The 15 Most Important Coasters of the 1990s
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- These are the most important coasters from the 1990s decade!
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Every time I trash Disney, my mom will just say “They saved vekoma”
Your mom sounds like a coaster nerd
@@AirtimeThrills I can already feel Disney fanboy’s rage heating up lol
@@AirtimeThrills The reason why Oblivion has a 87 degree angle is because the wheels wouldn't stay on the tracks if it was vertical
Where was Roadrunner Express? That was the first roller coaster designed by Alan Schilke in 1997.
In among all those B&M inverted coasters, you missed a really beloved one: Nemesis at Alton Towers. Nemesis is known for having some of the best theming of any such ride as well as one of the most intense experiences with its tight layout. Many fans consider it the best ride at the park even today.
*i want to know airtime thrills location*
Six Flags Great America. The king of 90s B&M Innovation
Livefilmer721 love my home park
666flags me too!
@@djsugarc1075 same
@@djsugarc1075 glad I was born an hour away from the best SF park. Love SFGAm
Number 1: lil phantom no question
I agree
There’s definitely a strong argument for Steel Phantom. It beat Magnum’s longest drop record and was the first coaster to break the 80mph mark, shattering the speed record in the process
It’s the most rideable of all the pre b and m hypers too. Crazy smooth
Airtime Thrills: The 15 Most Important Coasters of the 1990s
*six flags great america has entered the chat*
Oblivion isnt exactly 90° because B&M had problems with the wheels boucing on such a drop so they went with slightly less until they solved the problem
To quote Wikipedia, as sourced from Guinness 1999:
"Oblivion's vertical drop is actually slightly less than 90 degrees, at 87.5 degrees. This is due to the trains lacking sprung wheel assemblies which would mean the transition from vertical to horizontal would be uncomfortable."
There do seem to be conflicting statements on this. Wikipedia's stance, Luca's; I've heard yet another standpoint somewhere else that it had to do with the polyurethane used for coaster wheels of the era. No one real answer, as far as I can tell.
Hmmmm
ChromaComplex No, he's saying the same thing as the wiki page. The lack of spring-loading means that the train bounces when it bottoms out, which is uncomfortable for riders.
Alton towers wants to know your location
I was watching a POV of Titan at Six Flags Over Texas, and when it got to the double helix, I got an idea that I think you could make an interesting video from. 10 (or any number that you choose) great moments on bad roller coasters.
I'll put it on the list and see if i can get a video out of it
Airtime Thrills predator at Darien lake would work for that, with its start
Or bad moments on great coasters
@@AirtimeThrills if you don't have enough to make a good list, can you tell me so I'm not waiting forever for a video that won't happen?
@@torezcoasters6043 With the condition that it isn't just 10 trim brakes :D
The 90s definitely saw a shift in power for manufacturers. Seemed like a really exciting time to be an enthusiast.
It was exciting, but these developments only just coming on the market meant that what we now consider commonplace was fairly rare. For example I could, within 5 hours drive, ride 2 SLCs but only 1 B&M until BGW got Alpengeist, that being Batman the most popular ride at a very popular park e.g. 1.5 hour waits. 2 more hours drive would get me to Vortex at Carowinds where Hurler was their best coaster at the time.
Thanks for giving credit to SFGAm. They played a major role in the 80s with Shockwave and in the 90s with the B&Ms that would make an impact in the industry for years to come.
I'm glad you touched on the Disney and Vekoma relationship. I think that would be a good stand alone video, but that's just me
I have an Evolution of Vekoma video which talks about how critical that relationship was
B&M had problems getting dive coasters to maintain wheel contact at a 90° angle, which they eventually solved by spring-loading the wheels starting with SheiKra.
Ah, the 90s, the time when SLCs were everywhere.......
They still are, at least here in Europe
@@n3lis94 Unfortunately there's still a lot of them in America too :(
@@badgerstatecoasters7725 Yeah but I rode the first STC yesterday actually, and I can tell you, the future is really looking bright. No one will ever buy an SLC anymore and overtime they will get replaced (hopefully by STCs because HüK is great : )).
@@n3lis94 I hope they get replaced too :)
@@badgerstatecoasters7725 great n'oreaster is good
You could say that B&M was the 90s RMC.
So, can't wait for RMC to build the same models over and over again in 30 years. ;D
When Dutch Wonderland was the one park you went to when you were a little kid
👁👄👁
Well, it now has the Cartoon Network hotel across the street.
Six Flags Great America is my home park.
Seeing Shockwave and Iron Wolf brought back (painful) memories.
The history at the park is 2nd to none. Great video man!
My home park is SFGA too
@@koasterkountry SFGAm*
@@reeseoutdoors7491 definitely have to come back. Our RMC Goliath sits on Iron Wolf's old spot and is a huge improvement. X Flight where Splash water falls used to be is a very fun ride. And Maxx Force is short but insane, at the front of the park where the auditorium and rocketship used to be.
SFGAm: *builds the two most important coasters of the 90's*
Enthusiasts: "This is a mid-tier park without an exciting coaster lineup."
Shut up my home park is great america and we are better than nearly all six flags park
True but that’s not much competition, most sf parks r trash
@@themeparksrock sure but six flags does have some of the best parks in the world. Especially SFMM
@@themeparksrock fiesta texas, great adventure, and magic mountain are all pretty much on the same level as great america
I dont get why they say that, superman is a fine ride, Goliath is godly, raging bull is good and everyone needs to shutup, x flight is a fantastic wing thats intense and has that cool headchopped, viper can go die. Like honestly its a great friggin lineup. The one two punch of Goliath and raging bull alone makes it amazing
you didn't mention my boi anaconda THE FIRST LOOPING COASTER THAT HAS A UNDERWATER TUNNEL! SO MUCH INNOVATION AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
you literally always post at a great time for me, in the uk its 11pm and im always on youtube so i always see your videos within the first 10 mins lol
lmao same
Awwwww my home park got an honourable mention. The Big One hurts, I doubt things will be much less painful with the retracking but one can dream.
Got to love that my home park is the top 2 on the list!!!
Yup mine 2
From what I’ve read the reason that Oblivion wasn’t totally vertical was because it didn’t have spring loaded wheel assemblies so the transition back to horizontal would’ve produced an uncomfortable jolt
I feel as though Nemesis at Alton Towers should have been an honourable mention for being Europe's first invert and how iconic the ride has gone on to be for the park.
Steel Phantom. It was the beginning of the rise of Kennywood.
Love the intros, keep it up! And that comment on the gravity group for some reason left me laughing hard.
I remember riding Iron Wolf probably when I was 8, it was one of the first roller coasters I had ridden. Never knew of its importance until many years later and I'm glad to say I got to ride it.
Its a credit I'm glad to have too. But my nether regions appreciate that they made it a floorless.
This is another well put together video. I think the only additional mention I would make is the Vekoma Jr. coaster. One third of all Vekoma coasters built are Junior Coasters. They first came on the scene in 1991 and the same four models plus some custom variants are as popular today as they were in the 90's, with 15 opening since 2019 (including 4 that haven't but were/are scheduled to open 2020-2021). So really the Junior Coaster may be more important to Vekoma post 90's success than even Big Thunder Mountain ( /Disney) was.
My favorite album was made, OK Computer, Some of the greatest coasters ever were made, Arrow was still in business, the world was more chill, and most of all: SLC's
Which album was that?
@@DoswarePictures a Radiohead album, I mean I liked there other album Kid A more but that album was made in 2000. along with millie.
BllXA I’ve heard that name before.
Dosware Pictures there weird but amazing!!! They also had their hit “Creep” but that’s nowhere near as good as their other stuff.
BllXA wait, which creep? There’s more than one.
The 90’s was definitely an iconic decade for roller coasters and pop culture. Music, Sports, TV, Fashion etc 😩😩
idk why but i just love hearing chris talk about rides i've been on in europe like dragon khan, oblivion, and big one.
also chris when you go on a europe trip DO NOT skip blackpool or portaventura. ICON is amazing, big one is underrated, and Shambhala is easily the best b&m ever.
I doubt he’d skip PortAdventura, it’s one of the most major parks in the entire continent and definitely the most major park in Spain. It’s like doing a Japan trip and skipping Nagashima or skipping Gold Reef City on an Africa trip.
Dosware Pictures agreed
Forgot to mention Kingdom Coaster debuted as Sky Princess and the name changed prior to the 2007 season. I only know this since it was my first coaster credit, and I never knew it was the first CCI!
It was a good time being a season pass holder at Great America in the 90's
THAT was weird, you started talking about ride of steel and as the video showed it go over the drop I felt my body react as if I was actually going over the drop since I know it so well
Thank god Kumba made the list. I knew it deserved it come on! Back when B&M took risks and made forceful layouts...
It's probably not B&M calling all the shots in that regard, though. Parks buying their coasters probably ask for less forceful rides with the aim of not scaring off the general public. As much as enthusiasts might be looking for intense experiences, pleasing regular people is ultimately necessary for keeping any park alive.
I remember riding Raptor the first year it opened!! I was 10! That was it for me...the start of my enthusiasm....I rode Apollo’s Chariot the year it opened too...I remember looking in the distance and seeing Drachen Fire and being so upset.
Good list but I've always heard the rigid hanging coasters called "inverted" and the Arrow swingers referred to as "suspended".
Great video! Of your output, these countdowns by decade and prime ride times are perhaps my favorites.
I had a chance to visit Dutch Wonderland for the first time back in 2020, and Kingdom Coaster is definitely one of the quirkiest woodies I’ve ever ridden. Its paint scheme is something straight out of RCT3, it has little airtime but two moments of strong laterals for a coaster its size as well as a banked helix finale (from a company famous for unbanked turns). I also find it interesting that the first CCI and first GCI are within an hour of one another (side note: if you do ever get to Dutch Wonderland, don’t skip the flats. Dutch Wonder House is a rare haunted swing that must be seen to be believed, and the monorail actually passes through Kingdom Coaster’s structure, so there are some excellent photo-ops to be had).
Glad to see Ride of Steel made the list. It not only helped Intamin to building Millennium Force, but it also put my original home park on the map. Darien Lake had a great reputation back, and 1999 marked the beginning of the Six Flags era as well as the fourth year in a row in which they received a new coaster, although the Schwarzkopf indoor coaster they got in 1996 was relocated to Great Escape prior to the start of the season. Either way, it's hard to imagine the park ever gets another coaster as tall and as fast as Ride of Steel, but I can appreciate the fact that this coaster was memorable to the industry in some way and how it still runs well at the park.
Darien Lake has a lot more going for it than just the coasters. Hopefully with them back in the Six Flags chain they can get the time and money investments needed to live up to their full potential (i.e. RMC Predator and have Mind Eraser fitted with new restraints) - most of the problems they had in recent years are a consequence of having to go it alone on shoestring budgets ever since the end of the original Six Flags era.
@@gordontaylor2815 I'd feel better about the future of the park if not for the pandemic. They are lucky that the campground is allowed to be open so they have a fraction of revenue coming in.
The moment you realize the first coaster you rode is a Vekoma.
Me too, it was gadget's go coaster at Disneyland.
MINE WAS THAT TOO!!!
@@JadneParksYeah I was 7 and I nearly slipped out of my restraint and on to the floor because I was so scared. The caused me to have fear of coasters until I was 15 and I rode Space Mountain again on a family vacation to Disneyland.
I’m starting to transitioning into a potential enthusiast.
Mine was Zippin Pippin
Hell yeah! Superman Ride Of Steel at my home park. Finally someone giving credit to Intamins first hyper.
Fun fact: Kingdom Coaster originally was called Sky Princess
You miss airtimethrills post: panic
You watch it :kalm
Your about to board iron rattler:panic
In retrospect, you hit the nail on the head with Big Thunder Mountain. I'm so glad Disney helped keep Vekoma alive to rebrand to the new style. I can't wait till the new models make it to the US. Vekoma will earn sooooooo much respect back, and, like you said, be a real global player again!!! And yes, curse you Universal, DD deserved so much better
13:07 technically 3. The original Hulk and the two sides of Dragon Challenge. EDIT: typo
I think the most important coaster of the 90s is at cedar point with Woodstock express
Magnum should have been on this list even though it opened in 89. I remember that thing being unlike anything to ever come before it (idk if that's true) but it was unbelievably scary and impressive when it came out.
1990 is a decade before arrow dynamics got bankrupt
Kingdom coaster was my childhood. Can't believe it was actually important
Boy was the 90s a time for coasters, I mean man, the Great pumpkin coaster was built.
That was my first credit that I can remember. I think I might have been on what would become Back at the Barnyard Hayride in the early 2000s but I’m not sure. Although I can now say that I have the credit on that when riding it multiple times in 2013.
Oblivion was not vertical because it wasn't able to have springloaded wheels
Thank you for giving Alton Towers (my home park) a mention. Great list.
Despite all the flack it gets these days no one can deny the importance Wildcat holds in the coaster world.
Hopefully Hersheypark has something in mind to make it better - maybe they'll ask GCI to retrack their very first coaster with their new steel track?
@@gordontaylor2815 Maybe.
"The first time the world didn't have to worry about the threat of the Soviet Union"
**Laughs in Putin**
@AndyDandy True.
Also, everyone knows Epstein didn't kill himself; regardless of political orientation.
The cold war never ended- China simply took over where the ussr left off
@@hannibalbarca6308 china is not a threat...they are really overestimated...
3:52 DANGLE GP to ENTHUSIAST, one more video for you! Edit: Not really, I just associate the word 'dangle' with the 'dangling coaster' meme.
me seeing that he said one with dueling dragons, iTs TwO cOaStErS
The reason oblivion isn't vertical is because the spring wheels couldn't handle it so the had to go 87 degrees also great vid as Always
Beat me to it.. 😂
Another one is Ride of Steel at Darien Lake, that was Intamins true first coaster. Their other prior rides don't really count because they were really rides made by Giovanola and Intamin acted as a middle man to sell them to parks. Ride of Steel was the first coaster they made without Giovanolas help
Look into Chaos - Opryland USA, Nashville, TN. It isn’t there anymore but there was a duplicate made in Belgium called Revolution. Great ride.
When was the last time you remember Superman Escape From Krypton running either side??? I feel like I always just see one side running
Insanely great content
Oblivion's drop angle is slightly less than 90 because B&M at the time did not use sprung wheel bogies so its less than vertical to prevent a slam back onto the rail.
I’m surprised Tennessee Tornado isn’t here since it kinda revived Arrow, even if it was just for a little bit. Like with Sega at the same time.
Yeah it just wasnt significant enough since it didnt lead to anything
Airtime Thrills sadly.
Well it also helped make Alan Schilke a huge player in the industry
I was lucky to get a last ride on Tower of Terror at Dreamworld in October last year in about a week before they announced it's closure, Superman at Six Flags Magic Mountain could be a matter of time before that bites the dust too.
I'm happy my home park had the 2 most important coasters of the 1990s, really tbh, it was the start of the modern coaster era with Iron Wolf and BatMan the ride.
Oblivion didn't feature a completely vertical drop because the main wheels could not leave the track during the drop as the upstop wheel technology did not feature any suspension yet.
Loved Iron Wolf
The 90s brought the best cloned rides out there that are known for their high levels of intensity The great pumpkin coaster!
Taxi Jam
Dosware Pictures hey Arnold’s taxi chase if you were carowinds
Edward Isom nope, Kings Dominion.
Also Scooby Zoom, Top Cat’s Taxi Jam, Lucy’s Cabby Crabby, and Little Bill’s Giggle Coaster.
Dosware Pictures the name little bills giggle coaster sounds creepy 😂
Edward Isom even worse since Little Bill was created by Bill Cosby.
The reason oblivion isn't exactly vertical is because it doesn't have the spring loaded wheels that other dives have, meaning if it was vertical the wheels would slip and free fall.
Thank you for calling out Universal! I can’t forgive them for what they did to Dragon Challenge! 2 credits I’ll never get! 😔
My fav channel!!!
You forgot about woodstock express after cedar point, probably one of the most intense roller coasters ever built
I’m surprised to not see Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa on this list. I still to this day think it’s the best B&M invert.
SFGA is my home park and the Wisconsin and Illinois area miss iron wolf!
Unfortunately, I never got to ride it. I started going to SFGAm in 2013, I think the year after xflight was put in. My first season with a season pass was the year they took Rajun Cajun out. I was 9 then. That's the only park I've every been to and I have high hopes that sometime I can convince my parents to do a small road trip so I can get to cedar point and kings Island(?). I'm dying to get on a giga coaster
That's crazy to think that all but 1 of all B&Ms ever built are defunct! Just goes to show the quality of their product 😲
Yep. There are many reasons why their coasters are the most expensive out of any manufacturer. Another reason is that nobody has ever died while riding on any of their coasters. Ever.
Even a major hurricane can’t stop B&M.
Also, technically 3 B&Ms have been removed. Dueling Dragons is two coasters and Hulk was rebuilt from the ground up in 2016.
@@DoswarePictures true, I feel like dueling dragons was always two separate coasters. Two distinct different layouts. Yeah hulk is a new ride I guess, they built it brand new basically 😄
Last time I checked on wikipedia there was TWO defunct B&Ms
One being dragon challenge and the other being some other B&M in Taiwan
Edit: There is also two B&Ms SBNO in China
All the SLCs were very important!
Rare to see SFGA anywhere on lists like this, let alone occupy the top two spots.
Led Zeppelin from the Hard Rock Park was removed...but it was relocated to a park in Vietnam. It's insane that Dueling Dragons is the only B&M no longer in operation. RIP. Although Hagrid is pretty awesome haha
At least Dueling Dragons got what looks like a worthy replacement (even it is, as they say, "just not the same").
Sad it was removed. At first it was good times, then it was bad times.
The reason why oblivion wasn't 90 degrees was due to the fact that B&M had not perfected the springloaded wheels for their trains yet, therfore making them unsure if they would get enough contact?/force? with the track. (Sorry, for my english it is not my mothertoungue).
The swarm Thorpe park was the first to feature the wing over drop
Glad to see Flight of Fear on this list. I still love that ride.
The Kings Dominion one was my first Coaster I rode, and it was in 1996
@@johnfoltz8183 The thing that I've never seen replicated in that ride that I will always remember is that by having the spegetti bowl inside, I legitimately couldn't tell the difference between up and down. No other ride has ever done that for me. Also, Copperhead Strike gets all this credit for themeing at a CF park, but Fight of Fear is far superior with their theming.
Next summer if I go to KI, I will absolutely make a point of riding that, probably before even Diamondback.
“Curse You Universal”
1994 saw the introduction of El Condor, the first ever Vekome SLC. It was the beginning of an era of pain for rollercoaster enthousiasts.
I rode it two weeks ago. It was so much worse than I imagined.
Great list! Personally I think Batman the Ride - Six Flags Great America should've been number one, but that's just semantics 😁
Damn Universal! I loved the dragon challenge! I would much rather have those two beautiful b&ms than the Hagrid coaster😭😭😭😭
You're intro's back! Your intro is my favorite intro of every youtube channel I watch.
I choose to do a custom intro with certain videos but i got no plans on changing the default intro
I’ve been wanting to make an enhanced version of the intro with improved animations.
I would have put the Vekoma SLC in this list only because it became the go to for small parks that wanted to get a new “big” coaster. But then again, maybe I’m biased since I grew up going to Opryland and Hangman was the last coaster they got...
There's so much great history here (during a decade when I only went to one park twice) I'm keeping it to see again. Thanks for this download!
B&M is my favorite manufacturer, probably because my home park is SFGAM
Just put all the nineties B&M (Bolliger and Malliard) inverts
The reason that the older dive coasters like Oblivion do not have a 90 degree drop is because the trains did not have spring loaded wheels, this would mean that the pull out of the drop would be rough.
Six flags great American finally getting some love, will always love my home park
This guy makes so many amazing video he deserves at least 100k subscribers.
Finally someone noticed sfga love with B&M #surfcoasteratafga
Surprising amount of lil phantom memes
Batman is still one of my favorite coasters. And I enjoyed Iron Wolf to the day they tore it down.
That dial up sound gave me flashbacks to my time in Netscape
Would be be One or Two curses at Universal?
Great list and can't wait for the 00's, 10's, 80's and 70's
He’s already done the 2000s and 2010s.
@@DoswarePictures your right. I forgotten more video that I can remember. It would still be cool to see the 80's and 70's
The reason Oblivion didn’t have a true 90° drop was because B&M had not yet designed their dive trains to have springs in the wheel assembly to keep the wheel tight to the track at all times. Since it wasn’t 90° gravity kept the wheels on the rails instead of them lifting off.
Also I knew Iron Wolf would be 1 as soon as I saw the title