EXTINCT Coaster Models We Want Back (& Some We Don't)
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- There are a lot of coaster models out there that may still be around, but they are no longer in production. Some of these we would love to see come back, others are best left in the trash bin of history. Today, let's run them down.
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TOGO actually built an Ultra Twister with a dive loop instead of a switch track. It currently operates at the Rusutsu Resort and it is high on my bucket list, mainly due to how fast you zoom through the last two inversions.
I didnt realize that, thats awesome
The one at World Food Festival was the first dive loop ever. Togo invented that inversion!
Yes, I’ve seen that video looks like the best one of those by far
@@AirtimeThrills it is also semi-themed to Super Mario Brothers.
@@AirtimeThrills Rode it many times during an ERT session years ago. No slowing down!! Absolutely insane!!
I just want another fourth dimension coaster man
same
The first time I learned of X2 i was absolutely shocked that it was made in 2002. How can the COOLEST COASTER STYLE EVER MADE just not have any other like that?
@@lucasromanchuk2868 S&S got the patent for the concept and made two versions that look and are regarded as way superior, those being Dinoconda in China and Eejanaika in Japan. Still not many and the last one was built in 2012, but I'd say that's probably because of high prices and the very complex system that goes along with it. While beloved by enthusiasts, I don't think it's worth it for most parks as more simple roller coasters like Intamin Blitz coasters or B&M Hypers will draw equally as many people into a park.
New coaster video ideas:
- best coasters by year
- worst coasters by year
- coasters that IMPROVED after relocating
- best record breaking defunct coasters (example: son of beast)
- best coaster by letter: A through Z
I miss Arrow mega loopers. They had such an impact on the skyline of an amusement park. If they could come back with a smoother ride experience, I’d be in heaven.
if i owned a roller coaster company i would bring it back like every single model back and some prototypes to life
RCCA Giant wooden roller coasters we all want those back 😂
*Cries in Son of Beast*
lol
Yeah, RMC needs SOMETHING to work with!
facts
I wish Son of Beast sat long enough to get RMC'd, that would've produced an incredible ride
Another thing of note is that building or designing roller coasters in-house are cheaper than many may think. Maybe not build the whole thing but hire certain companies to fit your vision. An Arrow suspended coaster could be built with Vekoma track and S&S trains since they still make Arrow trains. A wooden wild mouse would be an inexpensive and popular ride. Another thing to note is a British company, Taziker coasters, a subcontractor and design firm. They have retracked parts of the big one and have stated that they are flexible and have also provided knock-off Schwarzkopf track for the relocated Zambezi Zinger in Columbia and new track for Colossus at Thorpe Park. If a park wanted to, they and Taziker could bring back an exact clone of an Ultra Twister whilst being rather inexpensive. Great video!
I'd love to see the Arrow/S&S Mega Loopers make a return. Viper is the last of her kind and has been running really well lately.
I gotta make sure to hop on viper when I go to Cali
RCT2 is why I always wanted to ride an Ultra Twister. It was a great option for a narrow but long strip of land in the game and this could be true in real life today if parks like Cedar Point that are running out of room want to add a coaster
I really love arrow suspended coasters. I don’t care if they’re basically family coasters, I always have fun on them. They’re like playing a video game on easy mode, still fun and entertaining, but also something relaxing you can just sit back and enjoy.
ETA: also a big fan of bobsleds. I guess I just have a special appreciation for leisurely coasters. Additionally, I really wish I could have experienced hypersonic xlc. I know I’ll likely never get to Japan to ride do dodonpa.
Im gonna make a video about defunct coasters i wish i could have ridden. Hypersonic is on there and i bet dododonpa will be also
I'm on your team. I adore Arrow suspended coasters. Ninja at night was one of my favourite rides at Magic Mountain like 5 years ago, and Vortex is still one of my favourite at Canada's wonderland. I'm really excited to ride The Bat and Iron dragon this summer.
@@queenlilac7608 I second that. I'm a HUGE Arrow Fan. Any park i go to I immediately bee line for the Arrows. Thankfully Magic Mountain has 4 of them and Great America still has the Demon.... Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood is probably THE SMOOTHEST Arrow you will ever ride and Ninja at Magic Mountain is my all time favorite next to the Demon at CGA.
@@AirtimeThrills Dododonpa is getting refurbed i believe, especially after the spine accidents
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Yeah, I love The Bat, it’s so much fun, especially at night, and always has one of the shortest lines in the park
MACK rides should bring back the family multi-launch coaster, I’m talking about Manta at SWSD, it’s a borderline family coaster and can introduce younger audiences to LSM (though weak) launches and more aggressive forces
it was announced intamin is
@@Nygon08 he's talking about mack not intamin
I wish vekoma would bring back the Flying Dutchman model. Such an underrated model, and new vekoma would probably improve on it a lot.
They have done with FLY at Phantasialand in Germany. Amazing ride!
Because of FLY i dont think anyone should be yearning for those first generation flyers
I agree with this, mostly because a Vekoma flying dutchman was not only the first coaster I rode, but was one of my favorite rides until it was removed from it's park.
@@AirtimeThrills honestly id be content if they just brought back the laydown loop
@@Vortex-ti6dt yeah that was amazing
Let’s get Airtime Thrills to 100k subs as soon as possible🎉🎉🎉
Yes, let's!
I agree!!
I got to ride the Ultra Twister at Nagashima Spa Land earlier this month and it was surprisingly not as bad as I expected. The fact that it's all in one plane and has no turns means there's limited room for Togo to put bad transitions into the ride.
IIRC the ultra twister that was built in the US had very poor maintenance and thus was quickly disliked. This is also why when it was put into Rollercoaster Tycoon as the Heartline Twister coaster, it has absolutely abysmal stats compared to other coasters and attracts even less guests than most flat rides in the game.
I wonder why Intamin hasn't made more vertical lift coasters. Fahrenheit's one of my favorite coasters at Hershey.
S&S needs to bring back their old 4D Coaster Model
I would like to see B&M make more stand ups. Yes, I know pipeline is due to open at sea world soon, but it is said to be slightly different from a true stand up coaster. I love Georgia Scorcher at six flags over Georgia, and I think it is criminally underrated.
It'd be super cool to see stand-ups get upgraded to use versions of Pipeline's trains, like Green Lantern and Riddler's Revenge seem perfect for that given floorless coasters already exist at those parks.
The bobsled is really unique at the great escape hope they keep it going
4:23 Well 😢
I'd love if developers produced more swinging suspended coasters. I'm thinking the Axis may be close to that kind of experience, but who knows when we'll actually see one of those.
For the Schwartzkopf multi-loopers, the only manufacturer who could perfect it would be Maurer. They currently do replacement parts for old Schwartzkopf rides, and I have a feeling they gained control of all their assets, like S&S did with Arrow.
one big improvement that the schwartzkopf looper could use; not derailing and killing people
I would LOVE to see a reinvention of the arrow suspended swinging model as well as the bobsled coaster model. Also, I agree in which there needs to be more S&S 4th dimension coasters. I feel like the problem with why no one is buying them is because you can buy the S&S 4D free spins which, in a way, are similar for a way cheaper price. (Yes I know that the 4th dimension model has the seat rotation controlled whereas the 4D free spins are basically as it says, free spin)
Maximus was kinda bumpy on opening day, so maby it is just wing coasters not beeing fully smooth
The good thing about the Togo Looping Mouse is the uniqueness of inversions on a wild mouse coaster. Just like Shockwave at Drayton Manor, I've noticed that the loop on the Togo Looping Mouse is circular.
I would love to see the Schwarzkopf shuttle loop make a return. There’s not many in operation these days, and they offer a short but fun out and back shuttle layout that can act as a starting coaster for younger enthusiasts.
since premier rides brought back the schwarzkopf wildcat i think they will do the same for the shuttle loop
IIRC Laser Loop at Kennywood was the first coaster I ever went on that went upside-down. Short but fun ride.
I would say the inverting side of dueling dragons in China would be the modern day equivalent of the inverted launch coaster volcano was.
Launched inverts (full-circuit) should be #1. Such an elite concept, but only four were ever built, and two were part of a dueling coaster.
As an aside, there is an Ultra Twister that was built with a dive loop, the one at Rusutsu Resort
Would one of them be Dragekonen?
@@jackfeldman3916 yes, and I forgot about Storm at Tusenfyrd.
Which other one were you referring to? Other than Dragons, Galactics, and Volcano?
I’m shocked that Morgan isn’t around anymore. Their hypers are A+++
video idea: ranking the top 15 inverted coasters
Gianvinola made a great Inverted coaster in Anaconda at Gold reef City in South Africa. I think that should be brought back. Imagine if the Six Flags Parks got copies of that instead of those SLC's they got.
Hey can you make a video about “ The top 10 best ending to a coaster? “ and agree with the intamin wooden coasters
It'd be interesting to see where Zippin' Pippin's ejector death hill goes on that list.
I honestly love the idea behind the space diver. I’d love to see them try that again, but actually do it right this time lol.
Grew up riding the Swiss Bob at Opryland, the Screamin' Delta Demon. It's been a long long time now so my memories fade, that is still one of my favorite amusement park rides. There were always rumors about how one time a bobsled flipped over in the rain and someone died, and while I am pretty sure that never actually happened, it seems very plausible and definitely added to the intensity of the ride experience. The fact there's still a few running tells me that they've not really been a major safety issue over the decades, but they certainly have an air of unrestrained terror that roller coasters and most other amusement rides are devoid of due to their vehicles being connected directly to the track they are on.
Yeah they seem well engineered, for as janky as they seem, it can't imagine it could ever flip over in the rain
The Togo "logo" you made for them always cracks me up!
3:49 Fernando Alonso’s face gets me every time 😂
The original bat was such a cool ride and it kicked ass , I am glad I got to ride it.
Bring back the Vekoma SLC layout with Vekoma STC track and trains and you have a winner.
Moreys Piers was close...
I could listen to you talk for hours, & sometimes i do, great video!
I do have to say, I went on Mamba last month and they turned the trims off. Insane floater airtime! So much fun
Vekoma could also build suspended coaster, they built a couple many years ago and made the floor less trains for vampire at chessington, UK.
If you combine those swinging train with Mk1101 layout, you'll get Hans Uber Kopf
vekoma did their own take on the arrow suspended coaster a long time ago
it was called the swinging turns with airplane cars
Nice video! I enjoyed watching!
I really wish Intamin continued the inverted launch model. Volcano was super elite and I think it could have been more elite over time. Dueling dragons does have an inverted side so maybe we could see a return if Intamin goes for it
isn't there one in China?
Ya that’s what he said (it’s called dueling dragons)
@@jackfeldman3916 Oh yeah, sorry lol. The comment wasn't entirely shown.
Wasn't there 2 Intamin non-launched inverted models somewhere?
@@markvolpe2305 Yeah, there's two extreme suspended looping coasters by Intamin, one in Spain, and one in Finland. There's also two suspended family coasters by them as well, one in Denmark, and in the UAE
Volcano at Kings Dominion was my favorite ride. I always hope someone will bring it back.
I wish I wish I wish Vekoma flying dutchman were back
How can you do this video and not mention the Traver Safety coaster? I think all coaster enthusiasts would like to take one of those on.
I was looking at some Traver patents for coaster accessories, some looked cool like air blowers from underneath the track and a spinning tunnel, while others looked quirky, like a gag ride op with a spring loaded hand.
2 of the best left, Super Duper Looper at Hershey and Revolution at Magic Mountain, they are historic and iconic and I love both of them.
Thanks so much, man!
"Moving conveyor, please watch your step" iykyk
I would probably bring back the Vekoma Giant-Inverted Boomerangs.
With vekoma’s new layouts, this could be epic.
The Original Bat at Kings Island was unlike any coaster layout. For 1981, it was Thrilling.
I love that you show love to my home state of Minnesota
I am surprised you didn’t mention the shuttle loop, I love those
2:28 I don't know if ur counting Dualing Dragons in China (it has an inverted launch track), intamin may be producing a new model of these
Brotha, I loved the Intamin Bobsled pick. Disaster Transport is one of my first-ever credits and that mug shut down the following year and I loved it & remember the unique experience (and also air conditioning). It was a unique experience with the seating style and very refreshing after being in the heat all day and as a chubby lad, I definitely appreciated chilling out on a space journey to Alaska.
I want s&s to bring back the screaming squirrel, because sequoia magic loop has been removed
I agree with all of these, though I have a particular soft spot for the arrow suspended coaster!
I'd also love to see the occasional coaster built with an 80s style track and support aesthetic. Don't get me wrong, I do love the graceful, modern B&M look, but there's something really neat about the old style coasters to me
I feel like wicked is an exception for zierer because it was designed inhouse at lagoon but lagoon contracted zierer to build it.
Great list
There actually is an Ultra Twister with a Dive Loop! It’s at Rusutsu Resort in Japan!
I have a video idea: Design your dream park with your dream lineup while using the well rounded lineup that you put in some other vids and keeping it in the ballpark of reality. I’ll try to make it in NL2.
We need to have the Arrow suspended coaster back! Ninja is the perfect example of a suspended coaster!
I rode the ultra twister at Astroworld and it was really fun!
I’d like to see a Virginia reel as a novelty attraction. Just one in a park somewhere to get an interesting coaster credit
I figured with Disaster Transport at Cedar Point as a kid I thought bobsled coasters were more common than they actually are
Steel eel was the smoothest coaster I ever rode. Amazing ride
I need to share this story. So I clicked a rollercoaster vid. I just got last ride on millie, said i305 was better. So the ride op went GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES!!!! it made my night😊
Great video! Love the old Arrow suspended model (well, love Big Bad Wolf...haven't been on The Bat but Iron Dragon kinda bored me), and love a bobsled - not super intense but so fun. Sometimes we don't always need intensity, and we just need FUN (hello Guardians of The Galaxy!).
I would give anything to have a re-do and ride BBW with my grandpa when I was a kid.
Avalanche @ Timber Falls was a very fun ride with fast, high banking turns and a few good pops or airtime. Like the other S&S woodies, it was still pretty rough. I miss it, but it can stay gone.
Guys, I have a poll-like question for y'all:
A very rich businessman from Brazil, called Alexandre Costa, is planning to invest around 2 Billion Brazilian Reais (391 Million Dollars) or more in a Theme Park to be opened in 2026 or 27, and for sure will try to bring a major coaster to the country. As he is the owner of the country's largest chocolate franchise (over 3000 stores, expanding to US now), he is inspired by Hershey Park, and although he doesn't have the budget in U$D to build something like it, he will still try to accomplish something similar. In the hypothetical situation where he would be willing to spend up to 40 million U$D in a nice coaster, which model would you guys like to see? Brazil's has already been home to the Colossus' prototype, and held the record for most inversions until that very same coaster came and took it in 2002 adding 2 more heartline rolls to it, basically cloning Makaya's layout, besides hosting the first Launched/Shuttle coaster Schwarzkopf built (former King Kobra, nowadays called Katapul), so I think it's safe to say that the country deserves a major coaster and this makes me wonder what you enthusiasts from up there would expect to see in a park which the objective is to bring tourists from abroad. Please use your imagination, just try to stick to the 40 Million U$D price tag.
Ps: the park will be located near São Paulo, the biggest city in the Americas, so safety won't be much of a concern. Consider it not so different from, let's say, Ohio (I made the calculations and in 2022 the murder rate was basically equal in both states).
Nice video
I want those swinging bucket seats to come back.
I always loved Vortex, didn’t realize how rare those swinging trains are
Avalanche was AWESOME and one of the best woodies i ever rode. LOVED that ride and was both of my kids first coaster.
I would love for someone to bring back the Steeplechase coaster model. We haven't seen a new one open since Steeplechase at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1977.
Video idea:
The rarest coaster model from each manufacturer
It would be a good idea for RMC to bring back launched rides, but with lightning rods constant techincal problems, that probably wont happen for a very long time.
Maybe raptors, and possibly hybrids, but woodies hell no lol
Lighting rods having it ruff this year.
@@cb_styx3392 we were there opening week and got three rides and it’s running well when we could get on, but same week it was down for maintenance about half the time and we had a rollback one of the times we did make it on 😂
The AMA stated they're willing to put a launch on anything (not wood).
I was actually just thinking about this today. How Seven Dwarfs is basically the modern Arrow Suspended Coaster, even though its not suspended.
Haha yeah i guess with those rocking cars
A video suggestion, top coasters to ride before they are gone in the next 5 years.
The scale model of a suspected coaster did have a corkscrew inversion before "The Bat" was build. There is a RUclips video somewhere with this.
I do have my video about coasters that could be gone in 5 years. And to think a coaster with swinging cars could go upside down is wild
I want to see the wooden wild mouse make a comeback.
Can I just say that I love the Togo logo 🤣
If they werent defunct they should adopt it
My dad has actually ridden an ultra twister (ultra twister at astroworld)
Tbh I’d love to see the origin of roller coasters make a comeback somehow
I really want new GOOD arrow suspended coasters! (Maby with inversions)
Vekoma STC is your answer.
Not much people talked about, but modern Vekoma invert train could swing
Ultra Twister at Rusutsu Resort has a dive loop and no pause midway through.
SFOT is my home park. La Vibora actually feels scarier than a lot of the much newer, crazier coasters to me. There's something about the trackless design that seems a little unsafe, similar to some body slides at water parks. Shockwave is a great old Schwarzkopf. Some great airtime, & enough G-force in the loops to be notorious for causing grey outs. I can see how some people fins Titan a little boring, but I like it. Nothing wrong with some good old-fashioned speed, IMHO, & the double helix still packs a punch.
Totallllly agree about ultra twister. I had the pleasure of riding one about 32 years ago at Astroworld, & it was a ton of fun. It was so different from anything else that existed at the time that it might not be QUITE as awesome as I remember if I were able to ride it now, but I'd love the chance to find out! I also tode my first & only suspended coaster at Astroworld. Again, it was super unique at that time. Mellow enough to not be scary for those who aren't big thrill-seekers, but still fun. I always wanted to ride Big Bad Wolf.
Other coasters I wanted / want to ride... Volcano & X2 . Oh, & Roller Soaker at Hershypark, just b/c I love the combination of a roller coaster & water ride.
Does anyone remember when intamin built a pipeline coaster? It's gone now, but from what I know it's the only non-togo attempt at a pipeline coaster.
Arrow built a pipeline coaster prototype that Alton Towers considered but ultimately rejected.
1:58 there is a modern version: Premire Rides Sky Rocket 2 (Tempesto, Superman, etc)
Arrow mega looper- give it stalls and heart line rolls instead of corkscrews and tight vertical loops, and give it modern track work and profiling.
i lowkey like the giovanola hypers! it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but if anything they could have potential if they came back for some reason
I loved Lightning Run but I also rode it when I was training for football in high school and those restraints are not thunder thigh friendly. Airtime was like quicker bursts of El Toro’s ejector. I hope I can get on it soon now that my legs are a little smaller and enjoy the airtime instead
Yea the first time i rode LRun the lapbars really hurt the ride for me. 2nd time around didnt bother me as much
Z-Force/Flashback was also the first coaster to ever use B&M track. I'm so glad B&M took the track from the space diver and perfected it.
2:00 there is one togo ultra twister that does have a dive loop instead of a drop track turn around
I rided furius baco and although its rough the experience is short and vere forcefull. Its one pf my favourites and so unique
I believe Chance advertises the Hyper Coaster on their website as they bought Morgan
i’m going to visit japan next year & i’m going to ride the ultra twister on nagashima spa land. i’m excited that i’m finally going to get a pretty rare credit (even though they only still exist in japan)
Zierer made two tower coasters. Impulse at Knoebles is the other which was built in 2015. So there's a chance its not dead
I got to ride the Ultra Twister at Astroworld back in the day, and I always loved it. It wasn't big, but it was such an intense and great coaster.
Re: the Gio hypers, I think if you'd have gotten to ride them earlier, you'd be singing a different tune... Titan its first few months ran with the MCBR wide open, and that second half was *nuts* in terms of raw intensity. It's a shame that it doesn't run anything like that anymore (and hasn't since a few months into its first year).
U can tell that intamin is not reliable when they dominates this list great vid❤
2:08
Togo actually did this with one coaster, with Ultra Twister at World Food Festival, now operating at Rusutsu Resort in Hokkaido, Japan, which features a dive loop to turn the train around instead of a switch track.
Make you think they could've made them like that to begin with huh
The last time I was at MM, X2 was down, I have flown out to the west coast a couple times to hit MM, also rode Desperado on State Line right after it opened. It was bumpy than.
Sucks that Desperado was bumpy out of the gate but it doesnt surprise me. I rode it when it was 6 or 7 years old and it hurt back then too
@@AirtimeThrills just the maker of it and their others seem to have this sense of pushing you forcefully down and going over that next big hill where you go up and around to the right than drop, these rides when they bottom, where the next element was, it just was uncomfortable
@@AirtimeThrills quite honestly like you said, the desert elements, plus there is the dust and sand particles that get on the wheels.