I see what they did there, replacing Hercules with Hydra the Revenge.

The Great American Scream Machine is forever embodied in the Roller Coaster Tycoon series

Hercules was so rough that my wallet fell out of my back pocket and it was velcro'd shut! I couldn't find out where I lost it and when I finally went back to the ride and asked if anyone had lost anything on the ride, they just laughed at me and handed me a giant box, lol.

Sixs flags breaks a record. Cedarfair: I'm about to end this company's whole career

Waited 3 hours for son of beast the year it opened. Word in the queue was that it was running 10-15mph faster than expected in the first few months after its debut. I was 14, so could take the pain, but my old man rode it once and said enough.

Of course they named it viper , naming it crash test dummy would give the secret away

1:17 So "Unforgiven" is too dark a name, but "Cannibal", "Orphan Rocker", "The dark Knight", and "The Smiler" are perfectly okay?

"Hurt-your-knees" *Honey you mean HUNKULES*

Who else thought the 1920s Cyclone roller coaster was both crazy and interesting?

The fact that the Crystal Beach Cyclone was called a "Safety Coaster" by its designer still cracks me up...

"For many, this ride is as missed as an inflamed appendix."

Flashback sucks so much that even the poor camera is having a painful ride :(

My grandma told me that she rode the Comet at Crystal Beach, and after that she was so terrified of rollercoasters, she hasn’t ridden a single theme park ride in 50 years! I’m trying to get her onto Yukon Striker next year, you’re more likely be struck by lightning than her going on that thing!

"Smashed riders heads like an angry gamer's keyboard." LOL. Very interesting analogy.

I loved Mean Streak and was devastated when it closed because I was living in another state at the time and never got the chance to get a last ride. I got my first ride on Steel Vengeance as soon as I could, and it was AMAZING!

These coasters: We will hurt you The NYNY Las Vegas Hotel Coaster: Hold my beer

Scary how many of those I've been on. And completely agreed with your list. If Flashback isn't the worst coaster I've been on, then it would be Son of Beast. But I'm not interested in reriding to find out which is the worst. LoL Thanks for the shout out as well!!

I had no idea Togo once had an Ohio testing facility! I would love to know more about that!

I rode Viper before it closed and I remember it well. It was the first ride to break while I was in line for it. We managed to get on before the end of the day and it was horribly rough. We also rode Great American Scream Machine. As a kid, my head was between the restraints and I got off with ears that we're totally red from banging around. My trip to Great Adventure was downright horrible and dangerous.

Steel Vengeance is literally my favorite coaster at cedar point. Im so glad they revamped the Mean Streak to make it happen. The mean streak made me wish i wore bubble wrap and three sports bras to cushion the jarring experience.

As a survivor of both Flashback and Wind Jammer. Flashback was so rough, much of it was a blur. I never truly understood the layout even after many rides. Wind Jammer didnt have 2 identical "racing" tracks. It has a smooth flowing side, and a angled jagged side, to simulate two different "personalities". Shortly after opening, people realized the jagged side sucked, and nobody would line up for that side. That would mean short lines if you could suffer though it. Not only was it a bad coaster (both sides were bad) but people HATED the ride because it replaced Soap Box Derby. Many fans tried so hard to keep that classic steeple chase ride, just to have it be replaced with such a failure. Many people boycotted Knotts in general, that contributed to the rides quick demolishing.

I can easily say that Steele Vengence is hands down the best coaster I've ever ridden

Mean Streak literally made me physically ill. I was so glad when they changed it to Steel Vengeance. Definitely one of the best rides I’ve been on.

Why did I read this as "Top 10 Infamous Duct Tape Roller Coasters"

Great list! But i have to say, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of Twist Coaster Robin.

I remember waiting in line for almost two hours to ride the GASM in its opening season. Ah the good old days at Great Adventure.

Cedar Point’s Mean Streak definitely lived up to its name. I was injured on it in the early 90s after the rearmost car “experienced excessive shear forces” when whipping around a corner.

I live near Kings Island, never got to ride Son of Beast but both The Beast and Banshee are sick coasters.

I’m always so excited when I see you post! Thank you for uploading, my dad and I have watched together loads while we both recovered from surgery! After we went to Hersheypark to celebrate our recovery. He can’t ride all of them because of his spinal issues but we enjoy learning about the history. Now I watch all of them and it definitely cheers me up having something to distract me from the complications. Again thank you for creating this positive channel and community! ❤️❤️❤️

So proud my hometown holds the #1 spot 😂😂😂 For real though, Son of Beast was rough af and painful. Definitely unforgettable

Cedar point and kings island are my favorite parks, since live in Sandusky I go to Cedar Point often. Both parks have amazing coasters

As a 9-12 year old, I LOVED Flashback and didn't see why it wasn't more popular lol. Those inversions and double upward helix at the bottom were pretty sick.... Maybe I was too small to notice how rough it was. Or maybe it was like Viper at Magic Mountain where I distinctly remember tensing my neck and basically locking in my head from moving side to side.....good times.

mean streak was called brown streak by my mother because when her school went to cedar point, someone crapped their pants. i didn’t like mean streak, but holy crap i love steel vengeance.

I'm watching this to get inspiration for coasters on Planet Coaster.

I went to Cedar Point ONCE in 2013 and I can still remember how painful Mean Streak was. Couldn't remember the name of it, though. Just remembered, "that one big wooden coaster than f*cked me up."

5:02 it was so rough that it screwed up the camera taking this video xD

My question is has Mean Streak Henry ever rode steel vengeance

Steel Vengeance and Rougarou are great upgrades to the old coasters. I didn't have too much issue with Mean Streak but damn I hated the Mantis. Hurt my feet like hell.

what about "Top 10 GOOD Defunct Roller Coasters" featuring Dragon Challenge and Volcano The Blast Coaster

Drachen Fire was actually the first roller coaster I ever rode. I think I was probably 10 or 12 at the time. I loved it and rode it about 7 times that day, which was easy to do since there was virtually no line for it. I suspect it was probably a lot less painful for kids than for adults. I remember my uncle, who was a bit of a coaster enthusiast, opted out after the first ride or so. Ha.

Regarding the Great American Scream Machine; you can also see the loop remnant from the Bizzaro lift hill

I had to rewind this like 10 times to see the former SOB footprint. I had no idea Banshee took up so little of it

I KNEW the Cyclone was going to be on here! What an infamous coaster. The guy who made it had no idea what he was doing, and when it was made there were little to no rules for coasters.

I almost surfed the scream machine at six flags over Georgia when I was 5. I stood up at the top of the hill. My dad saw me and at the last second pulled me into his lap. Needless to say we went home right after and I wasn't allowed to ride a rollercoaster again until I was 11.

My boy is back Theme Park Crazy!!

So...I got on Viper, Steel Phantom, Hercules, GASM, Mean Streak, and Drachen Fire all in their opening years!!! I even have been in the old Great Adventure Haunted House.

I love that you quoted Sir Willow!

Green lantern is just as bad as the scream machine was. We called that coaster the ball buster since the restraints hobbled you every time you rode. It's really uncomfortable and not very excting.

Great video when I worked at Busch gardens Williamsburg from 88 to 95 high road drachen fire quite a bit it was not too bad but it was definitely less popular than the big bad Wolf and the loch Ness monster.

I think that Xcelerator should get a repainting to a vibrant red.

The Comet!! My childhood memories of Oktoberfest at Great Escape. I had no idea its history was that interesting.

I ❤️ Great American Scream Machine. I was a kid when it opened and was so awesome. Even though it banged you so hard, and it was relentless, it was still one of those experiences that everyone wanted to be on right up to closing time. Will always miss it! (Green lantern is terrible that replaced the scream machine!! Hope they swap something else later)

Yes!! Happy to see it out finally. Great job!

I love loved loved the great American scream machine. It was one of my favorites because of the loops. I was so upset when I went back and found that they were tearing it down. The green lantern coaster that replaced it was the worst, it's so boring.

Rode most of these during their times, but GASM and Drachen Fire hold special places in my heart. Lol. Last year that Drachen Fire was open we took a family trip BG and my brother and I rode that thing most of the day. Little to no lines, so we’d pull back in the station and just give the ‘go again’ sign.

Haha mean streak made me piss blood from how rough the ride is.

So excited to see you uploading again!!

How to make a coaster enthusiast Cry. "wanna go Ride Dragon challenge"?

Rode Steel Phantom one time.....still seeing a chiropractor. True Story. Thank you for your video, from us Pittsburghers! Edit: For me, the Mean Streak came in a close 2nd!

Son of beast was honestly one of my favorite coasters as a kid (Pre-2006). in the early days it was one amazing coaster. then it got rough as all heck XD

I freaking love your videos

I'm surprised Batman & Robin: The Chiller wasn't on here. The technical issues with that one were so bad that the Batman side was rarely open, and the LIMs on both sides kept needing replacements a few times a year. To add salt to the wound, the coaster was open only one day in its debut season for maintenance problems!

The Comet is one of my favorites. Definitely one of my most ridden rides, if not the most.

I feel like we all knew what #1 was gonna be

Great list and excellent research! I really enjoy looking back at the fascinating rides of the past.

The last time I rode Son of Beast I was sitting on my nuts the whole time. It was.... a very bad time.

Great job! Excellent video. Lots of work went into this.

I went through a "being scared of coasters" phase from 12-17 and my re-introduction into roller coasters was the Great American Scream Machine in 1991. I was crying the whole way up the lift hill, screaming for someone to let me off, and by the second loop I was screaming, "I LOVE THIS RIDE SO MUCH!"

Oof. This takes me back to 2001 when I was obsessed with amusement parks and roller coasters. Funny I recognize almost every person credited in these clips from the coaster community. Small world. I actually more or less retired from riding coasters because after riding Ravine Flyer 2 at Waldameer 9 times in a row I've become permanently incapable of doing so. It feels like being in a car wreck tbh.

Only Great Adventure would have some of the best and worst rollercoasters of all time.

Great video as always. Growing up with Magic Mountain being my home park, flashback has to be my favorite ride credit. Time and time again I would visit the park and admire such a unique coaster that was never open. That is until one trip I was in line for viper and could hear it running. We raced over and after so many years was able to finally ride it. They would eventually shut it down about three hours later and never open it again. Painful, it was very painful.

This is definitely one of my favorite videos of yours. As a relatively new enthusiast, I enjoy learning about past rides, good or bad. The only one of these I rode was Mean Streak. I don't remember it being terrible, but it wasn't good. I thought the old Texas Giant was far worse. Their replacements are certainly amazing though!

2:11 I can see part of Rolling Thunders track under El Toro. Watch closely as Rolling Thunder disappears and see which part of the coaster does not vanish l.

You found a Windjammer video with the yellow side actually running?!?!

Viper used to give me such a headache!! I couldn’t wait to see it go! Scream Machine was my first looping roller coaster. When we all knew it was shutting down soon we rode it over and over (before the headache set in permanently). Sometimes there would be so little wait before it closed the operators would just wave you on for another ride through.

The Viper at Magic Mountain is super painful to me as well

I saw the title and I was like "oh it's gonna be #2 Drachen Fire #1 Son of Beast" because obvious is obvious. Love you, TPC.

I used to love the Mean Streak at Cedar Point cause it was so rough. Maybe i'm weird.

Ooh I remember viper. I never got to ride it though since I was only kiddie coaster age when it closed. Thankfully El Torro is there now. Also I didn't realize how many hated coasters used to be in my area!!

Rest in peace Mean Streak

15:36 B&M: Too busy on other projects Arrow: *How easy it is to replicate B&M's engineering*

This guy’s on point with his similes.

On one of the rare days Viper was actually running, my 2 teens got me to ride it way too many times with them.

Oh Mean Streak, how I knew you'd be on this list! I remember waiting in the queue line for it one time and watching some of the supports sway in the wind! Still rode it though 🤙🏼

Peter, as soon as I heard you had merch I went out and bought rep the gang

Have to take issue with your bit on Steel Phantom. It was not negatively received by enthusiasts at all. In fact, for its entire run at Kennywood, it consistently ranked in the top 10 coasters in the country. When the park announced it was coming out, they received tons and tons of mail and emails from park goers and enthusiasts imploring them to reconsider, hence why they decided to renovate it as opposed to demolish it. Not sure where you heard it was negatively received across the board but that is simply inaccurate. There are articles around the internet and videos on youtube to support this.

Love your videos!!!! Keep them coming!!!

The idea that there are worse rides out there than Flashback is disturbing. Riding Flashback was literally standing in line to get punched repeatedly in the side of the head, and since the roller coaster turned the exact same way every time, you got punched in the exact same spot on the side of your head every single time. Every turn slammed your head into the over the shoulder harness and there was nothing you could do to stop it. It was brutal. I never rode the Windjammer, but boy was I angry when I found out Knott's took out the Soap Box Racers. I loved that ride. It wasn't exactly thrilling, but it was fun.

There are some infamous defunct Disney attractions 1. Superstar Limo (Disney's California Adventure) 2. Journey Into YOUR Imagination (EPCOT) 3. Stitch's Great Escape (Magic Kingdom) 4. Rocket Rods (Disneyland) 5. Discovery River Boats (Disney's Animal Kingdom) 6. Luigi's Flying Tires (Disney California Adventure)

I loved Son of Beast 😍 I miss it. I road with the loop and with out. Wish they kept the loop!

Oh the Scream Machine. I went on with friends the first time in 1989. I loved it so much I went on again by myself the same day. I found out the hard way though to not wear earrings. And Drachen Fire was great.

Love the new rendition of Steel Phantom The Phantom's Revenge

RIP GASM! Loved that ride

I work at Busch so I wasn’t expecting to hear my park 😭

I’m not a big fan of rides, even less so if roller coasters, yet I’ve watched about 15 of these videos in a row. So entertaining and cool to watch and learn about these rides!

I got to ride “Son of Beast” the year it opened (still with the loop).. I can definitely vouch for the loop being the only smooth part of the ride. I had bruises develop from it, but back then it was all part of the fun, as I was 17 and could handle it. If I tried to ride it now (approaching 40), I’d probably throw out a hip lol.

My shoulder was injured on the scream machine in gerogia

Great vid. Only one i went on was flashback...it was the worst ive ever been on

Man, I thought the Windjammer Surf Racers were just a childhood fever dream. We used to go to Knott’s every summer and it was closed down pretty frequently. I think I got to ride it twice and couldn’t believe that it simultaneously could be boring AF, yet still manage to give me whiplash.

One random rollercoaster video appeared to my recommendations, and now I’m on theme park video marathon