What counts?
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Nemesis Inferno
Strata Poster
Hyde244 said:
This... A million times this...
If you have to argue why it is a coaster because it apparently 'technically' coasts for 2 seconds in the ride duration then it quite simply isn't one...
Mysterious Sue
Strata Poster
You so need my driving cred!Xpress said:I count anything that involves extreme and abrupt changes as a roller coaster
Obviously it comes down to personal preference and common sense. I go by three rules:
1. Is it advertised as a coaster?
2. Does it have track?
3. Does it FEEL like a coaster?
I count:
Powered coasters (as the name says, they are coasters)
Toboggans (like the one at Efteling because it has cars, but not proper single person alpine toboggans)
Mack water splashes (they have track)
Mobius coasters as 2 (they are designed as two separate rides with different queuing systems)
Droomflucht (difficult I grant you, but when I got on it I said to myself 'why is this not on RCDB?')
I don't count:
Log flumes (they are flumes)
Boats on strings (not that I've been on one)
Cars, boats, swings, jumping off tables...or anything else Ben has done :wink:
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
I can always tell a coaster by the way it tastes.
It's very distinctive.
It's very distinctive.
ava1enzue1a
Mega Poster
My amateur definition of a roller coaster:
Any theme park ride which RELIES ON MOMENTUM for a car/passenger platform or w/e to COAST along a set track. Hence the term, roller COASTER.
Like, for instance - some may argue that Superman: Krypton Coaster isn't a "real" coaster. Imo it is b/c it consists of a car and uses momentum to pitch it up a set (and stationary) track. So what if it isn't a complete circuit. Shuttle thrill-ride? How about a shuttle COASTER/roller coaster.
Any theme park ride which RELIES ON MOMENTUM for a car/passenger platform or w/e to COAST along a set track. Hence the term, roller COASTER.
Like, for instance - some may argue that Superman: Krypton Coaster isn't a "real" coaster. Imo it is b/c it consists of a car and uses momentum to pitch it up a set (and stationary) track. So what if it isn't a complete circuit. Shuttle thrill-ride? How about a shuttle COASTER/roller coaster.
STC
Mega Poster
I think a good rule that decides between the bobsled coasters would be: any ride where the passengers can directly control the speed is not a credit. Rules out all Alpine Coasters and Oakwood-style bobsleds but not the proper "coaster" bobsleds, including Efteling's.
I wouldn't count Dreamflight because I don't remember it ever coasting up-hill at any point, just that downwards controlled-speed helix. It just doesn't feel right to count it. If we're counting that, you could even count Pirate Adventure at Drayton Manor.
I always wonder why people and the RCDB don't count Disk-Os as coasters though. Yes they're powered, but so are powered mine trains. They they have to lateral turns, but neither do Butterflys or Pipelines. They definitely coast uphill and downhill, just like any powered mine train does.
I wouldn't count Dreamflight because I don't remember it ever coasting up-hill at any point, just that downwards controlled-speed helix. It just doesn't feel right to count it. If we're counting that, you could even count Pirate Adventure at Drayton Manor.
I always wonder why people and the RCDB don't count Disk-Os as coasters though. Yes they're powered, but so are powered mine trains. They they have to lateral turns, but neither do Butterflys or Pipelines. They definitely coast uphill and downhill, just like any powered mine train does.
bizarrofan10
Hyper Poster
My coaster count list is via coastercounter.com, which does all of the nitty gritty classification for me
Thekingin64
Strata Poster
Bobsleds ARE creds, as they go out from a station up a chain lift and then coast down a track like a coaster. The brakes on them are just trims really except you choose when to put them on.
And also, The Squirrel nutty is not a cred as all it does is go round a flat track with only a small hill which doesn't change the speed at all.
And also, The Squirrel nutty is not a cred as all it does is go round a flat track with only a small hill which doesn't change the speed at all.
Mysterious Sue
Strata Poster
Ahh but lots of bobsleds don't have lift hills, they require you to carry your sled up on a ski lift, or are just powered the whole way round.
Thekingin64
Strata Poster
Ben said:
Since when has it done that? I can only remember it going at one really slow speed with now change ion speed at all. Therefore I do not count it.
For the bobsleds, I only count ones with a complete circuit like at Llandudno ski centre.(even though I have only been on the one at the ski centre.