Road Trip America: World's Oldest Roller Coaster

Come take a ride on the world’s oldest roller coaster! We took a road trip to Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania to get up close and personal with a National Historic Landmark - Leap the Dips! Built in 1902, at the time of our filming this episode, the coaster is 119 years old. That pre-dates the Model T, radio broadcasting, and even the Wright Brothers’ flight at Kittyhawk. This ride is truly one of a kind - the last side friction figure eight coaster in existence - and to learn more about it we met up with Dave Hahner, the historian for the American Coaster Enthusiasts, and Brian Carland, one of the ride operators at Lakemont Park who gave us an up-close tour of all the ride’s ancient quirks. And we made some new friends on the coaster, too! So what are you waiting for? Let’s hop on board the newest inductee into our Offbeat Amusement Ride Hall of Fame, Leap the Dips! Be sure to check out our write ups on all the featured rides in the OAR HOF at justaquickdetour.com! We want to extend a huge thanks to Melanie Shildt and Brian Carland at Lakemont Park for letting us tour the coaster, and Dave Hahner who provided us with so much fascinating history and so many wonderful vintage photographs! And additional thanks to Joe Schwartz and Ken Denton for their photos of Leap the Dips when it was under the weather in the 90’s. And finally thanks to Luna Park, Melbourne for their footage of Scenic Railway. We plan on making the trip out there to ride the world’s second oldest coaster very soon. Could make a good honeymoon destination… Oh! And one more big thanks to Ryan’s parents for spending days digging through hours of old VHS tapes for the Mad Mouse footage. Additional photos in the video courtesy of Dave Hahner. ================================= Music used in the video: Busy Day by Derek Krystek –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Freedom by Roa   / roa_music1031   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_freedom Music promoted by Audio Library    • Freedom – Roa (No Copyright Music)   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Strut Funk - Stuart Bogie    • Strut Funk – Stuart Bogie (No Copyright Mu...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Good Starts - Jingle Punks    • Good Starts – Jingle Punks (No Copyright M...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SCOTT'S JOB royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu   / freemusicfor.  .    / freesoundmusic   original video:    • Scott's Job   royalty free Ragtime, no cop...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Boogaloo Prod. by Danya Vodovoz    • The Boogaloo - Lounge -  Royalty Free Musi...   ROYALTY FREE MUSIC –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Danse of Questionable Tuning by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/kevin-macleod-doqt Music promoted by Audio Library    • Danse of Questionable Tuning – Kevin MacLe...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fluffing a Duck by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/fluffing-a-duck Music promoted by Audio Library    • Fluffing a Duck – Kevin MacLeod (No Copyri...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– tears that collapse like aurora raindrops of sunlight by Artificial.Music   / artificial-music   Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2nYoPCn Music promoted by Audio Library    • tears that collapse like aurora raindrops ...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Untold Journey - The Pirate King    • Untold Journey - The Pirate King (Royalty ...   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mr. Turtle - The Green Orbs    • Mr. Turtle – The Green Orbs (No Copyright ...