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David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more!
Welcome to my UA-cam channel - which features videos of roller coasters, thrill rides, and some weird and wonderful stuff from my worldwide travels.
I upload new videos every weekend so why not SUBSCRIBE and HIT THE BELL for notifications of my new videos so you don't miss out.
I have ridden over 1250 different roller coasters around the world and will continue to add to my video collection each year for you to enjoy.
Check out my alpine coaster videos, top wood and steel coasters from around the world, the Shanghai MagLev train, amazing planes at Maho Beach, Guinness World Records, and loads more.
My Featured Five playlist provides a different selection of featured videos each week - so check it out in the links below!
Welcome to my UA-cam channel - which features videos of roller coasters, thrill rides, and some weird and wonderful stuff from my worldwide travels.
I upload new videos every weekend so why not SUBSCRIBE and HIT THE BELL for notifications of my new videos so you don't miss out.
I have ridden over 1250 different roller coasters around the world and will continue to add to my video collection each year for you to enjoy.
Check out my alpine coaster videos, top wood and steel coasters from around the world, the Shanghai MagLev train, amazing planes at Maho Beach, Guinness World Records, and loads more.
My Featured Five playlist provides a different selection of featured videos each week - so check it out in the links below!
CoasterDynamix Dragon Roller Coaster Model (B&M Inverter) - ECC Member 2004 Demonstration in Germany
The Dragon was the very first roller coaster model sold by Coasterdynamix. It was modelled on a B&M inverter coaster and featured B&M style trains with metal wheels and ran over a large footprint of 6ft by 2ft. It was discontinued and replaced by the smaller Scorpion model, but this original design is still highly rated by collectors and enthusiasts worldwide. This working example was demonstrated by a German member of the European Coaster Club when we visited CentrO.Park on the 2004 Colossal Coasterbahn tour.
David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more
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Tandem Freefall Parachute Jump (Raw Footage Edit) June 2024 - UK Parachuting - Beccles Airfield
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On 21 June 2024 I ticked off one of my longest standing 'bucket list' items - to do a freefall parachute jump. Strapped to my instructor Callum and filmed by the excellent Nick Herridge I took part in a 13,000ft skydive at Beccles Airfield in Suffolk. I am really lucky that UK Parachuting operates there as it's just a few miles from home and the skydive takes places in full view of my home town...
Kålormen (2004 Footage and On-Ride POV) - Tivoliland (Karolinelund) Aalborg Denmark
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Kålormen was a rare example of a wacky worm / big apple coaster with a turntable that allowed it to have two trains (one loading / unloading and the other running on the track). It operated at Tivoliland amusement park (known later as Tivoli Karolinelund) in Aalborg Denmark between 1985 and 2010, after which it was relocated to Family Fun park in Iraq, where it still operates. Video features of...
G'sengte Sau (2004 Front Seat POV) - Erlebnispark Tripsdrill Germany
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G'sengte Sau is a Gerstlauer Bobsled roller coaster that has operated at the lovely Erlebnispark Tripsdrill theme park in Germany since 1998. The ride's name translates in local dialect as Fast Rider. Video contains a full front seat POV filmed on the European Coaster Club's Colossal Coasterbahn Tour in 2004. David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more Please SUBSCRIBE and click on the...
Jetline (2003 Off-Ride Footage) - Gröna Lund Amusement Park Stockholm Sweden
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Jetline was an extreme steel roller coaster that operated at the amazing Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm Sweden between 1988 and June 2023, when it closed permanently following a fatal accident. The coaster was a collaboration of different companies with the ride being designed by Werner Stengel for Schwarzkopf, built by BHS and made by Zierer. It was then modified by Maurer! Video featu...
Balder (2004 On-Ride POV Collection) - Liseberg Amusement Park Gothenburg Sweden
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Balder is a wooden roller coaster from Intamin with a prefabricated track, located at the wonderful Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg Sweden. It's consistently rated one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world and delivers bags of amazing airtime. It remains one of my top ten coasters. Video features a collection of four on-ride POVs, including a backwards facing rear seat POV, a si...
Na Fianna Force (2024 Media Preview Day Off-Ride Footage Compilation) - Emerald Park Ireland
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Na Fianna Force is a brand new Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster at Emerald Park near Dublin, Ireland, which opened to the public 22 May 2024. I was lucky enough to be at the media day on 21 May to try it out - and it's fantastic. Here are various off-ride shots of this excellent new roller coaster in action. David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more Please SUBSCRIBE and click on the B...
Niagara Falls Town (2010 Sightseeing Selection) - Niagara Falls Ontario Canada
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Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario Canada located at the famous waterfalls of the same name. The city is joined to the USA via the Rainbow Bridge and features a variety of tourist attractions such as the Skylon Tower. It overlooks the famous Horseshoe Falls. Video features a variety of clips filmed in and around the town during our 2010 road trip around USA and Canada. David Ellis - Roller Coas...
Vilda Musen (2003 Reverse / Backwards Facing POV) - Gröna Lund Amusement Park Stockholm Sweden
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Vilda Musen (Wild Mouse) is a Gerstlauer Bobsled steel roller coaster that has operated at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm Sweden since April 2003. Video features a reverse cam (backwards facing) POV filmed as part of the European Coaster Club's Coolest Coasters tour of Scandinavia 2003, just two months after this fun twisted ride opened. David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides a...
Cú Chulainn (2024 HD Front Seat POV) - Emerald Park (Tayto Park) Ireland
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Cú Chulainn is a large wooden roller coaster from the Gravity Group and built by Gravitykraft that has operated at Emerald Park (originally known as Tayto Park) in Ireland since 2015. Having ridden it on opening day back in 2015 it was nice to ride it again nine years later when we visited the park for the media opening of two new roller coasters in the exciting Tír na nÓg (Land of Eternal Yout...
Alpina Bahn (2004 Complete Front Seat POV) - Hamburg Sommer Dom Germany
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Alpina Bahn is a large steel roller coaster that travels German fairs, appearing at many major festivals each year. It was designed by Werner Stengel and Anton Schwarzkopf and is still the second largest travelling roller coaster in the world. It has no inversions, but instead contains tight turns and high g-force transitions. It first opened in 1983. Video features a full front seat POV filmed...
Colossos (2004 Off-Ride Footage) - Heide Park Germany
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Colossus (now called Colossos - Kampf der Giganten) is an Intamin wooden coaster with a prefabricated track, which has operated at Heide Park in Germany since 2001. We visited the park with the European Coaster Club in July 2004 and had some exclusive ride time on this wild airtime machine. Video features various off-ride shots filmed on the access road adjacent to the coaster's layout. Please ...
Na Fianna Force (Projected Pre-Show and Mid-Train On-Ride POV) - Emerald Park Ireland
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Na Fianna Force is the new (and excellent) Suspended Thrill Coaster from Vekoma that opened on 22 May 2024 at Emerald Park near Dublin, Ireland. Video features the projected pre-show in the ride station plus an on-ride mid-Train POV, filmed on the media preview day 21 May 2024. David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more Please SUBSCRIBE and click on the BELL to get notification of my ...
The Quest at Tír na nÓg (Media Day Back Seat POV) - Emerald Park Ireland
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The Quest is a family boomerang roller coaster from Vekoma that opened on 22 May 2024 at Emerald Park, located near Dublin, Ireland. The Quest (part of the new Tír na nÓg area of the park) has been built to interact with the Vekoma suspended thrill coaster Na Fianna Force, and the way they work together is really quite clever. Check out this back seat POV on The Quest, which shows really nicely...
Na Fianna Force (Media Day Front Seat POV) - Emerald Park Ireland
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Na Fianna Force is a brand new Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster at Emerald Park in Ireland, opening to the public 22 May 2024. I was lucky enough to be at the media day on 21 May to try it out - and it's fantastic. Here is a complete front seat POV filmed with kind permission of the park. David Ellis - Roller Coasters, Thrill Rides and more Please SUBSCRIBE and click on the BELL to get notificat...
Lisebergbanan (2003 Front Seat POV) - Liseberg Amusement Park Gothenburg Sweden
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Lisebergbanan (2003 Front Seat POV) - Liseberg Amusement Park Gothenburg Sweden
Marienkäferbahn (2004 Big Kids Rollback Footage) - Fort Fun Abenteuerland Germany
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Marienkäferbahn (2004 Big Kids Rollback Footage) - Fort Fun Abenteuerland Germany
Alpenexpress Enzian (Original Coaster - 2004 Off-Ride Footage) - Europa Park Germany
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Alpenexpress Enzian (Original Coaster - 2004 Off-Ride Footage) - Europa Park Germany
Canopy Flyer (2023 Off-Ride Footage and Backwards On-Ride POV) - Universal Studios Singapore
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Canopy Flyer (2023 Off-Ride Footage and Backwards On-Ride POV) - Universal Studios Singapore
Colorado Adventure (2004 General Footage and On-Ride POV) - Phantasialand Germany
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Colorado Adventure (2004 General Footage and On-Ride POV) - Phantasialand Germany
Balder (2004 Front Seat POV) - Liseberg Amusement Park Gothenburg Sweden
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Balder (2004 Front Seat POV) - Liseberg Amusement Park Gothenburg Sweden
Falken (2004 Opening Day POVs) - Fårup Sommerland Denmark
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Falken (2004 Opening Day POVs) - Fårup Sommerland Denmark
KOMTAR Tower 'The Top' (2023 Views and Glass Floor Footage) - George Town Malaysia (Marella Cruises)
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KOMTAR Tower 'The Top' (2023 Views and Glass Floor Footage) - George Town Malaysia (Marella Cruises)
Winjas (2004 Off-Ride Footage) - Phantasialand Theme Park Germany
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Winjas (2004 Off-Ride Footage) - Phantasialand Theme Park Germany
Alpina Bahn (2004 Back Seat On-Ride POV) - Hamburg Sommer Dom - Germany
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Alpina Bahn (2004 Back Seat On-Ride POV) - Hamburg Sommer Dom - Germany
Enchanted Airways (2023 Off-Ride Footage and On-Ride POV) - Universal Studios Singapore
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Enchanted Airways (2023 Off-Ride Footage and On-Ride POV) - Universal Studios Singapore
Coyote's und Roadrunner's Achterbahn (2004 Off-Ride Footage and POV) - WB Movie World Germany
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Coyote's und Roadrunner's Achterbahn (2004 Off-Ride Footage and POV) - WB Movie World Germany
Vild Svinet (2003 Front Row POV) - BonBon Land Theme Park Denmark
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Vild Svinet (2003 Front Row POV) - BonBon Land Theme Park Denmark
Imperator and More (2004 Miscellaneous Footage) - Hamburg Dom (Sommerdom) Germany
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Imperator and More (2004 Miscellaneous Footage) - Hamburg Dom (Sommerdom) Germany
Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo (2012 Video Highlights) - MS New Serenade Nile Cruise - Aswan Egypt
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Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo (2012 Video Highlights) - MS New Serenade Nile Cruise - Aswan Egypt
That’s pretty impressive!
Better with no brakes, then scared pussies can't slow down and ruin it for others.
Kinda looks a little like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
It is...but better!
same manufacturer 🙂
I wish they can do pyrenees parque espana inverted coaster
The Dragon
The tunnel was my favorite part. I wish they had incorporated that into the Joker conversion
Budapest megérdemli egy új hullámvásút és egy igazi vidámpark.
Egyetértek - szomorú volt látni a parkot bezárva, és attól tartok, hogy a hullámvasút most elrohad.
Do you have any on ride POVs of the backwards racer at Kings Island?
ua-cam.com/video/e4aGiW6AIDk/v-deo.html
Che ricordi
Stricker's Grove is an example of size doesn't equal fun For such a small park, I made a lot of good memories here
It's a fun place and the coasters are well cared-for
@@davidjellis couldn't agree more
Okay got this one checked off of my bucket list now. I had given up on it after Mexico, when I assumed it would be scrapped. But nope. Instead my home park bought it, restored it, and got it operational again. A great ride. Worth the 3 year wait. But man, those accordion restraints - OUCH! My riding partner tapped out after 2 rides. I tapped out after 3, but came back later for one more ride. Even the ride ops thought I was crazy for doing 3 rides in a row. Most Schwarzkopf's I've ridden are fairly smooth for the time they were built; and this one probably would be if not for the restraints. I cut my coaster riding teeth on Arrow, Summers/Dinn, CCI, and every RCCA built in the U.S. I'm talking original 1992 Rattler, original Texas Giant, Steel Phantom, Son of Beast, and so on. American Triple Loop isn't the roughest ride I've been on. But it's up there! Shockingly the smoothest ride today was LoCoSuMo. And I've never had a smooth ride on that in it's 22 years of operation, until my visit to Indiana Beach today. So major credit to the park and the maintenance crew for doing some great work on it. And I feel obligated to report that Cyclone at Indiana Beach is one of the better Galaxi coasters that I've been on.
I agree with the accordion restraints - worst invention ever...and whilst I was pleased to see the coaster had been saved, I have read some fairly scary stuff about the general safety levels on that ride since it was relocated...looks like they cut a few corners and made some odd compromises to the quality of the ride experience, so not a surprise to read it was on the rough side. I LOVE LoCoSuMo - such a fun ride idea, and quite unlike anything else. Yes, the Galaxy there was pretty decent from memory.
@@davidjellis I'm not as concerned about the Triple Loop's safety. But I do think the ride needs a complete overhaul, with new trains and a new control system, much like what Hershey Park did with their Schwarzkopf coaster (also a great ride).
@@davidjellis The old Mindbender trains are fine, save for the restraints. But new trains with modern materials and restraints would be much better.
@@ferretsp3052 yes, totally agree 🙂
Were you guys really butt-naked? Only in England........
yes - we had to wear shoes for health & Safety reasons - that was all!
Looks like thunder hawk but bigger tbh
I miss this ride so fucking much.
I've ridden one of these Derby Racers before, it was the one at: Cedar Point it was fun!
Looks like they had a good ASS time
They don’t run this roller coaster anymore. Early 90s I heard it went off track, too.
It ran up to 2019 but hasn't operated since - sadly
I rode this all throughout the summer of 2000. I don’t remember it being too rough.
All that riding must have affected your memory LOL. The ride experience varied I am sure...sometimes a coaster can be decent one season and poor the next depending on maintenance schedules etc. I wasn't a fan, mainly due to the trains rather than the ride design.
@@davidjellis I don’t like rough coasters. I was never a fan of Raging Wolf. I’d remember if Villain was rough.
@@afridgetoofar1818 well, we all like different things - and roller coaster ride experiences can vary - oddly I never found Raging Wolf Bobs rough at all, just boring...Villain I found rough enough not to like...it was never in my 'roughest wooden coasters' list (and I have ridden 176 wooden coasters in total) but wasn't a favourite either.
@@afridgetoofar1818 you can also gauge by the amount of shaking in the footage that it wasn't the smoothest of rides...my old analogue camcorder struggled quite a bit to cope.
The 2007 ride experience was no smoother ua-cam.com/video/dwCY2Z8r_PI/v-deo.html
Planet coaster needs that table turn
That takes guts…
That looks like ultimate floater airtime. Thanks for taking the leap and thanks for posting!
LOL - it didn't feel like floating though...strange feeling - but travelling at 125mph straight down for 35 seconds just felt like being in a wind tunnel but with better views 🙂
@@davidjellis Wow: neat! Thanks for describing it to me!
Hello! Could I use this footage in an upcoming video? I will give full credit and link your channel in the description
That should be fine...it's unlikely my MCN (Brave Bison) will claim copyright for a video with just 3.2k views - Please credit David Ellis and provide a link to the channel. Cheers.
Hello! Could I use this footage in an upcoming video? I would give full credit and link your channel in the description :)
That should be fine...technically I would normally need to check with my MCN (Brave Bison)...but as they only tend to monitor use of my most viewed videos, any third party use of this one (with just 89k views) is unlikely to be claimed by them. Please credit David Ellis and provide a link to the channel. Cheers.
Do parachute plane pilots get lonely on the way down?
Probably not - it's only a few minutes after all. What I found funny was when they did the safety drill before we went up - they explained what the process was if the plane had an emergency (which has never happened)...anyway, he explained that if we were at low altitude we would adopt the brace position, however if we were high enough we would simply "bail out using the parachutes and leave the pilot to figure it out himself" - I thought that was funny!
@@davidjellis That is funny!
Wonderful jump David. I got to ask you. Would it rate next to some of the best coasters you have ever ridden? You are adventurous in every sense of the word Dave. Well done~ Rob/Boston
It's hard to compare to any roller coaster ride experience to be honest...very different feeling. What I can say is that this really got my adrenaline flowing and I was on a real buzz afterwards...I can't recall the last roller coaster that gave me the same buzz, apart from the no brakes alpine coaster at Mieders. This has been on my to-do list ever since I did static line jumping around 30 years ago, and I am sure I will do another...it can be addictive, adrenaline!
Who is here after upsc preperations
Damn that was such a fun f'n ride.
I have never seen a wacky worm coaster with tunnels. Very cool David. Good to hear that it is still operating at another park to this day~ Rob/Boston
There were only three wacky worm coasters to feature a turntable and this is the only one left...we didn't see the turntable operate at this park. It was cool to ride a standard coaster model that had so many unique adaptations - quite a rarity!
No amount of money will convince me to ride this
Wow this video is certainly unique, great pov David
This the wacky worm coaster
I was there in 2002, aged 22 and saw this crash in person watching it again gives me the chills. Glad the pilot made it out alive and was subsequently rescued. The cause of the crash was pilot error loss of thrust due to selecting the wrong setting, forcing the pilot to eject.
So rare
I love how they integrated the scenery with the coaster.
Do you remember the walkthrough pirate ship attraction at this park? It was closed in 2005. I am looking for the lost photos that once existed on the lost website adventureislandguide
I don't think I visited the park pre 2006 - I do remember some kind of walk-through but it was a long time ago and I am not sure about it, sorry.
@@davidjellis Thank you for responding. I have been collecting a lot of old adventure island photos to help preserve them but this is an attraction which seems to have been lost in time sadly.
I can cleary see why people loved this ride more. It felt like you were actually test subjects that was possibly going to crash if something went wrong Of course you dont really crash you just automatically stop in 2 secs by a castmember
Pretty neat
Fast Rider
Damn OP is still actively replying to comments over 12 years after this video dropped
I can't understand channel owners who DON'T acknowledge and respond - regardless of whether the video is old or new - it's just being polite and respectful to people who took the time to watch the video and comment. Thanks for posting.
Ugly B&M Wooden Coaster Trains
good job they were the only woodie trains they made then 🙂
Gorgeous grainy footage
classic analogue footage 🙂
Mulholland madness Opened: February 8th 2001 Closed: October 12th 2010
It was just rethemed and now runs under a different name - it still operates
Just heard this ride was closing for good :( I went on it when I was in Stockholm, it was absolutely awesome
Agree - very sad - but after the accident last year I can understand the park's decision - was an excellent coaster in its prime
Thank you SO MUCH for documenting my first roller coaster!!!
Pleased you enjoyed it 🙂
This is the most horrific drop tower ever it feels short but it is actually not it falls so fast and suddenly it feels like a real broken thing but its not
Great description 🙂
@@davidjellis I doubt that you mean it😭
@@JustHaromi I was intrigued by your description, but get totally what you mean 🙂
Must be a fun time when there are no slow pokes there taking their sweet time. Never been on one of these but I imagine being stuck behind someone using the brakes would frustrate me to no end.
Yes - that's exactly how it feels 🙂 You just have to be lucky or persuade the operator to leave an extra long gap in front of you
hi just asking but do you have any other HoBs PiT footage? I can find anything online!
This is the only other footage I have ua-cam.com/video/RBYNqZ9UItQ/v-deo.html
@@davidjellis thanks!
Hilarious timing considering what is happening to this coaster now. Really cool offride shots!
Timing was deliberate...I saw the announcement this week and checked to see what footage I had that hadn't yet been uploaded. It was a great coaster, but totally understand the park's decision.
I love how it did a big out and back only to join up with the top of the lift hill of a traveling coaster.
which travelling coaster are you referring to Jim?
@@davidjellis This one. I just watched a POV of it recently.
@@riparianlife97701 This one never travelled - was at the park from new in 1988
@@davidjellis Right, but the main part was built like a traveler, after the initial out and back, including a curved lift. Contrast that with Revolution, at SFMM, that had almost all individual supports.
@@riparianlife97701 Agree, it is reminiscent of the big travelling Schwarzkopfs, but this one has never travelled. Its slightly older twin did have one relocation (from Japan to UK) but again was never a travelling coaster in the traditional sense (fairs etc)...it does resemble those big travelling rides though I do admit
It was a unique and historic ride. It’s a shame it had to go.
agreed - one of my favourite steel coasters at the time
Us too.