Swiss Toboggan Review, Little Amerricka Chance Toboggan | Concussion Warning
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- Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka is the last remaining Chance toboggan at a US amusement park. This portable model was extremely popular in the 1970s, but very few still remain today. This coaster is weird. It features caged vehicles, a vertical lift, a seemingly endless helix, and a brutal finale. Watch you head!
Video Credits
Toboggan Fairground (Ici fête foraine)- • Toboggan Coaster - Tob...
Background Music
Matterhorn Theme (Disney)
This coaster is revenge for all the short people who experience constant headbanging on any arrow ever from being too short to fit over the OSTR. Now tall people get to feel just as much pain on a coaster as we do on some.
Lol
exactly what I was thinking. For me, it's the B&M OTSR that I have a hard time with, while taller riders have no problem with those. I'm fine with Swiss Toboggan.
Anaconda at kings dominion destroyed my head when I was much shorter in 2017 lol. Im now 5 foot 11, and after reriding corkscrew at cedar point last year I love arrow restraints, and I didn't find the ride painful at all
I’ve always told friends that ask how this ride was that if they’d like to replicate the experience, just go down to the local grocery store, find a way to get a shopping cart to the roof, climb into said cart, then have someone push the cart off the roof. I think that’s a pretty good simulation of this horrible ride. I’d actually re-ride a Zamperla Volare all day over riding one of these more than once. Cheers to you for surviving the Swiss Toboggan, and for putting the pov up for our enjoyment!
The op warning me was all I needed to kmow.
As I said on the last video, I didn’t experience too much pain on this, thankfully, but the seating inside was just hilariously uncomfortable. It was extremely cramped, and I knew I was in for quite a ride when the only way the operator could get the top down was for me to tilt my head forward 45 degrees, where it stayed for the whole ride.
I really don't know how people taller than me cope with this ride.
I would definitely give this ride a CHANCE, but seriously. I think they were high when they made this
Good one
It definitely looks cool.
Watching the one at Ocean City is what made me an enthusiast, I must have been 6 at the time but watching the movement of this ride was mesmerizing. Never got to ride it, hope I get too. Evacuation on this must be a nightmare.
I can imagine. Can you even open the cages if it gets stuck on the lift?
I’m 6’4”. This would make me a quadriplegic.
i’m 2 inches taller than that, so i feel like this ride will straight up find a way to behead me
I take pity on those taller guests trying to ride.
Ahh, this brings back painful memories of the California State Fair back in the 70's :-/
This would be interesting to see at a fair.
I remember when there were TWO of these at Hersheypark.
Helped with capacity.
Fun fact: the cars of the Chance Toboggan are the same as used on their Skydiver and Flying Bobs flat rides.
Interesting!
I have ridden two of them in my misadventures (at Conneaut Lake Park and Lakemont Park, respectively). Glad to have done so for the sake of saying I rode them, but I can’t wholly say I’m too heartbroken in their absence.
Sidebar: it absolutely floors me that this ride and Lightning Run at Kentucky Kingdom are both on the manufacturer’s resume. Such a jump in quality!
(Sidebar to the sidebar: if the vertical lift wasn’t unnerving enough, did you know the reason Hershey removed both of theirs is due to the car getting stuck midway up the lift hill?)
Is it physically possible to even evacuate the thing if it gets stuck on the lift?
I honestly have no idea, short of dismantling the ride to do so.
Jesus that sounds terrifying. Especially for the claustrophobic, and those shoe looking cars do not help by the looks of it
Eurofighter from wish…
Also im 6’3” and claustrophobic, this is the coaster from my nightmares!
It's brutal.
"Eurofighter from wish..."
This may be the best comment about the Chance Toboggan I've ever seen🤣
Here commenting on your channel again with my hot takes. I actually love this thing. Lol
I love it too!
Wow bold!
I love it too. I came just to get the credits, but went back to buy 4 more tickets to get 4 more rides on this. I'm 5'6".
I am 5'7"
I have ridden one. In the early 80's. I don't remember where though. It had to have been at some fair that came through Southern California. I remember not liking it too. Lol.
Seeing one of these at a fair would be cool.
I’m actually from Wisconsin and have visited the park before to see the railroad, but I wanted to give this Coaster a shot too. Yeah, it was pretty jerky, but I would give it credit for being the one of the most unique roller coasters I’ve ever rode on, even if it’s not entirely for the right reason.
It sure is unique.
My brother and I always looked forward to the carnival coming to town here in Ohio in the 1980's when we were growing up. Every year it has this ride and it's about all we rode back then
Wow!
The one at Lakemont tried to kill me. I loved it.
I rode that one in 2010.
I never got a chance to ride this when it was located at my home park of Dogpatch USA in the outskirts of Harrison AR. Thank you for this review.
You're welcome!
My first coaster ever at Heart of Illinois fair. As a kid it was VERY FUN.
The smaller you are, the better.
I think the Toboggans do have some significance for debuting the vertical lift hill (yeah, you were correct. RCDB says so), but they’re hot garbage otherwise. It’s honestly pretty impressive lift chains were strong enough at the time to support vertical lifts! And it is a little weird we had vertical LIFTS before vertical DROPS. 🤔
That lift is freaky.
This was the first rollar coaster I ever went on as a kid. It was at Salisbury Beach in MA.
This definitely would be better as a kid.
This was actually the first toboggan ever built witg serial number 001. So even though it may be painful, we wouldnt have chance coasters without this
That's cool it is historic.
I've been on one of these at the Santa Clara County Fair in San Jose, CA. It was probably back in the early 80s.
It would be neat seeing one of these at a fair.
Lakemount Park in PA has one of these coasters some time ago. It was a roughish ride but fun in a historic way, much like the rest of the park before it was redone.
I rode that one in 2010.
Just rode Tiger Terror because of your review and it was awesome. I feel like it is a much better "Janky" ride than the toboggans.
Tiger Terror is genuinely great.
The track type reminds me of backyard roller coasters
Makes sense.
Did you try Test Pilot, the Roll-o-plane at little Amerricka? That thing makes the chance toboggan feel like a bed in a 4 star resort. It was like being locked in a torture box for 5 minutes. The metal bar dug into my hip so hard I had a bruise for a month 😖
Lol anything that makes the Chance Toboggan feel like a 4 star resort- I'm out!!
I like those roll-o-planes.
I rode the one at Trimper in Ocean City, MD many times as a kid,
up until it was removed shortly after 2006. Despite the jankiness, I actually enjoyed it...
...but then again, the other coaster was a Vekoma Boomerang, so.....my brains were pretty well scrambled. I'm sure that didn't have any influence at all.
As long as you avoid hitting your head, it's tolerable.
I would like to see a video of a full list of all roller coasters you've ridden in the world from the least favorite and worst to the favorite and best, including operating ones, defunct ones...
That would take too long to make. My top 50 video was a half hour alone.
I rode one of these with my dad in the 80s. It looks so fun as a spectator but as a rider not so much. I remember feeling beaten up when I got off it. I also remember being extremely disappointed at how unfun the ride actually was.
You really have to watch your head on these.
I can't believe I used to marathon this thing
Wow!
I’m pretty sure this ride was flaws to begin with. Like you don’t want the cage cars to prevent head damage, but at the same time you pretty much need for those tight clearances. So you either protect the hands, or the head.
True!
Ive had some pretty vague memories of riding one of these in Alaska from early on in my childhood my whole life. I've never seen one since and the layout seemed pretty impossible. Plus it was in Alaska which has no amusement parks so for a long time I had thought it was all a wacky dream. Def recall staring up at and Riding straight up into the dark hole at the top of the ride (because it was night time) the lift hill was rattling like crazy and it echoed pretty loudly in the tunnel. At the time I was fairly certain that I was about to die. Lol. It was my first coaster and ended up being a Good time.
Wow all the way in Alaska?
I rode this recently. While I do enjoy the helix and appreciate the history, this ride is a height nightmare.
First time riding, I banged my head on the roof of the cage and had a bit of a headache. The other two times weren't as bad as I found a way to ride back.
Very uncomfortable. Mad Mouse rocks!
I prefer Mad Mouse too since there are no comfort issues.
I was asking you about both Intimidator and Fury 325 at Carowinds and how would you compare those two coasters to this?
Fury and Intimidator are far better rides.
"just 5'10". That is average (or a little above) for a man, and well above average for a woman. At 5'6", it was not lost on me that the clearance would be a problem for people 6' or taller. But since that is a small percentage of people, the clearance is okay for most people. I'm not claustrophobic, so that aspect doesn't bother me, but the lack of exposure always takes away from any ride.
Despite those negatives, I really enjoyed this ride. Of course, I didn't know ahead of time that I was supposed to hate it. Nothing world class, but it was still a lot of fun. I went back and bought 4 more tickets to get 4 more rides on it. I can see why it could be terrible for taller people, but since I'm not tall, it was enjoyable. The jankiness even added to the ride for me. I got a kick out of the ending sequence. It's hanging on in my top 200 out of over 500. Maybe they should put a sign up saying this is not recommended for anyone over 5'7" or so.
I definitely would've enjoyed this more if I were shorter.
Do you like the airtime on both this and Shambhala, and how would you think between the two in terms of smoothness?
Shambhala has much better airtime and is way smoother.
See in RCDB: Toboggan at Lakemont Park, which operated until 2016. Canobie Coaster would say:
I rode the Lakemont one back in...
A) 2008
B) 2009
C) 2010
D) 2011
and...
I think C
There’s one more operating in the us, it’s traveling with skerbeck family carnival in Michigan, where I live. I’m yet to run into it
Interesting!
All I heard was "you must ride this coaster"
Lol
My spine hurts today just from watching the POV of this last night
Your head is what will hurt most.
@@CanobieCoaster No doubt! Keep up the great work!
Chance Rides one two punch in the 70's carnivals was a Toboggan paired with a Zipper. Add a Rotor & Skydiver you had a matching obstacle course.
I love Zippers.
We had one at Playland in Vancouver in the 70s and early 80s called The Wild Rat. I saw it and wanted to ride it for years without riding it. I even had a nightmare about it falling off the track. Then I rode it ONCE in the early 80's and hated it. there's a girl a couple years younger than me (she's almost 50 now) that actually loved it.
That's a fun name.
My #1
To each their own lol
See in RCDB: Silver Star at Europa Park. How would you compare that to this in terms of airtime and smoothness? Imagine trying again the two. Do you like the airtime on both Silver Star and this?
I love the airtime on Silver Star, but not this.
See: Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka and Shambhala at PortAventura. How would you compare that to this? What do you think?
Shambhala is far superior
I may be taller than 6 feet 2 but I am determined to ride this next month. I’ll film myself with camera glasses and I’ll have a great time showing the video of me suffering to my friends. :) 🤕
May the odds ever be in your favor.
This needs to be remade but a lot more comfortable
I'd like better vehicles.
See in RCDB: Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. How would you compare that to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said: 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Apollo's Chariot is super smooth and has enjoyable airtime.
See in RCDB: Candymonium at Hersheypark. How would you compare that to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said: 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Candymonium is way better.
I rode one at a fair when I was a child. I only remember being scared.
I can imagine.
See Shambhala at PortAventura. How would you compare that B&M hyper to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said:
99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Shambhala is far smoother and wilder.
Was Swiss Toboggan the coaster did you like the least in the world?
No
See Intimidator at Carowinds. So how would you compare that B&M hyper to this?
See Fury 325, also at Carowinds. So how would you compare that B&M giga to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said:
99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Fury is far better.
Do you know something in the world called "Hyperia"? Yes or no? So how would you compare it to this ride, Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka?
I imagine Hyperia has better airtime.
This coaster is for those who are scared of right turns. Any other coasters that don't make right turns at all?
You also mentioned Twisted Timbers.
I rode one at Lakemont Park I thought it was fun I even have an on Ride video
I rode that one too back in 2010.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Shambhala at PortAventura. It also features camelbacks and hills, but how would you compare that to this?
Shambhala is an amazing ride, unlike this.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Candymonium at Hersheypark. It features camelbacks and bunny hills, but how would you compare that to this?
Candymonium is a far better ride in terms of smoothness and forces.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Iron Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. That hybrid coaster also has drops and hills through a quarry wall, but how would you compare that to this?
Iron Rattler is far better in terms of comfort, smoothness, and intensity.
Your least favorite coaster in the world was MP Xpress at Movie Park Germany?
MP Xpress was the roughest and most painful coaster of all in the world?
No
Canobie Coaster said:
Apollo's Chariot is super smooth and has enjoyable airtime.
Why did you say "enjoyable airtime", because this coaster, Toboggan, also looks like it has airtime?
Apollo's airtime does not hurt.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Wicked Cyclone at Six Flags New England. That hybrid coaster also has drops, bunny hills, and it has inversions, but how would you compare that to this?
Wicked Cyclone is way wilder and smoother.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Iron Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It looks like it also has hills and camelbacks, but how would you compare that to this?
Iron Rattler is far better.
See in RCDB: Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion, and how would you compare that to this, in terms of airtime? I also say that because in this video you said:
99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Twisted Timbers has better airtime and a smoother experience.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Pantheon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I think it also has camelbacks and hills, but how would you compare that to this?
Pantheon is comfortable and wilder.
Might be worth the ride for the uniqueness/WTFness if I ever run into one (there is one traveling in the UK I think). Otherwise I guess those are probably more enjoyable if you are child, and can actually fit properly into one of those cars. Probably not the worst coasters ever though, there are Chinese Knock-offs of them.
I don't think these will be around much longer.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. How would you compare that to this?
Iron Gwazi has far better and more comfortable airtime.
This is the first coaster I have a 0% desire to ride hahaha
It's not one of the good ones out there.
Good thing I’m only 5’ 7” still probably won’t ever ride one of these though
Slouch downwards.
You've got one inch on me. I was fine with Swiss Toboggan. It would be a good test to see where the cutoff is for enjoying these.
That looks like you're going to fall off on that lift hill.
First vertical lift.
That original name sounds like a meme name
Absolutely.
These rides looked so fascinatingly messed up that I just had to experience it for myself. Maybe it's because my expectations were so tanked, but I didn't find it to be that bad. But I think most of my amusement was over how much of a train wreck this little coaster is lol.
Slouching forwards made it bearable at least.
I didn't know that I was supposed to hate it going in. At 5'6", I enjoyed it. Maybe if I were a bit taller, I wouldn't have.
ouch
It can if you ride incorrectly.
Rode the one at Lakemont. It sucked
I rode that one in 2010.
I thought you'd give this a 0/10 because you think Range at YesterLand Farm is better, and you were really close to giving that a 0/10. In your Top 25 least favorite coasters video from a year ago, Swiss Toboggan was tied for your 6th least favorite roller coaster of all time, and Range was #9. And btw, I'm 5'10'', too.
When I made that list, I hadn't ridden one of these toboggans since 2010. I learned to duck downwards this time to make it more tolerable.
I guess you could say that being in that car, there's a CHANCE you could lose your sanity. Oy.
Lol
I would ride that with a helmet on
No clue if they'd allow that.
@@CanobieCoaster Probably not.
I think I will pass on this one. Looks very bumpy and uncomfortable.
The only way this is comfortable is if you're super short.
I think this coaster should only allow kids to ride it as it is uncomfortable for adults
At least they warn riders to watch their head.
2 out of 10…come on you kids these days are spoiled you want a ride like your in a Cadillac 😢😢😢, you gotta pay your dues like we did in the 60’s and come away from a ride with a little brain damage 🤪🤪🤪🤪
I prefer coasters free of brain damage.
I'm 6 '2" 💀
Good luck!
These are bad.
Not the best.
See in RCDB:
Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka
Iron Claw at Movie Park Germany
The later was named MP Xpress. So to ride again, what would you think about the two and how would you compare between them?
They're awful rides.
See in RCDB:
Swiss Toboggan at Little Amerricka
Kumba at Busch Gardens Tampa
So how would you compare between the two coasters to ride again? What do you think?
Kumba is far superior.
See in RCDB: Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas. How would you compare that to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said: 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Shock Wave is a far better ride.
See in RCDB: GhostRider at Knott's Berry Farm. How would you compare that to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said: 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
GhostRider is a far more comfortable and thrilling ride.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Silver Star at Europa Park. It also features camelbacks and hills, but how would you compare that to this?
Silver Star has far more plentiful and comfortable airtime.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Mako at SeaWorld Orlando. That hyper coaster also has drops, hills and camelbacks, but how would you compare that to this?
Mako is far smoother and better.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see ArieForce One at Fun Spot Atlanta. It looks like it also has hills and camelbacks, but how would you compare that to this?
ArieForce One is far better.
See in RCDB: Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia.
How would you compare that to this?
In this video about Swiss Toboggan, Canobie Coaster said: 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately, it has some.
Goliath is much better for comfort and airtime.
Canobie Coaster said here:
If your head is by the car's roof, I take pity on you. 99% of the time, I want airtime. Usually the more, the merrier. The stronger, the better. But this is the 1%. You do not want airtime on this coaster. And unfortunately it has some.
If I ask you, see Phoenix at Knoebels. That wooden coaster also has drops and bunny hills, but how would you compare that to this?
Phoenix is way better- smoother and better airtime.