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The coaster taking him 85 feet up at its highest peak, dropping him twelve times at the speed of 60 mph, changing direction 16 times and running more than 2,500 feet of track.

Such intensity on a two minute ride.

"I tried to keep my eyes open the whole time," Witty said. "And I'm glad the camera got to see exactly what I saw.

The Cyclone made its debut in 1927 and many of original parts are still in place.

The Cyclone's new operator gave NY1 a tour under the structure. This is the motor room with an antiquated system of pulleys that still drive the coaster.

"There are 2 engines,” said Valerio Ferrari, the Cyclone operator. “One is a spare. One is working right now which is moving the little pulley, which through a belt system is moving the big pulley and the chain on the lift tail."

The cars also date back to the 1920s. They've just been re-upholstered. It's a mostly wooden roller coaster with some steel support. And this iconic coaster is labor intensive.

It requires eight people to operate it. Workers have to manually compress and de-compress the breaks, to start and stop the ride and lock the handle bars in place.

They also have to arrive hours before opening the coaster to the public.

"We start our inspection at 6 o'clock in the morning,” Ferrari said. “Someone needs to walk the entire track, make sure all the wood is in its place. Check for loose bolts or loose nails."

But not all is old, the new operator changed the incandescent light bulbs to LED, added a ticketless system that uses its Luna Park card and upgraded the entrance, making it handicap accessible and creating a separate line for those who want to ride the first car.

The Cyclone is open this holiday week and then on weekends until after Memorial Day, when it opens daily.