I'm actually surprised you guys didn't include any coaster stations from the Efteling. They generally make fairly detailed stations, I'd say Baron 1898 and The Flying Dutchman are really good, maybe even Joris and the Dragon (Joris en de Draak in Dutch) as well.
I can confirm the station of Fly shows why Phantasialand is just up and above so many other parks, it was mindboggling how many details where there (and if you count the walk, especially the section before you get your locker wristbands is also neat).
An honourable mention is Wicker Man at Alton Towers. And possibly Nemesis Reborn too, depending on what they are doing inside that station during the refurb.
Heres what yall forgot: - Blue Fire - Eurosat CanCan Coaster - Wodan Timburcoaster - Poseidon - Atlantica Supersplash - Arthur - De Vliegende Hollander - Baron 1898 - Max & Moritz - Fenix - Saw the ride Some honorable mentions are: - Vogelrok (Efteling really needs to upgrade that station) - Smiler (A bit pale) - Nemesis Reborn (Not finished construction) - Wicker Man (Can't really decide wether or not its good)
Love this video idea! Riddler's Revenge is a good one for the music alone. Can't overlook the Batclones either, they have genuinely awesome stations. You guys should do a best on-ride audio soundtracks video.
Personally would love to give an honourable mention to the swarm at thorpe park , baron 1898 and Flying Dutchman at Efteling, kondaa at walibi Belgium and vampire at chessington ! Great vid
Id like to add Mystic Timbers to the list. The scattered signs and tools adds to the whole "shed/deserted outpost" vibe, and the trains "turning on" with engine noises during dispatches is another nice touch to the ambiance. Also thank you for including Time Traveller. That entire line/station experience was insanely on point for the time travel theme, and build up to what is one of my favorite coasters (I've only been US so far so Ride to Happiness and all that other European goodness still eludes me)
I feel like the original Batman the Ride deserves a shout out. For a Six Flags ride built in the 90s, it's highly themed and tells a story through the entire queue, before ending in the iconic Batcave.
Space mountain, specifically Disneyland. (Haven’t been to magic kingdom) but the way you just watch those rockets turn into the lift hill and disappear into space as you slowly walk down the ramp will never not build anticipation.
My favorite station on the planet is Millennium Force at Cedar Point. Something about the red lighting and that catchy song provides a battery boost, especially at night.
Not a roller coaster station but I thinks that mission breakouts station is really cool, there's really cool lights and loud rumbling ambience and its just such a cool atmosphere. 🥰
What about Arthur, Woodan, or Posseidon at Europa Park? (granted on the definition of what a roller coaster is) Also: the old Space Mountain in Paris and Expedition Everest
It's actually a list with "Amazing coasters with a themed station". They ignored Efteling and Europa-Park completely (Baron 1898, Flying Dutchman, CanCan Coaster, Poseidon, Arthur). It feels like they added Untamed and Ride to Hapinness because the quality of the ride, not the quality of the station.
I know you aren't going to count these, but the buildings for both Gemini and Millennium Force are great representations of retro-futurism from their respective eras.
Among ones that come to mind that I have experienced would be Batman the Ride, Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg), and Jolly Rancher Remix (Hersheypark)
I was never a person who cared much for stations but they absolutely make the difference of night and day when it comes to theming. Even a batman clones with its dark environment and Black Mamba, it makes it a lot cooler.
I was the further I got through the video, and with F.L.Y. Already mentioned early on, I was constantly thinking „They won’t finish that video without mentioning Black Mamba, would they? 🤨“. And of course you didn’t 🤩. But you left me hanging there for quite a while 😅 Great video, and quite a few I already need to experience. I only rediscovered my love for roller coasters the year before COVID hit, and had quite a busy life since then, I can still count the number of coasters I’ve ridden with 2 digits. But I’m so happy that Phantasialand is like my home park. Heide Park would be half an hour or so closer by car, but come on… I’ll always take that extra time. Heide Park does not even play in the same league. 😅
I was so excited getting on FLY I barely noticed the station around me lol. But the queue, the ride, the land, just jaw on the floor moments everywhere
I found it intimidating. The seats are rotated and the train comes in and stops very abruptly with loud steam noises. It felt very inhuman and robotic and you have no idea what happens later. Really cool.
So proud of Leviathan (SeaWord) I still cannot believe this thing exists in Australia VRTP really spoilt us with it, and the ride itself is just amazing too
As someone who’s been to Phantasialand, I was waiting to hear F.L.Y. the whole video. I was in awe when I saw it for the first time, just the entire lead up to the first launch is amazing.
Shoutout to my home park coaster, 1066 at Festyland ! Its station has a loose medieval theme, but what really stands out is that it features a replica of the historic Tapisserie de Bayeux, which depicts the conquest of Britain by Normandy. The Monster at Walygator deserves a mention for being the absolute opposite of a good station. It's just a raw, naked platform with no walls or roof. You just see the bare steel frames and hardware that would be hidden on a normal station, that's quite disturbing
Sea World Australia is one of my home parks. The first time I walked into Leviathans Station. All I can say. OMFG!!! I don’t know what I was expecting, but what I saw was not what expected at all!!
@@simonr6268 Yes. I wouldn't say that as much a station thing like what would be on the video because its more the actual ride and how it operates but its suck a genius method.
Not gon lie, back in 1997 when Batman The Ride opened up at SFoG, I’ll never forget the moment when we first entered the Batcave station (after a 4 hour wait…no joke!)…my Batman Returns obsessed self could hardly handle the coolness/realness of it we were amazed impressed and thot it was so next level. Prob was my first experience in a well themed station as well
Some of the recent coasters on the gold coast theme parks have had some great theming, even some of the older ones. Superman escape, leviathan, storm coaster (it's predecessor was heaps better) are the main examples.
I like it when a ride station does something to make the crew really feel like part of the experience. This is often easier on dark rides like the ride hosts on the Haunted Mansion, creepy Bell Hops on the Tower of Terror or the Prisoners on Flooded Mine. But it's cool those rare times when coaster crews can do that as well like Piraten. I can't think of a lot of coaster crews that are given that kind of involvement. I wish we could see more.
fly has a great station, I did it last year, and probably this year, so cool how you get in the cars, and the flip right before the launch is weird to feel
I got a zen ride in the front of rock n roller coaster, second to last rider of the night too. I thought that was crazy cause I waited 70 mins. Awesome station though
I think Xcelerator at Knotts should be mentioned, it has little theming but the way you see the coaster launch out of the station is amazing. It really makes you want to get on the ride even more
Black Mamba and Wicker Man were two that first sprung to mind for me here. I really hope Alton pull out all the stops for Nemesis Reborn. Externally it’s one of the craziest stations, but the original whilst fine could ln’t match the external theming
6:58 Meanwhile I somehow could 4 high quality FLY POVs from 4 months ago. Plus I remember Phantasialand briefly showed FLY’s station in a random clips video that only appears for 5 seconds.
One of my favorites is Escape from Gringotts. It's not the best as far as coasters go (in fact it barely even is a coaster), but the station is awesome.
Verbolten deffinently desrrve to be on there. I love how you get slightly nervous once you learn about the black forrest as you go through that weird nature sciency room with vhs horror found footage of the black forrest.
You guys always do perfect with your videos i’m not sure if you guys saw my last comment on your inversion video but I said that you guys should make a best first drops on roller coasters video. I think that would be awesome and I guarantee skyrush will be number one lol
Either I’ve been living under a rock, or does Untamed have a very similar theme to Mystic Timbers at KI. Definitely calling it RMC’s Mystic Timbers from now on.
Great review, guys, as always! I'm so happy this wasn't numbered, but appreciated. Taylor, did they talk you into a little make-up since you're on camera? Lips, bro, they did too much. Not hating. I'm just a fan, as always!
The Flying Dutchman at Efteling is the best station I have ever seen.
yesss, you totally feel like your in a real village at night, it just works so welll
I Totally Agreed.
It’s a wonderful space. Feels more Disney than most coaster stations.
I missed It in the video too
This channel doesnt care about Efteling, not ranking it in the top 4 parks in Europe is a disgrace.
Where Baron 1898? Thats by far the best station!
personally i would put flying dutchman's station above it
Yup thats a lot better then a lot of others on this list. Heck even the flying dutchman is better then some on this list.
the pre shows and pre lift show on Baron are incredible, but the station itself is nice and well themed, but not as noteworthy
@@HoltAlex Correct but then you can put untamed of that list as well.
So good
I think you missed a few european stations:
- Baron 1889
- Fluch von Novgorod
- Flying Dutchman (Efteling)
- I also really like Blue Fires Station
Eurosat's new station also gotta be on there
thanks for mentioning Blue Fire, that station has a total vibe
I’m a fan of the station for Wodan at Europa Park, mainly because the eyes on the Norse god statues follow the train as it leaves the station. 😂
Icon also
I'm actually surprised you guys didn't include any coaster stations from the Efteling. They generally make fairly detailed stations, I'd say Baron 1898 and The Flying Dutchman are really good, maybe even Joris and the Dragon (Joris en de Draak in Dutch) as well.
the saw station is 10/10 with all of the theming and ambience
Very True
Black Mambas Station is really special to me, with the music, the lights, the ambience…
Love that station. The music really hyped you up.
I can confirm the station of Fly shows why Phantasialand is just up and above so many other parks, it was mindboggling how many details where there (and if you count the walk, especially the section before you get your locker wristbands is also neat).
An honourable mention is Wicker Man at Alton Towers. And possibly Nemesis Reborn too, depending on what they are doing inside that station during the refurb.
Ye but Barons is better than ( propably ) both
the fyling dutchman has an absolutely amazing station
Heres what yall forgot:
- Blue Fire
- Eurosat CanCan Coaster
- Wodan Timburcoaster
- Poseidon
- Atlantica Supersplash
- Arthur
- De Vliegende Hollander
- Baron 1898
- Max & Moritz
- Fenix
- Saw the ride
Some honorable mentions are:
- Vogelrok (Efteling really needs to upgrade that station)
- Smiler (A bit pale)
- Nemesis Reborn (Not finished construction)
- Wicker Man (Can't really decide wether or not its good)
Vogelrok is one of the ugliest stations ever
Have you ever seen it in IRL?@@revofreak1993
Love this video idea! Riddler's Revenge is a good one for the music alone. Can't overlook the Batclones either, they have genuinely awesome stations.
You guys should do a best on-ride audio soundtracks video.
why do i see you everywhere its kinda disorienting
I've seen him on multiple coaster channel comments. I can tell he's a thoosie!@@aaron375
You should do the same video for coaster queues!
Personally would love to give an honourable mention to the swarm at thorpe park , baron 1898 and Flying Dutchman at Efteling, kondaa at walibi Belgium and vampire at chessington ! Great vid
Id like to add Mystic Timbers to the list. The scattered signs and tools adds to the whole "shed/deserted outpost" vibe, and the trains "turning on" with engine noises during dispatches is another nice touch to the ambiance.
Also thank you for including Time Traveller. That entire line/station experience was insanely on point for the time travel theme, and build up to what is one of my favorite coasters (I've only been US so far so Ride to Happiness and all that other European goodness still eludes me)
always so happy to see phantasialand in these videos
me too 😂
I think Vampire at Chessington deserves a mention ! Out of all the parks I’ve visited in the world, this was the one that blew me away
rode tron lightcycle run last week at magic kingdom. absolutely awesome!!
There is a recruitment film from Phantasialand where you can see the station of F.L.Y so its not illegal to show this! Just for your information :)
You guys should put hulk on here😊
I liked the Dragon Challenge station at IoA. The queue is super dark and then you finally get a peek of sunshine to build anticipation
To me one of my favourites will always be the vampire station, the colours, the organ, the animatronic and the music all work so well together
Shout-out to Rita and Stealth for not even bothering to have a station, just literally platforms open to the environment
All I'm missing some Efteling Stations, especially Flying Dutchman and Baron 1898 - otherwise some very cool stations! ❤
I feel like the original Batman the Ride deserves a shout out. For a Six Flags ride built in the 90s, it's highly themed and tells a story through the entire queue, before ending in the iconic Batcave.
Such a sad day, when they tore out almost all of the queue theming from the original Batman at great America 😢
Space mountain, specifically Disneyland. (Haven’t been to magic kingdom) but the way you just watch those rockets turn into the lift hill and disappear into space as you slowly walk down the ramp will never not build anticipation.
The station of OzIris at Parc Astérix made me feel like a kid again. Absolutely stunning.
My favorite station on the planet is Millennium Force at Cedar Point. Something about the red lighting and that catchy song provides a battery boost, especially at night.
Agreed, definitely some of the best station energy
Not a roller coaster station but I thinks that mission breakouts station is really cool, there's really cool lights and loud rumbling ambience and its just such a cool atmosphere. 🥰
Flying Dutchmen at Efteling is very good
This opens up a whole potential video series of unique theming in que's and rides
What about Arthur, Woodan, or Posseidon at Europa Park? (granted on the definition of what a roller coaster is)
Also: the old Space Mountain in Paris and Expedition Everest
It's actually a list with "Amazing coasters with a themed station". They ignored Efteling and Europa-Park completely (Baron 1898, Flying Dutchman, CanCan Coaster, Poseidon, Arthur). It feels like they added Untamed and Ride to Hapinness because the quality of the ride, not the quality of the station.
Black Mamba was the first that came to mind, very glad it made the list.
I know you aren't going to count these, but the buildings for both Gemini and Millennium Force are great representations of retro-futurism from their respective eras.
Love Kondaa's station as well as Baron's. For sure honourable mentions.
Among ones that come to mind that I have experienced would be Batman the Ride, Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg), and Jolly Rancher Remix (Hersheypark)
I was never a person who cared much for stations but they absolutely make the difference of night and day when it comes to theming. Even a batman clones with its dark environment and Black Mamba, it makes it a lot cooler.
Great video! I like the Flight of Fear one a lot too. I also like Banshees as well. And the old Vortex old The Bat station.
I was the further I got through the video, and with F.L.Y. Already mentioned early on, I was constantly thinking „They won’t finish that video without mentioning Black Mamba, would they? 🤨“. And of course you didn’t 🤩. But you left me hanging there for quite a while 😅 Great video, and quite a few I already need to experience.
I only rediscovered my love for roller coasters the year before COVID hit, and had quite a busy life since then, I can still count the number of coasters I’ve ridden with 2 digits.
But I’m so happy that Phantasialand is like my home park. Heide Park would be half an hour or so closer by car, but come on… I’ll always take that extra time. Heide Park does not even play in the same league. 😅
Yes, shoutout to my home park Fiesta Texas that made it on this list!
I was so excited getting on FLY I barely noticed the station around me lol. But the queue, the ride, the land, just jaw on the floor moments everywhere
I love the station of F.L.Y. It's very cool that the colour sheme changes from blue to orange when the train enters :)
I found it intimidating. The seats are rotated and the train comes in and stops very abruptly with loud steam noises. It felt very inhuman and robotic and you have no idea what happens later. Really cool.
@@patrickkoller901see, I didn’t even notice that detail 😂
So proud of Leviathan (SeaWord) I still cannot believe this thing exists in Australia VRTP really spoilt us with it, and the ride itself is just amazing too
As someone who’s been to Phantasialand, I was waiting to hear F.L.Y. the whole video. I was in awe when I saw it for the first time, just the entire lead up to the first launch is amazing.
SO close to 250K!
the Kings Dominion Flight of Fear station got even cooler this year because the park turned literally all the effects back on
Poseidons Station in Europapark is pretty underrated
Shoutout to my home park coaster, 1066 at Festyland ! Its station has a loose medieval theme, but what really stands out is that it features a replica of the historic Tapisserie de Bayeux, which depicts the conquest of Britain by Normandy.
The Monster at Walygator deserves a mention for being the absolute opposite of a good station. It's just a raw, naked platform with no walls or roof. You just see the bare steel frames and hardware that would be hidden on a normal station, that's quite disturbing
I quite like the Station for Harry Potter and The Escape from Grintgotts. Really great cave design, really feels underground!
The new Loch Ness Monster station is also very good
I only just this year found my first POV of F.L.Y. on youtube! 👀👀👀 been about a month.. not sure if its still up
Millennium Force and Helix have the best vibes cuz the music gets you pumped up!
Glad you mentioned Black Mamba. It's still my #2 ride at Phantasialand and i really like upgrade of the station.
Honorable mention: Dragon Mountain’s dark cavern station.
I immediately thought 'verbolten' when i saw this video title, glad to see it was on thr list.
Mann I love the content you all crank all!!! Super unique topics that are all interesting!! Thank you for the content!
Sea World Australia is one of my home parks. The first time I walked into Leviathans Station. All I can say. OMFG!!! I don’t know what I was expecting, but what I saw was not what expected at all!!
If you haven't, you guys have to rank your best coaster entrances! 😄
Wallabi holland is so smart because when they made untamed, they knew that they wouldn’t have to trim the plants, that was 100% on purpose
From what I've experienced, Mako, Velocicoaster, Banshee, Batman clones, Mr Freeze, and many others really are cool stations.
Seeing the dual loading platform work on Mr Freeze was truly a spectacle.
@@simonr6268 Yes. I wouldn't say that as much a station thing like what would be on the video because its more the actual ride and how it operates but its suck a genius method.
Not gon lie, back in 1997 when Batman The Ride opened up at SFoG, I’ll never forget the moment when we first entered the Batcave station (after a 4 hour wait…no joke!)…my Batman Returns obsessed self could hardly handle the coolness/realness of it we were amazed impressed and thot it was so next level. Prob was my first experience in a well themed station as well
This makes me sooo excited for the Wizard of Oz land at Movie World Australia. I think the coaster stations are going to be incredible.
Before watching: I will be mad if de vliegende hollander is not on this list
Enjoyed this 👌
Yo I’m so surprised that one of our coasters down in Australia made the list
Some of the recent coasters on the gold coast theme parks have had some great theming, even some of the older ones. Superman escape, leviathan, storm coaster (it's predecessor was heaps better) are the main examples.
No adventure Express? I really like what they did with the retheme.
Vampire at Chessington should make this list
I like it when a ride station does something to make the crew really feel like part of the experience. This is often easier on dark rides like the ride hosts on the Haunted Mansion, creepy Bell Hops on the Tower of Terror or the Prisoners on Flooded Mine. But it's cool those rare times when coaster crews can do that as well like Piraten. I can't think of a lot of coaster crews that are given that kind of involvement. I wish we could see more.
fly has a great station, I did it last year, and probably this year, so cool how you get in the cars, and the flip right before the launch is weird to feel
2 of my favs is Expedition Everest and Manta
when you said RMC my home park bias starting making me think it was going to be wicked cyclone
Wild Eagle at Dollywood or Fire Chaser Express definitely should've made the cut!
I got a zen ride in the front of rock n roller coaster, second to last rider of the night too. I thought that was crazy cause I waited 70 mins. Awesome station though
If Riddlers Revenge still has the Ecuador remix playing then that's the answer regardless
Primordial has a solid station, as well as a solid quene pre show. That's one of my favorites.
I would say I would also put kondaa on the list!!! Like it’s so cool!
I think Xcelerator at Knotts should be mentioned, it has little theming but the way you see the coaster launch out of the station is amazing. It really makes you want to get on the ride even more
The two that immediately came to mind for me that you didn’t mention was Eurosat CanCan Coaster (Europa) and Konda (Walibi)
W flight of fear in kings Dominion
As of now. I think Voltron Nevera easily claims the crown of best station. Those departures are insane!
Black Mamba and Wicker Man were two that first sprung to mind for me here.
I really hope Alton pull out all the stops for Nemesis Reborn. Externally it’s one of the craziest stations, but the original whilst fine could ln’t match the external theming
Dragon Mountain baby!
6:58 Meanwhile I somehow could 4 high quality FLY POVs from 4 months ago. Plus I remember Phantasialand briefly showed FLY’s station in a random clips video that only appears for 5 seconds.
FLY for sure has a insane station. the entire indoor queue felt so unexpected but great
The tallest fastest longest dive coaster in California, behold the umbrella ride, where umbrellas sometimes have holes in them
Some of these stations are amazing
Smilers station is simple but the audio and effects hype you up
One of my favorites is Escape from Gringotts. It's not the best as far as coasters go (in fact it barely even is a coaster), but the station is awesome.
Viper at my home park Six Flags Great America has a really good station
I remember someone posted a POV to F.L.Y and I screen recorded it. Now I always have a POV of F.L.Y cause the video got taken down.
Verbolten deffinently desrrve to be on there. I love how you get slightly nervous once you learn about the black forrest as you go through that weird nature sciency room with vhs horror found footage of the black forrest.
You guys always do perfect with your videos i’m not sure if you guys saw my last comment on your inversion video but I said that you guys should make a best first drops on roller coasters video. I think that would be awesome and I guarantee skyrush will be number one lol
Wanna give Nessie at Hansa-Park a shoutout as well, that is one impressive station you walk into
I found my people. What's up roller coaster nerds. I can yap about my hobby and nobody questions me. Yay 🎉😂
Either I’ve been living under a rock, or does Untamed have a very similar theme to Mystic Timbers at KI. Definitely calling it RMC’s Mystic Timbers from now on.
Jolly rancher remix’s station is pretty cool
I have a feeling Curse of the Werewolf will make this when Epic opens
Efteling 'Vliegende Hollander' probably didn't make it because you don't know how to pronounce it 😂😊 just say Flying Dutchman we understand. 😆🙃😉
Jolly Rancher Remix deserves a nod.
Hansa-Park deserved a look in! :D
I know it’s not a coaster, but the skull island reign of Kong station is THE BEST
Great review, guys, as always! I'm so happy this wasn't numbered, but appreciated. Taylor, did they talk you into a little make-up since you're on camera? Lips, bro, they did too much. Not hating. I'm just a fan, as always!
I wasn’t wearing any make up, those are just my lips??