The Failure Of Windjammer Surf Racers: The End Of TOGO International | Expedition Knott's Berry Farm

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From super coaster to super failure, this is the fraught history of Knott’s shortest-lived, least-coveted steel loopers. A ride which caused the end of TOGO International. The Failure Of Windjammer Surf Racers: The End Of TOGO International | Expedition Knott's Berry Farm
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• Ochoa's at Knott's Ber...
Cedar Point Fanpage
• Jack Falfas: Cedar Poi...
ckylunatic
• Knott's Hammerhead Onr...
Coaster Jeff
• Viper at Six flags Gre...
CoasterNick3157
• Manhattan Express (AKA...
• Xcelerator At Knotts B...
Coaster Studios
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Commercial Break Room
• Knott's Berry Farm Com...
• Knott's Berry Farm Com...
dangelovich
• Ultra Twister at Nagas...
davidjellis
• Crazy Mouse (off-ride)...
Eccentric Gamer
• Knott's Berry Farm 201...
Javier Martinez
• Xcelerator rollback
joezeppi
• Riptide ride at Knott'...
Looping Lee Theme Parks, Roller coasters and more
• Dangai Looper Roller C...
miriammemories
• Knott's Berry Farm,1995
Mr63500
• KNOTTS BERRY FARM THEM...
NickSpace
• California Poppy Super...
MiceChat
• Knott's Berry Farm - B...
psyclonesteve
• King Cobra,Stand Up Ro...
REMEMBER HORIZONS
• Knott's Berry Farm Sky...
Ryan120420
• Hammer Head Knotts Ber...
Sean Flaharty
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ThemeParkAdventure
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themeparkfun
• Knott's Pacific Pavill...
Theme Park Patrol
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Theme Park Review
• Super Funktacular Roll...
• Closed Looping Roller ...
TheRedCarChannel
• Knott's Berry Farm Cam...
Todd Markel
• Early Days of Surfing ...
What a life!
• Las Vegas building NY-...
ZaneyMay Just Keep Planting
• California Poppy - Fro...
This episode was written and produced by Greg Tulloss

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@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад

TOGO: We understand the concerns of our clients Knott's: *Are you sure about that*

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Hahaha yesssss

@badgerstatecoasters7725 4 года назад

Why do you show up in every comment section that I watch?

@Toonamp 4 года назад

Because your limiting yourself to watching one kind of video and not broadening your horizons to different subjects?

@badgerstatecoasters7725 4 года назад

@@Toonamp I watch other stuff beside roller coaster content and I see him everywhere

@Coolsomeone234 4 года назад

@@badgerstatecoasters7725 same

@Blast2224 4 года назад

Knotts: We want a roller coaster. TOGO: Okay. Knotts: Make it functional. TOGO: ...what?

@BruinPhD2009 4 года назад

Blast22 hey, one thing at a time, here!

@saberline152 4 года назад

Nani!?

@MrMrMrprofessor 4 года назад

Expedition: *mentions Togo* Me: Ohhh I remember them...which coaster was it..? Expedition: *shows the New York New York coaster* Me: Oh. Shit. No.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Here we go againnn

@ErrorWolf 4 года назад

I rode it... Yaa, being a Cedar Point guy, ouch

@richardbagley3139 3 года назад

Why do I have to suffer with THAT one being my first thrill coaster... well that’s what you get for growing to a tweener in Vegas

@ZeroCreditsRemaining 4 года назад

Did I see a reference to “windseeker is closed due to high winds”?

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Yeppp

@RolyWestYT 4 года назад

I don’t get why the advert for it was all “scary” when the ride is not scary themed at all?

@arposkraft3616 3 года назад

in the ninetys all amusement park advertisements either had a dark or TOTAL RAD type of advertisement...

@bluedragon9925 3 года назад

@@arposkraft3616 Yep. Just look at Splash Mountain's original ad (I know that was technically from the 80's but it was 1989 so I'm counting it since aspects of 90's pop culture were carried over from the late 80's anyways). Even though the ride itself is the usual light-hearted Disney fare, its ad had a very foreboding tone, with *heavy* emphasis placed on the big drop towards the end ("The only way out... Is a long... Way... Down..."). I think the main reason they marketed it that way was not only to distract from the elephant in the room that was the problematic origins of its theme (being based on Song of the South and all), but make it more appealing to the "too cool for Disney" teenage thrill seeker crowd.

@TheOnlyBongo 3 года назад

@@bluedragon9925 Knowing Michael Eisner renamed it to promote the movie Splash and that he took theme park advice from his hip, cool, radical teenage son the latter feels more true than the former.

@MSTiekims9952 3 года назад

Well here I am looking at one of my fav channels for theme park fun, and I see that another favorite added a comment! Hi Roly! Love your channel! All my coworkers are tired of hearing me say Roly words with my horrible Brittish accent.

@mathiley0878 3 года назад

Imagine a park advertising a wacky worm like a scary ride

@dylanalgate8130 4 года назад

I’ve always loved the content on this channel. It’s always well done, always informational, doing it in a fun way. Being a theme park enthusiast, and not being able to go to any this year is hard, so I go to this channel and others but by far you are my favorite

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you so much! Here's to hopefully a better 2021 for us all

@dylanalgate8130 4 года назад

Expedition Theme Park keep it up

@Emplordxiii 4 года назад

I take it Knott’s won’t be making a pin honoring this attraction for their 100th Anniversary pin set.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

They might they don't shy away from the bad

@Emplordxiii 4 года назад

Expedition Theme Park it will be interesting, that’s for sure.

@briancalifornia 4 года назад

I have a Windjammer hat and shirt lol

@robertoflores599 3 года назад

I went To their 100 year anniversary and they didn’t honor it lol they had sky jump, and soap box, time machine etc..

@605coasters 4 года назад

As I once saw someone say: The name is perfect. It jams up in the wind lol Great video btw

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@trevler 4 года назад

We always called it Neckjammer.

@605coasters 4 года назад

@@trevler lol

@HarryPorpise 4 года назад

I honestly want to ride a US Togo just to see how bad it is

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

New York New York!

@DCLocal84 4 года назад

I've rode a Togo stand up in the late 90s... my balls still hurt.

@HarryPorpise 4 года назад

DCLocal84 maybe I won’t then...

@ThemeParkDaze 4 года назад

no you don't. I've been on 2/3 (this one and the NY NY one) and they're easily my least favorite coasters of all time.

@RSGReallySimpleGaming 4 года назад

My dad lives in Vegas and im there right now, its awfully rough, but The Big Apple would be great if it wasnt!

@kristalic 4 года назад

West coast racers the prequel

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haha kinda

@richardbagley3139 3 года назад

More like the successful sequel

@vabvaab 4 года назад

I went on this, that loop felt like being launched into a half pipe in a shopping cart. Cute looking coaster though.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haha fun experience

@bryanmcclanahan532 4 года назад

The deco did always look intriguing.

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Which track?

@landonsmith295 4 года назад

*kids talking about Ultra Twister at Six Flags Great Adventure* "Number 1 ride in the park, Number 1, they will never get a better one." *El Toro has left the chat*

@zacknaughton2170 4 года назад

Nitro left too

@gregorymoore2877 5 месяцев назад

@@zacknaughton2170 To fair there was no Nitro or El Toro when Ultra Twister was there.

@Lil_Angry_Bitch 4 года назад

The irony is that not only did Windjammer Fail, Knott's had another ride with "Wind" in the name that failed: Windseeker. Riders got stuck up in the air for 3 hours and they removed the ride. Knott's should not use "Wind" in the name of any of their rides.

@nubiansnowchic 4 года назад

Oh wow! So that’s the windseeker that got stuck! Makes me wonder why ours (kings island and cedar point) are still operating!

@puppetuppers4806 4 года назад

nubiansnowchic the curse is only at knotts.

@Lil_Angry_Bitch 4 года назад

@Luciferus After the ride got stuck, Cal-Osha required Knott's to come up with an emergency evacuation system for the ride. Knott's built an emergency evac platform for the ride but it didn't get approved so they had to demolish the ride.

@JimiStone 4 года назад

Knott's windseeker was moved to Cedar Fair park World's of Fun in Kansas City, MO!

@Courier_333 3 года назад

I got stuck on that ride smh one of the scariest things I've been on

@MatecaCorp 4 года назад

Windjammer was indeed in many ways emblematic of the worst era of Knott's Berry Farm. Lackluster theming, poor quality, bad maintenance, etc.

@CoderatheGreat 2 года назад

To be fair we did get GhostRider the year after Windjammer came out so I guess we ought to take the good with the bad.

@singlerideradventures6621 4 года назад

I never rode this, because it was always closed when I was there, but my friends always called it Neckjammer. It's too bad about the Boardwalk, as the rest of the park is beautifully themed, the back remains a mash up of 20's, 50's, and 90's.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Yeah !

@thecoastergnome8603 4 года назад

yeh I think it should get a partial re-theme, keep the boardwalk theme but make it look nicer and replace coast rider with an s&s El Loco

@BruinPhD2009 4 года назад

I agree. I like Knotts, but parts of it look like the planners just got bored halfway through a school project.

@gregorymoore2877 5 месяцев назад

They should have stuck with the 20's airfield theme with the Corkscrew, Sky Jump Parachutes and Wacky Soapbox Pacers. Wouldn't been more interesting than what's there today.

@Onoitsbroko 4 года назад

I'm still upset you don't have more subscribers. You're videos are so high quality and I always look forward to them!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

I'm just glad people are here! Thank you

@fifthrider 4 года назад

I love Knotts and am lucky I got to go on the Soapbox Racers, which I believe Bob Gurr developed. That corner of Knotts has always had an identity crisis ever since Soapbox Racers was removed; it never really knew what it wanted to be and thematically it never did it well. I was present on a day some 20+ years ago when a woman passed away on Montezuma's Revenge. At first the park was blamed but then we later learned she was a model and ate next to nothing. Her brain aneurysm was caused my malnutrition. Not long after that someone died on 19:42 the unfortunately named Perilous Plunge. Not to put too fine a point on it, but that woman was well over the weight limit and the restraints weren't working for her properly. Instead of being held in her seat at the top of the drop, she was catapulted out thus adding credence to the ride's name. I think about that every time I'm at a theme park and someone wants to argue with the ride operator that their kid should be allowed on despite the height limit, should be allowed on despite the fact they don't fit into the restraint system properly, etc. Please don't argue with the safety rules, people.

@rjkral 4 года назад

Fifthrider very good points and I see it a lot. The safety measures are the LEAST folks can do to keep all these rides running safely and not be shut down, or worse bring on injury and the loss of life

@bryanmcclanahan532 4 года назад

Splash ride with ejector airtime vibes

@andrewbowser2794 4 года назад

I have to confess, I stuffed napkins in my shoes when I was a kid to ride on Hammerhead. No joke, we started flipping and i slipped out of the shoulder restraints and held on for dear life. My feet were kicking the heads of the people in front of me. The riders to the left and right of me were seriously concerned. Lesson learned from that day forward! Never went on that ride again because of the traumatic experience. I didn’t say a word. After hanging on for dear life the whole ride, the people in front and all around asked if I was okay. Long story short, I have kids now and never will they ride a ride until they meet the minimum height requirements. Period.

@Nick_J_ 4 года назад

Shoulda gone with Intamin, even back then

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Always

@theunknown0887 4 года назад

They may be unreliable but the return on investment, guest satisfaction, and appeal is worth it

@twistedcheese1 4 года назад

Even arrow would have been a better choice

@alaeriia01 4 года назад

Okay, hear me out: Schwarzkopf/Zierer mine train (think Lisebergbanan) themed to crashing waves.

@spider0804 4 года назад

@@twistedcheese1 Arrow coasters are fine and have a decent history of being reliable. The word "Even" kind of implies this is not the case. Their rides may not be spectacular today for record breakers or whatever but they were top of the line when they were made. They bankrupted themselves creating the coaster "X" and investing into a coaster that did not pan out in vegas.

@korwynias_yt 4 года назад

You know with all these problems coasters have with wind, easiest solution is just put up wind breakers. This ride would benefit with sails that blocked the wind in designated spots and also add to the surf theme.

@bryanmcclanahan532 4 года назад

Korwynias Wolfdrake or maybe add large fans to counter the wind. Might enhance the ride experience while combating... 3 mph winds 😂

@michaeldimitroulakos1307 4 года назад

The Manhattan Express coaster in Vegas is a heinous piece of machinery and must be destroyed. I hate that thing.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

So bad

@OakViewFilms 4 года назад

Hopefully if it does ever go away, they replace it with something else. A Chance Morgan megalite or a Gerstlaur Infinity Coaster would make a great replacement.

@nu-agegamer3548 4 года назад

Desperadont has already been shut down, so yay!

@richardbagley3139 3 года назад

You don’t know how much pain I feel when that coaster was my first thrill coaster, I didn’t feel pain tho I’m endurable

@andrewschannel4259 4 года назад

I want to go on something more thrilling than Looping Roller Coaster 1. If 2020 was a roller coaster, this would be it.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Indeed

@oneandonlysound3453 4 года назад

I know that a big issue of American Togo coasters was steel manufacturing, the fact "Viper" at SFGADV was a random prototype they bought off the lot and "added rings" onto, etc. The thing I'll never got is how they didn't see a problem before this. Nor that the design was plain bad in areas like wth? They have actually made some really cool things-I'd LOVE to see an improved, non-maintenance nightmare Ultra Twister, and they made a pretty good hyper coaster. And a looping coaster at a smaller park not unlike Viper that isn't smooth but is longer and not legit painful like Viper was (if you didn't slouch on purpose), as some examples. The stand-ups would be fine if not stand ups too really, but that's me stand-ups=convert them to something else (SFOG I'm staring at you rn and GADV for sit-down too!)

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Never buy a prototype from a test site. King's Island or King's Dominion (I can't remember which) made that mistake with the Hypersonic XLC.

@wilksy2949 4 года назад

Yo love the vids

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thabkssss

@voiddcxi2630 4 года назад

Expedition Theme Park thabks lol

@timhulsen7385 4 года назад

I think he's drunk lol

@kylestrange4494 4 года назад

Wind jammer was my first upside down coaster. Road it when I was 7 years old. Wow such good times

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Good times indeed

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Did you get the yellow side

@dalerobertson9394 4 года назад

Rode both red and yellow back in the day. Complete garbage. This is what happens when a park goes cheap. The flat rides where basically carnival rides. Wacky Racers was way better. Towards the end, Soabox Racers only ran 2 of the 4 tracks due to maintenance issues. I remember the day they told us as a former employee about the 5 year plan. The replacement was an utter failure. It was a sad ending to the Knotts family legacy, that I do believe resulted in the sale to Cedar Fair.

@DZstudios. 4 года назад

Poor soap box..

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Right

@zoditeevee3834 4 года назад

The biggest mistake in windjammer is that they got rid of the soap box derby racers to put it in.. lame

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Did you ride Wacky Soap Box

@jahzd4028 4 года назад

If one day Cedar Fair finally decided to expand KBF, please make *Race to Atlantis* a reality. It's exactly what Knott's needs. More mountain theming and more indoor dark ride/coasters inside a mine.

@viccas9301 3 года назад

Yes. Remove xcelerator and bring back the wacky soap box racers, or a journey to Atlantis type ride

@ArtisticlyAlexis 4 года назад

Crazy! At 2:45 the listing just above the address you highlighted, was about a block down from my house growing up on Central Ave. in the small town of Middletown, Ohio.

@shitwizard1247 4 года назад

The best person for informing people about theme parks I never knew existed

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Ha thanks

@EnergyDot 4 года назад

How did you not know about Knott's Berry Farm lmao

@fluffydevil13 4 года назад

It’s worth the visit! It’s a 15 minute drive past Disneyland, and you can do everything there in one day.

@MagicalBread 4 года назад

Knott’s is one of the most famous theme parks in the US. If you’re familiar with Cedar Fair parks like Cedar Point or Kong’s Island, than you’ll be surprised by this fact: Knott’s is Cedar Fair’s most profitable park. Knott’s accounts for at least a quarter of CF’s profits.

@flibberty100 4 года назад

What’s up with wizard

@P-_-S 4 года назад

As we had just recently learned about what a codpiece was in British Literature class, this ride was infamously known as the “Codjammer” among my circle of friends in high school. In addition to the shoulder harnesses being incredibly painful, the seats on the train had a raised part in the groin region that... uh... jammed your cod, as it were. Rode it once, never wanted to ride it again. I was not at all surprised to see it ripped out just a few years later or to find out there were lawsuits filed . Such a shame too, it was a great concept and layout, but terribly designed and constructed. Best thing about it was the creepy carnival haunted house they had there during Knott’s Scary Farm. I am also eternally sad that they removed the Soapbox Racers for the Codjammer, I don’t blame them because it was indeed looking pretty haggard in its twilight years, but my nostalgia for it will always remain strong. The removal of the Soapbox Racers was made extra painful by the fact the replacement ride was so stunningly awful.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Codjammer indeed

@djsugarc1075 4 года назад

at 10:24 u say “great america” not “great adventure” not nitpicking just confused me for a sec!!!

@madtownchris 4 года назад

Cool topic! A few corrections: 10:14- Most wild mouse coasters feature individual cars, not trains. 10:24- Viper was at Great Adventure, not Great America. And the shoulder restraints are totally different between the two rides. 17:25- This is important. Only one TOGO Ride, Shockwave at KD, had a fatal accident in 1999. While that year was terrible for coaster and thrill ride accidents in the US, the only TOGO ride that had a fatality in 1999 was Shockwave.

@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 6 месяцев назад

That is correct.

@johnhaines9893 4 года назад

A video on Roller Soaker at Hersheypark would be interesting, that ride didn’t last long.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Nice idea

@gregg5958 4 года назад

I loved that ride! But I guess the maintenance problems on them was on par with Togo. I always thought Knott’s should have gotten one instead of Boomerang. It would have been awesome there, but in retrospect would have been yet another disaster I guess!

@ernestoalejandrojuradoagui4824 4 года назад

You can do an expedition about Nara Dreamland, it was a cheap knockoff from Disneyland in California ? The entire park was demolished in 2019

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

One day maybe!

@marcussheen 4 года назад

@bigevilworldwide1 Yes! I think Defunctland did a video on it. It was pretty sad how everything turned out, especially when the park closed.

@jeremydegeytere8385 4 года назад

This was the first roller coaster I rode with an inversion, can confirm it was awful.

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Red or yellow?

@thomask9673 3 года назад

Technically, "Windjammer" is the perfect name for the ride. Wind causes the ride to jam.

@juliagoodwin3461 4 года назад

From what I gather, Togo had awful luck when it came to American roller coaster rides...

@bryanmcclanahan532 4 года назад

Julia Goodwin they weren’t much better at making sandwiches either....

@alexlubbers1589 3 года назад

It's funny that they advertised Windjammer with a tornado, because I'd imagine that's what it felt like to ride it

@Rollback_Productions_ 4 года назад

That clip from Ultra Twister media day was hilarious! I love that kid whos like totally duude!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haha yeah

@expeditioned2821 4 года назад

TOGO: what shall we make . Painful stand-up coasters for men? . Or just plain rough coasters

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Just bad

@Spyderjav 4 года назад

I hate that ride for the simple reason that it replaced the beloved and infinitely better Wacky Soap Box Racers.

@AgentVolkat 4 года назад

I remember the Windjammer. I rode it once with my family in 1997. I do remember it being a pretty rough ride, but aside from that I enjoyed it. Still got the souvenir photo lol

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Nice collectable!

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Which side

@AgentVolkat 4 года назад

@@pizzaplanettruck9761 we were on the red side

@MrDan11422 4 года назад

I remember riding King Cobra in King's Island. From a Male's perspective, you come off speaking very high pitched.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haha forever

@MrDan11422 4 года назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark I remember my friends explaining thier own pain but back then it was once unthinkable yet the nut feeling was worth the experience of standing up going upside down. Seems kinda foolish now. Keep up the good work.

@ryandrew8075 4 года назад

Its amazing they still operate the sky cabin.. i operated that ride nearly 20 years ago and it was barely holding on for life back then .. i even opened the service door to watch the internals crawl up the pole for people

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

That's cool!

@caitlynking2660 4 года назад

I love your videos, and binge them constantly. Keep it up!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you so much !

@RandiRain 4 года назад

I've only been to Knott's once, and I rode this thing... When it came to a stop, I can remember saying out loud how horrible it was. One of the only things I remember about my experience there. The other two was the wooden coaster there being fantastic, and the native American show was amazing. I wish someone would do a video on that.

@GTMGUNN 4 года назад

Lucky you!

@seansanders294 4 года назад

I’m going today

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Red or yellow

@RandiRain 4 года назад

@@pizzaplanettruck9761 - Oh geez, it was so long ago... But I think yellow.

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

@@RandiRain I hope it was. That would make you one of the few people who rode the yellow side.

@vxxmpevil 3 года назад

ultra twister fans in the 80's: *NUMBER 1! THEY WILL NEVER GET A BETTER ONE!* el toro: *hello*

@JasonRasmussen 4 года назад

I rode Wind Jammer. I knew it was bad the moment I went into the first loop. Glad it is gone. Very much miss the Wacky Soap Box Racers, and wish they would bring back a modern version of this. I also rode Xcelerator opening day. Boy did they check your restraints multiple times!

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Red or yellow?

@viccas9301 3 года назад

Bring wacky soap box racers back in 2022 and have it replace coast rider and xcelerator. If not, it can be built in the rumored ghost town expansion.

@mrquavers 4 года назад

Damm Theme park company’s seem to destroy manufacturers I bet japan wasn’t happy

@djsugarc1075 4 года назад

THE BEST AMUSEMENT HISTORY CHANNEL!!!!!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

High praise thank you!

@spoiledbabykitty 4 года назад

I miss the soap box racers, so many good memories. When it was replaced with this I was sad.....I was sad again when excelerator opened. It's just not soap box racers.

@gregg5958 4 года назад

spoiledbabykitty I feel the exact same way. Nothing has ever been as good as the Soap Box Racers for me. It was the perfect fix for the Cycle Chase, had great theming, (until they let it go piece by piece), and was just a real fun ride. I would say it was one of the best remakes of a ride at any park ever. To be replaced by the mustard and ketchup coaster was just a slap in the face. Knott’s worst mistake ever.

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

@@gregg5958 I never realized that about Windjammer. That the colors were those of mustard and ketchup.

@retrogenerationx7332 4 года назад

Love these videos...still waiting for Son of Beast!!!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Soon!

@haze_productions9715 4 года назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark It's getting a whole video series dedicated to it, isn't it?

@josephvoss4470 4 года назад

How ironic. The Wind Jammer was jammed by wind.

@RequiemDream 3 года назад

Phahahahaha I know right! 😂🤣 AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH! AAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!!! 🤣AAAHAHHA

@RequiemDream 3 года назад

A AAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH 🤣🤣🤣

@coastaku1954 4 года назад

8:57 (Assuming this was at Great Adventure) "They will never get a better one" El Toro: Hold my beer

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Love El toro

@coastaku1954 4 года назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark So do I!

@richardbagley3139 3 года назад

El toro has entered the chat

@rabidsmiles 4 года назад

Oh man it was soooo bad and the fact that it replaced the Wacky Soap Racers is a shame. That was one of the best rides ever.

@Joypyf 4 года назад

If only Knott’s still had that birthday promotion 😂🥳

@frosticular 4 года назад

i've seen a lot about windjammer and knott's in general since it's the closest park to me, but i've never heard someone mention that atlantis coaster before. i'm always learning something new when i see your videos! they're so well researched.

@RollerCoasteraddict 4 года назад

I don't care what anyone says Wind Jammer was a beautiful Roller Coaster ... What a shame it wasn't designed by a better company ... If i owned Knott's i would have rebuilt Wind Jammer 👍🏻

@candycorn8750 4 года назад

You should do a video on silverwood and their famous “aftershock”

@spider0804 4 года назад

Whenever I see a video about a Togo I think "Oh no."

@mstrmren 4 года назад

I would love a Video about Phantasialand!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

In the future !

@mstrmren 4 года назад

Expedition Theme Park Great!

@theresazubia 4 года назад

Ugh. The shoulder restraints on this ride were horrible! My ears and neck were bright red after I rode this the first time. After that, the ride kept breaking down because it was poorly made - thanks a lot, TOGO! Anyone miss the Soap Box Racers? That was the best ride back in the day, and they replaced it with this monstrosity!?!? Thank you, Expedition Theme Park for this trip down memory lane! :)

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

What side did you get?

@theresazubia 4 года назад

@@pizzaplanettruck9761 The red track. The yellow track was always down.

@mstrmren 4 года назад

I love your Videos!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@_Capybara_ 4 года назад

Expedition Theme Park rant on The London Resort AKA UK’s Disneyland 🤣

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haaaa maybe we shall see what happens

@Gabes1321 4 года назад

You mean Harry Potter World?

@ellet8529 4 года назад

@@Gabes1321 noooo it's a paramount resort they've been building since like 2012 I think

@Gabes1321 4 года назад

Eleanor Tracey I thought paramount went out of business

@ellet8529 4 года назад

@@Gabes1321 nah they're still going! Idk why they're trying to get in the theme park game tho 🤣

@apieceofpop424 3 года назад

Honestly your channel is my new addiction and I’m forever grateful!

@seansanders294 4 года назад

Togo needs to go But they are already gone 🥳

@timhulsen7385 4 года назад

🦀

@ZontarDow 4 года назад

I still think Togo dropped the ball on this

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

And more

@franciscodanconia4324 3 года назад

A cleverly designed roller coaster that only works properly in a vacuum.

@ianrotten4453 3 года назад

Man I miss the parachute ride and the Wacky Soapbox Racer. Knott's was the best back in the late 70' & early 80's!

@amstuartc 4 года назад

Great video Sam - Enjoy your summer with Jackie (Super Enthused) over for some UK fun !!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@rosenrot234 4 года назад

That ad trying to make Jaguar sound scary and thrilling. It's such a slow simple ride

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

So true

@pikapal91746 4 года назад

It was not that great still better than Wind Jammer though.

@rosenrot234 4 года назад

@@pikapal91746 I mean I remember thinking it was extreme when I was a kid. Granted most of us were very stupid as kids

@badgerstatecoasters7725 4 года назад

Togo=Garbage

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Haaa

@GbHandlebar 4 года назад

Except for the things they built which were actually good.

@badgerstatecoasters7725 4 года назад

@@GbHandlebar What coaster was good that was made by Togo? Serious Question.

@GbHandlebar 4 года назад

Badger State Coasters Well...all of the Ultratwisters, Bandit, Surf Coaster Leviathan, Fujiyama...

@badgerstatecoasters7725 4 года назад

@@GbHandlebar Ok, I can agree that all of the Togo coasters that are in countries beside the US look ok. But you gotta admit, most of their North American creations were awful (For example, Big Apple Coaster at New York New York, Shockwave at KD, King Cobra at KI, etc.)

@5MadMovieMakers 9 месяцев назад

This plot of land might take the record for most coasters in the same spot

@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 2 месяца назад

Very nice.

@Coolharry64 4 года назад

I’m happy there isn’t a TOGO coaster in the UK.

@TrevorCollin_ 4 года назад

It was stopped in the wind 😂🤣. So Windjammer was a perfect name!!! The Wind jammed it lol!

@johnfoltz8183 4 года назад

@@TrevorCollin_ in America, you jam in the wind. In Soviet Russia, wind jams you.

@Coolharry64 4 года назад

Could have gone with "SunJammer".

@edvaira6891 4 года назад

Both of the Togo rides I’ve ridden were clunky disasters; both this and the New York New York’s Abominable Coaster...This was TRULY a mess of a ride, boring to ride and uncomfortable...the space is SO MUCH BETTER used by Xcelerator.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Yeahhh

@clawmachineproductions 4 года назад

Windjammer was terrible I always remember how much I didn’t like it as the head bashing was insane!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

The worst

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

Did you ride the yellow side?

@pikapal91746 4 года назад

I absolutely hated this ride! I would ride almost any other ride in the park I could ride in as a teenager, but not this one. My older relatives would take me and some of my younger cousins who always wanted to ride this ride so they would make me ride it with them. Multiple times! I hated the way when you rode it the coaster would hurt your neck and make it all wobbly. I imagine my own personal hell is continuously being forced to ride this ride. (I hope one of my relatives reads this. )

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

It was so rough

@lemonbreadd4427 2 года назад

i really like how the advertisement for windjammer used the same creaming effect 5 times

@scottedward3030 4 года назад

Cue the Kansas song "Jammed in the wind".

@mehgend3914 4 года назад

What a terrible way for Togo to die

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Yeppp

@kizzlem0931 4 года назад

Most manufacturers: good transitions Togo: trash transitions and defunct

@Krillinish2 3 года назад

I’d love to see a list of Knott’s 165 rides/shows/adventures they mention at 4:47. I’m guessing they’re counting restrooms and drinking fountains on that list.

@jamesspinelli6524 3 года назад

Viper was at Great Adventure not America Just letting you know

@ryanfrieman733 4 года назад

You make the best videos!!!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you Ryan

@dannyortiz0406 4 года назад

Keep those videos coming :) always enjoy watching them.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@dannyortiz0406 4 года назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark you're welcome.

@dannyortiz0406 4 года назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark what's your thought of HHN being cancelled?

@michaelweaver7640 4 года назад

Windjammer was a huge disappointment but this video was great. And you had Charles Phoenix!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you!

@spacedreamz3820 4 года назад

Wicked vidoe what's the sound track called right at the start

@bluedragon9925 4 года назад

The first time I visited Knott's, this ride was already closed down, but hadn't fully started demolition yet. I remember ironically feeling bummed at the time that I missed the chance to ride it because all I knew about it back then was from pictures in books and on the internet (pre Social Media). After finding out just how rough it really was through RU-vid videos and rider testimonials years after its closure, I now feel like I dodged a bullet...

@aleblasco39 4 года назад

Americans after experiencing the US Togo Coasters:"I'll never forgive the Japanese!"

@thetntraider 3 года назад

I’m gonna be honest, the Race to Atlantis ride idea actually sounded awesome.

@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 6 месяцев назад

Much better.

@dljungleskip 4 года назад

I remember all of these Knotts ads! Thank you for the 90s nostalgia trip, I was there opening day of Windjammer... the ride was awful.

@ThrillsofColdplay 4 года назад

I’ve only been on one Togo which was Shockwave at Kings Dominion and I actually didn’t mind it until the airtime hills

@theunknown0887 4 года назад

I remember riding that ride when I was 10 in 2015 and I got testicular damage from riding that and it thankfully closed for good 2 weeks afterwards

@ThemeParkDaze 4 года назад

I went on this ride the summer it opened. I was so excited for it and was extremely let down. It was the roughest coaster I had ever been on at that point.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Yupppp

@ieatkrayons6867 4 года назад

Yes it was. It replaced flashback at magic mountain. The 90s saw some garbage coasters in socal.

@ThemeParkDaze 4 года назад

@@ieatkrayons6867 I never got to go on flashback. perhaps I should consider myself lucky.

@pizzaplanettruck9761 4 года назад

What side did you get?

@ThemeParkDaze 4 года назад

@@pizzaplanettruck9761 red side

@RollerCoasteraddict 4 года назад

The year was 1998 i was just an 8 year old little boy face 2 face with the "Wind Jammer" My Father was excited i was absolutely terrified ... I was scared of loops at the time ... We waited in line got to the top of the queue ... We were next inline ... The train pulls into the station, only the Red side was running ... The time had come, My Father got into the Ride Vehicle and i hesitated & refused to ride ... My father rode alone & till this day not riding Wind Jammer is my biggest regret ... I WISH I COULD BACK HAND 7 YEAR OLD ME 🤣

@michaeltaylor1603 4 года назад

Beautiful theming, track color & concept. In hind sight (should have been Intamin) Xcelerator was better. Too, bad the lost the lawsuit. Ultra Twister @ AstroWorld was smooth though.

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

A good one

@heatherfigueroa5144 4 года назад

Great video 👍 great job on the collab can you do a video on Legoland Florida

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

Thank you! I will do something on it in the future

@geforced88 3 года назад

Could you make one of these about Moonsault Scramble at Fuji-Q Highland? I’ve always wanted to know more about that coaster.

@Clay3613 4 года назад

They need to bring back the Roaring 20's theme, ditch the boardwalk/ocean theme since California Adventure and Sea World have that now!

@ExpeditionThemePark 4 года назад

I agree

@gregg5958 4 года назад

You’re in luck! They ARE bringing back the 20’s theme! Well, sort of....to the southern end where the Bumper cars and Bear-y Tales remake is and that was another area that has had an identity crisis for years. I don’t know what that means for the future of the rest of the old 20’s area..possibly nothing..but at least SOME of the 20’s theme is coming back. The Bear-y Tales building looks better than it ever has before all in brick made to look like a warehouse. The transformation is stunning.

@viccas9301 3 года назад

@@gregg5958 they are bringing back the roaring 20s??