One of the best coasters ever designed, and what a terrible loss. Should have been preserved, it was never obsolete and positively iconic.

1:12 As a kid, that sound going up the lift, I was like "what did I get myself into" once you was at the top and make that right turn just before the drop. that played a trick on your mental. This Roller Coster had Character... A true Classic, that can never be replaced... I wish they would rebuild it, to be taller, faster with a steeper drop...

I can't believe it!! I was just watching this ride cuz I'd always ride the orient and I found myself caught on film when the ride comes in- I'm the one on the left side with long black hair and my usual ecstatic grin on my face sitting next to my blonde brother-in-law!!! I can't believe I finally made it on utube-1995 was the last time I rode this wonderful favorite ride-LONG LIVE ORIENT MEMORIES!!THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!!😁💖💖😁

I absolutely love that classic Arrow Dynamics lift hill sound. There's nothing quite like it and they're slowly fading into the history books.

This ride, the Zambezi zinger and the Zulu were my fav rides at WOF in the 90s

First coaster I ever rode. Miss it tremendously.

I must have rode that coaster over 100 times! The interlocking loops were so unique, only one other in the world. It was so high, and very jerky lol. Riding at night was the best, as you descended into the tunnel through the dragon with red glowing eyes. The lifting chain made such a distinctive noise! The OE was probably the first upside down coaster ridden by many. I loved the Express. Thanks for posting, it is like stepping back into the best times of my life.

This was one of my favorite coasters to ride when I would visit WOF and it is dearly missed! Best of my teen years!!

Arrow Coasters... so rough, they knock the color out of your film.

Damn some of this video is better quality then video of today's cameras damn patatos

my mom rode this when she was a kid, and she loved it! my aunt said its her favorite roller coaster of all time, even though its gone, or retired.

1999 was my first season working there; that ride had its derailing accident right as I was leaving the parking lot that night. I didn't find out about it until I got home

Blast from the past, boy my heart is full of so many memories at world's of fun and kansas city. So wish I could go back

I miss this coaster so much, that first drop took my stomach more than any I've ever rode.

If they still had that in 2021 that probably be my favorite ride

This takes me back ! Wonderful childhood memories ! This was my first upside down coaster. I loved it !

Once the orient express was torn down that park just wasn't the same that roller coaster was world of fun!!

I miss this ride. I ran it the first year it opened in 1980. So much fun!

This ride was fantastic and it’s a shame that it closed. Easily the best Arrow Looper ever built.

My favorite coaster as a kid. The first drop was the best…totally stomach-losing the way coasters ought to be. Rough as hell ride, but that was part of the fun. Remember riding this over and over. Between this, Screamroller, Zambezi Zinger, and Schussboomer, WOF was a great place in the early 80s. I hear it’s all gone now and replaced with new rides. Too bad.

Mark Wyatt's White Knuckle Ride (a classic rollercoaster book!!) sent me here!

The video looks like exactly how I remember it, with dropped frames, loss of color vision, and all that jerking around. It was always one of the craziest coasters I've been on, and like the Zambezi Zinger, the overgrowth of trees and bushes hid its true route, even while riding it.

RIP Orient Express ;(

I remember riding this when I was a kid. I loved roller coasters and I remember being terrified! Thank you for posting!

the was the best roller coaster ever! Sadly it's gone now :'(

It was such a great coaster, I was there back in 81-82. That was like the BEST summer.

Interlocking loops?? That's pretty sexy

Thank you for letting me relive this!!

First looping coaster I ever rode...good memories!

I’m 47 and I grew up at Worlds of Fun. Dad always had free tickets from work so we went many times every summer. Now I live in Virginia and take my kids to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. When we ride the Loch Ness Monster, those interlocking loops remind me of the Orient Express. I’m glad ol’ Nessy is 41 years old and going strong for a classic Arrow Coaster. I believe the Orient was built the year after Nessy. Thanks for the video! Brought back many memories

The Orient Express was my introduction to real roller coasters as a kid. Sure I rode the Schussboomer and Zambezi Zinger, but when this monster opened in 1980 I was changed forever!

My mom and dad always said this was there favorite ride at wof I always wanted to know what it looked like thanks for the vid!

I wish it was still there.

my favourite all-time Arrow! thanks Steve!

Looked like fun when it was around. Maybe they could do a B&M recreation of it. I like the name Orient Express especially for a big coaster! :)

This coaster destroyed the spine... yet I loved every second of it.

Watching those inverts swing as the cars flew through was one of the scariest things as a kid lol. God I miss this coaster. I don't miss the rocks they used for head restraints lol.

I remember this ride, my best friend and I rode on it several times. It hurt like hell but DAMN it was fun!

That coaster was a big, bad mother in its day. I rode it a few different times during a few visits and I don't think I ever completely enjoyed it. I think I was just kind of uneasy rather than scared and I think the part that really got in my head was that simple curve between the top of the lift hill and that first huge drop. The curve was slow with little or no bank and unless you were in the front few cars you couldn't see the track in front of you and nothing beside you to the left but open air and a hell of a drop to the ground. It seems like the train was barely moving when it got to the top of the drop. The drop was a relief compared to that queasy feeling going around that damn curve.

I recently moved back to KC my kids went to worlds of fun and I kept asking them about the orient express and they told me there isn’t an orient express! I looked it up online and see that it was closed down in 2003 I am extremely disappointed. So many great memories on that ride. REBUILD THE THE ORIENT EXPRESS!!!

R.I.P. Orient Express. Still so sad you’re gone. You were an amazing ride, especially for your time.

I rode on that one a few times when I became tall enough to ride on roller coasters other than the Wacky Worm (now Cosmic Coaster). And when we went to that park for my 15th birthday, that roller coaster was already gone.

I'm glad someone did this.

Great video miss this coaster

I remember being so scared to ride on this. I straight up wouldn't go on coasters that went upside down for a long time. The beginning of the video is all I could see of it, and it scared the crap out of me.

These were the days! New rides as they call them are dulled down!

Best thing about this was starting in the mid-80's the trees grew perfectly up around it.

I remember riding this when I was maybe 10 or 12.. my head was like a ping pong ball between the restraints. Thankful for the Patriot ;)

I miss this ride so much :(

Probably my first real roger coaster. I loved this one

I got to ride it in '97. Was a fun ride with the interlocking loops

Loved the Orient Express, but the Zambezi Zinger was my favorite coaster of all time.

My Favorite coaster of all time, the spot where it was is still open, they even use the station as a Halloween haunted house! Wish I would win the lottery, because I would have it rebuilt and donate it to Worlds of Fun, and put back in it's spot of honor!

Thank You! I miss the O.E. :(

lol, poor camera couldn't handle the Gs

Used to love this coaster as a kid.

Metal fatigue caused by wear and tear from the track caused an incident leaving 2 of the 7 trains dangling but nobody was hurt in 1999, I think the coaster continued to operate until 2003.

Something tells me that aside from its classic nature, this coaster is not missed.

This was the very first roller coaster i rode. I loved it! I miss it too expect the part where it would hurt my ears from that thing that went over ya to strap u in but i was shorter than.

omg! brings back memories!

I rode this when I was little I loved it

Similar to Vortex at KI, but with the loops in a different non interlocking position, and the insertion of corkscrews.

My first ever roller coaster was the patriot- which replaced this. Just rode the timberwolf and the prowler for the first time today. Im sad I didn't get to experience this coaster.

Born and raised in KC. Use to live on that ride..1986-89

Looks like a smooth ride. 😂

I never even got to ride this and now shitting dragons is in its place man why did i have to be born when i was

Despite the video problems this is one of the best povs out there

2nd Coaster I ever been on... !! 90s Nostalgia!

I remember this being the second coaster I ever rode. The first,also at WOF,was Tony's Extreme Roller. That was shortly after they changed it from the EXT.

You just gotta love the dropouts when they happen. This was before flash memory was practical for videos...

I really miss this coaster

RIP Camera. Gone but never forgotten.

This ride was a lot of fun. Mostly. Back seat on the first loop felt like my rib cage wanted to burst open. Anywhere else was fine. Rough ride, but a classic that will be always in my memory.

I go to WoF every year in the summer and the year i was finally tall enough to ride this it was shit down for good. I was so disappointed. Now I'm 16 years old and I've ridden all the coasters in Cedar Point and a lot across the US and have to say that coaster chasing is an addiction to put it mildly :)

No one died on the ride. they took it down because it broke down frequently and two cars derailed before the brake run.

Finally! A pov! Thank you!

the first roller coaster i ever rode on.

HOLY CRAP! Vertical Drop 😲

Damn, as a kc local I really wish I could’ve experienced this ride

The last year I rode this was in 2002 and it was is such bad shape then. I gave up trying to ride it in 2003 because it was down a lot that season.

Great roller coaster

My first roller-coaster!

You can tell they were trying to make this coaster unique and the fact it got sacked in 2003 when it could've been fixed up and look and be just as nice as Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg is just sad. Worlds Of Fun needs a new steel coaster replacement for this, or rather if they felt the need to remove it so badly they could've replaced it with something that made sense. They've already ditched extreme roller and then this one. Along with the shwarzkophf jumbo jet. Have they even gotten anything good besides a B&M invert and a GCI since then-ok Ik they got a mack spinner but can they add something like a much smaller steel curtain right now? Edit: Coaster still can use a better, bigger "steel coaster" replacement, but at least they are sort of replacing the jumbo jet, which is pretty cool.

Camera's have improved a lot lately, in these days they had trouble handling the strong G forces some of these rides would pull !

The first coaster that gave me a migraine.. can't go back to 1988 anymore. Yeah I liked the old Zambezi zinger better too.

And it's used for Vampire Lore during Halloween Haunt, I'm pretty sure that's the same building, it's the one in the alternate path on the Spinning Dragons that is closed except during Halloween season.

My brother rode it and the shoulder restraint didn't lock down till he it went through the first loop.

the station is still at world's of fun it houses a haunted attraction called lore of the vampire which came out in 2004

Hello there, Loch Ness Monster!

They need to take better care of these arrow coasters. It would still be here if they did. :(

I wonder if they'll ever put another roller coaster in it's spot? Because I read that even though people believe that Spinning Dragons and Patriot replaced it, the exact spot it stood on is still empty.

When I was 15 I took the chicken exit.....I would ride it now or some other roller coaster but when I was young and lived in California and went to Knots berry farm it had a big loop and some woman fell out and got killed and when I heard that as a kid it put the fear of roller coasters on me for years...

Are you sure you want to completely demolish Corkscrew Coaster 1?

Definitely looks brutal but still looks like fun. 👍🏾

It would be cool if they brought this coaster back.

This was my first ever roller coaster

The Express was in the wooded area to the right of the walkway you use to get to the entrance from the main parking lot.

I Really Wanted To Ride This Beauty

The spinning dragon stands where the Orient Express once stood

I am still wishing that WOF would recreate this amazing coaster. Like, bring it back as a badass floorless or stand-up coaster. I can see it in my mind. Damn, wish i was a coaster designer!!! :)