Roller Coaster TV Programs and News Articles!

A-Kid · Jul 9, 2009

valleyfair! said:
New Show on Cartoon Network called BrainRush where people ride on the coasters at Knott's Berry Farm and answer random questions to make money.

Episode 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c83fijD9 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMyWGq3W ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUquoLYY ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_AREcpM ... re=related

Episode 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrQegdDL1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83XKyfIP ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sin0nQOB ... re=related

That was a great show!

Xcelerator never gets much mention, so it was nice for it to be used.

valleyfair! · Jul 9, 2009

^ Yeah I actually enjoyed them I hope they expand it beyond Knott's though cause I feel it would get a little old after a while. But I do agree that it's good Knott's in general gets more attention especially Xcelerator.

Anonymous · Jul 10, 2009

Ok this isnt really a show ABOUT a roller coaster, but its a GAMESHOW on a roller coaster. Its on Cartoon Network. Now the first thing your thinking is that its a stupid little kid show. It isnt. Saturday at 8 watch it. People try to answer trivia questions while riding a roller coaster. Its pretty cool! cool)

Anonymous · Jul 18, 2009

Here is a video about Alton Towers and how Oblivion was built! This is part 1 of 6, you should see the rest on the site!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... ic+Factory

davidm · Aug 14, 2009

Mega Builders, building the HRP (RIP), on Discovery a few times this weekend;

http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/tv-sc ... _id=143098

(like 6pm Saturday)

Mackem Lad · Aug 15, 2009

It was on Wednesday or Thursday too.

It was a good programme, but wasn't much coverage of Led Zeppelin - construction was well underway as soon as it started.

Featured Maximum RPM most.

Worth a watch though.

marc · Aug 16, 2009

Was not a bad show tbh.

Thanks for letting us know it was on, I normally miss them as I dont look.

neo · Aug 25, 2009

Well, Saw – The Ride and Thorpe Park were on the BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory last night.

The iPlayer link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Episode_5/

And here’s another clip about engineering roller coasters from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips ... /6626.html

dj-fireball999 · Sep 19, 2009

A-Kid · Sep 21, 2009

Heres a new short Saw Documentry from BBC Fastrack which wasn't shown in the UK but on BBC World channel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8263043.stm

If you look carefully you can see me and my mum standing like extras in the background of some shots and they even caught us ON Saw at one point

With a potential 70millon viewers, it was hard for the park to turn it down!

Ben · Sep 21, 2009

If this guy is in charge of the next generation of rides... and he likes Saw... I'm quitting being an enthusiast.

Pokemaniac · Sep 21, 2009

There was a TV program on coasters on NRK yesterday. It was made for an American audience in 2003, and the facts weren't updated when they translated it. They kept saying that TTD was the fastest coaster on Earth, that Oblivion was the only Vertical Drop coaster, that Air was the only Flyer, and that Superman. The Escape was awesome. Also, they stated that Drop Towers didn't exist ten years ago. TusenFryd's own SpaceShot was built in 1998.

Way to go, NRK. Check facts next time.

Nemesis Inferno · Sep 21, 2009

Ben said:
If this guy is in charge of the next generation of rides... and he likes Saw... I'm quitting being an enthusiast.

I agree...

Saw is still being overhyped to stupid proportions and the general stuff related to the annoying guy was indeed, annoying...

Coasters that will change based on your own emotions... Gah, how boring, don't want every ride to be the same for me, would be extremely pointless being a ride enthusiast and pointless travelling around if they would all work around to suit my needs...

Saw the HRP one and thought it was good, but found it funny the way they tried to make it look really busy at the end...

Anonymous · Sep 28, 2009

Not sure if this has already been posted, but National Geographic's Super Coasters was pretty good, very informative. I think they focused on too many rides in the US though and only had one wood coaster, it would have been nice to have a bit more variety, but it was good.

http://www.sling.com/video/show/171697/ ... erCoasters

furie · Oct 7, 2009

Tonight on Channel 5 at 7:30 - Program detailing the engineering that has gone in to making roller coasters. Starting from the Russian Ice slides, going up to modern day coasters.

Could be good?

CMonster · Oct 7, 2009

^ What station is that on? As I might have it somewhere in my one million and one channels.

Ben · Oct 7, 2009

furie said:
Tonight on Channel 5

Could be good?

You've answered your own question there

Ormerod · Oct 7, 2009

I have recorded channel 5, let's just hope they don't mention the wrong rides like most programmes

Gladiator · Oct 7, 2009

Knowing Channel 5, they'll probably show a load of american coasters that I wouldn't of seen/been on but maybe heard so im looking foward to it

ciallkennett · Oct 7, 2009

I shall tune on in around 15 mins

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