In response to Ryan saying you guys miss the mark when it comes to appealing to non-theme park heads, I actually disagree! I love this podcast and have really no vested interest in amusement parks lol, I just like hearing you guys talk about the history and sharing your stories :)

@T.Florenz

3 ай бұрын

Same!

@nicky592

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I go to next to no parks, im not a thrill ride enjoyer, but this podcast gives me so much enjoyment, I love their format and their rubric they use. Always excellent and enjoyable

@rosscalhoun3389

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. I've been to a handful of theme parks in my life, most of which were on the same group trip, and the last one was like 15 years ago. Rides are fun, I just prefer to spend my time and money elsewhere. I enjoy learning about the history and unique traits of these rides though.

@nykkong6372

3 ай бұрын

Same!

@annaphillips7359

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! I hope they see the comment and know they’re really hitting all the marks!!!

I was so worried that this show was canceled after… the incident. DONT YOU EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN

Agreeing with the rest of the folks here about loving this podcast. You don’t understand the amount of joy I felt seeing this video pop up on my screen. I am not an amusement park head or coaster head by any means, I just love seeing people share their interests and getting to live in that joy with them. Keep doing what you’re doing fellas!

@Lydia-Nicole

3 ай бұрын

Same! I love this podcast because I love seeing people talk about subjects they're super passionate about! Just makes my day 100x better!

The tourists are happy you are back.

@apeiceofgarbage9848

3 ай бұрын

Iconic comment

@annaphillips7359

3 ай бұрын

Grinned when I saw this comment 😊

@imaginationstationyt6948

3 ай бұрын

No notes. Great comment!

I have lived in constant fear for the past 2 weeks, waiting for a new episode. So happy you guys are back!!

@blumtnpaj23

3 ай бұрын

Ditto

WE ARE SO BACK!!! So happy to have my silly theme park podcast 🥰

We! are! BACK! Genuinely one of my favourite podcasts of all time and i'm not even a theme park head, love the format, the scoring rubric, everything. 10/10

I don’t typically watch this, I primarily listen to the podcast but I have got to say, I missed this podcast. It’s something I look forward to every week. It’s a topic I genuinely enjoy and it puts something light and fun out into the crowd of negativity we are surround by

I literally feel a rush of serotonin when I’m getting ready to watch this!

i don't know if the watcher team will see this comment, but i wanted to say i love you guys! ❤

So sick y’all got the actual GOATS of theme park KZread to appear on the pod! Coaster Studios are the reason why I was able to get more into rollercoasters in the first place.

Definitely one of my favourite comfort shows

Thank you guys, love everything you talk about missed it last week ❤

The sound bite, “is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin,” is from the Doors. I believe the album is American Prayer, but don’t quote me on that. It is the opening of a longer poem by the band’s lead Jim Morrison.

X2 is absolutely insane and worth waiting 90 minutes. i wish the ride was longer, but the thrills are extreme.

@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od

3 ай бұрын

Its worth like 45 minutes its a solid coaster but not the best at magic mountain

I’ve got a messed up jaw and smartly chose to ride the X2. Spent an hour afterwards with my jaw stuck partially open it was a wild experience lmao

My older brother worked at magic mountain when it was still X and I remember one day he came home from work and he forbid me from ever riding it again which was shocking cause he wasnt that kind of person. He never told me exactly what had happened to make him ban me from the ride but he said it was dangerous and it was a matter of time before someone died on it. X closed shortly afterwards for the train redesign and rebrand to X2. So I can only assume there was some kind of close call that the park managed to keep under wraps.

I am so glad you posted, need a little pick me up at work

So happy to have you back 🎉

I'm a die hard coaster enthusiast. The first time I rode X2 I had to consider if I wanted to ride again or if I needed a break.

Love this podcast! Keeps me sane between work and life and gives me something to look foward to! Thank you! Please take care and have a wonderful day!

Dudes pulling all the top KZreaders and it shows

Welcome back guys ❤❤❤❤

I just wanna say FYA has made me appreciate theme parks so much more and it makes me want to visit more so much (I'm in IL and we only really have Six Flags)

I'm not a park head and I adore this podcast. Change nothing. I enjoy learning about something new and generally just listening you y'all be passionate.

This is one of my favourite feel good podcasts ever. I also like to grill my family and friends in line or on the drive to the theme park and do our own discussion on whether it’s world class or not. I have the links and questions saved in my Google docs.

Now that I know we’re entering Six Flags territory, I’m so excited for y’all to go over Tatsu

The 'Is Everybody In?' and 'the ceremony is about to begin' are all clips of Jim Morrison

@travisbrown9721

3 ай бұрын

Is it actually Morrison's voice? It's 100% a somewhat obscure "The Doors" reference, which I LOVE, but it doesn't actually sound like JM to me.

Having you guys back was a highlight to my day! Love the show and keep up the great work!!

Great episode. Great guests (as per usual), but this was a fun treat. 🎉

Although I was initially disappointed in the decisions that were made for Watcher, I had a spark of joy when I saw that this podcast is continuing. There is just something about hearing you all talk about Rollercoasters that brings me so much happiness on a Tuesday during the work week. My trust is a bit hurt, but I'm here to weather the storm with you all. I'm truly excited for all the new content. Sending all my love.

WE LOVE YOU!!! ❤

So happy to see this pop up!

We missed you! Sending love to y’all and the entire Watcher team

I’m not a huge theme park fanatic, haven’t been to a theme park since I was in high school, 2016, but I *love* this podcast. One of my favorite things to put on while I work. Really hope this one doesn’t ever get cancelled as a result of any budgeting decisions made in the light of The Streaming Service Incident

This pod is the only good thing about Tuesdays 😂 Good to have y’all back 💛

Yeahhhhhh! Love this podcast

I’m so glad the lack of restraints for the bottom half of your body was brought up, because it’s one of the things I hate the most about this ride. Half the time, I end up diagonal in my seat after the last element. Personally, I also don’t really like the top restraints. Mainly, I wish they had some padding like Tatsu, but not quite as much. Half the time I’m lowkey hyperventilating on this ride and I feel like I can’t breathe because of the restraints 💀

Fun episode! Though I wouldn't consider myself a "coasterhead" or whatever the term is, I do look forward to these podcasts every week. Last week was brutal with no FYA!

Thanks for the heads up in the beginning

Love this podcast!! No one in my world shares my love for theme parks, so it's so great having a little community that does!! Even if I'm just listening, makes me feel a little less weird haha

I first rode this summer of 2003, and I remember waiting for over an hour because they said the summer heat meant they could only run one train. It seems like it was an operational nightmare for Magic Mountain

Really grateful you guys at watcher have a growth mindset and to be a fan of y’all

oh we are so back

Shoutout to the guests for giving some jersey love, kingda ka will forever be iconic

So happy to see a new upload

Yes!!! This is the one ride I was hoping you would discuss!!!

Just to let you know I love this pod and as someone who has been watching abandoned and defunctland sense there were 10k accounts you certainly have found a home with me thanks for continuing to post

X2 was my first big girl roller coaster! Rode it during my 8th grade band field trip and have been a roller coaster lover since!

With Coaster Studios?!?! What a collab

X2??? With Coaster Studios??? I'm hyped. I just got to ride it for the first time in December. So worth the 3.5 hour wait.

I think the tourists missed you

I don't understand why this video doesn't have more views and likes. Love the Watcher pods and Coaster Studios is the best!! Thanks for covering one of my favorite "credits" of all time!!

Woo new EP!!!

This podcast is too good we cannot let it die

I’m so grateful to see a new episode. This podcast is my favorite weekly treat! I hope y’all had some time to yourselves and I’m super happy to see you back!!

I am with Ryan. I have been on X2 over ten times and have ridden it on multiple seats, inside and out, and have never gotten hurt or sick from the experience. I've also, until now, never heard that there are special ways to ride it in order to avoid getting hurt. That being said, I'm sure people, like Sarah, have been hurt while on this ride. Every body is different, dimensions and endurance. To me, X2 is a smooth and wild ride that I will never miss when at SFMM.

19:29 the line is actually older than that, coming from Monty Python and the Holy Grail! But love that it was in Zoolander as well.

Solid episode! I love the fact that Ryan recall feeling like he’s dying on some of these attractions 😂

We are so back

Yay! Welcome back, can’t wait to watch this weeks episode

The amount of awesome parks content creators this show has introduced me to is astounding. Love this podcast!

Got to take my 10 year old step-daughter to Orlando two weeks ago! Her favorites were Tron and Expedition Everest. And I FINALLY got to go on Rise of the Resistance and Hagrid’s Motorbike Adventure. They were both as great as y’all have proclaimed.

Welcome back ❤

X2??????!!!! we r so back

So awesome to listen to an episode with Coaster Studios! One of my favorite channels! Would love to hear another episode with them in the future!! ❤

Bro i love these guys, i swear ill always be here💯💯

So happy that I get to listen to y'all enthusiastically talk about theme parks this week, it's such a highlight to my Tuesdays.

very happy y'all are back this week!

I'm so glad this ride got coevered. This ride is a beast and absolutely a rope drop/ gate opening ride. I hope you guys do more coasters or credits like this.

Viper was actually my first roller coaster. It was 2008. I loved it. I don't remember banging my head lol

i had told my brother about the inside outside seat thing. he really didnt care and he kept riding the outside seat after we went on like 5 times in a row.

Outside seats, back row is the best! So much fun

I have never had a positive experience on this ride. But still always went back. You can never be the one to chicken out in the group. The climb and the drop are absolutely insane. That combined with the roughness it’s a wild ride. Glad to see you cover it.

Looking forward to seeing more coasters getting talked about on this podcast with other coaster channels! Would love to see El Toro Ryan on here!

ladies and gents, we are so back

I waited about 2 hours and talked myself out of riding it at the last minute (when I was a kiddo), should probably give it a try now lol 😅 glad to have all your perspectives, and beyond happy for the new episode! ❤

Miss you guys! ❤

Disney needs to sponsor you guys. I literally had no drive or want to ever go to Disney again (only went twice) because I really don't care about any ride other than haunted mansion... Till you guys. This makes me want to like theme parks!

Cant wait to watch pod watcher when youre back in LA, but for now, happy ghost hunting in the UK! And heyy byron!

I love this podcast, don’t stop doing what you doing

I look forward to this podcast every week!

"goofy voice" lmao it's Jim Morrison from The Doors

Glad to see this! 🙌

There are dozens of us! Love the Arrested Development reference I’m rewatching for the 4th time 😂

I actually died last week without this podcast. Thanks for being here to talk about theme parks with us!

Oh thank God I missed the podcast!!

Yay welcome back! I’m ready for coaster lore

I don't even like this podcast and I still watch it just to support lmao Welcome back boys

THIS IS THE BEST PODCAST

Lets go! Coaster Studios collab!! Keep up the great work. This pod is the best!!

I have a similar story to Sarah's, but mine was the Texas Giant at six flags over texas. I actually still havent gotten on another coaster since then (probably literally 20 years ago) because it was so rough. This show makes me curious to try others though.

look at all those sponsors!!

Yay!!!! So excited!!

I grew up near Knoebels, I went there as an adult, and I don’t remember Phoenix 😂 but I love Knoebels!

Yes!!!!! We love you guys

Live and grew up in NJ. Great American Scream Machine was so bad by the end it was un-rideable. It was bad when I was a kid and it closed not long after I graduated high school and I had to take Tylenol before and after just to ride it once more. Great adventure also had a version of Viper, it was just as violent and when I was on a class trip, not long after I went on it for the first time, they were taking someone off to an ambulance. Never road it again. Although when they took it down, pieces of the track were put on the safari for the monkeys to play on.

I live far away so I don't get to SFMM often, so my last trip was over 10 years ago. On that trip I found what would become my favorite coaster (Tatsu) and my least favorite and most disappointing (X2). I guess I just have a specific body type that does not react well but I was in constant pain and sure for most of the ride that my shins might break. The leg restraints (or lack of) and jerkiness of the twisting constantly banged my lower legs and made for a terrible time. Still enjoyed the episode and the guests. Now I have coaster credit envy.

I hope you guys eventually move to making more theme park content- maybe even its own KZread channel?- as it’ll do better if it has its own channel instead of competing with non-theme park content. Also I hope you guys do vlogs at parks sometime, I’d love to see you guys hanging out in that sort of setting.

X2 is terrifying - I recall X when it first opened and it was so smooth. X2 feels like it flings you around more. Also yes, riding with the soundtrack and flames is a mind trip