Twister Review Knoebels Wooden Roller Coaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- It may be the largest ride at Knoebels, but is it the best? It certainly seems to get overshadowed by the smaller wooden coaster next door!
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As a local you would be surprised how many people I hear that like twister more then Phoenix it's actually pretty common
I came from Germany and also liked Twister more. It's just so crazy and we all had a blast on it :D
I actually like this better than Phoenix. I always ride in the very back.
It’s super close… the more you marathon Phoenix though the better it gets lol.
When Twister first opened in 1999, I was still working at Knoebels, and I used to get 2-3 hours of free ride time before I had to run rides for the rest of day. They ran some many test runs each morning to break it in that I was the main volunteer. I had probably did 45 continuous rides on this thing in that testing time every day since it opened in July 1999.
Phoenix, I would always do towards the end of the night I would start my day at 8am wrap up by 9pm, then ride phoenix for the last hour in any open seat I could get as even with twitser phoenix was still more popular. However, the years haven't been kind to Twister. It has become super rough and needs an entire retracking from start to finish. Phoenix maintains its smoothness because of its top 10 status so it gets more love, but if they put the $$$ into this like they do phoenix every year Twister could be a top 15 coaster easily but due to the roughness it is not even top 25 some years.
Knoebels 1, 2 punch of wooden coasters is amazing. Both Insainly well maintained and smooth and complete opposites that compliment each other so well
Completely underrated, night ride... especially in the fall! Love this coaster.
Also, better than Phoenix.... IMO... My example is total GP....agreed.
My favorite under appreciated coaster!
I actually worked at Elitch's back in the day of the original Mr. Twister, so when I went on Twister at Knoebels I naturally had that in the back of my mind. Having said that, I thought this was an awesome coaster. One of my favorite parts of Mr. Twister was always the turnaround before the first drop with those CRAZY lateral g's. And Twister has two of them! I still feel like the original might have been just a bit crazier, but it's hard to know for sure since memory is a tricky thing. Love this ride and love Knoebels! Great review.
I have never been on Twister at Knobels but I used to go visit the old Elitch Gardens in Lakewood Co and I remember riding the original Mr. Twister back in the mid to late 80's and early 90's and I remember how much fun that ride was. You never knew what to expect each time you ride it. I agree with you that the original is better even though I have never been to Knobels.
Second drop back row airtime is amazing
I love going to Knoebels I always camp there when you go into the tunnel you can see the campground on the twister if you pay attention sometimes you can see campers and stuff but I love all the rides at Knoebels especially the roller coasters and my favorite ride out of all of the rides at Knoebels is the twister I love sitting at my campsite or going to the Starbucks at Knoebels and just hearing the twister being tested makes me so excited that I get to go on it in a few hours I love Knoebels and I love watching videos Of the rides and it just makes me look forward to the next time I’m going!love the video ❤(also the Starbucks is only a few steps away from the twister it’s at the same location and you can see the twister and I just love watching it be tested)
I have not ridden Twister, but the original Elitch's Mr. Twister was my first big coaster, and I rode it again several years later. Twister's layout is based on a mirror image of Mr. Twister, with some changes for space--the split lift hill, and moving the huge helix to wrap around the station. I remember Mr. Twister's laterals on the high turnaround after the lift to be utterly terrifying, seemingly threatening to pitch you right off the edge into the void, since of course you were held in by nothing but a buzz bar. Crazy ride.
The one dislike was the person who stayed on the exit ramp
The 1st time, at 46, it was too much for me.
Went on again w my cousin 2 weeks later.
LOVED it.
It REALLY is a Twister.
They Kill once the ride would be over, what a KILLER!
💕🤠
Cant wait to get back!
My best ever coaster experience was riding this in the rain, no one was there and we just looped this and Phoenix all day
My nana and papa are not coaster enthusiasts at all, but they always went to Denver every summer after they got married and Mister Twister was still new back then. They LOVED going to Elitch's and riding Mister Twister. After I got back to Missouri from a trip to Denver and Elitch's, my papa goes "didn't they move the Mister Twister to a park in Pennsylvania?" And I'm just like "dang close enough!"
Funny enough, this was my first rollercoaster ever and yet I haven’t been on anything else at Knoebels. I was super young and for some reason, didn’t go on anything else while I was there. I don’t even remember what it was like cause I was so young but my mother told me I loved it so there you go lol.
Thank you for referencing its connection to Mr. Twister at Elitch Gardens
As a local, and even after riding so many other coasters, it's crazy how much these coasters mean to me. I'm so thankful these were the woodies I was raised on.
I love twister, my first coaster of 2020.
I also think it's interesting that TWO parks have coasters intended as the successor to Mr. Twister, since today's Elitch Gardens has Twister II. But nobody seems to like Twister II.
Having been on both, yeah the Knoebels version is the better one. Twister II doesn't feel much like a twister at all, whereas Knoebels' one does (I mean, look at how the hill out of the double helix threads through the turn transitioning between the lower and upper lift hills).
My home park. And one of the most underrated woodies on earth. The laterals are amazing
I'm not a fan of laterals, like on Steel Force at Dorney Park, that whole turn around I'm thinking "JUST BANK IT MOOOOOOOOOOORE" While I'm becoming closer friends to the man to the left of me
Rode both last night. Rode both in 2000. In dark, they both bring something great. The airtime on Phoenix had me outta my seat like crazy last night Plus themed tunnel!!! Twister was just a dark nightmare speed ride though the black with amazing turnaround view of park before hill.
You were there last night too on that super busy Halloween night? My God it was packed.
@@patrickwagner98 yes it was. God forbid you mention that on FB. They attacked me
@@joels1986 who attacked you?
@@patrickwagner98 ppl on FB fan pages when I mentioned it being crazy busy. I drive a long distance, I was bummed. Waited 3 hours for food and rideband.
@@joels1986 we drove from Baltimore. Apparently all parks in this region were swamped. Hershey, Knoebels, and Six Flags America. Knowing Great Adventure, I'm sure they were too.
One of the most unique wooden roller coasters ever made in Pennsylvania!
I’m glad you are doing reviews again, I really feel like I get a good view of each ride you review!
This coaster is so underrated! However Phoenix is definitely better. That airtime is amazing. However Twister is still amazing!
Not to mention it’s the most unique wooden coaster in PA
Nah man, Twister is the best coaster at K's!
@@TylerPCoyne what about thunderbolt at kennywood? Lift hill halfway through the ride, goes down in a ravine right out of the station, and insane laterals
Ok I agree phenonix is way better than any of Hershey parks wooden coasters
Nah mate Phoenix is no where near as good
I smell a wooden coaster list coming up
I think every year my favorite changes from Twister to Phoenix. Both are great wooden coasters that compliment each other 👍
I first rode this coaster 3 years ago during the opening week--it was speedy and smooth and terrific. I rode it again the same year in the fall and it was a different ride--very rough and breakneck. If that fall ride had been my first experience with Twister, I would not have given it as high a mark because of the roughness. The smoother/rougher distinction was also true of Phoenix, and I'll bet this is true of many, maybe most, wooden coasters. Ride them at the beginning of the season for the smoothest ride.
I have been wanting to go to Knoebels for a while and the ride looks good
Do it. I love Knoebels. It's like stepping into a time machine - museum - with a bit of county fair. Completely unique experience. I drive up from Central Jersey once or twice a year. Been going since I was little back in the 70s.... I'm only about 35 minutes from Great Adventure, but prefer the zen of Knoebels.
I always get confused by the amount of parks in Pennsylvania.
Yeah and it makes me so jealous
I swear Big Dipper at Blackpool pleasure beach has that lift hill set up
I've been looking forward to a review of Twister ever since the Pheonix review. It is nice to know that it is still smooth and well maintained, considering that it opened in 1999, making it old enough to legally drink now.
Heh, meanwhile I just turned 19 today and I can drink in my home province of Ontario~
We need a new Top 15 Woodies, because you’ve been reviewing quite a few of them lately, also I think a Timber Terror review may come soon.
Twister is an awesome wooden coaster
Nice review Taylor! I just rode this yesterday, and what a coincidence for a review to come out a day after I rode it.
Also besides yesterday (Knoebels was SLAMMED yesterday) that ride is always a walk on, so it’s the most reridable coaster I’ve done. It’s intense, and it’s so underrated!
i've only been to knoebel's once in summer of 2014...i loved the day but highlight was i got to re-ride phoenix, as i rode it when it was the rocket at playland in san antonio when i was in high school. my cousin and i rode it 25 times in one night! i was so happy this awesome ride was saved. another is twister. although the original Mr. Twister in colorado is no more (not sure why elitch's ever moved from the old location), the knoebel's version is an amazing tribute with some original surprises all on its own (the double lift hill for instance). and the whole ride is a mirror image of the original as you went clockwise through the helix...but it's been a very long time since i rode the original and hard to find decent film stock on it on you tube but i would say knoebel's did an awesome job recreating one of the most memorable coasters i've experienced.
Great story . Hope you feel the same way on Flying Turns since it was the first wooden one built in over 70 years and they used the original design of that 1930's and 40's classic ride.
@@easynhonest i enjoyed this unique ride and know it was a loving tribute but i didn't have a personal connection to it the way i did with twister and phoenix. love this whole park and their love of all the classics
I love when the pre-lift is a toned-down sample of what's to come. RMC does this a lot with little off-axis humps. Copperhead Strike does it with the immediate hangtime jojo roll. This ride does it with a decent speed low-banked turn. It's just a cool little touch and it really helps to build anticipation for what happens after the drop.
Love the look of the Double Helix by the exit, very picturesque. Plus probably one of the best Tag Teams of coasters with Phoenix providing the airtime and Twister with the Laterals. they compliment each other so well.
Twister?? Smooth?? No way. I’ve been coming here every year since I’ve been born and every time I come off with a huge headache. Team Phoenix all the way!
I believe the "keep moving" sign on the exit ramp is to stop Gawkers. That area would bottle neck very badly if it wasnt kept moving.
At 4:01 there used to be a issue where the Twister would throw you into the person your setting next to just before the left hander started. So glad they fixed it. That person in the right seat got squeezed a little too much for comfort.
Great review Taylor!! I have ridden this ride so many times, and yes, I agree with you on preferring it over Phoenix. You, my friend, got me so pumped to get back on this on October 24th!!
Mr. Twister in Denver's elitch gardens was my first virgin experience on a major elite rollercoaster!....I can tell you that the new twister is a new and improved version of the original and that's major.....this monster is not much on airtime but if you wanna take a physics class on a field trip to teach students about lateral g's....not airtime....this is the best teaching tool to prove your talking points.....all wooden coasters are going to beat your azz and will require 2 Tylenol tabs post ride but it's all good because the ride experience will follow you all day and even when you retire to the pillow that night 🌙.....A+, except for that headache...
The double helix is the best part and I loved watching this part
I can’t wait to introduce my friends to this ride during our August trip!
Both are great rides that are always getting better every year but when it comes to the fun factor Phoenix pulls away . I think many enthusiasts would prefer to do a mini marathon on Phoenix than on Twister . I feel the most visually scary part of the ride is sitting on the left outside at this point: 3:26 I always feel like it's going to take a dive into the Crystal Pool and I've noticed that a lot of hands up in the air people brace themselves going around that turn before putting their hands back up for the non stop intense journey . I hope in his next Knoebels video Taylor would warn enthusiasts that Knoebels is a FULL day type of park. So many people are guilty of not allowing enough time to take in all the great attractions Knoebels has .
gotta love knobels!
Damn, I love this park! It’s awesome
Both coasters are incredible, although Phoenix takes the cake for me. I live local and as a kid that barely was big enough to ride, I would lock my feet under the seat in front of me and never hold on, that way you experience the hang time in full effect. Phoenix is safe, but it does feel as if she is going to fly off the tracks, which adds to its legacy.
the original was one of my first woodies in the 90s at the old elitch gardens in denver, miss the park and the ride def wanna get on this!
This is my oldest girl's favorite coaster. Knobels is an amazing little park.
The coaster is even crazier at night. No lights and with no idea where you are going, it has been one of my most intense roller coaster experiences on my east coast coaster tour.
Twister and Phoenix were my first two roller coasters! I barely remember them just remember riding with my mom.
This is my Favorite coaster right behind skyrush, and it was my first coaster when I was 6 so this park and this ride will always hold quite the place in my heart, I love this video!♥️♥️
How the hell did you come off Thighcrush and think "Yeah that was a great ride"?!
@@coastaku1954 because it was, yes the restraints straight up hurt but it’s very intense has airtime if you can believe that and whips you around like crazy
It took me 20 plus years to appreciate Phoenix. Went there six times and it underwhelmed me every time. Once I got old I come to like it much more. Love Twister. I was lucky enough to ride the original at Elitches Garden... That was my first uncontrollable airtime experience....
I kinda agree it’s a pretty rough ride tho it’s amazing but I don’t think it’s better than Phoenix,Phoenix has airtime,decent drop I do have to say twisters drop is better but I think they both are amazing rides
i rode this a month ago and it was very fun
twister coasters usually aren't my thing but this is awesom
Great ride! I know it's overshadowed by Phoenix, and maybe it doesn't "do" the most, perhaps that's why it gets so little coverage (I mean I never hear this ride talked about) but its super fun, fairly intense. Maybe not top 10 woodie but top 15 for sure. The layout is unique and those helixes are great.
The reason why the two lift hills are on top of each other is because they can use the same chain, there is just one chain used on that ride but they have 2 chain lifts, it's a very clever way to cost cut
They don't use the same chain. They are two separate lift hills with two separate chains and motors.
I've always preferred Twister to Phoenix. Long before I was an enthusiast. Before I knew of the hype surrounding Phoenix. Twister provides a smooth out of control layout with a couple large floaty drops in the back and a relentless lateral filled layout maintaining its speed until the end. Normally I don't care for lateral based coasters, but Twister is an oddball for me. Its just so good. I can't get enough of it. Awesome wooden coaster. I regret choosing to not ride Legend when I was at Holiday World for fear of it being too rough. In all fairness though, I rode Screamin' Eagle the day before, which banged my back into the backrest so hard and repeatedly it knocked the wind out of me and bruised my lungs. I'll never understand why so many say it's smooth. It doesn't jackhammer but that doesn't mean it is a smooth ride. I was lukewarm about Legend at the time but now I realize that I don't know when I will be back, and I chose to miss out and I regret that decision.
I also prefer it to Phoenix, it's one of the best paced wooden roller coasters out there. Though a front row ride on Phoenix will have you practically standing when going over those final bunny hills...
Overall I can't complain since I live within equal distance of Knoebels, Hersheypark/Skyrush, and GAdv/El Toro...
From what I heard, the two lifts use the same chain. I think that's what I read up on with Twister's lift~
They are two separate chains made from the same chain stock. The two lift chains are not connected together.
@@davidfrischknecht8261 Yep. Two separate lift hill chains with separate motors, and the motors are positioned at the east end of the ride, meaning that the lower lift hill has its motor at the bottom, while the upper lift hill has its motor at the top.
I didn’t really like this during the day, I’m just not a huge fan of laterals. But I did it at night, and it was amazing. It’s crazy how much better it was at night, super intense and relentless when you can’t see anything and it just kept building up intensity as it went out.
Thanks for giving Twister some love. This coaster absolutely takes my breath away every time I ride it. Top five coaster for me and definitely better than Phoenix
I completely agree. This coaster is a gem, and I don’t understand why it isn’t universally considered a top woodie. There are very few better.
I agree with you twister over Phoenix but I prefer this type of woodie rather that your out and back airtime machines.
Ive made it my mission to like every one of ur vids!
Are you planning to go to Michigan's adventure? You should definitely hit that park and Valley fair to complete the Cedar Fair chain.
I'm sure I'll get there eventually but I do not have any immediate plans to visit
I went on this ride yesterday!
I also think this is a criminally underrated ride. Phoenix was my first ever roller coaster so I have a soft spot for it but I can't say that I like it better than Twister. I've always said that you really can't compare the two because they're polar opposites and I like them both for what they are. However, over the last few years I have enjoyed riding Twister more because Knoebels has had it running better than Phoenix. They have this coaster running as good as it ever has to the point where I'd call it perfect. It's smooth with just enough of that wooden coaster bumpiness to exaggerate the speed which adds to the excitement.
This, legend, and boardwalk bullet are the kings of pacing (on woodies at least)
Big dippwr at dlackpool uses 2 lifthills like twister
My favorite coaster in the park!
I'm one of those people who does in fact prefer it over phoenix
Same
Same
SAME.
5 years ago yes.
I love Twister, but still find Phoenix just a bit better. It's definitely a great double woody combo package at Knoebels. Their Flyer (if you know what you're doing) is the most intense ride at the park.
What do you think they will do for the 100th anniversary? 2026 will be here before you know it. It will have been 9 years since Impulse by then, so it should be the "biggest" addition every.... I have my thoughts, but curious of yours.
I half agree with you. Twister is definitely underrated and I'm one of the few people in my big family that wants to ride it every year but it definitely isn't better than Phoenix, which is my all-time #1 wooden coaster.
I agree with most of this review in terms of Twister being underrated. Your review actually had my expectations lower than they should have been, as there is good airtime on the drop and with that first turnatound. I bet people would rave about the airtime at the start of Twister if Phoenix wasn't in the same park. I do prefer Phoenix though, nothing beats that last run of airtime hills (and I do mean if I'm ranking individual coaster moments, Phoenix's finale would be #1 for me. A good ending isn't enough for me to say it's my #1 wooden coaster but I can certainly understand why it has gotten that honour).
Im surprised you didnt mention the train that goes under the entire ride twice!
I love how weird the lift hill is for the coaster
Agreed with assessment as a local. We warm up on Phoenix and then go to Twister. A solid 10 times each year. We raise our kids on Phoenix before even considering them for Twister.
It has a good mix of design. 2 solid drops, crazy speeds, definitely agree with the laterals, an absolute SHRED through the tunnel as you hear the train thunder through, then some decent air time near the end.
It was mentioned that it was designed by a guy < 20 years old. I can’t recall specifics atm. Anyone dig into that?
Great coaster and one of my favs. Better than Phoenix? Apples and oranges, but I’d pick Twister any day.
Fun fact: The lift hills both use the same chain.
I was literally thinking about posting that, but was worried that he might mention it in his review.
False
@@seangearhart2494 Uhhhh, it's not false... Both lifts use the same chain
@@coastaku1954 Way false, they may have bought like 600 ft of chain of use on both lifts, but they are powered by separate motors and have different troughs
@@Whatchamawhozit Did I say they used the same motor and troughs? I just said they used the same chain
Cool, review!
You like it more than Phoenix because you have been on so many roller coasters anything unique in anyway sticks out in your mind more even if its not the overall better ride. Just a thought haha but have no idea and I haven't ridden either so I can't say so for myself but now that I have seen this video I want to go there and ride it really badly and thats why your vids are the best!
That's actually a pretty valid point- I do like it whenever a ride does something unique or different!
Great Video! This Ride Looks like it was made in Roller Coaster 3
I prefer Twister to Phoenix, and it isn’t really that close. Phoenix was my first ever coaster growing up, so I have a nostalgic connection to it, but Twister is a great ride. It’s not better than Voyage or Legend, but it is better than Raven, Beast, Mystic Timbers, and-yes-Phoenix. Twister is one of the most underrated coasters in the US, and it is easily one of the five best in PA. It may be top 3 in PA.
He wasn’t lying about the drop my hat came of it one time lol
First off is great bear at Hershey park a good beginner looping coaster. Second what do the inversions on great bear at Hershey park feel like. The only reason i am asking is because I have never ridden a looping coaster before. I want to be prepared for when I ride it.
It looks underrated especially cuz I love pacing and lats
Btw big dipper at blackpool pleasure beach has 2 chainlifts which is some what similar to this
Big Dipper at Blackpool pleasure beach has a smaller version of twister’s lift hill. Other then that I can’t think of another coaster that does that
I’m sure I’d love this if it’s similar to Legend because that is one of my favorite coasters!!!
The powder keg of woodies
Big Dipper at Blackpool pleasure beach has a very similar lift system.
Is the pre lift before the first lift hill or the turn into the second one?
Love it! 🎢💕
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Go on this before you go on Phoenix. It makes it so much better
You should review the Intamin impulses
Way better than Phoenix! Twister is a brilliant coaster!
Local here. I much prefer Phoenix. Great airtime AMA much another. Twister is fast and great with laterals, but the shadiness through the laterals gives me a headache.
HOW MANY COASTERS HAVE YOU RATED 8.5
also please do a patriot of cga review PLEASE
Knoebels has three woodies tho
Black diamond gang where you at