Congratulations Worlds Of Fun, you just gave thousands of enthusiasts, myself included, the push to visit your park in 2023! I already bought my platinum pass for 2023, the only thing keeping me from going is the distance
@@mig4868 why did they sell great America? I took a break from coaster tube for a solid 5 years and just now kinda got back into it and didn’t even know that😭😭
@@Jared852 I heard Cedar Fair wasn't even all that interested in purchasing Great America in the first place, but the Paramount parks were a package deal. Running a park(or anything else) is very expensive in California and it already sat on valuable land. Add that to the fact that Cedar Fair has significant dept to pay off then selling the park for a significant gain was too hard to pass up.
@@mig4868 cedar fair never wanted any of the paramount parks aside from kings island but only ended up with the other four because the sale was an all or nothing deal. Wasn't valleyfair supposed to get a coaster for 23? I haven't seen or heard any news about the CF announcements other than what's been reported so far as everyone has been speculating about CGAs inverted coaster being possibly relocated there.
If you lived here in KC you’d understand. We LOVED the old Zinger. Ever since it went away we have been screaming at WoF to bring it back. My dad was so upset that he has refused to visit WoF for 20+ years. When he heard about the new coaster on the news he was open to going back for the first time when I pitched the idea. I rode the old Zinger as a kid and I can’t wait to ride the new one.
Plus Timberwolf was completely retracted by GCI (and they changed a little bit of the layout) so they have a really solid traditional GCI, the first ground up titan track GCI and an adopted GCI.
timerberwolf needs to be discontinued completely they tried to make it work and its honorable but it just does not feel comfortable and is the worst coaster in the park by far.
Kansas City is definitely starting to be one of those upcoming and expanding cities, so I’d imagine they’ll pour in so more money into it, but nothing Carowinds or kings island level
@@CoasterGaming WOF was a top park in the 80's when the Hunts owned it. It has only fallen off because Cedar Fair fails to fully invest in it........ WOF could easily beat out a number of other parks if shown love by Cedar Fair. It has a lot of unused land that could easily house 3 more coasters and 5 flat rides.........
As someone that grew up riding Great America's Whizzer, this is giving me big nostalgia vibes. The helix lift hill is obviously the biggest visual similarity, but as a kid the thing that always brought me back were those banked turns right along the grass and trees, giving this incredible feeling of speed. Might have to take a trip out to WoF in a few years.
Seems like an awesome ride. Love how they paid tribute with the spiral lift. Definitely seems like a great addition to worlds of fun which really needed a new ride
I love working at worlds of fun, i work at spinning dragons and i always here the parents say “this is the only ride they can ride” so i’m happy we will have another for the kids!
I have been going to this park my entire life. After 35 years I have some very fond memories that I will cherish forever. I remember going to dolphin shows and lazer light shows when I was a kid. I remember when Mamba was put in and when Camp Snoopy was created. In my opinion there are 2 things keeping this from being a world class park. A gigacoaster and a launch coaster. It has the room for both and plenty more.
I think this coaster will actually do wonders for Worlds of Fun. I think this coaster will be a hit amongst families and will really increase attendance and season pass sales amongst families, which will ultimately spend the most amount of money at the park. I think this could pave the way for larger investments down the road. With Kansas City being a city that is growing at a fairly quick rate, I do think it has the potential to be a better middle tier Cedar Fair park. Something more in like with CGA or KD.
I get tired of hearing Kansas City is growing, or WOF is a small market park. People obviously don't know how popular WOF was back in the 80's when the Hunts owned it......... It drew people from all over the world back then..........
@@kennethcadwell2124 yeah exactly. There’s no other parks in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado or western Missouri/Iowa. Omaha and Wichita are only a couple hours away with no other attractions like it. For midwesterners this is an easy routine drive distance for us
Les goo I moved to Kansas City in 2010 and seeing nothing big getting added in the time I lived here was kinda sad and I’m so excited they finally get some love that they deserve. Thank you Cedar Fair!
I can’t wait, I remember riding this when I was a kid!! I’m so glad they decided to put it back where it was for the most part. I would love to see them incorporate the old tunnel if at all possible.
I hope they do something like this for orient express too! Most of the rides land is still unused so it could totally happen, though as for the manufacturer, id probably go with either a modern vekoma, a mack, or a b&m. Modern Vekoma is my favorite pick
Not actually true as both the Patriot and especially the Spinning Dragons takes up the land the Orient Express sat on....... There is only a small portion of the land left. So if they put a coaster there it would have to be a pretty small one.........
@@johnmiddleton9005 no they can't as the Spinning Dragons que building sits right where the Orients return track sat........ Spinning Dragons exit path is the Orients que line path...........
@@kennethcadwell2124 you're wrong my friend they can still put the Orient there I got so much history on worlds of fun blueprints aerial views the Orient Express was supposed to be there with the spinning dragons and Patriot
@@johnmiddleton9005 no it was not and your history is completely wrong. They tore down the Orient Express in October of 2003 do to its bad matienence history, and they purchased the Spinning Dragons.......... On the same day of October 29th, 2003 when WOF announced the starting of the tear down of the Orient Express. They announced they were purchasing the new Spinning Dragons coaster to replace it......... "Replace" not have both........ It was never in the plans to have both !!! Which the Spinning Dragons was built in 2004 and opened that April........ And again the exit path of the Spinning Dragons is the old que line for the Orient Express........ Do you see the gift shop right beside the Spinning Dragons ??? The left half of it was part of the que entrance for the Orient Express........ If you go back and look at old video from the 80's. You would see that the Orient Express track was right behind that building and if you remember (if old enough). Then in the que line you walked under the track to get to the que building......... That part of the Orients track would overlap the Spinning Dragons que building.........
That's a solid, unexpected ride. I dig it. We need more spiral lifts. I wonder if the coaster drought at Dorney, Valleyfair and the poor, parched, unloved red-headed stepchild of Cedar Fair that is Michgans' Adventure will also end sometime. Like the deserts miss the rain...
I’m local, grew up in KC. I have very positive memories of riding Zambezi Zinger as a kid, so this is a huge nostalgia trip for me. We’ve been getting season passes for the last two years, and I was seriously considering dropping it. But this sold me on it and I can’t wait to take my kids on it.
1:04 Look at the gforces on that lift hill. Probably the fastest lift hill in the park, maybe the state. I have never seen a lift hill pull so many g's like this. Super excited just for this one quick, and unexpected element. Thanks for covering so I have a new found favorite lift hill lateral moment :)
I love this addition. However I would have loved to see a B and M monster like fury 325 or Orion. That’s really what the park needs; a bang of a ride that can be seen from afar. They have so much land to do so too.
Slightly underwhelmed but just excited to get a new ride at the park. Been going regularly the past couple years and this will be a great addition to the Mamba-TW-Prowler rotation I typically find myself in
Also it is going to have a tunnel in the middle of it like the old one. They are keeping the location a secret but my guess is that sharp left banking turn in the middle. It's my homepark and i'm beyond hyped after 14 long years!!
I'm excited for Zambezi, I think it's going to be a slam dunk for the park and I bet it will garner a good ROI for CF, which might mean we never see a 14 year drought again! But I'm almost just as excited about what CF said about their goals for WoF, seems like they're going to try to make the parks theming top priority. How far will they go? You know? Super stoked to find out.
I don't expect to much from Cedar Fair even if the Zambezi Zinger 2 brings in the crowds. Because Mamba did the same thing in 1998, yet Cedar Fair still gave no respect to the park.........
@@kennethcadwell2124 I totally understand that concern. And I might be a little over optimistic on this topic. But the Mamba was actually followed by other substantial investments that continued up until the Prowler was built. (They built Hurricane Falls, The Boomerang, Spinning Dragons, The Patriot, and a top-spin came and went in that time frame)
@@blakebetsworth9869 sorry but no those were not substantial investments. In order to draw in crowds a true investment would be that of introducing something unique........ Patriot, Boomerang, Spinning Dragons, and Prowler were nothing more than clones of what other parks already had for years........... The only 2 rides that were unique to the park when first opened. Was the Orient Express and the Mamba, both of which drew in big crowds......... The park was packed in the 80's do to its newness and rides offered. It fell off in 1995 after Cedar Fair purchased it.......... Cedar Fair tried to bring back that nostalgia with the unique Mamba opening in 1998. That however only lasted a couple years and then fell off again do to lack of continuous progress of the park. That and lost people do to the removal of fan favorite rides and cutting of shows enjoyed by the older crowds........ Since the Mamba only clones or used rides with already matenience issues have been added to the park.......... Talking to tons of coaster and theme park enthusiasts. They almost always say the same thing, "Why should I travel to go to WOF when I have those same rides where I live"............ This will be only the 3rd time in WOF's 50 years that it has uniqueness to it. Yet even so some are coming on here and going around trying to claim this is the same old same old wood coaster, comparing it to other wood coasters in existence.......... Even though the description says it's the first of its kind to be built ground up..........
14 years since prowler was added! And still only Partiot and Bomerang that inverters you at Worlds of Fun. And Bomerang is a head banger! Dont get me wrong I am still excited that they are adding Zambezi Zinger. And yes fills the height requirement gap. But for us Roller Coaster Ethusiasts.. Silver Dollar City has the best collection in the State of Missouri.
WoF is my home park and I'm glad to see they are adding a new coaster! ZZ was one of my fave's growing up and I was sad to see it go so this will be a nice addition to the park. It looks like it will be just as fun as Prowler. I love the low, fast twists and direction changes that follow the ground contours of Prowler and it looks like they are incorporating a lot of that into the new Zambizi Zinger.
Reporter: *So tell us, Why did you decide to build a second GCI coaster next to the original???* Mr.Krabs: *MONEY!!!* In all seriousness though, being from Omaha and over time having a diminished interest in returning to WoF, I am so excited to finally have a real legit reason to come back.
Same here as I live in Missouri but I live in the middle where WOF and Silver Dollar City are the same distance different directions from me........... Was getting ready to drop my WOF season passes and just stay with SDC one's. Yet this new coaster and Cedar Fair's talks about future installments had me go ahead and renew for next year.........
Pretty awesome how this next-gen GCI will be competing directly with Mike Boodley's Outlaw at Adventureland. It's great that we'll be able to experience 30 years of GCI progress within a 3 hour drive next year!
I live less than 3 hours away, of course I am going to be there for opening day, I'm hoping to be invited to the ACE media event as well would be nice to get in on some of the juicy exclusive action Coaster Studios does
Will be there on May 26th during our Holiwood Nights tour. Our group visited this park for the first time, last year and were extremely surprised by how much we loved it. Patriot and Prowler are awesome and Mamba, without trims was even more insane than Magnum. Can't wait to get back there in a few months.
What if Six Flags Over Texas added something very similar to this and theme it to Big Bend? Big Bend was also an old Schwarzkopf coaster (similar to Whizzer).
I dont know what you mean by trims, but when I went last week it was like when I was a kid again. They had it flying through the snake lol. Like I was 10 again and it was brand new.
@@PlagueKing_LordFalix trim brakes - they slow down the ride for a variety of reasons This year they effectively turned them off, causing Mamba to just fly through the second half of the ride
yeah I grew up in gracemor, the neighborhood just north of WoF so I went to it often, was within walking distance. Super excited to try it out! I loved the addition of Prowler.
I am definitely looking forward to this! I missed getting to ride the OG by one season 😭 (our youth group did a WOF trip for 8th grade and it was my first visit) My brother had gotten to ride it the year before and kept telling me I absolutely had to go on it so I was incredibly disappointed to show up to the park and it wasn't there.
Obviously Cedar Point is their bread and butter, but Worlds of Fun should really be Cedar Fair's number 2 park. The Kansas City area is growing really fast, and the midwest in general has pretty minimal competition since the nearest substantial parks are in St. Louis or down in Texas.
This is 100% an attraction for cedar fair to test the waters in KC. A good ride that doesn’t break the bank. If this one boosts attendance there will be more investment. There’s a video floating around right now for the CF VP of entertainment saying that the worlds of fun investment is not over
Living in the St. Louis area, I definitely hit up WOF at least once a year for Halloween Haunt (this park does it better than anyone else), but with this new addition, I may have to bump that up to at least 2 visits.
It seems to be a trend where most new roller coasters are wooden. Maybe that’s because I live in Missouri. Silver Dollar City added Outlaw run a few years ago. But they broke the trend with Time Traveler.
Yeah it’s a mild ride from the looks of it, but has serious character to become memorable. Should be easy to load and unload for multiple rides back to back!
The original Zambi-zi Zinger was a family favorite of ours in the 1990s. So disappointed when they moved it to Columbia and very glad they're bringing back something vaguely similar in the same old place. However, I went to the park today and this ride is not open yet. Its opening has been delayed and we're not sure how long yet.
The original Zinger also had a short tunnel. Nothing fancy, but enough to get dark in the daytime. They really need to include that to truly pay homage as it was just as iconic to me as the spiral hill.
1:18 you say that, meanwhile everytime I ride iron gwazi I manage to get cut in line by some enthusiastic kids 😭 they get so daring so young that at this point any coaster with a low enough height requirement works as a family coaster nowadays
Uh, Coaster Studios I think the ride name is Zambezi Zinger II. I re-watched the concept pov and the ride logo has a Roman numeral two in top right as a clawmark
I am thrilled that my home Cedar Fair park is getting something. I love wood coasters, so even though I was scratching my head at first, I'm now excited for this addition. I am currently without a Cedar Fair platinum pass, since I had other plans this summer, but I will now be getting one for 2023 for sure.
Yes I told my family that it's going to have long lines for awhile when it first opens. Unless they do like they are doing with Mamba right now and doing timed rides........
When I heard him talk about parks that have great wooden coaster collections I was waiting to hear Holiday World because they have one of thie best line ups of woodies
I think I will make my way out considering i only live about 1 hour and 45 minutes away. I'm so stinkin excited as this is my home park. Great analysis, you always put out great, quality videos.
Only rode the original once being I was a child. Before it was torn down. Kind of excited. Looks kind of prowler ish tho with the low turns. Cuz that one has a lot of fast paced stuff like that too either way excited. And they still have plenty land for more!
Yeah, some people literally disagreeing with me that it was a hybrid. Like, on what planet is steel track and wood track on a steel support structure not a hybrid? Haha. Enthusiasts can be so silly sometimes.
Just wanted to add this person in his video said this is only partially a Titan track. Yet the description on WOF and Cedar Fair's site says full conversion..........
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv it's called a full hybrid Titan track in the coasters description on the website.......... So anybody who disagrees with the description doesn't have facts..........
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Is that really how it works? I mean, that's weird. It should simply be if there's a mixture of two tracks, it's a hybrid. Simple. That's like the 3rd definition of what a wood coaster is I've heard too. Seems we should agree on a real basic definition. I mean, White Lightning is considered a hybrid on RCDB. And its only got 55' of Titan track.
This is my home park, I am very sad this is what was chosen to be the next ride. I think almost any kind of launch coaster would have been better than this. However, this layout does look fun and we finally get to see something new! If I am being picky though, they captured the essence of the spiral lift hill....but if you're going to go that far please give us the old tunnel too.
Actually they added a new coaster this year....nearly trimless Mamba... WOW what a difference... I don't know if this is the result of the new programming they did this year but it was flinging my big ol butt out of my seat on the final bunny hills.
@@kennethcadwell2124 they've turned off the mid course brake run ....so it feels like a different ride... second half is actually fun and full of airtime
Between the new lift concept and the look of the layout, I could’ve sworn this coaster would be a Gravity Group. But I welcome it. Good to see GCI thinking outside the box for this one instead of their traditional design. Here’s hoping I can get out there some time.
I didn't forget them. I was just naming a couple parks that had a lot of wooden coasters. Those were just a few examples. I'm aware SFSTL has a bunch of as well.
@@CoasterStudios I did see the reply to someone else that it wasn't an exhaustive list after I left the comment. It is quite interesting that both corporate Missouri parks have gone with 3 woodies. Albeit each has a very different trio - Six Flags having three different manufacturers with 3 different train designs so they have no part commonality.
Congratulations Worlds Of Fun, you just gave thousands of enthusiasts, myself included, the push to visit your park in 2023! I already bought my platinum pass for 2023, the only thing keeping me from going is the distance
Well get a damn plane ticket Taylor, whilst your at it visit silver dollar city and six flags st. Louis. Make a trip out of it.
@@stevenohlson5476 I'm not Taylor bro...
@@coastaku1954 LMFAOOOO HOW DID HE GET TAYLOR???
I hope cedar fair realizes how much Kansas City is growing. All the suburbs are getting massive and I think this will be a turning point for this park
I can see WOF getting the investment that CGA was promised to get before it was sold.
@@mig4868 why did they sell great America? I took a break from coaster tube for a solid 5 years and just now kinda got back into it and didn’t even know that😭😭
@@Jared852 I heard Cedar Fair wasn't even all that interested in purchasing Great America in the first place, but the Paramount parks were a package deal. Running a park(or anything else) is very expensive in California and it already sat on valuable land. Add that to the fact that Cedar Fair has significant dept to pay off then selling the park for a significant gain was too hard to pass up.
@@mig4868 you know sea world tried to buy WoF an Cider Fair turned it down.
@@mig4868 cedar fair never wanted any of the paramount parks aside from kings island but only ended up with the other four because the sale was an all or nothing deal.
Wasn't valleyfair supposed to get a coaster for 23? I haven't seen or heard any news about the CF announcements other than what's been reported so far as everyone has been speculating about CGAs inverted coaster being possibly relocated there.
If you lived here in KC you’d understand. We LOVED the old Zinger. Ever since it went away we have been screaming at WoF to bring it back. My dad was so upset that he has refused to visit WoF for 20+ years. When he heard about the new coaster on the news he was open to going back for the first time when I pitched the idea. I rode the old Zinger as a kid and I can’t wait to ride the new one.
Plus Timberwolf was completely retracted by GCI (and they changed a little bit of the layout) so they have a really solid traditional GCI, the first ground up titan track GCI and an adopted GCI.
timerberwolf needs to be discontinued completely they tried to make it work and its honorable but it just does not feel comfortable and is the worst coaster in the park by far.
@@ericfriendzoned1303 Should RMC it
No no leave timber wolf alone it’s one of 4 dinn coaster left today.
I honestly think this might be the turning the point for worlds of fun
I hope so! It's an underrated park that merely needed some love in the form of a nice new eye-grabbing coaster
i hope cedar fair grows worlds of fun
Kansas City is definitely starting to be one of those upcoming and expanding cities, so I’d imagine they’ll pour in so more money into it, but nothing Carowinds or kings island level
Hopefully this ride produces good roi.
@@CoasterGaming WOF was a top park in the 80's when the Hunts owned it. It has only fallen off because Cedar Fair fails to fully invest in it........
WOF could easily beat out a number of other parks if shown love by Cedar Fair. It has a lot of unused land that could easily house 3 more coasters and 5 flat rides.........
As someone that grew up riding Great America's Whizzer, this is giving me big nostalgia vibes. The helix lift hill is obviously the biggest visual similarity, but as a kid the thing that always brought me back were those banked turns right along the grass and trees, giving this incredible feeling of speed. Might have to take a trip out to WoF in a few years.
Seems like an awesome ride. Love how they paid tribute with the spiral lift. Definitely seems like a great addition to worlds of fun which really needed a new ride
It is going to have a tunnel as well just like the original. The video omits that part of the description.........
I love working at worlds of fun, i work at spinning dragons and i always here the parents say “this is the only ride they can ride” so i’m happy we will have another for the kids!
Hopefully cedar fair continues to put more money in worlds of fun. It seems like such a cozy and underrated park.
I have been going to this park my entire life. After 35 years I have some very fond memories that I will cherish forever. I remember going to dolphin shows and lazer light shows when I was a kid. I remember when Mamba was put in and when Camp Snoopy was created. In my opinion there are 2 things keeping this from being a world class park. A gigacoaster and a launch coaster. It has the room for both and plenty more.
I miss the dolphin show after the died they made it a high dive show and built the Berenstain Bears kids area later converted to Snoopy
The dolphin shows the ski lift and zinger and orient such great memories I'm glad they brought some back from our childhood
I think this coaster will actually do wonders for Worlds of Fun. I think this coaster will be a hit amongst families and will really increase attendance and season pass sales amongst families, which will ultimately spend the most amount of money at the park. I think this could pave the way for larger investments down the road. With Kansas City being a city that is growing at a fairly quick rate, I do think it has the potential to be a better middle tier Cedar Fair park. Something more in like with CGA or KD.
I get tired of hearing Kansas City is growing, or WOF is a small market park. People obviously don't know how popular WOF was back in the 80's when the Hunts owned it.........
It drew people from all over the world back then..........
@@kennethcadwell2124 yeah exactly. There’s no other parks in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado or western Missouri/Iowa. Omaha and Wichita are only a couple hours away with no other attractions like it. For midwesterners this is an easy routine drive distance for us
Les goo I moved to Kansas City in 2010 and seeing nothing big getting added in the time I lived here was kinda sad and I’m so excited they finally get some love that they deserve. Thank you Cedar Fair!
Love the old schwarzkopf coasters with the spiral lifts. Cool to see a modern coaster do it.
I also heard they are really going to improve the theming throughout the park! I hope my home park continues to grow :D
This definitely looks like an awesome family coaster! I'm totally loving the spiral lift hill, especially on a wooden structure.
Congrats to Worlds of Fun!
Hope CF invests more into michigan adv, dorney and valleyfair too.
I can’t wait, I remember riding this when I was a kid!! I’m so glad they decided to put it back where it was for the most part. I would love to see them incorporate the old tunnel if at all possible.
Yes! The tunnel was so cool as a kid.
I’m happy my home park finally added one I use to work at wof and I’m super happy for wof and Kansas City
I hope they do something like this for orient express too! Most of the rides land is still unused so it could totally happen, though as for the manufacturer, id probably go with either a modern vekoma, a mack, or a b&m. Modern Vekoma is my favorite pick
Not actually true as both the Patriot and especially the Spinning Dragons takes up the land the Orient Express sat on.......
There is only a small portion of the land left. So if they put a coaster there it would have to be a pretty small one.........
Most of the land is still available all of it is nothing ever occupied it if they wanted to they can rebuild the Orient Express to the t
@@johnmiddleton9005 no they can't as the Spinning Dragons que building sits right where the Orients return track sat........
Spinning Dragons exit path is the Orients que line path...........
@@kennethcadwell2124 you're wrong my friend they can still put the Orient there I got so much history on worlds of fun blueprints aerial views the Orient Express was supposed to be there with the spinning dragons and Patriot
@@johnmiddleton9005 no it was not and your history is completely wrong. They tore down the Orient Express in October of 2003 do to its bad matienence history, and they purchased the Spinning Dragons..........
On the same day of October 29th, 2003 when WOF announced the starting of the tear down of the Orient Express. They announced they were purchasing the new Spinning Dragons coaster to replace it.........
"Replace" not have both........
It was never in the plans to have both !!!
Which the Spinning Dragons was built in 2004 and opened that April........
And again the exit path of the Spinning Dragons is the old que line for the Orient Express........
Do you see the gift shop right beside the Spinning Dragons ???
The left half of it was part of the que entrance for the Orient Express........
If you go back and look at old video from the 80's. You would see that the Orient Express track was right behind that building and if you remember (if old enough). Then in the que line you walked under the track to get to the que building.........
That part of the Orients track would overlap the Spinning Dragons que building.........
I hope this pulls more people into Worlds of Fun. I visited for the first time this year and its a fantastic park. Prowler deserves much more love.
I love the Prowler!
This looks pretty awesome!!
These new trains are so cool they remind me of the Gravity Group trains
That's a solid, unexpected ride. I dig it. We need more spiral lifts.
I wonder if the coaster drought at Dorney, Valleyfair and the poor, parched, unloved red-headed stepchild of Cedar Fair that is Michgans' Adventure will also end sometime. Like the deserts miss the rain...
I missed out on the original when I was a kid. So I'm super excited to ride it next season.
I’m local, grew up in KC. I have very positive memories of riding Zambezi Zinger as a kid, so this is a huge nostalgia trip for me. We’ve been getting season passes for the last two years, and I was seriously considering dropping it. But this sold me on it and I can’t wait to take my kids on it.
1:04 Look at the gforces on that lift hill. Probably the fastest lift hill in the park, maybe the state. I have never seen a lift hill pull so many g's like this. Super excited just for this one quick, and unexpected element. Thanks for covering so I have a new found favorite lift hill lateral moment :)
LMFAO 🤣
I love this addition. However I would have loved to see a B and M monster like fury 325 or Orion. That’s really what the park needs; a bang of a ride that can be seen from afar. They have so much land to do so too.
Slightly underwhelmed but just excited to get a new ride at the park. Been going regularly the past couple years and this will be a great addition to the Mamba-TW-Prowler rotation I typically find myself in
Also it is going to have a tunnel in the middle of it like the old one. They are keeping the location a secret but my guess is that sharp left banking turn in the middle. It's my homepark and i'm beyond hyped after 14 long years!!
I'm excited for Zambezi, I think it's going to be a slam dunk for the park and I bet it will garner a good ROI for CF, which might mean we never see a 14 year drought again! But I'm almost just as excited about what CF said about their goals for WoF, seems like they're going to try to make the parks theming top priority. How far will they go? You know? Super stoked to find out.
Me too Betsworth
I don't expect to much from Cedar Fair even if the Zambezi Zinger 2 brings in the crowds. Because Mamba did the same thing in 1998, yet Cedar Fair still gave no respect to the park.........
@@kennethcadwell2124 I totally understand that concern. And I might be a little over optimistic on this topic. But the Mamba was actually followed by other substantial investments that continued up until the Prowler was built. (They built Hurricane Falls, The Boomerang, Spinning Dragons, The Patriot, and a top-spin came and went in that time frame)
@@blakebetsworth9869 sorry but no those were not substantial investments. In order to draw in crowds a true investment would be that of introducing something unique........
Patriot, Boomerang, Spinning Dragons, and Prowler were nothing more than clones of what other parks already had for years...........
The only 2 rides that were unique to the park when first opened. Was the Orient Express and the Mamba, both of which drew in big crowds.........
The park was packed in the 80's do to its newness and rides offered. It fell off in 1995 after Cedar Fair purchased it..........
Cedar Fair tried to bring back that nostalgia with the unique Mamba opening in 1998. That however only lasted a couple years and then fell off again do to lack of continuous progress of the park. That and lost people do to the removal of fan favorite rides and cutting of shows enjoyed by the older crowds........
Since the Mamba only clones or used rides with already matenience issues have been added to the park..........
Talking to tons of coaster and theme park enthusiasts. They almost always say the same thing, "Why should I travel to go to WOF when I have those same rides where I live"............
This will be only the 3rd time in WOF's 50 years that it has uniqueness to it. Yet even so some are coming on here and going around trying to claim this is the same old same old wood coaster, comparing it to other wood coasters in existence..........
Even though the description says it's the first of its kind to be built ground up..........
14 years since prowler was added! And still only Partiot and Bomerang that inverters you at Worlds of Fun. And Bomerang is a head banger! Dont get me wrong I am still excited that they are adding Zambezi Zinger. And yes fills the height requirement gap. But for us Roller Coaster Ethusiasts.. Silver Dollar City has the best collection in the State of Missouri.
Idk man, I think Six Flags St. Louis has the most “intense” collection of rides
WoF is my home park and I'm glad to see they are adding a new coaster! ZZ was one of my fave's growing up and I was sad to see it go so this will be a nice addition to the park. It looks like it will be just as fun as Prowler. I love the low, fast twists and direction changes that follow the ground contours of Prowler and it looks like they are incorporating a lot of that into the new Zambizi Zinger.
Reporter: *So tell us, Why did you decide to build a second GCI coaster next to the original???*
Mr.Krabs: *MONEY!!!*
In all seriousness though, being from Omaha and over time having a diminished interest in returning to WoF, I am so excited to finally have a real legit reason to come back.
Same here as I live in Missouri but I live in the middle where WOF and Silver Dollar City are the same distance different directions from me...........
Was getting ready to drop my WOF season passes and just stay with SDC one's. Yet this new coaster and Cedar Fair's talks about future installments had me go ahead and renew for next year.........
Can’t wait for the launch coaster in 14 years lol. ZZ looks to be a good addition.
Pretty awesome how this next-gen GCI will be competing directly with Mike Boodley's Outlaw at Adventureland. It's great that we'll be able to experience 30 years of GCI progress within a 3 hour drive next year!
I’m glad I held off on my trip for Missouri till next year. I can’t wait to get on this next year.
It is most definitely on my list of parks to visit in the next year or two.
I live less than 3 hours away, of course I am going to be there for opening day, I'm hoping to be invited to the ACE media event as well would be nice to get in on some of the juicy exclusive action Coaster Studios does
Can't wait.. the original was the first coaster I ever road. So glad to see a bring back to KC. Can't wait. I am really stoked..
Will be there on May 26th during our Holiwood Nights tour. Our group visited this park for the first time, last year and were extremely surprised by how much we loved it. Patriot and Prowler are awesome and Mamba, without trims was even more insane than Magnum. Can't wait to get back there in a few months.
What if Six Flags Over Texas added something very similar to this and theme it to Big Bend? Big Bend was also an old Schwarzkopf coaster (similar to Whizzer).
I feel like the corner in the boardwalk Boardwalk would be the perfect spot for this
It's very good this parks still has so many attractions, this is really adding to their lineup.
Prowler, Trimless Mamba, and now this
I hope this coaster brings in the $$ for Cedar Fair so they'll consider continued expansion of Worlds of Fun.
I've had 3 rides on the Mamba this year and the trims are not on and my third ride of the year they had BOTH trains running and no trims
I dont know what you mean by trims, but when I went last week it was like when I was a kid again. They had it flying through the snake lol. Like I was 10 again and it was brand new.
I hope the rebuild a new orient express
@@PlagueKing_LordFalix trim brakes - they slow down the ride for a variety of reasons
This year they effectively turned them off, causing Mamba to just fly through the second half of the ride
I'm not crying, it's the allergies and the sun is I'm my eye
yeah I grew up in gracemor, the neighborhood just north of WoF so I went to it often, was within walking distance. Super excited to try it out! I loved the addition of Prowler.
I am definitely looking forward to this! I missed getting to ride the OG by one season 😭 (our youth group did a WOF trip for 8th grade and it was my first visit) My brother had gotten to ride it the year before and kept telling me I absolutely had to go on it so I was incredibly disappointed to show up to the park and it wasn't there.
I am interested to see how smooth a filly Titan Track GCI will be.
as im typing this, im in the car to worlds of fun for the 2nd time because why not. :)
I'm getting my season pass renewed for 2023, and I'm super excited to try out this ride
I'm not excited for the extremely long lines though
I still wish it got an infinity like hang time at knotts, but still a pretty coaster
Lived in kc all my life the zinger was my favorite till it was removed , I'm sure it was for many so glad they brought it back with a new twist
Obviously Cedar Point is their bread and butter, but Worlds of Fun should really be Cedar Fair's number 2 park. The Kansas City area is growing really fast, and the midwest in general has pretty minimal competition since the nearest substantial parks are in St. Louis or down in Texas.
theres also silver dollar city
finally, was waiting for your analysis 😌
Same
Hey buddy your awesome and your videos are awesome and that is a cool Park I dig it stay safe my friend.
Man, I want this in my SoCal area. This looks fun to ride
This is 100% an attraction for cedar fair to test the waters in KC. A good ride that doesn’t break the bank. If this one boosts attendance there will be more investment. There’s a video floating around right now for the CF VP of entertainment saying that the worlds of fun investment is not over
Living in the St. Louis area, I definitely hit up WOF at least once a year for Halloween Haunt (this park does it better than anyone else), but with this new addition, I may have to bump that up to at least 2 visits.
It seems to be a trend where most new roller coasters are wooden. Maybe that’s because I live in Missouri. Silver Dollar City added Outlaw run a few years ago. But they broke the trend with Time Traveler.
Let’s just be happy their getting a coaster
Yeah it’s a mild ride from the looks of it, but has serious character to become memorable. Should be easy to load and unload for multiple rides back to back!
Oh, we're going!
The original Zambi-zi Zinger was a family favorite of ours in the 1990s. So disappointed when they moved it to Columbia and very glad they're bringing back something vaguely similar in the same old place.
However, I went to the park today and this ride is not open yet. Its opening has been delayed and we're not sure how long yet.
Looks awesome cant wait to see you review when u ride it
Just got my season pass renewed for the rest of this season and next season as well just so I can ride this new coaster plus WOF is my home park
Can't wait o see the tunnel that they are adding to it.
I think that this is a solid fit
I wonder if this means new coasters for the other small cedar fair parks that haven't had a coaster in years.
The original Zinger also had a short tunnel. Nothing fancy, but enough to get dark in the daytime. They really need to include that to truly pay homage as it was just as iconic to me as the spiral hill.
1:18 you say that, meanwhile everytime I ride iron gwazi I manage to get cut in line by some enthusiastic kids 😭 they get so daring so young that at this point any coaster with a low enough height requirement works as a family coaster nowadays
Cant wait to get out to this park and ride everything!
I wish it had a tunnel like the old one did. My 1st coaster was the Zambezi I remember it very well at 8 years old
I'm very excited. This is my home park and this definitely great addition to the park.
Looking like Zambezi Zinger will be the ride that gets Sarah out to Missouri finally (looking at you, Silver Dollar City) 🤣
Really good seing Worlds of Fun getting something new for once!
Uh, Coaster Studios I think the ride name is Zambezi Zinger II. I re-watched the concept pov and the ride logo has a Roman numeral two in top right as a clawmark
I am thrilled that my home Cedar Fair park is getting something. I love wood coasters, so even though I was scratching my head at first, I'm now excited for this addition. I am currently without a Cedar Fair platinum pass, since I had other plans this summer, but I will now be getting one for 2023 for sure.
Come for the Titan track and spiral lift hill on a woodie. Stay for the zippy layout.
I hope orient express will be launch mega loopers with signature interlock loops. And extreme roller (EXT) as massive gigia and or strata coaster.
im glad they're finally adding a new coaster but im probably not going to ride it when it first opens so i can ride other rides without the wait.
Yes I told my family that it's going to have long lines for awhile when it first opens. Unless they do like they are doing with Mamba right now and doing timed rides........
When I heard him talk about parks that have great wooden coaster collections I was waiting to hear Holiday World because they have one of thie best line ups of woodies
they also have one of the best! I wasn't naming all of the parks that have awesome collections, just a couple :)
I think he was trying to compare similar quality wooden lineups. Holiday World is on a completely different level.
@@CoasterStudios Omg you actually replied
I think I will make my way out considering i only live about 1 hour and 45 minutes away. I'm so stinkin excited as this is my home park. Great analysis, you always put out great, quality videos.
Only rode the original once being I was a child. Before it was torn down. Kind of excited. Looks kind of prowler ish tho with the low turns. Cuz that one has a lot of fast paced stuff like that too either way excited. And they still have plenty land for more!
Looks cool. I may get out there. Have to renew my platnum pass
Spiral lift hill? I know two of them in Europapark and both have some amazingly catchy soundtrack. Maybe we'll see something here as well.
It’s Cedar Fair lol, I wouldn’t expect that
Yeah, some people literally disagreeing with me that it was a hybrid. Like, on what planet is steel track and wood track on a steel support structure not a hybrid? Haha. Enthusiasts can be so silly sometimes.
Just wanted to add this person in his video said this is only partially a Titan track. Yet the description on WOF and Cedar Fair's site says full conversion..........
It's wood. Under 50% steel is wood this is definitely under 50% steel. Lightning Rod on the other hand is steel because 60% of the track is steel
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv it's called a full hybrid Titan track in the coasters description on the website..........
So anybody who disagrees with the description doesn't have facts..........
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Is that really how it works? I mean, that's weird. It should simply be if there's a mixture of two tracks, it's a hybrid. Simple. That's like the 3rd definition of what a wood coaster is I've heard too. Seems we should agree on a real basic definition. I mean, White Lightning is considered a hybrid on RCDB. And its only got 55' of Titan track.
"I hope whatever coaster comes next has a launch" I guess we will see in 13 years then.
Bringing Orient Express back would have been great as well, but this revival is nice tho
This is my home park, I am very sad this is what was chosen to be the next ride. I think almost any kind of launch coaster would have been better than this. However, this layout does look fun and we finally get to see something new! If I am being picky though, they captured the essence of the spiral lift hill....but if you're going to go that far please give us the old tunnel too.
Maybe 2023 will be the year I actually make it out to this park!!
I am glad they are getting a new coaster it’s been forever!
it definitely looks unique !!
im totally going out there next year with my dad, as worlds of fun was his former home park
I will be going to world of fun for the first time next year, so I’ll definitely get on it.
Sweet looking ride
I want to see the first completely precut track gravity group
Actually they added a new coaster this year....nearly trimless Mamba... WOW what a difference... I don't know if this is the result of the new programming they did this year but it was flinging my big ol butt out of my seat on the final bunny hills.
What are you talking about ??? WOF didn't get a new coaster this year..........
The Mamba has been there since 1998........
@@kennethcadwell2124 they've turned off the mid course brake run ....so it feels like a different ride... second half is actually fun and full of airtime
Between the new lift concept and the look of the layout, I could’ve sworn this coaster would be a Gravity Group. But I welcome it. Good to see GCI thinking outside the box for this one instead of their traditional design. Here’s hoping I can get out there some time.
Nice
You forgot that Six Flags St Louis also has 3 woodies on the other side of the state when discussing other parks with multiple woodies.
I didn't forget them. I was just naming a couple parks that had a lot of wooden coasters. Those were just a few examples. I'm aware SFSTL has a bunch of as well.
@@CoasterStudios I did see the reply to someone else that it wasn't an exhaustive list after I left the comment.
It is quite interesting that both corporate Missouri parks have gone with 3 woodies. Albeit each has a very different trio - Six Flags having three different manufacturers with 3 different train designs so they have no part commonality.