, sir.
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
:D people just assumed!
@daynajenkin91833 жыл бұрын
Yeah you maniged to Rick roll everyone without using the iconic Rick roll meme
@N_g_er4 ай бұрын
@@daynajenkin9183I'm gay too buddy lol
@ItsGibsy3 жыл бұрын
I remember riding Manta at Sea World. Closest coaster I've ridden to something like these.
@Intimidator1155 жыл бұрын
Hey expedition theme park, can you do expedition carowinds.
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
I talk about it here! But i will do more on it in the future
@generalbacon69555 жыл бұрын
I would like a expedition phantasialand
@bruvno185 жыл бұрын
Expedition great America's, only because those r some of the most interesting parks, especially the one In Illinois
@TheApoohneicie5 жыл бұрын
The GoodApple7 Show Yes! Childhood memories!
@lacrls Жыл бұрын
I had a night ride on Nighthawk right before Carowinds closed and it was so memorable! A completely different experience diving towards the water. The loop on your back feels amazing and I wish it would go on forever with loop after loop!
@h-man13715 жыл бұрын
Carowinds: Nighthawk has 8 inversions. Me: Press x to doubt.
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@Thelightning1out Жыл бұрын
Skytrak operated from 1997-1998 and was what inspired the mini suspended flying coaster in roller coaster tycoon 1 and 2!
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc121411 ай бұрын
Of course.
@jkattack26405 жыл бұрын
Anyone: Literally anything about any flying coaster Me: TATSUUUUUUUU
I love Batwing! It's such a smooth and beautiful ride. It really does create the sensation of flying. Definitely unique among my list of credits, though I don't think I've ever been on another flying coaster.
@Mystiquemina6 ай бұрын
I rode Firehawk and Nighthawk. It is an unusual sensation and super fun. I miss Firehawk. Thank you for the information on the Flying coaster history!
@sunstartle Жыл бұрын
I rode Firehawk on one of the last days it operated. Definitely one of my favorite coasters & I was sad to see it go -- although I have had the ye olde "lying faceup in the sun for 20 minutes" Firehawk experience on multiple occasions :P I used to go to King's Island a lot with friends and I probably racked up at least thirty rides on it; RIP to a legend!
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc121410 ай бұрын
Very nice.
@urbex_coasters4 жыл бұрын
Of the flying coasters I've ridden, I definately go; 1. Manta 2. Superman clones 3. Batwing 4. Firehawk 5. Time Warp The only one I don't like is Time Warp. Batwing and Firehawk are basically interchangable but I do have a Batwing bias because I rode it during Coaster Con.
@MrJans3n5 жыл бұрын
Man, those old coaster promo videos are great.
@Dimondback9995 жыл бұрын
I really liked fire hawk. Was sad to see it closed. FH and diamondback are definitely my favorite 2 at kings island. Felt like it was pretty smooth and comfortable, and I had ridden it 4 times during my visit. My only experience on a flying but I really enjoyed it, one of my favorites.
@DoctorNumber104 жыл бұрын
I remember the borg! The lines were insane when it came out and I remember riding it in the rain. It was really hard on my stomach and not the best experience, especially when the much better Top Gun/Afterburn wasn't too far away. I never rode it again, even after it got rebranded.
@mallorymaybe6665 жыл бұрын
This video jogged my memory of the German coaster Hexenbesen! What a wild riding car system that one has. I also vote an Expedition: Carowinds video!
@theotherlauren5 жыл бұрын
Air at Alton Towers blew my mind when i was 15 and tbh Superman at Six Flags in Gurnee still got me last year lol. Not sure what it is about this type of coaster but they're really something! Enjoying your videos :-)
@craigperry37795 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to ride Steath in my freshman year of high school. I remember it being really rough but unlike anything else I had ever ridden. Great video
@shayprimrose16784 жыл бұрын
The only flying coaster I've ever been on is Tatsu at Magic Mountain and it is the single most incomparable coaster experience I've had in my life. Rode it two times, wish I had made it three.
@johnarmstrong62275 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Sam! Hoping you keep it going with the further development of these rides. Having only ridden Manta, it's interesting to see the progression.
@jamestheo60535 жыл бұрын
The only flying coaster that I have ridden is time warp at Canada’s wonderland and it felt like rocks in a blender well being inverted multiple times.
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
haha true
@kirbysuperstaruhh37694 жыл бұрын
Thats the Zamperla Volaire for you!
@TheSideswipe49835 жыл бұрын
How dare you keep us all waiting for this upload..i started to lose my insanity..brilliant once again the research you do is astounding..
@thoride_5 жыл бұрын
The top gun music at the end was subtle but good. Great video! KI is my home park and I was sad to see firehawk go. Orion is an epic successor tho. Glad to see you included it in the video. Well done!
@rpavlik14 жыл бұрын
Superman Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Great America was pretty fun. I waited way too many hours for a single short ride, but it was a lot of fun, quite memorable, and made me feel better about my coaster credentials even though I don't really like airtime/big drops.
@Madhattergirl1225 жыл бұрын
Oh! Hearing that air ride theme! God that takes me back to when it first opened although I couldn't go on it at the time XD
@Lap_Bar_Down5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed Fire Hawk! I loved waving to people on the other side of the train in the vertical loop!
@singlerider3775 жыл бұрын
Super informative. Thank you! My favorite flying coaster is Manta at Seaworld Orlando.
@shimmermilk5 жыл бұрын
omg hearing the Air music coming in the background near the end got me all goosebumps
@Zarcondeegrissom10 ай бұрын
I was thinking it was "Galactica 1978" in 8-bit midi, lol. That was a different time for sure.
@AverytheCubanAmerican5 жыл бұрын
Mr. Krabs sold SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
good price!
@jstyxx41105 жыл бұрын
What a deal!
@jonathonfreeman92335 жыл бұрын
I like this angle for checking multiple coasters of a particular trend. good choice
@extraqueen4475 жыл бұрын
I love that you start to play galactica music as you finish talking about the Flying Dutchman’s
@thedrewster04085 жыл бұрын
The 80s music in the intro reminds me of that Key & Peele skit of them being in a 80s workout dance video.
@gordonwchas5 жыл бұрын
I love Superman Ultimate Flight at 6 Flags over Georgia and rode Borg Assimilator before it got changed to Nighthawk at Carowinds. Also want to suggest again you should do a story on the Sid and Marty Krofft amusement park that was open for 6 months at CNN Center in 1976. It was billed as "the world's largest indoor amusement park". It was called the Omni International Complex when it first opened.
@jtracer045 жыл бұрын
I would absolutely love to see a video about Geauga Lake. I grew up going there all the time and I miss it still to this day.
@willflohr11225 жыл бұрын
Jay Beachy someone said it!! Thank you. Geauga was my first park. And x flight was my first upside down coaster. I was in LOVE.
@l3mmy_k5 жыл бұрын
In terms of Flying coaster, there's 4 kinds: the Messy, the longlived, the beautiful and the painfull
@blazerocker17343 жыл бұрын
I would add a fifth kind: The Underwhelming I rode the Firehawk at Kings Island twice before it was removed. I found it too slow and too short to bother with a third time.
@TheAdrianMc5 жыл бұрын
I rode on the 2nd public train on Stealth!! I lived near Great America and would watch the construction of it! They hadn't announced it yet so seeing the first flip transition was crazy!!!!
@jorisdevos50705 жыл бұрын
Ah yes a new video to make my roller coaster nerd brain happy again
@woodencoasterfan5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on a few flyers myself including Firehawk and Nighthawk. The others are Manta at SWO and Superman: Ultimate Flight at SFoG and SFGAdv. My favorite so far is Manta at SWO.
@maggiem57804 жыл бұрын
I AM SO EXCITED FOR ORION. But also rip fire hawk. Although I never got to ride near the end of its life. It was ALWAYS closed and when it wasn’t the lines were LONG!!
@nxios5 жыл бұрын
I remember riding Stealth when it first opened. It really was the best ride ever at the time. I was bummed out when they removed it for some lame water park.
@otterdccaptain92294 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. I worked at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure/Geauga Lake for 7 consecutive summers. For several of those summers I worked X-Flight. It was sad to this ride ripped down and moved, as well as seeing the park close. You should do a video on the history of this park. It was once the largest theme park in the world. It had a long and storied history. A story that should be told and shared.
@gothicdragonwarriorqueen58195 жыл бұрын
Awesome roller coaster ride!!!😊❤👍
@ienjoypaste5 жыл бұрын
I was on Stealth on opening day. Honestly... I loved it. Absolutely loved it. I was crushed when it was removed.
@Weaponized_Poutine Жыл бұрын
I was there opening day as well, I was super bummed that they removed it a few years latter.
@richarddavis49545 жыл бұрын
Another great history lesson, keep up the great work
@TexasLotteryFun5 жыл бұрын
Great footage and coverage of the history of the park once again, thank you from Texas 💪🏽❤️
@Joypyf5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!!!! 👍🏼😊
@yuxaredd5 жыл бұрын
Vekoma seems to have a habit of making something and Just banking off that until they can’t anymore. I mean, to each their own i guess.
@user-pl5ds8iz6q5 жыл бұрын
Like B&M
@SeeShaunVlog5 жыл бұрын
Stop showing me all these theme parks I now need to visit lol! Another good one!
@thebobkap2 жыл бұрын
I still remember waking to the main entrance of geauga lake and seeing the xflight on the right spiraling by walking past the mind eraser boomerang to get to the queue. Always a line. Always worth it
@VampireQueen6965 жыл бұрын
Who the hell disliked this video? Your channel is the highlight of my day!
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
not me :D
@VampireQueen6965 жыл бұрын
@@ExpeditionThemePark I hope you can do an expedition guaga lake (I hope I spelled it right) plus my favorite no longer in service coaster Rolling Thunder
@NickMadore5 жыл бұрын
There was a flying coaster in a park in Denver, too. Totally forget the name of it, but I was there around when it opened. I have a pin somewhere from the opening event.
@seb768344 жыл бұрын
14:37 Eyy it’s Taylor from Coaster Studios
@jmvsic5 жыл бұрын
If there's anything I've learned watching all your videos, it's that the promotional commercials for these parks & rides from the 80s-2000s used every absurd and over the top marketing gimmick they could into each ad. Watching those ads gave me anxiety more than they did get me excited. Nice work though, as always
@JakeLX5 жыл бұрын
I have ridden both Firehawk and I rode Borg (when it was called that). I liked that helix on Firehawk and the online twists over Borg’s corkscrews.
@tagonkillick22705 жыл бұрын
Great video mate!
@kandikidzora5 жыл бұрын
Please please do a park on Geagua Lake!! It was my home park growing up and even though it's been closed over a decade, I still think of it fondly!!
@meekyam375 жыл бұрын
Hero at flamingo land felt incredibly rough vs air/galactica
@electrohalo87985 жыл бұрын
Galactica back row is smoooooooooioth
@meekyam375 жыл бұрын
Hero was not worth the wait. Mumbo Jumbo and Kumali impressed me but seriously Alton Towers is a stretch in one day from Bristol and Flamingo I wouldn't be able to justify 😂
@godscrasher5 жыл бұрын
@@meekyam37 Alton Towers from Newcastle is another 45 minutes + onto your journey from Bristol, although expectedly if you're travelling by bus/coach/public transport it's way different, but if it's by car, it's definitely do-able. Particularly with the opening hours.
@meekyam375 жыл бұрын
@@godscrasher I'm an Alton Towers season pass holder and have been 3 times this season. I enjoy the drive for sure even found a really great wetherspoons in Stafford to stop at for dinner after close and drove back from there at half 10 before. Energy drinks may have been consumed 😂⚡
@FuchsiaMuffin5 жыл бұрын
As a smaller person I somehow loved and hated the feeling I was going to fall out! I also had an adventurous memory with this ride! RIP Firehawk! But I'm super excited for Orion!
@Tephlosion5 жыл бұрын
You gotta mention Tatsu that ride is crazy awesome!
@Robert-jz7hq4 жыл бұрын
"Its not an easy job but Vekoma is ready to -evolve beyond your imagination- take your money and try anyway"
@matthewfield29584 жыл бұрын
I would like to see an Expedition Extinct episode based on Granada Studios Tour. It has a fascinating history and Skytrak was but a small part of it.
@camerondennis78535 жыл бұрын
Great video
@ChairmanChico5 жыл бұрын
I just rode Nighthawk at Carowinds last week. The line was long but well worth it, IMO
@djc65355 жыл бұрын
Tatsu at Magic Mountain is by far my favorite. I've also been on one that looks a great deal like Hero at Canada's Wonderland back when it was called Tomb Raider. That was... not good. I think it's called Time Warp now.
@kinghazzah5 жыл бұрын
Only been on one it was X flight when Geaga lake was purchased and just so happened that was also on the day that the great Midwest and eastern seaboard black out occurred! The park was without power that day but they had generators on some of the rides and this was one of them. I loved the ride and even though Vekoma used much of the original work of Arrow I still enjoyed my ride, I think it was almost a two hour wait that day too! The other big coaster I believe was a Batman themed ride but that could be another one of your expeditions! 🤔😉😊
@austinwilliams874 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe Nighthawk was the world’s first flying coaster! It’s at my home park.
@hokyman5 жыл бұрын
I've only been on one flying coaster... B&M's Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It's still one of my most favorite rides at that park!
@nikkimeyer375 жыл бұрын
RIP Geauga Lake and X flight. I nearly fell out of that ride because those chest straps were not meant for small children. Can’t wait for your video on my former home parks. You should cover sea world along with Geauga lake
@markvolpe23055 жыл бұрын
I Rode Borg at Carowinds, they had assigned seating and they put me in the very back row of the train which then I realized I was in front of the train! I enjoyed that ride a lot.
@andyknight15 жыл бұрын
Went on Firehawk in 2010 on my first ever rollercoaster trip to the States. Was a fantastic ride, and shame it's gone.
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
i really enjoyed it
@TheSareus5 жыл бұрын
I've rode the Batwing ONCE my first trip to the park. The next four return trips it was broken down. (Trips spanded from 2008 - 2016)
@mattfahringer1485 жыл бұрын
TheSareus i never got to ride it (always wanted to) but i read on line that is was always being fixed
@letsgoOs10025 жыл бұрын
Love to wait in a line? Just go on batwing! It is always 2 hours.
@h-man13715 жыл бұрын
Same thing with Nighthawk lol.
@blazerocker17345 жыл бұрын
When I rode the Firehawk at KI the line certainly felt like it took two hours, and the ride was a waste of my time both times because it was too slow and not long enough. : (
@thisismysea5 жыл бұрын
What? Six Flags America is always empty and no lines there take more than 20 minutes. It's actually a great feature of the park.
@jg-77804 жыл бұрын
It really depends on when you go, and how early you get in line. If you come on a spring of summer weekday, and get in line before noon, you should be fine.
@tjator96545 жыл бұрын
Finally I’ve been waiting for you to feature six flags America in one. You should do wild one soon it celebrated its 100th anniversary just last year
@forzaguy12525 ай бұрын
Batwing is my favorite flying coaster currently
@SomePotato5 жыл бұрын
I'm really looking forward to Phantasialand F.L.Y.. Whatever they build, they just do it so well!
@RedHotMessResell5 жыл бұрын
I was just at Carowinds today! What timing! I just realized I’ve ridden two of the only 3 Flying Dutchman coasters out there. That’s crazy! Nighthawk and Firehawk. I kept getting those two confused and showed up at Carowinds today thinking Nighthawk was gonna be gone, but that’s firehawk in King’s Island. Oops. Lol
@HaywireRuckus5 жыл бұрын
The Air music, man... Pure nostalgia.
@jrbqto5 жыл бұрын
Rode Manta at Seaworld FL. I fell in love with the flying coaster. Wanted to go to KI for Firehawk this summer since I’ve never been, but found it was demolished... 🤷🏼♂️
@keiichimorisato985 жыл бұрын
There us still a vekoma flying dutchman at Carowinds, it js garbage, B&M made the superior flyer type.
@sheeple045 жыл бұрын
@@keiichimorisato98 That might change soon with F.L.Y...
@jbsthecoolest5 жыл бұрын
Manta at SWO is my favorite!! Mainly because of the setting
@eekedout4 жыл бұрын
I’ve got seat time on Stealth and I loved it. It will always be known as Stealth to me.
@krististarosta67365 жыл бұрын
I haven’t been on a flying coaster, but that does seem fun to ride on!
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
hope you get to try it one day!
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc12144 жыл бұрын
The Skytrak trailer is at 4:04!
@kinghazzah4 жыл бұрын
I “flew” X Flight at Geagau Lake after it merged into a Worlds of Adventure on the day of the great East Coast blackout (which did affect the East Coast as far away as New Jersey) which affected Cleveland who provided the power for the park and I’m amazed they even had any rides still open only ones that had generators! Later even move it to a closer park at Kings Island... sadly now that’s gone but it’s going to be replaced by Orion which will make all the coaster enthusiasts hopefully very happy!
@alex-_lynx46595 жыл бұрын
I would love a vid on shockwave or splash canyon! I know I ask twice but I’m inpatient!!! Pls do it 🤗🤗🤗
@GameAlicornLuna4 жыл бұрын
Living in Northeastern Ohio, I rode the X-Flight at Geauga Lake many many times. The best part was easily the loop.
@r.e.m_evie13975 жыл бұрын
I refuse to call it galactic. So air. Air is so good and I love it!
@fudeknuckles5 жыл бұрын
I got to ride the X-flight at geauga lake when it opened, good ride but the atmosphere was terrible being in the parking lot. It was also very out of place walking to the station. I rode it at KI as well and it seemed to fit better there, was sad to see it go mostly because its another part of geauga lake to die.
@mr.fruitypebbles66885 жыл бұрын
14:24 the ride came from the guaga lake then park.😂And or Ohio what.
@ohioianscoasters30955 жыл бұрын
I’m a Jedi subscribe to me And 100 mil subs so Geauga lake added a flying coaster and when they closed, the ride was moved to kings island under the name firehawk where it operated until 2018.
@markvolpe23055 жыл бұрын
@@ohioianscoasters3095 He was repeating the newscaster's botched pronunciation of the park.
@legoagent955 жыл бұрын
guhwaga lake
@robl.22014 жыл бұрын
I was an operator on X-flight its opening season at six flags WOA. It was an experience i’ll never forget if i live to be 100.
@lukefarley92215 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!!
@ExpeditionThemePark5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@imdoinglaundry5 жыл бұрын
Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain!
@jamiec44785 жыл бұрын
Thank god for B&M
@jkattack26405 жыл бұрын
Should've gotten a B&M...
@Rhythmmical5 жыл бұрын
Those horrific screams of pain from those people riding the Valore at the end...terrifying....
@JSInOrbit5 жыл бұрын
Batwing actually scared me alot. I felt like I had to use all my strength to push myself further towards the seat when flying. Second time I just let my body flop, and I liked it better, maybe best in park as it felt quite intense.
@duncaninnes39555 жыл бұрын
My home park is Canada's Wonderland and honestly Time Warp (formerly Tomb Raider) is still an amazing coster to this day!
@MadameChristie5 жыл бұрын
eh. I always feel like going to fall out of the bottom. Probably because I'm really short. Not a fan of the Zamperla. Wouldn't mind trying one of the Vekomas though.
@AmusementLabs5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Stealth's station is still standing and this year is gonna be turned into a bar.
@AmusementLabs5 жыл бұрын
@@MidwestRainstorms actually correction: it's being turned into a new building for lockers and changing rooms. They really needed it though, the old ones were nasty. But there will still be a bar (yay!) in a new building.
@sheeple045 жыл бұрын
Some people think Vekoma stole designs (with the entire Arrow track stuff especially, which most people think they stole but actually Arrow asked them to produce for the European market, and the fact that the SLC was basically the poor mans B&M Invert), but they truly were a very innovative company. Their Flying Dutchmans werent perfect at all but they definitely were super innovative. Excited so see what F.L.Y. is gonna be like, and i hope that Vekoma continues to innovate and debut new coaster models, they have been killing it lately (especially in China and Poland, hopefully the rest of Europe and the Americas also gets more Vekomas, that would be great)
@SneeuwPoesjes5 жыл бұрын
They're working on a controlled spinning coaster atm. Can't wait for that one
@sheeple045 жыл бұрын
@@SneeuwPoesjes Although thats more a special project for Disney and less a regular model, yeah im also excited for it.