King Cobra Roller Coaster POV - Kings Island
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Do you remember the King Cobra? It was the first stand-up roller coaster in the United States when it debuted in 1984 at Kings Island. #kingsisland #rollercoaster #themeparks
It was the worlds quietest roller coaster.
That’s because they did the POV without sound
@@nemochicky4697 I- I think it was a joke......
@@nemochicky4697 Nah, dude. 11 years ago we had no sound in real life.
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@@Meme-vj2jc ahh, the good ole days
This was my breakthrough coaster. Being 11 years old in the summer of 1986, not even sure why agreed to stand in line with my dad for this ride, then doubling down and waiting to get in the first two spots... but knowing I couldn't back down. You gotta remember how insane riding standing up was back then, let alone standing through a loop. Laughd through my terror riding it the first time. Must've rode it 3 more times immediately afterwards. Been happy to ride anything, the crazier the better, ever since. I'll never forget it.
That was the best Standup coaster of all time in my opion. The airtime hills while standing was an element that should have been applied to modern stand ups but never has.
b&m’s new surf coaster model is a new stand up with airtime. it’s not a traditional stand up, but it’s the closest thing to an airtime filled stand up since this
@@rjthelion6239 Was just going to say this, it's as close as we're probably going to get with a stand-up coaster with airtime lol
Brings back memories.
I rode this ride so many times.
OMG I HAVE SO MANY FLASHBACKS RIGHT NOW !! THIS WAS MY FAV FOR YRS
I remember riding this in 1987. I think back then it was the ONLY stand-up coaster in the USA. It was my first roller coaster EVER. I was addicted after that first ride. But boy, did my legs HURT the next day!
Shockwave at kings dominion and skydiver at Canada's wonderland were open then, but king cobra was still the first and unique nonetheless
I loved riding King Cobra. It was so scary the very first time -- standing up on a coaster seemed insane. I would love to see POV of The Bat and Phantom Theater!
It was my favorite. Standing up actually felt more comfortable to me.
I waited in line almost 3 hours to ride this back in the 80's. First coaster ride ever. I was terrified but loved it! I'm to old and my health is to bad now but they should bring it back for the younger generation!
I remember riding this at night and fireworks going off.
My crotch still hurts from this, 17 years later.🤣
rip
I rode this back in 93. First time every riding a stand up coaster.
Of COURSE they got rid of this the year I was finally tall enough for it.
yeet
I feel your pain. The Son Of Beast went sbno the season I was finally tall enough to ride it.
@@elizabethwaterman7793 good thing too cause u missed getting tkod by it.
Happened to me for firehawk
I miss the hell out of this ride, I wish they never removed it 😩
It’s good they tore it down or the entire youth who rode it would have had to feel simulated leg amputation. Togo stand up coasters are painful
There was nothing painful about this ride if you knew how to ride it. To this day not a single stand up coaster on the planet gives any airtime, this one (and it's 2 clones) had 2 very aggressive airtime moments, one just before the helix and one just after. I miss it very much and will even more now that all the other 2 are now closed as well. Sad.
Thanks you for posting this - this is one of my childhood favorites. I was looking for the windspeed indicator at the top - there it was! Good times...
Most people that whine that this ride was removed are nostalgic. To be quite honest it was a gimmick ride, that was highly uncomfortable for any male rider. It always looked so fun, but as soon as you boarded you remember that awful crotch restraining system. OUCH!
MakingBoost MakingBoost I always squatted, as the crotch seat and harnesses were locking, then I’d stand up so that piece was no where near the danger zone. To me, the brake run was the worst part. Your head/neck kept thrusted forward as your body was firmly locked in place...ouch!
if people knew how to stand up it wouldn't be an issue...
MakingBoost sucks to be a guy and good thing I’m not one XD
@@thatkidonyoutube5223 dude we have balls not vaginas, do you have any idea how bad that shit hurts?
The trick on standup coasters was to bend your knees slightly so when the harness locked into place and you stood up and locked your knees in, you had several inches of clearance. This was a fantastic and fun ride.
Yes I rode it some!!! Truly CLASSIC - with out these classics the Coasters would NEVER be what they are today! Long live the classics!
Man, I used to LOVE riding the King Cobra. I haven't been to KI since before they took it down I guess, as I didn't know it was gone. That was one of my favorite roller coasters, and the ride was sooooo smooth!
I said I would never ride it again but because of the thrill of it, I came back for more. One of the best rides out there .
Was a cool ride. Very short though. Still was sad to see it taken down
Thank you so much for this. I've never been much of a roller coaster fan, but for sum reason, I loved this one...
First loop, say goodbye to your baby makers. This was a wonderful ride though, painful, short, but I remember standing in line for hours to ride it. I feel lucky to have gotten the opportunity.
I remember riding this on a rainy day. Just as it started, there was a downpour of rain and we were on the front car. Had to turn our heads just to breath. Fun memories
I loved this coaster. Back in 1999 I rode it like 4 times in a row.
This was such a short but sweet ride. My knees would always buckle going into the loop. Could never stay standing.
Sad I never got to ride this
Sam Collins I wasn't even born before they closed it
You miss a nice ride
Man, if only I lived here when this opened. I moved by Kings Island in 2007, and it's just fantastic! Thanks for posting this, it's one of the only quality POV's of King Cobra.
I remember riding this with my best friend after Vortex. We got off and ran into my mom as we exit. My mom saying “Are u 2 crazy? You just rode that?”
I only got to ride it once cuz I was too scared to ride coasters when I was younger and the day I finally rode it, it was the last ride of the day and my last visit to the park that year - the last year it was open. Hindsight! That one ride was enough to make me miss it intensely now. I would love to go around and around on it.
I enjoyed King Cobra and the TOGO stand ups more than I like the majority of B&M Stand Up Coasters.
In high school this was my home park. I’m not huge on coasters but I got a little brace as a teenager and I loved this ride
its been 10 years sinse this was last posted kings island is still a grat park and they are really nostaglic
I miss this ride
I used to love to ride it!
King Cobra Needs to be reborn!
I remembered this thing breaking down constantly
@guiniga1 More POV vidoes coming in the next weeks.
The trick on standup coasters (for a guy) was to bend your knees slightly so when
the harness locked into place and you stood up and locked your knees in, you had several inches of clearance. This was a fantastic and fun ride.
I am not a big fan of roller coasters but I did actually ride this one back in the mid to late 90's. I remember enormous weight on my knees when going through the loop and that it was a very smooth ride.
HOLD UP yall actually have fottage of this SHEESH
First upside down roller coaster I rode.
I sadly have only heard stories of this majestic ride
I wish they would have put sit down trains on this ride and kept it. Would have been the last bearable togo in America. In fact I bet with a good set of lap bar trains this ride would have given great air time. I feel like this would have been a classic
I miss this ride :( It was my first upside down rollercoaster, and I only rode it once! Then the next time I went, it was partially torn down :( Delirium's not even a good ride, and you guys even had to tone it down by not making it go as high:(
Why was this taken down? This was so good! They should rebuild it on the former property of Vortex, it’s just an empty field
@codyshow1 The last standup ever built was Georgia Scorcher in 1999. That's more than 10 years ago. B&M is still open to building more stand-ups, though.
Yes, went to Kings Island around 1976 ish with our church group.
First day went to a Cincinnati Reds game with Pete Rose in the lineup
Second day Kings Island, WOW where did 35+ years go??
Times fly when you having fun
My very first roller coaster :)
This is why official is better *they have old coasters*
I remember riding this coaster when I visited Kings Island and I didn't feel very secure in the harness. Even though the harness was locked and checked by the station attendants, the harness felt loose. Anyway, it was a good ride no matter what!
You're a dumbass, it was a shitty ride and you know it
@Keith Young Cause he's being part of the GP, he's not accepting Standups as a horrible design
As of 2019 they had the trains in the Flight of Fear spaghetti bowl still, and I believe most (if not all) the track on the outskirts of the property. Not protected, just laying there. So reassembling is that much more unlikely. I never got to ride it cuz I was 6 when they removed it, but man I hear all kinds of great stories about it. It’s a shame it was made by Togo, arguably the worst manufacturer to exist, and had to be removed when the Togo centers went bankrupt in America due to the failure of Windjammer Surfers. RIP to a ride I never got to experience
I rode this several times. It wasn't that bad.
This ride also used to be located at Canada’s Wonderland as SkyRider.
Can't believe you got rid of this ride
There was a ride at kings Dominion by the same name at the same time this ride debuted.
I use to cry when I was little because I wanted to ride it so bad. Never got to. :(
@codyshow1 This is an older ride that was torn down in 2002.
Here are my requests! Screamin' Demon (we used to run up and down the stairs riding it over and over). Would love to see a Son of Beast with loop. Also would love The Bat because I never got a chance to ride it and since its cousin The Big Bad Wolf was dismantled at the end of last season).
I'm sure the clicking sound would be similar to the vortex click
Was Too Short up Until 2005 When yall closed it. Why couldn't Delirium hold off One more year :'(
I thought the King Cobra closed in 2001
Who's going to join King Cobra and SoB?
why did they replace this with delerium delerium sucks this ride rocks though
Arrow really thought they did something with that outer bank turn
Are you sure you want to completely demolish Stand Up Coaster 1?
I know... Thats why I asked when they are going to get a stand up...
I got to ride this before they took it down I liked it but those bicycle type seats were uncomfortable lol.
B&M
Intiman
They should did those two
Anyone exited for Orion?
Actually Extreme Roller (Worlds of fun) was the first Stand up Coaster in America.
Slides to Rides Actually the King Cobra was the first to be designed from the ground up to be a standing roller the extreme roller was a sit down that they added standing trains in 83 and king cobra opened in 84 so you can say that extreme was the first by a year but from a blue print and design point of view from start to finish the King Cobra was the first cos it was originally designed that way.
Correct, however the Extremeroller opened before King Cobra as a Stand up and other stand ups like Railblazer.
that is what i said that extreme added the standup train a year before king cobra
Sound. Sound. Sound. Anyone? Anyone? Sound. Sound. Sound. Anyone? Anyone?
Who decided that bunny hills would be a good idea for a stand-up?
@paigehey the company that made it (TOGO) went bankrupt, parts became rare and expensive, so they tore it down
Technically you were straddling a bike seat. Not very comfortable for the guys. Right at the very end it would hit 2-3 humps and you would feel it.
We could ask other steel coaster makers at kings island to make a better king cobra with the same design but safer b&m could revive king cobra
Banshee can take over, I give it permission #kingsisland2014
i miss the king cobra! why was it taken down?
to uncomfortable
the manufacturer of the ride, togo, went bankrupt and had to close their American offices. This made it harder for the park to get replacement parts for the ride so they decided to close it down.
Once you get past the "gimmick" of standing, the ride itself was rather short. Still it was fun, just kind of small.
Ride don't last forever. They are built to eventually have fatigue and wear form being ridden for many years. If you want to ride something similar again, come to Canada's Wonderland and experience Sky Rider "Canada's first stand-up looping coaster". It's been operating fine since 1985 and still running strong. Too bad the manufacturer Togo went out of business due to some bad designing of their coasters in their later years. maybe King Cobra would still be around if Togo didn't go bankrupt.
Yes, I know. I posted that comment back on March 25. You can still catch a ride before it closes down on September 1st at 8: 00 pm. :)
@@briist01 King Cobra didn't have the accident, Shockwave did. And the King Cobra closed for a week because of that accident, not forever. King Cobra closed because it's manufacturer closed it's American offices.
@@elizabethwaterman7793 i forgot I even posted that comment lmao
ask Cedar point if they are RMC ING MEAN STREAK
David Roach
They did! Sorry I’m late! But it’s #1!!!
I saw this in the kings island leaks
When are you guys going to get a stand up coaster?
Triple OG coaster
I seen videos of this ride, it looks really uncomfortable. Also, I subscribed because you are kings island
I've only ridden this maybe 3 or 4 times and my kids thank me everyday for not riding it more.
I rode this and I remember the loop hurting your back. Glad i got a chance to ride it.🐍🎢
Oh Togo.
A ride that may come back a sister coaster the cobra
its scary that its a stand up coaster and it has a loop on it... THATS DANGEROUS
guys you do know the remake of this is exactly the same, at cedar point it is named the mantis
sorry but that is totally incorrect oof
My family and I are going this summer and I have never been to Kings Island but my dad did like years ago. He told be about this ride and i went on the website and tried to look for it but couldn’t find it. Did the ride get removed or something?
It would be named the giga cobra also known as the giant cobra
Kind of like shockwave
Looks like an Arrow coaster. Is it Arrow??
It was a togo
1:18 is it just me or is the random bank out of place?
I will not be able to ride the ride because I was born in 2006
wouldn't matter anyway they removed the ride like 10 years ago and replaced it with delirium 😩
the fnaf fantic 34233 they moved it in 2001
the fnaf fantic 34233 I was born in 2003
Why is there no sound with this video?
Rmc could recreate king cobra
I like Delirium and everything, but KI needs another standup coaster at some point. It's a shame that TOGO is no longer around.
What? A shame? They sucked!
CoasterCrab
Sorry you didn't enjoy them. Not everybody shares your views.
Joe Rambo true but I think standups ate a lil stupid
B&M offers a stand-up coaster model, but literally NO ONE likes stand-ups. If you enjoyed it, good for you! There are still some operating stand-ups left in the US, such as Vortex at Carowinds. Although, Cedar Fair has stated that they plan to convert/remove all stand-up models at their parks. If you want to ride a stand-up one last time, you'd better head to Carowinds and enjoy yourself. 2017 may be the last year to ride one.
Why don't they convert Diamondback to Stand-Up
@codyshow1 they did and they tore it down
Your standing.