Top 5 Favorite Roller Coasters

[-MoNtU]

Well Since the other thread was lost I'm starting a new thread on this to see what coasters people like best.

1. Tie: Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa) Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
2.Superman:Ride Of Steel (Six Flags New England)
3.Incredible Hulk (Islands Of Adventure)
4.Big Bad Wolf (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
5. Stealth (Paramount's Great America) Relocated to PC as Borg Assimulator (I think that's how you spell it)

6-10
6. Gwazi (Busch Gardens Tampa)
7.Dueling Dragons (IOA)
8.Apollo's Chariot (BGW)
9.Kracken (Sea World Orlando)
10.Batman: The Dark Knight (SFNE)

[WoddenWarior]

1. Thunderhead at Dollywood
2. Legend at Holiday World
3. Raven at Holiday World
4. Space Mountian at WDW
5. BTM at WDW

[Freddie1]

1. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce (12 rides on it yesterday, 18 total. MASSIVE AIRTIME AND LATS!).
2. Superman Ride of Steel - Six Flags New England (2 rides total).
3. Wildcat - Lake Compounce (9 rides yesterday, 16 total)
4. Yankee Cannonball (Can't count. Over 25).
5. Wildcat - Hershey (2 total).

Coming in at 6 - 10 is:
6. Cyclone - Six Flags New England (3 total)
7. Sooperdooperlooper - Hershey (2 total)
8. Batman The Dark Knight - Six Flags New England (5 total)
9. Great Bear - Hershey (1 total)
10. Comet - Hershey (3 total)

[Kadillac719]

Here's a list of 1-5
1. Incredible Hulk(IOA)
2. Magnum XL-200(CP)
3. Titan(SFoT)
4. Top Thrill Dragster(CP)
5. Texas Giant(SFoT)

And now...
6. Texas Cyclone(SFAW)
7. Greezed' Lightning(SFAW)
8. Texas Tornado, now known as Zonga(SFAW)
9. Superman: Krypton Coaster(SFFT)
10. The Rattler(SFFT)

[leonardofury]

How hard did you look?

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=411074

Could a mod merge the posts please?

1. Nemesis, Alton Towers
2. Rita: Queen of Speed, Alton Towers
3. Silver Star, Europa Park
4. Grand National, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
5. Air, Alton Towers

[Harpo]

1-4 are easy for me. Depending on my mood, 1-3 are largely interchangeable, and could be considered a tie.

1. Raptor (CP)
2. Millennium Force (CP)
3. Top Thrill Dragster (CP)
4. Magnum XL-200 (CP)

5 is quite a bit tougher, as there are so many coasters that I consider to be so close in ranking. But, I guess I'll put my favorite woodie in that spot:

5. GhostRider (Knott's Berry Farm)

Very lucky for me that my favorite 4 coasters of the 599 I've experienced over the past 6 years are all at the park that's closest to me! (I'm hoping to get to 600 this weekend.)

[SnooSnoo]

1: Top Thrill Dragster (Cedar Point)
2: Magnum XL-200 (Cedar Point)
3: Millennium Force (Cedar Point)
4: Raptor (Cedar Point)
5: The Beast (Paramounts Kings Island)

Extended

6: Big Dipper (Geauga Lake)
7: Gemini (Cedar Point)
8: Dominator (Geauga Lake)
9: Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood)
10: Blue Streak (Cedar Point)
11: Wicked Twister (Cedar Point)
12: Son of Beast (Paramounts Kings Island)
13: Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa)
14: Steel Venom (Geauga Lake)
15: Mean Streak (Cedar Point)

[alpengeist04]

Originally posted by Harpo

Very lucky for me that my favorite 4 coasters of the 599 I've experienced over the past 6 years are all at the park that's closest to me! (I'm hoping to get to 600 this weekend.)
If you don't mind me asking, which coaster would be your 600th.

[-MoNtU]

Originally posted by leonardofury
How hard did you look?

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=411074

Could a mod merge the posts please?

1. Nemesis, Alton Towers
2. Rita: Queen of Speed, Alton Towers
3. Silver Star, Europa Park
4. Grand National, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
5. Air, Alton Towers

Yes but now a days you'll get WL for bringing a topic back up from over a month.

[wardy91]

1: Nemesis - Alton Towers
2: Rita QOS - Alton Towers
3: Pepsi Max Big One - BPPB
4: Grand National - BPPB
5: Air - Alton Towers

And also

6: Rock N Rollercoaster - WDW
7: Shockwave - Drayton Manor
8: Oblivion - Alton Towers
9: Spinball Whizzer - Alton Towers
10: Missile (SBNO) - American Adventure

[Your_Name_Here]

1. Matterhorn Bobsleds- Disneyland, California
2. Big Bad Wolf- BuschGardens, Williamsburg
3. Apollo's Chariot- BuschGardens, Williamsburg
4. Shei-Kra- BuschGardens, Tampa Bay
5. Great Bear- HersheyPark
6. Hulk- Islands Of Adventure
7. Volcano: The Escape- Paramount's King's Dominion
8. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad- Walt Disney World
9. The Dragon- Legoland, California(oddly enough :rolleyes: )
10. Krakken- SeaWorld, Orlando
11. Superman- SixFlags Darien Lake
12. Montu- BuschGardens, Tampa Bay
13. Hypersonic XLC- Paramount's King's Dominion
14. SuperDooperLooper- HersheyPark
15. Lightning Racer- HersheyPark


I could probably go up to 50, but I wouldn't do that to you. ;)

[Harpo]

Originally posted by alpengeist04
If you don't mind me asking, which coaster would be your 600th.

Don't mind at all!

If I manage to arrange it for this weekend, I'm hoping to go to Canada's Wonderland, where Italian Job Stunt Track will be #600. I'm hesitating a bit, however, because my fiancee can't join me this weekend. However, I'm resuming classes shortly thereafter, so this weekend is the best option for me. Hence my dilemma -- do I go for the weekend without my fiancee (which she SAYS is fine) and get one last visit before I have to resume studying for my MBA degree, or do I stick around while she's off doing other things, and only get to see her in the evening (and maybe for Sunday golf) anyway? I just don't know what I'm going to do, but, if the weather looks like it'll be good in Toronto, I'm leaning towards going to Canada's Wonderland.

I would have liked to take an extended weekend in December to go to Busch Gardens Tampa -- haven't been there for a while -- but I don't know if I'll be able to manage it. My fiancee will be recovering from hernia surgery, and we're trying to save up money for our wedding and honeymoon in April. (We're still trying to figure out how to register for Demon Drop and Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall on our gift list -- figuring it'd be His 'n' Hers Freefall Rides! :D )

Certainly, my coaster riding will be slowing down after marriage, but it won't stop completely. Meanwhile, I'd like to get in what I can!

[alpengeist04]

^I say go for it!!! I'm going to ride Italian Job coaster next spring when PKD gets theirs.;)
Florida is usually nice in December, so if you can swing it I would go. You probably knew that already.;) Anyway, good luck with your his and hers wedding gifts.:haha:

[Teen_R_A_V_E_N]

Only rode spanish coasters LOL:D , here is my list:

1-Superman - La Atracción de Acero (The Ride of Steel) at Warner Bros Park Movie World Madrid
2-Dragon Khan at Port Aventura
3-Stunt Fall at Warner Bros Park Movie World Madrid
4-Magnus Colossus at Terra Mítica
5-Batman - La Fuga (The Persuit but it really translates to The Escape) at Warner Bros Movie World

6-Stampida at Port Aventura (even this one is sixth its really great however I love more the other ones)
7-Coaster Express at Warner Bros Movie World Madrid
8-Tizona at Terra Mítica
9-El Diablo - Tren de la Mina (The Mine Train) at Port Aventura
10-Tom & Jerry at Warner Bros Movie World Madrid (family coaster but much better than some of the big ones that I have ride)

[KingdaKa1]

1.Top Thrill Dragster/Millennium Force (CP)
2.Kingda Ka (SFGADV)
3.Wicked Twister (CP)
4.X-Flight (GL)
5.Magnum XL-200 (CP)

My woodie favs

1.Beast (PKI)
2.J2 (Clementon)
3.Mean Streak (CP)
4.Great White (Morey's Piers)
5.Viper (SFGAM)

[WoddenWarior]

Man..... I notice a lot of these rides aren't really good rides. They're just at the big maga-parks that play up their rides as the greatest, but are really lacking. If you all would seriously want a top 5 list, you need to visit some individually-run parks. They almost always have the best coasters.

I'm really tired of hearing "Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point..." when there is so much else out there! I'm sure it's a great park, but get out there and experience a family-run park. The experience it completely different and it's usually for the better.

[alpengeist04]

Originally posted by WoddenWarior
Cedar Point..." I'm sure it's a great park, but get out there and experience a family-run park. The experience it completely different and it's usually for the better.
I agree, but Cedar Point is one of the best parks out there too.

[Harpo]

Originally posted by WoddenWarior
Man..... I notice a lot of these rides aren't really good rides. They're just at the big maga-parks that play up their rides as the greatest, but are really lacking. If you all would seriously want a top 5 list, you need to visit some individually-run parks. They almost always have the best coasters.

I'm really tired of hearing "Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point..." when there is so much else out there! I'm sure it's a great park, but get out there and experience a family-run park. The experience it completely different and it's usually for the better.

Well, I've been to 179 parks, and my 4 favorite coasters happen to be at my favorite park, which is Cedar Point. There are some small parks I really like, such as Holiday World and Silverwood, but if I could only visit one park, that park would be Cedar Point.

It should be noted that one of the little parks I've visited also ranks as the single worst park I've visited: Williams Grove. I'm not sure if you could pay me enough to revisit that park, it was such a horrible experience.

You may have a different choice of what coasters and parks are your favorites, and that's fine. But don't even think about telling me what coasters should be my favorites, for I will take significant offense to that. My choice of my favorite coasters has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with hype or advertising -- it entirely has to do with what I find to be the most fun. I have no problem with your idea of fun being different from my idea of fun -- that's why there are so many choices out there, so we can all be satisfied. But, to try and tell me that my favorites "aren't really good rides" is just insulting.

[alpengeist04]

Originally posted by Harpo
[B There are some small parks I really like, such as Holiday World and Silverwood [/B]
I really liked Silverwood when I went there in July. Timber Terror and Tremors are two of the best wooden coasters I've been on. With that said everyone has their own taste when it comes to coasters, so we should all respect that.

[Italianpnoy112]

1-Vertical Velocity SFMW
2-California Screamin' Disneyland California
3-Roar SFMW
4-Medusa SFMW
5-Boomerang SFMW

[SnooSnoo]

I've visited many different parks, and CP happens to have one of the best collections of coasters around. Yes, my list is dominated by CP, but its not ALL CP. CP rules all, but there are other good rides.

Remember tho, most of us like coasters.... and thats it. Screw experience, we thrill for a 1 hour wait to get a good thrill (My feelings, I COULD BE WRONG!! :)) I've enjoyed many smaller parks and I can't wait to visit more. Holiday World is #1 on my list to visit, and I cant wait.

[Plokoon111]

Lets see. . .

Phoenix at Knoebles!
Thunderhawk at dorney Park
white water landing at Dorney park
some cool wild mouse , lol
Orientol Espress :D

What I dont like steep drops and loops :p

[Kadillac]

Originally posted by WoddenWarior
Man..... I notice a lot of these rides aren't really good rides. They're just at the big maga-parks that play up their rides as the greatest, but are really lacking. If you all would seriously want a top 5 list, you need to visit some individually-run parks. They almost always have the best coasters.

I'm really tired of hearing "Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point...Cedar Point..." when there is so much else out there! I'm sure it's a great park, but get out there and experience a family-run park. The experience it completely different and it's usually for the better.

Yes I know what you mean. I shoulda added Raven to my list. My new list now that I thik about it.

1. Incredible Hulk at IOA
2. Top Thrill Dragster at CP
3. Magnum XL-200 at CP
4. Raven at Holiday World
5. Texas Cyclone at SFAW
6. Texas Giant at SFoT
7. Titan at SFoT
8. Superman Krypton Coaster at SFFT
9. Rattler at SFFT
10. Poltergeist at SFFT

[Freddie1]

Originally posted by Kadillac
9. Rattler at SFFT

Before or after it was killed? Back when it was built it was cool, but now, no airtime, no lats... :cry:

[Small Print]

Nemesis
Rita
Spinball Whizzer
Air
Black Hole

[Kadillac]

Originally posted by SFNERules
Before or after it was killed? Back when it was built it was cool, but now, no airtime, no lats... :cry:

Before it was killed.

[KingdaKa1]

Yup, RIP Rattler. Never rode it, but before they killed it, stabbed it, and ran it over with a trck, it looked like a great ride.

I noticed others but 1-10, so here are 6-10

6.Beast-PKI
7.V2. SFGAM
8.Raptor CP
9.Nitro SFGADV
10.Medusa SFGADV

Not so sure about 9&10. Nitro is great, but seems to be getting bumpy, and it must be me, the train, the day, or something, but Medusa is a migrain waiting to happen, still great. Here's woodie.

6.Son of Beast-PKI
7.Cyclone-Astroworld
8.American Eagle-SFGAM
9.Racer-PKI
10.Hercules (Now Defunct:() Dorney Park

[lewis31lewis52]

I can't do top ten, so I'll do top 5 steel and top 5 wooden.

Steel:
1 - Raptor - Cedar Point
2 - Stormrunner - Hersheypark
3 - Millennium Force - Cedar Point
4 - Alpengeist - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
5 - Batman: Knight Flight / Dominator - Geauga Lake

Wooden:
1 - Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure
2 - Thunderhead - Dollywood
3 - Beast - Paramount's Kings Island
4 - Lightning Racer - Hersheypark
5 - Blue Streak - Cedar Point

[OrlanDude]

Here's mine:

1. Shei-Kra (BuschGardens-Tampa Bay)
- easily beats the rest.
2. Incredible Hulk (Islands Of Adventure)
- gotta love that launched lift into a barrel roll
3. (tie) Montu (BuschGardens-Tampa Bay)
3. (tie) Alpengeist (Busch Gardens-Williamsburg)
- both excellent well-themed inverted coasters
5. Apollo's Chariot (BuschGardens-Williamsburg
- great air time on an ultra-smooth ride

Best of the rest:
Raptor (Cedar Point), Kraken (Sea World-Orlando), Dueling Dragons (Islands Of Adventure), X-Flight (Geauga Lake), Kumba (BuschGardens-Tampa Bay).

Note: I had to eliminate any wooden coasters from my list as I can no longer ride them; they make my brain ache too much.:cry:

[WoddenWarior]

Originally posted by Harpo
But don't even think about telling me what coasters should be my favorites, for I will take significant offense to that.

That's not what I was saying. I was saying that there is so much more out there outside of the mega-hyped parks. Six Flags likes to plug their rides as awesome, when usually, they're just plopped down crap. They get people to visit their parks and their parks only because of all of the advertising. Take SFKK, for example! "Twisted Twins is extremely thrilling! One of the best coasters in the world!" I don't think so! I have a problem with companies limiting peoples opinions by hyping crappy rides as good ones. This creates a false sense of what a good ride and a bad ride is with coaster n00bs. Six Flags will hype an SLC as amazing, but in reality, they have a very bad reputation. Coaster n00bs don't know this though, so they'll go on a very crappy ride and think it's supposed to be good and so they won't like roller coasters.

[Harpo]

Well, my honest, uncensored opinion of Six Flags would not be printable here, and, in some countries, could result in the tongue being removed by tying it to the tail of a wild leopard and throwing a piece of fresh meat down a hillside. Ouch. I'm not going there! :D

Anyway, I think that should show that I really don't buy into hype. I certainly understand hype. After all, who's going to visit a park that says, "Hey, our rides are junk, our midways are filthy, and we've got a bad attitude, but come visit us, anyway!" Any park and ride has to be good for me to say it's good. I have written quite a few complaint letters, with the most being to Six Flags, but with letters also going to Disney and Cedar Fair. (Cedar Fair has had the best responses, by far, which is part of the reason I have a high opinion of them. I was a bit surprised, but Disney's response to an issue I brought to their attention was remarkably disappointing. I really expected better from Disney.) When warranted, I've also sent letters of compliment, which have gone to Cedar Fair and Holiday World. However, I'm very tough to please, hence those letters are rare. Something extraordinary has to happen for me to send a letter of praise. So far, only Cedar Point, Knott's Berry Farm, and Holiday World have earned such letters for having times when, in my opinion, they went above and beyond the call of duty in creating a wonderful visit.

[-MoNtU]

What were some of the complaints for Disney? And what was there answer?

[Harpo]

The item I really complained about for Disney was that the hotel room was absolutely filthy. I refused to stay in the first room, it was so bad, so I was able to convince them to move me to another room. The second room was also dirty, but at least it didn't have the horrid odor of the first room, so I accepted it, although I still wasn't pleased. I had to go wiping off the toilet and the countertops, plus there was trash still in the trash cans when I first arrived at the room. On my second day, after returning from the park, there was trash in the toilet, which neither my girlfriend (now fiancee) nor I had put there, so it must have been done by the "cleaning" crew. Also, there were hairs on the sheets, so we had to brush them off before going to bed. It was at the All-Star Resorts, which are the budget resorts, so we didn't expect fancy, but we still expected clean. It was quite a battle on-site getting things straightened out. They even mucked up the package deal, where the park admission was included with the room, but, fortunately, I didn't take the first person's word for it that the tickets would be picked up at a park entrance, since that was wrong. The tickets were given at the hotel desk, which is what my confirmation said, but the first desk clerk wouldn't go along with that.

I don't recall the exact wording in the response, but it gave me the impression of saying something to the effect of, "Hey, we're Disney. Don't criticize us, because we know what we're doing." Although they called and left a message on my answering machine in response to my letter, they never did apologize. And, when I called back and left a message for the person who called me, indicating I'd like to talk about it some more, she never returned that call. Overall, it was most unimpressive. Next time, I'm more likely to stay off of the Disney property.

(I didn't even bother mentioning the misdirection I received -- when I was at EPCOT, I was trying to figure out how to get to Downtown Disney. I had a hard time finding someone to ask, but, once I did, he gave me incorrect directions on how to use the transportation system to get there, so it wound up taking me much longer than it should have.)

[-MoNtU]

Hhhhmm, I would not expect that from Disney?

[Kadillac]

Originally posted by smallprint
Nemesis
Rita
Spinball Whizzer
Air
Black Hole

Do you smell an Alton Towers fan? Why is Black Hole on there? Oblivion is way better than Black Hole!

[aoshi]

Originally posted by -MoNtU...
Yes but now a days you'll get WL for bringing a topic back up from over a month.
No posting repeat topics AND no bringing topics back? :confused:

[Small Print]

Originally posted by Kadillac
Do you smell an Alton Towers fan? Why is Black Hole on there? Oblivion is way better than Black Hole!

Im scared of oblivion. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/ruinkai/peepwallA.gif

[RctGirl45]

hmmm.

Mine would have to be:
1.Millenium Force
2.Storm Runner
3,Thunderhead
4.Raptor
5.Alpengiest

[gigafreak30]

I like the Wildcat at Hershey

[Freddie1]

Wildcat is great. GCI came out with a bang, and they have only inproved. I hear Wildcat has roughened now though (I went on in '99, right after Great Bear was built). I really want to get back to Hershey at some point (probibly in a roadtrip with the rest of the PA parks).