Worlds of Fun - Kansas City, MO - Visiting My Last Cedar Fair Park on the Last Day of Cedar Fair
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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I was also at WOF yesterday.. saw the world famous Carpetbagger from afar but was too star struck to walk up to him lol
Are you kidding me? You wasted such an opportunity that I would kill for! I don’t care, if I saw carpetbagger I’d put my anxiety aside so sucks for you man!
I saw him as well by the carousel.
I probably would have fainted 😅@@jasonnunez6411
Go say hi next time. I'm sure he'd be very flattered to see his fans. Worlds of Fun is my home park and I am so sad I missed seeing him.😢 I bet it was a hot one though.
I saw him at Dollywood back in December. He was really nice and welcoming, and just overall easy to talk to. If you get another chance definitely say hi.
I'm from KC and we DEFINITELY call everything THE. The Timberwolf, The Mamba, the Fury Of The Nile! Leaving of the THE would be so un-Kansas City. 😂 Used to be a coaster here called The Orient Express. Rumor is it lives somewhere else now.
The Orient Express was demolished in 2004. The original Zambezi Zinger was dismantled in 1997 and moved to Montenegro, Quindio, Colombia where it is still in operation.
@@ericharris3379Zambezi Zinger was my first roller coaster!
The Orient Express was my fave coaster at WoF! I miss it.
@@tuckersloughmusic sorry not being a Dbagger but it’s was ( Orient Express ) The is rarely used in amusement park/carnival rides Easy to Spot a Mark yammering/ maybe the Gravatron
@@newtonthecomicoptician9344 in Kansas City you'd have trouble finding someone who says "let's go ride Orient Express." The "the" may be wrong, but it goes with the accent. 😂
Kc resident born and raised, we say The before the name of the rides.
Loved the Orient Express in the 80's! Miss it, along with the old Zabee zee zinger!
Finnish Fling !! was one of the best as well
@@Mantronix6804 So many stories from that ride - I think it might have been the most dangerous ride in the park.
The old Zambeezee Zinger was the best roller coaster ever!
@@dreadfultwerp Naaaah. Orient Express for the terror, Shushboomer (sp!?) for the fun.
yep
I live in Kansas City and Worlds Of Fun is my favorite place to go so many rides and so much fun.
Same
I've lived in KC most of my life and I had no idea until just now that WoF was themed after Around the World in 80 Days! I'm so used to seeing you in places I've never been to before so it's a delight to see you on my home turf. I'm 100% with you on adding "the" before roller-coaster names, everybody I know calls it The Mamba, not Mamba
I had no idea until seeing this video that WOF was themed after Around the World in 80 Days. I have been going there my whole life. 😂
I've never seen WOF so quiet! I'm jealous!
Cyclones Sam's is my top pick for weirdest ride I have ever been on. Kids love it! Worlds of Fun is a great park.
Rode it once. Made me nauseous. Wouldn't ever ride it again.
The ride isn't that weird tho?
I’m from Missouri and have many found memories of visiting WOF and OOF as a child. I now live in Australia and so happy to see you making a vlog here 🥲 thank you!
I dunno if they still do this, but there used to be a chant before the Mamba starts going, and it says “THE Mamba is about to strike.” So I think the’s are appropriate
05:10 kids talking off camera, "Are dragonflies dangerous?" is the cutest thing I've heard this week!
Was about to comment the same thing. Lol Super precious.
I live here in Kansas City as well. Had I known I would have loved to come out and hang with you Jacob! You got some local fans here. 😊. Let us know when you come back!
Man I’m kinda upset I missed him 🥺😂
@@chloeroberts4551 me too, I think we would have a blast with Jacob!
i saw him there i was riding prowler and i saw him
Same I wish I knew he was coming because I have a session pass I haven't used and need to and would love to have hang out with him and give him some of my knowledge that my parents and grandparents have passed down to me of what the park was like back then
He came here for work, not to hang out with yall. No offense.
This is awesome. I’ve been a Kansas City resident all 41 of my years and haven’t been to WOF since I was probably 18. Makes me want to go back and extremely happy to see that a lot of what was there back then is still there. Especially the Viking Voyager
I think the Viking Voyager, the train ride, the French taxi car ride thing, the Flying Dutchman, the bumper cars (maybe, looks re-done), and the Scrambler were all there on opening day. Tivoli, too, though I was ignoring the shows as much as I could back in the 70's. I wonder if the tilt house is still there?
@@ZlothZloth It looks like the Moulin Rouge show in this video is in the same 'theater' that "Stacks of Wax" (Or 'Stax') used to be in so many years ago (late 80s?) at WoF. Do you know? Seeing it in this video gave me flashbacks.
@@Sir4everKcRoyal do they Play Duck Duck (Jacob L.) Loose at the local park 🇺🇸😎👍
I grew up at wof been going to wof since 73 since it opened, i was 4 when the park opened ❤ i Love Worlds of fun/oceans of fun ❤ Thank you for visting
Viking Voyage was one of the originals.
Really pretty park, and looks well-taken care of and the flowers and grounds are beautiful, nice to see trees and landscaping. Good variety of rides and shows too!
I honestly don’t mind that cedar fair has became six flags,just as long as their parks stay with the same branding and theme/tone,im all satisfied.
Genius financial move for the two companies.
Yes, agreed. If this merger helps these parks stay around for many years to come, then I'm fine with it
I think it will improve with the merger.
@@amandacoots6501 All I’m really just saying here is that I hope six flags doesn’t turn the cedar fair parks into six flags parks and dump their garbage rides into these places.
@@TokenChampion-hz3tl Cedar Fair will be leadership using the Six Flags name, so hopefully see some great things.
The gorilla was named Gertrude. My first job here in Kansas City was when I was 16. I was "Gertrude the Gorilla " at Worlds of Fun. Nobody had a clue that it was a dude inside. Lol! Fun job, hot, but fun!
omg worlds of fun was my childhood!!!
I say, THE with all rides! I never really thought about it until now. THE orbiter; THE century wheel; LETS GO ON THE zipper. Yeah, I'm a THE person too, apparently 😂
If you think about it, if you can call the ride (using "Mamba" as an example here) "The Coaster, Mamba" Then "The Mamba" should also be correct....but at the same time (using "The Beast" in Ohio as an example here) it sounds a little more awkward to say "The Coaster, The Beast" so, I'm a little torn on this one. I'm a coaster aficionado myself but still find myself saying it however it feels right to say it in the moment.
I grew up at WOF and we all day THE Timberwolf, THE mamba, THE spinning dragons, but the panda thing he was talking about are super old, I remember the 1st time I went there I was back in like 2007 and they used only snoopy never had any reference to the panda
Also haven't been since probably 2014ish and am glad to see they've updated and added new stuff
Great memories of Worlds of Fun when we visited, when I was a kid in Topeka, back in the 1970s. Happy to see Viking Voyager is still there. I remember the Scream Roller and the Sky Heighs Cable ride. 😃
The cable cars were cool.
Hi 👋
If you go to Branson Missouri, you’ll be able to get a wax museum and a Ripley’s in the same visit.
It’s hot in the summer, I recommend before July first, or after Oct first.
Silver Dollar City is a park with actual trees, so it isn’t as hot as other parks.
I’m from KC and it’s nice to see a video about a KC attraction. The poor bumper cars looked depressing!! Since I’m from KC I’ve been to worlds of fun so many times. I forget that some people have never been :) I wish they would step it up somehow!
Hi. The panda is a mascot. When I was almost 4 my family went to Worlds of fun. They were all arguing about what they wanted to see and I used the opportunity to seek out where I wanted to see. I got away with it for awhile but the mascots found me and turned me in as a lost child. When the family showed up I acted upset and they all blamed each other for not watching me. in reality I would have gotten punished had they known. They still don't know. I love the Orient express and Mamba. In my adult years when I lived in KC I visited it. Favorite funnel cakes. Back to your visit. Thanks for visiting my area. I wish Peony Park was still open in Omaha Nebraska. That was my favorite childhood park.
Fjord Fjarlane used to be in a section of the park called Waterfront, so it was by the water at one point. @9:03
That look you gave on camera, commenting after riding Cyclone Sam's was priceless. You had a WTF moment while shard your pants look going on there. Can see it in the eyes. Lol! One of my friends had that same look after coming off that ride, so you did well. Actually, while the ride was going on, I was enjoying it so much. My friend on the opposite side of me, I've never seen pure terror and scared look on his face. I guess when you were riding it, they didn't have the lighting bolts displayed with the thunder sounds. That would of been the flashing strobe lights that you didn't get to see to even disorient even more. Love that ride! (The) Mamba is one of my top roller coasters nationwide. The out of seat air time you get along with the track layout is still top notch. Thanks for showing video.
"The" Orient Express was the very first coaster I ever rode way way way back in the day. It started a life time love of coasters.
Aw man, I just missed you! I live in KC! And fun note, before it was camp Snoopy the kids area was called Pandamonium, hence the panda character
I say you call the coasters whatever you want.
Carpetbagger! There's a tavern in KC, MO called The Pressed Penny Tavern! It would be perfect for this visit given it's the year of the pressed penny. We are going to KC and have been doing pressed pennies this year since it's been deemed the year of the pressed penny and we are planning on going there when we visit later this month.
Awesome video! Brought back so many memories when I was a lil bad ass kid lol..
What an awesome parrot show, they are beautiful!
This park is my go-to amusement park. I am a season pass holder for many years now. I never thought about "THE" phrase. I love this park so much. There is no need for a map for me. I usually take others on an adventure. The ripcord is the best ride there. Very fun!
Same!
Wonderful video!!! I grew up in this park, with season passes for many years as a teen and adult. I moved away in 2019, so I haven't been there in a few years (it was great seeing it again!). Zambezi Zinger is a reimagining of one of WoF's original coasters (which I haven't been back to ride yet). Oh, and I've never used 'the' in front of ride names. Cyclone Same gives you a lot of bang for your buck! It at least used to have strobe lights. A few of the Planet Snoopy rides are pretty intense also; those nests can go VERY fast! Thanks for sharing your day!
WOW! I literally live in the KC area and I haven't been to WOF/OoF in YEARS at this point. I appreciate that they've brought back a lot of entertainment options. None of that was happening last time I visited. I worked there for a season and it was miserable. I really am happy to see how cleaned up the place looks. Thank you for this video! With all the care it seems they've put into it lately maybe I should go back at some point.
I used to work at worlds of fun. The pandas dog and monkey were the original mascots for the park before they started a partnership with first the berenstain and now Snoopy. The diner used to be called coasters ( I don't know why they changed it) also a fun fact ( or so I've been told ) is the carousel and Zoltar used to be located at Coney Island before it was updated
30+ years ago, saw Glenn Campbell perform there in a small, amphitheater. Even though there was a small crowd, he put on a show like he was playing at the Palace. Consummate entertainer, he was.
The Forum...saw many shows there too
@@kimberlyfoust2815 That’s what it was called, I couldn’t remember, thanks for that info!
My brother and party saw Tanya Tucker there..Probably 1993 0r 4.
I've never been but this park is beautiful, I like the way they built the rides to flow with the natural landscape definitely putting it on my list of future destinations
This was my home park, growing up in Olathe KS in 80s and 90s. I so strongly remember that Chicken Exit sign in the museum!
You are not alone. I too say “the” before all roller coasters! 😂
FINALLY!!!!!! YOU DID IT!!! Worlds of Fun!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
THANK YOU for the visit! I worked there for 4 season from 99-02, but haven't been back since. It was so funny to watch you innocently walk into Cyclone Sam's ride, because ... I knew what was coming 😇
When we're there we always use the word THE in front of the coasters name.
Also that Diner place was called Coasters for a long time until the last handful of years. It was sorta a 1950's themed with the music and decor inside and they used to have a purple colored 57 Chevy type of car parked out front.
I grew up in KC! Loved watching this.
I’m from there and started going to WOF since around 1978. I cried on the Orient Express. lol! I also will never ride the Mamba ever again-way too scary for me. Also, the “no ‘the’ rule” is totally dumb. Roller coasters are things, not people, so it’s THE Mamba, etc. It is more natural and grammatically correct to say “the”.
I did the Mamba once. I’m with you-never again.
Great video. Living in Branson, we are only 4 hours away and we have to make plans to go back to World's of Fun again.
My hometown park!!! It's a lame park compared to most, but I'm glad it's gotten some love lately. Staffing is a huge issue at WOF. but we are getting a Mattel theme park close here soon.
"""I had a fabulous time ""Jacob. thank you for taking me along, so on to our next journey & safe travels. ''love you'' & I enjoy your video's so very much.
Morning Jacob 🤓📸 you shur do move fast lol your in south Carolina and now in Kansas City Missouri lol thanks for sharing this, have a great day my friend.
I loved Worlds of fun as a child, and I never knew that it was based on the book Around the World in 80 days, that's an awesome fact. I am also guilty of "the" when saying the name of a coaster.
Use to work here... its so surreal to know you are/were in my neck of the woods.
Uggh I missed Carpetbagger when he came to my city 🥺 BUT pleeeease come back for our Halloween haunt. WOF has so many haunts and you’ll definitely enjoy it during Spooky szn. Also our city’s other haunts are fun too. Just come back to KC in general 😂
Let the fun begin
Thank you for another fun day!
Omg that moulin rouge show looks amazing. I love the movie and musical and seems like it keeps the same vibes.
The show was called possum Trot Elections. Possum Trot was the original name selected by residents of the town on the Missouri side of the river. But people carried on calling it Kansas City so the city fathers relented and Kansas City Mo was minted. Kansas City, KS is a separate town and claims first name rights despite KS being a state later than Mo.
Worked there in the summers of 80,81, and 82. Good memories!
The Carousel was moved here from Geauga Lake when that park closed in 2007.
Yeah, there was a bit of theming stretch until a few years ago - the diner WAS a Coasters and they had the Americana section go all the way to Mamba. The re-theme of the diner to fit into the Africa section makes more sense. This park just needs to have Vekoma rethink an Orient Express to fill in that area of the park and maybe a few more steel thrill and family coasters to bring it back up to the world class park that it was in the 80s and 90s.
I started visiting in the 70s. It is remarkable how many of the rides have been there since.
We all rest easy knowing that Cedar Fair senior leadership is going to be heading this new company
Call it what ever you want to CB. Love your Chanel.
Live here in KC and really enjoyed your Mississippi River series (put that Memphis hotel with the ducks on my must visit list after you highlighted it) as well as all of your Theme Park vids. Glad you got the WoF visit in and I probably would have totally geeked out had I seen you in my hometown park! Great content as usual and I really like the look of everything after you switched to that DJI Osmo3 cam. Really good looking video.
When I used to go to parks in my hometown...on roller coasters...when they would make the announcements before you go on ...they would always say...welcome to the viper....blah blah blah...always used "the" before the name of ride....anyways love the videos
To answer your question on "The" actraction names. Yes, the average family in Europe puts "The" in front of the attraction name. It is kind of an automatism, and because if you don't people would ask "What attraction name" ?
i guess none of us belongs to the group of hard-core rollercoaster lovers.
Otherwise: what a very nice and clean park. Hope it stays that way during the merger of the branches of the new owner tree!
So wonderful seeing Worlds of Fun again. Spent many summers going there in the 80’s and 90’s. Had relatives in St. Joseph
My home park!
Thank you so much for visting & doing a video on worlds of fun❤❤❤
That's my home park! I have pictures that my parents took the year it opened. There's a few rides still in operation in the park since the day it opened.
I was there a few weeks ago, i was there on a monday, short waits for most of the rides. I had a good time.
Love the parrot show🦜🦜❤
I think it's great that you make these little trips. I watched the entire video....been wanting to go to WOF, my old childhood favorite place.
friends and I all say "the" pretty much, for example the Gwazi in Busch Gardens.
Love this video carpetbagger.
Good luck getting around all of our flooding in the Midwest!!
Loved the video, Jacob. Till the next one, take care my friend and as always safe travels.
This brought back some memories. Thanks for posting this video.
I have always said the word The before a coaster name.
Good job making it to all the parks!!! Glad you had a really awesome day. : )
Great video Jacob! Nothing is better than eating my dessert watching a Carpetbagger video. 😊😊
Thanks for letting me relive my childhood! I started having back issues at 24 and haven’t been able to go back due to them. We would go all the time when I was younger and go for their Halloween season every year! Very nostalgic place for me!
I was looking at the top 10 family owned amusement parks in the US by newsweek. I was wondering if you had been to Cliffs Amusement Park in Albuquerque NM or Adventure Park USA in New Market MD. Otherwise - I think you've hit them all!!!
I love the stuffed animal of the Murachan Ramen. Swoon
As a Macaw parent, I loved the Bird Show even though Macaws dont come from Africa 😊. It’s still big fun. ❤️
Some roller coaster names do have "The" in the name though. Some examples would be "The Bat" and "The Beast" at Kings Island.
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I would love too this park ive never been there before
15:10 I love the parrot show. I love macaws so much.
I completely agree with you the “the” needs to be there it’s not just you
Hi there Jacob. I hope you are keeping well.!!! I have been away on my hol's so I am now going to enjoy catching back up with you..!!!! XXXX
KC area native here, so many trips to WOF growing up. Then i went to DW and it lost all appeal😅 Haven't been back in almost 20 years.
One of My memories of world to fun was one time Me and my friend Dale, one time road. The barrel ride. Where the bottom dropped out of it Gravity sucked you up against the walls inside it. We know more than got off it and the next right on it. A girl head hurled her cookies all over the inside of it. I'm thinking thank the good Lord. We got off when we did.
I have a memory of my grandmother, who passed away on my bday in 2019 bless her soul, she forced me to ride a roller coaster in six flags when I was a bit younger and we called it ,THE roadrunner not roadrunner, I think people are just grammer jocks or something like that
Welcome to my home town. Hope you enjoyed it. By the way, Kansas city people, call all the rides with the at the beginning. So the Patriot, the momba, the Timberwolf.
The ride at cyclone Sam’s reminds me of the ride in The Sandlot
I would put "the" in front of the name. It's an object, not a person lol 😆
Haven't been there in years lived a couple blocks away for 20 years was always a fun time
For me I would always say the prowler
I worked at WOF and OOF between 05 and 09 seasons. It looks the park has been nicely upgraded since then which it desperately needed. Haven’t been back since I left, 4 years was plenty!
Hi Jacob 🙋🏽 Good Evening to you. Just plowler.🤷🏽