Hey Jacob! Leap the Dips is what's called a "side-friction" roller-coaster, meaning that those wheels you showed on that cart (somewhere around 12 minutes in) are there to just keep the car aligned on the track, and have nothing to do with the braking system. 👍🏻
9:35 Those are the anti-rollbacks, they prevent the cars from rolling back down the lift hill. Modern roller coasters use a ratcheting system rather than wooden spokes, as used here, that's where the clicking sound on a coasrer's lift hill comes from.
I'm so sad they did this, but a lot of the rides would've cost a ton to renovate I guess. It felt like losing my childhood a bit seeing this video and all the stuff just gone.
Born and raised in Altoona. I still live very close by! I have a lot of really great memories of my youth at this park! I miss the Wing off's that they used to have! Really cool you came out here to check it out man!
I have ridden the oldest wooden roller coaster in the UK, the scenic railway at Dreamland in Margate first opened 1920, thank you for taking us with you Jacob, stay safe out there.
The old wooden coasters are the best! The thrill isn't because they are fastest or tallest but the anxiety that there is always that chance that something may just come apart. Thanks Jacob, another great video.
Leap the Dips has also gone through periods of being Standing But Not Operating (or SBNO) so even though no coaster is older than it, there are coasters that have contentiously operated longer-with the title going to a coaster in Australia that opened in 1910.
So much for the relaxing tootle round the lake Jacob lol, you looked just a tad done in, the roller coasters were amazing especially the 120 year old one, thankyou Jacob, fun vlog x 😁👍🏻
@@ridewarriorsreviews9519 no it wasn't but Geauga Lake opened in 1887 and had a handful of old coasters like this. The Big Dipper the oldest coaster they had continuesly operated since it opened in 1925. The park sadly changed ownership a couple times in its final year's going form six flags to Cedar fair. I believe Cedar Fair Shut the park down because it took crowds away from Cedar point. But that's what I think not fact.
I think those wooden things you were wondering about is in case the power chain breaks or somehow fails , the car doesn't roll back and smash into another car behind it , it's a primitive fail safe system . Now I'm just guessing of course . Great video Jacob and thanks for sharing it with us all.
The Leap The Dips ride has no upstop wheels which would prevent the car from flying in the air so those cars rely on gravity to keep the car pushed down! :3
The Skyliner was my first roller coaster, first time I rode it was in the late 70s, when it was at Roseland Park in Canandaigua, NY. The antique car ride would take you under the coaster. The wood would creak and rattle, the sound was deafening as the coaster zoomed by. The interaction of the two rides was awesome.
Hi Jacob awesome vlog at Lakemont Park's Oldest roller coaster. I am glad you survived this roller coaster without a strap and only a bar to hang on to. Very nice and smooth ride!
So many of my favorite parks are gone now, only a memory or in the photo archives of the Internet. We had one near my home as a child, and I could hear the 'Racer Dip' on a warm summer's night.
I’m so happy to see Leap-the-Dips & Skyliner are operating. If you ride in the back seat on Leap-the-Dips, you actually get quite a bit of airtime. So, for the oldest side friction coaster in the world, it’s age & size can be a bit deceiving.
Thank you for allowing me the pleasure of riding the old rolling coaster!! Four years ago my plus one messed his back up on our old roller coaster here. Haven't been on one since. Loved it! 👍❤🎢 oh yeah...
"World's Oldest Roller Coaster" -- It certainly looks like it! LOL I love watching you ride roller coasters... a man who suffers for his art! Take care.
Love this video! I was born and raised in this area of Pennsylvania. In fact my wife and I had our wedding reception in the Casino that is next door to the park.
Hi Jacob! My boyfriend and I were there not too long ago. We both have videos of Leap the Dips coming out soon. We ended up getting the unlimited bracelet and rode many of the rides several times! On one of the rides on Leap the Dips a younger man told us that "you really have to know when to stand up". It didn't make sense at the time but after the 3rd time around it clicked! you have to know when to stand up to avoid getting launched on the dips! hence...LEAP the dips!
Older coasters didn't have upstop wheels that hug the bottom of the track. Leap the Dips is a side friction coaster so the train runs almost within the track like a log flume. Upstop wheel prevent the train from flying off the track, as the running wheel can loose contact with the track when experiencing airtime.
The wood slats you see on the lift hill are the rides anti-roll back system. If the car comes loose of the lift chain, it will roll back onto one of those where it gets held until the chain can grab hold of the car again.
The wooden things clicking against the side of the car, on the lift hill, are the anti-rollback mechanisms. They are similar to the anti-rollbacks you'll find on some log flumes.
Glad you went there. Horseshoe Curve is in that area, Boyer Mallo Cup candy Factory, also in that vicinity, Raystown Lake also, there. I live approx. 2 hrs. Drive from there. Have a good week and thanks for sharing. By the way, the oldest roller coaster was very nice to see
3/4 of my Grandparents are from Altoona And Johnstown PA. My Dad use to visit my Great Grandfather up in Altoona and visited Lakemont Park and when my Great Aunt and Uncle were live we use to go up to Altoona and Johnstown all the town all the time but Lakemont Park I never got to visit sadly
In 1920, John Miller patented the upstop wheel, a 3 wheel design that has road wheels (which take the brunt of the force), guide wheels (on the side, helps steer around turns), and upstop wheels (under the track, allows you to get airtime without risk of the train flying off the track). The concept is still used on most coasters today, including Skyliner in the same park, however, being that Leap The Dips is 18 years older than that patent, it was built without upstop wheels and still operates that way to this day so it theoretically could fly off if it had extreme enough airtime. The breaking system is different because it's wooden skid breaks. Comparing it to other classic wooden coasters like Skyliner, normally skid breaks have metal plates on top of them. Leap The Dips does not. Additionally, Leap The Dips is one of the few coasters that doesn't have block zones (El Toro Ryan could give you a lesson on blockzones if you're interested) because there is no computer involved in operation.
while it has changed a lot with quite a few rides gone it seems to have gone back to being a family place. I remember the pond with the big carp and throwing the carp bread and watching them come get it, Also remember going on the 4th of July for the fire works, Many Lakemont memories. Including riding Leap the dips many times over on school field trips. Jacob you need to get back to Altoona and visit some of the other attractions including the horseshoe curve which is the basis for the AAA baseball team name.
Al-toona ....like the name Al (you can call me Al ) Glad you had a good time ...when you said you were going n the paddle boats ...i actually yelled NO DONT.....its a definate work out..LOL
I wondered if you'd stop by! I live not too far from there. Lakemont Park has definitely changed since I was a kid. They're trying to be a community park and place for people to hang out, which is great for the area!
Thanks for the ride , the one at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside Colorado has a safety bar that goes down to your knees . Thanks again , take care now.
Wow, that park is so nice and relaxing! It looks like it inspires relaxation. All the rides are cool and Leap the Dips (?) is unbelievable! -that it still runs after a century and that its allowed to operate w/o any restraints or seatbelts. Amazing! Thanks Jacob! Keep on, Carpetbagger. Continue w/ your adventures and be safe!
I’ve been to Lakemont park before! I love that park, especially their go karts and driving the old fashion cars on the track! Have fun, and their ice cream is really good!
I’m insanely jealous you got to ride Leap The Dips! I’m trying to convince my wife to brave the COVID with me and venture to PA so we can ride it this year!
Man, this brings back some memories. I lived in Altoona in 1997 and would visit this park weekly in the summer for the “Wing Off” hot wing competition. Great times for sure.
If you come to northwest Ohio, be sure to check out Forest RV Park, it used to be a dinosaur park called Prehistoric Forest. The park had a valcano for an entrance and theu kept it, alongside two of the dinosaurs!!!!
Him riding up the hill of the roller coaster. Me sees baseball fields “oOoOhOh now I wanna play baseball” And then I just start talking to myself about baseball for the rest of the vid.😂
Good morning Carpetbagger, keep up the good work. I really enjoy your trips. When you come out to California. I would like to take you and your family to some other spots of Santa Cruz. Thanks Bob Calderon
Sadly most of the good rides at this park were demolished around 2017 I think, but it’s nice the coaster are still there. When I was there in I think 2016, the old train seen in the station was still running.
Just a small fact:The worlds 2nd oldest roller coaster is "The Great Scenic Railway" other wise simply known as "Scenic Railway" at Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia (My country) it was built in 1912. It is one of 7 in the world to require a brakeman in the middle (With special training needed of course) So Jacob you have visited and ridden the oldest, now how about the 2nd oldest (Once it is safe to come and visit) Bring the family, visit Australia and place my country and the many attractions we have here "In the bag" I'm sure everybody here will "follow" you if you do!
Have you been to Conneaut Lake? Their Blue Streak is the 17th oldest wooden roller coaster in the United States, and it is one of two shallow coasters designed by Ed Vettel and still operating.
@@haydenharman2351 the whip over the top of the first drop is epic, though. You fell like you are being thrown out of the car. Was just there about three weeks ago, and Skyliner was running much better the last time I was there 5 years ago. Rode it 7 times in the course of about an hour and a half with a few on LTD and one on the Chance Toboggan coaster which is now gone.
Hey Jacob! Leap the Dips is what's called a "side-friction" roller-coaster, meaning that those wheels you showed on that cart (somewhere around 12 minutes in) are there to just keep the car aligned on the track, and have nothing to do with the braking system. 👍🏻
Yeah this coaster absolutely has no up-stop wheels at all. 😄 Any faster and there'd definitely be some airtime for everyone
How does the brake at the end of the ride work?
@@wooderdsaunders4640 piece of lumber gets pressed up against the bottom of the car which is a big friction brake
9:35 Those are the anti-rollbacks, they prevent the cars from rolling back down the lift hill. Modern roller coasters use a ratcheting system rather than wooden spokes, as used here, that's where the clicking sound on a coasrer's lift hill comes from.
This is what I was going to comment, good lookin out.
I new it
That's the best part....the clickety clack going up the hills...
The difference between this and most modern coasters is that there aren't any wheels under the rails, they only have the above & side wheels
That roller coaster is 119 years old and that alone is amazing. Props to those that have been maintaining it, they're doing a great job.
The park actually shut down for around 2 yrs and in that time the other rides fell out of working order basically so they took em out!
The park closed specifically to take the rides out and transform it into a public park. It was planned.
@@porcelainthunder2213 ohh, damn guess i misinformed then, my bad ^^'
I'm so sad they did this, but a lot of the rides would've cost a ton to renovate I guess. It felt like losing my childhood a bit seeing this video and all the stuff just gone.
Born and raised in Altoona. I still live very close by! I have a lot of really great memories of my youth at this park! I miss the Wing off's that they used to have! Really cool you came out here to check it out man!
Thanks for the great time and I will see you again .stay safe and careful.
I have ridden the oldest wooden roller coaster in the UK, the scenic railway at Dreamland in Margate first opened 1920, thank you for taking us with you Jacob, stay safe out there.
Our wedding reception right next to Lakemont. I had our photographer take some of our pics with the Lakemont Ferris wheel in the background.
* was right next to
The old wooden coasters are the best! The thrill isn't because they are fastest or tallest but the anxiety that there is always that chance that something may just come apart. Thanks Jacob, another great video.
A nostalgic, beautiful amusement park, I think that's great. Thanks for the video! 😉👍 🌻 💗 🍄
So wild to see a coaster with just dips and no major drops. I'd love to try this someday.
Leap the Dips has also gone through periods of being Standing But Not Operating (or SBNO) so even though no coaster is older than it, there are coasters that have contentiously operated longer-with the title going to a coaster in Australia that opened in 1910.
So much for the relaxing tootle round the lake Jacob lol, you looked just a tad done in, the roller coasters were amazing especially the 120 year old one, thankyou Jacob, fun vlog x 😁👍🏻
Always wanted to ride the leap the dips coaster!
You'll need a chiropractor after. I've ridden it around a dozen times because my nephew loves it and my sister can't ride it.
Watching this makes me miss Geauga Lake so much!
whys that? Was this ride there or something?
@@ridewarriorsreviews9519 no it wasn't but Geauga Lake opened in 1887 and had a handful of old coasters like this. The Big Dipper the oldest coaster they had continuesly operated since it opened in 1925. The park sadly changed ownership a couple times in its final year's going form six flags to Cedar fair. I believe Cedar Fair Shut the park down because it took crowds away from Cedar point. But that's what I think not fact.
Criminal what they did to Geauga Lake.
@@ridewarriorsreviews9519 Loved the Big Dipper!
I think those wooden things you were wondering about is in case the power chain breaks or somehow fails , the car doesn't roll back and smash into another car behind it , it's a primitive fail safe system . Now I'm just guessing of course . Great video Jacob and thanks for sharing it with us all.
The Leap The Dips ride has no upstop wheels which would prevent the car from flying in the air so those cars rely on gravity to keep the car pushed down! :3
The original coaster, was called the Gravity railroad
What a cool park!
I love these videos
OMG HEY!!!!! This is my city!!!
Me too!!
Sameee
Why is the first thing that came to my mind is “England is my city”
Same
Not me
That old coaster is fantastic!! Cool old park!
The Skyliner was my first roller coaster, first time I rode it was in the late 70s, when it was at Roseland Park in Canandaigua, NY. The antique car ride would take you under the coaster. The wood would creak and rattle, the sound was deafening as the coaster zoomed by. The interaction of the two rides was awesome.
I also rode the Skyliner at Roseland and it was my first as well loved it I hope to go there and ride it one more time
'70s*
Christine C. Yes I rode it when I was 6 or 7 yrs old so it was late 70’s in 78 or 79
Hi Jacob awesome vlog at Lakemont Park's Oldest roller coaster. I am glad you survived this roller coaster without a strap and only a bar to hang on to. Very nice and smooth ride!
So many of my favorite parks are gone now, only a memory or in the photo archives of the Internet. We had one near my home as a child, and I could hear the 'Racer Dip' on a warm summer's night.
Gotta love these vintage amusement park videos c: love your content Jacob!! Also... I really appreciate seeing a fellow Crocs man :D !!
I’m so happy to see Leap-the-Dips & Skyliner are operating. If you ride in the back seat on Leap-the-Dips, you actually get quite a bit of airtime. So, for the oldest side friction coaster in the world, it’s age & size can be a bit deceiving.
I love the dialogue he has with himself on the coasters....is it over!!?? 😆
Hey Jacob, welcome to pa. Lakemont is my favorite place and leap the dips is from 1902 and the new owner is never gonna get rid of that
So cool. I love all the old theme parks. I never realized there were so many. We really enjoy your channel 😊
Delgrasoo amusement park up the road from there a little bit in Tipton,pa
Thank you for allowing me the pleasure of riding the old rolling coaster!! Four years ago my plus one messed his back up on our old roller coaster here. Haven't been on one since. Loved it! 👍❤🎢 oh yeah...
The Skyliner is a John C Allen designed coaster that opened back in 1960 and it was originally at Roseland Park. It was moved to Lakemont park in 1987
"World's Oldest Roller Coaster" -- It certainly looks like it! LOL I love watching you ride roller coasters... a man who suffers for his art! Take care.
Love this video! I was born and raised in this area of Pennsylvania. In fact my wife and I had our wedding reception in the Casino that is next door to the park.
That leap the dips looks like fun, even I would enjoy it ☺️
Hi Jacob! My boyfriend and I were there not too long ago. We both have videos of Leap the Dips coming out soon. We ended up getting the unlimited bracelet and rode many of the rides several times! On one of the rides on Leap the Dips a younger man told us that "you really have to know when to stand up". It didn't make sense at the time but after the 3rd time around it clicked! you have to know when to stand up to avoid getting launched on the dips! hence...LEAP the dips!
Older coasters didn't have upstop wheels that hug the bottom of the track. Leap the Dips is a side friction coaster so the train runs almost within the track like a log flume. Upstop wheel prevent the train from flying off the track, as the running wheel can loose contact with the track when experiencing airtime.
The wood slats you see on the lift hill are the rides anti-roll back system. If the car comes loose of the lift chain, it will roll back onto one of those where it gets held until the chain can grab hold of the car again.
I love your videos man!
Fun roller coaster. You got some exercise there on the paddle boat, Jacob. Nice park overall.
Looks like fun ! I wish we could go there
Love it when you ride the coasters
That’s Awesome! Good job keeping the camera steady haha.
Good video ! The bigger coaster there was once located in a park in the finger lakes region of NY.
Omg Caroetbagger I love that you go to everything near Johnstown. Best UA-camr!
The wooden things clicking against the side of the car, on the lift hill, are the anti-rollback mechanisms. They are similar to the anti-rollbacks you'll find on some log flumes.
Glad you went there. Horseshoe Curve is in that area, Boyer Mallo Cup candy Factory, also in that vicinity, Raystown Lake also, there. I live approx. 2 hrs. Drive from there. Have a good week and thanks for sharing. By the way, the oldest roller coaster was very nice to see
You worked up a little sweat ans tired legs there at the end :-) enjoyed it Jacob
Good one Jacob 😎👍
3/4 of my Grandparents are from Altoona And Johnstown PA. My Dad use to visit my Great Grandfather up in Altoona and visited Lakemont Park and when my Great Aunt and Uncle were live we use to go up to Altoona and Johnstown all the town all the time but Lakemont Park I never got to visit sadly
In 1920, John Miller patented the upstop wheel, a 3 wheel design that has road wheels (which take the brunt of the force), guide wheels (on the side, helps steer around turns), and upstop wheels (under the track, allows you to get airtime without risk of the train flying off the track). The concept is still used on most coasters today, including Skyliner in the same park, however, being that Leap The Dips is 18 years older than that patent, it was built without upstop wheels and still operates that way to this day so it theoretically could fly off if it had extreme enough airtime. The breaking system is different because it's wooden skid breaks. Comparing it to other classic wooden coasters like Skyliner, normally skid breaks have metal plates on top of them. Leap The Dips does not. Additionally, Leap The Dips is one of the few coasters that doesn't have block zones (El Toro Ryan could give you a lesson on blockzones if you're interested) because there is no computer involved in operation.
while it has changed a lot with quite a few rides gone it seems to have gone back to being a family place. I remember the pond with the big carp and throwing the carp bread and watching them come get it, Also remember going on the 4th of July for the fire works, Many Lakemont memories. Including riding Leap the dips many times over on school field trips. Jacob you need to get back to Altoona and visit some of the other attractions including the horseshoe curve which is the basis for the AAA baseball team name.
Al-toona ....like the name Al (you can call me Al ) Glad you had a good time ...when you said you were going n the paddle boats ...i actually yelled NO DONT.....its a definate work out..LOL
Definite* Also, punctuation.
I wondered if you'd stop by! I live not too far from there. Lakemont Park has definitely changed since I was a kid. They're trying to be a community park and place for people to hang out, which is great for the area!
That just looked painful. I felt that in my kidneys!
You looked scared before you even got on but, you put on your big boy pants and rode for our entertainment. Thanks Jacob!
Thanks for the ride , the one at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside Colorado has a safety bar that goes down to your knees . Thanks again , take care now.
Wow, that park is so nice and relaxing! It looks like it inspires relaxation. All the rides are cool and Leap the Dips (?) is unbelievable! -that it still runs after a century and that its allowed to operate w/o any restraints or seatbelts. Amazing! Thanks Jacob! Keep on, Carpetbagger. Continue w/ your adventures and be safe!
If you go back to Altoona, check out Horseshoe Curve
That looks like the comet a great escape in lake george ny
That was one old and frightening looking wooden roller coaster 🎢
The paddle boat about got you they have to come get me I would have been wore out great video
I’ve been to Lakemont park before! I love that park, especially their go karts and driving the old fashion cars on the track! Have fun, and their ice cream is really good!
Awesome video Jacob!
I’m insanely jealous you got to ride Leap The Dips! I’m trying to convince my wife to brave the COVID with me and venture to PA so we can ride it this year!
Liking this park. Cool seeing the different forms of vehicles to ride.
What a great park! Thumbs up!
Man, this brings back some memories. I lived in Altoona in 1997 and would visit this park weekly in the summer for the “Wing Off” hot wing competition. Great times for sure.
His screams are perfect 😂
If you come to northwest Ohio, be sure to check out Forest RV Park, it used to be a dinosaur park called Prehistoric Forest. The park had a valcano for an entrance and theu kept it, alongside two of the dinosaurs!!!!
Him riding up the hill of the roller coaster.
Me sees baseball fields “oOoOhOh now I wanna play baseball”
And then I just start talking to myself about baseball for the rest of the vid.😂
Good morning Carpetbagger, keep up the good work. I really enjoy your trips. When you come out to California. I would like to take you and your family to some other spots of Santa Cruz. Thanks Bob Calderon
your screams made me want to scream lol
i felt like i was on the ride too
I really enjoy
Can't wait for Knoebels!!!!
I need to go there and ride that!
Talk about the "ups and downs" of life!...Love the old coasters!
i was so happy to see you make a vid jacob
Reminds me of the train ride through Brackenridge Park in San Antonio.
Hey!! You dropped by!!
Omg another person from Altoona? Hey!!
@@Luna-wy7sq Basically! Haha just on the other side of the mountain! :D
@@xnataliex2254 Me too! 😁✌🏻🙋🤘🏻🤘🏻
Dubois here...so not far
I live in Altoona too!! Lol
Sadly most of the good rides at this park were demolished around 2017 I think, but it’s nice the coaster are still there. When I was there in I think 2016, the old train seen in the station was still running.
Outstanding.
Thanks for the video 👍🙏😄
Just a small fact:The worlds 2nd oldest roller coaster is "The Great Scenic Railway" other wise simply known as "Scenic Railway" at Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia (My country) it was built in 1912. It is one of 7 in the world to require a brakeman in the middle (With special training needed of course) So Jacob you have visited and ridden the oldest, now how about the 2nd oldest (Once it is safe to come and visit) Bring the family, visit Australia and place my country and the many attractions we have here "In the bag" I'm sure everybody here will "follow" you if you do!
Happy to buy you a beer next time you come to Pittsburgh!
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All aboard the Mullet Express! Toot toot!
Me too 😄
I'm really sad to see almost all of the rides removed from the park over the course of the last decade.
Have you been to Conneaut Lake? Their Blue Streak is the 17th oldest wooden roller coaster in the United States, and it is one of two shallow coasters designed by Ed Vettel and still operating.
Was going to go, but sadly they stayed closed this year because of Covid
When jacob was going down the coaster drops, he sounded like king kong mom giving birth😂😂😂😂😂great job !!!
Tip for Skyliner ride it in 1st car 2 row. It has insane airtime and it a lot smoother.
This. Back row is almost unbearably rough. Almost.
@@porcelainthunder2213 ya
@@haydenharman2351 the whip over the top of the first drop is epic, though. You fell like you are being thrown out of the car. Was just there about three weeks ago, and Skyliner was running much better the last time I was there 5 years ago. Rode it 7 times in the course of about an hour and a half with a few on LTD and one on the Chance Toboggan coaster which is now gone.
The pure horror from you on the coaster thanks for riding them lmao I know you don’t want to
Yeah...so you actually "leap the dips"!!! 🤔🤣🤣🤣
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Got to love it that you hate roller coasters but yet you get on them.
This park looks so old school and enjoyable. Really wish it wasn’t so far away. Maybe one day I’ll make it out there. Hopefully one day.
Altoona, PA? I live in Altoona, IA and we have an amusement part as well, Adventureland. Weird!
I noticed that, weird
I love when you take us on a roller coaster ride!
I've never been to this one, but it looks amazing, and now I really wanna go!
Those wooden planks at the lift hill are probably so if the chain were to fail they would prevent the car from going backwards down the lift hill.