The Forgotten Coaster that BLEW ME AWAY - Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach - Green Bay, Wisconsin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ค. 2020
- I made a trip to Bay Beach in Green Bay, Wisconsin this summer and got a couple rides on Zippin Pippin, Elvis Presley's favorite coaster (when it existed at Libertyland in Nashville). These are my thoughts.
Thanks to the following channels for their footage:
Menachem Piekarski: Zippin Pippin (Libertyland) - • zippin pippin libertyland
City of Green Bay: Back row POV in my intro - • Zippin Pippin Test Run...
Music in this video, as found int he TH-cam Audio Library:
Background music: Like Lee
Intro Music: Demilitarized Zone
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What Chris fails to mention is that he screamed so loud on the ejector death hill that he scared the little kid in front of us almost to the point of tears. But yeah, this thing is AWESOME.
Pinned because its important that people know this
Love this ride. My cousin and I ride it like 10 times every weekend, and at this point, we start screaming before the ejector death hill.
Airtime Thrills Seriously. The ejector was that good?
@@metrofilmer8894 yep
@@metrofilmer8894 as long as you're not in the front
"Ejector Death Hill" is now the name of my coaster-themed metal band.
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I've wanted to make a jazz combo and call us "Loop Five-Twenty". Also this park has a flat ride named "SCAT" and I wonder if its named for the musical term
where can I pre order your first album
Yes. Just yes.
People probably listened to popular jazz music in the 1920s while riding this classic coaster.
If the airtime is insane with it's current PTC train, then just imagine how it was with it's original PTC buzzbar trains.
lwith how Chris described it, if there were buzz bars you would fly out lmao
Tom L oh god no
They're actually RCA trains
@@bobataco210 That sounded fun
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Sounds like Chris was ALL SHOOK UP after that ejector hill! Sorry, I can never resist an Elvis reference
Many of today’s youth probably don’t know that joke, like me.
He's ALMOST IN LOVE with this rollercoaster
I shoulda made this joke DANGIT
@@DoswarePictures they using the names of his songs lol
Crazy Coasters International I was guessing that.
I was one of the last riders of the Pippin at its original location. Libertyland's final operating day was a private event for FedEx employees and their families. My family stayed until close, and we got in line only a few minutes before they put the chain up at the front of the queue. I was on the last occupied train.
That's really nice
to be honest I would love to see Chris's first time reaction to the ejector death hill lol
Wish i had my ivues
Here is my story. I grew up in Memphis, TN. This is the FIRST COASTER I EVER RODE!!!
I was 5 years old. I rode with my uncle in the last car buzz bar only. Second coaster I rode was Revolution at Libertyland. I rode space mountain the same year at 'Disney World'. I now live in the Cleveland area, living the life of a rollercoaster enthusiast.
This was the best ride as a kid at libertyland especially before they added seatbelts. The old restraints in no way could properly secure a child and I used to absolutely fly
Cleveland is a good spot for coasters. At least from may thru October
I just moved to Memphis in January... I am so disappointed.
@@AirtimeThrills most years
**pauses for a moment of silence to honor the "buzz bar" **
#30!? HOLY MOLY I NEED TO GET TO WISCONSIN!
Edit: With Hades, Zeus, and Zipping Pippin, Wisconsin could be the most underrated coaster state. Never hear it talked about..
No doubt some great underappreciated coasters there
Lol even as I live in Wisconsin I usually just go to great America in Illinois
@@AirtimeThrills Cheese
There is another forgotten coaster in Wisconsin dells that is amazing it’s called hell cat(look up a POV) it is a super fast wooden it’s great
@@chubbychalupa5941 that got destroyed in 2017
Welp time to add that one to the bucket list
Rode this after a trip to SFGAM. this ride honestly has just about the strongest ejector ive ever felt.
Elvis is the biggest coaster nerd of all time bro
@@beau_thielen gotta love another coaster cloud reply
alerts gotta love theese type of people
@Grant Robertson that's a big L
When I was clicking a Obama ad popped up
Curtis spotted
First coaster I ever road! Born and raised in Memphis TN and I used to ride this all day nonstop as a kid. It was so sad when libertyland closed and this staple of the area was moved and forgotten. I remember it as such a great and thrilling ride, and this video just confirmed one of my fondest childhood memories. Believe me it was even better back in the day with libertylands janky ass lap bars that in no way could secure a child into the seat and no seatbelts as well. Used to absolutely fly. This video made my week thank you
Omg the lap bars. I thought was I going to go flying off the side every time!! Such great memories man!!! Also born and raised in Memphis!
Grew up with the Zippin Pippin at Libertyland and the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. It was my first coaster around the age of 8. It felt like I was going to fly out of the car on every hill! There was a huge tree branch that they did not trim back in Memphis at the bottom of the first hill. You thought you were going to be decapitated. We would marathon the ride after Memphis Tiger football games during the fair. Miss the Pippin and those days so much! Thanks for the review.
Glad to see my local park is getting some love, Zippin Pippin is the most underrated woodie out there that’s for sure.
By me born and raised in Memphis, I can tell you how fun it was to ride on it and never thought that it would fade away but glad that someone has rebuilt it. Just hate that it left Memphis though.
That smooth jazz in the background is perfect...
Being a former Wisconsinite, I have been to Bay Beach multiple times. Zippin Pippin was one of my first roller coasters and I love the airtime on that thing. Wisconsin truly has some of the best wooden roller coasters that aren’t talked about a lot. I think Wisconsin is one of those hidden treasures. Too bad the took out Avalanche/Hellcat, the S&S woodie in Wisconsin Dells. I never got around to it but heard it was intense.
I've been here several times and Zippin Pippin was actually my first coaster. Awesome that you got to check it out
It was my first one too
Yup
me too
The Ejector Death Hill, eh? I like it, though it's a bit of a mouthful. I've always referred to it as either the Nut-Crusher or simply the Bump. Glad you enjoyed the finest ride Green Bay has to offer.
I had no idea about the ejector death hill! This ride just moved up in my priority list of coasters to get on for sure!
Strange seeing this from a rival channel.
Dosware Pictures were not actually rivals, although we love to pretend to be enemies... I mean jk I HATE YOU CHRIS
ElToroRyan TH-camr Rivalries: Staged for Publicity
@@ElToroRyan and i hate you as much as i love to use your awesome off ride footage
Airtime Thrills haha! when I eventually come to California, I’ll bring my boxing gloves
This is my home park, and I’ve been on this coaster more than any other coaster in the world. This is definitely a back row coaster, as the airtime is fantastic. I’m also glad you mentioned the ejector death hill. Sometimes it’s so strong it hurts your legs. Also, Little Ammericka’s Mad Mouse is the world’s greatest wild mouse. No restraints and some crazy ejector at the end.
I really liked mad mouse!
Wow, you really make a case for this little woodie! I have always wondered about this because I think it looks fun but I'm mainly fascinated with it because of it's history. I'll have to keep this in mind for the future.
Little Amerricka's mad mouse is unquestionably the best wild mouse I've ever ridden
Agreed! It was surprisingly good
@@AirtimeThrills I'd say it's because it's an older model that reflects the original design intentions of a wild mouse, and the only restraint it has are side railings you're asked to hold onto. I think its simple mechanics give the coaster lots of charm
This is one of my favorite coasters and living 45 minutes away from Bay Beach is in my mind is a great perk for me. The amount of airtime in the very back is amazing.
Thank you for reviewing this! This is an awesome classic woodie that doesn’t get talked about enough!
Ahh, the Zippin Pippin. I remember riding this back in May 1993 with a girl I had a crush on during my freshman year of Junior High. I miss this ride and Liberty Land.
Fantastic Critique on my local coaster. Pippin has a reputation for causing sore thighs after 4 rides in the back from the ejector death hill. The death hill is the single reason why you often see people bracing for it about 2 hills in advance knowing it’s power.
Thanks for the review! This coaster was never even on my radar to visit, but I will now need to work it into the plans for a future road trip.
Coming from a small town near Green Bay, I’m very happy to see this much approval for this roller coaster!
This is the closest coaster to my house and I love this coaster! Love to see it getting some attention for once
I'm from GB and thank you for visiting our great little park. I've been visiting Bay Beach since I was a kid growing up in Sheboygan. I've only ridden on this coaster once (I have a little, so we don't do coasters yet). I thought the ride was very jarring, but I think it was 2014 or 2015 when I rode it. Your review has talked me into giving it another shot in the back. Thanks for visiting our little park and doing a review, hope you enjoyed your fast visit.
You made the right call riding it in the back! I use to ride this thing all the time, when it was at Libertyland. There they had massive trees that went over the coaster and hid the big drops. It was amazing!
Love the videos like this where it's about the hidden treasures out there. Really helps flesh put the travels plans and add some (affordable) extra thrills!
I’m From Memphis - this was my first ever coaster - grew up riding this one again and again - u don’t realize that your airtime is that good bc there aren’t any other big parks near u for comparison - last time I road this was close to 20 hrs ago. I’m super happy this ride is still around somewhere. Love this vid!!
great to see love for my home coaster, I rarely ever see it talked about outside of 6th graders in Green Bay
I have to make another comment here because I am from Green Bay and I rode this when it opened about 6 times, mostly in the front just like the roller coaster videos! AND I LOVED IT EVERY TIME! I would come out smiling like the cheshire cat because it was so damn good! One of my mom's co-workers is a coaster fanatic and idk if it's just hometown bias but she rides that coaster every single day and it's her all time favorite!
I laugh a little how you mention the death hill, because I don't like it! I'm a big dude, close to 300lbs. and the seatbelts are tight and that hill leaves a mark! it hurts!
Other than that I wish I could come back again and again, but life happens fast, lets just say that. The Zippin Pippin is an amazing ride, it's not rough, it's a cool 25mph all ride, the first drop is amazing, and I can't thank you enough for visiting!
Also didn't know the Giant Wheel opened! I had heard one was coming but didn't know when it would open! So that was cool to see! There's also another mini amusement park across the street from Bay Beach called Fort Fun, it's got a mini golf course, paint ball targets, batting cages, bumper boats, and Go Carts, pretty neat place! Also not far from Bay Beach is the wildlife sanctuary, which is sort of a zoo meant for domestic animals in need of a home/aid/repopulation, another awesome place with an educational center.
The big white building is the original city hall, it's been converted to be a food court and arcade!
I know this comment is a little late…..but just now came across this episode! I am too from Memphis and so glad to see this beloved coaster again! I am so glad that it was actually rebuilt so others can enjoy it as I did when I was a kid. Brings back so many memories! Thanks so much for doing a video on this amazing coaster!
Thank you for this, Libertyland was my home park growing up and I have fond memories on the Zippin Pippin. I remember the feeling as if the cars were jumping the tracks.
I live in memphis tn and searched up zippin pippin a week ago before you uploaded this... I never got a chance to ride because LL closed when I was 5 but i stayed at the park because it was close to my house 😢 thanks for revisiting my childhood
Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.
Hopefully going there Saturday! Looking forward to riding it!
As soon as you said "Let me pause it right there." I knew exactly what you were about share. That one hill is INSANE!!! That alone makes the coaster worth getting a ride on.
- Gary
It's nice to see you enjoyed this. I've only been to Green Bay once since I moved to WI and didn't make it to Bay Beach, but now I have to go.
Planning a visit next month. So this was super helpful! Thanks! I have subscribed!
love your content bro, keep up the good work
Finally this coaster is getting some credit cause the airtime is really good
In the great bay and appleton area, I was lucky enough to get all day school field trips here. Me and some friends marathonned this for ours. If the ride was at bigger park, it would have an hour long wait time, but here it’s a walk on almost all weekdays! Great vid
If you like underrated wooden coasters that have insane moments that no one talks about, definitely make the 3 hour drive from Carowinds to Myrtle Beach to ride Swamp Fox at Family Kingdom. No joke - it's the forgotten buzz bar woodie in the world that sort of completes the North American trifecta of insane buzz bar woodies. Canobie Coaster did a really good video review on it if you want to hear about it.
Yes I was too scared to ride it but it looks awesome
I live incredibly near bay beach, and this ride always gets me excited to go there.
I went to Libertyland in Memphis several times when I was a kid. I rode Zippin Pippin several times in the 90s, the last time (I think) when I was 15 in the mid-90s. My memory is a little foggy, but I do remember those bunny hop hills at the end being exciting and good.
I’ve never ridden this, but wow this looks awesome!!!!!! Great video as always :)
Zippin Pippin has great airtime in the back row but the ejector death hill for you is the "I need to see my chiropractor" hill for me. Felt like like my head was going to pop off my body every time I hit that hill.
Oh man! That place brings back childhood memories of going there alot.
Now everybody is going out of their way to ride this thing, congrats on being a trend setter.
Haha i noticed that suddenly people are talking about this thing, and its great. Not easy to get to but worth it
Being a native Memphian, I rode the original coaster once before Libertyland closed down. It’s great that its legacy continues.
I never knew my home state was kind of stacked with wooden coasters.
Same
Yup
I love how even though the park opened it in 2010, it still manages to have the kind of loveable rumble youd expect from a coaster over 50 years old (which it kinda is)
Growing up in Memphis, I got to ride it yearly as a kid. I still remember the ejector death hill, and how bruised my legs felt like they were going to be by the next morning! *(ROTFLOL!)* If the first drop doesn't get you screaming, that one surely does, cause it's so shockingly good. LOL! Your video definitely makes me want to take a trip to ride it again! LOL! 🥰 Thx for the video, and covering all the back story to the ride.
I pass this every time I visit my grandparents. It's really good and while I used to got to Bay beach once every 2 years I stop by every time I drive by and it's open
Thanks for being the 1st person to cover this coaster ever
Coaster-net did a video on it.
Front is also fantastic. So glad you liked our little gem of Midwest.
What are the odds that this comes out when I’m in Green Bay visiting family😂😂. Like are you watching me AirTime Thrills?
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Ken Norcott 😂
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Nice to see some one who like my childhood roller coaster and your soo right the last drop is definitely a shocker but you should have rode it a couple of years ago when the breaks at the end were like running into a wall of bricks it was so funny as everyone all made a ACH! As the breaks kick in 😂
Green Bay Mentioned! Swell with pride, beer, Packers, cheese, AND THE ZIPPIN PIPPIN! Glad you rode it mah dude!
I love seeing some love to Zippin Pippin! My Dad lives near Green Bay so I've been able to make my way to this remote park. Row 3 in the first car is where it is at though. The ejector hill of death is the perfect name for that moment. Surprised the hell out of me the first time I rode it and had to hold myself down every other ride after. Truly a gem of a woodie.
One of the most slept on coasters period. So fun.
This was my first roller-coaster I ever rode when it was in Memphis TN in the 1980's . I loved it! I miss it.
I LOVE THE ZIPPIN PIPPIN! FINALLY SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT YAYYYYY
Man the nostalgia is real. This was my first true coaster back in Memphis
Nice.
FINALLY someone is giving this ride some attention!
I grew up in Memphis and I rode that thing 36 times in a row once (slow Tuesday I guess). I rode it once in Green Bay. I’m sure the folks were like...why does that guy have a huge smile on his face. Remembering my childhood.
It shimmys side to side because the original did. It has an artificial clack noise on the lift hill because that’s how it originally sounded.
The first turn after the lift hill...we were always convinced it was going to come off the track and shoot us into the parking lot of the MidSouth Coliseum. Love that ride.
So, I haven't been to Wisconsin, but just seeing the footage, reminds me of two of my old favorites from Six Flags Over Georgia, Scream Machine, and Georgia Cyclone
This should be much better and smoother than those
I totally agree with everything you said. The ejector death hill is like just crazy. I mean your thighs hurt after one ride. It is amazing!
I’m so glad I live in Green Bay it’s so much fun to ride the zippin pippin and all the other rides!
I live in Green Bay glad you enjoyed our hidden gem.
Rode this today, and wisely had chosen the back (3rd row from back). This ride is SERIOUS! I thought I was on a 70 degree drop due to floater air time! So mich air tome on every hill! I totally agree with you! I absolutely love that the lift hill transitions into a constantly moving 180 curve which carries you over the first drop without slowing down! One Train Ops but no line!
Front is great too. It still hits the ejector death hill solidly and has. The airtime in the front feels more like you are being pushed up and over the hills.
This park is great! Yes, that death hill is like a slap in your lap with a 2 by 4! I was there on July 4th and chose row 3, which is the wildest ride! If you go back, try it! Also, Scat is insanity! Best spinning flat! Great review!
Born and raised in Memphis. Used to get into libertyland during the mid south fair. Me and my best friend would skip the whole thing and head straight to the pippin. I’m glad it lives on. Road trip.
BAY BEACH RAISED ME OMG! I USED TO GO THERE EVERY WEEKEND GROWING UP!
Amazing content
hmm kind of looks like one of those very very old school amusement parks from the early 1900s where they mixed amusement park rides with nature,playgrounds,row boats,walking paths,etc its like a Victorian style amusement park in the modern day . all thats missing is the giant old school shoot the chutes ride and the giant Arabic castle shaped penny arcades! 😀 and of course the fancy dresses and suits...lol
It actually did have a "shoot the chutes" ride at one point. The fist rollercoaster at the park was built in 1901, so it very much is an old world sort of park. What's unfortunate is that intense pollution from all of the paper mills along the Fox River rendered the Bay unsafe for swimming, meaning Bay Beach has been without a beach for nearly a century now. However, it seems in the next year or so that will finally change, as the latest studies conducted have determined the Bay to finally be safe for swimming in. There are several projects underway to accommodate a lovely new beach and boardwalk, further completing the image of the free, open, public amusement park.
I haven't ridden that ride since it was in Memphis at Libertyland., yeeats before it closed. I loved riding that ride. I wish I could get to Green Bay to ride it again and relive some old memories.
I rode Thunder Eagle and Zippin Pippin at it's original park and can't wait to see the two meet as one later this summer!
I lived just outside of Memphis when I was younger and loved riding this. Have thought about making a trip up there just to ride this again.
Love your videos. I have Ridden Zippin Pippin ( I have family we visit in Neenah Wisconsin about an Hour South which allowed us to ride this last year and go to Indiana Beach this year ), Honestly looking at the coaster I thought we wasted our time going to the park. ( also went to a railroad musuem to, worth it ). But I found myself going back over and over again and buying more tickets to the point where I whipped out a 20, and used up every single one of those tickets.
Cant wait to ride this next week
Rode this last week, can confirm the great airtime! I am also here to say that the front was better than the back! That death hill is painful it is soo strong (which I like) and there are plenty of other airtime moments. After doing it in the front and back I decided to have my 3rd ride in the front as it was that good!
I felt like it was stronger in the back, I haven't ridden in row 3 yet so I will have to do that row too
Great video Chris. You need to make sure to ALWAYS ride the front row first, just to get it out the way. Then come back and do ride the back car or row. Then get your next ride where ever you want. That way you get an even experience of the ride.
I've known about this for a while just because I'm a huge Elvis fan. I was also born like 30 minutes from here, so this was my childhood park, albeit before they had Zippin Pippin. Loved that sky slide though.
My first coaster! Epic airtime!
A very timely upload for me. I literally rode Zippin Pippin for the first time today. Ate a patty melt at that canteen/grill too. Anyway, I got rides in the back, in 1:3, and in row 11. You chose wisely. Back had the great airtime, row 11 had lengthy amounts of floater, front wasn't much to write home about.
Elvis do be a coaster nerd
I used to ride this coaster in Memphis as a kid. Over and over. Sometimes they would run it backwards!
The back is awsome!!! havent tried the front myself, but the ride in the back is just too good to pass up!
So we went to Wisconsin this past weekend and we weren’t supposed to go to Bay Beach but since My Olympus didn’t take us long we decided to make the journey to Green Bay. We were not disappointed! I think you nailed it with the killer ejector airtime hill at the end. We weren’t sure what hit us. We got 5 rides in. The killer airtime hill is the same effect in all of the rows. This is a great little coaster that packs a punch
Its definitely a trek to get there but totally worth it
Always the back. The gut punch hill near the end is the best and then the brakes kick in.
It's a shame Elvis didn't have 23 guests because if he did it'd be Zippin Pippin'd be at full capacity and have the greatest momentum and speed. I love your enthusiasm for this; the layout looks like 1str rate classic straight airtime. I can't blame you for not wanting to give up another back seat ride; if I only had two in the back and it's as good as you say it is; I wouldn't either. Glad to see you're getting out and having fun this year; My most likely hope is for 2020 is Canada Wonderland due to the Virus (or I'd go to Great Adventure but Jersey Devil isn't open yet and I don't want to take risks with the Virus, even though I have my 1st Six Flags pass I got at SFMM in November). As of now my last coaster was the back seat Ghost Rider at Knott's almost 8 months ago. Thanks for this awesome video and stay safe!
Ah yes! Another Airtime Thrill’s coaster review I can relate to... (back to back)
This ride is amazing, I rode it last year and last week, blew me away every time and worth the 3 hour drive