Opening Weekend at Knoebels - Riding Roller Coasters and Dark Rides!
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Anybody else think the world is a better place because we have someone with mutton chops that wears a pork pie hat and provides roadside attraction and theme park videos?!? The world needs more characters.
It sometimes is what gets me through each day. :)
And always a happy go lucky attitude. Very rare for him to get serious , only when he has to, but 99% of time, he is a happy guy who is enjoying his life !!! And most of us are not able to do what he does because we have to work a crummy job !!!! He makes videos that make everyone smile 😃
Carpet the Jaccobagger is the bmbdiggity
Yes! 😂🎉
The world is a better place with Jacob in it. I actually got teary eyed reading your comment ❤❤❤
Hi Jacob! It was great running into you at the park! My girlfriend and I were sitting at the benches by the lion water fountain. Thanks for taking the time to stop and chat with us. You were so nice, you were the highlight of our trip!
How nice for you guys. That's awesome 🎉❤
My dream is to bump into him (and Jen) somewhere.
@@TheVictorCruz Same! But I'm afraid I'd be all goofy if I did.
Hi Jacob! Right after the water fountain is when you saw me and my boyfriend, it was such a true delight to see you and we hope you had an awesome day, thank you so much for stopping and talking to us I was shaking and nervous and you were so nice!❤
Lucky!!!! I was thinking about going to opening day and I thought "I wonder if I'd run into Jacob". Its nice to know it can happen! :D
Yay
The haunted mansion at Knoebels is legendary. Thanks for revisiting this again!
25:56 One of the BEST coaster POV videos EVER!!! Not just for the ride, but for your incredible screaming and shouting! LOVED IT!!!!
I will NEVER go on Twister ever again
Jacob yells "I'm Sorry" and just continues to crash straight into that kids bumper car! Haha
Yes I loved that part 😂😂😂😂
It’s that inner child in us still! 😆🤣
He is like me when I ride them I try not to bump into people. I thought I was the only person who did that 😅😂
@@nataliecrow6533 I do too 😂
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Back in the day the feed me paper pig was connected to a vacuum system and it would suck the paper in. I've been going here since I was a little kid camping with my parents and I still make sure to make it up at least once every year for a day and I'm in my 50's now. By far the best amusement park in my book!
It seems kind of dumb without the suction
Jacob I've been watching you for years, bought your shirts, support you on Patreon, bought a Cameo, some pins and of all the places you've been and rides you've shown, the FLYING TURNS footage was the absolute BEST!!! The camera was perfectly mounted, the video was crystal clear, we could hear you perfectly, and the POV was perfection!!!! I love every one of your videos and look forward to watching your latest adventures every day!!!! Thank you yet again for sharing it with us all!
My precious Black Diamond!! 🥰 I grew up with the ride as the Golden Nugget in Wildwood & when Knoebels saved it, I was so grateful 🙏 my all-time fave! Can't wait to get back there.
Thanks for this one.
They need to update it inside! It has such potential!
That's one of my favorite rides
Black Diamond was the dark ride that got me to finally enjoy scary dark rides and haunted houses ❤ I was a total scaredy cat as a kid despite my love of halloween and spooky things. But when Black Diamond opened I was determined to ride it without shutting my eyes, and ever since I've loved spooky dark rides
A friend of mine works as a restoration painter there full time. So much there is hand painted and hand maintained like it was when it first opened. In the "Mining Museum" there is a book of injuries and deaths that is absolutely wild. The 1000 piece puzzle was made by my friend and he hooked me up with one and some of the 50th anniversary tickets. Totally neat of him.
Jacob, you screaming NO on the Twister made me laugh so hard I choked on my own spit and damn near peed myself. I had to run to the bathroom! Also swan's are no joke. An adult swan's wing can hit with the force of a baseball bat.
I’ve heard of swans drowning people and dogs! 😱
We have Canada geese outside at my workplace and someone got karate chopped very badly by one last week.
🤣🤣🤣 Yes! I was laughing so hard! His reaction was just the best ever. 😁
Throughout this video, I definitely had to lower the volume of my TV, he screams so much and it was so loud. Sometimes I can’t believe he’s that scared.
But I’ve been watching him for a long time so I always know what to expect and I enjoy it actually, he’s one of the best if not the best Amusement Parks and haunts TH-camr. And many other places he goes just intrigues me and I’m so glad to have him. He’s such a cool guy even though he does scream a lot lol. ❤
Your scene footage really showcased the park nicely. Well done editing.
Hi Jacob it was really nice to meet you at the park your such a nice guy have a great day
Hey carpetbagger! Your 50th anniversary Knoebels video was the first one I’ve watched on your channel and I’ve watched ever since! So glad to be here and watch your adventures back there again!
Jacob you helped me get over my fear of the chairlift just by watching your videos
Have been there twice and the last time was about 5 years ago.We drove up from the state you live in to the park.We told Dick Knoebel it took us 8 hrs to get there.He looked shocked.We loved the FlyingTurns the most. I think there was a ride like this at old Coney Island in the old days.I know there was a similar ride at Efteling in the Netherlands.It closed in 2019.We like the small but rough Kozmo's Kurves.We also loved the Phoenix.Did you see Harry and Hattie the Eagles in the back?
The only way to get over your fears, is to face them head on! You're doing great Jacob. Keep up the good work, we all need you!
My hubby from another room, ‘what’s going on in there!’ Oh that’s just Jacob @ 27:08 having fun on the Twister! 😆🎢 okay turn it down! 🤣 ha ha ha that was fun tho 😂
I thought I recognized you when I was there then seeing myself in the video confirmed it was you. Knoebels is a great place to go for sure.
Thank you for continuing making great videos! I look forward to every one! You bring so much joy to many of us! We love you!
Our family stayed at the Getaway cottage on property a few years ago for my sons birthday. It was absolutely incredible to make breakfast and walk over to the park and hop right on Phoenix or anything else. There were days during the week where we had the park pretty much to ourselves. I loved finding weird quirky rides like the Slide, the Cosmotron, and the Satellite. I still have the iron fire poker I bought from the blacksmith shop. Super fond memories of that park and I would love to go back some day.
Piggy-Weevil is the most useful gift for this year!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
He’s full of flat pennies
I'd be interested to know, after the end of the "Year of the Pressed Penny," how many pennies Piggy-Weevil has eaten.
As a neurodivergent person the haunted mansion is so loud and i rode it once and wish I could ride it again but it’s just to much. I wish they would have a sensory friendly hour where the sound is off and the lights on the spooks stay on.
This is a beautiful park!!!! I went with my brother! Love you carpetbagger! ❤
We go to Knoebels every fathers day, been going to Knoebels for 50 years now… Wow where does time go???
Welcome to Pennsylvania
Just figured I let ya know because of you my daughter who’s 14 and I went to the rainy day revival and it was amazing I bought a few things garbage pale kids cards included lol but we will definitely go to the museum when it opens I mentioned I saw your video and that’s how I found them and they said they love you lol but thanks for it we loved it
Hi Jacob...Just went back in memory of my youth when us kids were guests at Euclid Beach amusement park on Lake Erie. There, too, was a wooden coaster ride called "Flying Turns". I cannot attest that Knoebel's purchased the ride, but it was definitely similar!
I can tell you Knoebels did not purchase the Flying Turns! They built it on-site and there were no blueprints to use. It is currently the only Flying Turns in the world. 🥰
If you want to know when one of those pedulum style rides are going to flip upside down, look for the counterweight on top. If it doesnt have one, it will only swing from side to side. Physics!
Ah, this brings back great memories. I used to take my son here when we lived in Allentown, PA LOVE Knobels
I miss going to Knoebels.when i lived in pa i would go at least 3 or 4 times a summer as it was only about 90 minutes from where i lived.thanks for the video
The chair lifts at Tweestie Railroad freaked me out bit when I was a kid they were like the old ski lifts with the 2 small metal bars to hold you in
I always enjoy your visits to the excellent Knoebels park. Thanks so much for taking us along today. I like the Black Diamond dark ride. You were very brave to ride Twister and the other scary rides.
Hi Jacob 😊 My fiance and I drove past the exit for Knoebels yesterday and something made me think of you. We should have gone there, but we ended up hiking Ricketts Glen and all 21 waterfalls 🙂
Thanks for taking us! 🎉
The cottages that you commented on over by the Twister...those are members of the Knoebel family that reside there for the summer while the park is in operation...the cottages at the rear of the park can be rented out.
Oh darn, we just missed you. I have always hoped to run into you at Knobles
I went Herr as a little girl ❤ it's about time to go back. Thanks for all you do for us Jacob.✌️❤️🙂
So happy the chair lift is in operation again this year!!!
Those rides look fun! Love that twister coaster, and both dark rides. Old school amusement park. 😀
Mt Twister was the first roller coaster I ever rode when I was 9 years old...and un like you Jacob, I was hooked after that first ride. I LOVE roller coasters thanks to Mr Twister.
Been there plenty of times.. Roughly an hour away from Lewistown PA where I live.. We have our company picnic there every year. Actually wrestler Mick Foley loves this place as well.. He goes a good bit lol
Hello fellow Mifflin Countian...though I moved away years ago.
A beautiful view and the boat is a calming experience for the dark rides later 😂
What a great chair lift ❤
Carpet Bagger Really channeled his inner Chris Farley on the Twister Ride there.... LOL truly couldn't resist laughing at his sheer terror while at work! Thanks for the Laugh!
Gotta do the Phoenix next time, it would definitely freak you out with the kinda airtime that thing produces
19:18 with an asterix, the ride type was updated by Chance, but the seats are not face-off in a hamster wheel but in parallel, but SBF Visa and Martin and Vleminckx (now MV Rides) also have product in the market (including more coaster-like models, so you can invert as many times as you want)
Bro I was there on Sunday and saw that goat. My entire group didn’t believe me until til they saw it later on in the day.
Those houses are actually private residences! They're owned by Knoebels family members
I think Dick lives in a 🏡 close by.
Carpetbagger RULES!
I live at least 3 hours north of Knoebels. Last time I went was in July/2021
The flying turn reminds me of a bobsled! The tilt a whirl and the Whip too!! 2 of my favourite rides!
Love your videos I benge listen / watch at work everyday
Great video Jacob that park looks great. Looking forward to the next take care my friend and safe travels as always.
I think ive said but my dad was a coal miner from Shamokin. When we were little he would take us to visit family and we'd go to knoebels about once a year and also Hershey park. ❤
Greatest TH-camr on the planet
I had fun right along with you, thank you
I can remember looking up at the twister, going no way on this little blue green rock are you ever getting me on that. I watched some of the young ones in the family ride it. It was so nice to see it from your perspective. Thank you, I still will never ride it. Hope to get up there some time this summer, now I know the rides I want to look for.
That was so much fun, thank you Jacob. You had your camera in the perfect angle for the rides, not to shakey.. you know. :))
Jacob has perfected his craft to the degree that he could teach courses on vlogging if he wanted to.
Hey Jacob, you need one of those Lion water fountains for your house!
26:14 i give the roller coaster commentary a 10/10. 😂
Kudos to your TH-cam Channel, Jacob! 👍👍👍👍
There are a lot of nice comments this time! I love sharing thoughts with positive people. It makes up for the vlogs when, for some reason, the jerk bus lets out.
good morning everyone!
Last time I went on the Twister I ended up getting a kidney stone attack the next day. It’s been 5 years and I don’t want to get back on it in fear of it doing that again lol
I like that they have unusual rides and it is such a nice park. I’m not a fan of riding coasters but I admire your courage and enjoy watching you ride, I can “ride” with you without anxiety-ridden terror. Wonderful video 😊
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Thank you Jacob, for a really cool view. Nice amusement park especially cause its old school love that
Never knew this place existed. Thank you for taking us to these types of places, Jacob. I love the nostalgia and classic attractions at an amusement park, such as this. I felt like a kid, cheering to Jacob, when he was navigating the Bumper Cars.....and what a GREAT Haunted Mansion! Love this video...
Thank you Jacob for a wonderful time at Knoebels. What a cool place that is that is truly way better than any fair you had so much fun I love it and all the pennies you got wonderful job thank you for every day all your adventures you’re the best.love ❤❤❤❤
Great video! Glad we were able to say hi on the scenic skyway. Safe travels! 🚂💨
We / I thank you for going on the wooden coasters it takes me back to the 1950s and Chicago’s Riverview Amusement and their coasters!
Love your thrill enthusiasm, Mr Jacob.
Cheers!
We were there on Saturday. (Opening day of rain 🌧️) I was watching for you . Can’t believe it . I always miss you by a day or two . 😢 one of these years it will happen. Hopefully it is when Jen is with you as well .
I feel so fortunate that I met J & J last fall. Now I feel greedy because I'd like to meet them again! But, who among their fans wouldn't want to?
Knoebels is one of my favorite parks you go to n it is one of the only old school carnival experiences eith the ride tickets that never expire n free parking n no admission 🎟️🎫. Its got tonsnof things to do n lots of nice shops and many old fashioned rides from childhood in the 1960's!! VERY reminiscent of travelling carnivals grom back then that used to come to my neighborhood all the time!!! Good one, Carpetbagger!!!
What an awesome park! Very unique, thanks for showing us this cool place! I love the dark rides! Also watching you ride/drive the bumper cars was absolutely hilarious 😂 one of the many reasons we adore you, Jacob! ^_^
I saw you at Knoebels last year and said Hi to you. Knoebels is my happy place. My family is taking me to Knoebels for Moter's Day. I can't wait. I enjoy your videos from theme parks all over the country.
Thanks for the fun time
I remember riding Mr. Twister at Eliches back in the 60s. Miss that ride. There isn't a wooden coaster at the new Eliches.😢 Thanks for the memories.
Happy Monday Jacob , believe it is the best place in America !
Love to go !
Have a wonderful day, Jacob ❤️
When I was little those pig paper eating trash cans had suction that would suck the paper in !!! What fun 😊
i was operatoing the flying turns i saw you getting off i wanted to get a picture with you buddy
Cedar point use to have a bobsled ride without a track called the avalanche but later on they built a building over the whole thing and called it the disaster transport
Love this video! Knoebels is my favorite amusement park. It’s my escape from reality every summer. Can’t wait to go again this year. Hope you got to try some of the new foods they have. Thanks for taking us along.
I’d love to see the guy come with a stick to get your boat unstuck. 😂😂😂
You can see it in one of my older videos
Great park. Love the coaster and dark rides. Good choice for today!
I grew up going here, and still do. It's the best! I actually got dizzy watching you on Flying Turns!
Man, that black diamond dark ride has some untapped potential! It could be so great if they updated it inside!
I absolutely loved your reaction to The Twister 🤣🤣"this is a mixture of emotions🤣 and it was a flood of emotions for me as well, My family would go there every year, I'm originally from Pennsylvania and My Husband and I just moved to Tennessee so this was a nice video, my gosh the memories I have 😊
I saw you on Omars channel when you guys went to the prison for your Fort Night battle. Looking forward to seeing what else you have in store and watching your other videos.
Knoebels is on the top of my list of classic theme parks to visit because of watching Your videos 🌟 I love everything about this place ❣️ The POV on the rides today was amazing 🤩🎢🌟 There are so many places on my bucket list now because of Your videos 💗😻 As always, Thank You for sharing Your joys with Us Jacob 🙏💝😻
This park is so unique. Hope to make it back some day.
This gets me pumped for fair season
I loved this video. The flying turns are like a roloer coaster at Oprea Land Usa
I have watched many of your videos now, including the one from 9-25-2024. Great job.
Knoebels is such a great themepark concept. Love it jacob 😍
Great content, as always! Ghost Town in the Sky was where my fear of chair lifts came from, too. I haven’t been on one since the few times we went in the 80s when I was a child.
I road the Twister all the time while at Elitch's in Denver it was the summer hang out. I always wondered what happened to it. thanks Jacob really cool.
My friend mentioned he was going to Knoebels so I thought I would check for videos you had done there and sure enough! It looks like a fun place, hope my friend likes it (he’s crazy when it comes to rollercoasters)