We Rode Six Flags Great Escape's Newest Roller Coaster in the POURING RAIN! Bobcat Vlog 2024

We ventured out to upstate New York to experience the all new family wooden coaster at Six Flags Great Escape, but mother nature didn't make it easy for us! Join us as we ride all the major attractions at the park, including Bobcat, in the pouring rain! It was certainly a memorable visit to say the least...
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[@stephenalarcon3669]

We used to drive 3 hours from Montreal and ride Comet just so we didn't have to go to Laronde lol.

[@FryGuy909]

fun fact: the cloned stuntpilot layout would fit in steamin demons plot with room to spare. Definitely want a raptor there. Either that or a premier launch coaster like icebreaker

[@Bfyobrian12]

That engineer Korey is also in a Wired segment about rollercoasters that came out at the exact same time as this video and popped up on my home feed? What a weird coincidence lol

[@CoasterStudios]

love that!

[@natekenny7106]

I can't believe Bobcat is Six Flags Great Escape's first ground up, original roller coaster in * checks notes * ... ever.

[@SebsAdventures]

Coasters cool and all but TAYLOR HAS A BEARD????

[@CoasterStudios]

not much of a beard lol I'd just call it a little scruff

[@Zergei]

​@@CoasterStudiosGive it a try man, I think it could suit you!

[@WillsThrills34]

lol

[@Heifer2997]

If that’s a beard, I’m the King of England

[@CancelHappiness]

Where?

[@sverreHM16]

Bobcat looks great! Awesome addition for the park

[@ImConfused37]

A roller coaster you can laugh and scream on is always a fun ride but not Steamin' Demon

[@alexisleblancdussault9434]

I love Gabriel's laughter at the end of Steamin' Demon. So contagious 😂

[@CoasterMonkeyStudios]

I mean…. It was OK! 😂😂 JUST KIDDING! Loved Bobcat, and that park!!!

[@rabooey]

I wonder why everything, not just the rides, is painted red and orange. Weird. I do however know why the food prices are insane. It's because Six Flags sucks. Never again.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

My first ride on Bobcat was in the rain on Monday. I was able to go back a few days later and had a great time. Such a charming park, and I got to ride Bobcat and Comet as much as I wanted.

[@mitchel4361]

I rode iron gwazi today and cheetah hunt today..those were the only rides I did today...In my opinion..I chose the best two rides in the park.....

[@MichaelDery-z7h]

Sarah, I felt every bit of pain you were feeling as I watched you riding Steamin' Demon.

[@Banner16]

16:36 definitely looks like an improvement from those garlic knots from last time.

[@chadappell2447]

Amazing footage!

[@benjaminmosier9692]

I know this is unrelated, but a kids arm just broke on power tower at Valleyfair like an hour ago. Thought yall should know.

[@Patexer]

Probably did something stupid

[@COASTER_CHASER_1]

A mirror clone of Jersey Devil would look fantastic at the front of the park.

[@simonpeschke6842]

W star wars reference

[@COASTER_CHASER_1]

My understanding is when they relocated Canyon Blaster parts of it were damaged from sitting in storage and I believe Morgan came In and filled the gaps. If you look there are actually 2 different spines as well.

[@CoasterStudios]

interesting!

[@MrCrash-hz8xy]

I can't tell you how many times I've watched the part where y'all rode steamin demon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 SO HILARIOUS!!!! i cannot stop laughing

[@jgriff22]

I rode Canyon Blaster when it was at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee as Rockin’ Roller Coaster (1994 & 1995 - closed with the park in 1997). Sad to see how it looks now with the half repaint and heard on other roller coaster vlogs that it hasn’t aged well but I LOVED it as Rockin’ Roller Coaster and have very fond memories of it. In 1894, it was my favorite coaster at Opryland and second favorite coaster in Opryland in 1995 (favorite became Hangman...which relocated to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom... very sad to hear that one aged very badly). Hoping that the Great Escape will finish repainting Canyon Blaster soon. Great Escape looks like a very cute park. Comet and Bobcat look like great wooden coasters!

[@Lutgerion]

You guys have such great energy! Feels like we're there hanging out with you all too. I'm visiting Six Flags Great Adventure from Sweden for the first time on the 29th, hoping for a small crowd and great rides!

[@blamm5348]

Glad you enjoyed Bobcat. It was fun getting this one together.

[@Bushwackerinpa]

a raptor where Steaming Demon is and WIld Moose where Canyon Blaster is would be epic!

[@COASTER_CHASER_1]

I’d prefer a wild moose in the nightmare building

[@FryGuy909]

​@@COASTER_CHASER_1nah, put a dark ride in there

[@conordesmond129]

Glad you liked my home park. If you go back, you should go on the log ride there, it has a cool indoor section with animatronics. Also, there is an Alice in Wonderland walkthrough that’s cool near the Screamin Eagles. Finally, Adirondack Outlaw is a lot of fun to ride and at 15:25 past that blue building there was a walkthrough with a bridge you could shake a lot while on. That walkthrough may never reopen though.

[@familycasey6230]

Gravity Group, please come to SF Great America and fix The Eagle. Bobcat looks great!

[@thatcoasterkid3135]

All you have to do on steamin’ demon is keep your head back, pressed to the back of your seat the entire time. It could be different for me because I am 5’2/5’3, but I like steamin’ demon.

[@Dalton363]

I feel bad for the kids that grew up with this home park and think all steel coasters are that rough

[@Persephonova]

It prepares you, you become immune to the roughness of almost every other coaster The only coaster I’ve been on worse than these, was Goliath at SFNE lollll

[@Valaltnyx]

This is actually so insane to see a big coaster creator at my tiny home park! Ngl I hate this park since I’m a huge thrill coaster person and this is a family park but it’s still so cool!

[@Steam1414]

I said hi to you that day as I got on comet and saw you back before at Hershey’s wildcat preview

[@EmberMcLain87]

okay who's the funny person who threw Uncle Nate into a cloning machine, and gave him a mustache combo

[@Goobstergorilla]

Like Wickerman

[@singthelongswansong]

Dear Tyler….. don’t be a “don’t touch my hair” dude

[@Demetrisadventures]

I Love how you both incorporate , fun, adventure, quality and updates in your vlogs. Your edits inspire me to want to edit more.

[@gabet3514]

I visited for my first time a few weeks ago and it is a cute little park with a not great roller coaster lineup. The Bobcat definitely helps and then there is Comet. I couldn’t really enjoy any of the others

[@ssuuss539]

Hello! I hope everything went amazing!

[@WillsThrills34]

Crazy how I went to great escape when the year before bobcat opened. 🤦‍♂️I’ll never get back there.

[@jasonsaville2262]

Welcome to Great Escape. Glad you enjoyed the Bobcat. Have you guys ever did a flight on the Dare Devil Dive?

[@FryGuy909]

glad to see my home park get some love :D bobcat and comet are in my overall top 25. Honestly a really slept on park

[@danielmkubacki]

Bobcat looks so fun!

[@thecoasterman682]

Today is my birthday!

[@brandibrumfield9121]

12:05 Sarah's face looool

[@toddmichon]

Whenever we vacationed up in Lake George as a kid, we'd get to go to Storytown, which changed to Great Escape to Six Flags GE. However, we never went to Gaslight Village which was owned by same person. Storytown was a fun time, the park wasn't that huge but lots of stuff for us to do. Of course some of it is now gone but you see remnants. Used to love going up to Ghost Town through the tunnel and it was so much more vibrant then. Steamin’ Demon came later but was a nice addition. Went on it many times and it was a pretty smooth ride. Took our family to GE last year since it had been a while since we took our kids who are adults now. My daughter and I went on it and I couldn't believe how horrible the ride feel was. Both of us whacked the side of our heads at the same location and we had serious headaches which lasted a good half hour. Don't think we'll go back, lol. After a bit, took my son to Canyon Blaster, we also noticed the weird paint decision. This ride was pretty smooth when it was first set up but this time, we hit a good jolt and our backs felt like something snapped. Once done, we looked over the track and noticed it seemed like it was two coasters, like part of the track ended and they started fresh but there was some spacing between the two. I asked an attendant about it, he said something along the line of it being set up but a second company had to come in to finish it and of course original parts weren't available and they had to fabricate stuff to blend it in. We're going up to Lake George next week, I'm tempted to go in just for the Bobcat, we'll see. Sorry for the winded post.

[@angelgirlny4256]

Great Esape is my home park. I went there a lot but my youngest is 29 now he won't go . I'm bummed I never road the Bobsled. Everyone agrees steamen demon is rough. I hope they add a new coaster in it's place but I know it's like a landmark to a lot of people.

[@adurham9647]

Guys. Cannon Blaster was the first roller coaster I ever rode back when it was at Opryland. I had no idea that ride still existed but I’m sure that’s it! I’m a Nashville area native and my parents actually met working at Opryland! So cool to see that ride pop up on the channel. Love the channel! Keep up the great work!

[@Willsolosu]

This is my home park, I’ve rode every ride so many times, glad people know this park exists

[@tripletspowers9745]

me too

[@RMCToo]

Everytime I hear Sarah, if I close my eyes......I can 'Hear' Miley Cyrus! So cool! Richard

[@BroMagnon]

I love when you guys show love to my home park. There used to be even more weird theming. When you guys were in that kids section, that weird gate looking building behind you used to be the entrance to a walkthrough attraction called jungleland where an inflatable alligator would jump out at you when you walked by it and there were weird animatronic hippos. There was a huge plastic gorilla on the roof of the entrance looking down at you as you walked in. It was playing this crappy roaring sound effect on a loop and when I was a kid id try to hide behind my Dad because it scarred the crap out of me lol.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Woodies in the rain are crazy but they are way more fun without a poncho I'd assume from my experience without one.

[@ElWaffle-ym5kn]

🔥🔥🔥

[@WillsThrills34]

I love the vibes at great escape the one time I went it was so cute.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Reminds me of Texas Stingray in the rain, absolutely hauling.

[@angelgirlny4256]

I am so embarrassed by the lack of a simple paint job. Great Escape please do better.

[@fnafboi9158]

So uh... great escape is my homepark and I remember when I was young i rode steamin demon 30 times in a row. That was in 2009 and now I can barely handle a single ride on it. Idk how my young self was able to do it but it is so painful and uncomfortable that it 100% needs to be removed

[@matthewmiller7207]

Too bad this isn't in Carowinds. Y'know, since the new Charlotte Hornets were originally named the "Bobcats?" The People You're Paying to Wear Shorts? ^^

[@SingleRiderGuy]

While watching your reactions to Steamin' Demon, I was thinking about my terrible experience on Nopuko. Then you guys talked about it and Steamin' Demon being the worst two roller coasters ever. When I heard that, I jumped with joy because I couldn't agree more about Nopuko. That ride is awful and my least favorite roller coaster ever. Glad we feel the same way.

[@anthonyb.9336]

Since Arrow started making more intense rides, the industry was focused on bigger and more intense and what coasters like Bobcat teach is that this path is misguided. These smaller family coasters are a lot of fun and great investments for parks

[@pettyd123]

I remember doing the Cupid shuffle every day in grade school 😂

[@hedgehogcoasters7239]

How would you guys rank Bobcat among the other gravity group woodies?

[@waynejkl4035]

@14:17 How did you get to ride Frankie's Mine Train without a child??

[@prutteltje1300]

Finally we see how you look like when you get up in the morning. 😂😊

[@ReelTourVideo]

I mean this with no hate, but how does a park like this survive?

[@annalawrence8264]

The best ride in great escape in my opinion is ADK outlaw.

[@heather1980]

American Triple Loop figure into your bottom list?

[@lelandmartin6840]

Please take steamin demon out.... This is my home park!

[@simonpeschke6842]

Cu Chullain vibes

[@flash-dk1cc]

I didn’t know Six Flags had a park in the UK lol

[@MorganBossert-id1gm]

I'm afraid of hights and I get sick easy

[@Irodefury325fiftytimesthisyear]

Thunder striker in the rain😀😀🙂

[@Fabi_1987]

Sarah was cute 4 years ago xD

[@The8BitNerd]

Another cat in the rain!

[@jonny-b4954]

2:31 Weird they wouldn't stagger ALL of the seams, even on vertically stacked track. That's a general huge no no in construction to have multiple seams in line like that. Even skipping over 1 board. I'm sure it's been engineered, but, still odd. Curious what screws they're using too, must be structural screws as generally, screws aren't used for framing due to poor sheer loading. They tend to just tear when a sheer force is applied. There are special structural screws though, like what's used on joist hangers nowadays. Those may just be temporary to hold it together before they put the nuts/bolts through. I'd LOVE to look through the blueprints on it.

[@michaelkucharski4251]

I did Great Escape and Darien Lake the same trip (along with other bigger parks)... And while Darien Lake has better coasters, I actually preferred Great Escape. Could just have been a good day at Great Escape and bad day at Darien Lake I have only been to both parks once.

[@VinceB00]

I think Steamin Demon would be the coaster from Opryland. It looks like Their Wabash Canonball coaster.

[@BreannaDancer26]

What day did you guys go?

[@coaster_corner]

Was comet closed?

[@kevingreen5793]

Welcome to New York the rain state! Have you ever been to New York before where it didn't rain? Seem like whenever you guys visit NY it rains.

[@davidtarantino5328]

Steamin Demon was my first steel coaster, back in 1979, when it was known as the Ragin Cajun, at Pontchartrain Beach, in New Orleans. I have never been to the Great Escape to ride it there. :(

[@mikecurley50]

Comment 100!

[@jordancaleb3419]

Great vlog! Fun fact: Sasquatch came from Six Flags: New Orleans!

[@AvZach_Yt]

when did you go?

[@PhiloRaboin]

Okay some history about canon blaster cyan on blaster sat in a field for 5 years and Morgan had to make new track because most of the track got damaged, I belive that great escape had a top 2 before bobcat with bobsleds and comet flashback is a good boomerang (with OT restraints) and comet is easily #1 in the park and it never seems slow even when it is cold and raining at opening nights rides you name it and bob cat is amazing also steamin demon is best in the back row because the first drop has a strong pop of airtime and on steam on demon hold you’re head out on the corkscrews so your shoulders get hit instead of the head I give great escape a rating of 10/10

[@cakelocer961]

Are you guys going to go to Six Flags New England soon?

[@CoasterStudios]

We probably won’t go back until their new coaster opens

[@mdf3530]

5:32 I remember when Alpine Bobsled was Rolling Thunder at Great America

[@christianortiz-v1l]

It also operated at Great Adventure from 1984-1988

[@thisrollercoasterlife498]

Regarding the pre-cut track, it only seems to be in certain areas. If you look closely, you'll still see plenty of areas of standard, layered track. I just got this credit last weekend, and I was surprised to see how little of this appeared to be pre-cut GG track. Even in the station, you can see where layered track ends and transitions into vertically stacked track.

[@thisrollercoasterlife498]

At 4:36, you can even see the standard, layered track.

[@CoasterStudios]

not all GG pre cut track is vertically stacked, but it is all pre-manufactured at their facility and then shipped on site to be placed. The vertical track is only applied in areas where the train is traveling in a straight line (aka, no banked turns). Don't worry, the whole ride feels smooth. The vertical track is there to reduce maintenance overtime and is used whenever possible.

[@BruinPhD2009]

You know it’s raining when Taylor’s hair is no longer able to defy gravity.

[@jakques]

I just went to great escape a few weeks ago and bobcat was 🔥, I also got a rain ride on comet🤩

[@paulozogamingandsirens4860]

I'm glad you guys enjoyed Great Escape.

[@tripletspowers9745]

the other side is the trubo drop it better than the lanched side

[@sadiporter2966]

the water won't kill you i promise.

[@PhiloRaboin]

(Comet is my #1 overall rollercoaster too)

[@danielward4868]

Canyon blaster looks like the big one lol

[@T0ast6000]

omg ur finaly at my home park !!!

[@jabrilow9485]

I finished this video and then was recommended "Roller Coaster Engineer Answers Roller Coaster Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED." I was not at all expecting to see Korey Kiepert in another video haha.

[@CoasterStudios]

thats hilarious. Two Korey videos in a row!!

[@bluedynamics6191]

im going there on thursday

[@mrchrisliddell]

The Palpatine jokes 😂😂

[@Samuelandersson-o4h]

quality is chef kiss

[@Stompydonut426]

The thumbnail is the best part. Taylor looks so happy. :) (You should be happy there is shorter lines that way).

[@seangearhart2494]

5:46 is this the Hersheypark Comet?

[@bluedynamics6191]

No

[@Roman-o5n1l]

Comet is still at Hersheypark