This Coaster is a legend unto itself. This was my first roller coaster thanks to my Father and I've had a passion for them since. Unfortunately my Father passed away in 09" but His memory lives on in This Coaster alone. Thank-you to all those who maintain this Coaster. Whether you realize it or not you Honor my Father's Legacy.
Yeah, this is a GREAT roller coaster. I like the old school wooden roller coaster WAY better than the newer types. You get thrown around more, and they’re more thrilling in my opinion.
@@olivia.ann2009 There’s a great wooden roller coaster in Hershey Park. The thing looks ancient. When you’re waiting on line underneath it, you can literally see the thing swaying as the coaster goes around. You’re a little nervous by the time you get on, but oh man…it’s SO fun!!
I probably rode this a 100 times back in the 70's and 80's at it's original home at Crystal Beach amusement park in Ontario Canada they even let you ride it backwards for a few years just before the park closed for good in 1989... great memories of the best wooden coaster ever!
I actually drove past the exact location today where this ride once stood, 1983 was the last time I was there before today. It's truly unbelievable how that area is so different from how I remember. Darien lake and Canada's wonderland was the nail in the coffin for Crystal Beach amusement park. I'm glad the comet lives on for people to enjoy because this ride is definitely an absolute beast.
Got in 32 rides on a slow day in early July, a seat in each row probably at least once but mostly in the back third. Once for every year it has been gone from Crystal Beach and a few more for good measure. It's gentle enough to ride all day yet intense enough to stay interesting. One of only a handful of coasters I would call "perfect". My favorite features are the lift chain that literally launches you over the hill and the chattering of the trains on the unbanked curves. Back seats of each car seem to have somewhat less restrictive restraints. Great to see that it still has a good home.
Exercise Dancefloors There are rumors going around saying that alpine bobsleds will be gone and there will be a batman dueling launched coaster.. But i dont think thats true.
Rode this the last day it was open at Crystal Beach. Perched along Lake Erie, the ride was even more intimidating. Love to go back on this again, I may take a bus trip in the summer to Lake George.
Fantastic coaster, I rode the Comet the last day it was in operation at Crystal Beach. Back then it seemed even scarier, because of the view of Lake Erie to the right of the first drop.
I've ridden a lot of wooden coasters and this one is my favorite. It feels fast as you keep building speed up to the end. The G's on the final turnaround really pull you and a little left/right hitch at the bottom of one of the hills takes you by surprise.
Wooden roller coasters are SO much more fun. This is definitely one of my favorites too. There’s one in Hershey Park in PA (I forget the name) but when you’re waiting on line, you can literally see the whole structure swaying which builds the anticipation nicely. lol.
I live 45 min away from the great escape and this is my favorite ride in the park I'm younger so when I go on it a literally go into the air while still strapped into my seat it is the best ride I have been on besides space mountain at Disney world
bleach Master I live about 3 hours away. I am going for my field trip tomarrow and have to get up at 5 am to get ready and then get on the bus for 7 to get there at 10 😴😴
This is the only reason I'd ever go back to Great Escape. The experience does not translate to video at all. All my other favorite rides from my childhood are either changed or gone.
It’s a great ride, and I’m glad to see this park has kept it operating so smoothly. But I have an issue with them. They have a ton of land, and they’ve had some yellow B&m track sitting in a back lot for a long time. That lot is flat. You may as well construct that coaster. Any b&m would make their attendance skyrocket. Why don’t they build it?
I went on this ride when I was maybe 10. It only had one seatbelt/fastener to share between riders. When you’re in the last seat... you’re maybe 70lbs, with a 200+ lb father, this roller coaster is more “holding on for dear life” than fun.
@MBrilhart They are indeed from the previous site. There is a large sign inside the station explaining the history behind the Comet, and when it was moved to Lake George, the station came with it from the previous site, original material and everything.
This double out and back design seen here on the Comet looks much smoother compared to the double out and back design of the Wild Cat model which can be experienced at Canada's Wonderland on the Wild Beast or at Kings Dominion on the Grizzly. Wild Beast is way too rough and is not enjoyable. I haven't been on it for nearly five years now. But I do enjoy out and back coasters such as Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland or the Racer at Kings Island. Nice video! :-)
@coolpopstex2000 Not exactly. The only thing the Coney Island Cyclone has in common with the Crystal Beach Cyclone is the name. The Comet was indeed relocated. It used to be at Crystal Beach Park, and is (sort of) the sister of the Cyclone. When the Cyclone was demolished they reused the steel supports and lift hill motor.
I was there yesterday, this was the only high or even moderate speed ride without a 30-60 minute wait and priority pass dorks jumping up the line the whole time, I think because it was at a remote end of the park and appeared from a distance to be closed. It reminded me of the cyclone from riv- excuse me "six flags new england" which I had to wait easily over an hour for the last time I bothered trying to go there in 2019. If I had known about this earlier I probably would have stayed over there and kept going on it to make the day seem like less of a wash but by that point the place was almost closed because apparently 6pm is late. what a trash heap income discriminating company. I find a video about the best thing there and it just reminds me of the worst things.
I know I'm not CF, but i'll take a guess. It is because the abundance of airtime given on this coaster that is so special, and the length of the airtime to. That's pretty much what happened on my favorite coaster, Blue Streak at Cedar Point.
I really loved the comet, but i ended up with back pain after riding it several time x) it was abit rough sometime, the airtime is really awesome, i remember seing money flying in the car lol, definitely the best ride at the park and a nice coaster.
Oh wow, this is just how I remembered it...back in 89 at Crystal Beach. Do half the cars still have a backwards option? Sad what happened to the park though - but understandable. I believe a ferry that took Americans into Canada had to be shut down making a trip to the park an inconvenience and the lack of visitors brought hard times for upgrades or new rides - making the park really dumpy in the end...but I remember having a few fun days there with my family.
It's just not the same as when it sat at Crystal Beach in Ontario, Canada...That first hill was right above the beach and you could look down and see the fish in Lake Erie! I'm happy that it went to a good home, tho.....
i’ve been on this ride so many times and let me tell you that the back back seat is HORRIFYING u get no time to think on the first drop and it may not look that high but it is. Either that ride or the steaming demon is my fav
hey cf. I know how underrated this ride is, but why? It just seems like a natural woodie. and i was looking at the top ten woodies on coasterbuzz, this was number ten. why?
This has a bigger drop and is a longer ride with smoother turns than the Phoenix at Knoebels but I still prefer the Phoenix. But it is the best coaster at this park.
this is the nearest park to me...what this place needs is a B&M invert and an intamin of some sort...that would be awesome which is why it is not going to happen...the great escape always does dumb things with its money, like kids rides and waterpark expansion...its last major coaster was a vekoma boomerang in 1997...since then they have gained a minetrain and a kiddie coaster
the funny thing is there's coaster parts they're keeping in the back of one of the hotels by there...(maybe martha's?? and they might not be there anymore) and they've just been sitting there..
If Six Flags would invest some of their money on Great Escape to get a new Intamin roller coaster without a relocation, Great Escape could live up to its name. Sure, this ride has some of the best airtime in the world, but they need a brand new coaster. Maybe an Intamin Mega Lite coaster would do good. I know they cost 15 million dollars, but if if SF could invest money here, it could be possible. Plus Mega Lites' do not take up a lot of space.
The fact is that Great Escape has the smallest market of any Six Flags park. It's really just a local/regional park for people who live in or are visiting the Capital/Lake George region. And even people who live in Albany are much more likely to go to Six Flags New England which has far better rides. Great Escape is also severely space constrained. There is very little room to build anything without removing an existing ride. If they tore down the Steamin Demon and remove the preferred parking on that side of the road, they might have room for a basic out and back hypercoaster. That's about the biggest they could do. But tearing down Steamin Demon would mean they'd lose their only complete circuit looping coaster.
Basicallybasic x 3 same i’m really small so i think i’m literally going to fall outta the thingy. i’m going to this great escape the 21st of june for a field trip too
I've ridden all the roller coaster at the great escape and some are terrible, i would suggest not riding the steaming demon it bangs you around so much.I would also suggest not riding the boomerang cause it does the same thing.
This Coaster is a legend unto itself. This was my first roller coaster thanks to my Father and I've had a passion for them since. Unfortunately my Father passed away in 09" but His memory lives on in This Coaster alone. Thank-you to all those who maintain this Coaster. Whether you realize it or not you Honor my Father's Legacy.
This coaster is a monster. Extremely underrated, and should be really taken more seriously!!!
Yeah, this is a GREAT roller coaster. I like the old school wooden roller coaster WAY better than the newer types. You get thrown around more, and they’re more thrilling in my opinion.
@@LadyFalcon17 you mean rebel scream?
@@olivia.ann2009 It was called The Comet when I went.
@@LadyFalcon17 oh, there was another completely wooden Rollercoaster called rebel scream. just a misunderstanding
@@olivia.ann2009 There’s a great wooden roller coaster in Hershey Park. The thing looks ancient. When you’re waiting on line underneath it, you can literally see the thing swaying as the coaster goes around. You’re a little nervous by the time you get on, but oh man…it’s SO fun!!
This rollercoaster never slows down i love it
My parents, brothers, and I rode this when it was located at Crystal Beach, Ontario until 1989.
This does such a great job with maintaining speed throughout the course of the ride. Classic coaster, best wooden coaster I have ever ridden.
I probably rode this a 100 times back in the 70's and 80's at it's original home at Crystal Beach amusement park in Ontario Canada they even let you ride it backwards for a few years just before the park closed for good in 1989... great memories of the best wooden coaster ever!
I actually drove past the exact location today where this ride once stood, 1983 was the last time I was there before today. It's truly unbelievable how that area is so different from how I remember. Darien lake and Canada's wonderland was the nail in the coffin for Crystal Beach amusement park. I'm glad the comet lives on for people to enjoy because this ride is definitely an absolute beast.
Got in 32 rides on a slow day in early July, a seat in each row probably at least once but mostly in the back third. Once for every year it has been gone from Crystal Beach and a few more for good measure. It's gentle enough to ride all day yet intense enough to stay interesting. One of only a handful of coasters I would call "perfect".
My favorite features are the lift chain that literally launches you over the hill and the chattering of the trains on the unbanked curves. Back seats of each car seem to have somewhat less restrictive restraints. Great to see that it still has a good home.
I live in New York so I love this place and been going here since I was a kid
This park needs new coasters, PLEEEEASSSEE. New York NEEDS a Hyper Coaster!
Exercise Dancefloors New york does Ride of steel darien lake
Charley Hibschweiler How far is that from the Albany area?
about 3-5 hours or something try and search it
Exercise Dancefloors There are rumors going around saying that alpine bobsleds will be gone and there will be a batman dueling launched coaster.. But i dont think thats true.
itsZachMontgo I hope it is, Alpine Bobsled is shit.
Rode this the last day it was open at Crystal Beach. Perched along Lake Erie, the ride was even more intimidating. Love to go back on this again, I may take a bus trip in the summer to Lake George.
I would tell my dad stories about this!!! He rode it back when it was there, what a wicked coaster. Supposedly, it was also wicked dangerous, lol.
I remember when they installed this coaster. It’s a great ride I think. A lot of history too.
My mom was one of the first 1,000 people to ride the great escape comet
This ride is amazing! Love the air time on this classic ride.
Fantastic coaster, I rode the Comet the last day it was in operation at Crystal Beach. Back then it seemed even scarier, because of the view of Lake Erie to the right of the first drop.
The line extended all the way to the park entrance.
Looks like a nice, classic double out-and-back woodie. Nice filming!
i was just on this today, best coaster ever....
i went on it 7-8 times in a row......
I've ridden a lot of wooden coasters and this one is my favorite. It feels fast as you keep building speed up to the end. The G's on the final turnaround really pull you and a little left/right hitch at the bottom of one of the hills takes you by surprise.
Wooden roller coasters are SO much more fun. This is definitely one of my favorites too. There’s one in Hershey Park in PA (I forget the name) but when you’re waiting on line, you can literally see the whole structure swaying which builds the anticipation nicely. lol.
What a great coaster! Maintains good speed during the entire ride! Gotta get back there.
Favorite rollercoaster of all time
I love this ride at the Great escape!
My favorite wooden coaster of all time.
I live 45 min away from the great escape and this is my favorite ride in the park I'm younger so when I go on it a literally go into the air while still strapped into my seat it is the best ride I have been on besides space mountain at Disney world
bleach Master I live about 3 hours away. I am going for my field trip tomarrow and have to get up at 5 am to get ready and then get on the bus for 7 to get there at 10 😴😴
bleach Master my nigga i live 45 mins from the great escape you go to the same school as me?
I live like a hour and a half away and this ride is the best
Lol I live 45 minutes away too
I need to go to space mountain, honestly.
One of America's best wooden coasters
This is the only reason I'd ever go back to Great Escape. The experience does not translate to video at all. All my other favorite rides from my childhood are either changed or gone.
@@johngriswold4303 I've seen videos about astroworld, looked awesome.
I rode it today, I couldn’t believe how fast it felt! I wish I rode again but I was banged up from Steamin Demon.
@@k9feces yeah best to skip that unless you're a masochist. I guess they can't figure out what else to put in such a small area.
It’s a great ride, and I’m glad to see this park has kept it operating so smoothly. But I have an issue with them. They have a ton of land, and they’ve had some yellow B&m track sitting in a back lot for a long time. That lot is flat. You may as well construct that coaster. Any b&m would make their attendance skyrocket. Why don’t they build it?
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I went on this ride when I was maybe 10. It only had one seatbelt/fastener to share between riders. When you’re in the last seat... you’re maybe 70lbs, with a 200+ lb father, this roller coaster is more “holding on for dear life” than fun.
For a classic woodie, this thing has a fast lift!
@MBrilhart They are indeed from the previous site. There is a large sign inside the station explaining the history behind the Comet, and when it was moved to Lake George, the station came with it from the previous site, original material and everything.
This double out and back design seen here on the Comet looks much smoother compared to the double out and back design of the Wild Cat model which can be experienced at Canada's Wonderland on the Wild Beast or at Kings Dominion on the Grizzly. Wild Beast is way too rough and is not enjoyable. I haven't been on it for nearly five years now. But I do enjoy out and back coasters such as Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland or the Racer at Kings Island. Nice video! :-)
That looks like a darn good ride.
FOUR TIMES IN A ROW BABY! FIRST ROLLER COASTER I'VE EVER BEEN ON!!!
2:23 (woman on the railing on the right) its things like this that kill people.
it was better at Crystal Beach when it was on lake Erie. looked like you were going in the lake when riding it
Ahh I didn’t know he came here! I’ve been to that amusement park 16ish times and it’s only a couple hours from my house ❤️❤️
Overcame my fear of roller coasters on this coaster. Started out in the middle and worked my way to the front. I’ll ride pretty much any coaster now.
such a great ride, lots of airtime on this thing. and theres never anyone at this park so you never have to wait long
This ride is the opposite of an RMC Hybrid, the Track is wooden and the supports are steel!
I’m just saying, the supports are white painted wood
Plus not all wooden roller coasters are the same
This ride is one of my faves! But the line takes hours
i went on this on wednesday and it was FAST AND BEAST!
Great coaster! I liked the speed of the lift hill!
Fun Ride! I rode it ten times, twice in a row, in one day!
@coolpopstex2000 Not exactly. The only thing the Coney Island Cyclone has in common with the Crystal Beach Cyclone is the name.
The Comet was indeed relocated. It used to be at Crystal Beach Park, and is (sort of) the sister of the Cyclone. When the Cyclone was demolished they reused the steel supports and lift hill motor.
I was there yesterday, this was the only high or even moderate speed ride without a 30-60 minute wait and priority pass dorks jumping up the line the whole time, I think because it was at a remote end of the park and appeared from a distance to be closed. It reminded me of the cyclone from riv- excuse me "six flags new england" which I had to wait easily over an hour for the last time I bothered trying to go there in 2019. If I had known about this earlier I probably would have stayed over there and kept going on it to make the day seem like less of a wash but by that point the place was almost closed because apparently 6pm is late. what a trash heap income discriminating company. I find a video about the best thing there and it just reminds me of the worst things.
Does it make your stomach drop even for the smaller drops?
I've been on this ride soooo much fun
I know I'm not CF, but i'll take a guess. It is because the abundance of airtime given on this coaster that is so special, and the length of the airtime to. That's pretty much what happened on my favorite coaster, Blue Streak at Cedar Point.
I really loved the comet, but i ended up with back pain after riding it several time x) it was abit rough sometime, the airtime is really awesome, i remember seing money flying in the car lol, definitely the best ride at the park and a nice coaster.
I rode it 4 times in a row yesterday, and my back was KILLING me the whole ride home. I forget that I’m 35, not 12. 😂
Oh wow, this is just how I remembered it...back in 89 at Crystal Beach. Do half the cars still have a backwards option?
Sad what happened to the park though - but understandable. I believe a ferry that took Americans into Canada had to be shut down making a trip to the park an inconvenience and the lack of visitors brought hard times for upgrades or new rides - making the park really dumpy in the end...but I remember having a few fun days there with my family.
It's just not the same as when it sat at Crystal Beach in Ontario, Canada...That first hill was right above the beach and you could look down and see the fish in Lake Erie! I'm happy that it went to a good home, tho.....
i’ve been on this ride so many times and let me tell you that the back back seat is HORRIFYING u get no time to think on the first drop and it may not look that high but it is. Either that ride or the steaming demon is my fav
i went on it 3 times today it was damn fun as heck
Same when I was 12
THE BEST RIDE IN THE PARK HANDS DOWN ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT!
Warning: Only go back row if you want a concussion and broken back
Hahah right
Ikr you float on the first drop lol
yea u float but its the best spot in my opinion
Meh this was my second coaster ever and I rode in the back I went on Flashback first Comet Second Slingshot third (I passed out)
I was on the back when i went on the back it’s not that bad but it can hurt
hey cf. I know how underrated this ride is, but why? It just seems like a natural woodie. and i was looking at the top ten woodies on coasterbuzz, this was number ten. why?
i love this ride
Imagine if they got this as the Crystal Beach Cyclone (which was the Comet in its first form
Hey the park says no cameras on rides so mate ima just say that
it may not look fantastic but this was one of my first coasters and it was such a rush! I couldn't stop laughing it was so fun!
This has a bigger drop and is a longer ride with smoother turns than the Phoenix at Knoebels but I still prefer the Phoenix. But it is the best coaster at this park.
My fav ride
I've gone on that twice in a row I was 8
i'm going on the comet this weekend when we go!!!!
i go all the time its my favorite ride at the great escape
love it i love the airtime and everything about it because i live like 45 minutes away i go atleast 5 times every summer xDD
fav roller coaster there
this looks dope
Best coaster ever.
The front seat of a ride is the best seat because in the back it’s pretty pumpy
My first roller coaster
this is the nearest park to me...what this place needs is a B&M invert and an intamin of some sort...that would be awesome which is why it is not going to happen...the great escape always does dumb things with its money, like kids rides and waterpark expansion...its last major coaster was a vekoma boomerang in 1997...since then they have gained a minetrain and a kiddie coaster
i love this ride i ride this lile every day
It’s my second favorite ride there Sasquatch is my first
i would maybe want to see an rmc of this. im making one in UC2
After I went on this I went on extreme supernova (YOU GET A LOT OF AIR TIME ON THAT)
the funny thing is there's coaster parts they're keeping in the back of one of the hotels by there...(maybe martha's?? and they might not be there anymore) and they've just been sitting there..
That was a Vakoma SLC Six Flags sent it to La Ronde
one of the best coasters ever!
hi I went on it yesterday ITS SO AWESOME
I have been on this at "Lake-George!" I rode the "Red-Train" Only-Though. However, this is "MORE-INTENSE" Than The "ALPINE-BOBSLED!"
went on that exact one, lake george ny!
Good airtime, but the laterals on the small turn (ex. 1:34) aren't that comfortable.
When Was it moved to Great escape?
1994.
If Six Flags would invest some of their money on Great Escape to get a new Intamin roller coaster without a relocation, Great Escape could live up to its name. Sure, this ride has some of the best airtime in the world, but they need a brand new coaster. Maybe an Intamin Mega Lite coaster would do good. I know they cost 15 million dollars, but if if SF could invest money here, it could be possible. Plus Mega Lites' do not take up a lot of space.
The fact is that Great Escape has the smallest market of any Six Flags park. It's really just a local/regional park for people who live in or are visiting the Capital/Lake George region. And even people who live in Albany are much more likely to go to Six Flags New England which has far better rides. Great Escape is also severely space constrained. There is very little room to build anything without removing an existing ride. If they tore down the Steamin Demon and remove the preferred parking on that side of the road, they might have room for a basic out and back hypercoaster. That's about the biggest they could do. But tearing down Steamin Demon would mean they'd lose their only complete circuit looping coaster.
yeah....i think they had one of the vekoma suspended clones in storage and then sent it somewhere else
six flags sent it to La Ronde
that looks fun for a small roller coster i still ride it anyways.
My first big girl roller coaster.
why does it smell really bad on the turn before the lift/
Thats quite a fast chain for a woodie
One day I rode it about 20 times on a slow day at the park.
For a wooden coasters this looks quite fun. O I want
This was recorded at lake George (where I go)...
HOLY SHI-
as a canadian i want them to give it back
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to go on this
Just went on this today
That's one fast lift.
It looks decent.
@BigTylerAustin SAME HERE!
this is one of the rides i DONT like at great escape because of the down drops. it makes my stomec feel like a rock!
fun coaster is fun
My first time on it I was in the front
I’m a very small person so when I went in I was slipping. I’m going tomorrow for a field trip 😂😂😂 and my friends want me to go in every ride
Basicallybasic x 3 same i’m really small so i think i’m literally going to fall outta the thingy. i’m going to this great escape the 21st of june for a field trip too
I've ridden all the roller coaster at the great escape and some are terrible, i would suggest not riding the steaming demon it bangs you around so much.I would also suggest not riding the boomerang cause it does the same thing.
Did anyone else touch the cheese grater at the final corner?