The Abandoned History of G Force : The First X-Car Coaster - Drayton Manor | Expedition Theme Park
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- Join us on Expedition Theme Park as we look at the First X-Car roller coaster G Force at Drayton Manor in the United Kingdom. This roller coaster opened in 2005 and closed just 13 years later in 2018.
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This was the first ever upside-down ride I went on. Sad to see how it turned out, this ride was awesome !
hi oblivious i know your videos
I didn’t expect you here!
It was my first looping rollercoaster too!
Me too
Hi I love ur vid most of all the last guests is was a sad but amazing movie keep it up
as a kid g force was the scariest ride in the park, i remember finding the lapbar restraint scary in itself as we did not believe a lap bar could keep us in saftey, but i remember liking the ride, but 50% of the time, it felt like the ride was shut, it was always broken down, im not surprised they had low rider ship cause it was never open, but when it was even when i last went in 2017, the que would be 30-60 minuets long, which for small park is large.
I like the restraint
I remember being very surprised that people found the lap bars uncomfortable. I thought they were excellent. They had one of those demo-cars out for you to try the bar out and it was what utterly sold me on the ride, in all honesty. But at the same time, it made my brother never want to go near the ride as he found it murderously uncomfortable.
Does anyone remember the TV show "Brum" where they filmed alot of the episodes at Drayton Manor?
I loved my childhood 🤪
I do!
Yes
@@kieranbennett1454 I watched brum but I never knew that! That's amazing!
Yeah
I certainly do. I don't live far from there. I got there by bike once
It's wierd seeing a video on a coaster so close to me. I loved g-force, and didn't even know it was closed now, I'm sad to see it leave.
Edward Greathead Same! That was my first ever rollercoaster. I remember going again in Jan 2019 and seeing a part of the track disassembled really hit me tbh. Such a shame it’s gone :(
Great video. As someone that lives in Tamworth and grew up with the park it was great to watch. You need to do one on Pirate Adventure which left Drayton. Once one of the biggest dark rides in the UK.
I've always gone to drayton manor too and went last week, it was so odd to see rides i loved to be closed. So much of it has changed in the past 2 years
Hello fellow Tamworth person.
Daniel Hill I loved the Pirate Adventure. It’s so sad that yet another huge building in the park sits unused. I guess it’s in a perfect location for a Thomas The Tank Engine themed dark ride if they decide to expand that area again. But me and my family have long outgrown Thomas, so Alton Towers, Blackpool and Thorpe Park is where they ask to go now. I worry for Drayton Manor, my local theme park :(
@@stevenmcguinness4751 Hello there!
Cov bloke here. Pirate Adventure was great! I don't know why they don't redevelop the area surrounding where it used to be.
"Only 25m in height were allowed at Drayton Manor"
Apocalypse(54m tall): boi
Europe Coaster Photos but that’s a flat ride
@@StopGhozting so? Lmao
🙄😐...
They really messed up on that
@@StopGhozting It still goes over the tree height restrictions
it’s really sad , gforce was my first ever rollercoaster!! i’m so glad i went on it ,, i’m so sad it’s gone! also really good video, love your channel!!
Thank you so much Faith!
Expedition Theme Park omg thanks for replying!!! i love watching your channel even thought it’s all rollercoasters i love them, you make my day just with videos!! thank you so much 😊😊
Same
Team Sinisterr cool!
I love how the background music is kingdom hearts 2 at 3:00 ❤️ You’re videos are amazing and so is your choice in background music!
Proud to say I rode G-Force twice it was fun while it lasted sad to see it go. And it had such an amazing theme tune.
been there done that, bought the T-shirt(and the shockwave one too) as one of my first few coaster as i had just hit the 1.4m hight restriction
I was literally thinking about g-force closing 😂
Me too!
Do X2 next, that roller coaster is absolutely amazing
That will probably be in the list. He has one for his uploads.
Ikr
The Klondike Gold Mine was the first rollercoaster with an inversion I ever rode and it was horrendous. It took me nearly 15 years to get the confidence to go on another coaster with inversions and now I can't get enough of them! More videos about Drayton Manor please!
The klondike when it moved to hayling island was absolutely horrific! So rough and uncomfy! I still would always ride it but I can see why it would put some people off!
YES!! Rip Ride Rockit is gonna be such a good episode. One of my fav coasters
Unbelievable that you should do this video now, I only found the channel in last 2 weeks & it's awesome. I live around 4 miles from Drayton Manor in Sutton Coldfield. I used to go loads as a kid, but haven't been for around 10 years. During my current obsession with coasters I was amazed to read that this ride had closed in the time that I haven't been & wondered why. The Python used to bash your head between the restraints so much, I almost expected to have boxers cauliflower ears. Shockwave is a great ride, the drop tower too but I'll always have memories of going on the SkyFlyer, the original Pirate Ship, The Pirate Adventure, The Buffalo & The Tea Cups with my mom. In fact, I'm gonna call her tomorrow to reminisce. Thanks for the great footage!
that drop tower i still havent been on a better outside tower of terror
02:25 Think you may have your time line mixed up in regards to Klondike Gold Mine, you say "it was removed in 1994 to make room for a bigger attraction" when this isnt the true. Opened as Python in 1984, 1995 changed to Klondike Goldmine, and removed in 2005 to make way for G Force. It was transferred to Hayling Island Funland where it operated for a further 10 years until its removal.
Otherwise great video as always!
As usual amazing video.
I love how your videos are always made in a very interesting way.
All your videos are your videos are Great, Interesting, Well Done, and Educational all at the same time.
Thank you
Mom, can we have [ALTON TOWERS]
We have [ALTON TOWERS] at home.
[ALTON TOWERS AT HOME]: drayton manor
EDIT: I’m pretty sure this is my most liked comment. I’m proud.
Drayton Manor is a good park, guessing you've never been?
i went to drayton manor before i ever went to alton towers. i just find alton an objectively better park.
@@yuxaredd not many rides in drayton minor tbh I only went drayton minor for rollercoaster credits
@@CallumJonesILOVECOCO See? It has 3 coaster creds - and now it has two. GG, RIP.
Watch them replace G-Force with a Eurofighter. I bet then you’d think differently
I love this ride... but I had no idea this had closed until I saw this video on my TH-cam!!!
What a way to find out....
Honestly I forgot Drayton Manor was a thing. I feel like I never see ads for it on the TV anymore. I'm closer to Paultons Park if I want a family park and Alton Towers or Thorpe Park is a better destination for thrilling rides. Drayton Manor is just... yeah everyone's forgotten about it.
I would have loved to have ridden G-Force. I'm not sure I'm prepared to travel to Iraq to experience it.
Love the videos about British parks. I wish I could have gone to another UK park that isnt alton towers.
Alton Towers is the best but if you ever went again I think Thorpe Park would be the best one to go for
Ah Drayton manor! I grew up at this place! I remember when the pirate adventure first opened and when there used to be the death traps like the Mississippi showboat on the lake and the snake train (where the haunting is now) which was pretty much a dude driving a car of people dangerously through the woods 😂 I also remember the octopus and the haunted crypt 🤔 the shockwave was my first ever “big” roller coaster, and now at 33 I’m a massive rollercoaster junkie! 🎢 thank you for the upload! ahhh sweet nostalgia 😍
I’ll never forget going on a school trip here and having a classmate pass out on this ride! Lol. They had to call the paramedics in, luckily he was alright and it was just procedure but safe to say we never let him live it down lmao 😂
You have a great narration voice. I don't tolerate annoying fluff commentary well. Facts, straight to the point. Terrific stuff.
I heard music from kingdom hearts 2 in there. From the Mulan area I believe.
YESSSSS IM NOT ALONE
oh yeah its def there
I swear to god they play it at six flags new England too
Yep! can be heard at 3:36 .
I've also heard it play at the log flume ride in Chessington whilst waiting to get on.
That's what it was! It was driving me crazy trying to figure it out!
Though it did have a new lift that was new and interesting, it wasn't as cool as say, the first vertical loop, which was quite "revolutionary"
G Force was the first-ever rollercoaster I ever rode with inversions. It was so uncomfortable that it put me off rollercoasters for 8 years and I still can't bring myself to ride anything with inversions. I think not having shoulder restraints made the ride so uncomfortable and terrifying to me, as I felt like I would slip out and fall to my death, especially on the lift.
Cosmo! G-Force was alright. I only went on it a couple of times a few years back but I found the seats good, comfier than almost every other coaster I have been on. It was just too short and in a park that can't compete on the big scale rides due to its small park layout, so ofcourse it died :(
I LOVED this coaster so much, rode it so many times and honestly will miss it! So much fun and never painful for me!! The humpty bump lift is something I’ll never forget, wish more rides had it tbh amazing lol
I'm a "big" guy. I got to sit in the rig that demonstrated the lap bar. It was comfortable for me. Over the shoulder (makes me claustrophobic) I miss going to IAAPA.
I grew up about 5 minutes away from Drayton manor and to see g force gone is very sad for me
There is an X car coaster called the X Coaster in magic springs and Crystal falls in hot springs Arkansas. I always had such a hard time breathing from that restraint system! It was a sky loop model and each time the train flew through the station the restraints got tighter and tighter. Then it took forever for the cars to get lowered back down into the station off the chain lift
Can you pls do the Scooby Doo ride that was later rebranded as Boo Blasters?
Yes
But before Scooby it was originally a ride that was Kings Island's answer to the Haunted Mansion
It was originally a knock off “it’s a small world”.... it has gone through a lot.
I used to work as an operator on this, it was a temperamental beast at the best of times
I only stop by for the wonderful theme tune at the start but always stay till the end..i could watch these all day absolutely brilliant..
Thank you!!!
Personally I love Drayton Manor. Been on all the big rides. I liked G force, was a decent coaster, nothing special but decent. Stormforce however is one of the best wet-rides in the UK for my money
and then someone died. *How did this happen?*
@@c.i.n.b4710 I believe that was on the rapids as a girl stood up during the cycle. Storm force 10 has no such history to my knowledge.
How interesting. I wasn't aware that the Rip Ride Rockit coaster in Universal IOA was an XCar. I knew I didn't like the way the restraints made me feel. Now I know why. I was a season pass holder at IOA for 4 years and didn't even ride that coaster for the last 2 years. It's just not fun and the restraints are very uncomfortable. It's certainly worth riding at least once or even a few times in one's life, but that XCar needs some serious work .
Another great vid. Thanks for posting.
"Unthemed Silver Shed" was always my favorite station themeing in RCT2.
I rode this only a year and half or so ago and I didn’t even know it was closed now! It was really fun as a ride, except I used to sit next to my mum and that one waist bar would only close to her size and during the pause at the top of the inversion I always felt like I was slipping out haha! Wouldn’t be the UK if the rollercoasters didn’t always feel a little sketchy! Still, a great ride
One could say that Drayton Manor is pulling an American Adventure, which is a shame, because that park pretty much made my childhood.
I can remember going to drayton manor with mum and auntie in about 2006/7. The restraint actually put me off of this ride as the thought of being held in by a single lap bar, whilst going through that first loop scared the absolute shit out of me. Need to wait for my kids to be tall enough and take them to alton towers
I rode this once; from what I remember the queue took forever and the lift hill was uncomfortable. It's still a shame that we've lost a unique ride in the UK. Drayton Manor has a special place in my heart, and hopefully one day can bounce back to it's former glory.
I remember in like 2015 the queue going up like 7 flights of stairs, i was only nine so i never went on it coz i was too short, but my friend said it was horrible
Love that Dragons Fury theme in the background, these videos are so interesting lol 💞
Sad that I never got to try this one out. Only visited the park this year.
Everyone who rode this time and time again will know about the jolt from the restraint bar that used to happen sometimes. Made you have a mini heart attack as it fell forward an inch. Because of this, it will remain one of the scariest coasters I have ever ridden, but it didn’t stop me from riding 20+ times every other weekend :)
Fun fact: The ride is still up for sale, so if you have 700,000 euros, you can buy this ride!
I live so close to this and we used to go to Thomas Land all the time, so seeing this coaster at the park was a proper throwback memory. Be sad to see it gone when I go in the summer :(
OMG I can’t believe it’s gone.
(I never knew it closed so when I read this title I was like WHAT)
Great video by the way♥️
when i was a kid.. i dreamed of having one of these designs in my backyard.. hardcore roller coaster aficionado for life!
Love the KH2 music in the background
Great video and got me pumped for the next one at the end. That's how you do it!
Holy shit I was bron two day after this ride came out wow I did not know that ps love this Channel
Edit thanks for the 3 likes
I'm from Ohio and have only been to Cedar Point and all 3 versions of Geauga Lake/Sea World Ohio/Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, but I find myself singing along to the Drayton Manor commercial now. :D On my second go thru of all of your vids, keep it up!
If you ever get to visit the uk you should give Drayton Manor a try it is a good park
Thanks so much for this video. I remember I requested it on Twitter. 2017 was definitely a turning point for Drayton. I remember going in 2018 and we walked on every ride. Awesome to heard about the history of the park especially the clone ride in Iraq
I heard about that, there’s a simulator where I got to control the ride. Also it was nice to hear you in Super Enthused’s vlog
I still hold this beauty in my top 10. So what if it crushed all the air out of you? The hang time was FREAKING NUTS. No other UK coaster has held up to that standard of hangtime (besides Icon at points). Sad to see this ride go.
It's sad to look at Drayton Manor now, rapids abandoned, G Force abandoned, Pirate Adventure abandoned, Excalibur abandoned, StormForce10 being unreliable, shockwave not being designed with tall men in mind and the terrible operation of pandemonium.
I love this park as I am so close to it, but all my great memories of this park are of rides that no longer exist. I hope that over the next few years Drayton can get their act together otherwise they will go down under without anyone even caring as all the good rides were already gone.
Great Job I love this Chanel:) 100k subs very soon! Keep up the good work. Thanks for the great content.
I went on this coaster. I remember it being short and quite painful while upside down
I feel so lucky to have ridden this.. went on a school trip late 2017 and just so happened to get on it because my friends and I were bored of queueing for Shockwave. I had no idea that it was such an unusual coaster!! If I had known what I know now, I would have been WAY more excited to get on it ;-;
It's weird to think back then that used to be my first ever extreme roller coaster I've ever ridden.
My first ride to upside down on... wow its gone now :(
A interesting first one haha
Can you please The History of Superstar Limo at Disney California Adventure, I think you'll enjoy that one.
One day
ergh.... that sends a cringe just at the mention of it.
Been searching for the reasons for its closure for ageeeeees. (By searching I mean waiting for someone else to do all the work) thank you!
there used to be a pub on the site that was open till 11pm so you could actually walk around the park after it had closed..a very spooky experience!
my grandad worked driving the trains in thomas land and would always get me free tickets when i was younger. g force was my absolute favourite ride as a kid!
Louden Castle! I was so happy when you mentioned that. I used to go there as a kid all the time. I have so many great memories from there. Real shame it closed down :(
I actually made a full video on it if you are interested!
@@ExpeditionThemePark oh nice! I'll check that out, thanks :)
In The Netherlands there is a Maurer X Coaster called the Formule X. It is in a theme park called Drievliet and it is also very compact. This coaster has a launch instead of a lift hill and is just 30 seconds long. It also has Techno music composed for the ride just like G Force. I absolutely love that ride and found it was really comfortable.
Aww this makes me so sad because it was the first rollercoaster I went on that had a look. atleast I got to ride it a few times 💔RIP💔
I loved this coaster, it was so much fun to ride! Shockwave is also amazing there!
Now you can buy it for just €695.000!
I can’t wait for the next video. Rockit is, hands down, the single best concept for a ride that was failed in execution. It hasn’t aged well...
RIP Gforce my first thrill coaster.
Technically my first roller coaster ride was the green dragon at greenwood, but Gforce was my first proper one and it has a special place in my memory.
2:30 Love hearing about the history of DM, but Klondike couldn't have been removed in 1994, as it was my first "big" coaster credit at DM and I wasn't even born in 1994! Just a small nitpick. Great video about G-Force overall 👍
Upside down time I think you mean
Hangtime at knott's berry farm
Hint hint
Huh, didn't even realise it was closed! I wasn't a massive fan of this one to be honest. It was a good ride, but the constant inversions just made me feel sick. Drayton Manor isn't too bad I suppose, it's fine for a family day out. The water rides are the best though
Actaully I have a little update! I found your video after I searched up roller coasters for sale, and this coster is now indeed for sale!
I really enjoyed gforce, i mustve been on it around 2015 and it was a solid ride. The queue line was grim. It just blazed techno music at you at max volume and there was a load of strobe lighting in the pitch black before you have to go up a tiny staircase inside revealing a big empty station.
I had no idea it was closed. I've not been in years and was looking forward to going on it again 😢
I had to pause the video when I heard the non-battle music from Land of Dragons in Kingdom Hearts 2 playing because I was shocked and started laughing. I love it.
I rode this 3 times at 3 different times visiting. Had no idea it closed down. It was the first proper roller coaster I had the guts to go on. I remember one time I had the worst neckache for days after riding.
Hey, I would love if you could do a video on Six Flags St. Louis. I know you usually don't do videos on still operating Six Flags parks but this park is currently dying out and not much is being done in the park to make it better, besides the opening of that wonder woman ride. There was also that accident that happened on the Superman ride where a girl's feet were cut off. It's my home park and I would love to know more about it. Thanks. (btw you're my new favorite youtuber, love your videos dude, you put so much effort into each and every one of them and upload often. Thank you!!)
I've been on G-Force 3 times i loved it and i miss it :c
Sadly a very horrible ride, not long left until DM becomes just Thomas land & zoo.
Rapids have never reopened and with this closing, the big wheel, pirates adventure it's only a matter of time till they go the same way as American Adventure. 😪
Paul Taylor I swear the Pirates adventure has already gone. I haven't been in so long so I don't know
fin plays yeah, draytons my local but I never got to ride g-force but really it’s a one and done. When I went, we rode everything before lunch so it’s a lot of rerides
@@finplaysss i had a season pass from like 2015 to 2017 and yeah pirate adventure has been closed for around a decade now. The cable cars closed around 2017, the feriss wheel got removed aaround the same time, splash canyon sadly hasn't reopend since 2017 which is really depressing for me because it was like one of the best rides, g force is obviously gone, Pandemonium breaks down a lot so they might get rid of that soon tbf aswell. G force veing gone puts way more pressure on shockwave now so the que is like twice the length theres really only a few rides left outside of thomas land that could be ckassed as thrill rides but apparently the guy who owns the park is a dickhead who just wants to make money so by the way things are going it will just be thomas land and the zoo soon
Well this comment didn’t age quite so well
@@amroge8703 which comment is that?
The owners (family) have now sold the park and what are the new owners building where G force was??? A kiddie play area.
I’ve heard that apocalypse is also up for sale with only limited sides open most days.
Wait do I hear the Mulan music from kingdom hearts 2???
So I did a little research and yes they just stole the song for the ride
Haha one of the rides they make at chessington uses it so I thought why not
@@ExpeditionThemePark lol
Im glad im not the only one that realized that lol
I loved G-Force - it was my first ever looping coaster. I have good memories on it so I’m sad it’s closed
My local park! Please do more Drayton Manor! 🤗
Man I had so may good rides and memories on GForce. The very back row got some killer airtime on that tall camelback, as it got whipped over the top! I'm really sad that they're getting rid of it - that being said, the tightening restraints were pretty bad
I rode it during an organized amusement park tour back in 2006, and will not miss it, especially with the restraint tightening as the ride progressed. Breathing is overrated. The other two X-Car coasters I have been on (the launched Formule X in the Netherlands and Rip RIde Rocket at Universal) were both more enjoyable to ride.
Can you do the history of scarefest at Alton towers
Most likely next year
Now I wish a Gforce replica would open here in the states. That thing looked sick
A great video as always! If you’re sticking with Drayton Manor could you please do “pirate adventure”! I have such fond memories of it as a kid
I was there on opening day. Second public rider, after the VIP's. Loved it then, but rarely rode it after that. As mentioned, the restraints tightening throughout the ride wasn't pleasant. I'm glad it's not open now.
Thank you for doing more coaster videos
I live in Coventry, and Drayton Manor is effectively my local theme park (roughly 30 mins away). It's a shame to see the lack of investment in the park (outside of Thomas Land) since G-Force opened. I rode G-Force a few years after opening but wasn't wowed by it. I was gutted that it had replaced the old Klondike Gold Mine coaster (which was removed a lot later than 94 as stated in your video. I remember riding it - and thus becoming the first inversion I rode - in the early-mid 00s). Shockwave is starting to show it's age, too. The last time I rode it was not enjoyable at all due to how rough it was.
Granted, it's a small park (you can easily get a couple of rides in on all the major attractions in a day), but I feel that if they could get at least one more good quality coaster (maybe a new woodie or a mid-size Gertslauer or similar), or preferably two, then the park might see a better future. At the moment it's thrill rides are the best thing about it. A good ride on Maelstrom is better than any other ride of its type IMO, and Apocalypse is well-renowned for a reason. If they could capitalise on the somewhat dead area around Apocalypse (and to a lesser extent, Pandemonium), they could have a nice new signature attraction right by the main entrance.
Most importantly, can we get some love for the Buffalo coaster? ;)
Best theme park youtuber
Thanks!
I rode the prototype in the skylinepark wich feels like hundreds of times. Always a pleasue, smooth, high G forces and a wonderful view upside down. The only sad thing is, that the tightening lap bar problem seems to never got fixed. A couple of times, the breaks wich lock the car on the lifthill to slowly descent it into the station for loading didn't catch the car, so we were going backward and forwards for about 10 to 15 minutes. Then another 10 to 15 minutes to lock the car to the chain, so that the sensors detect a safe position and unlocks the restrains. I usally say: Nice, more ride time, but the bars really can make breathing difficult. Especially when your stuck in there for about 30 minutes.
It can't really get extended in the parks current state. Theres no space left. The Freischütz coaster in the bayern park is another X-Car from M&S, but with a launch instead of a chainlift.
These two coasters are perfect to show the variety possible with it. Thank you for the aditional informations.
Love these videos and loved this ride, it had the best ride que soundtrack!
Thanks for the informative video! I only went on this ride a few times, from what I can remember, the queues were always an hour or more, the lap bar restraint was painful and the humpty bump lift was awful, talk about the blood rushing to your head! Drayton Manor used to be a good park, but their aim for family fun has made is really bad for thrill seekers. Apocalypse is closing, so the only decent rides left are Shockwave and Storm Force 10.
I've Might Go To Drayton Manor Theme Park One Day. Thanks Mate. X
Really loved Gforce, really unique and exciting ride