Cedar Fair buying Paramount completely changed the company. They were a chain built around 1 mega park, and a several small supporting parks with Knotts left to their own devices. It was set up like an airline spoke and hub model with everything funneling to Cedar Point. Suddenly, the chain got 5 parks that each attract over 2 million plus guests a year. Cedar Fair had to drastically change their plans to be more distributive to maintain and grow these new large parks. This investment (and competent management) helped revitalize the former Paramount Parks. This however, left the small parks out to dry as they couldn't compete against the profit margins of the Paramount Parks.
I’ve been waiting for this one, 2006 feels like such a massive year for the theme park industry. It feels like most entries on this list would be #1 in a lot of other years
In 2006: Hurricane Cat 5 at Myrtle Beach closed for good, and it’s trains were sent to Kings Island for Son of Beast: Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia opened Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion went SBNO and there were rumors that it could be sent to another park. But fortunately that ride later reopened that year Italian Job Stunt Coaster opened at Kings Dominion Geauga Lake removed their 1969 monorail at the end of the season along with Steel Venom and X Flight, in an attempt to pare back the park on a smaller level Busch Gardens Tampa scrapped their classic 1976 corkscrew Coaster Python
I think that was the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach. That was suppose to be the other South Carolina amusement but it was in trouble anyways then that hurricane came through it was a wrap for it.
11:42: in 2005, coaster enthusiasts all around the world cried and lamented when the fan favorite, well beloved Viper was torn down at Six Flags Great Adventure for no apparent reason. The following year, they were shocked to find out its replacement was a primitive and forceless wooden coaster called El Toro which lacked any excitement and intensity.
2006 was the year I rode my first roller coaster. I was in 7th grade on a school trip to Six Flags Over Georgia. I had been to the park all the time as a kid, but I had a phobia of roller coasters. I wouldn't even ride the kiddie coaster at the local fair. My friends decided the best way to break that phobia was with the brand new ride at the park, Goliath (13 year olds don't make the best decisions).
I was waiting for this episode! Holiday World is my favorite park, and the closest park to me. I was hoping that the Voyage would be on this list! I remember being 8 years old and everyone bragging about how they were going to go on the Voyage in the summer (or, in the fall, bragging about how they did go on it. I'm glad such a small park (compared to the other parks on this list) gets the recognition it deserves. The Thanksgiving section was absolutely packed that year, especially considering the Voyage was one of a few other rides that had opened up the new section - Thanksgiving - to the park.
06 was a Cedar point year for me. Had season passes and those included entrance to Geauga Lake. I made my last ever trip to Geauga and sadly my first trip as an enthusiast and unfortunately my coaster buddy would get sick early in the day which resulted in very few coasters that day. It was my first and only ride on X-Flight at Geauga as well as my first and only rides on Big Dipper and Raging Wolf Bob's. Also learned how unreliable Dragster at CP could be, but managing to get a bunch of rides on it as we would B-line to it anytime we saw it testing. Probably made 10 trips to CP in total that year. Was probably one of the most defining years of my coaster obsession actually.
I was a lifeguard at Oceans of Fun in 2006, had a blast working there. It was the same year that The Patriot opened and in general there was just so much excitement in the park, not just from guests but from the management staff. Everyone was super optimistic about what laid ahead for the park. Hopefully they can recapture some of that excitement this year.
“ Cedar fair axes plans for china expansion “ I think I found your next research video Chris I was born in 2007 so this was a year off but dang a lot of stuff happened during that time I know a reason for closing astroworld was parking issues with reliant stadium (aka NRG) but hey you could’ve built parking structures, or demolished Astro dome and build NRG on top (like other duel use stadium at the time)
With my home park being Kings Island, I am certainly glad that Cedar Fair took over. Without them, I don't think we would have Diamondback, Banshee, (Maybe) Mystic Timbers, and Orion.
2006 first time visiting Busch Gardens Tampa. Sheikra was new and it was great! My first dive coaster. Was super impressed with it, also Montu and Kumba.
I legitimately had no idea Cedar Fair was looking to build a park up in China, I wonder if the Paramount sale nixed those plans or had anything to do with that. Certainly an interesting topic to look into. Love this series and another great one as always!
@@racheljackson4428 Same, but I always had this strange feeling watching him (On both Discovery/Animal Planet) handle some of the worlds most dangerous animals that it would come back to bite him.
2006 was a very sad year for Tulsa. It was the final season for Bell's Amusement Park & the classic woodie, Zingo. They were forced out of the fairgrounds for no reason, but at least the waterpark survived. I'm not sure if I went to Bell's in that final season, but I made several visits over the years. Other stories might have been bigger in the industry, but Bell's closing was the biggest story for me personally.
No matter what they say, Pluto will always be a planet to me! Also, the fates of Six Flags New Orleans and especially Astroworld will never cease to be tragic to me. Separately, you’ll get a kick out of this: I’m on a business trip in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the only roller coaster in the entire country is literally right outside my hotel window. I wish I could get the credit, but it’s like 10 degrees Fahrenheit here so it’s definitely not open.
Man 2006 was a crazy year. Still being 9 and hearing Kings Island was being sold and that some park not to far built something insane. Time passes and Kings Island became my favorite park and The Voyage became my favorite coaster. What are the odds?
The Nintendo wii and Playstation 3 came out ps3 first then wii the next day. I camped out for both a week out for the ps3 then stayed in line for another day to get the wii. Was so much fun. I miss waiting in overnight lines for hyped releases and new consoles. I had more fun waiting in that line than I ever did playing the systems.
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride! opened at Islands of Adventure in 2006. Speaking of universal Orlando, I also took a trip to Universal Orlando in 2006.
2006 was the year Jimmie Johnson not only won his first of 2 Daytona 500 victories, It was also the year he won his first of 7 Championships in the NASCAR Cup Series with 5 Wins 13 Top 5s 24 Top 10s And a 9.7 Average Finish
I do remember the outcry of Magic Mountain potentially closing in 2006. I understood Shapiro’s vision but even he knew it would be dumb to sell off an EXTREMELY popular park in their chain. Glad he realized it quick. Because had it gone through, who the hell knows how the industry would be now.
2006 was the year I was finally going to break my fear to ride Millennium Force. However, that Memorial Day weekend we went it was 95 degrees all three days. Never made it onto the park and spent the day at what was then Soak City.
Yep! Six Flags thought they would get $1million per acre for AstroWorld's property. Slap N da Face to find Valencia NOT getting that much $$$ either. Citizens really fought for that park. Rumor has it that people were going to chain themselves to Texas Cyclone. There was a storm from the North approaching,. When I returned 2 hrs. later, the coaster was a pile of timber. When I returned I drove past there prior to its destruction on a Wednesday. This would be another event that changed 2006. This wouldn't be the 1st time MM was to go under. Before the sale to Six Flags Newhall Land was going to close it. Concerts starting bringing people in.
god, i can't imagine magic mountain closing down within the same year it opened one if its star coasters. who knows if they would have moved tatsu, goliath, X, etc to different parks or just leveled them. i shutter to think
One other noteworthy sports happening: NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson wins his first cup-series championship, would go on to win a record-tying total of seven (alongside Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr.)
Buy or sell: Warner Bros. Movie World (Gold Coast, Australia) will be the first park in the Southern Hemisphere to have 10+ coasters. They have currently: Mack Hyper (Custom) Mack Wild Mouse (Custom) Intamin Accelerator (Custom) Vekoma Junior Coaster (335m) S&S El Loco They are also getting: Vekoma SFC (450) Vekoma Boomerang (Clone of one at Tweedstyd, also duelling) Intamin Surfrider (not confirmed but highly likely) That will give them 8 coasters by 2025 (9 if you count the boomerang as two)
A nice collections of the events of that year. However, I want to add a small correction to something inaccurate I have heard on TH-cam several times. Intamin's prefab wooden coaster tracks are not laser cut. They are CNC machined. It's likely that they use laser based measuring equipment to ensure the parts are made in accordance with the design, but it's still good old saws, drills and mils, just computer controlled. When Colossos came out, there was a documentary on German TV, showing how the Cordes company, who fabricated the track, did the manufacturing, and there was no laser cutting involved. All rotary tools and piles of saw dust. Honestly, I am not even sure if you could cut wood that thick using a laser. Sure, laser cutting thin plywood is no big deal, but with wood that thick, I would expect to need a laser of such high energy that the top layer would go up in flames before the laser is all the way through. While laser cutting works great with steel, I doubt ti would work with thick wooden parts. But that last paragraph is just my personal understanding, I am no expert on laser cutting.
@@AirtimeThrills I can check if this old documentary is available online anywhere... It will be in German (just like the infamous documentary about Schwarzkopf when he built the first Looping Star in 1978 - hello Silver Bullet😁). I don't know if you understand any German, but at least you'd be able to see some cool prefab track production.
It's not what I was looking for (no surprise an early 2000s documentary is not online), but this video shows some scenes of Colossos' parts manufacturing. th-cam.com/video/_hjaPiUhdn8/w-d-xo.html
I remember one woman that had broken her sternum. She was crying and in a massive amount of pain. The train that was parked on the lift was put there so we could get the train of injured riders into the station, and also avoid further structure damage. Evac was not an option.
@@cincysportfan1 ah so the train on the lift was never actually going to go thru the course? I figured it was already dispatched and the lift chain was killed when the other train came back
Actually my manager and I were going to test ride it, because there were a few incidents leading up to it. As we were getting on, the train of injured riders hit the ready brakes and screamed to stop the ride. The decision was made that we were done at that point.
I'm glad Cedar Fair took over from Paramount. Canada's Wonderland is so much better now. Get rid of the duds. Everyone knows about Six Flags New orleans show. Pity though. It was a really stupid place to build a park. Nothing will be built there. Enjoyed the video.
From what I heard, they actually were going to address the drainage system at the park should there be a hurricane passing by and… well. That happened.
7:34 I wouldn't call S&S Freespins cheap. They're just as expensive as a Batman: The Ride clone, or Zadra at EnergyLandia. Although, Premier and RMC was cheap.
Mark Shapiro Changing Six Flags' Target Audience to families is Dumb, These parks are already Loaded with Giants That are already built for thrill seekers.
Wow, I was literally just thinking… Right now feels like there should be a new Airtime Thrills video out by now. Lo and behold, I guess I have an Airtime Thrills spidey sense.
I was a believer that it wasn’t going to live on, but. They’re doing things a closing park wouldn’t do, such as their current park schedule, remodeling, and making way for a potential Zamperla ride in the Action Zone. Keep an eye out.
@@zacharyyamashita8554 Potentially but not 100% confirmed. All I know is there’s possible regret and Prologis MIGHT use the cancellation clause as there’s been alot of conflicts with the city and the areas surrounding it. So there’s a sliver of hope. And plus, they found a groove with the park to make it more $$$. The events they had last year were a major hit and they plan on doing it again this year. So there’s something. Just not solid.
Cedar Fair buying Paramount completely changed the company.
They were a chain built around 1 mega park, and a several small supporting parks with Knotts left to their own devices. It was set up like an airline spoke and hub model with everything funneling to Cedar Point. Suddenly, the chain got 5 parks that each attract over 2 million plus guests a year.
Cedar Fair had to drastically change their plans to be more distributive to maintain and grow these new large parks. This investment (and competent management) helped revitalize the former Paramount Parks. This however, left the small parks out to dry as they couldn't compete against the profit margins of the Paramount Parks.
And the purchase of the Paramount parks sealed the fate of Geauga Lake with Cedar Fair
I’ve been waiting for this one, 2006 feels like such a massive year for the theme park industry. It feels like most entries on this list would be #1 in a lot of other years
Can’t believe El Toro released the same year I was born.
I was also born in 06
Imagine being 16 u children
@@loopingthrills645 what’s wrong with that? I see nothing wrong with that
@studio732jrl2 when didbm I say stupid
In 2006:
Hurricane Cat 5 at Myrtle Beach closed for good, and it’s trains were sent to Kings Island for Son of Beast:
Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia opened
Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion went SBNO and there were rumors that it could be sent to another park. But fortunately that ride later reopened that year
Italian Job Stunt Coaster opened at Kings Dominion
Geauga Lake removed their 1969 monorail at the end of the season along with Steel Venom and X Flight, in an attempt to pare back the park on a smaller level
Busch Gardens Tampa scrapped their classic 1976 corkscrew Coaster Python
I think that was the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach. That was suppose to be the other South Carolina amusement but it was in trouble anyways then that hurricane came through it was a wrap for it.
I was born in 2006! Going to be interesting to see what happened in the theme park world that year!
I was born in 2006 too!
@@JEHUnAshamed nice!
2006 was the year I’ve gotten into theme parks and boy what a year that was in the industry
11:42: in 2005, coaster enthusiasts all around the world cried and lamented when the fan favorite, well beloved Viper was torn down at Six Flags Great Adventure for no apparent reason. The following year, they were shocked to find out its replacement was a primitive and forceless wooden coaster called El Toro which lacked any excitement and intensity.
2006 was the year I rode my first roller coaster. I was in 7th grade on a school trip to Six Flags Over Georgia. I had been to the park all the time as a kid, but I had a phobia of roller coasters. I wouldn't even ride the kiddie coaster at the local fair. My friends decided the best way to break that phobia was with the brand new ride at the park, Goliath (13 year olds don't make the best decisions).
I was waiting for this episode! Holiday World is my favorite park, and the closest park to me. I was hoping that the Voyage would be on this list!
I remember being 8 years old and everyone bragging about how they were going to go on the Voyage in the summer (or, in the fall, bragging about how they did go on it. I'm glad such a small park (compared to the other parks on this list) gets the recognition it deserves. The Thanksgiving section was absolutely packed that year, especially considering the Voyage was one of a few other rides that had opened up the new section - Thanksgiving - to the park.
06 was a Cedar point year for me. Had season passes and those included entrance to Geauga Lake. I made my last ever trip to Geauga and sadly my first trip as an enthusiast and unfortunately my coaster buddy would get sick early in the day which resulted in very few coasters that day. It was my first and only ride on X-Flight at Geauga as well as my first and only rides on Big Dipper and Raging Wolf Bob's. Also learned how unreliable Dragster at CP could be, but managing to get a bunch of rides on it as we would B-line to it anytime we saw it testing. Probably made 10 trips to CP in total that year. Was probably one of the most defining years of my coaster obsession actually.
Thats great you got to go to GL though
This was a crazy year for theme parks. I remember when El Toro opened. Still have yet to try The Voyage. Hopefully soon!🤞
2006: The year two of the biggest US theme park companies made one of their biggest sales.
Also the year my brother was born.
I was a lifeguard at Oceans of Fun in 2006, had a blast working there. It was the same year that The Patriot opened and in general there was just so much excitement in the park, not just from guests but from the management staff. Everyone was super optimistic about what laid ahead for the park. Hopefully they can recapture some of that excitement this year.
Can you do a Top 10 list of parks with the best group of defunct coasters? It would be a interesting bit of history for the parks.
He did that, I literally just watched that video before this one lol
That ones a banger, search for that on my video list
“ Cedar fair axes plans for china expansion “
I think I found your next research video Chris
I was born in 2007 so this was a year off but dang a lot of stuff happened during that time
I know a reason for closing astroworld was parking issues with reliant stadium (aka NRG) but hey you could’ve built parking structures, or demolished Astro dome and build NRG on top (like other duel use stadium at the time)
With my home park being Kings Island, I am certainly glad that Cedar Fair took over. Without them, I don't think we would have Diamondback, Banshee, (Maybe) Mystic Timbers, and Orion.
2006 first time visiting Busch Gardens Tampa. Sheikra was new and it was great! My first dive coaster.
Was super impressed with it, also Montu and Kumba.
Son Of Beast without a loop would be like a beast without aggression.
HOW DARE YOU BRING UP 2006 WITHOUT MENTIONING THE RELEASE OF THE NINTENDO WII. That system made so many childhoods!!
Oh damn i didnt know that was 06. Still nowhere near the 64
@@AirtimeThrills Still, although not as good as the N64. Wii Sports is iconic.
These are my favorite videos that you do. This was a fantastic episode!
Yesss finally I've been waiting for this for so long
Chris your content is excellent, I’ve been following for 5+years now, would love to know when your Hershey pa visit is this year to meet up
I definitely want to get there just not sure when its gonna happen
I legitimately had no idea Cedar Fair was looking to build a park up in China, I wonder if the Paramount sale nixed those plans or had anything to do with that. Certainly an interesting topic to look into.
Love this series and another great one as always!
Yeah honestly i dont know much detail about this either
@@AirtimeThrills I was sad about the death of Steve Irwin.
@@racheljackson4428 Same, but I always had this strange feeling watching him (On both Discovery/Animal Planet) handle some of the worlds most dangerous animals that it would come back to bite him.
I was born in 2006! Excited to see what happened in the amusement industry that year!
2006 was a very sad year for Tulsa. It was the final season for Bell's Amusement Park & the classic woodie, Zingo. They were forced out of the fairgrounds for no reason, but at least the waterpark survived. I'm not sure if I went to Bell's in that final season, but I made several visits over the years. Other stories might have been bigger in the industry, but Bell's closing was the biggest story for me personally.
I remember when SFMM was on the chopping block in 2006. I was so scared. I couldn’t imagine a world without magic mountain.
Same
@@CoasterParadise12323 But Now California's Great America is on the Chopping Block for real now. 😥
That intro made me feel old, wow
No matter what they say, Pluto will always be a planet to me! Also, the fates of Six Flags New Orleans and especially Astroworld will never cease to be tragic to me.
Separately, you’ll get a kick out of this: I’m on a business trip in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the only roller coaster in the entire country is literally right outside my hotel window. I wish I could get the credit, but it’s like 10 degrees Fahrenheit here so it’s definitely not open.
I rode Everest in December 2007 because my wrestling team competed there. It was incredible. I was 17 and that’s the only time I’ve been to Disney.
Imagine if Cedar Fair had bought Magic Mountain! That would be insane!
Amazing video, please do 2021 sometime!
Man 2006 was a crazy year. Still being 9 and hearing Kings Island was being sold and that some park not to far built something insane. Time passes and Kings Island became my favorite park and The Voyage became my favorite coaster. What are the odds?
I love this video series. Keep up the great work!
Amazing video my friend! Amazing!
The Nintendo wii and Playstation 3 came out ps3 first then wii the next day. I camped out for both a week out for the ps3 then stayed in line for another day to get the wii. Was so much fun. I miss waiting in overnight lines for hyped releases and new consoles. I had more fun waiting in that line than I ever did playing the systems.
My family had to wait until 2008 to get a Wii, and 2012 for a PS3.
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride! opened at Islands of Adventure in 2006. Speaking of universal Orlando, I also took a trip to Universal Orlando in 2006.
You need to do a top 10 news stories of the 2000’s once you have all of them done. Same for 2010’s
Off topic but Gerald Ford died in 2006. So that means for a short period of time, I was alive when he was.
This is true. I believe he was the only president to serve and never be part of a presidential ticket, even as VP
same only it was Dwight D. Eisenhower
2006 was the year Jimmie Johnson not only won his first of 2 Daytona 500 victories, It was also the year he won his first of 7 Championships in the NASCAR Cup Series with
5 Wins
13 Top 5s
24 Top 10s
And a 9.7 Average Finish
I do remember the outcry of Magic Mountain potentially closing in 2006. I understood Shapiro’s vision but even he knew it would be dumb to sell off an EXTREMELY popular park in their chain. Glad he realized it quick. Because had it gone through, who the hell knows how the industry would be now.
Still mad at Six Flags for closing Astroworld. That land is still empty and is used for excess parking during the rodeo. Such a waste!
2006: The Year of the Modern Wooden Roller Coaster, IMO
I was in middle school in 2006 and I remember riding Tatsu in 2006.
2006 not only has Cars, but also Ricky Bobby. I call 2006 the year of Motorsport racing
All these people born in 06 makes me feel a little old.
2006 was the year I was finally going to break my fear to ride Millennium Force. However, that Memorial Day weekend we went it was 95 degrees all three days. Never made it onto the park and spent the day at what was then Soak City.
as soon as I saw the title of the video I knew what #1 would be
Two mega wooden coasters.
They just don’t build those huge gravity groups and intman pre fabs anymore.
12:47 That is the exact date I was born!😅
I rode Expedition Everest before it officially opened to the public in February of that year. Disney called it a soft opening.
Yep! Six Flags thought they would get $1million per acre for AstroWorld's property. Slap N da Face to find Valencia NOT getting that much $$$ either. Citizens really fought for that park. Rumor has it that people were going to chain themselves to Texas Cyclone. There was a storm from the North approaching,. When I returned 2 hrs. later, the coaster was a pile of timber. When I returned I drove past there prior to its destruction on a Wednesday. This would be another event that changed 2006. This wouldn't be the 1st time MM was to go under. Before the sale to Six Flags Newhall Land was going to close it. Concerts starting bringing people in.
Events in 2006: by god I was born how could we forget that
@juiceboxer100 god damnit boy that grammar ain’t right
if we get a 2007 event im stealing this (btw its me liighted coasters this is my personal acc lol)
ugh I'm so old I'm dust in the wind!!!!
Fuck I was 18 when you were born.
Me too, what a great year
Love the epic music
having great america as my home park i never did superman so im so happy i didnt cause then my very first flying coaster was tatsu
I really wish they kept Wild waves. My home park could really use some work :(
Wow, forgot how incredible the year of 2006 was for me.
Big event for me was son of beast accident as it one of the reasons I never got to ride it sadly
Wild thing at VF had an accident in may 2006
god, i can't imagine magic mountain closing down within the same year it opened one if its star coasters. who knows if they would have moved tatsu, goliath, X, etc to different parks or just leveled them. i shutter to think
I made a video about what would have happened to the coasters had the park closed in 2006. It was interesting to consider
I remember riding Son of Beast in June of 2006. I needed a chiropractor after that
El Toro is quite the ride. Useless trivia, Expedition Everest debuted the same day I went under for a tonsillectomy.
On Expedition Everest the tall mountain is the forbidden mountain. Mount Everest is somewhat hinted on in the background.
Being a thoosie in 2006 must've been awesome torro and voyage same year 😅
0:24
Damn right they did. 😊
One other noteworthy sports happening: NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson wins his first cup-series championship, would go on to win a record-tying total of seven (alongside Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr.)
And five in a row
I hate Jimmie so much, stole Gordons thunder.
2006 also was when Ryan Howard won the home run derby in Pittsburgh.
The paper company employee?
Buy or sell: Warner Bros. Movie World (Gold Coast, Australia) will be the first park in the Southern Hemisphere to have 10+ coasters. They have currently:
Mack Hyper (Custom)
Mack Wild Mouse (Custom)
Intamin Accelerator (Custom)
Vekoma Junior Coaster (335m)
S&S El Loco
They are also getting:
Vekoma SFC (450)
Vekoma Boomerang (Clone of one at Tweedstyd, also duelling)
Intamin Surfrider (not confirmed but highly likely)
That will give them 8 coasters by 2025 (9 if you count the boomerang as two)
2006: Cedar Fair’s biggest year and Six Flags’ worst
So much money for Everest and that damn yeti still doesn't work! 🤣
The year I was born.
A nice collections of the events of that year.
However, I want to add a small correction to something inaccurate I have heard on TH-cam several times. Intamin's prefab wooden coaster tracks are not laser cut. They are CNC machined. It's likely that they use laser based measuring equipment to ensure the parts are made in accordance with the design, but it's still good old saws, drills and mils, just computer controlled. When Colossos came out, there was a documentary on German TV, showing how the Cordes company, who fabricated the track, did the manufacturing, and there was no laser cutting involved. All rotary tools and piles of saw dust.
Honestly, I am not even sure if you could cut wood that thick using a laser. Sure, laser cutting thin plywood is no big deal, but with wood that thick, I would expect to need a laser of such high energy that the top layer would go up in flames before the laser is all the way through. While laser cutting works great with steel, I doubt ti would work with thick wooden parts. But that last paragraph is just my personal understanding, I am no expert on laser cutting.
Interesting, first time ive heard that
@@AirtimeThrills I can check if this old documentary is available online anywhere... It will be in German (just like the infamous documentary about Schwarzkopf when he built the first Looping Star in 1978 - hello Silver Bullet😁). I don't know if you understand any German, but at least you'd be able to see some cool prefab track production.
It's not what I was looking for (no surprise an early 2000s documentary is not online), but this video shows some scenes of Colossos' parts manufacturing.
th-cam.com/video/_hjaPiUhdn8/w-d-xo.html
i had no clue that six flags owned Wyandot lake until it became zoombezi bay!
I'll never forgive Six Flags for Astroworld.
*Events in 2006* my birthday
Hey can you do all gci by the numbers
i feel bad for first timers who click on a coaster video and get a out of nowhere history lesson at the start of the video hahaha
Poor them
Hey, some probably came here from Defunctland, where a video about a misconceived ride from 1996 usually begins sometime in the 19th century.
Do 2008 next? 🤔
I was a supervisor on Son of Beast when that happened. By far the worst event I experienced as a ride op.
Thats amazing. Was anyone visibly actually hurt?
I remember one woman that had broken her sternum. She was crying and in a massive amount of pain. The train that was parked on the lift was put there so we could get the train of injured riders into the station, and also avoid further structure damage. Evac was not an option.
@@cincysportfan1 ah so the train on the lift was never actually going to go thru the course? I figured it was already dispatched and the lift chain was killed when the other train came back
Actually my manager and I were going to test ride it, because there were a few incidents leading up to it. As we were getting on, the train of injured riders hit the ready brakes and screamed to stop the ride. The decision was made that we were done at that point.
But yes, the train that was on the lift was only there for the sole purpose of getting the injured riders back to the station.
BORAT FTW
0:06 seconds in and you've already reminded me of the worst day in humanity.
Hussein or Irwin?
@@DoswarePictures irwin of course
2006-The best year ever…totally not cause it’s when I was born…
You're making everyone feel old. And by everyone i mean me
@@AirtimeThrills I feel old too
I'm glad Cedar Fair took over from Paramount. Canada's Wonderland is so much better now. Get rid of the duds. Everyone knows about Six Flags New orleans show. Pity though. It was a really stupid place to build a park. Nothing will be built there. Enjoyed the video.
From what I heard, they actually were going to address the drainage system at the park should there be a hurricane passing by and… well. That happened.
@@josecastro2332 Did it. Well, good.
I was sweet 16 that year.
I would have Added Goliath at la ronde, canadas first original layout B&M
Six Flags New Orleans needs to re-open as a indoor park, because it will be surrounded by a hurricane proof structure.
Gotta think even an indoor park would be prone to flooding
@@AirtimeThrills Build it above ground.
@@DavidVitrano just like Magic Kingdom, albeit for different reasons.
@@DavidVitrano the whole city is under sea level though
The year I was born and el toro opened
I got here in 6 minutes!
[8:38] Six Flags sold land around Great America? I never heard that before. Does anyone here know anything about that?
7:34 I wouldn't call S&S Freespins cheap. They're just as expensive as a Batman: The Ride clone, or Zadra at EnergyLandia.
Although, Premier and RMC was cheap.
For me I was 5 years old but that’s the year my sister was born
Mark Shapiro Changing Six Flags' Target Audience to families is Dumb, These parks are already Loaded with Giants That are already built for thrill seekers.
Yeah its a tough transition to make and theyve never invested what it takes to do it
Selim Bassoul has been saying exactly the same things to justify whatever it is he's been doing.
Wow, I was literally just thinking… Right now feels like there should be a new Airtime Thrills video out by now. Lo and behold, I guess I have an Airtime Thrills spidey sense.
Your spidey sense is in tune with my video release schedule
@@AirtimeThrills funny how that works
2006 was almost entirely dominated by news from Six Flags, some good but a lot of it bad.
Did SFGAm really sell land around the park then???
#justiceforpluto
Any 80's year should be next
I havent figured out how to do this series pre-internet. I would have to crowdsource ideas
Alright then do any older internet year
9:48 I hope there’s something like this for cga 🙁
I was a believer that it wasn’t going to live on, but. They’re doing things a closing park wouldn’t do, such as their current park schedule, remodeling, and making way for a potential Zamperla ride in the Action Zone. Keep an eye out.
@@josecastro2332 Which begs to Differ, is Great America really closing? or is there really a silver lining we know nothing about 🤞.
@@zacharyyamashita8554 Potentially but not 100% confirmed. All I know is there’s possible regret and Prologis MIGHT use the cancellation clause as there’s been alot of conflicts with the city and the areas surrounding it. So there’s a sliver of hope. And plus, they found a groove with the park to make it more $$$. The events they had last year were a major hit and they plan on doing it again this year. So there’s something. Just not solid.
How is a new CEO for six flags news. They change CEOs like underwear.
Geagua lake 😭
Thought guardians was the most expensive?