The Most INTENSE Roller Coaster on Earth - What Happened?

#zonga
Peter tells the story of a traveling coaster that entered with a bang and will likely leave with a whimper.
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[@stellaVista]

I rode it in it´s first year of operation, when there was only lapbars and a flimsy leather-strap that you were supposed to fling over your upper body. The first drop was like falling out of an airplane and the fourth inversion was just BRUTAL, as your head was simultaneously whipped down to the extreme force as you crashed into the loop, and then you were yanked sideways rather vieolently during the very twisted inversion that was more like a corkscrew. This inversion was at least modified once or even twice during the first years the ride was operating on the fair circuit.

[@cringer8107]

wusste nichtmal was von der exsistenz von dem ding :O , wie gern hätt ichs getestet

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

me too - I rode it once in 1986 when it was still painted all red. It left me with a weird feeling in my neck. It was the first looping coaster I rode and a big test of courage for me. My neck had recovered completely after a week or two, but I really think this coaster went too far with the G-forces. That summer there were news reports of people seeking medical attention due to back problems that were traced back to rides on Thriller, after which some of the track was supposedly changed - this was probably the moment when the color scheme was changed from only red to "olympia-looping"-style with different colors for each section. I also do remember the entrance to the 4th loop to be the most intense part, but the loops were all insane, there were positive Gs even at the apex of the first two loops, the second one stronger than the first. Also, the first drop felt as if the ride tried to tip you sideways out of the car. A very unexpected sensation, very "wrong".

[@jacobchavez7434]

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[@jacobchavez7434]

If. ,,**2,,,*#,

[@Ashley-vm1bd]

agree. i rode it after the shoulder restraints and it was still a nightmare. felt like my head would be ripped off

[@revimfadli4666]

2:23 I've always found Schwarzkopf's visual presentation to be part of signature style. His coasters tend to have a 'theatrical' layout where 'star' elements were placed up front, whereas other elements were placed behind, with taller elements placed further to the back, thus forming the 'stage'

[@mikethewhizz5085]

Usually those star elements are also painted a different color, and the lift hill tops out at the very back. It's a pretty good design language for portable rides really, since they dont have any natural landscape to work with; and since traveling fairs and carnivals tend to charge by the ride ticket, it makes sense to use the visuals of the coaster to convince people to take a ride.

[@mikhailjairnisbett441]

mindbender and olympia are perfect examples of this too.

[@chrispatton6500]

I rode this at Astroworld. Still one of the most intense rides I've ever ridden. Gray-outs every time.

[@theshevirgo]

Lucky as many times as I’ve been to Astroworld I NEVER saw it open

[@Good_Boy_Red]

This ride was a blast when it was open at Astroworld. I still have pictures of it when it kept getting stuck in the black loop.

[@storm14k]

Rode this at Astroworld as well and yep those loops were tight and damn near would knock you out.

[@puccipower]

Oh my god lol

[@chrispatton6500]

I know. It doesn’t look like much. But I’ve ridden every coaster at Cedar Point, including SV, and Magic Mountain was my home park for the last two years. But this ride. I swear. The loops were ridiculous.

[@PresentGenGamer]

I love how the Zonga commercial is actually showing footage from Astroworld.

[@powerstrokepuller8076]

Where else would they get footage of the ride? The commercial was to promote a new roller coaster, as in not open at that park yet

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@powerstrokepuller8076 This sort of thing goes on a lot. I remember Canobie Lake Park's advance promotion for their small (but good) Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, Untamed: since they couldn't show photos of a ride that didn't exist yet, initially, they used photos of the first drop on Saw: The Ride at Thorpe Park in the UK, a much larger Euro-Fighter with different theming.

[@consuminginternalorgans]

The same way they used sfmm footage to promote six flags Qiddiya

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I noticed that!

[@mikethewhizz5085]

Idk, the winnie the pooh meet n greet at Florida's disneyworld was really intense. I rode it when I was three and kept trying to run away before the picture but Tigger kept grabbing my child leash

[@jonahneuwirth6401]

what am i reading

[@Karsow2054]

@@jonahneuwirth6401 I have no idea

[@mikethewhizz5085]

The only time I've ridden something like that since then was when I got a back row ride on Steel Vengeance this year

[@vincentjenei]

XDXDXDXD

[@mikethewhizz5085]

@@jonahneuwirth6401 it's a reference to TPC's shocking coaster april fools video. The child leash thing is a true story tho

[@Naiobia]

The layout reminds me of that 1 coaster that was designed that could literally kill people if they went on it Or as many word it, "designed to kill you"

[@gamerluke1205]

I the first to reply

[@YoutubeUser-nx5wu]

That was my first thought as well!

[@Chris-mc2dt]

If you’re talking about the Euthanasia Coaster, “designed to kill you” may be more accurate. As the name implies, killing the riders was the entire point of the coaster.

[@cb-np9oe]

I was able to track down the original Taz’s Texas Tornado sign from Astroworld a few years ago. It’s in fantastic condition! The guy I bought it from still has tons of Astroworld memorabilia (a few of the AstroWay cable cars, the Mayan Mindbender sign, the giant wooden water wheel that was by Gunslinger, etc).

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Do you have a photo if it? I'd live to see it. Feel free to send it to [e-mail]

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I wanna buy stuff from that guy!

[@meg31585]

That's so cool! I loved Astroworld so much. Started going in '89, and multiple times every year...until the last fright fest they had in 2005 😥 Many fond memories. I'll never forget The Viper being my first rollercoaster! I remember when this coaster opened up as Taz Tornado, and I loved it! Every loop we'd go through, my restraint would always click down tighter from the forces of the coaster LOL other than that, I always enjoyed it when it was open. RIP Astroworld

[@andrewschannel4259]

Looping Roller Coaster 1 looks too intense for me!

[@markdebruyn1212]

Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 & 2 😂😂😂 I still play RCT 2 from time to time

[@Problempossum11]

This comment killed me

[@sarahlauer4397]

Damn I miss that game 😭

[@boltgaming248]

i want to get off looping coaster 1

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

PLEASE NOTE: This video was NOT sponsored by Burger King.

[@Coolharry64]

LMAOOOOOO 😂

[@svis6888]

Yea bcz it's not good to not fit in coaster trains

[@RowdyB51]

*eats Burger King in front of the screen*

[@uzi_the_drone]

They don't have spicy goodness to eat like a boss

[@mocha_.]

Burger Coaster

[@TsunamiCoaster]

I think Mexico will become a Schwarzkopf cemetery... :( #SaveTsunami -> Isla San Marcos #SaveQuimera -> La Feria de Chapultepec #SaveCascabel -> La Feria de Chapultepec #SaveTornado -> Selva Mágica #SaveAnySchwarzkopfCoaster

[@plasmagd3223]

Save bullet

[@JorgeBCanchola]

at least Bullet is still running

[@haze_productions9715]

@@JorgeBCanchola And last I heard, running surprisingly well.

[@desireesantillan3118]

Actually the Quimera and Cascabel aren’t operating anymore because an accident occurred last year in Quimera, two people lost their lives and now the government is dismantling the park. I’m saying it cause I’m from Mexico

[@mikethewhizz5085]

Isnt like one of the last Speedracers (besides the Whizzer) in Mexico too? Or was it somewhere else I forgot

[@fundhund62]

Nice to see good old "Thriller" getting some love. I rode it a zillion times back in the day, and never got any problems. The combination of that amazing first drop with the vertical loops was insane, and the first drop in particular (in the last train!) remains one of my fondest coaster memories to this very day! To be actually honest, I have never experienced anything quite like it again. Not even Expedition Geforce comes close. I think they should at least resurrect that (original!) drop alongside the pre-drop section and the first loop, and then maybe build something new from there.

[@jonahneuwirth6401]

This looks like something my roller coaster design class would build with no knowledge of how to use nolimits

[@plazasta]

Jonah Neuwirth you have a roller coaster design class? Those are a thing?

[@madelinegarber7860]

I don’t blame fairs for keeping the back car closed sometimes. Back row on this sounds brutal! I’ve never experienced more than 5 Gs and that was uncomfortable. This looks like it was a whole other level.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Mt. Olympus removed there back cart on Cyclops so, makes sense.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Moonsault Scramble.

[@stevenschiro1838]

X2 is 4 1/2 Gs at the bottom of the first drop, it's insane to think this was a lot more. Zonga was without a doubt the worst ride I've ever been on

[@skstonesmith]

I love how you compare coasters to food lol! It makes them relatable and more understandable!

[@mikethewhizz5085]

My high school chemistry teacher made a lot of food analogies because he was a foodie and food is a language everyone can understand

[@uwu-jv2jn]

found the american

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

IKR?!

[@AmusementLabs]

I can't believe I didn't get a chance to experience this during it's short stint at Marine World. 😭

[@AmusementLabs]

@eabstergaming - roblox you're thinking of Marine land. I was referring to Marine World as in the one in Vallejo.

[@FNicholas2000]

I forgot it Discovery Kingdom was called Marine world. I rode it with my dad and uncle. It was so rough, it gave my uncle a bruise on his waist.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I know, it came to the park a couple years after I went there and was taken out so quickly. Shame

[@AmusementLabs]

@@AirtimeThrills I know Alan has said he's opposed to loops, but maybe RMC could revive such a design. I mean think about that: a traveling Schwarzkopf style RMC Raptor. That would make bank at a fair.

[@shadowprince4482]

I went there one time and wanted to ride it so badly but it was broken down. Damn my luck!

[@tazerface3468]

My dad worked at six flags at the time of zonga He was a engineer he told me about people that tested including my dad everyone had a bloody nose or broken and people passed out

[@cynicanal111]

I got to ride this while it was at Astroworld, on its opening day there... it was absolutely bonkers. That first drop and spiraled double-loop is the single most intense element I've ever encounted on any coaster. It actually managed to hurt my neck, was sore for about a week afterwards... still rode it five times that day, there was absolutely nothing else like it.

[@maxhagenauer24]

I just love how these sworcsdof (how ever you spell it) coasters are so intense. The terns are so tight and the vertical loops are so circular that it can lead you to gray out or black out. Amazing rides imo.

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Anton Schwarzkopf was a legend. Roller coasters wouldn't be the same without him.

[@Tamwyn107]

Theme Park Crazy u got a relay good pronunciation of Schwarzkopf! :) I appreciate that.

[@Tamwyn107]

I am honestly not sure, if u are making a joke or if u being serious... 🙈 On the one hand ur last name is german, but on the other hand Marc zuckerberg, whoopie Goldberg also have german names, but aren’t german... But just for the protocol: Schwarz means black in german and Kopf means head, so it means blackhead...

[@Colaholiker]

​@@Tamwyn107 I agree, but he butchered the name "Bruch". But in all fairness, that "ch" is extremely hard to pronounce for English native speakers. (compare it to trying to get a stuck breadcrumb out of your throat) ;-)

[@michaeltaylor1603]

You ain't kidding! It was at my beloved AstroWorld. The ride was bad arrrse!!!! Yep! the Houston weather (played havoc) with it. Much more tame temps. in Germany. Northern, CA can get high temps too. It should have never left Germany (But, did get privilege to ride a legend!) Side note. As a themed park, AstroWorld operated 3 of Anton's coasters. Greezed Lightnin' (Shuttle loop type 2) & Viper (Looping Star) also relocated from Six Flags St. Louis. Tornado + Viper were close to each other in the park. The latter 2 coasters were there until 2005. One last note: (One windy weekday, the aircraft beacon light) from the Astro Needle broke off, fell over 300 feet and plunged through the roof of the computer room 4 Tornado! So glad it didn't happen when the park was open.

[@heysawbones]

I got into Schwarzkopf after learning that AstroWorld had so many of his coasters. I miss Greezed Lightnin' too.

[@geforced88]

I got the chance to ride this as Zonga. From what I remember, it was still pretty intense even with those modifications added. The loops were so oddly shaped.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I rode it as Zonga too! That SFDK trip was so great - I got to see a wallaby for the first time ever (not sure if this were at Marine World or some other zoo), ride the coasters, almost fall out on Hammerhead Shark, yeah it was a good time.

[@djvxn1]

I totally LOVED it as Texas Tornado at Six Flags Astroworld. Rode it 5 times in one day not long before they pulled it. It was such a rush of amazing!

[@F0und_F00t4g3]

Watching this while I build a roller coaster

[@Coolharry64]

Maybe in Rollercoaster Tycoon.

[@xcoasterenthusiast]

Planet Coaster?

[@joshytclaps1817]

Planet coaster

[@kamildouglas]

Same here while at work

[@lamardavis4653]

Me too at six flags

[@ToaOfFusion]

"The best way to compare the ride is the Burger King's defunct Shake-em-up Fries." I love how you did this after the Six Flags commercial mentioned a ticket discount through a coupon at Burger King

[@DoswarePictures]

Maybe that’s why he used that version of commercial instead of the other version that had a tie in from Carl’s Jr. instead.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I ate both during my stay at NoCal, got the coupon at both. I rode Zonga many times during that trip.

[@lsky4446]

I rode this at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo CA. back in 2003 while on tour. It was called ZONGA then! I remember loving the colors of the tracks! AWESOME RIDE yet definitely rough too!!!✊

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Me too! I was on tour with me and my parents' bucket list to visit every Six Flags park! Zonga reminded me of Swayzak from Toonami.

[@Sidravel23]

Zonga was the worst roller coaster that I have ever been on. I am 6'4 and the coaster trains only really fit someone under 5'8. My knees were jammed under my chin, and the ride gave out real whiplash. The first drop was like a drop tower without brakes. You slammed into your seat at the bottom of the hill. Brutal!

[@TheFett007]

I rode this when it was "Taz's Texas Tornado." I rode it twice, and only twice, for two reasons: First, as the video states, it was often closed for maintenance. Second, the shoulder restraints on the original trains were godawful. I was and am rather tall, and the hard restraints would cut into my shoulders every inversion. Since the ride already had strong G-forces, it was all the worse, literal torture on my shoulders and spine. I also want to point out that Astroworld got this coaster-- a prefab design from a defunct company-- around the time other Six Flags parks were getting rides like "Bizarro" by B&M at Great Adventure, or Superman: The Escape by Intamin at Magic Mountain, or "Raging Bull" by B&M at Great America, not to mention all the B&M "Batman" inverts at the other parks. Despite being located smack dab in the middle of a huge urban area, Astroworld was always an afterthought to Six Flags.

[@RY30DM]

I visited Astroworld in '02 with a bunch of other enthusiasts and it killed us having to pass the coaster over and over again since it was closed. Astroworld was a small park, so it was almost always in view. I've got to say the current most intense coaster on earth has got to be Skyrush at Hersheypark in the last row. I've ridden Skyrush so many times, and I've never gotten comfortable with it. I'm a nervous wreck every time Lol. Recently this summer, a ride op actually left space between me and the lap bar, and I didn't raise my voice to have him push it down. That was one of the craziest rides ever.

[@kyuuteevee]

However many records this broke, I’m sure we all know the one that stands out the most... The number of times it was renamed.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I prefer the name Zonga. Sounds alien.

[@singlerailindustries1763]

The Yellow Loop ( After Premier Rides ) Looks Like An Finnish Loop

[@roman_is_gone]

Unus or Annus?

[@cube_control]

Unus Annus much?

[@ATalkingBadger]

"An Finnish"?

[@singlerailindustries1763]

@@ATalkingBadger Yeah. That's Basically An Vertical Loop But The Upside Down Section Is A Bit Strechet Out.

[@ScrewyLoops]

Awesome video! I've always been fascinated by this coaster so it's great to see a video like this on it 🙂👍

[@Svepo38]

Numerous german showmen wanted to buy the coaster and was considered a bottomless pit. I was told: - complete overhaul of the lift drive - change back the track changes - new Static calculation - new Baubuch - new Trains - new electric - new decoration - retracking in some parts One showmen told me a manufacturer said it would be cheaper to build it new.

[@MrCatball1]

I find it funny how they moved thriller/texas tornado/zonga to northern california to escape the texas heat. I live there, and the weather regularly goes over 100 F in the summer! (~38 C)

[@RY30DM]

When we landed in Houston, they had set the lowest temperature for May, and the weeklong trip maintained that decency until we arrived at Sea World in San Antonio on the last day. It was so hot, I had to take my shirt off. I also ducked into the gift shop for a bit to have some air conditioning. Maryland, where I live, can get ridiculously hot, and in fact I suffered from heat stroke one day this summer working in construction. But, San Antonio was a whole other level of hot.

[@jtothero69]

Ahh The Texas Tornado at Astroworld. That was was intense, glad I got to ride it several times. It was always shut down though. And then they got rid of it.

[@ManaTeal47]

I rode this when it was at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga. As mentioned in the video, if the coaster sat in the sun for too long it was prone to breakdowns, and Six Flags Marine World/Discovery Kingdom, despite knowing this, put it in an empty lot next to Medusa with zero to no shade. It goes without saying its time at the two NA Six Flags parks did a number on the ride and by the time I rode it, it was incredibly rough. The transitions between the inversions were particularly bad.

[@HumanStateOfEmergency]

You cant put any coaster at SFDK under unless you enclose it so it was a lose lose no matter where they put it.

[@mikethewhizz5085]

"Texas is too hot, California will be WAYY better!" -Six Flags, allegedly

[@ManaTeal47]

@@HumanStateOfEmergency The issue with Zonga was that its location was downright awful. It was tucked away in a dead-end next to Roar and a long walk away from Medusa. In fact, at the time, I knew of plenty of people who would walk to Medusa and not realized they had passed Zonga.

[@HumanStateOfEmergency]

@@ManaTeal47 and not that area is the hotspot lol. I'm waiting for them to announce the retirement of Kong.

[@ManaTeal47]

@@HumanStateOfEmergency Oh yeah, you mean the concussion machine. When I was on Medusa, the dispatch welcomed us back in the best way possible: "Welcome back everyone, have fun with great rides like The Joker or bad rides like Kong."

[@anthonycullever7578]

Me being from Houston, Tx I loved riding it, and yes the loops were very intense especially the forth with the way it was shaped they were some hard G's on the ride. We miss it a lot and were very upset when they got rid of it.

[@bbbbbb111]

Very sad story. The Schwarzkopf Coasters are all very good and this coaster was a masterpiece. Surely not for everyone but a must for every coaster enthusiast. It is a pity that the later modifications prevent a new registration in Germany. I am often in Skyline Park and would have been very happy if this coaster would be rebuilt there. The park still lacks such a coaster and would have made it unique among enthusiasts.

[@plazasta]

something to note: while Thriller is probably the most intense coaster made recently, it is likely that there were more intense coasters made during the early experimental days. By example, take Flip Flap Railway, which operated from 1895 to 1902 at Sea Lion Park on Coney Island, the predecessor to Luna Park. That coaster was the very first looping coaster ever built in North America. It is also known as one of the most intense coasters ever built, if not the most intense coaster ever built. How intense was it? The 25 feet tall loop would injure riders from whiplash. I'm not sure if there are official figures, but it is said that loop would produce forces of up to 12 G!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Moonsault Scramble at Fuji-Q.

[@plazasta]

@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Moonsault Scramble is another one, but it reached 6.5G, so about the same forces as Thriller

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@plazasta Moonsault Scramble was actually my mom's favourite coaster.

[@kermisportaal6922]

Im sad, this Coaster was really close to my hometown, but i wasn’t Born at That Moment 😂😂😂

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

ZONGA!! It was the BEST RIDE EVER and my favorite out of ALL the coasters I've been on at Six Flags (not counting the Batman or Superman clones.) The name just sounded odd and alien-like, and it reminded me of Swayzak, a villain from Toonami. Zonga is going up for sale one last time. I hope SFDK buys it again and themes it to Swayzak!

[@Stagnant_Gravy]

Bit of an update for newer viewers, it was put up for sale again and got sold to a scrapping company, so it's pretty much officially gone now :(

[@nrdythugg4102]

I rode this coaster in my teenage years on a german fair in the 90s and I loved it. I admit, that I was a little bit intimidated of it and yes, the last inversion was the best and most intense part of the coaster. Right now I would prefer to ride this coaster one more time than any other coaster in the world.

[@RCMTHEii]

I rode it as Zonga at Six Flags Marine World. It definitely was rough. Your head would bang into the over the shoulder restraints if you didn't know to brace yourself. I believe they also has issues with the drive tires in the heat of the summer and it wasn't very popular due to the roughness. I enjoyed Zonga, but I thought Tony Hawk's Big Spin which went into Zonga's location later was a better fit for the park.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Zonga was a better fit due to the Swahili name, which also sounds alien, like Swayzak the computer virus from Toonami.

[@TheRealSweedie]

I rode it when it was at Grona Lund in 96. I don't remember much of the actual ride tbh, but I do remember there being a lot of bad press because people sustained some neck injuries (some pretty serious if I remember correctly) when riding it. I remember thinking I was so cool for having rode it, lol

[@Chosen1one1]

Rode this at AstroWorld, miss those days 😭

[@mikejrexec]

Me too.

[@meg31585]

Same 💔

[@copyer9088]

I didn’t because it was always closed when I went 😢

[@Mickocarbomb]

Ah, the days of the coupon. Those were good days. You could literally get into a park almost free with some coupons. Especially if you had a group and some coke lol.

[@shaynak745]

Yes! The coupons were also on the coke cans!! Those were the good days, lol

[@Iceechibi]

@@shaynak745 i remember my mom and I would get coke cans in the early-mid 2000s to go to our local Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. XD Could get into a park for less than $20 a person sometimes.

[@shaynak745]

@@Iceechibi yes! The coupons on the Coke cans were great! So odd to think of that now.

[@annikkirahko6714]

Oh I thought you meant real coke😂😂😂😂

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I used to drink Coke just so I could get coupons to SFGAdv and other SF parks.

[@AndyFox83]

It was one of the last roller coasters that Schwarzkopf built. He wanted to create new forms and show what is possible. This was his parting gift to us, so to speak. He had invented the modern looping with Werner Stengel and now this unique creation has been scrapped, it's just incredible

[@humptydumptyup]

Awesome video. Keep up the good work!

[@RydalS]

"Many consider it the most forceful loop in history" Blue lightning back yard coaster: "hold my Dr pepper!"

[@ElectriKong-]

Flip Flap Railway: Hold my beer

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@ElectriKong- YESSSS

[@guillermocruz2440]

How odd. I think I might be your only Sub from Aguascalientes, if you need any more information or any petition I can try do something

[@itscooldude167]

Yeah let's get it to the ststes

[@FortQuinn]

Watching this before theme park crazy deletes and reuploads it

[@TheNinjaDC]

There is just something endlessly amusing about the most intense roller coaster in the worlds (by Gs) being not tough enough for Texas summers😆

[@Donald38]

Answer: It got abandoned because the park didn’t want broken necks

[@leggomynihilego8253]

They’d get rid of wild mouse coasters if they were more concerned about broken necks. The turns on those things are ROUGH

[@quinlanroche342]

rode this as Zonga and it basically ended my day at the park. My neck hurt so severely I couldnt ride anything else and just asked to go home

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

I still can't believe it managed to stick around for 30+ years - it has been hurting people from day one and all attempts at "fixing it" where not getting to the point of what was really wrong with this coaster: the freaking layout itself.

[@RY30DM]

@@leggomynihilego8253 I've never had a sore neck from riding a wild mouse, and that includes Wild Mouse at Hersheypark. They run it wide open with limited braking.

[@NickyD]

@@leggomynihilego8253 wild mouses hurt your sides arent as fast or extreme

[@johnphillips3475]

The shoulder restraints were nothing to do with the forces. The clearances were very tight, and the shoulder restraints restricted riders' arm movements, stopping them being able to touch the support structure.

[@erichoss4218]

It's the most intense roller coaster built in "modern" times. This thing had nothing on the rides of the 1920's era.

[@RY30DM]

Try Skyrush in the last row and get back to me!

[@erichoss4218]

@@RY30DM Does Skyrush have a nurse at the exit like the Crystal beach cyclone did? Skyrush is the ride I most want to ride in this country that I haven't already. I'll give you that!

[@RY30DM]

@@erichoss4218 Maybe Skyrush should. One of my rides on it this summer ended with a teenage boy hyperventilating next to me!

[@CC_Reads]

@@RY30DM that thing bent my phone

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Flip Flap Railway wants to have a word with you.

[@DuecePiece]

Those headchoppers look like legit headchoppers 😳 Wow, seems like a kick ass fair ride!

[@seanjansen377]

This guy makes so many amazing videos this guy deserves at least 200k subscribers

[@ArborealTiger]

The first time I went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (or Marine World, as it was back then), I saw Zonga running, though I was way too young and afraid to ride it then. Now seeing what a complicated history the ride's had, I'm honestly just grateful that I ever saw it in person to begin with!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I rode it! I was 7!

[@RoadsideExplorers]

I can't believe there hasn't been a traveling coaster successor to Schwarzkopf rides all these years later. The US only has Pinfari and spinning wild mouse coasters while Europe has at least three traveling Schwarzkopf coasters. What happened to the demand for these to be made and bought by show operators?

[@mikethewhizz5085]

If Premier worked on it, they should move it to Beto-Carrero world and use the parts from Batman & Robin to make the ultimate defunct zombie coaster

[@DanielBlaney]

Unfortunately the parts for the chiller were sold for scrap a year or two ago and have likely been melted down by now.

[@mikethewhizz5085]

@@DanielBlaney ah. Maybe they'll be used for a new coaster lol

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@DanielBlaney Yes. _Very_ fun for me.

[@GreatLakesGirl247]

I rode this in Houston when it was at Astroworld. I hated it. It was rough and had very uncomfortable over the shoulder restraints that hurt. I only rode it once for this reason.

[@jebr5963]

I live in San Antonio and got the chance to ride this in 2000 at Astroworld. I’m glad I rode it while I had the chance!

[@theshevirgo]

This was at Astroworld my old home park but never ever did I see it open. Now I know why. Still would of loved to try it tho.

[@cls0372]

Though im not much into coasters, I think that rollercoaster would "still" be a hit attraction even "today".

[@daveotuwa5596]

Zonga existed before the park changed its name to Six Flags DISCOVERY KINGDOM.

[@leytendewitt5675]

Kong is the new Zonga at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. That ride just throws you around and is probably my least favorite ride I’ve ever been on

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

But Kong is not subtly themed to Swayzak (or Detective Kelford Mackenzie if you wanna call him that), so it's not better.

[@EDDIELANE]

This does remind me of the Mindbender in Edmonton (same company designed it). I black-out on the third loop every time.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I only got to look at it when I visited Astroworld in 2002. It looked so amazing! I really wanted to ride it, but my cousin and I were disappointed to see that it was closed.

[@dojavillager5998]

Old coaster ads are GOLD. 😂

[@Lyssaprincessa]

Wow I love episodes that feature my home park of marine world 💖 zonga was one I always wanted to ride but wasn’t ever tall (or brave) enough for before it went inactive.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I rode it. I was 7, and I was visiting from the NY metropolitan area.

[@theblackhood4812]

I remember wanting to ride Zonga as a kid. The colors and loops were so cool and when I was finally tall enough, Marine World removed it. My mother got to ride it before it closed and said it was too rough. I guess we’ll see if this coaster ever gets to ride again

[@Dalejr88rox]

I actually went to Six Flags Marine World when Zonga was there. I was too young to ride any of the large coasters but it's always stuck in my mind. The blue tracks with the different colored loops was always hella cool to me. I had no idea it was so short lived, but its cool to think that the only 2 or 3 times I've ever been was during its time there

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I went on it as Zonga. I loved it! It reminded me of Swayzak.

[@boberthuzo7766]

Amusement part always gives me this giddy feeling and has for years. I feel like a little kid again. The only other thing that can do this for me is music. You know bands like Delta Parole, that music takes me back the most.

[@robertcorbett9455]

I do love it when coasters hit records of height, speed, inversions... etc.. but i want increases of G-force. I want to do a 7 G coaster. Restrict the hell out of it... age, weight, no pregos, have to state you have no back problems, high blood pressure... etc.

[@guilhermepipoli115]

Love your videos, a lot of research about the subjects. Very informative and interesting!

[@kingsgardens751]

5:34 this scared the living daylights out of me when i watched this for the first time

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

German fair coasters are amazing

[@catgirl5297]

Hey, theme park crazy. You should try Orion. I tried it on the 2nd day it opened. It was crazy and amazing. You would love it❤️

[@mikethewhizz5085]

I tried it a few days ago. It absolutely destroyed Diamondback and I loved its sci fi Armageddon theme. I have a season pass that's valid through 2021

[@flowerblightganon5449]

It is unbelievable

[@flowerblightganon5449]

It has the speed if fury and the airtime of diamondback

[@mikethewhizz5085]

Try the Orion Frappé at Starbucks in the park too lol

[@mikethewhizz5085]

@@flowerblightganon5449 and the drop is the same height as Millennium

[@daveotuwa5596]

0:57 Why is there an Olympic logotype in the attraction? It's probably in the German city that hosted the Olympics half a century ago.

[@crooked-halo]

Great video of a fantastic, little-known coaster among enthusiasts! I edited this from what I wrote a year ago. I come on too strong, smarty-pants, and even mean/rude sometimes. I'm trying to change. I was fortunate to ride Thriller at a German fair in 1985 and also at Astroworld (I'm a Texan). I have also ridden Drier Looping (Triple Looper/Quimera) at a German fair in 85 and also rode Olympia Looping. Thriller (the coaster in this video) doesn't have quite the intensity of Drier Looping (similar to Mindbender in Edmonton, and the same coaster that'll be opening at Indiana Beach this year). Thriller was FUN in Germany but was terrible at Astroworld. Since we rode Thriller just days after Drier Looping, we were spoiled by the higher intensity of Drier. Thriller _was_ a very strong ride, though & we loved it. Olympia Looping was fun, too, but Drier Looping stands alone as one of the most intense steel roller coasters in the world. At Astroworld Thriller had accordion shoulder restraints which were painful and almost ruined the ride, but in Germany it was lap bars only in 85 but later they installed accordion restraints.

[@ryremusic]

Amazing, such a great story. Love these coaster stories.

[@Leonardo-nr5dd]

I got the chance to ride this coaster when it was operating in Aguascalientes, and I agree, it was intense.

[@ZZIRHT]

Crazy to think it was relocated that many times and was still operational....

[@MrHawkeye41]

I remember riding this on a few different trips to Marine World (now Discovery Kingdom) when I was about 14 years old. I recall loving it, but there was a lot of headbanging just like on an SLC. I also remember it opening way later in the afternoon most days. It would spend a lot of the morning hours testing just running empty trains over and over again. I'm not sure why that was.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I loved it too! It was a good kind of intense.

[@JamesTaylorMain]

The last inversion looks like a prototypical B&M style dive loop.

[@christopherwood9596]

Why must you remind me of Shake Em Up fries I want some now 😂😂

[@RY30DM]

I've never even heard of them, and I love BK.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I remember them too.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Really don't know what they expected with circular loops...

[@58333sandland1]

I remember when this stood on the parking lot outside Gröna Lund. Wanted to ride it but my mom didn't let me due to the media backlash saying many got neck problems 😔

[@TCLG6x6]

Let Mr.Beast buy it and create his own Theme Park

[@FullMetalAlchemist31]

I don't know about this one specifically, but I live in Mexico and there are 'clones' so to speak, of this coaster all over the gov fairgrounds. This coaster and the crazy mouse ones are like the only ones that show consistently.

[@christianstathopoulos715]

I remember seeing it at Marine World once when I was a kid, but never got the chance to ride it. Such a shame, as it looks really fun.

[@quinlanroche342]

It was by far the most extreme coaster I've ever ridden when it was Zonga. It destroyed my head so much worse than the SLC (Kong) in the same park to the point where I had to end my day there with intense neck pain and a headache from extreme headbanging

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@quinlanroche342 I loved it, but I also loved Viper at SFGAdv, so I guess I had a high pain tolerance.

[@johnp8131]

Looks pretty familiar. I'm sure I've been on it during the Düsseldorf Kirmes whilst stationed in Germany? Always a little doubt involved, as I'd normally had a few Altbiers before hand?

[@ilikerollercoasters4757]

I got on this coaster at astroworld. All I can say is holy crap was it a coaster. The laterals were *INSANE* and the positives were *AMAZING*. If you ask me though, I’ll tell you I think Mindbender is more forceful but that’s only because I rode this so long ago. It was a super weird coaster. Unlike any other Schwarzkopf I’ve ever ridden. Really it’s more of an unlike ANY coaster I’ve ridden. It was I N S A N E!! Never got on it after Astroworld but I bet premier messed this ride up bad. And the trains look like a headache.

[@mikejrexec]

I rode this when it was at Astroworld. Fantastic ride. My ride partner vomited right after we got off. Poor guy.

[@somethingsmart510]

I got to ride it at Astroworld a couple of times. We were all so upset when it left! Astroworld did have some great coasters. I will never forgive Six Flags for closing it down, and turning it into a parking lot! 😡😩

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Somebody needed to fit the Premier Parks execs with shock collars. They went on a massive unsustainable spree of park-buying in the late '90s and early naughties, and ran up a considerable bill doing so.

[@SevenTailedWolf72]

Enjoying rollercoasters in my bedroom during quarantine. Wish it was the real thing.

[@fabioabrantes7856]

We tried to bring it to Tivoli Park in Rio de Janeiro for 2022 season, To open it during rock in rio festival at the same year. Unfortunately it was sold out to scrap company for 175k usd. There was only 3 trains available… they took off parts from the other two to maintain the rest of them… that’s all

[@ColeYote]

Fuckin' hell, and here I thought Mindbender was the most hardcore thing Anton Schwarzkopf put his name on. You're telling em this thing pulls an entire extra G?

[@heysawbones]

this was my absolute favorite when it was at Astroworld. It didn't run all that often, but I still got a lot out of it. Nothing else came close.

[@aledandrian]

Hey Peter, I've been a big fan of your channel for over a year now, and I would like to see you do a video on the top ten most unique themes for roller coasters

[@devlinfan]

Wow, I didn’t realize I got to ride this unicorn when I visited marine world. It was hard hitting with a very cool looking design.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Same here.