Top 10 EXTINCT Roller Coasters You've NEVER Heard of

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Join me as I delve into the world of obscure roller coasters, those hidden gems that only the most hardcore RCDB users know about. Today, we'll explore the top 10 extinct roller coasters you’ve probably never heard of-unless you’re a fellow roller coaster database enthusiast like myself. From Japan's Linear Gale to Canada's Backety Back Scenic Railway, these rides have fascinating histories and unique designs that set them apart.
Birdmen footage: • 【貴重!】 富士急ハイランド フライングコー...
BIG thanks to u/waifive on Reddit for the information on Bowls of Joy and Backety Back
Sean Flaharty's channel: / @seanflaharty
BIG thanks to lkb6.com/ for the RARE Birdmen photos
BIG thanks to David J Ellis for the Linear Gale footage: / @davidjellis
BIG thanks to Suansanook ชมรมคนรักสวนสนุก for the Saltair Reverser rendering: • How Does the Saltair's...
Music by the amazing NCTRNM
Want to help make a 3D model of Bowls of Joy? Email me at [e-mail] !
0:00 Intro
01:36 Linear Gale
03:04 Aquaflyer
05:22 Russian Mountains
07:39 Revolving Jungle Mouse
09:13 Backety-Back
10:48 Reverser
12:32 Birdmen
14:08 Space Coaster
15:24 Playground Coaster
16:24 Bowls of Joy
19:41 Outro

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

9:28 Can confirm there are NO inversions on the Backety-Back. Small graphic mistake that I didn't think was worth re-rendering over. if it said something like 1,000, then I would have re-rendered it 😅😅. It's "unlisted" because I didn't list it.

[@coltonandjen]

A ThemeParkCrazy upload is never a true upload until an error has been spotted and is corrected in the comments 😅

[@Cyber_kumo]

@@coltonandjen followed by a reupload hours later fixing the mistakes

[@alexgeorge501]

Now i wanna see your top 10 coaster types from RCT2/RCT3 "Roller Coaster Tycoon" (I remember the Reverser from the RCT too!)

[@christianortiz793]

Bowls of Joy might seriously is the best name for a ride ever lmao

[@JBravoEcho09]

Still laughing over "Bowls of Deferred Hope" lol

[@jiru331]

babe wake up new theme park crazy vid just dropped

[@steelcurtain187]

🌞

[@MiggerPlease]

@@steelcurtain187why did you say the n word but then delete it????

[@MiggerPlease]

@@steelcurtain187dude why are you getting racist?

[@JamesHenderson-hq7qw]

What

[@jiru331]

@@JamesHenderson-hq7qw what kind of fucked up shit has been going on in the replies

[@bradythomas234]

It was always amazing how even if certain coaster models dont exist anymore or never properly developed, they were most likely in the rollercoaster tycoon games.

[@MichaelRei99]

I remember the suspended wet coaster at Hershey Park. It was called Roller Soaker. Me and my son had it timed perfectly so we could get the riders completely soaked! Was sad when they removed it.

[@Wicked_Fox]

Waited in line for 2 hours to get on it. Was extremely disappointed. So glad they removed it. It was the most pointless ride / idea ever

[@RavenAlchemist13]

Ah!! It was one of my fav Hersheypark rides when i was younger. I dont even step into the Boardwalk area unless its for the christmas tree walk during Candylanes. Such a waste to remove it for a derpy play area. Oh well lol

[@MichaelRei99]

@@Wicked_Fox If you thought it was going to be Sky Rush of course you’d be disappointed but it was a great ride for what it was designed to be. Too bad you weren’t able to enjoy it like everyone else.

[@Wicked_Fox]

@@MichaelRei99 it just goes in a short circle once

[@Melissa2087]

Same here. I still have pictures of it when I went on it. It was fun.

[@BubblegumPatty]

My first thought about the Bowl's of Fun coaster was "Wow that seems kinda cool, I wonder why it didn't catch on"... And immediately answered with endless mechanical failure. RIp.

[@IntaminFanGRLPowerCoasters]

All of these defunct coasters are so fascinating to hear about!

[@Cyber_kumo]

I think out of all the coasters shown, I think a modernized remake of the Bowls of Joy would be a good ride.

[@gravitythrills5414]

As a Rcdb browser, I am honestly surprised I’ve never heard of these especially the flying coaster at Fuji q highland. Thanks for another banger TPC!!

[@Goliath146]

13:42 wait so dododonpa isn’t the only coaster at Fuji a highland that broke necks?

[@strongarm_11]

I remember finding out Linear Gale existed and decided to add it to my planet coaster park as if I relocated the ride, pretty interesting addition to my park.

[@flashback0978]

John H Brown after the imminent failure of the 2 backity back roller coasters went on to purchase the Winchester Mansion in San Jose CA in 1922 after Sarah Winchester died and opened it to the public as the Winchester Mystery House, it is still owned by his family to this day

[@CrossoverPrincess]

I went Tokyo Dome City back in 2008. I didn't visit the entire park and I only rode two ride (the spinning coaster they used have and The Big O) but to know there was a roller coaster that was super obscure makes me kind of disappointed I didn't see it.

[@XXMoonXEclipseXX]

The Backedy back ride gives off switchback vibes, that ride is super fun and I love it 😎😎😎😎

[@Kimzee599]

I really hope you do a sequel to this video. Hearing about unknown coasters is incredibly interesting to me

[@Xyzillentz]

1:37 'Super Sentai' filmed at Tokyo Dome City pretty regularly. As a result of that and its American repurposing, Linear Gale actually showed up more than once in 'Power Rangers!'

[@SwitchbackSylveon]

I find it interesting how many old rollercoasters had unique and interesting features, that era was definitely one of experimentation. Also the statues outside Bowls of Joy look way too creepy

[@seankearns8303]

15:49 I absolutely LOVE Phineas and Ferb! I actually met both of them at Hollywood Studios back in December for their Christmas party, Jollywood Nights, and it was one of the most magical character interactions I've ever had!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

The revolving jungle mouse looks...interesting

[@Patrick35312]

Wow, the "Russian Mountains"-Coaster also had two switch tracks. So you could ride it with and without the looping🤯🤯🤯 Also it had NO upstop-wheels, just some metal enclosure, which is also very unique for an Coaster with Inversions😗Greate Video by the way 😄

[@Coyotek4]

Now I wanna see a video about extinct flatrides ... my memory is full of some crazy stuff that I remember seeing and, in a few cases, going on.

[@_rockseeker]

My first ever roller coaster was an Arrow Dynamics coaster called Afterburner. This was located at Fun Spot in Angola, Indiana. Literally in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by cornfields. It had a drop that went into an inversion that went up to a stop at the top of a climb. Then it just went backwards and that was it. It was the first inverted roller coaster in Indiana and I was only 6 years old when I rode it! It wasn't comfy but it definitely left a lasting impression on a young me.

[@CoasterHead]

Definitely an arrow shuttle loop

[@katashworth41]

Ah the shuttle loop, my home park has the only one left outside of the US.

[@_rockseeker]

@@CoasterHead very cool! Thank you for the information!

[@staringcorgi6475]

Any thing useful of it was brought to Oklahoma which has another shuttle loop

[@CoasterHead]

@@katashworth41there are two, sidewinder (elitch gardens) and diamondback at frontier city.

[@CharlieFarrow07]

These rides are fascinating to learn about! I do wish more information existed so we can learn more about them. Nice video!

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned!

[@dreamerdaisy8312]

Seeing Caripro included in the video makes me nostalgic for the "Vleermuis", which was a coaster of theirs at the Plopsaland Park in Belgium, which was removed a few years ago :C

[@StamfordBridge]

That Russian coaster looks intense.

[@Ryzohm0141]

Bowls of Joy makes the reliability of The Accelerators feel world class

[@Derangedlefty]

Great video Peter! Any plans to make more park ranking videos? I love hearing you talk about your coaster opinions!

[@dropthrill]

Wow. Rode both mentioned in #9. Crazy. Always great videos.

[@katashworth41]

I love the idea of a ride named after a critic, maybe we could get Mark Kermode The Ride with on board audio of his best rants.

[@hurricanegproductions5525]

You really have to respect how many obscure models the RCT devs put into their games

[@ritamaneata6856]

I rode the Flying Super Saturator at Carowinds. In fact, my beach towel is from the opening of the ride.

[@TheOfficialSmudgy]

Nice to know I’m not the only one who mindlessly browses RCDB

[@twitterpatted3706]

This is 1 of your best videos really enjoyable and informative keep up the good work!

[@julienicol9202]

The bowls of joy advertising on the outside of the attraction is kinda creepy and weird but ultimately makes so much sense to me for the time period it existed, it reminds me of old tin clown coin banks. I just love old advertising spectacles like that. So novel!

[@locustsun]

I am enjoying the exhibition you released today.

[@Happymali10]

The 100+ years old switchback-system sounds a bit like the systems used nowadays to change the gauge of a train's wheels while its in motion. Something (wheels, gliders) on the side lift the vehicle up so that the "main wheels" can do something funky, and then it gets dropped back down. It's actually also a bit comparable to that new donkey kong coaster with the real track and "scenery track" above it.

[@AjaxTheRoo]

Voyage Dans La Ciel is the second retheming for Birdmen. It's first retheme was to the anime Hamtaro, and was named Great Fluffy Sky Adventure.

[@user-yh6us2jk8t]

@ThemeParkCrazy you should make a video about worlds first for coasters or for the next unique coaster video you should include the coaster that was at the defunct Granada studios (now known as the crystal maze experience Manchester)

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

As someone who grew up in the Rocky Mountains, every Colorado native I know does not pronounce the t in mountain. We say it like you. If we say it that way, you can too.

[@luka_drums]

“Bowls of Joy” sounds like “Bowels of Joy” which also sounds like something that would happen after you eat a bean burrito from Taco Bell 😂

[@mizu_the_floatzel]

As soon as I heard Crystal Beach I was like wow bit of Canadian history right here from my neck of the woods.

[@Colaholiker]

Finally, an American coaster youtuber who doesn't pronounce "Volare" like "vol-air", but much closer to the Italian pronunciation. 😍

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

I'm 1/4 Itallian on my dad's side, so I grew up listening to Dean Martin in Itallian restaurants.

[@ophiacodon0787]

Am I the only one who sees the resemblance of the Space Coaster to that air powered waterslide at Aquamagis Plettenberg? My reaction to seeing it in the thumbnail was " Oh my god, an air powered rollercoaster."

[@hockeyfreakofnature]

The Space Coaster (Space Orbiter) reminds me of the Running Man.

[@AlexVampyrVA]

It's a shame these rides are extinct, I would've loved to ride them, especially the Revolving Mouse, I feel like it would do a number on my stomach though 😂

[@eirinoshrinestudio8098]

Revolving jungle mouse sound like a banger idea ngl

[@sharknadoman1015]

Finally, a Phineas and Ferb reference (Favorite cartoon IMO). Thank you!

[@KefRatchet]

It's always nice that my little country (belgium) is named in your videos. Keep up the great work on your videos ☺

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Thanks! 😃

[@benshepherd6007]

Another quality vid for the night shift club, how are you doing mate?

[@scruppydoo]

Bowls of joy sounds like a really fun concept. It would have been cool to see it in action.

[@user-yh6us2jk8t]

Gees Russian mountains looks really fast one imagine riding that for the first time

[@Deebofreebo]

Wild, I definitely rode the Aquaflyer. Cool to see it on the list.

[@brybryguy6314]

I have Linear Gale as a credit! I was a teen at the time when i went to Japan. It was interesting for sure. For me what it made it fun was simply location. The park is smack in the city and its tight location surrounded by buildings the and city made it fun

[@kcezl]

Theme Park Crazy, you are my spirit animal. i love your content.

[@jeroen0011]

Again a mention of Belgium, but this time u are actualy teaching teaching me something about my own country 😅, great job Peter, always a good time when u upload a new vid 🎉

[@petenov]

Fascinating! Thanks for the vid!

[@EKGaming248]

I say mountain the same way you say it😂 love your vids!

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

12:49 That was actually much closer than you give yourself credit for. The only major thing I noticed is that "dans" is pronounced closer to "don" than "dan"

[@PeppermintMoose]

I've started following your channel...more because I love hearing people talk about their passions than I personally fixate on roller coasters. But I'm a NEOhio native, so I'm wondering if you've ever considered covering Geauga Lake. I'm sure some of the defunct coasters have come up, but I don't think I've noticed them in your videos. But, I'd love it if you ever looked into it...Geauga Lake is an early heartbreak from my life. (Note: I did comment on the extinct roller coaster video with purpose.)

[@ericallison3549]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Virginia reel in this video. Definitely one of the more obscure coasters I’ve run across.

[@coasterjim]

Maybe for the patreon tiers it should be Hyper tier, Giga tier and Strata tier.

[@flashback0978]

thinking about it I am having a hard time calling Backety-Back a shuttle coaster, It never really traverses the same sections of track in both directions - The reversing section puts me more to mind more of Ultra Twister which is not considered to be a shuttle coaster -

[@bezoticallyyours83]

The reverser sounds neat

[@BleachFan9891]

Always a good day when Theme Park Crazy posts

[@adiemuller5422]

I like this format of video!

[@alexmauney9705]

I remember passing by Hydro Fighter 2 all the time during trips wondering what it was. Really wish there was more documented history for W&W Greensboro. They also supposedly had a wooden coaster in storage.

[@iamdigbick4675]

Have you ever thought about revisiting some of your oldest videos? Things in the coaster community are a lot different they were five years ago.

[@kathleenluiz7316]

Hi. That "Revolving Jungle Mouse" reminds me of the Hurricane roller coaster (aka Jet Star) at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, CA.

[@calico_memes]

Bowls of joy looks so cool yet weird, i can see why they had to close it down in days.

[@ironmania2003]

Sadly I wasn’t able to ride slippery when wet during my only visit to the hard rock theme park due to being over the height limit!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I didn’t either but I did some of the other stuff

[@elmono6299]

Here's an honorable mention: The Virgina Reel was a wooden spinning side friction roller coaster type characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zig-zagged down a flat-bottomed track. The Virginia Reels used a side friction-like track resembling a trench. Instead of big hills or banks, Virginia Reels featured many unbanked turns and switchbacks to spin their tubs as much as possible. Near the end of the ride were a few helices and a relatively steep drop into a tunnel. The tubs had inward-facing seats built around the perimeter, spun freely on their chassis as they traveled around the track. The Virginia Reel was designed by Henry Elmer Riehl, who named the ride after his daughter, Luna Virginia Riehl. The first Virginia Reel was built in 1908 at Luna Park, Coney Island, where Henry Riehl was superintendent. A similar ride around the same time, the Tickler, consisted of curved rails and posts forming a zig-zag route down an incline surface. Wheeled circular tubs freely rolled and spun down the incline, guided by the rails, and bounced about by the posts. The last Virginia Reel was the Virginia Reel at Pleasure Beach Blackpool. The modern equivalent of the Virginia Reel is the Spinning Wild Mouse. In the early 1990s, Arrow Dynamics offered a modernized "Virginia Reel" roller coaster. However, it was built with steel rather than wood. A prototype was constructed at Arrow's facility in Utah, but none were built. A total of 10 were built, none of which exist today. Although one ride, of a very similar design to the Virginia Reel survives, at Joyland in Great Yarmouth. Named "The Tyrolean Tubs" this is as near as you will ever get to one.

[@Ian44_92]

I feel like the bowls of joy would be super fun to ride. Still not sure about that name though

[@tlt935]

I'm from St. Louis and as soon as you said, "Delmar Garden..." I said, "The nursing home?" Guess I found my next rabbit hole to fall down...

[@christopherwall2121]

Seems kinda fitting for the Revolving Jungle Mouse to premier at World's Fair '70, when Gamera was one of the big draws for that fair afaik

[@HeatherLandon227]

My first roller coaster was the Hi-Speed Thrill Coaster at Knoebels. My first BIG coaster was Phoenix.

[@kaylawhipple7570]

I also hurt seeing Time Warp that many times

[@iloveappleyoutube7198]

I love your videos. I love theme parks. I love roller coasters.

[@sajk1082]

I actually have ridden both from carowinds and hard rock park . We used to love riding the one at Carowinds all summer long

[@SnowghostFilms]

I take what I said on the post back on my ability to help on Bowls Of Joy. I reckon I can make a functional marble run version of that ride, though I think it’s gonna be a long long time before I finish it. Because first, I’m gonna have to learn how to use Fusion 360 instead of Tinkercad

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

That would be so freaking cool!

[@katiestoker8391]

I actually knew about the jungle mouse. It was featured in a video I watched on lost and abandoned theme parks.

[@HockeyGUY66871]

I actually did know about the reverser coaster. I saw it in a video somewhere awhile back and did some googling on it, pretty cool concept especially for that time period. Sucks that there isnt one out there today. Also kinda surprising nobody has tried it since the 1900s

[@coasterdad]

Just to let you know Rick Somerset took the pictures but my father and I took video of space coaster at saltair outside of salt lake City. I finally obtained the video from my mother and it did get transferred to VHS and I am in the process of digitizing it to DVD. And yes I did get to ride it along with Rick Somerset who was traveling with us. So for the salt air space coaster there is video including POV.

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Awesome! I'm very excited to see it when it's digitized! How was the ride? I would love to feature it in a video about Lost Media coasters (with full credit to you of course).

[@ashham2784]

I may not have Patreon money, but I will "engage" to help in the slightest!! Love your stuff!

[@edwardcullen7234]

My dog loved this video

[@thelastdropoflimes1961]

Love your videos! I think you say moutian just fine 🤣

[@singthelongswansong]

Hold up. No Richard Bannister quote?

[@robcochran5282]

Peter. This would be so fricking funny. Put up a failed coasters video for a ride that didn't fail and is still open. Do it as a prank to trick us viewers.

[@Michael-ml6lu]

A friend of mine is from Jersey and pronounces it "MOUNt-enns" with a near-silent "t" also...It's an eastern US thing" (PA too)😊

[@penguinresearcher5236]

I'm from eastern PA and I never realized I've been guilty of this my whole life 😳

[@MrPengler]

Yay new vid!

[@navyplumberboy8274]

I need to get out to busch gardens here in Virginia. They give active duty free tickets for 2 people once every year. But I'm sleeping on it. Thanks for the reminder.

[@georgeolaroiu3807]

I like this video!!

[@Hunterproductions369]

There are a few coasters in the UK that hardly anyone remembers like the Alton mouse Beastie and thunder looper

[@Bmcd3565]

The only amusement parks I’ve been to is six flags St. Louis and the one in Chicago and Busch gardens in Florida I needa go back to amusement parks I love em 🔥

[@suprex11-cr2wr]

YOU COULD DO A VIDEO ON THE TOP 10 OPERATING ROLLER COASTERS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF

[@svis6888]

Yoohoo a new video !!!

[@willthedog11-official]

Sniffa Love your vids btw

[@user-wy6fp8fm2o]

only heard of linear gale

[@adventurekitty101]

I should open up my old Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 game and see if the Reverser is in the coaster options. As a young teenager I never really touched any of the other coasters other than the corkscrew, and the basic wooden coaster, mainly because I didn’t really understand the in game physics for making a balanced coaster statistics wide.(Still don’t)

[@DrasticFox2004]

Bookmark: 11:00

[@newbiegamelover4767]

Sure wish that the playground coaster had been kept around. Imagine how today's playgrounds would've looked if the roller coaster concept had been more than just a one time thing!