A Very Slow "Leap The Dips" on a Cold Day - October 8th, 2000
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Ever want to know what happens when it's too cold to run a wooden coaster? This video will show you. This POV was shot on the world's oldest coaster, Leap The Dips. While the coaster normally isn't a speed machine by any stretch, the chilly weather and the fact that the car I was in hadn't had passengers before made for an extra slow ride. There is another POV with a faster ride that can be seen after the slow ride. This video was shot during the Ridefest Coaster event at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania on October 8th, 2000.
3:02: Ladies and gentlemen, the most pointless brake run ever.
Seriously, though, I wonder how the ride operators would have dealt with the situation had the ride stalled. I also like how you included a second POV at the end to show us how fast it _should_ go.
Fantastic comparison Sean.
I was literally laughing with all of you during the first ride. Although the second time was not El Toro speed it was surely fast enough to have an enjoyable ride. I never knew that coasters could slow down this much due to the cold weather.
Thanks for the lesson and the ride~
Rob/Boston
I was just thinking that you may have been shooting POV videos before anyone else ~
Before we got into the car we were told it the the first time it had run with passengers. That would explain part of the slowness. I know of others that have shot POV years before I even had a camera. I like to document things and video is the easiest way of doing that. I have hundreds of POVs that I am sure will show up here one day. I have been shooting POV since 1994 I believe.
That's a good old-fashioned roller coaster. I'd love to ride it one day. 😍🎢
I rode it in 2020 and it was scary. Very scary. It wasn't running like it was when I recorded this video. First off, the track isn't in the best shape now. This results in the car bouncing around like mad. There is now airtime on it, which is kind of scary for a coaster that doesn't have a single restraint on it. I hope they take care of the ride so it can entertain for decades more.
@@SeanFlaharty it is an American original. I hope they take care of it. If it gets expensive maybe someone can start a Leap The Dips Appreciation Society or a rollercoaster enthusiast group that can raise funds for upkeep and repairs. This coaster like the Cyclone should have a Historical Plaque affixed to them.
Thank you for your response. 🙋🏻♀️
@@ladyrachel13 ACE was responsible for getting the coaster operational for its grand rep-opening in 1999. The coaster is also a landmark and has a plaque in front of it as well as a place for donations.
WOW!!! I've never ever seen or rode Leap The Dips when it was going THAT SLOW!!! Or for that matter that fast either! I've been on a fast run on it, but not that fast. At one point on your slow ride, I wasn't sure if you were going to make it all the way down.
+sportsygirl8 We didn't think we were going to make it either. According to the operators, the car we were in was the first time it ran with passengers. Maybe that had something to do with it. Ha ha.
Sean Flaharty That's a possibility, and to think how long it could have been sitting in there too and enduring all temps. Did they change cars the second time you rode it or was it the same one, but they put some WD40 on it?
+sportsygirl8 I believe it was a different car, and it was slightly warmer. I also stopped on the final curve of Toboggan because it was too cold. Lol.
Sean Flaharty Oh, I see, that makes more sense too about it being a little warmer out and different car. That car was like a rocket! Oh, gosh! That is really crazy. How did you get down?
I was stopped in an area where the operator could walk over and give me a push to complete the last turn.
Wow haha. Looked like you were about to stop some times! Which is saying something when you're watching on a video. Looks like a fun little ride at normal pace, and hilarious when it's... somehow rolling through
Ha ha. It was really funny. We thought we were going to get stuck.
I just rode this for the first time two days ago. My rides were definitely more like the second POV. Holy crap, that first part was beyond slow!
Last week, I took a couple rides on it. The track didn't look like it was in the best shape. I also got stung while riding. :(. Lol.
10/8/2000..half a lifetime ago now lol. I live about 3 hours south of Altoona but hope to someday make it up there to ride Leap the Dips.
Hopefully the park will open and most of its rides will be running. I know they had some issues this past year.
It's sad how the coaster looks freshly painted here, but in some more recent videos I've seen of it, it kind of looks a bit under-conditioned considering it's the oldest coaster.
I haven't ridden this coaster for years now. That's sad it doesn't look as good as it used to. Hopefully the ride will continue to offer rides to everyone.
Falchion Of Eternity They are renovating summer 2018. So hopefully spring of 2019 it will have a new coat of paint, and be in full swing again.
its like night and day
The rollercoaster is like “You just leaped your last dip.” 🤨🫵
Thanks for posting this. This classic is on my bucket list.
You are welcome. Many thanks for watching!
Holy crap! That is like night and day!
It really was. I had ridden this coaster a few times over the years and never had a slow ride like that.
The cause of this problem can be attributed to the friction of the tracks gained during the cold weather. Additionally, chain lifts and motors may run in a reduced manner due to the thickening of oil and other solvents. Also the tracks can partially shrink due to the compression of most chemical molecules during the change in temperature. Older tracks have a higher risk of slowing down compared to newer tracks, and wood travels slower than metal.
Provided there were no other people in the car is valid because there wasn't any time for the coaster's wheels and the track to warm up before. Having more passengers in the car would allow more force to be imposed on the tracks, especially if they leaned forward, causing the car to move faster. However that would be an unsafe idea.
Right before we got into the car, we were told we were the first passengers to take a ride in that car. They didn't even send it around to test. It wouldn't have made it back on its own so they just told us to ride and hope for the best. :)
@@SeanFlaharty Yep! Provided that there was no testing imposed on the car first they MAY have been partially responsible, but I wouldn't worry TOO much about it.
Hey Sean! This footage is hilarious! Would it be ok for me to use it in an upcoming video I am making on Leap the Dips? I will provide full credit to your channel!
You got it, buddy. Thanks for asking.
Behind the scenes ElToro Ryan lol.
The second POV looks like it's flying compared to the first one.
It really was. Before we boarded the car that was running slow, the late and great Gary Baker told us that we were the first passengers ever in that car as it was just brought into service for the first time ever, that morning. I can't confirm that is indeed true but Gary did know his stuff.
Rode this in 2011. Fantastic ride, and so privileged to have rode the oldest coaster. Need one here in the UK.
That's cool you got to ride it. I rode a similar ride in the UK in 2002 at the now closed Rotunda park in Dover.
Sean Flaharty Actually remember riding that one too. The runaway coaster at Folkestone.
Yep, that's the one I believe.
What about the one at Dreamland margate?
We had one in Whitley Bay,
It was pulled down in the mid 70,s there's only a second off the coaster in the video that documents a fun fair by the name of the Spanish City.
Plus the 2nd to get a
Corkscrew coaster,
Lame by today's roller coaster,s but hey it was the early 80,s & wow !
I remember watching it being constructed. Then the wait to get on it, 5 hour's. But it was worth every minute & the £1.00 I paid.
This ride is like the early Blue Streak...
In 2004 this coaster was mentioned in the dutch magazine 'donald duck' in issue 21-2004 as part of the section 'uit het handboek van de jonge woudlopers. Kwik kwek en kwak'
That's very cool!
Whitley bay, Spanish City fair ground had a coaster just like this, it was taken down say 1976 ?
Then in 1984 we got a corkscrew coaster. The line to go on it reached around 5 Hours.
Very tame now, but in then days,
WoW.
Oh yea. Those corkscrew coasters were all the hype back in the day.
"Oh oh"
Are you gonna reupload this at 60fps?
I currently don't have any plans to do that but maybe someday.
Lmao
Wheee lol
It’s so slow it’s like he’s not even moving
Who ells died when the guy said blazing speed 😂😂
Ha ha. Glad you liked my comment.
Sean Flaharty was it slow because it was cold
Perhaps they could add catwalks so stranded or meandering passengers could just push the car around the turns. (Yes, I know this is probably a safety violation.)
Ha ha. From what I hear this is a rare thing to happen. I actually stalled out on the Toboggan coaster the same day.