Alpengeist Media Day Footage - April 1997

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  • @KentuckianaCoasters
    @KentuckianaCoasters 3 роки тому +4

    Awesome, so glad you had this! Alpengeist is one of my faves. And always interesting seeing what random celebrities they scored for these events.

  • @TheDeviousDrDoom
    @TheDeviousDrDoom 3 роки тому +7

    Still my favorite Invert!

  • @Joypyf
    @Joypyf 3 роки тому +1

    Congrats on 200k subscribers, Sean!!! 😊🥳

    • @SeanFlaharty
      @SeanFlaharty  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks, Joy! I wasn't aware I hit that until someone recently sent me an e-mail. Today is the first day I have gone into my account in months.

    • @Joypyf
      @Joypyf 3 роки тому

      @@SeanFlaharty I noticed! Hahaha after about 2 months, I started to wonder bout cha! Glad to see ya! I recently logged into my Facebook for the first time in 9 years so I’m very familiar with leaving platforms lol 😂🙈

  • @ilikerollercoasters4757
    @ilikerollercoasters4757 3 роки тому +4

    Skip to 25:20 for a trimless POV.

  • @ThemeParkPlunge
    @ThemeParkPlunge 8 місяців тому

    Best invert. Rode it for the first time in 25 years a week ago. Still the best.

  • @BluesCoasters
    @BluesCoasters 3 роки тому +2

    OOOH YESSSS!!!! I’ve been waiting for this!!!!

  • @Wavylikedaviee
    @Wavylikedaviee Рік тому +2

    Seeing Le Mans raceway in the background had me in tears wow UA-cam I really a Time Machine

    • @prentisroberson2305
      @prentisroberson2305 10 місяців тому

      And they removed the screen-based rides, probably due to high maintenance costs. They should replace the former Battle for Eire with a TrioTech Dark Coaster themed to Irish mythology.

  • @johnfoltz8183
    @johnfoltz8183 3 роки тому +4

    This ride killed off any remaining popularity of Drachen Fire

  • @rdbarne
    @rdbarne 3 роки тому +5

    how quiet that lift hill was lol. I remember those days lol. And it went straight through the mid course brakes with a light tap

    • @tjcorcoran588
      @tjcorcoran588 2 роки тому

      lol ik it really stops you know

    • @lastone032085
      @lastone032085 2 роки тому +1

      I remember those days too. They were wonderful.

    • @piercesteven3730
      @piercesteven3730 Рік тому +1

      Last year train 1 was absolutely silent on the lift for the entire season. And the ride reopened 3 weeks ago for Mardi gras this year and the midcourse trims haven't been on at all. The lift trims have been on though.

  • @iAmScope2
    @iAmScope2 6 місяців тому

    The way rollercoasters are built always made me dream of a more advanced monorail system, even in the country a mono rail would be awesome

  • @BluesCoasters
    @BluesCoasters 3 роки тому +6

    Oh the mid course! How that has been slamming since!

  • @davecoasterdudew1206
    @davecoasterdudew1206 3 роки тому +2

    I always wanted to visit there for Alpengeist since my legs are long.

  • @ilikerollercoasters4757
    @ilikerollercoasters4757 3 роки тому +1

    The camera mount sounded like it would fall apart at any second.

  • @bobs_coasterexperience3025
    @bobs_coasterexperience3025 3 роки тому +2

    Miss ya Sean. I will be at Kings Island on May 8th. I will be celebrating my 49th there that day as well. My birthday is actually on Thursday the 6th.

    • @SeanFlaharty
      @SeanFlaharty  3 роки тому +1

      Have fun at KI, Bob! I won't be able to make it there until June. I may only be able to visit a few times this year.

  • @aaronberns8485
    @aaronberns8485 2 роки тому

    Those bellhop French ladies from what appears to be the late 19th early 20th century riding an intense modern day inverted coaster. What a cool time period.

  • @iAmScope2
    @iAmScope2 6 місяців тому

    The color is beautiful, but a very extreme ride

  • @ProSlider
    @ProSlider Рік тому +1

    Wow, how did you get this rare footage? Was it in a press kit or did you work for BGW?

    • @SeanFlaharty
      @SeanFlaharty  Рік тому +1

      I was supposed to attend the media day with the folks that are in this video. I had to cancel last minute. This footage was recorded for a TV station in Columbus, Ohio. Since I wasn't on the trip, I was given a copy of the footage. To the best of my knowledge, the TV station didn't do a story on the opening of the coaster. So, when I found it and decided to upload it, I knew that most of the folks watching it had never seen it before. I used to have a lyric video of the entire Alpengeist song but that was one of the 500 videos I had to remove during a spat I had with UA-cam last year.

    • @ProSlider
      @ProSlider Рік тому

      @@SeanFlaharty I heard that in the queue line around 1997 there was a video of Alpengeist playing telling the story of the monster. Do you know something about that? Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @cardinalfan828
    @cardinalfan828 3 роки тому

    looks like one of those trains has 2 zero cars?? Was that just for media day?

    • @SeanFlaharty
      @SeanFlaharty  3 роки тому +2

      I believe so. The second zero car was for the camera mount.

  • @themeparkreconnoiter9787
    @themeparkreconnoiter9787 3 роки тому +1

    An Gagantic Ghost of Mt. Grossglockner in Austria ,Alp-en-giest

  • @CoasterNick3157
    @CoasterNick3157 3 роки тому

    Awesome footages

  • @Coasterkitty7
    @Coasterkitty7 3 роки тому

    Damn, I haven't been to BGW since.....maybe 2008? 2009? Something like that. A lot of people thinks the park is near me, but it's actually about six hours away. I've always loved Alpengeist!