Cedar Point in 1990/1991
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Armed with a JVC VHS camera and external recorder, this footage was recorded in the summers of 1990 and 1991. While Mean Streak, the world's record breaking wooden coaster, debuted at the park for the 1991 season, I somehow managed to not get any footage of it other than a brief look from the front of the park.
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I sometimes think about how gigantic and intimidating Magnum must have looked in 1989-91, much like how my jaw dropped the first time I saw Millennium Force in person in 2001. Both coasters spawned and represent entire generations of coaster enthusiasts, but Magnum feels a lot more historic since it broke the ground for large airtime focused coasters with no inversions. I've grown to really love it over the years.
I clearly remember looking back at Magnum, right after that shot from the front parking lot was recorded, and telling my friends we will never see a steeper or taller coaster. Lol. Little did I know.
my jaw only dropped when i saw top thrill dragster in 2004
Yep. I was 11 when it opened. I remember very well driving down the causeway (the single residential road facing the lake) with the family and my sister and I would always get excited as we'd be able to see the park get closer and closer; seeing the big rides poke through the trees. Well, as soon as we saw Magnum that day in 1989, my Mom went "HOLY SHIT!!!"- and we were still far from the entrance and she was already losing it over the sheer size of it! It was indeed an incredible time for the park. It was also my favorite visit to the park. Great times!
I graduated in 1991 and that was my senior skip day was to Cedar Point. We went on the Magnum and on the way down my friend Teresa was screaming so hard she choked on a bug!! Yes it looked huge, it was the biggest coaster any of us had ever seen or been on and live to tell
Now that's a blast from the past.
So. 1991 Sean is a dude we’d totally hang out with. Pantera and Magnum XL-200. This. Is. Classic.
Totally agree
Sean is the man. Everyone should hang out with Sean.
Ha ha! I remember wearing my Pantera shirt to Cedar Point and being asked to turn it inside out before walking into the park as it read "Cowboys From Hell" as they weren't too keen on the world Hell. It was the first and only time I have been censored at a park. Lol.
Better than a Cradle of Filth or Cannibal Corpse shirt. 😂
@@timc0re Ha ha! The craziest thing was I actually saw someone in a Skid Row shirt walk in with the words "Eat, F*ck ,Kill" on the back of it, just as I was being told I couldn't enter with my shirt. I pointed out the Skid Row shirt and asked why is that any different and the employee wouldn't even look in that direction. Oh well. I will show them! I will NEVER return back to that place again. :)
High school fun. It's so cool to see how the park has changed through the years.
The good ol JVC VHS camcorder 📼😌
Imagine hauling that around lol
It was quite the chore, but I was just happy to be recording video outside. I was willing to haul that stuff around. What was I thinking? Ha ha.
Awesome throwback footage! Takes me back to my childhood
Haven't actually been there before 2016, but pre-Raptor was classic Cedar Point.
Great footage.
This is the content I love- it's a practical time capsule
I can't believe the Demon Drop still exists. Different park, but still. First ride I ever rode at CP.
And to this day, Magnum is my all-time favorite ride. I first rode it in 1991, just barely tall enough to be allowed on. It has so much personality, it still has a large drop and quick speeds, and for me, the nostalgia is off the charts.
It's so cool watching old video like this!
Thanks for watching and commenting. I rode Demon Drop many, many times in my life. I loved that ride. I did ride it at Dorney Park as well but it was running slower. Regardless, I was very happy to pay a visit to an old friend.
I think that's the first time I've watched a video and heard someone say "There's Magnum Its The Worlds Tallest Roller Coaster".........every video I see says "There's Magnum and did you know that years ago it was once the worlds tallest coaster! These videos are great! The park looked so different without Millie and TTD
Thank you! It's so strange to think how large Magnum was back in the day. It looked like a very large mountain when pulling down the causeway.
This is so cool. I grew up at this park and I remember the first day the magnum opened I was there and I rode it with my mom and she isn’t here anymore but tons of memories
Thank you for sharing. I am glad you like the video.
Good lord! Demon Drop looked like it launched it’s way up!
What a great video, love watching this stuff… grew up in this era. Simpler times people were genuinely happier. I hope some day we can get back to this! I was at this part in 91, it’s now an annual vacation for my family love Cedar Point! RIP to your friend.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching! Cedar Point has been part of my life since my first visit, around 1975. I also hope things get back to somewhat normal.
Oh man, this is some fantastic footage! I went to Cedar Point for the first time in 96 when I was 6. I was finally tall enough to ride Magnum in 97, I gripped my dads shirt for dear life! I love seeing how the park looked back then, and how it’s changed. So many good memories from this park
Thank you for watching. I had a lot of fun revisiting this footage when I was editing it.
Thanks. This was a great memory to watch. Everything is different now
That was a majestic head of hair you had back then.
My first time visiting Cedar Point was in 1990 during a Senior Trip. I remember thinking that Magnum was IT. I couldn't imagine anything topping the height and speed of it. Little did I know........:) Thanks for sharing this! I have very few photos taken during that year let alone any video! :)
This is very cool! Of course any video showing your long hair is cool anyway. :)
I am glad you watched this as I knew you could relate. Those were such different times. I wish I would have taken more photos back then. As soon as I got into video, the picture stuff went in the background.
@@SeanFlaharty The few pics I do have of that trip were taken by someone else. I think they are tucked away in my Senior Scrapbook. I had a DISC camera around that time. Remember those shitty things? :)
I also had a 110 and 126 when I was a kid. They were pretty crappy, too. :)
Actually good quality for 30 years ago! Brings back memories
Refreshingly polite kids. Today kids filming would be swearing and screaming all over the park.
that Joe Dirt haircut is hilarious
I feel like Magnum is so far away that it never seemed that tall.
I really like your videos you've posted on RUclips. But C'MON MAN!!! Mean Streak was the new Rollercoaster for 1991. I'm just surprised you didn't venture back to Frontier Town to take close up videos of it in action. Now I know some people had different opinions about Mean Streak. Some people Loved it, others had other opinions about it. Myself I actually Loved it. I wished the 2nd half had a wilder finish, but I've gotten rides on Mean Streak some days when the mid-course brakes didn't slow down the Trains. You'd be surprised how much airtime and laterals the Trains would deliver back to the station. When the Trains were stopped on the Safety/Holding brakes, the upstop wheels were still spinning. Then Cedar Point started to brake the hell out of it 3yrs later 🤣🤣🎢
I did like Mean Streak on my first ride but after that I didn't care for it very much. I would ride it once a year to see how it was running. I do agree that it was capable of some good rides with the trims off but those were very few and far between in my experience.
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Hello how are you? That’s so cool that you have an IAAPA 1997 video!!! But do you have an video of IAAPA 1997 video that shows arcade games at all? If you don’t, do you also have other videos that shows arcade games at IAPPA at different years?
Sorry, I didn't record any footage of arcade ticket redemption games.
Hey Sean hope you’re doing well. I tried to add your mom on Facebook and I don’t know if she remembers me or not since it has been so many years plus my name on FB is my married name 😂 Anyways just saying hi. I can’t believe this video was so long ago. I didn’t know how to message you on here but just wanted to say hi! We need to chat and catch up, I know you’re not on Facebook at all right?
Hey there Susan! things are going really good. I hope the same goes for you. There is no longer a way to do private messages on here. I am not on Facebook or any other form of social media, except RUclips, if you want to call it that. I tried social media years ago and realized it just wasn't my thing. The only way to get in touch with me in through my e-mail, which can be found on the 'about' section of my main channel page. If you e-mail me there we can chat.
Hey Sean how old we're you in this?
I was 18 in 1990 and 19 in 1991.
It was so much better then. They take away family rides and care nothing about any tradition just coasters, which older people cant enjoy. Sad
While it certainly wasn't the thrill Mecca that it has become today, I do believe there are plenty of things to do in the park for older folks and families. It's just not as "featured" as the thrill machines.