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The Most Important Coasters of the 1970s & 1980s

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These are the coasters from the 70s and 80s that were the most important & influential for the industry.
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@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Sorry about the mistake regarding the first 4 inversion coaster - it was not Python at Efteling, it was Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds.

@samuelahoffman 3 года назад

@Diskun same Carowinds is my home park lol

@ch6inre6ction11 3 года назад

I was just about to type that.

@skinnyd1195 3 года назад

you should play planet coaster or no limits

@DoswarePictures 3 года назад

Theme Park Crazy has entered the chat

@GentlemanJon 3 года назад

I had to look up first 4-inversion coaster. My home park Worlds of Fun built Orient Express the same off season as Carolina Cyclone. But Carowinds opened for the season 2 weeks earlier, so CC gets the credit for first.

@porcelainthunder2213 3 года назад

I'd add The Phoenix at Knoebels, as when they saved it from destruction and reassembled it in 1984-85, it was the largest permanent coaster to be relocated in a long time. It proved that saving a classic coaster could be financially viable, and subsequently, a number of large classic wooden coasters were saved and relocated in the mid to late 80s, including its sister coaster, the Comet at Great Escape. Wild One at SF America, Skyliner at Lakemont Park were relocated in the years following Phoenix.

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Good point, and good reasoning

@prob_a.wrx. 3 года назад

I'm kinda surprised I didn't see Loch Ness Monster on this list, the first coaster and now only coaster left standing with interlocking loops

@BD97lol 3 года назад

Agreed I thought the same thing

@bb-9e487 3 года назад

Same I was waiting to see it pop up. It was also the tallest coaster in the world when it opened

@MattMcIrvin 3 года назад

Relatively few coasters ever had interlocking loops, so in that sense its influence wasn't great. But it's one of my all-time favorite rides. I love terrain coasters, and it's just beautiful.

@jaredchristenson772 Год назад

Interlocking loops seems more like something that is just cool and not neccessarily influential or innovative. Orient express was the only other coaster to do it with one track (Lightning Loops was 2).Classic coaster but I think he was right to leave it off

@shadesfromikea 3 года назад

Kings Island has so many innovative coasters

@tinypoolmodelshipyard Год назад

Cedar Point too. Ohio be humming with coaster innovation 🥲💪

@MagicalBread 3 года назад

I appreciate how humble and simple your videos are. No screaming, yelling, or annoying noises. It’s mature, informative, yet highly entertaining! Keep it up!

@marcustulliuscicero5443 3 года назад

What I get from the list: What B&M and Intamin where in the 90s and 2000s, Arrow and Schwarzkopf were in the 70s and 90s. A shame that neither of those companies survive to the current day, even if S&S continues Arrow's legacy and Gerstlauer continues Schwarzkopf's.

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Schwarzkopf lasted into the 80s but Arrow went all the way up to 2002. Intamin and b&m were clearly outclassing them in those final years tho

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

@Diskun Unfortunately I doubt that there will be any more Schwarzkopfs that we haven't heard of. With the increasing number of vertical loops the number of transportable models sold decreased. There were just two triple loops (Dreier-Looping and Mindbender) one quad-loop (Thriller) and the aforementioned Olympia Looping which was manufactured by BHS (whose ride business was later merged into what is now Maurer Rides). All the other coasters Anton Schwarzkopf built with Zierer and BHS were park models.

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

@Diskun And Indiana Beach will bring back Dreier Looping. ;-) Fortunately there are smaller independent parks who either appreciate these rides or see them as a way to get something new at a lower price. And those rides still have their solid fan base. I have been following what's going on around Frontier City, and their Looping Star is a ride that's loved both by enthusiasts and the general public alike. With that park not being owned by Six Flags, but only operated by them, I hope the owners will hang on to their classic coasters.

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

@ First of all, he didn't pass away until 2001, but suffering from Parkinson's he had retired several years prior. However, with his coasters having been guilt before coaster enthusiasts were able to share information online, there could be -in theory- coasters that were built back than that we are not aware of as they may be in some obscure place. But I don't really think that's likely.

3 года назад

@@Colaholiker I'm talking about in 2021, Anton's dead and has no known living relatives.

@ThemeParkAvenue 3 года назад

0:05 Literally me right now. Nice video!

@UwePieper 3 года назад

The corkscrew used to be a double inversion which really makes it look like a corkscrew. At some point it changed and only half of this inversion became known as a corkscrew. The initial corkscrews are now known as double corkscrews but that‘s why you often find a pair of those.

@Tylerhopkins3106 3 года назад

Loved your video, you made some really good points about the most important coasters from the 1970's and 1980's. Coasters that stand out to me are The Racer and The Beast both at Kings Island and of course the Revolution always stood out but now that I've seen your video I think what Arrow Dynamics did back in those days really stands out to me because a lot of the Arrow loopers are starting to disappear, at least Magic Mountain still has Viper and Dollywood still has Tennessee Tornado (correct me if I'm wrong) great video once again!!!

@rct2nerd 3 года назад

Most important coaster of 1950s: Matterhorn Bobsleds

@MRTano512 3 года назад

Bob Gurr and Arrow!!! Bob reportedly did all the trig calc's by hand for each turn and valley. He also designed the original ride vehicle and many more vehicles at Disney and some other stuff at Universal. Bob is the only remaining living Imagineer from opening day! Oh and of course, Walt owned half of Arrow when they lost their butts making half of the opening day attractions at Disneyland. Walt didn't want them to go under so he made up for all their losses in exchange for a portion of Arrow.... KUNGALOOSH!!

@jordanberndt4157 3 года назад

Growing up, My home park's ONLY coaster was an Arrow Corckscrew. I always resented not having anything bigger and better, but now I appreciate being able to grow up with such an important piece of coaster history in my backyard.

@AirtimeProductions 3 года назад

You actually post the best content! It isn’t even a contest at this point...

@davedoesthingsdreaded 3 года назад

That one person's opinion

@thatoneweirdo4864 3 года назад

@@davedoesthingsdreaded that one weirdos opinion is better id say

@runier2352 3 года назад

@@thatoneweirdo4864 true

@TedsCoasterChannel 3 года назад

I‘d say he has a good mixture of quantity and quality. The (in my opinion) best coaster content creator is okaycoasters. His video are like documentaries in the style of a movie trailer.

@ArtiicXD 3 года назад

Hewo AP!

@zacg_ 3 года назад

Well I guess I assumed incorrectly. I guessed that both Revolution and Colossus would be near the top of the list but at least they got an honorable mention.

@runier2352 3 года назад

Hell yeah, discord linked in the description!

@bod9373 3 года назад

hi ghoki

@Luca-ph2yg 3 года назад

@@bod9373 hi bod

@runier2352 3 года назад

@@bod9373 Bod

@skulldealer_ 3 года назад

hi ghoki

@coasterking9536 3 года назад

Hello there

@bigc1280 3 года назад

I would add Space mountain and Thunder mountain in here. These rides have influenced generations of attractions and we would not have a lot of important rides without them. Yes Matterhorn did the whole themed rollercoaster first, but they did it better and are some of the reasons why Disney is what it is today.

@falloutfan6649 3 года назад

RIP Kings Island’s Vortex. Such a historic coaster shouldn’t have been torn down

@soilaborrero 3 года назад

Enthusiast: 80s roller coasters are the best things of the 1980s! GP: Better than the NES? Enthusiast: Does the NES give you airtime and inversions? GP: It’s a video game console! It can’t give you that! Enthusiast: Roller coasters are still better.

@suzannecowan8543 3 года назад

The corkscrew at Alton towers should have been on here! It started off Alton towers and made parks in Europe really get into the coaster game

@johnfoltz8183 3 года назад

In 1980, four Arrow coasters opened with four inversions. Both Demons at both Marriott Great America's which were originally simple Arrow corkscrew opening in 1976 that were modified with two vertical loops each in 1980, Orient Express at Worlds of Fun, and Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Yeah I totally screwed that one up

@UwePieper 3 года назад

Weird idea to add two loops to your coaster.

@thequackenscoasterchannel2927 3 года назад

Screamin' Eagle at Six Flags St. Louis opened as the fastest coaster in the world in 1976, hitting 62 mph, and was also the last coaster designed by John C. Allen and PTC in general

@ldhproductions112 3 года назад

A new Airtime Thrills upload make Monday’s better.

@discmaster7895 3 года назад

Hay Chris you should play a roller coaster simulation game

@noahberlin3953 3 года назад

7:12 - Chris just summarized an entire 30 min long el toro ryan problematic coaster video in under 10 seconds

@FeaturedAttractionRT 3 года назад

I will always get hyped when Silverwood gets some love in your videos.

@maxhagenauer24 3 года назад

Magnum is a fantastic one, the first hypercoaster still holds up to be an absolutely amazing ride that so happens to be one of my favorite hypers of all time.

@howardparks6478 3 года назад

Don't forget about Double Loop that used to run at Geauga Lake. It was the first coaster with back-to-back vertical loops.

@OklahomaCoasterFan 3 года назад

It's so strange for us to think about people lining up around the block to ride such a simple ride as Corkscrew. But when you look at history, there's no denying how significant that ride was.

@prakesh2904 3 года назад

Finally the discord is getting some love! Great video btw. I always enjoy these.

@MM-oo8be 3 года назад

Double Loop at Geauga Lake in 1977 was groundbreaking for its time. Love this video!

@thetinyurlguy 3 года назад

My first shuttle launch looping coaster ride was the Laser Loop at Kennywood. I am surprised it did not get mentioned.

@patrickwagner98 3 года назад

"Wild Mice." Man, I debated on using that in a blog on my site not too long ago. I didn't know if it was correct, so I went with "Wild Mouse models." 😂 Might steal it now that you've used it too.

@Benny-hd7tz 3 года назад

It's crazy what a difference 40 years makes on the industry

@Benny-hd7tz 3 года назад

@Patrick Cadiz the coasters are about to jump from track piece to track piece lol

@Turkeyslam 3 года назад

To be fair, 40 years is half a lifetime...

@karlanderson7436 3 года назад

HOLY COW!!! Super Wirbel was the very first coaster I ever rode! We were stationed in Germany and went to Holiday Park, and I was scared to death of the idea of going on a coaster (about 6 years earlier I went to Great America for my birthday and was even too scared for the Whizzer!). But my little brother dared me, so I had to go on it. It would be another 4 years or so until I got brave enough to try more coasters after we moved to Texas and went to Six Flags - Shockwave and Texas Giant scared me even more!

@jameslitwin5635 3 года назад

Great list, I love hearing about Arrow and Schwarzkopf's legacy

@earlbass6193 3 года назад

Seeing Darien Lake’s Viper on this list makes my soul smile. My first inverting coaster, I wasn’t tall enough but my father talked them into letting me ride anyway. I was five lol

@shane6860 3 года назад

1975 - Space Mountain deserved at least an honorable mention, if not a spot on this list. IMHO

@GamingPlus10 3 года назад

I was incredibly lucky to grow up 30 minutes away from Kings Island. We would take a field trip there every year for school and of course I had a season pass every year from 1992 to 2002. I haven't been in 5 years. I'll need to make a trip this summer.

@XscreamThrills 3 года назад

I might argue in which order they'd be of significance, but all coasters in this video deserve the credit 👍

@andykillsu 3 года назад

Okay just leave off American Eagle when it was Intamin’s first wooden coaster, and also the tallest, fastest rollercoaster, when it opened. I think that means it’s on the list....

@mikeyt3784 3 года назад

Then go make your own list...

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Well at least it was an honorable mention

@CoastersRUs-us 3 года назад

American Eagle and Wilderness Run should have been reversed. Intamin had never built a wooden coaster, so they build the fastest coaster, wood or steel, with the biggest drop. Eagle was the first Intamin coaster to embody the spirit of innovation that they used in future projects and gave them design credibility.

@andykillsu 3 года назад

@@CoastersRUs-us Yeah that is exactly what I am getting at here. You don’t just make your first wooden coaster the tallest, fastest rollercoaster without some serious innovation. And the fact that it is also insanely long makes it that much harder.

@lateralcoasters2603 3 года назад

God damn calm down

@pieterlootsma8706 3 года назад

I feel like Bandit at Yomiuri Land should have at least gotten an honorable mention. It was the inspiration for Magnum XL 200, so technically it kicked off the coaster wars. This was a really solid list overall though, I thoroughly enjoyed the video!

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

A little correction on Super-Wirbel. Even though this model was the first coaster model built by Vekoma, this was actually number 2 or 3. The first one was sold to Fritz Kinzler and Oscar Bruch (yes the same two guys that owned the first Looping Star, now "Silver Bullet" at Frontier City!) in 1978 and was thought to operate as a travelling coaster. If you look at the "scaffolding" they used as supports and the huge wide tracks, it's easy to understand why that didn't prove feasible. They just operated it at the Annakirmes in the city of Düren, Germany in 1978. After realizing that it takes weeks to assemble and disassemble, the coaster was sold, first to "Traumlandpark" in Germany, then to Jolly Roger Amusement Park, and lastly to Genting Skyworlds in Malaysia.At Traumlandpark it opened in 1979, after Super-Wirbel had already opened earler the same year, so while the latter was the first inverting coaster in a park in Germany, there had been one at that one fair a year earlier. By the way, MK-1200 is not the model name of that coaster. The model name was "Corkscrew with Bayerncurve", while MK-1200 was the track type. I don't know what MK stands for, maybe it is a Dutch thing, but the 1200 is the track gauge in millimeters. Vekoma also had the MK-900 (quite rare), MK-900M (typical mine train tracks), MK-700 (rare) and MK-600 (junior coaster) tracks. I don't know if they still use this naming scheme, and somewhere I have seen the SLC track referred to as "MK-1200i", but that wasn't an official Vekoma source. But that's how they used to do it back in the day. ;-)

@VampireFlutist 3 года назад

4:03 That corkscrew totally looked like it carried the “#8” text into the corner

@gregcharles3240 3 года назад

Here's a cool fact: Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Over Georgia, which opened in 1973, was the first coaster to go over 100 ft (105 ft)

@Mythyval 3 года назад

Giant Skyrocket was 110 ft and built in 1924 according to RCDB.

@gregcharles3240 3 года назад

@@Mythyval Yes that's true, but it closed in 1963, and not many have known about that ride. Also GASM was the tallest, fastest, and longest after opening.

@Mythyval 3 года назад

Montaña Rusa is also 110 ft and just closed recently.

@Thim22Z7 3 года назад

Its a good list but I have one improvement: The first modern suspended coaster was built by Messerschmitt for the Oktoberfest, it only lasted a few weeks. The Bat was the first modern *permanent* installation.

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

I was about to comment on that. This was in the 1970s, I think it was 1976. It only operated for 16 days at the Oktoberfest in Munich, after which it had to be torn down because of significant wear. The coaster, named Alpenflug, was actually designed by Werner Stengel, but Messerschmitt "knew better" and made the same mistakes later repeated by Arrow - they didn't bank the turns, other than Stengel had originally designed. Supposedly Anton Schwarzkopf commented on that attempt of Messerschmitt by saying "If they can build coasters, maybe I should start building helicopters". I don't think he ever tried. ;-)

@TheNinjaDC 2 года назад

I feel the Beast should be higher, especially since this list includes "first coaster from X manufacture." The Beast wasn't just a record shattering coaster. The Beast is the father of almost every single modern wood coaster. GCI & Gravity Group have a duopoly on wood coasters. Both having spun off from CCI, which came from Dinn. Dinn was only able to get his company started with his experience from the Beast. No Beast means, no Dinn, CCI, GCI, or Gravity Group.

@enizzle007 3 года назад

I’m really “shocked” (no pun intended) that weren’t any “stand-up” coasters that made this list. If my memory serves me correctly, “Shockwave” at Magic Mountain opened in the mid 80’s and it blew everyone’s mind to know there was a roller coaster that allowed you to stand up. “King-Cobra” at Kings Dominion was another stand up coaster that opened in the 80’s.

@MillenniumForceMan 3 года назад

Revolution was very important cuz it was Werner Stengel that designed the vertical loop, then Ron toomer saw what he was doing and added his own to cedar points corkscrew in order to make that ride a record breaker, so revolution should have made the list cuz it was the first modern vertical loop to be designed, and it was a very hard task, the original corkscrew inversions were made by stretching out a vertical loop which lowered the g’s, to make the vertical loop Werner Stengel had to find the perfect shape to keep the g forces low enough

@chrisseidl8294 3 года назад

Chicago Loop in Old Chicago (Bolingbrook IL) probably should have gotten a mention. It was an Arrow with 2 inversions built in 1975 and it was impressive because the park was indoors. Relocated and currently now called the Canobie Corkscrew..

@Fregler 3 года назад

I dare say that the coaster Alpenflug (1975) made by Messerschmitt (after they removed Anton Schwartzkopf! from the project) was the first modern suspended coaster, funnily enough it had the exact same problems as The Bat would have six years later, Schwartzkopf even told them to bank the turn but it was deamed to expensive and thus the coaster Alpenflug only lasted that Oktoberfest before being removed.

@sloviscelery2135 3 года назад

Only thing I'd really change is put Racer at number 1, it relit the common interest in Rollercoasters, and without it, the amusement industry might be in a very plave

@Mythyval 3 года назад

I think Space Mountain is worth mentioning as the most influential indoor coaster.

@rickyprivizzino2474 3 года назад

I would total watch chris him play a coaster sim

@1138gabe 3 года назад

I do wonder how many followers on here would watch him play Planet Coaster on Twitch...

@noahkiel2454 3 года назад

I would for sure

@skinnyd1195 3 года назад

yes he should

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

I havent played a coaster game since RCT2. And a little roblox with my daughter

@annoyingperson2255 3 года назад

Once in roblox tpt 2 I saw a almost perfect recreation of sfgadv

@andrewgetty8260 3 года назад

Guys’ go check out the channel Coastoons, he makes good stuff

@CoasterHorizons 3 года назад

He does ngl

@andrewgetty8260 3 года назад

He is relatively small, and only started this year

@chiefbeef6251 3 года назад

Thank you for telling us about him! I just watched one of his videos and it seems like he makes great high quality stuff. Instantly subscribed.

@Jacobmovietalk 3 года назад

00:05You forgot about Die Hard, The terminator, Aliens and the Og Star Wars Trilogy

@DoswarePictures 3 года назад

What about the first Alien?

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Die Hard is one of the greatest movies of all time

@Jacobmovietalk 3 года назад

Die hard is not one of the best films of all time It is the best well Terminator 2 is close

@Jacobmovietalk 3 года назад

I love how this is a coaster channel and we’re talking about movies in the comments and the first alien is great too and you forgot about Rocky

@Jacobmovietalk 3 года назад

Oh and predator

@timk987 3 года назад

Really can't argue with this list, except for me personally, I like big drops and I think most people rank hypers/megas/gigas higher in general than all other coasters. I'll take lift hills over launches and airtime over inversions, so I'd flip flop your top 3. 1. Magnum, 2. the late 70'sSchwarzkopf/ Arrow launch coasters, 3. Corkscrew.

@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239 3 года назад

Alternate title: 1978-1979: Ohio’s time to shine in the industry

@buckeyemanthegreat1859 3 года назад

lol

@bonniemcmaken3966 3 года назад

Ohio's shine in the industry is not limited to two years.

@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239 3 года назад

@@bonniemcmaken3966 I know, but I get it especially fit for those 2 years

@nuggetpiece 3 года назад

Its quite poignant as you can see how the population and money moved west and south from the rustbelt.

@ginaclark6368 3 года назад

Loop Coaster! That was my coaster back in the day. AKA: Black Widow- and yes you had to walk up all those stairs to get to the top and there were always spiders hanging out on the stairs

@eddienhp 3 года назад

Those 1970s and 1980s coasters we're really perfect back in the time! I also remembered when my mother used to ride roller coasters when she was a teenager like me! Sadly some of those rides are defuncted, except for some, of course...

@importednascar 3 года назад

1980's. Ahem, are you forgetting about the Islanders and Oilers? (NHL)

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

I definitely am

@kaijupredator4063 3 года назад

Kings Island being the main park of my childhood (before Kentucky Kingdom) and having so many entries on this list makes me wonder why people think Cedar Fair won't allow them to have another record breaker as they used to. I've seen a lot of other coaster enthusiasts be of the opinion that ONLY Cedar Point will get the trend setters from now on which is sad. KI has a rich history & used to be a premier destination for the best coasters and it makes me mad if Cedar Fair belittles them in favor of CP.

@logo115 2 года назад

Not really, Banshee is the largest inverted coaster if I’m not mistaken and they just got Orion (which isn’t a record breaker). I’ve only been to KI and not CP but I thought Kings Island was excellent. I definitely think it’s becoming Cedar Fairs 2nd if not 1st favorite park

@beelzebub248 3 года назад

Video Idea: Ranking the top 50 steel coaster (GTA) for yourself. Meaning, that for example the coaster, that you like the least on the list, comes in last place aka. 50

@CoasterRoaster 3 года назад

Idk why but it feels wrong whenever I see Wilderness run because it has Arrow-style track design yet is an intamin

@annoyingperson2255 3 года назад

Ok that's not just me

@jefflong1799 3 года назад

Time for the 90's/2000's list.

@legendbaon8752 3 года назад

Hey Airtime thrills you should do a quiz about all the in house built coasters in North America. Like Viper at Great America or Canibal at Lagoon. You know what I mean

@loganarnoldkicks4321 3 года назад

I’m here after Taylor from Coaster Studios Dollywood review where he said Jukebox Junction had a retro ‘80s Theme 😭💀 I can’t blame him too much though because there was tons of ‘ 50s nostalgia in the ‘80s so I can at least see where he’s coming from 😂

@badgerstatecoasters7725 3 года назад

Wilderness Run better be on here Edit: Holy crap I was just joking but it's actually on here

@matthewsouthwell9653 3 года назад

Still kind of an important one, tho

@ldhproductions112 3 года назад

It was intamin’s first

@ldhproductions112 3 года назад

It is! 😂😂😂

@bryaneisenhart 3 года назад

How about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland? That has been the bridge coaster between kiddie coasters and more thrilling rides since it was introduced. It's also the only consistent ride at all of Disney's resorts. There is a BTMR at every castle park. (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland)

@christophergreen8069 3 года назад

Thanks for another great video!

@jermainepetty9407 3 года назад

You talked about the shuttle and single loops but you should have also mentioned the first interlocking loop coaster build by Arrow called Lightnin Loops at six flags great adventure followed by Loch Ness Monster and Orient Express from the 70's/80's era.

@nastkillaa 3 года назад

My dad hates coasters now but he told me the other night that he loved corkscrew at knotts. He doesn’t even know it was the first inverting coaster lol

@aperson4791 3 года назад

Awesome vid!

@benjaminfriedman9107 3 года назад

Make a video talking about the effect matterhorn had on the industry

@sandraweilbrenner67 Год назад

Fun fact , the fly wheel off montazoomas revenge is the fly wheel off of the aircraft carrier uss Kitty Hawk ( the first one ) and all are bought from the u.s.navy

@loganstubbs5224 3 года назад

if you hadn't mentioned the beast, you would have been absolutely destroyed by comments. Good Job!

@Joypyf 3 года назад

Shoutout to SFGAm for American Eagle and Shockwave, and KI for Vortex and Beast! Gemini and Magnum are highlights for me too! ❤️💙🤎💚

@sgtmidgetpanda2121 3 года назад

When u just realize Vekoma was a branch of arrow. Also did u already do the most important years for coasters?

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

I did the best years for coasters, based on quality but not based on importance

@Colaholiker 3 года назад

Vekoma have always been an independent company, unlike Arrow who were sold several times and for a while even belonged to the German ride manufacturer Huss. Vekoma just licensed the track design and equipped their coasters with Arrow trains and most likely other parts like lift equipment, brakes, control systms...

@samuelblack7314 3 года назад

Revolution was pretty important as it had historical influence as the first coaster to have a loop. (2076 will be the tercentennial of the American Revolution.)

@PhoenixLyon 3 года назад

Sweet! I have a cool credit; Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm the year it opened. The same for Revolution at Magic Mountain. I wimped out about Colossus. I was like 14, and it looked really, REALLY, huge. And tall. Very tall. I'm 58, now, and still hate heights. Some of these new coasters look so good,though. ✌️🐱

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

What a time to be alive in So Cal

@ThrillSeeker3506 Год назад

Well my home park was on here a lot (Kings Island). I didnt expect it on there that much

@ryanfrieman733 3 года назад

Great list! So the 80's were a good time for me and coasters. A few to think about. When Shockwave or King Cobra standup came out, people went nuts!!! Bandit in China, I think China, was a big deal due to the height. Other ones could be Big Bad Wolf/suspension coasters.

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Bandit is in Japan, but yeah that was a pretty shockingly large coaster at the time

@irmadcow93 3 года назад

Corkscrew at Knotts was my first inverting coaster

@sandraweilbrenner67 3 года назад

Corkscrew was the coaster we all rode 5 times in a row till my uncle threw up lol it was so fun

@cynicanal111 3 года назад

IMO, one of SFOT Shockwave/SFOG Mindbender (or both) belong here, for being the first two coasters to feature heartlined banking.

@tylergoral 3 года назад

I think Loche Ness should have at least been an HM. First coast with interlocking loops. A classic imo

@johntruitt6944 3 года назад

Might be the first Airtime Thrills video to mention any Astroworld coasters (XLR8 and Greezed Lightning)

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

My 2005 video had a piece on Astroworld

@majorstar2295 3 года назад

Chris play planet coaster or no limit

@offrails 3 года назад

To be technical, the first coaster to feature six inversions would be the first Boomerangs in the early 1980s. They also introduced the cobra roll element and put smaller parks on the map. Great ride? Not really. Influential? Yes

@leitakcoc 3 года назад

I was hoping to see screamin eagle. That ride is a masterpiece.

@CoastersRUs-us 3 года назад

I think Racer was too low. Appearances on mainstream shows like The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family really shifted the role of the regional theme park in American pop culture. Kings Island was presented as a destination for a family with Disneyland in their home market. It was a huge reason why new parks were getting built again.

@ministryinthemaking1927 3 года назад

There was a old school launch loop Called the roaring tornado at magic springs in hot springs Arkansas (home of the x coaster). The roaring tornado was at the entrance on top of the main sign

@pieterlootsma8706 3 года назад

Roaring Tornado still operates today as Sidewinder at Elitch Gardens!

@macerunner4674 3 года назад

Fun fact one time i rode the corkscrew (at silverwood not when it was at knott's) literally 30 times in a row and half in the back half in the front there was no line

@nv_spartan1771 3 года назад

Nice list, however it's my opinion that Racer should have been rated #1. It was the coaster that made coasters popular again.

@katashworth41 3 года назад

Not a coaster but personally I would argue the most important thing to happen in Blackpool in early 1987 was the arrival of this particular enthusiast 😂.

@laserrlife 3 года назад

I think you really should’ve mentioned Bandit at Yomuriland even as at least an honorable mention. It was the the prime inspiration for Arrow to create Magnum, and because of that, it’s almost a blueprint for the modern-day hyper. Also, I think you sold the Beast’s influence pretty short without talking about Charles Dinn and the domino effect he had on the wooden coaster industry. Dinn Corp. is responsible for having GCI and CCI pop up, and CCI is responsible for Gravity Group, and that can all be tied back to The Beast.

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

Good points

@torezcoasters6043 3 года назад

It’s been a rough day but nothing can fix that like an AT video :)

@GreatAmericanCoaster 3 года назад

I feel no cares about Corkscrew because Arrow came out with four of the same model in 1975

@AirtimeThrills 3 года назад

That's true

@danielrauch5526 3 года назад

Kinda crazy how Kings Island had 5 coasters on the list (3 directly 2 in a group) and you managed to mention 2 more on top of that.

@seatbelts1stlapbars2nd18 3 года назад

I would personally have Magnum and Bandit as the top 2 due to them leading to all the hypers and gigas etc. Great list though.

@MRTano512 3 года назад

Is Vekoma the manufacturer of choice for Disney because of Vekoma's work with Arrow and the Walt Disney/Arrow connection from all the way back to the planning, design and opening of Disneyland?