It seems like 2024 was a bit of an off year for Gold Striker. I was kinda underwhelmed by it, and my friend that rode it with me said it was way worse than he remembered.

I love the Mack lapbars

Will 808CoasterLife reach 3k subs by year's end? vote now on your phones

Wooden extreme coaster? get his thoosie card revoked

I hate the way the restraints are on sky rush

Yaaay first international park!!

Another rollercoaster with no restraint is cyclone at Coney island

Great vlog! That's awesome that you went to Japan and visited Fuji Q Highland. Also congrats on hiking up Mount Fuji! Was X2 your number one before?

I'm surprised you could speak so clearly after Eejanaika 😂

I like lap bars a lot, but the clamshell restraints are definitely my favorite

Jesses cooked

The tower of terror has seat belt though?

Can’t wait boizzzz

I bet this comment wont get 3 likes

Top thrill downtime 💀💀

Intamin is the best manufacturer

First and I’m in the vid

Lathe park sucks

Lap bars are easily king.

Bro you should have mentioned the horrid over the shoulder old Arrow restraints they’re a nightmare 😂😂

The wooden Rollercoaster is amazing at play land! Ive been on it twice and it’s definitely one of my favourite rides! Its recently been re finished and there is a seatbelt as well as a bar. If youre ever in the area, id highly recommend giving it a try! I was so happy to see a coaster that ive been on in this video!

I love B&M lap bars, they tend to leave enough room to really enjoy the airtime, while also feeling really solid and safe.

I really like b&m over the shoulder restraints

what about the old big apple restraints

I like the restraints on CopperHead Strike at Carowinds?

one of my fav roller coaster channels goes to my home park :D

The first time I had a vest restraint was when I went on Wonder Woman: flight of courage at Six Flags Magic Mountain, and it was a little odd but I still got some decent airtime on the ride, especially with it also being my first time riding a single rail coaster. A few other unique restraints that I experienced at Six Flags Magic Mountain was the X2 restraint and The Riddlers Revenge restraint, a pretty good restraint and an absolutely horrible restraint that made me and my entire family agree to never go on it again. X2 has their restraint as a sort of over the shoulder height adjustable thing, where you close the orange restraints over your chest and torso, and then push down until it just about touches your shoulders, and it keeps you locked in very great, leaving most of your lower body to wiggle around which can be pretty intense. Now the restraints for The Riddlers Revenge... Require you to stand. Now I haven't gone on it since October 2023, the first time I went to Six Flags ever, and I plan for it to be the last time I go on it in my life. From what I remember, it's an over the shoulder that makes you stand up completely straight, your feet are just barely flat on the ground of the cart, and the operators will ensure this for your safety. Now, I was going through "my ladies days" when I went on this, so I had a "cotton stick" in that day, and this ride made sure to really shove it up in there, and both my brother and dad did not have an enjoyable experience. So yeah those are the few unique ones I have personally experienced.

It is closed for eternity due to staffing shortages.

I spent a few hours here on my way down to the bay area from the San Juan Islands. I bought a season pass but it's likely to end up just being a Magic Mountain season pass come the fall when I'm in SoCal. I got 4 credits in those couple hours (Joker, Medusa, Superman, Cobra), and nothing else was open coaster wise. The only credit I'm missing in that case is the freespin and I don't know how much I care about that knowing I've ridden one and I'll likely have the chance to go back next summer. I mean I'm the same distance from Santa Cruz currently and quite simply, that place is run a lot better and there are more things to do for "besides the rides". When comparing this park to CGA it's sad CGA is the one on the chopping block. Discovery Kingdom might have a better top 3 (well Joker is better than anything at CGA, Medusa vs Flight Deck is close but I think I'd give Medusa the edge, Gold Striker is probably better than Flash (the oddball comparison because no contemporary at the top of the lineup) and Flash hasn't been open all year. Joker vs Railblaizer is really what decides the park with a better top 3) but Great America is just run so much better. I hope they reconsider what park to sell off and just give Great America Joker. The real looser of the merger and Prologis is bay area enthusiasts in the long run.

It’s hard for me to say because I’ve only ever ridden Invertigo (an inverted boomerang) and I’ve heard it’s a different experience than a regular boomerang. But honestly I did enjoy it, and I kind of want to ride it again. I did get insanely dizzy afterwards but it’s hard for me to say how much it affected me because we went back to the hotel for a break right after I rode it, so it’s hard for me to judge how badly it affected my day. But all in all, my one experience was relatively good.

One cool thing about my homepark Lagoon is we have a Schwarzkopf Jet Star 2. Lap sitting is required though, because the Rider closest to the front of the seat wears a seat belt, whilst the rider or two behind the front rider has their lap sat on as a restraint. So technically no restraints for most riders on a Jet Star coaster. Pretty awesome and spoiled experience to ride a rather intense ride for one where most times I've rode lately, it's been without any real restraint.

Awesome video

I’d like to make a correction: Half Pipe is a unique ride. According to the manufacturer’s website, there are only two in the world. The other is in China, but it is broken right now

FYI - the Drachen Fire B&M thing is a total myth. It was an Arrow from Day 1. Watch ElToroRyan's video on it, he goes over everything

What’s ur credit count?

I don’t think u will answer cause I’m late but what’s ur credit count?

Classic Coaster at PNE (Washington State Fairgrounds) does not have buzz bars. This incredible, small coaster uses replicas of Prior & Church trains and has thin bars that move forward just a little before locking mechanically. "Buzz bars" are exclusive to PTC trains and are named for the buzzing sound the switch makes when the bars are unlockked.

In my opinion i love B&M clamshell restraints because they give me so much freedom

I absolutely love over the ehoulder restraints as a skinny person bc i feel so secure and safe, i also have something to hold onto lmao

This is far from too nerdy:) I love physics tho so I’m prolly not the best gauge.

Bro forgot about the rink a dunk pull down bars on swing riders

Nice explanation

and you have limbs......

I still cant get the fact why they removed the go karts i only rode them once last year

It is my home park but all I would do was ride cobra 11 times but i dont like the half a mile walk it sucks

I love the clamshell restraints

did u guys got the general parking or preferred parking?

I love the palatine do it

Vest restrains clamp on my body after a ride so I can barely breath.I absolutely hate them

dude imagine a boomerang type roller coaster where it brings you to the top of the lift hill but goes backwards into some inversions, then powered back forward by a launch to pass through the first lift hill and then into the rest of the ride