Top 10 RIDICULOUS Roller Coaster RUMORS

Rumors about roller coasters come and go, but here are some of the most ridiculous and hilarious ones out there. This video provides insights into roller coaster rumors, misconceptions, and fan speculations within the amusement park industry.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Wicker Man's Launch
2:23 Mystic Timbers' Drop Track
4:01 Vekoma Hurt Arrow
5:56 Smiler's Washing Machine
7:49 Top Thrill 2's 500 ft Spike
10:12 Magnum XL-200 Sinking
11:33 RMC Son of Beast
13:51 500 ft T-Rex
15:52 Batman Kills Sweetin
17:19 Nets for Catching Trains
19:03 Comment Shoutout
20:15 Outro

[@strongarm_11]

The fact people are that dumb to think a net could catch a coaster train is downright hilarious 😂

[@melissanicole4357]

Common sense is dying out. It’s rare to find now.

[@wawawis]

That would be some high tensile strength netting needed to catch a 8,000 pound coaster train!

[@strongarm_11]

@@melissanicole4357 agreed.

[@strongarm_11]

@@wawawis yeh, I doubt that would happen.

[@carysage]

I first heard the "Magnum is sinking" rumour in 1994 from a guy I knew who worked at the park that summer.

[@Artbyhurricanyounot]

Okay but I love the idea of an RMC version of son of beast-not a remake, but more like an homage-except call it mother of beast and just make her absolutely relentless. Runs in the family 😌 Side note, to be fair, the shed on mystic Timbers is VERY anticlimactic. I, too, would be disappointed to get a glorified brake run after all that hype!

[@terg8472]

also made by rcca?

[@Artbyhurricanyounot]

@@terg8472 ah yes the totally not defunct RCCA should absolutely make an “RMC” version of son of beast… 🤣

[@HarmonyParuko]

Grandson of Beast

[@Oshamon]

As someone who’s been to Alton Towers a bunch, I’d say that the wicker man lift is the loudest in the park

[@katashworth41]

No matter how safe they are, being evacuated off a drop track isn’t fun. Thanks Thirteen.

[@williamshort3620]

Th13teens is great, did you get evact before it dropped or after the little jolt?

[@katashworth41]

@@williamshort3620 before it dropped.

[@williamshort3620]

@@katashworth41 sad times

[@grandmyotismon]

Shit happens 😂 we were next to an old lady that spent the entire ride time calling out -help I can't do this, I'm too old, help I want off 😂

[@Wdast]

How does getting evaced off a drop track even work?

[@huntzzio]

Fun fact: Theme Park Predictions spread half of these

[@cosmicle8417]

Oh my god

[@huddyr1112]

Fun fact.... That's called fun!!! that's what we're all here for my friend 😂 FOR FUN! Guessing what's coming next who's going to build what ride, how tall it is going to be what rides are the best etc etc.... This is about fun and speculation and opinions, if you need to be so serious you should definitely get a different hobby other than theme parks and roller coasters because this is all about fun, so maybe since you are so brilliant and serious you should take up calculus and Sudoku instead 💯💯💯

[@Thatonerandomguy1331]

@@huddyr1112average youtuber smartass trying to prove nothing in life

[@tribaltreegoat]

theme park predictions is the goat, rumors predicting coasters is never harmful

[@newclothes8165]

OMG I never heard the rumor about the net catching coaster trains. I fell out laughing. Growing up in the 70's and 80's we didnt have nets under coasters. So when I first saw them in the 90's.i automatically knew they were to catch loose items. I mean no other idea entered my head as to why they were there. To say they are there to catch a falling train, loaded with heavy people is beyond laughable. And you said an adult said that? Imma pray he was just trying to be funny but i doubt it. Man that rumor gave me a nice saturday night laugh. Thank you

[@G3R0George]

One time after I rode X2, the audio worked but the fire didn't. My friend Levi told me that the fire was removed, as it burned a train and melted a passenger. I thought he was serious, but then I looked it up and saw that was not true. I rode it another time and it did work so I did get to experience it!

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

Very bizarre.

[@Jlaps941]

Sounds like something my older brother would tell me just to see if I’d believe it

[@TheRealDom7nator]

I remember when I first thought those nets would catch *park guests* if they fell out of the train. Absolutely wrong. I once saw a hat fall into one of those, and then I put 2 and 2 together.

[@JoeJoyHaveLanded]

I love this. It reminds me of rumors I used to spread as a teenager in the nineties. When lines at Great Adventure were to long, my friends and I would make up rumors of people having tragic accidents on the ride we were waiting for to scare people ahead of us off the line. Now looking back it was not the right thing to do but it was effective.

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

I should realize that.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

The Rumor Weed can come up with some crazy stuff

[@CatsAreKindaCool]

Rmc of SoB would be insane but thats just a stupid idea, im sure none of the rides blueprints have survived

[@BBall0027]

About the RMC Son of Beast, I did actually make one in Planet Coaster and called it "Grandson of Beast". It's not the most original name, I know, but considering 90% of my Planet Coaster creations are named after Ratchet & Clank characters or NBA player's nicknames, it's out of my wheelhouse.

[@rossstanley3912]

What's the Planet Coaster equivalent to "Chris Paul draining a 3 cutting the lead to 42"?

[@DeeR0driguez]

@@rossstanley3912provably would be iron gwazi’s layout on a vekoma slc

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

I think the sad thing about the last entry and rumours like it is how much this can fuel media demonization of roller-coaster safety. How many times have you seen tabloids hype up the panic of guests on a train stranded in a block section? That's not to say that being stuck on a broken-down roller coaster doesn't warrant panic, but when you see headlines like "I thought the restraints were going to unlock and we were all going to fall" you do start to wonder if they're all run by killjoys and fuddy-duddies.

[@BliXXardStorm]

I almost forgot about the roller coaster train net rumor. I can’t entirely remember, but I believe I heard this at Mäch Tower when that was still around. It’s just crazy how wild human imagination can run. 😅

[@triplej755]

Not gonna lie, that edit to make mystic Timbers look like it has a backwards launch looks like quite fun!

[@unwoundsteak17]

I remember being on the 500ft trex hype train. I was dumb, but it was good times

[@BleachFan9891]

That lady clearly watched the opening to Final Destination 3 a few to many times

[@JustGettinBy1321]

That last rumor is hysterical. The Jodie Sweetin rumor cracks me up, too. My friend & I fell victim to a similar rumor in 9th or 10th grade. We heard that Mark-Paul Gosselaar of Saved by the Bell (at the time) died & were very sad about it. I think it took a few days to figure out it wasn't true since it was also pre-internet.

[@ThomasFan3751]

I understand that the Son of Beast rumor was honest mistake. I, myself, took your word on that one back then, but I'm glad that you acknowledged it. Just know that it's not your fault, and everyone is capable of making mistakes.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Can I just appreciate your PFP for a second?

[@SupermarketSweep777]

Good ol' Roller Coaster Tycoon ingenuity.

[@WickedPhase]

Since you don't want the title, I'll declare myself "The All knowing Emperor of Coaster Knowledge" 😎👍🏻

[@adiemuller5422]

Yes!

[@florida_coasters]

coaster enthusiasts when cedar fair doesnt build a 45 inversion 800ft tall launched wooden coaster with a t-bar:

[@sharknadoman1015]

That "Batman The Ride" rumor was ridiculous but it did become real in 2008. What happened was a man lost his hat while riding the coaster. He then for some idiotic reason, hop over 2 fences to try and get it back but unfortunately he wasn't fast enough and was decapitated by the train. Was the rumor just a coincidence? Who knows!

[@Studio732JRL]

Did he get his hat back though? I like to think he did.

[@christianortiz793]

I once heard a rumor that Rock N Roller Coaster would get rethemed to Muppets and I was like "no way"

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

I'd actually be totally okay with that.

[@gameslikes0grolls]

im gonna start a rumor for a new nickalodeon $5.2 billion dollar super park with a b&m strata hypercoaster model themed to dora

[@huntzzio]

@@gameslikes0grollsi’m in i’ll help you out

[@G3R0George]

@@gameslikes0grollsOh my god that would be the best thing ever.

[@JerzeyJimmy]

I mean, it'd be better than keeping the aerosmith theme. seriously, disney needs to do something about that soon.

[@TheJFish94]

Glad to see you back making videos again. The fact that you mentioned Jodie Sweetin allegedly dying on the Batman coaster at Great America is completely bonkers! I guess the person who started the rumor was probably not a fan of Full House.

[@micoasters]

11:31 that’s good, it’s my favorite coaster and I would flip if it sunk

[@damonappel]

You have admit, though: A coaster with a section designed to randomly drop from its track at a certain position and be caught by the world's strongest net would be one intensely scary ride. 😅

[@CommanderOmegaTau]

One rumor I remember was that Vortex at King's Island was sinking into the ground, because it was built on a marsh or swamp.

[@angusbarclay6281]

Recently at great adventure it started raining and I heard a lady tell her kids that the rain will cause the breaks on the coaster to fail and it would be a runaway train. The ride was running and never closed as great adventure does with most of their rides, and she was running away like her life depended on it

[@Th3Sm1ler]

The Smiler’s washing machine sounds like something Towers would genuinely do during that time

[@Billiam384]

Oh my god it’s the real smiler in real life

[@Outpost5Explorations]

RMC son of beast wouldn't be a rumor for much longer 😂 their clearing the land behind banshee right now

[@BliXXardStorm]

I literally thought about you when that entry popped up.. 😂

[@Phrenzy-Gaming]

Should be it’s Asp3ct lol on 2nd account

[@grabear9563]

I wonder if he knows that?

[@Outpost5Explorations]

@@grabear9563 probably not

[@IntaminFanGRLPowerCoasters]

When land clearing starts happening, you know what comes next... (definitely not referring to land clearing somewhere else as well😂)

[@nickhall358]

#6: People thought even crazier things than a 500ft spike. Some thought it would be even bigger than that and that they were somehow going to extend the height of the tophat. #5: Dorney Park is my local park and there was a similar rumor years ago that Steel Force's lift hill was sinking into the ground.

[@lunarus5805]

Another name for this video is “Theme park prediction’s entire KZbin channel”

[@Blake_Danger]

I just wonder what would happen if arrow didnt go bankrupt...

[@jl506zzyt8]

RMC probably wouldn't have become what we know it as today, since if arrow didn't go bankrupt Allen Schilke would still be working for arrow and he did help with creating the steel Ibox and designing the layouts of rmcs.

[@lachlanjenkin1659]

Tbh all those rumours especially the rmc son of beast made me die with laughter

[@Soonjai]

If I´m not mistaken Vekoma buying the Trains from Arrow was part of the license agreement. Plus AFAIK the Vekoma Swinging Turns model was a similar license deal for Arrow´s Suspended Coaster with the original Trains also being bought from Arrow. Plus, Vekoma was never afraid to try new things and Innovate, I mean, they struck Gold with the Boomerang Model just 5 years after their first Coaster, developed 2 Coaster models of their own within their first decade (MK-700 and MK-900) that unlike their Arrow based coasters are still very smooth and hate the SLC as much as you want, when B&M introduced the Inverted Coaster and it was a instant hit, Vekoma developed, sold and built the first SLC in under 2 years of the first B&M Invert opening. And that´s a sign of a manufacturer being capable of quickly adapting to new trends.

[@maddiesmiless]

how can people believe these things, honestly. and why do they start.. my personal favourite roller coaster is gatekeeper at cedar point, insanely underrated. love you theme park crazy!!

[@DatScharger64]

Even if that washing machine-track existed, nobody in their right mind would allow that to count for "inversion"-records.

[@dominicjannazo7144]

RMC Son of Beast is such a silly idea in retrospect, not for the popularity or timeline, but because RMC re-uses existing structure and supports. The existing structure and supports were the main problem with Son of Beast, how do you revamp a coaster by keeping the most problematic part?

[@canyounotmydude9155]

Even when I thought the “Vekoma stealing Arrow’s track design” was true, I would’ve never thought anyone would unironically believe that doing so killed Arrow. By that logic, Pepsi would’ve caused Coca-Cola to go bankrupt.

[@The_themeparkriley]

I died of laughter when you said someone thought the net on mind eraser was meant to catch trains 😂😂😂

[@petenov]

I honestly have absolutely no idea how anyone thought Cedar Point could ever fit a 500 foot tall T-Rex Single Rail! Ive been there, and there is not *nearly* enough room! Great vid btw!

[@SnowghostFilms]

We have creative minds. Carparks and hotels were common places to find ideas. Not in the park, but jutting outside like Magnum.

[@Jlaps941]

That’s what I’ve always thought. They’d have to use the parking lot as space if they even want thinking about adding something that big

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

The Most Ridiculous Rumour Is That Coasters Aren't Safe

[@Juju2weird]

exactly. coaster accidents are freaking rare u have more of a chance to get in a car accident then a rollercoaster accident

[@soupwifey]

I love The New Texas Giant. Lately, it's been more rough than usual 😕.

[@notahumanbeing6892]

bet its to do with the temperature fluctuations the last week

[@miloschulze3751]

Why would people think that Mystic Timbers, a wooden roller coaster, would have a drop track, an inversion, and a backwards launch? It’s a standard wooden coaster!

[@sharknadoman1015]

Good to see your videos again man. They really delve me into learning more sbout the world of amusement parks. Thanks Theme Park Crazy!!

[@reg1m0nz83]

I was so excited to see the washing machine element on the smiler in this video, but now i feel like i'm left with more questions than answers. where on the course would it go? pre-lift? breaks?? still seems neat though, i could totally see it fitting in with smiler's theme.

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

I should let my 11-year-old cousin Lilliana learn about amusement parks with these types of videos.

[@Colaholiker]

Two more things to add to the Vekoma/Arrow thing: One other factor contributing to Arrow's first bankruptcy was the competition with Schwarzkopf (who also suffered from that). Parks would ask one manufacturer to quote a coaster design that they wanted to build. Then they took the quote to the other manufacturer, who would give a lower quote - which they took back to the first one. Rinse and repeat until one bails out, and you get the coaster of your dreams for the lowest possible price with the manufacturer hardly making any profit. Back then, there was nobody else in the western world who would have been able to build coasters of that scale. One Heide Park's Big Loop. They had name plates on them that clearly read "Arrow-Huss", which indicates that they were purchased from what became of the original Arrow Development after going belly-up for the first time. This pretty much backs the facts that you present here. 🙂 When it comes to nets catching the trains, people who believe this are the same who believe that coaster cars explode when they derail and crash to the ground, like they do in RTC. Who cares that they are is nothing explosive to them...

[@kaylawhipple7570]

The other rumor I heard that left me going ?! was Ride of Steel leaving Darien Lake. I dont know how widespread that was though.

[@glassofwater96]

"Launch-a-holic" literally describes me

[@BliXXardStorm]

You know it’s a good day when this legend uploads another video. Keep it up, man!

[@OUTPOST5gaming]

Well you basically started an entire fandom with the Son Of Beast one

[@Calakapepe]

to be fair though .. to ppl that dont give a lot of attention to engineering or amusement parks in general. All they know is that accidents do, in fact, happen with rides.. they dont care how infrequent it is thanks to a lot of smart and cautious people. They see the Smiler, they see The Bat lose its wheel & bust the rail, they see that claw pendulum ride completely rip itself apart at the Ohio state fair.. they see the derailment at Grüna Lund.. the list goes on. Vastly safer than a lot of other things we do daily . but its not that crazy that people might worry about it happening

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

I hereby dub thee "All Knowing Emperor of Coaster Knowledge."

[@dawsonolszewski7585]

You did a great job making this video

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

RMC Son of Beast would be awesome

[@diegeckowelt5264]

My favourit rumor is smilers washingmmachine 😂

[@Peaceful.Monkey]

That is absolutely ridiculous! And I completely agree with you, those must be some strong nets.

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

Anyone else willing to admit that we believed some of these?

[@patrickfraleyjr2819]

Me

[@heyitsmaggiexxo]

the drop track one on mystic for meee

[@Clay3613]

I wanted special effects on Mystic Timbers, not a lame screen.

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

Yea some animatronics might’ve been nice to see in the pov’s

[@patrickfraleyjr2819]

@Clay3613 I agree, even a simple special effect would’ve been cool

[@adventureswithjerry]

A couple of things the whole 500 ft TT2 rumor was just stupid. Another rumor that bugs the crap out of me personally is the "BGT is getting a giga rumor" they literally have a height limit around 230 ft so unless someone is willing to donate the money to BGT to build a 70+ ft deep trench it's not happening. Another reason for the nets being placed there is any material from the brakes possibly grease or even as the brake pads wear out the debris from them could be caught by the net and not fall on guests

[@CoasterCreationTV]

No way I got in a Theme Park Crazy video😂Thanks for using my concept

[@lazykatie42069]

while Son of Beast was obviously a terrible coaster I do often wish we'd get a wooden coaster with its level of ambition but constructed by an actual good manufacturer

[@korseeth842]

Can confirm Iron Maiden concerts are crazy loud.

[@user-nu4wj5ls5e]

The Beast is the most intense roller coaster

[@AndrewASMR685]

Request: The Evolution Of Boomerang Coasters

[@ezrasocool]

the washing machine on the smiler would be awesome though

[@svis6888]

I knew the T rex wasn't going to happen. The T rex is more like a normal size roller coaster, parks would prefer having a regular but trusted coaster rather than a prototype and not so compact single rail

[@randomdailylifetexas4418]

Love your videos!!❤

[@Silent-fire1308]

Theme park crazy, I can’t tell you how much fun I have watching your vids they really calm me and I slept to some of your vids so thank you for great videos

[@Fishman930]

No way someone thought that a net would catch a coaster train😂😂

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

You get it.

[@austinshaw6269]

Man, fear makes people think/say the craziest things.

[@DaveysWonderfulWorld]

I still cannot believe that there was a rumor that rocken roller coaster at Disney world who is going to be replace with Dr. teeth and the electric mayhem from the Muppets

[@hurricanegproductions5525]

I still want to see RMC Son of Beast happen. I think they could make a really good ride out of it.

[@phantafan7965]

The thing is, the structure wasn't well built from the start and RMCs can really tear on their structure with their extreme forces, which would make that ride a nightmare to maintain.

[@florida_coasters]

with what structure 💀

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

@@phantafan7965but RMC has real engineers, so they would beef up the structure

[@nothanksguy]

​​@@Yikes_its_Psychshere's the thing, the bad structure would have prevented RMC from ever doing son of beast, that's why some coasters which are considered for RMC conversions are not converted.

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

@@nothanksguy if that was true, they wouldn't have touched Rattler at Fiesta Texas 🤷‍♂️

[@TMACOHIO]

Didn’t cedar point tease 500 ft water coaster in a Christmas video once 😂

[@triple7marc]

The Kings Island shed was such a failure of marketing. I never thought there was going to be a drop track or launch, but hyping the shed up for months just for it to be a brake run with some theming was such a bad move by the park. Literally anything they realistically could’ve put in there would’ve been a disappointment.

[@iliketrains3546]

The rumour of an RMC going to Alton towers as project horizon was pretty hilarious

[@bruceaskew2107]

Gurnee is my home park and I never heard about Jodie dying in batman 🤣

[@metleon]

In the early 2000's, I remember hearing a rumor that a train on Millennium Force rolled back into the station and killed multiple passengers. I guess whoever started that rumor didn't hear the characteristic clanking on the lift hill and thought that meant there wasn't any anti roll back device.

[@Competent-rides]

someone said that the nets for rush at Thorpe park were for catching people... hello nah bro

[@audiotomb]

I’ve been hitting the coasters in Cedar Point since the mid 70s. A number of Top Thrill Dragster runs. One time we had 4 rollbacks and 1 time barely getting over. The ride operators thought we won the lotto

[@AnntBro]

Theres 3 monsters on mystic timbers? I WENT ON 6 TIMES AND I GOT THE SNAKE ALL 6 TIMES

[@CoolExcite]

Even if the nets did somehow catch the train and hold it in place, there'd still be a several ton train on top of you

[@matthewbayman8024]

I was casually listening/watching this video until he reached number one… Oh boy! I was so caught off guard by that ridiculous rumor that I literally laughed out loud!

[@katashworth41]

Wicker Man is still fantastically good fun.

[@forcedfnf8876]

there is an ongoing rumor about Busch Gardens Tampa getting a giga coaster. Even if that could be a possibility, they are still getting a B&M family coaster in 2024. BTW, I still think that son of beast rumor is funny. 😂

[@73gr]

mystic timbers drop track lol

[@juliennizan3129]

haven’t ridden wicker man, but have definitely been to maiden concert, that lift hill must be loud as hell! makes me want to go listen to the wicker man now 😂

[@chrissy9997]

I'm glad Wickerman isn't silent. It's a fun sound.

[@samanthajones1210]

The drop track on hagrids in universal is amazing.

[@piggypig1092]

How do you even think that a roller coaster train is light enough to fall on a net and the net does not break

[@keithstransitexperiences9749]

That was a good rendering of the RMC T-Rex, though I saw the drawing of a layout on a whiteboard from 2021 that I recreated on Planet Coaster.

[@Dinnerbone_Enderman]

I love how the majority are Alton coasters that I've been on (and yes I can confirm Wicker Man chain is very loud)

[@DylanLTindall]

I’ve never really heard any of these rumors except the 500 vertical spike. And honestly, I was skeptical about it.

[@jaydenxz]

hi love your videos bro 😭

[@MarioLamRedRebel]

Us humans like to talk out of our neck, we believe everything on the internet or what we hear from friends. We love to talk 💩 and we must be a shamed.

[@heyitsmaggiexxo]

do a part 2! and do the rumor bout candads wonderland!

[@Reversetraveller]

2:09 Iron Maiden fan AND Coaster enthusiast? Good taste in music

[@roller_coaster_geek]

I absolutely was convinced by RMC SoB when that came out. I was going to KI for the first time the next year and was super disappointed when i learned that it was just cars. Looking back though, it's pretty obvious there was no chance