Loch Ness Monster is BACK and Better Than Ever! HUGE Ride Refurb Tour/Reaction Busch Gardens

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We're at Busch Gardens Williamsburg to experience the recently upgraded Loch Ness Monster; a classic Arrow looping coaster from 1978! The ride received some major retracking this past off season along with some impressing theming enhancements! We'll show you around the queue, take you for a ride on the attraction, and give our thoughts afterwards!
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@0z3r0 15 дней назад

I can hear Pantheon in the background asking himself "do I also have to wait 46 years?"

@James-jy1rq 15 дней назад

😭😭😭

@dragonblood4005 15 дней назад

DarKoaster I can also hear as well “What about me BGW?”

@joelbolton7252 15 дней назад

LOL TRUE

@TheTorturedCoastersDept. 15 дней назад

True tho

@zacg_ 15 дней назад

Regarding DarKoaster, I think an inexpensive way to improve the ride would be to simply add a few effects every year. Make it a point to slowly add a little bit each and every year instead of doing a major refurb. Then everyone would want to ride it every year to see what changes have been made. It would be similar to a Halloween maze that changes each year. By the end of ten years it could be Disney/Universal level without having to break the bank any one year.

@maxhagenauer24 15 дней назад

I'm glad they are keeping these old arrows in good shape instead of replacing them.

@assemblyrequired7342 15 дней назад

That was exactly what I was about to say!

@MattMcIrvin 14 дней назад

So many people were gutted when they tore out Big Bad Wolf (which was probably much harder to maintain because it was a suspended coaster). Loch Ness Monster is the one coaster at the park with probably an even greater load of nostalgia associated with it than BBW, and it's also one of the best old Arrow loopers anywhere. So I think it's not just that it's an old Arrow, it's that it's THIS old Arrow. It's great to see that they put some effects in the tunnel again. In the ride's early days, there were fog machines and strobe lights in there, and I think for a while there was even some kind of illuminated image of the Monster. But it had gotten bare.

@ch6inre6ction11 14 дней назад

I do agree however Anaconda at Kings Dominon needs to go 😂. Mack Hyper or new Vekoma replacement plzzz!

@maxhagenauer24 14 дней назад

@@ch6inre6ction11 But they can make it smoother or something 😢.

@ch6inre6ction11 14 дней назад

@@maxhagenauer24 Lol forget all that. The thing about Loch Ness is its setting, layout and its overall look. It's classic in every way. Its art. Anaconda has a boring layout and no type of artistic style. And it's rough and janky especially after the mid course slams it to a screeching hault

@andori_AB 15 дней назад

The ride op at 3:22 sure is using a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ;P

@ryanpiotrowski2353 15 дней назад

The older coasters in the country really need to be redone just like this.

@Aftermath779 15 дней назад

Indeed, Viper would benefit from this treatment a lot.

@ItsSiebay 8 дней назад

Some of them have been, but not to great results. Plus, most people would rather just have a new, better coaster replace them.

@Snackdance 15 дней назад

There is hardly a more iconic view of a coaster than those yellow intersecting Arrow loops and track over the water. It’s such a great looking ride.

@jonathanbishopmusic 14 дней назад

This is soooo well done by Busch Gardens. The thematic upgrades on this are so much more interesting than a new, unthemed roller coaster, and give the park character which makes people want to come back. I really hope United Parks does similar upgrades on more of its rides 🙏🙏

@coasterjedi2555 13 дней назад

Loch Ness is the coaster that made me fall in love with coasters, good to see her getting love from BG!

@rozpescador8469 10 дней назад

I think the last thing that they could do to add some more spice on the reopening of Nessie, is to make the trains duel again on the loops. Welcome back, Nessie.

@Kyuubeythe3rd68k 14 дней назад

I really wish Vortex got this, too (which was also my first big ride!). Happy to see them keeping this one alive!

@assemblyrequired7342 15 дней назад

Happy to hear that they have given Nessie a refurbishment/upgrade! It's amazing what a retracking will do for a coaster! After what happened with the Mindbender, there is now this fear that one of the classics might be done away with suddenly. Glad that the Loch Ness Monster is going to be lurking around, hopefully for at least another 50 years! Yeah, let that math sink in! 2024-1978=46 years! Nessie is nearly half a century old!

@shawnrw3727 15 дней назад

I do loops in my boat all the time. 😆

@JerseyDevils21 15 дней назад

If you don't, you ain't doin it right 😂

@H.JMedia.Agency 15 дней назад

4:59 Sarah and Taylor confirmed

@TheCycloneHunter 15 дней назад

bro it's been like 2 years now

@seriomarkj 15 дней назад

I always thought so...but they don't bring it up much I started to question it lol Glad I'm not the only one

@mckernanx32 15 дней назад

In the Kings Dominion video from a few days ago, he called her 'babe' as well. Like, we've always known, but now it's confirmed.

@Zergei 15 дней назад

Okay good because I was worried that Taylor was just friend zoning her this whole time, they're so cute together and I'm really happy for them knowing that fact 😄

@nancyfarkas3592 15 дней назад

I wondered too but didn’t want to ask. I just started watching their channel a few months ago

@Themeparkgirlz 15 дней назад

My daughter and I were part of a commercial/photo shoot a few days before it opened to the public and rode it over a dozen times. You can spiffy her up, but she's still an old lady Arrow! Take your earrings out ladies and gentleman, the head banging it still there! The last row is actually the smoothest. If you're in the front, good luck! LOL

@dysphoricpeach 14 дней назад

this was also my first big coaster. i remember stuffing socks in my shoes so i could meet the height requirement. glad to see they’re giving it some love! all the new audio stuff makes it so much better

@drdewott9154 2 дня назад

Such an iconic roller coaster. Im pretty sure one of the first ever roller coaster POV's to go viral on the internet was one of this very ride. And for good reason. This is basically the epitome of a classic thrilling coaster! Intimidating and a little janky, but also not overcomplicated. Just a true classic that will get a smile on just about anyones face.

@jppurple98 15 дней назад

So Iconic! I have been to BGT and Kings Dominion but not BGW. I really love the Arrow loopers 😎 I really need to go to BGW. Thanks guys for sharing the great ride footage 😎😊❤️👍

@alexandravalentina4854 15 дней назад

Yes! I was hoping you guys would make a video on this refurb! I love the updated theming and the tunnel is quite cool! Hopefully, Busch Gardens does this type of theming for most of their rides

@pizzathehut. 13 дней назад

My first big coaster was big bad wolf. Wouldn't ride this at that time. Later in life I started riding it and it's still my favorite coaster to this day.

@nateblake7422 15 дней назад

the 1970s color scheme has always impressed me. reminds people they're riding a nearly true vintage machine.

@verybighomer 15 дней назад

Giving such a ride some well deserved love is great. There are not many coasters as iconic as Loch Ness Monster.

@user-et5nk2ib1g 14 дней назад

I’m dying at the photo of the old timey Arrow “boat” in the queue 😂 That’s an amazing detail

@Behinddarkness86 8 дней назад

It is beautiful to see the Orient Express’ sister coaster is in great condition. I miss the Orient Express but a part of her lives in Loch Ness Monster.

@goodopinionhaver69 14 дней назад

Watching this video brought back fond memories of being a young kid riding Nessie for the first time! It's been almost a decade, I will have to check out the new tracks. Saylor gang always killing it!

@alexlents4689 День назад

You gotta respect how much work BGW puts into this ride to keep it going this long: they’ve bought new custom trains that look practically identical to the old ones, they’ve retracked the thing, they’ve added tons of new theming, all years after most parks would’ve just scrapped a ride like this.

@Paulguynj 15 дней назад

WOW! I remember riding that as a teenager dozens of times back in the Jurassic era 40 years ago! 😂😂 I can't believe its still around. It was my first big coaster ever riding too..Amazing. Its an iconic coaster.

@davidnevolo4402 15 дней назад

Reminds me of demon at great america. That ride was definitely an average arrow with a story, and now its beloved. The fewer arrow loopers there are left, the more special these rides become. Corkscrew profiling aside

@Carolina_Coasters 15 дней назад

Such a great arrow I rode it during previews so glad they kept it around!

@MrCrash-hz8xy 14 дней назад

This looks amazing! this is my very first coaster I've ridden that goes upside down. If it wasn't for this coaster I wouldn't be riding any of the coasters I ride today

@austintayloradt 14 дней назад

Reminds me of the theming in the queue for Expedition Everest. Looks cool, BGW and KD are top of my list for the next coaster trip

@blakesullivan682 15 дней назад

Loch Ness was my first major roller coaster. Such a special ride!

@crosstalkclub 11 дней назад

My first time on your channel, reviewing my first roller coaster experience ever! Great review, guys, thanks for covering this. The renovations look great. The LNM has a special place in my memories as a kid decades ago.

@marshgrass 14 дней назад

Last time I visited bgw it was during winter fest and I thought all the rides would be open 💀

@yellowfoxbodyguy 15 дней назад

My first big coaster too. Went 1 week after I graduated high school in 1991.

@cookimaus1 15 дней назад

Good to see Sea World Entertainment starting to dip it’s feet back into theming and indoor rides. Hope we get to see more indoor and themed stuff (looking at you wild arctic)! Also, they should do a coaster in the old corkscrew hill building for their next ride, use it as the station!)

@xelawash 9 дней назад

One of my first roller coaster rides as a kid. So glad to see it lives on!! 💪

@BliXXardStorm 15 дней назад

Was great meeting you guys! I’m so glad they poured so much into this legendary coaster.

@plushnfluff 15 дней назад

I’ve been so excited for this coaster to be refurbished! I rode it last year and even then it was a fun ride!

@MattMcIrvin 14 дней назад

Loch Ness Monster was my first time going upside-down on a roller coaster, or on any amusement ride for that matter. I think that was the case for a lot of people out there. It wasn't my first big coaster (that was the long-vanished Mr. Twister at Elitch Gardens), but it was a major milestone for me. I haven't been back to BGW in so, so long (before most of the coasters there were even built) despite frequent visits to Virginia to visit family. This is just making me itch for it.

@charlesarnold1953 15 дней назад

Awesome job,guys!! I actually worked @ BGW,one summer,back in it's early days;so of course it is my Home Park.Glad to hear Nessie has been successfully improved!! Thanks for the great review!!

@brianfoss571 14 дней назад

Love that one ride of Nessie gives you more views of a mythical beast than 100 rides of Big Bear Mountain.

@Calakapepe 15 дней назад

Nice upgrades! Interestingly.. in 2018 they added nice audio... and a strobe? In the tunnel/ helix section there too!... but it didn't last long after 40th anniversary

@MikeB-_- 14 дней назад

I like how the past couple videos come in multiple accents. The ride itself has a Jaws and Jurassic park vibe. Those video panels are great way to add theming to an outside ride.

@YourNewBuddy 15 дней назад

Rad video! I was a kid when this opened, I’ve never been there, but always wanted to. I’ve been watching it age through pictures in roller coaster books and videos, so I agree that it looks better than ever!

@DanCrowleyNYC 5 дней назад

Glad to see what they've done with this, putting in the $$$ to preserve an iconic coaster. Is it my favorite coaster in the park? No way, but I'm glad it's THERE, and now it will be there for a longer amount of time! (Big Bad Wolf was my first big coaster, and I unfortunately can't relive those memories, so glad this one is still ticking away.) Also, that queue is giving me very Expedition Everest queue vibes and I'm not mad about it. Looking forward to getting back on this, and hearing so many sweet stories about how this was someone's first looping coaster. (Love those loops, but the first drop was always my favorite part.)

@treytison1444 15 дней назад

I was looking for this video yesterday lol, I refused to believe you wouldn't have a video on this.

@maxhagenauer24 15 дней назад

Adding a story makes the theming experience so different. That screen in the tunnel is so cool.

@BruinPhD2009 15 дней назад

This is so cool! When I was a kid, we went to Busch Gardens to ride Loch Ness Monster and Big Bad Wolf in their opening seasons (yup, older than dirt). Next time I’m back on the East Coast I may have to make a nostalgia trip to ride the refurbished LNM and ride Pantheon for the first time. I rode Drachenfire when I was stationed at Fort Monroe. Let us never speak of it again. 😂

@thebup6850 15 дней назад

Outside of vampire (Chessington! Home park!), I have never wanted to go on an arrow coaster this much. This looks incredible!

@urbex_coasters 15 дней назад

I know you were saying it tongue and cheek but as a massive fan of a show called Life After People I genuinely think Nessie will be among the last coasters still standing. Arrow coasters are made of steel but have the amount of bracing a wood coaster is given, something I believe sets them up to stand a long time. It will be between Arrow coasters and hybrid woodies with a steel structure for last standing coaster (we actually get a glimpse of this comparing Mega Zeph to rides like Williams Grove Cyclone or the Joyland coaster that were abandoned around the same time). Voyage is probably the coaster I'd ultimately put my money on though, with how much it is spread out and having a steel structure you would probably still see evidence of a coaster there after more than 500 years.

@liesecarey9494 15 дней назад

So excited! Loch Ness was my first coaster too! Summer of '78!

@joelmoore886 15 дней назад

This video really makes me happy. I remember marathoning this in 1987 when I was in seventh grade on a trip with my family from Michigan. Everyone was waiting for “The Big Bad Wolf” so I rode this 24 times that day. This coaster is so sentimental to me and I’m thrilled that they kept it and made improvements!

@OklahomaCoasterFan 13 дней назад

I love seeing all the work they've put into this. It's always been one that I've enjoyed riding multiple times every visit, and I want it to last forever. The added theming will make it just that much better.

@wilbert_WX 9 дней назад

ngl im happy this coaster got upgraded, this is also my very first actual coaster ive ridden

@TheKurtsPlaceChannel 15 дней назад

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

@mattymilazzo2741 14 дней назад

Rode it last summer, and going back in August! Ready to ride it again!!

@MotoMedicine904 14 дней назад

My wife and I grew up in Va Beach. We haven't been to BG since like 2011 the year before we had our son and then I got stationed elsewhere. We have a 1 week trip coming up in the beginning of June. Plan to go on a weekday while schools are still going. Our kids are now almost 12 and 10 and they love coasters. They'll finally get to experience our childhood theme park. Cant wait to ride all the new and the old!

@sylv5377 14 дней назад

I'm very happy to see parks trying to take care of their old classics. Grew up in Florida, Busch Gardens Tampa had my favorite roller coasters growing up. I've moved up north now, I really need to make a trip to Williamsburg to what it's like.

@0dylan 14 дней назад

My first big roller coaster was the one right behind you while you said that. Griffon!

@jamesmason5576 14 дней назад

I was hoping it would duel in the interlocking loops again but we will see during busy season. Lets hope Magnum and Viper gets this treatment too!

@jamesrauff 15 дней назад

Showing old rides love !! I love it ! Long live nessy

@Heatherofscots 15 дней назад

They did an amazing job on this. I am going to have to go back this summer (I planned my trip a couple of weeks too early). This was also was my first big coaster outside of my home park.This and Big Bad Wolf (RIP 😢)

@liamblake1614 15 дней назад

I feel as though they were looking at Kings Dominion’s Jungle Expedition and were taking notes…especially with the billboard for this on 95 a few miles outside KD haha. Not that BGW has ever needed tips on theming!

@1j15 15 дней назад

You two have been everywhere! Lol. I’m tryna be like y’all.

@Da_knee7 15 дней назад

Can't wait to try for my first time this year.

@Beachy_Peachy877 14 дней назад

I came across your channel. Love your videos , new subscriber

@danielward4868 15 дней назад

While I am yet to visit BGW, I have been to Lock Ness. On a boat tour, my sister and I saw something in the distance that could have been the monster (Or just a fish).

@-thearcticpenguin- 15 дней назад

Thanks for taking a selfie with me at twisted Timbers on Friday!

@MattMcCoasters 15 дней назад

I love what they've done with the place.

@LowFreqFreak 15 дней назад

I’m very excited to get back on this thing! I’ve always made sure to cherish my rides on it. The other thing I’ve been wanting was a refurbishment of the effects on Verbolten cause they could use some TLC in my opinion

@AKarriem 14 дней назад

I loved the ride before, but more theming and much smoother track makes it even better. It was a lot of head knocking before.

@Eren_The_Gamer7420 15 дней назад

I rode back row and it is FUN tons of airtime and the loops were so smooth

@AKarriem 14 дней назад

This was definitely my first ride also

@Artbyhurricanyounot 15 дней назад

I’m glad they kept the extended queue theming!

@kyranharris-williams1209 15 дней назад

Omg I saw you at Pantheon yesterday and I was freaking out!!!

@MontyPyke 15 дней назад

Love your vids😃

@ITS_Josh14 15 дней назад

this refurb deserves a standing ovation, it sucks that I'm not going to BGW this year

@BrendanMoore-no8yc 15 дней назад

love to see y'all at my home park. i've got to get over and re-ride nessie now that the retrack is finished! also, if only i could've been there when y'all were. would've loved to meet y'all 💔

@glasstechs 13 дней назад

Seeing what BGW did with this ride really has me hoping the same can be done with Viper at Magic Mountain. I know its very unlikely, but I would love to see Viper preserved and refurbished

@benisjammin626 15 дней назад

I have yet to go on this ride, but I would have to say it has been my most anticipated coaster for probably a decade

@coreymason7017 9 дней назад

There’s also a quest or Easter egg in the bulletin board too!

@alyciamartinez2704 14 дней назад

I saw yall at the park! 😂 yesterday and lochness monster is amazing it is still wobbly tho

@raishonstanley1313 15 дней назад

I really miss this ride I haven't been to bush gardens since I was little

@flashback0978 14 дней назад

when humanity is gone all that will remain is Loch Ness Monster and Nemesis - fitting

@FC-Fr0styy 14 дней назад

WE ARE IN THIS RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET ON

@Bpayne2788 15 дней назад

The new Nessie statue at the end is such a great near miss experience on the right side of the train!

@IsaacBohlmann-wr9ni 15 дней назад

Another Easter egg is on the diagram of the train in the queue there is six cars. This is because the original design of the trains only had six cars.

@skylar..oops. 10 дней назад

i’ve never rode nessie before or any upside down coaster, but in june i will go on her! i will be brave!

@officialchase02 15 дней назад

This was my first big coaster as well

@LexIsCool52 15 дней назад

I saw y’all at the ride. I was at the front row. If I saw y’all after the ride, I would have said hi

@erikschmeling9599 15 дней назад

Actually walked right by ya on the bridge. Wasn't sure at first but now I know.

@gtonyxkid2012 14 дней назад

We really need to petition Cedar Point to contract either Chance or Premier to retrack Magnum XL, and along with that, to adjust some of the banking/air time hills etc and give it new trains. Now hear me out. That ride has to be close to the end of its shelf life. The ridership isn’t what it used to be because of the roughness. And if they removed it then they would be missing a traditional steel hyper coaster focusing on airtime and speed. And would essentially replace it with a hyper coaster from a different manufacturer. It’s a classic coaster, already a good layout, and could easily be updated with new profiling, trains and a retrack. Bringing it into the modern age, make it smoother all while keeping a classic arrow ride and layout alive for another 30+ years

@MyDogMila-qq5fp 15 дней назад

Were you guys there on opening day. I was. Sadly there was delays a lot so when we were going to ride it, it delayed and we had to head out

@kingofnone 9 дней назад

this ride was my favorite as a kid but now that i'm a 200 lb man the over the shoulder restraints on this just plain hurt. i normally ride it once for nostalgia but it's not a repeat ride like it use to be back in the younger days

@codyrompalo9661 15 дней назад

Really hope they go and add theming to pantheon now.

@zacg_ 15 дней назад

Redoing the presentation for Pantheon would be awesome, though I wouldn't hold my breathe about it. It gets a long line anyway so I don't think they'd see much ROI. Plus, it would basically come off as BGW admitting they screwed up if it was done so early in the ride's life. Redoing Loch Ness makes it look like the park cares. Redoing Pantheon makes current park leadership look bad. That said, the cost would still be the main issue. It is unfortunate though. It has so much potential: A Roman temple for a loading station. Ancient ruins and rock work throughout the layout. Statues of the gods for each sections. Heck, you could build faux rock structures for the spike and top hat if they really wanted to go all out. But I think we'll be stuck with the awesome-coaster-in-a-cow-pen look.

@CoasterStudios 15 дней назад

thats a very good point!

@kazeryu17 15 дней назад

I agree with you, but I don't think it would hurt them to add some collums and many some fog. Perhaps a couple near miss sculptures of Roman gods. Imagine how intense Pantheons first inversion would be if it was shrowded in fog, or inside a dark building. Also, there's enough space in the middle of this coaster to add another attraction. Perhaps they can build an actual replica of the Pantheon with a drop tower or something. In the middle.

@minasotah 15 дней назад

R.I.P. BIG BAD WOLF 🐺

@porcelainthunder2213 14 дней назад

Kings Dominion needs to do this with Anaconda. A retrack and a reprofile would do wonders for that ride.

@prob_a.wrx. 15 дней назад

I hope eventually they could work with Vekoma and have them build a version of the trains that the Boomerangs use now to replace the Arrow trains. The New Vekoma trains for Boomerangs are so much better than the old Arrow stuff.