Giga Coaster Facts That Every Roller Coaster Enthusiast Should Know!
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- Get ready - because you're going to learn some CRAZY things about Giga Roller Coasters! Like, how Leviathan is actually LARGER Than Fury 325, in terms of Acreage! Plus, how Insane is Intamin? This is an in-depth breakdown of just how LARGE a Giga Roller Coaster is, with some fascinating facts about these 300 ft tall roller coasters. I am going to show you how much room Fury 325, Leviathan, Orion, Millennium Force, and Intimidator 305 all take-up!
What is your favorite Giga Coaster? Be sure to let me know in the comments!
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My favorite coaster is Millennium. I love the first drop & the pure speed with NO loops!
It’s running really well for 22 years old
I would love to see S&S or MACK Rides build a Giga one day.
A Mack giga would be unbelievably expensive lol
ME TOOO
A Mack giga with a 200 foot vertical loop is my dream
Vekoma would be sick. Would also love to see premier start building giant launch coasters again to compete w Intamin and Macks multi launches.
Giga and Axis in the same sentence would sound pumping awesome
I can't believe you forgot that Uncle Bernie's in Florida is a getting a 370 ft. tall giga with 10,000 feet of track, a spiral lift, a 150 degree drop, and spinning cars
I remember the first time I rode millennium force I was terrified it’s because I was so used to the lift hills having the stairs surrounding them but on Mille I felt so exposed and Lake Erie didn’t help loved it tho❤️
It’s so intimidating! I love it
I still prefer I Int-Amin gigas fury 325 is so overrated
I remember the first time I rode it, walking by the lift hill approaching from Mean Streak I was really nervous. It seemed to go up forever and I thought what am I getting myself into LOL BUT, as soon as I got in the train (back seat) and buckled up, I knew I was on something special. I will never forget the absolute euphoria going down the first drop that first time. Wasn't nervous after that. Still my favourite, especially at night
@@kevinthompson6986by saying fury 325 is overrated you have insulted not only me but my family.
@@kevinthompson6986dishoner on your cow!
B&M😀good, Intamin 😒bad. Too tight of a layout = Gray-outs.
Yeah I went on ride of steel at Darien lake which is a hyper I can’t imagine going into a turn so fast on a giga after the drop
Gray outs make you stronger
Facts !
I had this conversation with my kid and had this thought. The next park to get a giga and or hyper coaster will be Holiday world. It is a perfect coaster model for them. They are smooth and great for families. Three wooden coasters, a winged coaster, and a giga plus there water park this would be a home run.
Carl, great idea! I would love to see it!!
World's of Fun definitely could build one!!! They need too!!
I honestly think BGT and BGW will get there gigas sooner than later considering how things are looking. What would be sweet if BGT would build RMCs first trex giga.
Agreed!
I think BGT would be a good option for a giga, though there is that 206 foot height limit holding them back. They got approval to go to 206 feet for Iron Gwazi, but I can’t see them pushing it all the way to 300 feet.
@@manateeman6309 Possible but they already have a 325 foot attraction in falcons fury so I wouldn't say that it's impossible. I would say its just as likely as for any other park that had to build a giga, but its all just speculation.
Honestly I’d be excited if kennywood got a gigs coaster lol
@@PokeTube they would do it for the prototype discount
I would love to see a 400+ ft Dive Coaster. Yes dive coaster are gimmicky, but being suspended on a 400+ ft drop would be epic
I'm really hopeful they will work with Intamin again. Or it would be a really cool twist to see them work with Mack & maybe we could see some massive inversions, hills, turns, & unique elements after the top hat on dragster.
Great ideas David
Fun fact about great adventures giga: it was going to be over 6000 feet long, be only a few feet shorter than fury, and have 2 across seating instead of 4. It also looked like it was going to be the best layout for a giga ever built. Very unfortunate it was canceled. We were already clearing land for where it was going to be, so we got really close to not being able to cancel it.
I haven't heard of this before. Do you have more info on this?
@@H3lue I work at great adventure, and we were going to get a b&m giga in 2024. Unfortunately, the ceo fired the park president (or as the park presidents facebook says, hes "retiring") and promptly canceled the project. It was going to be where the old concert arena is by medusa and mine train. Now, do you want to know about the giga we were supposed to get in 2012 too, or the wing coaster we were going to get in 2018?
@@H3lue I also mostly commented about the great adventure giga because most people thought that it was going to be a discount giga, or that there was no way six flags would ever pay for it, when we actually got very close to buying the coaster.
@@alecvip7562 That's really unfortunate. Any details about the layout?
@@H3lue not too sure. One of my coworkers was shown the blueprints for the coaster and he said it was the best giga he'd ever seen.
I still think Knott’s needs a Giga but unfortunately I don’t think that’s happening awesome video I’ve always wondered what the true measurements were for a Giga but then the same question keeps popping up in my head about parks who desperately need one but won’t get one “Y THE HELL R THERE NOT MORE OF THESE THINGS!” 😂
I know right?? The GP love then expect for 305 lol
Michigan’s Adventure! 😂
I think Europa Park should be the first park to get a Mack Giga coaster
Still hoping knotts comes out with something :p
I honestly think they will soon :)
I think the real question is, who is building a 400ft coaster with a traditional lift hill?
I will! Haha
Intamin
Intamin or RMC imo
Him: mentions red force and steel dragon 2000
Me:so your going to talk about how cool they are right
Him: ...
Me:right?...
😂
Do you think that knotts will actually get a giga?
I think there is a lot more of a chance than what people are giving it.
3 stages of roller coaster: 1.:regretting going on it while your getting ready for the drop. 2.:practically fainting while your your feet feel like there floating in the drop. 3.:having the time of your life and then the end is in right there.
Love this! Haha Thank you for watching! 🎢
Cool video
As far as whether or not Intamin will ever built another giga, you can never say never because Intamin will build ANYTHING a customer wants if the price is right. I don't see any parks right now wanting such a coaster, with the exception of the already announced coaster in Saudi Arabia.
BGW or BGT could build one, they're about the only parks in the US I could see building one at the moment. BGW mostly, they apparently have a height waiver/permit that allows them to build up to 355 ft.
Universal has the budget, but it doesn't seem like it would fit what they do, they're more about the themed experience and a giga doesn't really fit that, in my opinion.
Six Flags can't afford one, especially after last year. In the future, they may be able to afford one, but it isn't looking good right now.
Cedar Fair has one at every park that can reasonably fit one in their lineup. I don't think they'll ship one out to Valleyfair or WoF, at least not for five - ten years. Knott's has the crowds, but I don't think it would ever get out of the planning commission.
@@ralphwaggoner208 Great Adventure was going to have a giga come in 2024, but it got canceled literally last minute because the ceo fired the park president. We were clearing land already, so we were probably very, very close to signing the contract with b&m for the giga.
I rode Mille just 2 weeks ago, and I was shocked how much vibration it had. I don't remember it feeling like that on my last ride in 2013. The lift hill still freaks me out on it too for some reason. I think you feel more exposed in the train climbing Milles lift hill. I rode Orion back in May and loved it. Back row is where it's at, IMHO more floater airtime than Diamondback. So if they want to call Orion a hyper, then it is the better hyper at KI.
Yeah back on Orion is great!!
Couldn't agree more about Millennium Force. It rides so much rougher than it did years ago. Not at all pleasant. I've ridden Leviathan, Orion and Fury 325 and they all ride so much smoother. I only do a single ride on Millennium Force, but I make sure to do multiples on the rest.
@@56jetman That ride I did last month was back row. And I was shocked, cause the ride in 2013 was much smoother. I'm hoping its just due to some worn parts on the train and not the overall ride itself.
Those poly wheels wear out ever notice how shopping cart wheels get gashes in them they don’t ride right I imagine the same applies
Haven't ridden Leviathan yet but I know it's fast and insane. It's a real monster coaster. My home park so I'm proud of it. Wondering which manufacturer is cheaper. B&M are rather expensive. Leviathan is a very popular ride at Canada's Wonderland.
YOU HAVEN'T WHY!!! You live in Canada? lol
@@TP_Recommendations it's popular and has a very long line. I'm scared of it but I'll ride it soon hopefully.
I’ve been on leviathan before. VERY fun!
@@clairefunnell8481 If you've been on Yukon and Behemoth it shouldn't be too bad.
Personally, I like Yukon the most, but I think Behemoth is the least scary
All I’ve heard is behemoth is better
This video is so shocking as I ride fury evry other week with it being my home park I have only been to one cedar fair park and I’m trying to get to cedar point , kings island , and Canadas Wonderland I never would’ve guessed about Leviathan and fury, great video !!!
Yeah, I was shocked too!
If you're not saying a giga is coming to idlewild, do you even understand rollercoasters?
Lol
Based on all park factors I logically think BGW/BGT are the best bets overall.
Now wish lists of the parks I wish would get one that it would be amazing due to their terrain, as well as boost their park up a ton.
Holiday World
Six Flags St Louis
Dollywood
Silver Dollar City
And now the curve ball ideas that if they could fit them in if they got creative and had the funds, gigas (or hypers) at these 2 parks would be unreal
Beech Bend
Indiana Beach
Great adventure was the closest park to getting a giga though. They were this close 🤏 to signing the contract, considering they were already clearing land for where it was going to be at.
Great list of parks! Def the Busch parks. Maybe SWSA?
Welp this may be bold but idc....World's of Fun......yes laugh all you want... If the rumours are true about CF actually wanting to dump a load of money into the park in preparation for the FIFA championships held in Kansas City it kinda would definitely be appealing. Not to mention if they build it close to the road like the ton of room they have would be no problem.
I’d be cool with that happening! But I think it’s slim :)
@@TP_Recommendations One can dream. In reality I think we will get one when Mamba is retired when literally every park in the country has one or two by then
Given Cedar Points insane crowds and poor capacity on most of its coasters, especially Millennium, I could see them adding a B&M giga around 350-360 ft from the sheer standpoint of getting a world class capacity machine in addition to a decent coaster.
I would love this and would think it has to be a very smart move!
They could replace magnum with a B&M giga with same layout it could work well
I meant a hyper magnum has got to be reaching the end of service life BBW lasting until 25 years old
Mi adventure. They’ve been saving for years. Lol
Right? Lol
BGW is the best bet for a giga since they already have a 355ft height waiver. BGT probably won't get a giga. They lucked up getting Gwazi approved.
My prediction will be Silver Dollar City and then maybe Dollywood.
I’d love for both of these to happen!
I would like to see Dorney Park build a B&M giga. Don’t see any other model beating the competition.
I think they could afford it if that’s the only coaster they get for a long time.
Do they have the height clearance?
@@TP_Recommendations 🤷♂️
Red Force is Europes Top Thrill Dragster Jr.
Haha giga coming to Elitches. They have 4 thrill coasters and one didn’t even open all year. Their woody sways too much and I don’t think they will ever spend the money to fix it, so they’re just leaving it closed. Yep giga confirmed
I think worlds of fun might be able to get one
This has a 5 out of 10% chance of happening but imagine the big Six Flags parks opening a few
Another thing with giga coasters is that I hope that there aren’t any other bnm’s with any faulty supports. With fury 325 having the support crack I hope that no other ones will have any. But fury 325 is open again!
Hershey Park, in Hershey Pennsylvania, they could definitely afford to build a Giga coaster, but they probably won't build one, giga coasters are way to much of a thrill ride for Hershey Park, they aren't a cutting edge thrill ride coaster kind of a park, even the way that they name there rollercoasters is not very thrilling or scary, it's quiet frankly kind of mundane.
The parks that need a giga coaster, busch gardens tampa, six flags great adventure, dorney park, energylandia, busch gardens williamsburg
The haters can hate all they want but they still watched the videos 🤣
EXACTLY!!
I remember when I was at magic mountain and see two coaster enthusiasts bullying a coaster enthusiast who said his favorite roller coaster was millennium force
That's crazy!
That so called rattle is nothing. Don’t be so critical. It’s a roller coaster. A coaster is going to have vibrations, “rattles” and such. These things are part of the overall experience.
Did you forget about Steel dragon 2000 or just not include it because it’s in Japan and not North America
I still want a lift hill strata. As far as I'm concerned the stratas we have now are fancy drop towers. B&M needs to break 400!
I’ve rode fury 325 but I still prefer intamin’s gigas they invented the coaster type and MF is so smooth
BGW easy they recently extended their height waiver again to around 355 feet I believe. And no it is not going to be the drachen spire that makes 0 sense. Then again they did build 2 shuttle launch coasters right next to each other so who knows.
Yeah BGW for sure!!
Interesting
Ugh I don't like i305 so I hope by far they don't ever build another one like that. My only other G completed is at your home park. I'm shocked really! So I wonder if Knotts will ever do the parking garage and largest giga!
Wait until you find out great adventure was going to get a giga like i305 in 2012 but it had a launched lift instead of a cable lift 💀
i do think intamin will build another giga coaster but i doubt it will be in america ( unless it's universal or sea world). i'd put more money on parks were they have done recent good work like energylandia or a park from company des alphes like one of the walibi parks or parx asterix @Theme Park Predictions
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Hey theme park predictions did you know that carowinds is hiding a new ride that will soon be announced.
That sounds pretty cool! Any idea what kind of ride it is?
Yes!!! 5 new rides in 2023!!
@@TP_Recommendations they tease it on their tiktok
My pipe dream would be SFGA gets a intamin lift hill giga coaster in the plot of land that bunkeneers batle and the go carts currently take up. But make it a twister layout
Would love that!!!
Sfga was going to get an intamin giga in 2012 that was going to be like i305 but on crack. Apparently the lift hill was going to be launched too. I'm sure you can see why six flags said no.
I've never been on a giga coaster since I live on the west coast. They look insane.
Haha L
Rumors about Knotts somehow fitting one in are flying around
@@vic748 cancelled
Andre, you need to start planning :)
I don't necessary buy that just yet...
I wish us at Kings Island got I305 and KD got Orion... so sad
The Busch Gardens Parks would be the best candidates to build a Giga. Especially BG Tampa.
Agreed! It would be great!
Pleeeeeeeeease
BGT has height restrictions though.
Me when I see red force in a vid “THAt not tallest giga fury is”
If six flags would get a competent CEO, sfmm easily could do it.
Exactly!
So could great adventure. I mean we were literally going to get one in 2024 until the ceo fired the park president and canceled the giga.
And six flags mm, like great adventure, has most likely looked into getting a giga coaster in the past 10 years. Great adventure was supposed to get one in 2012, so i have no doubts there has been plans for mm to get one too.
RMC Giga has the potential of being the best rollercoaster to date.
Hi thanks for a great video as always..I think it would be nice if six flags fiesta tx got a giga one day also just wishful thinking but imagine if Frontier city in Oklahoma got one..(highly unlikely)I think...but that would put that park on the map...But at this point in time I think any new attraction there would. Definitely help that park...Either way those are amazing rollercoasters. .I want to ride Orion and millennium force next year when I visit Ohio..
You’ll love them! Fun coasters and I’d love to see fiesta get a Giga one day!
Thanks to advanced computer assisted engineering, they can build even _taller_ Gigas with maybe _half_ the amount of supports as they would've needed 20 years ago!
I feel if anyone would break 500 ft it would be RMC
Those Intamin lift hill specs on I-305 give me hope BGW scraps that shuttle giga and builds a full circuit layout. Especially since there have been rumors of new ballon tests around that area
That’s what I’m hoping for!!
Hersheypark would be able to build one if they had the approval
I can see intamin building a giga but nothing like i305 that ride way to intense for the gp I can see something like a taller kondaa or Hyperion the biggest problem is which parks are willing to invest in it current day flags is def out and cedar fair won’t work with them maybe sea world but I think they would go with b&m instead like many other parks
Yes something more like Millie would be great!
I think Knott's Berry Farm can afford a coaster like this and they do ha e the room to build it also.but the problem is the residents that live around the park
Yeah CF will have to get creative with this project if they green light it.
I was hoping you'd talk about Steel Dragon more. It's longer than anything lol. No hate comments!
Well the only reason why I didn’t is because Morgan won’t build one again lol
So we’re just going to ignore steel dragon 2000? 😂
When I seen Millennium Force it's first year, it looked like they put track on radio towers. I didn't get a chance to ride it that day because of rain storms.
200 foot is Hyper, 300 foot is Giga. What is, or will, a 400 footer going to be called?
A mega Giga?
400ft + coasters like Kingda Ka and Top Thrill Dragster are referred to as Strata coasters
Maybe wild adventures will get a vekoma giga
A couple Six Flags might build a giga, but it will be years away (if its even still Six Flags).. I think all the Cedar Fair parks that can get one already have one, maybe Knotts but think its a long shot. Busch Gardens/Sea World seems likely especially if they keep pushing their spending. Both Dollywood and Silver dollar city could, but think it would end up being a terrain coaster without a massive lift hill. Holiday World wouldn't surprise me, I can see them doing a massive 50 million dollar expansion, but I don't think that is what is coming next. I would look over seas for the next Giga, either Europe or China. To be honest after Arie Force One, maybe Funspot :) Cedar Point will eventually build something massive, but not sure it would technically be a giga. With current economy world wide wont likely happen before 2030.
Great predictions!!!
Great adventure was going to get one in 2024
Homeboy @9:01 is trying to lose a hand!
I mean, I don't think I would say any of these things are "shocking", but I'd also say it's worth looking in to why a ride like Fury has such a wider support structure than i305; much like with steel dragon 2000s support structure that had to be beefed up to deal with earthquakes, a lot of times it's due more to the environment the ride is in than simply 'they felt it was necessary'
Energylandia has probably the best shot for buying a b&m giga or a intamin giga.
A giga for sure! :)
I mean, great adventure got this close 🤏 to getting a b&m giga in 2024
@@TP_Recommendations it would been cool if they build a higher, longer, faster and steeper version of fury 325.
Great video! Energylandia is my pick. I wouldn't put it past them to invest in a big giga coaster. Or any large coaster for that matter.
B&M got that arch design from intimin
Did he talk about steel dragon?
I wish bgw would get a giga.
If I had my own theme park I would definitely build an intamin giga but make it so it doesn’t try to kill you lol
I wish six flags magic mountain would get a giga but they would never pay for one
Give Me an Intamin Giga and get Goliath out of there!
Fury is awesome in the day, at night it's insane!! And when Carowinds turns into Scarowind, fury with it's green lights makes the park even more spooky
Mans just did not talk about steel dragon which is the longest giga
Why? It’s not like Morgan is going to build another Giga :)
Maybe Fuji-Q Highland could do the "Ultimate Giga Coaster" that defies the laws of physics
Height and drop don’t determine how much how many acres it covers? SHOCKING! 🙄
A few months ago Knotts made a filing with city of Buena Park proposing a 329 ft giga coaster to be built on the hotel parking lot. Then they made another scaled back filing equally as crazy for a launch coaster that would go thru the tunnel under Beach blvd to complete its layout in the parking lot across the street.
What was Morgan’s called?
Steel dragon 2000
@@RandomStuffIol thank you. I was having a brain fart
What prediction came true?
Ummm, this wasn't a prediction video? lol
@@TP_Recommendations I’m talking about all of your other videos.
Can/will SFMM ever get a giga?
One day hopefully :)
@@TP_Recommendations Not holding my breath, but I am holding out hope
There's a good chance they would, and an even better chance that it has been planned for there to be one there a few times before. Great adventure was supposed to get a giga in 2012 that was going to be like i305 but on crack. It obvs never happened, but stuff like that has probably happened to mm.
It red force really a Giga? I feel like it’s just an accelerator with giga height
These aren't really scientific terms. Giga generally means a coaster that is at least 300 feet tall but less than 400 feet (or has a drop that fits that definition.) But some people use the word with a more narrow meaning where it has a lift hill and no inversions...etc. Many enthusiasts use the word hypercoaster in a similar way (but the height range is 200 feet to 300 feet.) In this regard many people don't call coasters like Griffon, X2 or even Steel Vengeance "hypercoasters." But again, none of this is scientific and these words are up to interpretation. Some people will say Steel Eel is a hypercoaster but Red Force isn't a gigacoaster. I really think that's silly.
But if we're using narrow definitions, I've got a head scratcher for you. What height category of coaster does Superman Escape from Krypton belong to?
It could be the first launched giga coaster
Knott's Berry Farm
I’d like to see the average speed from the top of the lift to the brakes
Love the videos about Giga coasters!
Thank you!
Great america!
Hi
Ignore the haters 🤘🏼
Always haha I just love responding to them because they don’t expect it
@@TP_Recommendations fair! I think it’s funny how little fun they let themselves have daydreaming when we’re all talking about amusement/theme parks!
WOF 2026 giga!!!!!
Orion isn’t a giga
And Apollo and Phantoms Revenge aren’t hypers
@@hangtimestudio Right.
It’s classified a Giga due to the “drop” 😂
@@TP_Recommendations I know I was joking lol
Orion is a giga