Twister front seat on-ride HD POV Knoebels Amusement Resort 

Not that boring steel shit

phoenixmagi2 this is the firth roller coaster I've been on (other than the really small kiddie ones) I have a fear of heights sat me down and showed me the bending of the wood right before I got on

Daveed, I assume you have not ridden any of the lateral-heavy PAX deathtraps.

It hurt a little it’s really rough

It’s really rough my friend got a concussion from the banging his head on the sides of the actual car that your in

Haunted Mansion 999 totally agree...

My girlfriend prefers the Twister, I prefer the Phoenix. The one thing we agree on is it's a criminally underrated coaster.

Agreed

Phoenix has better air time tho But twister has more ride time

Twister is good but kinda rough

same

I Love Twister too, but we have to come to a realization that it probably needs a retrack or something, it's so absurdly rough at some points.

@@Mooseguy15 nah it’s still got some time until that’s necessary

It is amazing

Yes it pretty much does, it's a relentlessly fast ride which is part of what makes it so fun. I also love the layout, it has a few parts that look like the supports could take your hands off. If you sit in the back of the train you'll see most people put their hands down at the bottom of the second hill which is funny.

Timothy Toos the ride is really fast during the main part but it actually goes pretty fast getting off as well but the ride itself is really amazing

It keeps its speed the whole ride

If you have some back pain And you need a good crack , This Is the ride for you lol I will forever love this thing

You will get beat up if you don't leave yourselves trying to hold your hands up which I never understood the reason for that .

Hannez! And it is.

Hello there It was built in 1999, it's not old at all. I'm not sure what you mean by creaking but wooden coasters are always louder, it's just the way they are. The Phoenix is much older than Twister is but both are very well maintained.

+mhtube01 If you look at both the Phoenix and the twister from a certain angle you can see pieces of wood moving. Scary af

+HKM You've never seen offride footage of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas ;) But in reality, pretty much every coaster, even steel ones, flex and sway. They're purposefully engineered and built that way in order to help absorb the forces of a train as it passes. If they were rigid, the forces on the track and supports would actually be far greater. It's the same reason why you bend your legs when you land on the ground from a short fall instead of keeping them perfectly straight. So, as scary as it might appear, it's actually keeping the ride much safer than otherwise.

Hello there It's only like 15 years old. If you wanted scary and creaking, you should've ridden the original.

Twister's birthday is July 24th, and it will be turning 18 this year (2017)

stay behind the line please

Same there is like a storage room down there

Chris Davis omg you can see it from the line

one of the reason I love wooden coaster

Totally agree

Even more interesting when you realize that both lifts use the same chain.

coasterguy wooooaaahhh

They did that because this is based on an old wooden coaster called "Mr. Twister" that was torn down at a different park. But another reason they did it is because of space constraints. Coolest part is the Twister has one of the most unique layouts of any roller coaster out there. Knoebels did a great job of putting a big coaster in a tighter space. It's the only coaster in the world (at least out of woodies) to feature a double lift like that and the only of any in the world to feature a curved station. And if you ask me it's one of the most exciting woodies you'll ever ride. It's fast, has a lot of g forces, great layout, and gives a great "out of control" feeling without being too rough.

mhtube01 Agreed, great ride... but there are several coasters out there with curved stations. It was fairly common in the old days, actually. Also, Big Dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach features a double lift using the same chain for both. It was built in 1923.

mhtube01 It is not the only roller coaster in the world with a curved station, I know for a fact that the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk also has a curved station, but I believe there are at least a few others. It used to be more common to have curved stations than it is today.

It is a cool layout, there's several parts on the coaster that look like your hands will get chopped off by the supports! It's fun to sit in the back and watch everyone put their hands down at those parts. It's a great ride though, great speed and feels completely out of control.

Hello no. Leave it be unless they topper track it. Some people like wooden coaster without all that going on like RMC's do. The only RMC I like is Lighting Rod!

Nina eaton Yeah she does, she was working the Twister each time I went last year.

Hey!! I'm the girl in the video. To answer your question, I was extremely excited over the fact that the camera actually stayed on to the coaster train itself. This past season we were having issues with cameras going on the coaster unless they were attached to the person riding. When the gentleman came up to the ride that morning and had everything attached to the train, myself and the other operators didn't think it would stay because of how shaky the ride was. The video is actually like the 3rd time the camera went through the coaster so I was pretty fascinated. Plus I'm also very easily amused haha. Also other information... I do operate other rides. The Twister is my "home" ride. Pretty much once you get trained and certified on a ride, you kind of stay there. With the twister being on an "island" they also try to keep operators that work well together there and we end up never moving because we have become a "family" so to speak. I also work the Log Flume, the Carousel, the Kozmotron, and last year I worked the Fandango a few times. When you do get to get off the ride, even if it's for a day, you really do miss the coaster.

softballpitch34 Hey! That's too funny that you're here on RU-vid replying to my comment! That's cool to know though, I'm a loyal Knoebels visitor so I'll be there a few times this summer! I always ride the Twister so I recognized you in this video from when I've been there. Your reaction certainly gave me a good laugh haha I figured it had to be something with the camera. They must know how to secure it to a roller coaster train correctly! That has to be a fun job though working at Knoebels, if I lived closer, I would have applied to work there over the summers through college.

+Brent Fabian Rayburn Actually, the Twister is (mostly) a mirrored version of Mister Twister, from Elitch Gardens, which was actually built over a decade before The Beast. The double lift hill was used simply because of space constraints. Without it, the park really had no way of getting to the height they needed in the space they had. You could ALMOST say that The Beast got the double helix idea from Mister Twister!

Everyone has their own opinion, but most coaster enthusiasts would suggest otherwise!

+Dan// Twister = Phoenix there equal.

ive been on a good 30 coasters in my life and the Phoenix remains my favorite. maybe its bias cause it was my first but thats just me.

Dan// Original twister > twister

Dan// Now the impulse

Tommy Carr yep!

Try going up front, it's more intense the further back you are on the train.

Somewhat yes, but they have maintenance grease them up every day so the friction doesn't over heat the brakes and cause major malfunctions. It's also convenient that modern roller coasters have magnetic and other fancy auto brakes to make it safer and easier.

BeatenandScarred Thanks for your information. I'm a coaster fan so I know for the magnetic brakes which are really safe, almost noiseless and less rough. Sure it has participated in the evolution of coasters. But I was just wondering the causes that made the park choose a curved brakes section and station. Except for the layout, I don't see any valable reason.

Awareprod I love roller coasters too, so I'm somewhat knowledgeable about them as well. It is an older ride so i guess that is there excuse for keeping the curved brake section. haha i don't know...

One of Knoebels' major shticks is preserving classic rides so getting as close to the original Mr. Twister design was important to them. Building a modern wooden bobsled coaster was a technical and maintenance nightmare as well that took 8 years to complete but they did that too, just because they wanted to preserve that style of ride.