Monster Review, Grona Lund Bolliger & Mabillard Inverted Coaster

Monster Review, Grona Lund Bolliger & Mabillard Inverted Coaster | How Did This Ride Fit?

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10 ай бұрын

Monster is the newest Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster. Located at Grona Lund, it's truly impressive this ride was even built. Due to space limitations, the station was built underground and the layout winds above buildings and pathways. This video discusses the unique construction process for this ride and how the odd setting enhances the ride experience.
Video Credits
Banshee Restraints (ElToroRyan)- • Banshee Off-Ride Video...
Grona Lund Expansion (Grona Lund)- • Gröna Lund 2024 - til...
Monster Trailer (Grona Lund)
Snake Footage (Grona Lund)- • Snake - Nyhet 2019
Snake Trailer (Grona Lund)- • NYHET 2019: SNAKE
Thriller (psyclonesteve)- • Thriller Roller Coaste...
Background Music
Song: Suspense Scary Music
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.
Link: • [No Copyright Music] S... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

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@NorthernRidesYaBoi 10 ай бұрын

There's something so magical about this ride when riding it at night. It's a perfect example of a coaster not needing to be really intense to be incredible

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I agree.

@HugoLibert Ай бұрын

Yeah. And we’re looking at you, Insane!

@ThrillsofColdplay 10 ай бұрын

I really love the look of the B&M Invert trains more than the other trains by B&M

@angusbarclay6281 10 ай бұрын

They're so cool. That bulky plastic that surrounds the wheel bases is my favorite part. Love the colors on great bears especially

@pancake_rabbit 10 ай бұрын

i like hyper trains more but inverts are 2nd

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

They do look good. I like their hyper trains too.

@angusbarclay6281 10 ай бұрын

I love the hyper trains except the new one on nitro. they didn't even try haha. @@CanobieCoaster

@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 4 ай бұрын

I actually like floorless coaster trains the most which is probably a hot take

@ThrillsofColdplay 10 ай бұрын

The lights on the bottom of the trains are so cool

@matthewrobertson95 10 ай бұрын

They are! I so hope Nemesis' new trains have those when it reopens at Towers next year.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Sure are.

@Fox_on_a_Rollercoaster 10 ай бұрын

I love when parks have to stack their rides. I prefer this kind of integration with the area. I also love when B&M has to think out of the box. Outside of pipeline I feel like they mostly play safe with the designs and let other manufacturers take the risk first^^ The supports structures are amazing. Really industrial looking and a creative way to save space. The tiny helix looks amazing offride as well as the slow corkscrew and the rest of the ride. I could watch it all day. Yeah I really need to make some smaller tours across the other countries of europe, I wanna ride this.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Sweden is a must with this park, Liseberg, and Wildfire.

@BlazerMystic 10 ай бұрын

I had the chance to ride Monster 2 weeks ago. I found the ride incredibly smooth, with a nice layout and just the intensity i needed. Fits in my top 20 :)

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Nice!

@nathanlamoreaux1272 10 ай бұрын

It's also super cool that this if the ONLY B&M Invert without a vertical loop. Pretty crazy but understandable why

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

While it would be nice if it had one, the layout is solid.

@jonny-b4954 10 ай бұрын

13:20 Great engineering on that large central column support. They put the horizontal members ALL the way through the central column. They cut holes on both sides, and ran it all the way through and welded both ends. And the diagonal member bolts onto the flange. Instead of just welding it onto the central column. I bet that makes it a lot stronger.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

They did a great job designing it.

@toastercoasterguy 10 ай бұрын

i would live to ride that coaster especially the underground station part since i absolutely love underground coaster stuff

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

It's cool.

@XRROW_ 10 ай бұрын

This ride is a masterpiece!!! Absolutely stunning to look at

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

It sure is.

@XRROW_ 10 ай бұрын

@CanobieCoaster Definitely puts this park on the map for me. Going to have to plan a trip soon

@NYsam15 10 ай бұрын

Love your videos! Thank you! Btw the entrance of Monster is designed in the style of the entrances of the Paris Subway (metro) stations! Which makes sense considering the subway theme in the station!

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I was just in Paris, yet I missed that.

@Stubwood_on_YT 10 ай бұрын

What a crazy place to build an invert, looks like fun

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

It is.

@snoboard91503 10 ай бұрын

This is such an awesome ride and layout! if only Cedar Fair would build something like this at Valleyfair.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I wish!

@racheljackson4428 10 ай бұрын

Incredible! B&M managed to place a inverted coaster in a small park. Bravo B&M!

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Great job!

@devdoesitbest6974 10 ай бұрын

Now this is how you build a park. Utilizing space perfectly while providing thrilling coasters. Imagine if major parks such as Cedar Point followed this logic

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

This is why I don't always believe parks when they say they have no room.

@upsidedown_ 10 ай бұрын

The location of this ride is amazing

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Sure is.

@verybighomer 10 ай бұрын

It is always great to see when limitations require creative approaches and then result in some unique experiences. If they had enough space, it would probably be a semi-cloned B&M invert.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I like the creative layout.

@gemmachaos 10 ай бұрын

Out of all the small-scale B&M coasters built for tiny amusement parks in Scandinavian capital cities, this is the best. It's a category of two, but still.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I take this over Daemonen as well.

@Sauci55on 10 ай бұрын

I think I could prefer this to OzIris because of that insane pacing

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I prefer OzIris. Similarly great pacing and better forces.

@IRDeady 10 ай бұрын

Man, I hope some day B&M iterates on inverted coasters similar to how they did with stand ups. I love inverts and would love to see some more new ones in the US. Maybe they could combine inverts with the axis coaster, with the track being the axis point or something.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I hope more inverts are built.

@AG7-MTM 10 ай бұрын

Do you know any other smaller spaces a B&M invert could now be squeezed in? Or some other similar ride type as well...

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

It just depends if a park has the money and willingness.

@robbiereacts22 10 ай бұрын

Drunken corkscrew was a perfect description

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@mattyorshin 10 ай бұрын

It's insane how many rides this park has

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

It's so dense.

@user-rb9df7zb7h 9 ай бұрын

I rode it and its very smooth even of the small footprint

@CanobieCoaster 9 ай бұрын

It's very smooth.

@lucawejle9659 10 ай бұрын

You can actually enter from the jet pass line if there is no queues. Most of the staff lets you do it but the new staff don’t .

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

That's good to know if the staff lets you. They weren't when I was there.

@kh4487 10 ай бұрын

I was at Gröna Lund like two months ago and we entered in the regular entrance, but I never had to go through an extensive queue for some reason. I feel like I just went up the stairs and down the stairs soon after. 🤔

@mitchellries256 10 ай бұрын

If what you say is true about this park getting an expansion, I hope it includes a new set of bumper cars because their always a fun attraction to have. What exactly was it removed for? Was that where the station entrance went or was it for supports, or something else?

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I believe they were around where Monster's lift went.

@Dirkschneider 10 ай бұрын

Cool! I live in Stockholm. When were you here?

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Early August

@VelocicoasterFanboy 10 ай бұрын

Masterpiece

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Very fun.

@mateoalvira3514 8 ай бұрын

Why do you think Monster at Gröna Lund uses the classic B&M over the shoulder restraints if the ride opened in 2021 and Banshee, which opened in 2014 at Kings Island, used vest restraints instead of the usual over the shoulder restraints?

@CanobieCoaster 8 ай бұрын

I think it's a combination of clearances and when it was designed.

@sooeeren 10 ай бұрын

i havent seen the vid yet, but i know it is good.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy!

@mateoalvira3514 10 ай бұрын

What do you think about the smoothness or the roughness of: Monster at Gröna Lund Twister at Gröna Lund Helix at Liseberg Storm Runner at Liseberg Piraten at Djurs Sommerland Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain Expedition GeForce at Holiday Park Goliath at Walibi Holland Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Flight Deck at California's Great America Wild Thing at Valleyfair Taiga at Linnanmäki Kondaa at Walibi Belgium

@CanobieCoaster 9 ай бұрын

All those rides are smooth for me.

@Interfacement 10 ай бұрын

do you think that the park was quiet on your visit because of the accident?

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I visited on a concert day. The midways were busy, but the ride lines were manageable still.

@askjeevescosby2928 10 ай бұрын

In all fairness they built that carnival invert that was able to collapse and move arround so they are able to be small.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

That was a group effort.

@karlsturm9698 10 ай бұрын

Anyone know how the maintenance works on this ride? I couldn't identify the location of a maintenance bay when I rode it (and its pretty dark), but they must have transfer track somewhere.

@ikaunieksplay 10 ай бұрын

From what I gathered on my rides, the transfer track is right before you enter the station on the right, where you get stopped if they are doing 2 train operations

@karlsturm9698 10 ай бұрын

@@ikaunieksplay I was just confused in that there are supports and diagonal bracing on the right side of that location, same as the left. I suppose those could constitute a cage of sorts, and the whole cage slides to the right, vertical supports, track, floor, and all. It's just not the way the outdoor invert transfer tracks are designed.

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I know it's underground somewhere based on interviews.

@znul 3 ай бұрын

the 2nd zero g roll looks more like a corkscrew

@CanobieCoaster 3 ай бұрын

It sort of does.

@Goliath146 10 ай бұрын

While it’s not a bad ride it is a bit on the weak side on of forces making it not a good invert but it is still decent but it just doesn’t feel the same as the other invert like Montu or alpengeist or even the Batman clones like the one at over Georgia or even raptor at cp it doesn’t feel as forceful as good ones like nemesis, Montu, alpengeist, Batman clones or raptor

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I agree it doesn't have the whip or power of others, but it makes up for it with uniqueness and visuals.

@ThrillsofColdplay 4 ай бұрын

Are these done being built here in America

@CanobieCoaster 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see more built, but a lot of the big parks already have inverts.

@cliquet3scliquet3s96 7 ай бұрын

If I ask you, do you like or do you love how did the ride fit?

@CanobieCoaster 7 ай бұрын

I love the placement.

@RooPrimrose 10 ай бұрын

BrilIiant review!

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@WCfanboy 10 ай бұрын

Why does it look so shaky in your night pov?

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I think the lighting was throwing the GoPro off. They don't do too well in low light.

@CarlileCoasters 4 ай бұрын

That first drop just looks illegally whippy

@CanobieCoaster 4 ай бұрын

It's a great drop.

@mitchel4361 10 ай бұрын

Would you call it mini banshee

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

No, the layout is way different.

@ianmortimer5325 5 ай бұрын

It is one of the most expansive B&M roller coasters as it costs around 44000000 Euro or 47610200 USD.

@CanobieCoaster 5 ай бұрын

Not surprised it cost 44 million Euros given all the digging and difficult site.

@dytamic 10 ай бұрын

seeing an invert w/o a vertical loop is infuriating

@CanobieCoaster 10 ай бұрын

I don't mind since the other elements work.

@aldoparise1224 10 ай бұрын

It is odd. I wonder why it was not used as the first inversion.

@AdurianJ Ай бұрын

Gröna Lund was a dump before it was sold by the original family owners. They just didnt have the money to keep the park in shape

@CanobieCoaster Ай бұрын

I've always enjoyed my visits over the past decade.

@AdurianJ Ай бұрын

@@CanobieCoaster yes the new owners really invested in the place. I used to drive buses to and from Djurgården when there was events and we had our restrooms at Gröna lund so i was in there a lot during the early 00's. Also had a friend who worked there a few summers.