Miss this place so much!! This was my absolute favorite ride, for some reason lol. I loved the slow season when there was no line for any of the rides, I'd ride this one back to back multiple times...go ride other rides and socialize for a bit and then hit ol greezed lightnin back up as my last ride for the night. Astroworld was such a magical place for me from elementary thru about 10 or 11th grade ❤❤❤
I used to work as a musician in the summer right next to this ride. This was our morning coffee. Woke you right up! We got used to the rythm of the ride hearing it over and over. The whine of acceleration, the screams through the loop, the quiet at the top, the screams going back. So, twice, we heard the startup and then the screams got suddenly cut off. Sure enough, the ride was stuck upside down at the top of the loop. We continued to ride it everyday anyway. My formula was to keep my hands raised and then through the loop, turn and look at the Astrodome doing a flip. What that did to your brain was amazing ha ha.
Thank you for this link so I can review the ride! I remembered I went this 1-2 times in different trips to Astroworld, during the years 1987...1996, Houston, Texas.
RCDB says that it was shipped to Joyland in Texas but in storage for the last 9 years...would have been nice to have ridden it when I was at Joyland - never visited this park :-(
It was supposedly sold to Cliffs back in 2012... then appeared on plans for a new park down in Houston. At this point I don't even know if its still in storage. =(
***** It's a park I wish I had visited, luckily Anton made it and has some really nice footage from the park which hope fully I will get out over the coming weeks !!. As for the shuttle loop, I think Alton Towers would benefit from one of these .... or a woodie perhaps !!;-)
***** When I looked at a satellite image using Google Earth, Greezed Lightnin' still appears in it's storage location near Joyland as of September 30th, 2014. So it still could be way up the street from Joyland at this moment just rusting away in the weeds. It has come to my attention recently that there is a park in the Netherlands by the name of Speelstad Rotterdam that has plans for putting in a shuttle loop coaster before they open in 2017. I don't know where they'll be acquiring the proposed Shuttle Loop coaster from (assuming they don't have one at the moment) as they are quite a rare coaster these days and not too many parks who have one are willing to give it up as they have a high hourly capacity and offer a thrill many will not experience. So, maybe this shuttle loop will possibly be refurbished by Gerstlauer and have a new life in Europe. Here's the RCDB page for Speelstad Rotterdam park. rcdb.com/12091.htm :-)
Omg I grew up in Beaumont 90 miles away. In Beaumont we had "senior day at Astroworld" where all the seniors would skip school and go to Astroworld. At night they were about to start the fireworks and there was ZERO line for this. We rode it 16 times in a row without having to get off because there was no one in line. Actually the first couple of times they did make us get off and walk around again, but then they didn't make us get off...it was so fun. The Alpine Sleigh Ride was my favorite as a kid, the as an adult Texas Cyclone. I dropped a hit of ecstasy on the loading platform there....found it though and it was packed so I'm surprised no one stepped on it and crushed it
I don't get why people scrapped these. These are classics! Kentucky Kingdom should've scrapped that POS T2 for Lightning Run instead of Greezed Lightnin'
Wow! It doesn’t seem as fast as it actually was! This ride was awesome! It was closed one year because it went off the track in a practice run! Luckily no one was in it at the time.
This was the first ride I would ride as soon as I got my season pass every year. Man, I miss Astroworld!!
Me too
facts flash backs
i remember one time in the late afternoon there was nobody in line for this ride and me and my buddy rode this like 30 times that day
I love that they let us do that. It was the best ever.
Miss this place so much!! This was my absolute favorite ride, for some reason lol. I loved the slow season when there was no line for any of the rides, I'd ride this one back to back multiple times...go ride other rides and socialize for a bit and then hit ol greezed lightnin back up as my last ride for the night. Astroworld was such a magical place for me from elementary thru about 10 or 11th grade ❤❤❤
That’s me and my brother in the front row!!!! He was just searching videos and randomly found this one! 😱
Thanks for the comment. We often wondered how many people actually see themselves riding. keep safe.
Awesome
Ahh... Greezed Lightning. That was the first roller coaster I've ever ridden back in 1988. I miss Astroworld.
I used to work as a musician in the summer right next to this ride. This was our morning coffee. Woke you right up! We got used to the rythm of the ride hearing it over and over. The whine of acceleration, the screams through the loop, the quiet at the top, the screams going back. So, twice, we heard the startup and then the screams got suddenly cut off. Sure enough, the ride was stuck upside down at the top of the loop. We continued to ride it everyday anyway. My formula was to keep my hands raised and then through the loop, turn and look at the Astrodome doing a flip. What that did to your brain was amazing ha ha.
It's heartbreaking astroworld is gone.
Damn this brings back memories for me! This ride was scary as hell, but fun too! Same year Selena died as well.
My first looping rollercoaster
6 ton fly wheel + 7 ton train fully loaded @ 0-60 MPH= Greezzed Lightnin' FUN!
Thank you for this link so I can review the ride! I remembered I went this 1-2 times in different trips to Astroworld, during the years 1987...1996, Houston, Texas.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Astroworld!!!! My planet my home (yeah) 👀👀👀🖤
Travis Scott lmaoo drop that shit nigga
THAT WAS THE ONLY ROLLERCOASTER I WOULD RIDE. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES 🎢
RCDB says that it was shipped to Joyland in Texas but in storage for the last 9 years...would have been nice to have ridden it when I was at Joyland - never visited this park :-(
It was supposedly sold to Cliffs back in 2012... then appeared on plans for a new park down in Houston. At this point I don't even know if its still in storage. =(
***** I guess we may never know!
***** It's a park I wish I had visited, luckily Anton made it and has some really nice footage from the park which hope fully I will get out over the coming weeks !!. As for the shuttle loop, I think Alton Towers would benefit from one of these .... or a woodie perhaps !!;-)
***** Too right :-)
***** When I looked at a satellite image using Google Earth, Greezed Lightnin' still appears in it's storage location near Joyland as of September 30th, 2014. So it still could be way up the street from Joyland at this moment just rusting away in the weeds. It has come to my attention recently that there is a park in the Netherlands by the name of Speelstad Rotterdam that has plans for putting in a shuttle loop coaster before they open in 2017. I don't know where they'll be acquiring the proposed Shuttle Loop coaster from (assuming they don't have one at the moment) as they are quite a rare coaster these days and not too many parks who have one are willing to give it up as they have a high hourly capacity and offer a thrill many will not experience. So, maybe this shuttle loop will possibly be refurbished by Gerstlauer and have a new life in Europe. Here's the RCDB page for Speelstad Rotterdam park. rcdb.com/12091.htm :-)
Omg I grew up in Beaumont 90 miles away. In Beaumont we had "senior day at Astroworld" where all the seniors would skip school and go to Astroworld. At night they were about to start the fireworks and there was ZERO line for this. We rode it 16 times in a row without having to get off because there was no one in line. Actually the first couple of times they did make us get off and walk around again, but then they didn't make us get off...it was so fun. The Alpine Sleigh Ride was my favorite as a kid, the as an adult Texas Cyclone. I dropped a hit of ecstasy on the loading platform there....found it though and it was packed so I'm surprised no one stepped on it and crushed it
Thanks for the throwback. Wish Astroworld was still around.
Who else remembers running as fast as you could to get back in line right after you road it?
Schwarzkopf Time !
psyclonesteve, job well done!!!!! R I P
This was my favorite ride at Astro World!!!
Only went to Astroworld one time in 05 and this ride was the highlight of my visit. A shame they had to shut down.
I don't get why people scrapped these. These are classics! Kentucky Kingdom should've scrapped that POS T2 for Lightning Run instead of Greezed Lightnin'
I agree 100% !
This was the tallest rollercoaster at astro world
This was my favorite ride. It was fun and the line moved fast because of how short the ride was.
I loved this thing too!! Same idea - go on a weekday, there would be no lines and we’d get to ride it over and over!
Wow! It doesn’t seem as fast as it actually was! This ride was awesome! It was closed one year because it went off the track in a practice run! Luckily no one was in it at the time.
All clear!
Hands up! 🙌 and WHOOSHHHHH!!!
That was the year I first got on it & this got me into loops
First roller coaster I ever rid with my aunt back in 2004. She screamed the whole ride
And everyone would run right back to ride again like ten times in a row lol
All these kids in their 30s now...
I would recognize the sound of a looping Schwarzkopf coaster train anywhere.
If you still miss this ride go to Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park Cailfornia
This was at 6 flags great america first. They transferred it here
Alllll Clear!
My first job was Astroworld. 😢
It's pretty crazy that a Tesla and Lucid can do that.
Where is this located At🌍🌎🌏
They use to have this ride at Six Flags Astro World in Houston before they shut down ten years ago.
@@DontShootTheMessenger4thTier oh wow
All hail Lord Anton!!!
Ok, this is true
All hail Lord Anton
Why the fuck did y’all take astroworld away from us !!!
Back when the border was enforced.
My first ever loop coaster I have ridden