Shockwave Review | The Former Intamin Stand Up Coaster at Drayton Manor

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10 ай бұрын

An in depth look at what was for a while the only Intamin stand up roller coaster left in operation. It's been operating in the U.K. since 1994, sending riders through 4 inversions in a bizarre, but fun layout! 2023 was its final year as a stand up coaster. Drayton Manor then converted it into a sit down coaster called The Waver, featuring a lower height requirement to make it more accessible for families.
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@airtimeaddict 10 ай бұрын

It’s a really underrated ride, the zero g roll is so good and kinda scary

@guillaumecourchesne8684 10 ай бұрын

I remember doing Cobra at La Ronde. That first loop was pulling some good forces. I would had kept it over so many rides at La Ronde

@AbbieWillett 10 ай бұрын

I'm making my first ever trip to Drayton very soon just to give it a shot. I'm pretty sad that we're losing such a unique ride but I'm hopeful for Drayton's future!

@BlizzardDaPup777 10 ай бұрын

When I first became an enthusiast Shockwave was one of the first coasters outside of the USA that I learned about

@Kieben1112 10 ай бұрын

Has a 6 ft 7 coaster enthusiast this has to be one the roughest coaster I have ever been on

@hayleyb1981 Ай бұрын

Went on ‘the wave’ as it is known now today, it is running much, much smoother than it was before. The zero g roll with a lapbar is absolutely insane

@araftofwanderingotters206 10 ай бұрын

B&M floorless sit down trains I guess…

@re0473 10 ай бұрын

shockwave is fantastic, going through that zero g roll on the back left of the train is so good.

@thewarf3212 10 ай бұрын

So glad B&M seem to have perfected the stand-up concept so many years later with their new surf coaster. I was honestly sad at how rare these old stand ups are, but after riding green lantern at great adventure I understand why. They really just are not the best rides.

@caffeinatedtrouble 10 ай бұрын

Green Lantern at Great Adventure is awwwwwwful!

@JRBowling1997 9 ай бұрын

What's so bad about stand up coasters?

@thewarf3212 9 ай бұрын

@@JRBowling1997 I think the main problem with Green Lantern was it was too intense for a standup coaster. It turns your legs into jelly with the forces it exerts, it’s a very uncomfortable experience.

@thewarf3212 9 ай бұрын

@@JRBowling1997 but compare the new surf rider to green lantern, it’s just more graceful and less intense. And with new redesigned trains to adjust for different heights, you can actually focus on the fact that you are standing up on a rollercoaster.

@Sgoinneil 10 ай бұрын

Bruhhhh I really wanted to ride that ride with its standup zero g roll but oh well.

@lightningboat 10 ай бұрын

It seems pretty fun!

@Iwaslemon87 10 ай бұрын

Can happily say that I’ve ridden shockwave. It’s a big part of rollercoaster history in the UK with it opening in 1994 along with Nemisis and The big one. Will be interesting to see what they do with it, but the real question is whether it will still be as enjoyable without the unique factor of standing up

@ThemeParksAndAttractions 10 ай бұрын

Cant wait to see what it looks like in the future 🙌

@RollercoasterShortsofficial 10 ай бұрын

As an annual pass holder, although it will be sad to see stand up going, I am exited for the future and the new experience this will give

@caffeinatedtrouble 10 ай бұрын

I agree, it holds up pretty well for a 1994 coaster! And yes that zero-G roll is *awesome*.

@matt64allison 10 ай бұрын

Technically it’s actually at the front of the park, you came in the second entrance but the main entrance is next to this

@plecoarmy100 10 ай бұрын

I like how the track looks almost identical to a B&M

@danielward4868 10 ай бұрын

I have only been to this park once as a kid and that was when Thomas Land was new. I do remember riding the buffalo coaster and shooting ride

@edbrown2998 10 ай бұрын

I grew up at Drayton Manor, and whilst I've been on this thing absolutely loads, it's not the smoothest or newest these days and I'm fine with it being converted into something else. I won't miss it like I miss the old Snake Train... that thing was absolutely legendary, but stupid health and safety wouldn't allow it these days... anyway, I think the park is getting some much needed TLC so despite the family direction it's taking, I'm happy to see a brighter future for it :)

@okami242 10 ай бұрын

The snake train was legendary! Didn’t it have some sort of accident though?

@keithstransitexperiences9749 10 ай бұрын

In July 2002, during an ERT event, riders were allowed to ride facing backwards.

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

I remember hearing about that! Crazy!

@CoasterHipster 10 ай бұрын

B&M has history of supplying trains for rides built by other manufacturers. Indeed their VERY FIRST contract in the amusement industry was providing new trains for Rolling Thunder (by Intamin/Giovanola) at Six Flags Great America in 1989. In this instance B&M changed the seating arrangement to increase riders per train from 6 to 8. Since company founders Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard were much involved in designing the track and trains for Giovanola before they started their own, it would make most sense for B&M to provide Shockwave's new trains.

@oneandonlysound3453 10 ай бұрын

Very true indeed. I just wish SF Over Georgia would do the same to Georgia Scorcher, it'd be so much more fun and whatever anyone does with SFGADV's "Green Lantern." I say "whatever" because tbh the latter would be a star attraction if moved somewhere else and made floorless or sit down, at GADV it's just kinda there, and it's area would look way better with something actually eye-catching like the park used to have.

@Tommo1983ful 10 ай бұрын

Only live maybe 2.5 hours away but in a small country like England that seems a long way so ive never done this! Going next month, so just in time to get the stand up trains.

@justinthomas5270 10 ай бұрын

Small correction in your stats. 55mph is 85kph, not 33 lol

@Jcjc-lr4bf 9 ай бұрын

I wish Great Adventure gave us a full year warning with Great American Scream Machine before it but the dust. Still beyond sad, not over it at all. Anyway, these are super unique! Intamin weird Giovanola-ish looking roller coasters are always such an antique to find! Like the TOGO’s too!

@drmogz2677 10 ай бұрын

Wait, this is not a B&M??

@DiaryofaRollerCoasterGirl 10 ай бұрын

Word on the street is that SunKid will be making the new train! Which does make a little bit of sense as Loopings have worked with SunKid a couple of times already!

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

interesting!

@thrillverse 10 ай бұрын

I doubt it, surely they've bundled it in a package with intamin for a new coaster and new trains? That would make so much more sense

@Tomneom 10 ай бұрын

Oh God Please No, NOOOOOOO (I think it's going to be an intamin Package deal, With a Surf theme, going back to it's original colors of the 30th anniversary (With 2 yellow trains like the Og, And a New name that's Simaler to shockwave but different)

@rollingcoasterscanada7317 10 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to ride Le Cobra à La Ronde back in 2015. I glad that I got to experience and Intamin Stand Up before they went extinct. Unfortunately though, I found that particular installation be be unbearably rough.

@Tomneom 10 ай бұрын

I know it won't happen, but i wish that this got it's new sit down train, Plus it keeps it's original train, This way it has a lower height requirement for those that need it, but the stand up option remains.

@maxhagenauer24 10 ай бұрын

What type of new trains os it getting? It wouldn have to fit the really old track design.

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

we don't know yet

@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 10 ай бұрын

This ride is still going strong.

@shanetowne6530 10 ай бұрын

That worked great at Cedar Point. Now it beats you to a pulp.

@fvat4534 10 ай бұрын

Is there any other manufacturers with a stand up still operating?

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

Togo has several in Japan, and the one in Italy

@bassethoundfilmsofficial1360 9 ай бұрын

I didn’t know that Intamin used the same tracks as B&M does

@gemmachaos 10 ай бұрын

I wonder who's going to make those new trains. And if they're getting more than one.

@matt64allison 10 ай бұрын

When this coasters reaches the end of its life I don’t expect them to retrack it so the new train will outlive the track. Also whilst Drayton Manor do very well they are still quite budget so I can see them paying for a B&M train that will have to have some modifications, especially if it is floorless, when it won’t have a long life

@maxhagenauer24 10 ай бұрын

I wonder how much more comfortable it will be with sitting trains.

@jordanjake5 10 ай бұрын

i would love to try shockwave, but sadly i live in the USA. could u and Sarah do a top 25 together?

@darksamrai250 10 ай бұрын

0:48 I didn't know 53 mph was only 33 kmh

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

Sorry about the typo, should be about 85km/h!

@mcgarnagle6102 10 ай бұрын

Magic Mountain used to have a stand-up coaster called Shockwave. I got to ride it with Tom Cruise.

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

whaaaaaat for real??

@mcgarnagle6102 10 ай бұрын

@@CoasterStudios yeah, it was right after Top Gun came out. It was me and his two bodyguards in the front row.

@jacksonseyl1063 10 ай бұрын

Hey, I can't help but notice that you added meters to your stats as well as feet. Are you doing that to appeal to international viewers?

@corybourrier9722 10 ай бұрын

I bet Zamperla will put their trains on there

@4everpee 10 ай бұрын

Cobra at laronde was the worst of them. No heartline, headbanging everywhere, Super bad restraints. It was a nightware ride in everyways possible.

@adam_nathan 5 ай бұрын

This ride is such an anomaly with such a weird origin story, not built by some major theme park but basically by a family owned fairground which would normally be happy getting some ride from the European portable circuit like a Pinfari Zyklon. btw small nitpick but I think you made a mistake converting 53mph to km/h because 53mph is 85.3km/h not 33km/h as you say in the info box at the start

@JRBowling1997 9 ай бұрын

Why are they getting rid of the stand up coasters?

@fast-toast 2 ай бұрын

Because kids are profitable, and they want to make the park a kids park rather than a family par

@Grim19931803 10 ай бұрын

Wait … this ISN’T a B&M? … I’m local to here , have I been lied to all this time ahahha?

@howdo861 10 ай бұрын

Rode this is 1995. Oh to be 11 again 😅

@coastertron 10 ай бұрын

0:49 - Just that you guys know, 53mph is roughly 85 km/h, not 33. The latter would be slower than mack powered coasters which usually go about 40km/h. 😄😄

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

yeah, that was a total typo. So sorry!

@coastertron 10 ай бұрын

@@CoasterStudios No worries, thought so 😄

@dn203 10 ай бұрын

I went Drayton Manor today,but i was dissopointed because the shockwave ride wasn't working

@joeestes9219 10 ай бұрын

Can u and Sarah please do another top 25 but a roast battle

@AdamSmith-gs2dv 10 ай бұрын

Be happy you rode this and did not ride the ones in North America. I got to ride La Cobra at La Ronde and man did that ride SUCK.

@jjmailman 10 ай бұрын

Too bad you didn’t get ERT on it. They’ll let you ride standing backwards in the restraints. Definitely NOT recommended (due to the head rest tilting forward), but has been done for enthusiast groups for years. And… their zero-G roll - definitely THE redeeming value of the ride!!

@OriginalJoe 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been on an intamin stand up named shockwave but not this one

@askjeevescosby2928 10 ай бұрын

Why wouldn't they get the new b&m stand up trains.

@Tomneom 10 ай бұрын

As mentioned in the video, they want to make the height requirement lower, this requires sit down trains

@QuiteLiterallyTom 10 ай бұрын

isn't upside-down airtime just hangtime?

@CoasterStudios 10 ай бұрын

not exactly

@QuiteLiterallyTom 10 ай бұрын

@@CoasterStudios curious, gonna have to get to SeaWorld to know how that feels.

@SeaShantyProductions 10 ай бұрын

Hehe... Hehe.... *t h e i r o n y*

@jamesliu7970 10 ай бұрын

53 mph is not 33 km/h lol. Think you did the opposite conversion.

@robhaley5136 10 ай бұрын

Here's the big question. As a sit down coaster... surely I can count that as a new credit? Right? I will sorely miss it as a stand-up, so come on there have to be some perks!!

@Yonel6969 10 ай бұрын

Tbf people are arguing if the nemesis retrack is a new cred, if people are debating over that then no way this will be a new cred

@robhaley5136 10 ай бұрын

@@Yonel6969 I saw something saying new and different trains could be a new cred if it changes the ride experience.. so old vampire at chessington and new could be 2 creds. The nemesis retrack I wouldn't count as the experience is generally going to be the same - sit down, same layout. If they changed the trains to a flying position, new cred, if they added a new element, new cred.. Like TTD, and TT2 - def 2 creds. New trains, new launches, some new track. If it was just new sit down trains and a retrack, no, experience not changed. Maybe you could argue changing the launch changes the experience even without changing the track layout, but that would be stretching it lol...

@Yonel6969 10 ай бұрын

@@robhaley5136 i would agree only if the track got replaced, which its not, a new train is not a new cred, no chance

@robhaley5136 10 ай бұрын

@@Yonel6969 What - even if they converted Oblivion at Alton Towers to a flyer 😂 That would be interesting...

@stuartwhlting2778 10 ай бұрын

Your more interesting than that other theme park bloke he waffles on to much

@MightyDekuTree 10 ай бұрын

I’m shocked that you gave it 6.5. I think it’s the most disappointing ride with no forces and the most unexciting and uninspired layout. Slow to load with only one train… why is there so much straight track - would it have cost loads more for a little airtime hill or something for example?

@tentenchu8140 7 ай бұрын

Intamin? Why does it look like B&M?

@RandomStuff_Privat 5 ай бұрын

at the begining intamin worked with the manufactuerer Ginovanola ,that used the b and m track , i recommend watching a video on the history of intamin or giovanolo