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How did it become your favorite?
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BigBad
Mega Poster
I've not gotten night rides on a number of my favorite coasters. I've tried to hit parks in early May before the kids get out of school, and I wasn't able to get night rides on Banshee, MF, GateKeeper, Diamondback, or Beast (supposed to be great at night, but I didn't think much of it in the day).
I hit Great Adventure during their Halloween events a few years ago. Nitro and El Toro are both cool at night, though I'd imagine that a coaster that mingles with the trees and terrain like BD would be even more of an experience, particularly if it's made from wood.
I hit Great Adventure during their Halloween events a few years ago. Nitro and El Toro are both cool at night, though I'd imagine that a coaster that mingles with the trees and terrain like BD would be even more of an experience, particularly if it's made from wood.
DelPiero
Strata Poster
Skyrush
It was the first coaster i saw and rode on my honeymoon in 2013 and though I'd heard it was excellent, I wasn't prepared for how ridiculously good it is.
It immediately went to number 1 and although challenged in the last couple of years by Helix and Wicked Cyclone, nothing beats riding the edge.
It was the first coaster i saw and rode on my honeymoon in 2013 and though I'd heard it was excellent, I wasn't prepared for how ridiculously good it is.
It immediately went to number 1 and although challenged in the last couple of years by Helix and Wicked Cyclone, nothing beats riding the edge.
mouse
Giga Poster
Tonnere De Zeus, Parc Asterix. It was my first non-blackpool woodie and I hadn't ridden Goudurix yet so was in a good mood. My memory of it is a blur, it just felt so out of control and I was being thrown around all over the place. I have never ridden anything quite like it yet.
Boulder Dash.
If I'm honest, I need a re ride as it was almost 6 years ago and I've ridden some amazing woodies since (the Chinese M&V/GG ones), but I don't really keep a top list any more.
I remember going into the park and saying to the others that I didn't think I could do another coaster. I'd been on a ridiculously long trip, and not had a great time at SFNE the same day.
Obviously, I couldn't NOT ride it, thinking I'd get it done to tick the box, but I loved it and we whored it for the evening. Loved it.
If I'm honest, I need a re ride as it was almost 6 years ago and I've ridden some amazing woodies since (the Chinese M&V/GG ones), but I don't really keep a top list any more.
I remember going into the park and saying to the others that I didn't think I could do another coaster. I'd been on a ridiculously long trip, and not had a great time at SFNE the same day.
Obviously, I couldn't NOT ride it, thinking I'd get it done to tick the box, but I loved it and we whored it for the evening. Loved it.
oriolat2
Giga Poster
Maverick
It was a coaster that had been praised by many enthusiasts and I couldn't understand why. So in 2013, when I first visited CP, I gave it a go and I understood the reason why; it's just fast, it has snappy transitions, a couple of inversions. It's like a mix of the greatest elements from different coaster into one relentless, long, forceful ride.
Phoenix
I went to Knoebe'ls also in 2013 and I had completely forgotten there was that coaster. It just looked so innocent, like another wooden +1. Boy was I wrong; that coaster taught me how to fly without wings. The stand-up airtime, fun layout and old-school trains and lightning fast operations made it for me.
It was a coaster that had been praised by many enthusiasts and I couldn't understand why. So in 2013, when I first visited CP, I gave it a go and I understood the reason why; it's just fast, it has snappy transitions, a couple of inversions. It's like a mix of the greatest elements from different coaster into one relentless, long, forceful ride.
Phoenix
I went to Knoebe'ls also in 2013 and I had completely forgotten there was that coaster. It just looked so innocent, like another wooden +1. Boy was I wrong; that coaster taught me how to fly without wings. The stand-up airtime, fun layout and old-school trains and lightning fast operations made it for me.
Ravine Flyer II
Yes Ravine Flyer II is a great airtime-induced GG coaster, that features a beautiful aesthetic along Lake Erie. The layout carries a simple design that takes advantage of the ravine over which it flies. (Hah, puns) However what is my biggest draw to the roller coaster? Heritage. Yes, heritage.
I love history, which includes an unending fascination with the First Golden Age of Roller Coasters. This was the period of time when some of the great coaster designers were most active. John A Miller, the father of the modern high-speed roller coaster, built all 143 of his creations from 1903-1940 (died in 1941), yet only 6% of them remaining standing today. His partner, Harry C Baker (designer of the Coney Island Cyclone), collaborated on and designed over 44 roller coasters before the end of the Great Depression; only five operate today. Herbert Schmeck, the designer of Knoebel's Phoenix, had built nearly 70% of his coaster creations before 1940. So many of these roller coasters have passed in legend now, without good record keeping to help show a fair representation of their experience. Just as we only have a few samples of Socrates, Plato, and Aristole's writings because of the destruction of the Library of Alexandria; only a handful roller coasters have stood the test of time from the First Golden Age of Roller Coasters.
This too applies to the original Ravine Flyer, constructed in 1922 and torn down at the end of the Great Depression in 1938 after a tragic accident killed a rider. The best photos we have of the coaster? Not much of a collection:
And so it was the notion of evoking this history with the construction of a new Ravine Flyer was something I had always been drawn to. RF II gives an undoubtedly excellent ride for any coaster enthusiast. But this homage to its historic origins is what puts it on top for me.
Yes Ravine Flyer II is a great airtime-induced GG coaster, that features a beautiful aesthetic along Lake Erie. The layout carries a simple design that takes advantage of the ravine over which it flies. (Hah, puns) However what is my biggest draw to the roller coaster? Heritage. Yes, heritage.
I love history, which includes an unending fascination with the First Golden Age of Roller Coasters. This was the period of time when some of the great coaster designers were most active. John A Miller, the father of the modern high-speed roller coaster, built all 143 of his creations from 1903-1940 (died in 1941), yet only 6% of them remaining standing today. His partner, Harry C Baker (designer of the Coney Island Cyclone), collaborated on and designed over 44 roller coasters before the end of the Great Depression; only five operate today. Herbert Schmeck, the designer of Knoebel's Phoenix, had built nearly 70% of his coaster creations before 1940. So many of these roller coasters have passed in legend now, without good record keeping to help show a fair representation of their experience. Just as we only have a few samples of Socrates, Plato, and Aristole's writings because of the destruction of the Library of Alexandria; only a handful roller coasters have stood the test of time from the First Golden Age of Roller Coasters.
This too applies to the original Ravine Flyer, constructed in 1922 and torn down at the end of the Great Depression in 1938 after a tragic accident killed a rider. The best photos we have of the coaster? Not much of a collection:
And so it was the notion of evoking this history with the construction of a new Ravine Flyer was something I had always been drawn to. RF II gives an undoubtedly excellent ride for any coaster enthusiast. But this homage to its historic origins is what puts it on top for me.
tomahawk
Strata Poster
New Texas Giant
If I were to ride it today, would it be my favorite? Not sure. Ever since it landed there it really has been a toss up. Driving 8 hours there, arriving at my hotel at 1am, whoring it on media day for 4 hours, and then driving back another 8 hours to make it back for a midterm at 8am the next day. The entire situation was just surreal. My next visit it was just as amazing and probably the best back row ride I've been on.
It goes back in forth really with X2. It's still the best coaster I've ridden, but not my favorite? I haven't ridden it in about 6 years despite being just an hour and a half away, but I'll be back on it later this year.
I fully expect my top 10 to be dramatically different by end of year.
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If I were to ride it today, would it be my favorite? Not sure. Ever since it landed there it really has been a toss up. Driving 8 hours there, arriving at my hotel at 1am, whoring it on media day for 4 hours, and then driving back another 8 hours to make it back for a midterm at 8am the next day. The entire situation was just surreal. My next visit it was just as amazing and probably the best back row ride I've been on.
It goes back in forth really with X2. It's still the best coaster I've ridden, but not my favorite? I haven't ridden it in about 6 years despite being just an hour and a half away, but I'll be back on it later this year.
I fully expect my top 10 to be dramatically different by end of year.
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Jarrett
Most Obnoxious Member 2016
Skyrush
I had heard very mixed things about this coaster. It's one of the most loved coasters on Coasterforce, on one hand. On the other hand, people call it "thighcrush" and claim it's some kind of medieval torture device, and I wasn't a fan of the ride's lack of personalitySo while it was up there with Phoenix and Sky Rocket for the most anticipated coasters of my #Penn2015 trip, I was also a bit iffy on it. It could either land in my top ten or beat the heck out of me...and we had ERT on it so if it was painful I was going to pay for it!
I remember leaving Kennywood, eating a packed lunch of a ham sandwich and hot Mountain Dew in the parking lot. I remember hitting the Pennsylvania Turnpike driving east as the skies turned colorful and dark behind the mountains being seriously impressed at how well that highway is designed. I remember the night before getting to my hotel and just blacking out. That morning I remember cresting one of the hills outside of Hershey and seeing three warm-colored Intamins stretch into the orange skies as the sun rose. I remember seeing that gorgeous yellow structure dominating the park all day. I remember them walking us back to Fahrenheit and catching glimpses of yellow track peaking out from behind the trees, swooping and twisting in ways that didn't look like they should be possible. I remember leaving Fahrenheit ERT with William on a mission to lap up all the creds on the most slammed day of the season as this machine played Intamin all morning. I remember taking a break from creds to ride Kissing Tower and seeing a Skyrush train hit the brakes.
I remember pulling down the restraint thinking, "man, that's it?" knowing I might have a ton of powerful Maverick-style airtime ahead of me. I remember feeling my heart pound as the train was whisked from the station, giving me a beautiful view of Hershey and the surrounding hills. Finally, after all that anticipation, I felt a good burst of airtime from the drop, followed by the most powerful surge of ejector I had ever known on a coaster. That moment, feeling myself whisked from the seat with just that tiny bar loosely pinning me in as I soared on the edge of the train over the water, feeling more vulnerable than I ever had on a coaster, being relentlessly yanked from my seat, convinced me that I was going to be one of the many enthusiasts to fall in love with this wonderful machine. And then it did it again. And again. And then started twisting around and really putting more aggression on stuff that wasn't airtime. This thing is literal iron hell precariously perched over a creek surging with mechanical energy. It twists violently, it throws violently, it dives down its drop violently, it strategically interacts with its creekbed area, and yet when you walk on that path between it and Comet it looks like the most beautiful machine ever. It has the personality that a powerful coaster should have and it feels very adult and sophisiticated. The combination of its powerful ejector, aggressive twisting, extreme vulnerability, and beautiful location and structure are everything I look for in a coaster, and I knew it would be my perfect ride. While RMC has since taken the favorite manufacturer spot from Intamin after six years, I don't even see them ever coming out with something that could even compare.
It also holds more sentimental value. First off, we got ERT on it that night and I got to see what it felt like in the dark. Let me tell you, the only thing that could possibly add to the vulnerability of that coaster the lack of ability to see what's around you! Storming around the creek and town at night just sitting on that amazing coaster and riding it over and over again into infinity after the park was closed and hearing Hersheypark play a Walk the Moon song (they're local to southeastern Ohio and their overplayed stuff reminds me of home when I'm away) across the closed yet lit-up park created one of the coolest moments I've ever experienced in the hobby.
And of course, I met the love of my life through our mutual love of this coaster and we plan to go marathon it together this summer. So there's that.
I had heard very mixed things about this coaster. It's one of the most loved coasters on Coasterforce, on one hand. On the other hand, people call it "thighcrush" and claim it's some kind of medieval torture device, and I wasn't a fan of the ride's lack of personalitySo while it was up there with Phoenix and Sky Rocket for the most anticipated coasters of my #Penn2015 trip, I was also a bit iffy on it. It could either land in my top ten or beat the heck out of me...and we had ERT on it so if it was painful I was going to pay for it!
I remember leaving Kennywood, eating a packed lunch of a ham sandwich and hot Mountain Dew in the parking lot. I remember hitting the Pennsylvania Turnpike driving east as the skies turned colorful and dark behind the mountains being seriously impressed at how well that highway is designed. I remember the night before getting to my hotel and just blacking out. That morning I remember cresting one of the hills outside of Hershey and seeing three warm-colored Intamins stretch into the orange skies as the sun rose. I remember seeing that gorgeous yellow structure dominating the park all day. I remember them walking us back to Fahrenheit and catching glimpses of yellow track peaking out from behind the trees, swooping and twisting in ways that didn't look like they should be possible. I remember leaving Fahrenheit ERT with William on a mission to lap up all the creds on the most slammed day of the season as this machine played Intamin all morning. I remember taking a break from creds to ride Kissing Tower and seeing a Skyrush train hit the brakes.
I remember pulling down the restraint thinking, "man, that's it?" knowing I might have a ton of powerful Maverick-style airtime ahead of me. I remember feeling my heart pound as the train was whisked from the station, giving me a beautiful view of Hershey and the surrounding hills. Finally, after all that anticipation, I felt a good burst of airtime from the drop, followed by the most powerful surge of ejector I had ever known on a coaster. That moment, feeling myself whisked from the seat with just that tiny bar loosely pinning me in as I soared on the edge of the train over the water, feeling more vulnerable than I ever had on a coaster, being relentlessly yanked from my seat, convinced me that I was going to be one of the many enthusiasts to fall in love with this wonderful machine. And then it did it again. And again. And then started twisting around and really putting more aggression on stuff that wasn't airtime. This thing is literal iron hell precariously perched over a creek surging with mechanical energy. It twists violently, it throws violently, it dives down its drop violently, it strategically interacts with its creekbed area, and yet when you walk on that path between it and Comet it looks like the most beautiful machine ever. It has the personality that a powerful coaster should have and it feels very adult and sophisiticated. The combination of its powerful ejector, aggressive twisting, extreme vulnerability, and beautiful location and structure are everything I look for in a coaster, and I knew it would be my perfect ride. While RMC has since taken the favorite manufacturer spot from Intamin after six years, I don't even see them ever coming out with something that could even compare.
It also holds more sentimental value. First off, we got ERT on it that night and I got to see what it felt like in the dark. Let me tell you, the only thing that could possibly add to the vulnerability of that coaster the lack of ability to see what's around you! Storming around the creek and town at night just sitting on that amazing coaster and riding it over and over again into infinity after the park was closed and hearing Hersheypark play a Walk the Moon song (they're local to southeastern Ohio and their overplayed stuff reminds me of home when I'm away) across the closed yet lit-up park created one of the coolest moments I've ever experienced in the hobby.
And of course, I met the love of my life through our mutual love of this coaster and we plan to go marathon it together this summer. So there's that.