Wildcat, Frontier City 1995.

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11 жыл бұрын

The Wildcat wooden roller coaster relocated to Frontier City, Oklahoma in 1991, after operating at Fairyland Park , Kansas City from 1967 - 1990 , filmed on and off ride during the Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain 1995 USA Tour.

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@wthrwyz 10 жыл бұрын

I operated this ride the latter half of the 1998 season just before this train was retired and the track was refurbished. There was NOTHING automated about this coaster at the time - from announcements to lap bars to lift chain to brakes, it was all up to the operator to get right. Needless to say, new trainees usually either got the train stuck coming into the station or let it slide right on through the first time they tried to run it, and when the brakes got wet from rain it became a crap shoot as to whether the train would stop at all even with an experienced controller. The refurbishment automated much of this and was probably a Good Thing for safety reasons, but I still miss the classic ride.

@psyclonesteve 10 жыл бұрын

Very interesting Nathan,I bet you loved that job ! :)

@wthrwyz 10 жыл бұрын

Working at an amusement park is a lot of fun, but it has one major down side: your sunscreen budget will skyrocket. :)

@DavisNews4U 10 жыл бұрын

Nathan Williams You still work there? I used to go every year, but they decided to deny us a free season pass for my brother cause he's in a wheelchair and he can't do anything. They gave us one last year, but they said that they were wrong in doing it. We are not going back this year, nor getting the season pass. We are going to Sea-World instead. This was my favorite ride. :(

@wthrwyz 10 жыл бұрын

No, I only worked there one season and have since moved out of the state.

@eliasmertens9313 8 жыл бұрын

I wish I were close enough to an amusement park to work at one. The closest park to me is Silver Dollar City and it's an hour away. I'd love to work at an amusement park, I mean, where else do you get to sell fun?

@Imrie85 11 жыл бұрын

This looks like it has been highly modified even after it's relocation?

@Coastergal99 11 жыл бұрын

This is so different now. I never knew there was a tunnel.

@wingeddiscordant1398 7 жыл бұрын

It's so weird to look at the back when it gets to the top of the lift and not see WildWaterWorks. Also all the dips seem a lot steeper then they are currently but that might just be me.

@Jdsteele96 11 жыл бұрын

Been to frontier city, cedar point, go to worlds of fun every year, used to go to bells when I was little and I've been to a good lot of others and want to give a thank you to psyclonesteve for posting all these videos. Oh and my dad grew up in KC and went to Fairy Land Park as a kid all the time and riding this brings back good memories for him every-time

@MasonThatWeirdGuy Жыл бұрын

That double down at the end looked intense! It’s been through many changes I see, now you just SLAM into the brakes at the end

@sleepy_foxx1222 2 жыл бұрын

I went on this ride on Sunday, A few days ago! I was freaked out at first but it..wasn’t that bad!

@cubicking3830 10 жыл бұрын

I hate how they added those terrible brakes at the end of the ride.

@ThaatJosh 11 жыл бұрын

I think they refurbed the track around 10 years ago so probably then. It also no longer says wildcat on the first hill. Most of the ride is hiding in trees now. That random square pool of water is barely visible

@Imrie85 11 жыл бұрын

If you look at a recent POV you can see several differences. looks like it was substantially refurbished at some point, possibly at the same time as the new trains perhaps?

@aaliyahpatterson899 7 жыл бұрын

omg 😲 I did not think it was going to be that fast when I got on it last week!!!

@gracie872 5 жыл бұрын

Same! My life flashed before my eyes when that drop hit and my butt lifted off the seat😂😂😂

@ThaatJosh 11 жыл бұрын

The tunnel is no longer there

@colemouledous4817 5 жыл бұрын

It had a Double down??

@whatamidoingwithmylife1056 6 жыл бұрын

I'm going today it my birthday

@psyclonesteve 6 жыл бұрын

Hope you had a fun Birthday

@CanobieCoaster 3 жыл бұрын

Could I please use this video in an upcoming Wildcat review I intend to make? I will be sure to link back to this video and credit the channel.

@psyclonesteve 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Steve would have liked you to use the footage so please feel free to do so but please credit him and Andrew Marshall who filmed it.

@CanobieCoaster 3 жыл бұрын

@@psyclonesteve Thank you, will do!

@eliasmertens9313 8 жыл бұрын

How did the Wildcat ride back then? Was it rough? Did it give some decent airtime?

@andrewmarshall9309 8 жыл бұрын

It was a bit of a kick ass coaster but not unduly rough. I can't recall masses of air time but the sudden bank flip at the turn around was quite alarming and amusing the first time you encounter it.

@eliasmertens9313 8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Marshall Oh yeah, I loved it when I visited Frontier City in 2014. I love rougher woodies, considering two of my favorite woodies are the Tornado at Adventureland and Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun. ; ) I wish they put the double up and double down and the tunnel back for the 25th season.

@rollercoastermaniac2 8 жыл бұрын

Did the dip near the end use to have water?

@andrewmarshall9309 8 жыл бұрын

+rollercoastermaniac2 I suspect it probably did, or maybe it was just an illusion to make the train look like its going through the water.

@eliasmertens9313 8 жыл бұрын

Probably when it operated at Fairyland Park back in the 60's and 70's. It was popular back then to have a splashdown at the end of the coaster to both add thrills to the ride and also it helped slow down the ride at the end.

@ThoosieJP 6 жыл бұрын

Kinda did it was more of a trigger and the water shoot up kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pr6AnKRh1MexiYk.html

@sawblade5 3 жыл бұрын

Based on the old Aerial Photo of the Wildcat at Fairyland it didn't have that dip, but an extra camel hump there instead. It also didn't have that high speed banked turnaround but rather a more traditional elevated Turnaround at its old location.