The Historic Leap The Dips - World's Oldest Roller Coaster | Expedition Theme Park 

It's amazing how over 100 years ago people thought a roller coaster like this was exciting and a technological marvel for it's time. Now we have roller coasters like Steel Vengeance, how times have really changed.

I just rode this ride Friday night! Everyone seems to forget this gem in my hometown lol, our prom was in the park this year so we got to experience this slice of history all night!

I've been on this! I've never been on a side friction coaster before as a kid, and the way it sort of airtimed off the track was very unerving, but as a kid, I didn't think about it too much.

Pretty cool how there are these little hidden gems out there.

Holy Moley! Over 115 years old?!? That's crazy cool! I would have never known about this if you hadn't made a video about it. This is one of the reasons I love your channel so much; so many hidden gems! Without your awesome videos, I'd miss out on all this really cool stuff!

I rode this ride during there last open season, and I got say, the park was empty. Nobody was there. It was a ghost town with a few rides standing and moving ever once and I while. Sad to see such a good park fall

I love only an hour from here and often pass this park. It is a lot of fun for its age

This coaster is reopening in 2020 after undergoing rehab and renovation since sometime in 2017. THe year where we can't even get a six flags to complete there RMC single rail that's new. There opening it when the park reopens in 2020 of all years. I have huge respect for Lakemont Park's efforts to keep this thing going, and I hope they can get another coaster sometime down the line even if it's just a family coaster (but still steel since there other coaster is a not 1902 style one XD).

Wow this is literally in my back yard haha. I got to ride this rollercoaster and it was awesome, in a historic way. This park has a sad history. Lakemont park Would actually make a good “expedition extinct”. I can remember sitting on my grandparents porch in the summer hearing the train whistle haha.

"I want to go on something more thrilling then Leap The Dips"

I actually just got back from visiting the area where the park used to be and I was shocked it closed. This was always a childhood favorite of mine and helped foster my love of roller coasters.

I was a kid in the 60s and lived down the street from this park in Holidaysburg. Just loved going here.

I rode this! It was actually pretty thrilling due to how the cart kinda bounces around in the tracks, and due to how it is true that the back wheels leave the track, i can confirm myself as I rode it many times, though it didn't happen every time.

They should RMC Leap the Dips and call it Loop the Doops.

This was the second coaster I ever rode when starting my coaster expedition at age 7. I've ridden it a few times over the years and it truly is a one of a kind coaster!

The oldest coaster I have ridden is Scenic Railway at Dreamland Margate, but that was rebuilt so the oldest most official coaster I have ridden is Big Dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Good news! The park is reopening this summer!

Grew up riding this old girl. Very nice old coaster. Lakemont was a beautiful park back in the day before it was sold and then became property of the county. We were really hoping to see it somewhat returned to the park it once was, but It does not sound like that will be the case.

Hello Sam fantastic video on possibly the oldest roller-coaster if not the world than North America, ive only just found out about lakemont park while doing research on the informative video but leap the dips being 118 years old

I've rode this ride a number of times growing up as we lived near Lakemont... I don't like roller coasters and although this one isn't a big thrill, the fact that it's wood and hecken old is very scary... I didn't realize it was THE oldest though. Pretty neato.

That seems like a fun little coaster. Also I like the idea of the side mounts!! Thank You As Always. I love learning about this different places.

Hopefully it will reopen this year. I’m probably going to be heading down that way in July for Kennykon and Steel Curtain. This would be an easy stop on the way for me.

This coaster is almost as old as my house! It also seems like one I could handle, lol, considering that the most thrilling thing I can ride are kiddie coasters.

Wonderful video brother!!! Keep up the great work

Great video as always! Let's hope they can get this ride reopened soon and we don't lose another historic coaster. They definetely don't make rides like this anymore (For better or for worse!)

Great video! Crazy to learn about this one of a kind coaster!

My home park!

Very cool video and history of the roller coaster!

Awesome, I am not a rollercoaster fan but this is really cool... Thanks for sharing this!!! 🐻👍

Thanks sam that was great i never knew this exsisted and its nit far from me a few hours i plan on riding this the moment the park opens 100yrs old has to be done Another smashing job sir keep it up

I'm an ACE member who lives and works about a mile from the park. Let me know if you have any questions.

Great vid man!

I love roller coasters! Great video! I really hope the park isn't in what is essentially real life development hell.

great video keep up the good work

Do a video about “Rutschebanen” in Tivoli Gardens. Btw, great video as always:)

You should do an episode about the lost kingdom at Paulton's park on this series

Cool 👍🏽😎

Can you do a video on McKee gardens? I used to live in the town it was in, and I loved going there

i love your videos, so so much and it makes me sad that not a lot get to watch your great content! i noticed you changed your info in this video which is fine, i just like it longer. i don’t know if it’s just for these kinds of videos or? ( again please know i am okay that you changed the into, i just like it long because i sing along and dance.) ( very childish ik) i’m a disney, universal and overall theme park fanatic as well.

Luna park Melbourne Australia has the world's oldest continuously operating rollercoaster called the scenic railway

It looks like a great ride. He's a question for you. What do you think is the UK's oldest Coaster? I think it's the big dipper because the scenic railway was fully rebuilt

This is my home town!! I'm so excited that you chose this roller coaster for your show. I loved riding Leap the Dips because it wasn't as scary as the Sky Liner which is the other wooden roller coaster in the park. I'm hoping the park does reopen for Summer 2019.

It is scheduled to be reopening July 4th weekend of 2020.

Jesus, that's one old boy haha

The Great Depression was in the 30’s

Hoping to see Lakemont reopen this year as promised.

OH HELL NO, ILL GO ONCE AT LEAST

I rode it Was fun

Is this ride still operating in 2022?

RMC Leap the Dips

How is this not shutdown? lol Most I seen got shutdown due to termites.

They should rmc it

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