I ran the Orient Express that first year in 1980. This is an awesome simulation but there are a few corrections needed. You entered from the opposite side of the house. There was a double piece of track before entering the house that could be moved to let trains go downstairs (to the right) in the lower part of the house for maintenance. Also, there was a "chicken" exit from the right side of the house, over the tunnel and out the left side. However, I was amazed at how the C brake (after the 2nd loop) sounded. It took me back because it's so accurate! Nobody died on the coaster. It had some rollbacks over the years and it did derail but nobody was killed. Also, during that first year, the back seat of one of the trains had a computer strapped in that measured the train's movement, etc. We were told it was due to a lawsuit but I don't know if that's true.

RIP ORIENT EXPRESS. This was the best coaster ever. It will truly be missed but never forgotten.

my favorite ride, sorry to see it gone :(

I loved this coaster. To this day, nothing tops it. Some great coasters out there, but this one is perfection. I wish someone would rebuild this track plan.

This was my first roller coaster growing up. Thanks for helping relive that exp

Close... but this doesn't have nearly enough concussions or whiplash. I'm just kidding. This is awesome! Great job!

Wow ... if only it rode that smooth!

Nice work sir...an excellent re-creation. I grew up on the OE. You nailed it.

I was born in 2003 so I never got to ride it, it's a shame bc it looks fun

I rode this when I was 5 or 6 in 1981, in the front seat, with my best friend at the time Jason Swain. I was so little I almost slid out between the shoulder harness. I was holding on for dear life.

I love the Kansas City mountain passes 😂

That slow gentle curve between the lift and the big drop always made me queasy and I never knew why. I think maybe my first ride was in the mid-80s and I'd never been that high and had no idea I had a fear of heights. I had ideas of maybe being a pilot so I think that maybe was part of it. Eventually I discovered that I'm pretty okay with "low heights" where I may not get hurt falling and "high heights" where I'll definitely die, lol. I think its mainly the possibility of being paralyzed or a vegetable I always feared. When I felt just sort of "wrong" on that damn curve I figured Id be really scared at the drop. That was nothing. I loved getting a LOT closer to the ground, lol. The rest of the ride was great. I think my first ride it was pretty new, the line wasn't bad and they were expecting weather so they'd scrubbed the ride once and go to the end of the line deal and were letting us stay in and go again. I

I miss it.. so violent lol so much fun

Such a great roller coaster. I miss it

My very first rollercoaster... oh the memories...

Closest rendition but you for got the little hill in the helix. That helix was so gnarly!

With the interlocking loops it reminds me of Loch Ness Monster

It would be nice if Worlds of Fun still kept had this! It would have been a great coaster line up!

Thank you! Dad says the best part was the Chicken Exit right before you board and scary writings saying turn back! Mom says it tried to break her neck! I was 15 when it closed in 2003, I never rode it, had many opportunities, but was too chicken!🐔💖

Aaah... Memories back when I grew up in Kansas City. Now I live in Kentucky.

Pretty darn accurate. I worked at the park (Express and Rip Cord) in 2001. I got the full experience of cleaning trash out of the tunnel one day during down time (storm and power outage). Quite greasy and gross down there. The station house is, as last I knew, used as a haunted house. Last I was there, you walked into the attraction through the exit of the old tunnel and up some stairs. The open area in the station house where the track was is now covered.

I rode this the first year it was open. I loved this coaster.

At 0:49, where's the parking lot? :-)

If only it were this smooth in real life 😂

I survived the derailment with my sister, in 1999. The ride was shut down and demolished before investigators (other than cedar fair appointed investigators) were able to inspect the ride. I was 11 years old and have suffered from injuries ever since. "Nobody died" but the ride was unsafe and they knew it.

great job in recreating this roller coaster I remember it for sure. I miss it though but, things change i guess

This was my first big roller coaster. I rode it when it first opened in 1980. Too bad it got to be a bit rough in the 90's.

Whyyy did they ever get rid of this ride??? My mom told me about it from her childhood and seeing the simulation, it would be a hit today! They should bring this one back too

Great job

OMG my first roller coaster ride. I vividly remember screaming out “why, why, why did I do this? Is it too late to stop?”

Nice vid. Enjoyed it.

I'm sad they shut it down.... it was a great ride..

Nice! Really hope that RMC will have interlocking loops on some of their T-Rex track coasters.

Looks good. When you came out of the station it was a dip down then curve. Oh when you loaded the train u loaded the right side instead of the left side like the way you have it. Are you gonna try Zambezi Zinger or SchussBoomer?

It looks fun until I remember it was an arrow and probably rattled your bones worse than the timber wolf lol

If only Orient were this smooth. It was fun none the less, as Arrow coasters go.

last time rode the overhead bar wouldn't lock I was a bug guy. one of the operators climbed on the car in front braced himself. used his feet the push until it clicked. said ok your good to go.

Why was the Orient Express demolished ?

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

they took it down for a new roll coaster I'm pretty sure the parts of it token down are still there born in 2004 never got to ride it looks freaking fun

The simulation didn't do this ride Justice. It didn't really pick up how the loops would clang back-and-forth ominously every time the trains would go through them...

wish they would put it back un

This is awesome. Did the patriot take this rides place in real life?

Close enough

Two things, first this sim doesn't do it anywhere near justice.... way too smooth. That ride put your fillings at risk. Secondly, at 1:39 there is a tree that's upside down.

NOLIMITS IS SO HARD

they should redo it like the zinger

Mamba

Where's the chicken exit

Why did they take it down

This is not even close to the real thing.....

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