redfoot12 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I have a Discovery one from around 1999-2000 on VHS that covers various new coasters of the time like the Thrust Air prototype (which would become Hypersonic), Medusa, Millennium Force, and Steel Dragon 2000. I'll have to hook up my VCR and go through a boatload of tapes to find out where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDFAN Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Here's a national geographic one, watch in HD. Warning LARGE File.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLDIImmeOCk  Enjoy, and happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 ^ I laughed at the part where they said "Magnum XL 200 has that old-fashioned feeling of a disaster waiting to happen, but on a grand scale." I think they were actually referring to Mean Streak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDFAN Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Bump Dont want this one to disapear, thanks to whom created this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge_Wonderland_Fan Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 ^^ Mean Streak IS a disaster waiting to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDFAN Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 BE sure to check out WoogityBoogity's Channel for nearly every TV program avaliable  http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=WoogityBoogity20&view=videos&start=40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I've been looking for 10 plus years for one documentary. It was one about Fun Houses during the original Thrills, Chills and Spills on the Discovery channel. I had it once on VHS, but no more. I know it is from 96-97. Â I vaguely remember Thrills, Chills, and Spills. Why did Discovery stop doing it? Was it not all that popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyuk200523 Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Finally Found a Documentary I have been searching for for years, Pleasure Beach was a 6 part documentary broadcast during the 90's on BBC1 all about Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the Ups, the Downs, Pranksters, Drunks, Breakdowns, everything! Makes pretty good Viewing to be honest! There are a Lot of Links!  Episode 1 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REDby7vBVM Episode 1 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABHeniDGhyg Episode 1 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoYwmc1wGkg  Episode 2 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UpV6zlnXtc Episode 2 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtpQD4CkCGk Episode 2 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16QDu1R1QdM  Episode 3 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQh_Nk8dUM Episode 3 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dLQyAWqfE Episode 3 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2O6bheCOmA  Episode 4 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAg4TMYa6Y4 Episode 4 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmpEO3dfYOY Episode 4 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77cYfv7JQ64  Episode 5 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqFeBfBtsPA Episode 5 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v3vsTVTezM Episode 5 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Puf4FCpVc  Episode 6 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOP-nAUpA2U Episode 6 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiapeH-L5c4 Episode 6 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lsYGQG6kzI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I've been looking for 10 plus years for one documentary. It was one about Fun Houses during the original Thrills, Chills and Spills on the Discovery channel. I had it once on VHS, but no more. I know it is from 96-97. Â I vaguely remember Thrills, Chills, and Spills. Why did Discovery stop doing it? Was it not all that popular? Â I think they stopped producing it for two reasons: the first being that the parks were no longer able to add major coasters every other year due to the economy & post 9/11 impact on tourism & 2:Discovery channel developed an obsession with that american chopper garbage & decided to run memorial day marathons of AC in it's place. Â Discovery used to have all around good programs such as their first ride/park documentary titled wild rides which debutted in 96 I believe but now the network has become just a complete waste of time what with the worldwide focus shifting from educational to reality based programming...they seem to have traded AC in for their latest obsession/craze all things crab fishing almost 24/7(cough deadliest catch cough) & I'm sick of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 ^ Those "reality" based shows are actually more entertaining than any coaster documentary that I've seen (with the exception of some of the older ones). Â I've seen countless coaster documentaries and they're all the same. Sure they were fun to watch at first, but over time, as I learned more about coasters from lurking around CB, CF, and TN from watching those shows. Â I can see POV footage online (or on a TPR DVD) if I really wanted to so there's no point in watching those shows for POV footage. On top of that, the POV footage online doesn't have annoying commentary to go with it. Â And has anybody noticed that they pick the nerdiest of coaster enthusiasts to interview? For example they'd always pick that dude that calls every single coaster his number 1 for every single special. And I remember them interviewing a dude who loved SUF so much, he had his braces match the colors on the ride. Then there are the people that claim they've ridden the coaster 100,000,000 times and then brag about it... (I'm probably being a bit harsh here though since I'm posting here) Â They'd also show the exact same specials over and over during the year or re-air previous specials from previous years. For the Disney specials, they just added footage from older specials (Doesn't Disney do this with their DVDs?). Â So IMO, I don't really miss the specials that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 ^I 100% agree on the dork thing, they always seem to pick the biggest fanboys for a ride and it's always funny when I know more about a ride than the nationally broadcasted documentary about it. For instance when they say some ride had bone crushing g's and it's really forceless, or when they get the names of the elements wrong. I guess they are marketing towards the general public and not coaster nerds though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatetoFLY Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Some scenes from Total Immersion: Theme Park of the 21st Century   The making of Spiderman   Making the Hulk   Jurassic Park behind the scenes   Poseidon's Fury   Toon Lagoon   Suess Landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 This video is not of the actual building but maintenance of rides. http://www.diynetwork.com/diy-project-xtreme-episode/videos/index.html - Click on Kings Dominion under video.  It is a recent show.  Have you got a better link for this one because i can not watch this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 SFGAm's Shockwave Documentary  Not a documentary, but media footage of GASM at SFGAdv when it was the tallest, fastest coaster in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCoaster Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Here's a national geographic one, watch in HD. Warning LARGE File. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLDIImmeOCk  Enjoy, and happy  And for those that enjoy Hulu:  Supercoasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Here's a national geographic one, watch in HD. Warning LARGE File. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLDIImmeOCk  Enjoy, and happy  And for those that enjoy Hulu:  Supercoasters  Any chance could you send me the one on Hulu about supercoasters because i live in the UK and i can not watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 If anyone is having trouble with watching the Tatsu video on MegaVideo then I am currently extracting it and will upload both parts in a single zip file when I have it completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Can someone send me the video of supercoasters because i would like to watch that one but i can not because i live in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some random guy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 that supercoasters video was great! i learned a lot about the mental part of coasters and it even made me ask myself why do we love coasters? and why do i ride them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I am just hoping that someone can let me have the video of Supercoasters because i would like to watch it, but i can not find it anywhere and i hope someone on here could help me to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love that Blackpool one, and how they didnt allow disabled guests on at peak times for capacity reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I think the blackpool ones where amazing to watch them and i really enjoyed them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Over on Justin TV, Don't Look down has a whole slew of documentaries and what not. I have the link before, and I as far as I know, Julian (who runs DLD) is always adding more. Â Â http://www.justin.tv/tinhead_bro/old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have also found some more movies for you guys.  Great Old Amusement Parks Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWxPW6Ed-Sk&feature=channel_page  Great Old Amusement Parks Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu725a9SD1E&feature=related  Great Old Amusement Parks Part III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMZCRVCpj4&feature=related  Great Old Amusement Parks Part IV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xRSlUPNjo0&feature=related  Great Old Amusement Parks Part V http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmIpWJ1mOBE&feature=related  Great Old Amusement Parks Part VI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywkCpqsoKc&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavt1976 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Has anybody found anymore videos yet because i don't want this thread to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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