--- title: A Man Proposed to His Girlfriend on a Roller Coaster description: Austin Crecelius decided to pop the question to his girlfriend while riding on the Voyage, at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. canonical: https://time.com/4051578/video-proposal-roller-coaster-engagment/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-28T04:06:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:04.160Z og:title: A Man Proposed to His Girlfriend on a Roller Coaster og:description: He decided to pop the question while riding on the Voyage coaster in Indiana. og:url: https://time.com/4051578/video-proposal-roller-coaster-engagment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Man Proposed to His Girlfriend on a Roller Coaster twitter:description: He decided to pop the question while riding on the Voyage coaster in Indiana. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Man Propose to His Girlfriend on a Roller Coaster > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=d5a0a6d8-2371-4a22-b4c3-4174fd8ea3f5&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Take a Ride on The Newest Record-Breaking Wooden Roller Coaster [Watch (HLS stream): Take a Ride on The Newest Record-Breaking Wooden Roller Coaster](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xU0OJJig.m3u8) (1:45)  _Published 2014-07-24. It may not be as tall as some steel roller coasters out there, but Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill. brings the fear factor to another level._ by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People Contributor Sep 28, 2015 4:06 AM UTC by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People Contributor Sep 28, 2015 4:06 AM UTC The Internet has seen [some creative wedding proposals](http://www.people.com/article/365-day-marriage-proposal-video-white-board) over the years, but this one might take the award for most adorable non sequitur. Austin Crecelius decided to pop the question to girlfriend Allison Boyle while riding on the Voyage, a wooden roller coaster, at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. “At one point in time you had mentioned to me that life is like a roller coaster,” Crecelius starts off his speech as the coaster mounts a steep hill. “And it’s got its up and downs, it’s got twists and turns, and it even throws you for a loop sometimes. And though you can go by yourself, it’s a lot more fun to go with another person. “So I wanted to ask you if you wanted to be my roller coaster buddy,” he continued. “Allie will you marry me?” Boyle responded by tearing up as the couple’s friends videotaped the entire moment in front of their coaster seat. “I waited in line for 15 excruciating minutes nervously waiting to pop the question,” Crecelius [told NBC News](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Man-Proposes-to-Girlfriend-on-Indiana-Roller-Coaster-329689601.html?%5Fosource=SocialFlowFB%5FNYBrand). “There was even one point in time where she asked me if I felt really hot because my face was red and I was sweating.” In case you’re wondering, yes, Crecelius did bring the ring onto the coaster, but he luckily did not drop it! [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/roller-coaster-marriage-proposal-video) ## Transcript [00:00] When you first get on Goliath, you leave the station and [00:04] you immediately start climbing up a very steep incline. [00:14] Once you've reached the height of 165 feet, you go [00:18] down the first drop. And that drop is at an angle [00:22] of 85 degrees, so it feels like you are just going [00:25] straight down. It reaches a top speed of 72 miles per [00:30] hour. The Goliath is a [00:34] wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in [00:37] Gurney, Illinois. And it has broken three world records [00:41] for wooden roller coasters. It's now the tallest [00:46] wooden roller coaster, it has the steepest drop, and it [00:49] has the fastest drop. There's long [00:53] been a debate among thrill ride enthusiasts about [00:56] wooden versus. The steel roller coasters. Wooden [00:58] rollercoasters are the original type they were the first [01:01] ones built, and it just means that the frame, the [01:04] structure is built out of wood. It's [01:08] really, really intimidating to get on something that looks [01:11] like it's made of toothpicks. Historically wooden [01:15] rollercoasters were also a little bit more a jagged ride. [01:20] Increasingly, with some of the new wooden coasters [01:22] that have Been built, they are a lot smoother. And [01:26] so you get the kind of experience of a steel roller [01:29] coaster, but you also have the psychological thrill of [01:33] getting on this structure and kind of trusting your life to [01:36] this thing that looks like it could collapse at any minute. 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