Can we mention how clever naming Hercules' replacement "Hydra: The Revenge"? As Hercules fought the Hydra and defeated it, but this presents the Hydra coming back.
the exact same coaster was also at Flamingo Land, North Yorkshire from 1983 until 2011, it was dismantled in January 2012 and was relocated to Luna Park Cap d'Agde in France
So glad you named Alton Towers Corkscrew as the No.1 relic. It was a truly iconic coaster and singularly paved the way to what Alton Towers is today....Possibly the most beautiful theme park in the world with a host of world’s 1st attractions. Kudos.
What sets Alton Towers apart from many other Theme Parks you find across the world, is the fact that every single themed area and roller coaster has a storyline and lore behind it, making the entire park and epic story as you progress through it. What makes it even better is the fact that the majority of these stories are horror themed.
You misunderstood why he said it. At an amusement park, many things change and it’s amazing that that had not been removed or done away with. It’s not a reference to how long things last.
A piece of the original Incredible Hulk coaster in Islands of Adventure is displayed over the Entrance to the ride since they redid the ride with new track as if Hulk himself broke it which I thought was cool. Yes the ride is technically the same as they didn't make any modifications to the track layout but they did completely remove the old track and replace it with an exact copy of new beams/rails etc. I thought it was cool they incorporated some of the old track as part of the entrance to the ride. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned.
@@TechTokOffical I'm not old enough to have been on the Laser Loop (Revenge was my first steel coaster lol) but iirc isn't the station to the Phantom/Revenge the station for the Laser Loop?
The vortex was my first roller coaster... and in October of 2019, Kings Island shut it down after 33 years. This was almost as iconic as the beast and many people’s favorite coaster. It will be missed.
Update: Vortex would eventually close 5 months after this video was posted on October 27, 2019 due to reaching the end of its service life. It's certain people will never see the Bat's original footers ever again(unless the queue of its soon-replacement ride passes by the footers). You made a video about "The Rise & Fall of Vortex" on your channel.
A RMC Son of Beast was the awnser instead of the world's longest testical crushing b&m invert alive with the wost unapealing layout on a invert Banshee thats what the ads should have said .
I remember the Corkscrew. Pretty sure that was the one I could have died on too as the staff didn't check the bars and my one wasn't locking so I kept lifting it up. They eventually noticed just before they started the ride. Ah, nostalgia.
In Seattle, if you go to the West Seattle Neighborhood to Anchor Park when the tide of the Puget Sound is really low, you can see some of the ends of the pilings from the old Luna Park that operated there over 100 years ago. -Gary
If you wanna do a part 2, including more european rides: - Robin Hoods old Track in the new Q-Line for Untamed - One Corkscrew as an entrance to the sky scream area at Holidaypark - Old Eurosat track being used as a bench at europapark - Part of a track of the old Python at Efteling's own Museum
Mr Freeze is the shit but I was always a bigger fan of Poltergeist from Fiesta Texas for some reason. I must’ve ridden that thing like 40 times before I turned 14
I’m actually so glad you mentioned the steel phantom in here. I’m actually from Pittsburgh, and Kennywood’s one of my greatest memories. Plus, I had no idea that remnants of the Steel Phantom were used in the kiddie land section.
@@inferno_styles8045 Haha, that's alright. I heard they recently replaced the Log Jammer with a new roller coaster that's higher than the Phantom's Revenge. That kinda sucks though, because I really liked the Log Jammer.
There's a fair bit of that in the UK- for example, the entrance to the accomodation at the Thorpe Park resort has a load of old signage that used to be around the park, including old logos, signs, and bits and bobs that they have left over form things. On a similar note, I recently learned that the original mascots of Thorpe Park are still on-site, in the old farm area (no longer accessible to the public). Kinda cool that remnants of the old family-friendly version of the park, before it turned into a thrill-seekers destination, are still there.
I remember going on the Alton towers corkscrew a year or two before it’s demolition, the ride was so rough smashing your head from side to side against the solid ‘foam’ seats you had a massive headache afterwards, it really hurt... not surprised it was torn down, still fun though 😀
fun fact :) the Trains from Alton Tower's Corkscrew are running now on the Vekoma Double Loop / Corkscrew Coaster ,, Big Loop '' at Heide Park Resort in Germany :)
The first build of this coaster type was in Hassloch Germany. In 2013 they did the same thing as in Alton Towers: They reused a track piece as decoration.
My first one was the one in Hassloch, Germany. Same coaster type but its very first installation ever. In 2013 they did the same thing when it was closed down. Luna Park in southern France hosts a similar model.
Mike Butt That roller coaster only got rides because it was so pretty and attractive and you had to see it walking through the park. Oh wow did it hurt my body! And I was a teenager!!
@@ArrowThrills If I remember rightly it was to do with the fitting of extra rollback evac platforms mandated by health and safety that was deemed not to be cost effective
The boarding station for the original Ravine Flyer at Waldameer Park in Erie PA still stands as a picnic pavilion. That coaster was originally built back in the 1940's and torn down after a couple deaths.
Not to be too picky but you mis-credited my Steel Phantom footage (off-ride and POV) to someone else. Could you also either link my channel in the description of links to the videos itself also? I am now requiring that, for those that want to use my footage as I believe it helps with the copyright notifications I receive, thanks to the new way that TH-cam finds that stuff.
As a Pittsburgh native I will say that Steel Phantom was a very rough ride. That first drop shot your whole body straight to the left. Approaching the the second drop was all Air time till you hit the bottom of the hill. She was a a head banger for sure. Phantoms Revenge is a much better and enjoyable ride.
I rode that several times in its opening year. Putting all the loops right in a row at the end was just too much. Since I was tall I was able to lean my head forward but my sister was shorter and would get her head bopped back and forth. We then understood why all the signs saying to remove any earrings before riding.
You made me feel old. I'm only 32 and I remember riding the corkscrew as a child. Went to Alton Towers for the first time since then just last week and I was stunned to see the corkscrew at the entrance. As for the ride itself, I remember it being pretty uncomfortable - but that was part of the charm.
You can still see Drachen Fire's que line and station if you ride the Train at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, kinda cool to see the old design still. Excited for the new coaster here next year!
I'm thinking about how the videos theme isn't remnants in a broad sense, but remnants that no longer serve as a permanent theme park attraction beyond decoration or only as season event features, but that's not as a catchy title. Thus things like reused ride stations and footers (a prominent example being the reused Big Bad Wolf footers for Verbolten) are excluded from the list
JMD85 85 i only rode the corkscrew at Flamingo Land (North Yorkshire) and that thing smashed my head around, so uncomfortable but didn’t stop me riding it every time I went 😂 they look like the same rollercoaster model
Along with the Steel Phantom track at Kennywood, there are also pieces of supports from the Log Jammer Supports, which was removed to make room for Steel Curtain.
I remember Rolling Thunder. I hated that ride. I went back in middle school with my then best friend, my head kept slamming into the safety harness. My ears were so red after getting off that ride, never went on it again. I went on Scream Machine once, it was meh. I do miss the Batman & Robin ride. We'd go on Batman first because it always had a longer line, then on Robin.
Oddly enough Rolling Thunder was my favorite. Looking back I really can't imagine why, but I loved racing my friends on the other track. Scream machine was my first coaster with an inversion. When I finally worked up the nerve to go on Batman and Robin, it was already announced that it was the final year. I always thought it was because that first drop exceeded 5 Gs and new laws made it out of specs.
Wow! I worked rides back in the late 90s. Ran rolling thunder. It was my first coaster. GASM was my first inversion coaster. I need to get back to jeesey and see how GA has changed!
I loved when we did the coaster enthusiast night. Maintenance lubed the bottom on that first drop on Rolling thunder. A light drizzle and that old beast was flying!
@@RaindropsBleeding my favorite had to be Medusa. I honestly don't know why but I remember getting so excited to get in that line multiple times. When they changed it to Bizzaro it didn't feel the same. The one I hated most & still do to this day is Nitro. I've been on it twice. It's the safety bar. Just one thing over your crotch & that's it. I'm a thin person & I remember having the fear that I'd slide right out of that thing and I almost did.
I rode both Rolling Thunder and GASM both on their 'final rides' days. We got to ride Rolling Thunder 13 times in a row before closing [this was when I was a kid, not due to it closing down] cause nobody was lining up, and the operator kept asking 'I can probably fit 1 more in, y'all wanna go?'. My friend threw up 3 times on the way back to the car that night hahahah GASM was also my first looping roller coaster; my mom had me take my socks off and stuff them in my shoes to give me that extra inch I needed hahaha!!!
I took my son to Silver Dollar City when he was six years old. I was so excited for him to ride Buzzsaw Falls because I thought he'd be surprised when the water ride turned into a roller coaster. My wife and I had rode it in years past. I couldn't remember the name at the time. I just remembered the location in the park; so, Powder Keg meant nothing to me. We were both very surprised when we discovered there was no more water and were accelerated down the track at an excessive starting speed! It was his first roller coaster experience. I felt so bad. I didn't want to scare him from riding coasters. I'm glad to finally learn the story behind why it was tore down. It's a fun memory we have of Silver Dollar City and my son actually enjoys coasters to this day despite his initial shock.
You won’t find the footers or the station now cedar point demolished the station. Not sure if the footers are still visible the ground has grass growing down in the valley now
champagnecoloredeyes I see what’s left of Rolling Thunder nearly every day at work. Whenever I’m at El Toro, I still see what’s left of the white structure
Mystic Timbers Fanboy don’t know. But it was replaced by El Diablo...which is also now gone this season. They’re putting in a single rail coaster, that’s all I know about it
I remember riding the corkscrew at Alton Towers, it was amazing. The first time I rode it was during the parks firework display. That day was amazing! Also the Black Hole was still in operation back then
if you ever have nostalgia for it there is a Vekoma Corkscrew at Cedar point its a slightly diferent coster but hey its still a good ride even if its a bit rough
1. Ahh, "Hurt-your-knees" . . . that term done make me giggle (top 10 Roller Coaster nicknames?) 2. B&R: The Chiller; given how LIM is better understood now; could it work if something similar were to be built now? 3. Regarding Rolling Thunder; I'm surprised that it didn't get the Iron Horse treatment. edit: As far as Phantom's Revenge goes, the track in the station and the lift hill is Arrow track (Steel Phantom) and the rest of the ride is DH Morgan track. Also, the station and queue line for B&R: The Chiller was used for a Fright Fest maze one year. As for roller coaster nicknames, the ones I can think of off the top of my head are: Spinebuster (Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland); Hang & Bangs (any Vekoma SLC); Anacon-DON'T (Anaconda at King's Dominion).
Bench: the ride at Europa park The curry coaster: (montazooma revenge): knott's A.pack.of.lips (apocalypse) drayton manor And don't forget melenium forceless at cedar point
As a Pennsylvanian living an hour's drive from Dorney Park, Hercules was INDEED very rough to ride. Hydra, the "replacement coaster," is one of my favorites, though.
Fond memories of Hercules at Dorney Park. Yes, it was rough but the initial trip out of the station and then sweeping out over the lake was stunning. Labor Day Weekend in '94 I rode this with my wife and daughter until there was no longer any point. I was very surprised to learn that it'd been removed.
I remember riding the Corkscrew back in 1990 when we went to Alton Towers on a school trip. The queue time was around 90 minutes back then but was well worth the wait. Another ride which I rode & has also now been removed was Thunder Looper. I remember it really cranking my neck on the return backwards loop but was still nevertheless such a thrill to ride back then.
The only thing that would make this channel better would be the option for captions on your videos for some of us that are a little hard of hearing. Love watching!
I was on one roller coaster in my lifetime. I went on Z-Force at Six Flags in Gurnee Illinois back in May 1987. During that same year it was taken down. I’m not a thrill seeker. My two rides that I like are merry go around and Ferris wheel. Even bumper cars,too.
At Kennywood, Phantom's Revenge sits on some of Steel Phantom's supports & track, which sits on some of Laser Loop's footers, with the original station from the Laser Loop coaster that was removed.
Every time I go to Alton Towers I make sure to appreciate it. It closed a couple of years before my first visit so I never got to ride it, but I know it has a lot of importance to the park so it's oddly emotional to see it
I remember going to cedar point and there was this one roller coaster that still had some leftover tracks in plain sight right beside the roller coaster! Very weird!
Kennywood until recently was a family owned park. Why they were more creative than the major parks in their design as they tended to reuse parts if possible to cut cost. Kennywood a few years ago was purchased by a smaller promotions company named Parques Reunidos in 2007.
There are still concrete blocks around the boomerang from the Zambezi zinger. Also back in the distance while riding the train you can still in that area where there used to be raft ride back in early 90's. You have to know exactly where to look bc its all over grown now
I just causally clicked on this video because it was being recommended, and i was surprised that my home park that we always go to was on here! So cool to see it be mentioned on here!
I used to go to Dorney Park all the time as a kid and even had season passes for a few years in the early 2000’s. The rough and sort of rickety feeling of the ride was part of the fun for me personally. It gave Hercules its “character.” Thanks for the video, it brought up a some fond memories.
There was a Vekoma Corkscrew Coaster named „Superwirbel“ located at Holiday Park in Germany with exactly the same layout like the one at Alton Towers. They scrapped it in 2014 and replaced it with „Sky Scream“ a Premier Rides Skyrocket 2. The park decided to keep the first corkscrew from the former Superwirbel. When you want to enter Sky Scream, you can walk underneath the old corkscrew.
7:51 if any of you are around Branson Mo I highly suggest going to silver dollar city, first you forgot that there is a huge incline of the track that used to be a drop so it looks like your going to fly off the tracks when your looking at it in line but you never go on that track ,powder keg is a really good ride it’s pretty smooth gets a little shaky but all in all good also time traveler is a really great ride and I would highly suggest it also and if you want a fun ride without much lines and a big drop go to wild fire!
It’s one of the reasons I love coasters to this day. I’m proud to have been on its last ever public train and the monument stands as a wonderful marker of what made Alton Towers the park I visited just today
Corkscrew hurt riding it. It was slow but very jolty. Came out with bruises and cuts every time I rode it, most notably a slashed ear. Still kept going back for more though. Got to a point where there were no queues for this ride due to the bigger coasters like nemesis and oblivion. Then when it was announced it was going, popularity rose again. Just cost too much to keep it going safely
I love seeing the Alton Towers corkscrew on the way in. definitely the best use of old tracks specially after seeing the rest of the video, I was expecting more like it
When you’re riding diesel drivers at kennywood, not only do you see old Steel Phantom track, but pieces from Log Jammer, their former flume ride, are there too.
I saw the corkscrew at Alton towers it’s amazing :D and yup it is the uks BEST theme park 😋 But now hardly nobody’s goes there because of all the accidents so yea
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Can we mention how clever naming Hercules' replacement "Hydra: The Revenge"? As Hercules fought the Hydra and defeated it, but this presents the Hydra coming back.
*Heracles
@@ReluctantWarrior Either is technically correct; Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek hero Heracles
I prefer Hercules over hydra
@@mi-wi9hm Not really, just a guy who knows a bit of Greek Mythology pointing out a clever name for a coaster.
Hail Hydra
Pure class by Towers. Respecting a coaster that brought them to where they are now. Hats off
Remains of old rollercoasters:
A few concrete blocks is still visible
Swowf TH-cam that’s what I was thinking
I thought like a metal pole
Lol but why is six flags kid rides like dorney park ridesv
Exectly... making money with concrete blocks😂
0:43 , 1:00 , 1:21 , 1:36 Dorney Park
Corkscrew at Alton Towers is the best tribute. I love the look of those old corkscrews
Yes indeed, i was going to complain if that wasn't in the list but it was! Woohoo!
the exact same coaster was also at Flamingo Land, North Yorkshire from 1983 until 2011, it was dismantled in January 2012 and was relocated to Luna Park Cap d'Agde in France
Looks the same as the python at the Efteling in the Netherlands. It was recently rebuild to last another few decades.
Why was it removed ?
@Xtra Spice Mikey why would it cost more if it gets older
We have remnants of a whole theme park here in New Orleans.
I was waiting for this comment haha
Still there? Good grief
@@sdjahof1964 Yes. Many people wanted to convert it into a waterpark, but all of those plans fell through. It's been deserted for almost 15 years now!
@@jasonjuneau it was turned into a waterpark, but was permanently closed soon after
I have an abandoned theme park near me
Son Of Beast was like getting in a multi-minute car crash.
The Beast is getting that way too, especially if you sit in the rear cars.
@@DJDekgit ill stear clear than lol. thanks for the headsup
@@DrMurdercock The Beast honestly doesn't feel that bad. It's just rough. I think The Racer hurts far more.
The Vortex Feel Like You’re Getting Jumped By A Gang
@@DrMurdercock The beast isn't that bad
I really like the Alton Towers placing the corkscrew at their entrance.
Same here! Love seeing it there memories everytime I go
I agree, it's definitely a nice touch to honour what made this park big!
same, I like seeing the history of it
But my God did that ride hurt!
Stephen Ludgate I have no memories of pain from this ride
So glad you named Alton Towers Corkscrew as the No.1 relic. It was a truly iconic coaster and singularly paved the way to what Alton Towers is today....Possibly the most beautiful theme park in the world with a host of world’s 1st attractions. Kudos.
What sets Alton Towers apart from many other Theme Parks you find across the world, is the fact that every single themed area and roller coaster has a storyline and lore behind it, making the entire park and epic story as you progress through it. What makes it even better is the fact that the majority of these stories are horror themed.
Probably because of the gothic design of the manor and the folklore of the chained oak, which forms the basis of the ride HEX's storyline.
"It's amazing that these footers are still here after almost 40 years!"
Over here in Europe we've got Roman concrete more than 2000 years old :)
You misunderstood why he said it. At an amusement park, many things change and it’s amazing that that had not been removed or done away with. It’s not a reference to how long things last.
A piece of the original Incredible Hulk coaster in Islands of Adventure is displayed over the Entrance to the ride since they redid the ride with new track as if Hulk himself broke it which I thought was cool. Yes the ride is technically the same as they didn't make any modifications to the track layout but they did completely remove the old track and replace it with an exact copy of new beams/rails etc. I thought it was cool they incorporated some of the old track as part of the entrance to the ride. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned.
Because the Hulk still stands. This video is about left over pieces of coasters that no longer exist.
@@joyholmes254 he talked about phantoms revenge which still exists it was just re done and pieces of track r in a different location.
Never knew about the Steel Phantom parts being in Kiddieland! Kennywood is all about preserving history and that's a unique way of doing so!
R u old enough to remember the lazer loop before the steel phantom?
@@TechTokOffical I'm not old enough to have been on the Laser Loop (Revenge was my first steel coaster lol) but iirc isn't the station to the Phantom/Revenge the station for the Laser Loop?
I love that parks do things like this and preserve parts of older coasters. Another great video!
I think that's a coaster tradition
I’d say that preserve is the wrong word
They just don’t feel like the cost of digging up footings
HurtYourKnees: the original ThighCrush
Ludwig Amadeus Haydn lel
Anomalocaris Skyrush, took me a bit to figure it out too.
12:09 Something about watching the demolition of the Son of Beast is fascinating to me. Just watching the whole wooden structure come down...
It's like the satisfying videos they have out
I rode Hercules a few years ago and damn my knees are still painful
Roger Wang same
I rode that back in the 80s. I still remember hitting my knee on a carriage bolt that stuck out in the car. Terribly rough ride.
I’m glad I didn’t go there lol
Stop lying.. u banged ur knee a few times in one day.. n years later it still hurts? You must be frail.
@@MrFinesse316 its called an exaggeration 😑🙄😒
The vortex was my first roller coaster... and in October of 2019, Kings Island shut it down after 33 years. This was almost as iconic as the beast and many people’s favorite coaster. It will be missed.
Update: Vortex would eventually close 5 months after this video was posted on October 27, 2019 due to reaching the end of its service life. It's certain people will never see the Bat's original footers ever again(unless the queue of its soon-replacement ride passes by the footers). You made a video about "The Rise & Fall of Vortex" on your channel.
I remember the first year Son of Beast came out. I got stuck on it for 20 mins after the ride ended because the lap bar wouldn't release.
A RMC Son of Beast was the awnser instead of the world's longest testical crushing b&m invert alive with the wost unapealing layout on a invert Banshee thats what the ads should have said .
I remember the Corkscrew. Pretty sure that was the one I could have died on too as the staff didn't check the bars and my one wasn't locking so I kept lifting it up. They eventually noticed just before they started the ride. Ah, nostalgia.
In Seattle, if you go to the West Seattle Neighborhood to Anchor Park when the tide of the Puget Sound is really low, you can see some of the ends of the pilings from the old Luna Park that operated there over 100 years ago.
-Gary
Picture please
You can't put a picture in a TH-cam comment, sorry dude
@@josephstone547 you can send links to pictures
If you wanna do a part 2, including more european rides:
- Robin Hoods old Track in the new Q-Line for Untamed
- One Corkscrew as an entrance to the sky scream area at Holidaypark
- Old Eurosat track being used as a bench at europapark
- Part of a track of the old Python at Efteling's own Museum
Good thing they replaced the old python whit a smoother and quieter python....
Also Six Flags Over Texas is now renovating a chiller train for use on Mr. Freeze reverse blast.
Mr freeze reverse blast is fun
It's just too bad the Mr. Freeze ride is pretty much down half the time. And when it is running, they're only able to use one of the trains.
Mr Freeze is the shit but I was always a bigger fan of Poltergeist from Fiesta Texas for some reason. I must’ve ridden that thing like 40 times before I turned 14
I’m actually so glad you mentioned the steel phantom in here. I’m actually from Pittsburgh, and Kennywood’s one of my greatest memories. Plus, I had no idea that remnants of the Steel Phantom were used in the kiddie land section.
I am too though I did not know they had that there. Btw cough, cough is coming from 11 months later.
@@inferno_styles8045 Haha, that's alright. I heard they recently replaced the Log Jammer with a new roller coaster that's higher than the Phantom's Revenge. That kinda sucks though, because I really liked the Log Jammer.
It’s called the Steel Curtain and I personally prefer the Phantom’s Revenge I don’t know why it’s just better.
Also here in Pittsburgh kennywood is a nice theme park for not really being known outside of Pittsburgh
I agree with you on that.
I feel like more parks should use some of their old ride parts for theming or making a cool entrance.
There's a fair bit of that in the UK- for example, the entrance to the accomodation at the Thorpe Park resort has a load of old signage that used to be around the park, including old logos, signs, and bits and bobs that they have left over form things.
On a similar note, I recently learned that the original mascots of Thorpe Park are still on-site, in the old farm area (no longer accessible to the public). Kinda cool that remnants of the old family-friendly version of the park, before it turned into a thrill-seekers destination, are still there.
Our oldest rides at kennywood are still here and operating
1:05 So wild in fact, that it seemed to screw up their (what I think is a) VHS camcorder.
Apparently yes! I'd guess the jerky ride caused the tape in the camcorder to go temporarily out of alignment with the recording head.
So rough, it shook the colour out of the video.
I remember going on the Alton towers corkscrew a year or two before it’s demolition, the ride was so rough smashing your head from side to side against the solid ‘foam’ seats you had a massive headache afterwards, it really hurt... not surprised it was torn down, still fun though 😀
fun fact :)
the Trains from Alton Tower's Corkscrew are running now on the Vekoma Double Loop / Corkscrew Coaster ,, Big Loop '' at Heide Park Resort in Germany :)
@Fartimations the front one was
The first build of this coaster type was in Hassloch Germany. In 2013 they did the same thing as in Alton Towers: They reused a track piece as decoration.
Love the level of research and extensive footage you're able to compile. Awesome video!
True nostalgia when it came to great American scream machine in nj. I used 2 work that ride back in 2009. Loved it
Millio G-man that’s nice 😊
Ngl I was surprised to see the mention of the steel phantom bits
It’s funny, at Canada’s wonderland the our bat looks like the vortex and our vortex looks like the bat
Miss the Corkscrew at AT. First proper roller-coaster that I ever rode.
My first one was the one in Hassloch, Germany. Same coaster type but its very first installation ever. In 2013 they did the same thing when it was closed down. Luna Park in southern France hosts a similar model.
Love that the Corkscrew made number one
Mike Butt
That roller coaster only got rides because it was so pretty and attractive and you had to see it walking through the park. Oh wow did it hurt my body! And I was a teenager!!
Why did it close
Mystic Timbers Fanboy Maintenance costs
@@Mikeb1001 why was it expensive
@@ArrowThrills If I remember rightly it was to do with the fitting of extra rollback evac platforms mandated by health and safety that was deemed not to be cost effective
Thank you for placing corkscrew at #1 ❤
Legit is everyone ignoring that corkscrew coasters still exist? They're at basically every theme park 😂
先生CherryPepsi yeah they got one at Cedar Point. It’s my favorite coaster there, besides the Maverick.
@@keyboardwarrior6413 "maverick" not "the maverick" it annoys enthusiasts when u put "the" infront of every thing
@@cherrypepsi2815 she means the one at Alton towers
先生CherryPepsi ur a weirdo corkscrew was iconic in the uk 🇬🇧 I changed the fat of Alton towers
I never realized just how many of these are gone. I rode on every one of the Dorney, Hershey and Great Adventure rides they listed here.
The boarding station for the original Ravine Flyer at Waldameer Park in Erie PA still stands as a picnic pavilion. That coaster was originally built back in the 1940's and torn down after a couple deaths.
Not to be too picky but you mis-credited my Steel Phantom footage (off-ride and POV) to someone else. Could you also either link my channel in the description of links to the videos itself also? I am now requiring that, for those that want to use my footage as I believe it helps with the copyright notifications I receive, thanks to the new way that TH-cam finds that stuff.
My apologies, Sean. I will absolutely link your footage in future videos and make sure to properly credit them. Thanks for pointing this out.
@@ThemeParkCrazy No worries. I appreciate you using my footage.
Thank you! Seeing the Six Flags Great Adventure and Lightning Loops logos brings to surface so much nostalgia!
I'm glad Kennywood made it on this list 💞
As a Pittsburgh native I will say that Steel Phantom was a very rough ride. That first drop shot your whole body straight to the left. Approaching the the second drop was all Air time till you hit the bottom of the hill. She was a a head banger for sure. Phantoms Revenge is a much better and enjoyable ride.
I rode that several times in its opening year. Putting all the loops right in a row at the end was just too much. Since I was tall I was able to lean my head forward but my sister was shorter and would get her head bopped back and forth. We then understood why all the signs saying to remove any earrings before riding.
Was it better than vortex at kings island
Steel Phantom was the fastest coaster in its day! I loved it and so many memories, especially the fact that there were 0 lights on it at night.
@@alexsmith6914 I guess that made it scary
I’ve been to Alton Towers *Frequently* and I love the Nostalgia and History of this Epic coaster that I wish I could of rode
I always thought the corkscrew at the entrance to Alton towers was never used and was purely decorational lol
You made me feel old. I'm only 32 and I remember riding the corkscrew as a child. Went to Alton Towers for the first time since then just last week and I was stunned to see the corkscrew at the entrance. As for the ride itself, I remember it being pretty uncomfortable - but that was part of the charm.
You can still see Drachen Fire's que line and station if you ride the Train at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, kinda cool to see the old design still. Excited for the new coaster here next year!
I'm thinking about how the videos theme isn't remnants in a broad sense, but remnants that no longer serve as a permanent theme park attraction beyond decoration or only as season event features, but that's not as a catchy title. Thus things like reused ride stations and footers (a prominent example being the reused Big Bad Wolf footers for Verbolten) are excluded from the list
idk why but i love watching these roller coasters ride videos lmao
you should of mentioned the incredible hulk at universal because at the entrance it has a piece of the original track
And robin hood track in the queue line of untamed
It’s still technically the same ride, so I’m not sure that counts.
@@asyafiqnugroho7900 Queue line?
The Misunderstood Assassin queue theming* oops
@@MushroomHedgehog Actually, it's not really the same ride anymore. Similar, but not even close to the same experience.
I’ll never forget how painful Corkscrew was to ride.
JMD85 85 i only rode the corkscrew at Flamingo Land (North Yorkshire) and that thing smashed my head around, so uncomfortable but didn’t stop me riding it every time I went 😂 they look like the same rollercoaster model
I love that my home park is on here three times!
A J same!
I've seen that ride at Alton towers in person, it's literally at the entrance, u can't miss it, I never knew the history behind this, cool.
I still remember riding rolling thunder, it was a pretty fun ride, and I still see the piece of track left over under el toro
I also rode it before it closed!
Why was it removed
do you remember when they would put the one track's cars on backwards? you'd ride the whole ride going backwards...that was very cool.
Colin Duffy yes!!!
@CaptainFalconMusicYT why couldn't they create another entrance
Along with the Steel Phantom track at Kennywood, there are also pieces of supports from the Log Jammer Supports, which was removed to make room for Steel Curtain.
I've been wanting someone to cover this topic with visual of the remnants forever. You should do another in the future!
I remember Rolling Thunder. I hated that ride. I went back in middle school with my then best friend, my head kept slamming into the safety harness. My ears were so red after getting off that ride, never went on it again. I went on Scream Machine once, it was meh. I do miss the Batman & Robin ride. We'd go on Batman first because it always had a longer line, then on Robin.
Oddly enough Rolling Thunder was my favorite. Looking back I really can't imagine why, but I loved racing my friends on the other track. Scream machine was my first coaster with an inversion. When I finally worked up the nerve to go on Batman and Robin, it was already announced that it was the final year. I always thought it was because that first drop exceeded 5 Gs and new laws made it out of specs.
Wow! I worked rides back in the late 90s. Ran rolling thunder. It was my first coaster. GASM was my first inversion coaster. I need to get back to jeesey and see how GA has changed!
I loved when we did the coaster enthusiast night. Maintenance lubed the bottom on that first drop on Rolling thunder. A light drizzle and that old beast was flying!
@@RaindropsBleeding my favorite had to be Medusa. I honestly don't know why but I remember getting so excited to get in that line multiple times. When they changed it to Bizzaro it didn't feel the same. The one I hated most & still do to this day is Nitro. I've been on it twice. It's the safety bar. Just one thing over your crotch & that's it. I'm a thin person & I remember having the fear that I'd slide right out of that thing and I almost did.
I rode both Rolling Thunder and GASM both on their 'final rides' days. We got to ride Rolling Thunder 13 times in a row before closing [this was when I was a kid, not due to it closing down] cause nobody was lining up, and the operator kept asking 'I can probably fit 1 more in, y'all wanna go?'. My friend threw up 3 times on the way back to the car that night hahahah GASM was also my first looping roller coaster; my mom had me take my socks off and stuff them in my shoes to give me that extra inch I needed hahaha!!!
I was waiting for this and as I was about to search I saw the notification that it dropped 😂
I took my son to Silver Dollar City when he was six years old. I was so excited for him to ride Buzzsaw Falls because I thought he'd be surprised when the water ride turned into a roller coaster. My wife and I had rode it in years past. I couldn't remember the name at the time. I just remembered the location in the park; so, Powder Keg meant nothing to me. We were both very surprised when we discovered there was no more water and were accelerated down the track at an excessive starting speed! It was his first roller coaster experience. I felt so bad. I didn't want to scare him from riding coasters. I'm glad to finally learn the story behind why it was tore down. It's a fun memory we have of Silver Dollar City and my son actually enjoys coasters to this day despite his initial shock.
Now the vortex at Ohio's Kings Island is being removed soon.
So sad. 😞
My fave
My first looping coaster
You won’t find the footers or the station now cedar point demolished the station. Not sure if the footers are still visible the ground has grass growing down in the valley now
Rolling Thunder in Jackson NJ was my very first roller coaster ride! Ahh nostalgia
champagnecoloredeyes I see what’s left of Rolling Thunder nearly every day at work. Whenever I’m at El Toro, I still see what’s left of the white structure
Andrew Zenobia ahh that’s so cool!!
Why was it removed
Mystic Timbers Fanboy don’t know. But it was replaced by El Diablo...which is also now gone this season. They’re putting in a single rail coaster, that’s all I know about it
@@andrewzenobia2396 They waste so much money building coasters just to tare them down.
I remember riding the corkscrew at Alton Towers, it was amazing. The first time I rode it was during the parks firework display. That day was amazing! Also the Black Hole was still in operation back then
if you ever have nostalgia for it there is a Vekoma Corkscrew at Cedar point its a slightly diferent coster but hey its still a good ride even if its a bit rough
@@Bobis32 kinda live in the UK, would be difficult haha
I rode Steel Phantom at Kennywood at age 11 back in 1997. Needless to say no one said a word once we got off that coaster.
1. Ahh, "Hurt-your-knees" . . . that term done make me giggle (top 10 Roller Coaster nicknames?)
2. B&R: The Chiller; given how LIM is better understood now; could it work if something similar were to be built now?
3. Regarding Rolling Thunder; I'm surprised that it didn't get the Iron Horse treatment.
edit: As far as Phantom's Revenge goes, the track in the station and the lift hill is Arrow track (Steel Phantom) and the rest of the ride is DH Morgan track. Also, the station and queue line for B&R: The Chiller was used for a Fright Fest maze one year.
As for roller coaster nicknames, the ones I can think of off the top of my head are: Spinebuster (Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland); Hang & Bangs (any Vekoma SLC); Anacon-DON'T (Anaconda at King's Dominion).
Bench: the ride at Europa park
The curry coaster: (montazooma revenge): knott's
A.pack.of.lips (apocalypse) drayton manor
And don't forget melenium forceless at cedar point
RMC did not do their magic on Rolling Thunder cause they were a young company at the time and they did not have the experience they have now.
As a Pennsylvanian living an hour's drive from Dorney Park, Hercules was INDEED very rough to ride. Hydra, the "replacement coaster," is one of my favorites, though.
Fond memories of Hercules at Dorney Park. Yes, it was rough but the initial trip out of the station and then sweeping out over the lake was stunning. Labor Day Weekend in '94 I rode this with my wife and daughter until there was no longer any point. I was very surprised to learn that it'd been removed.
I remember riding the Corkscrew back in 1990 when we went to Alton Towers on a school trip. The queue time was around 90 minutes back then but was well worth the wait. Another ride which I rode & has also now been removed was Thunder Looper. I remember it really cranking my neck on the return backwards loop but was still nevertheless such a thrill to ride back then.
The only thing that would make this channel better would be the option for captions on your videos for some of us that are a little hard of hearing. Love watching!
I will look into that. Thank you for your suggestion 🙂
Agreed!
There is a CC on TH-cam. If on your "Smartphone" it's there you have to turn it on, find the gear, settings, captions, turn on.
I was on one roller coaster in my lifetime. I went on Z-Force at Six Flags in Gurnee Illinois back in May 1987. During that same year it was taken down. I’m not a thrill seeker. My two rides that I like are merry go around and Ferris wheel. Even bumper cars,too.
At Kennywood, Phantom's Revenge sits on some of Steel Phantom's supports & track, which sits on some of Laser Loop's footers, with the original station from the Laser Loop coaster that was removed.
Number 1 had to have been the greatest way to remember a coaster!
Every time I go to Alton Towers I make sure to appreciate it. It closed a couple of years before my first visit so I never got to ride it, but I know it has a lot of importance to the park so it's oddly emotional to see it
I remember going to cedar point and there was this one roller coaster that still had some leftover tracks in plain sight right beside the roller coaster! Very weird!
Kennywood until recently was a family owned park. Why they were more creative than the major parks in their design as they tended to reuse parts if possible to cut cost. Kennywood a few years ago was purchased by a smaller promotions company named Parques Reunidos in 2007.
In Worlds of Fun at Kansas City, you can still see the Orient Express loading house from the Spinning Dragons waiting line path.
There are still concrete blocks around the boomerang from the Zambezi zinger. Also back in the distance while riding the train you can still in that area where there used to be raft ride back in early 90's. You have to know exactly where to look bc its all over grown now
Dang, now I am all nostalgic for those old rides. Zambezi Zinger was fun.
I just causally clicked on this video because it was being recommended, and i was surprised that my home park that we always go to was on here! So cool to see it be mentioned on here!
And learned some history of it that i didn’t know!
Absolutely love your channel, your videos are very well researched and entertaining!
I have fond childhood memories of the Corkscrew at Alton Towers. I am glad that they preserved part of that ride.
I rode Hercules and my neck still hurts.
Hurt-your-neck
I rode Hercules hundreds of times and was never once was injured, beyond a headache and that was when I rode it 50+ times in a row for a commercial.
hurt your knees
@@cobalt._.27 Hercules
HURTYOURKNEES
Real life Easter eggs. I LOVE IT.
It's amazing how the rollercoaster started out and how far it has come.
recently went to alton towers and saw those corkscrews and damn are they a sight to behold, right bloody massive too
Pieces of the Log Jammer are also in Kennywood's Diesel Drivers
I run the ride at Kennywood with the pieces of track in it. It also has pieces of the old Log Jammer. Come to Thomas Town to see it yourself!
Hey! you a get a really cool metal curtain to replace it!
There is ALSO a remnant of Viper at great adventure- it got turned into el toros queue line!
I used to go to Dorney Park all the time as a kid and even had season passes for a few years in the early 2000’s. The rough and sort of rickety feeling of the ride was part of the fun for me personally. It gave Hercules its “character.” Thanks for the video, it brought up a some fond memories.
And now vortex is closed
No vortex is open
Edit: which vortex are you talking about
@@TheGamingG810the one at KINGS ISLAND-
@@CosmicDigimonFan the vortex which is open is at canada's wonderland
@@TheGamingG810 no, the vortex at king island (the one in this video) is the one the person was talking about.
@@CosmicDigimonFan ok
I ride the corkscrew in its first year so was delighted when I heard they had retained the iconic section.and turned it into a feature.
Crazy how parks change overtime. Like kings island son of beast to banshee and queue line for banshee used to be on a go cart track it looks like.
Watched this because of the preview of the Corkscrew, did not expect it to be at number, nice one!
There was a Vekoma Corkscrew Coaster named „Superwirbel“ located at Holiday Park in Germany with exactly the same layout like the one at Alton Towers. They scrapped it in 2014 and replaced it with „Sky Scream“ a Premier Rides Skyrocket 2. The park decided to keep the first corkscrew from the former Superwirbel. When you want to enter Sky Scream, you can walk underneath the old corkscrew.
7:51 if any of you are around Branson Mo I highly suggest going to silver dollar city, first you forgot that there is a huge incline of the track that used to be a drop so it looks like your going to fly off the tracks when your looking at it in line but you never go on that track ,powder keg is a really good ride it’s pretty smooth gets a little shaky but all in all good also time traveler is a really great ride and I would highly suggest it also and if you want a fun ride without much lines and a big drop go to wild fire!
I’ve seen the corkscrew
It looks absolutely amazing and is surprisingly big
Ride Facts agreed.
Ride Facts my uncle went on it as a kid and he loved it.
Kyran Haffenden
He was lucky!
It’s one of the reasons I love coasters to this day. I’m proud to have been on its last ever public train and the monument stands as a wonderful marker of what made Alton Towers the park I visited just today
Mike Buttim so jealous
There's some remains of the original Elitch Gardens
' Mr. Twister like the transfer track switch displayed at Knobels' Twister's queue
Bruh this video , only got me thinking that one day ima die and be forgotten
One day we will be nothing but a picture on a wall and soon to be lost in time
Wow can’t believe they made a movie about this comment wow!
Corkscrew hurt riding it. It was slow but very jolty. Came out with bruises and cuts every time I rode it, most notably a slashed ear. Still kept going back for more though. Got to a point where there were no queues for this ride due to the bigger coasters like nemesis and oblivion. Then when it was announced it was going, popularity rose again. Just cost too much to keep it going safely
I love seeing the Alton Towers corkscrew on the way in. definitely the best use of old tracks specially after seeing the rest of the video, I was expecting more like it
Why was it removed
I've ridden 7 of these .... not sure how I feel about riding all the coasters that don't exist anymore :D
Great Video, didn't realise so many parks kept bits of their old rides!
Watched the full video. You just got yourself a subscriber!
THANK YOU!
Rolling Thunder was a great coaster. The best, best, best when wet after rain. Never tired of that one.
600joe Rolling Thunder was my first rollercoaster ride ♥️
When you’re riding diesel drivers at kennywood, not only do you see old Steel Phantom track, but pieces from Log Jammer, their former flume ride, are there too.
I saw the corkscrew at Alton towers it’s amazing :D and yup it is the uks BEST theme park 😋
But now hardly nobody’s goes there because of all the accidents so yea