Hutch
Strata Poster
With the 2015 season winding down, many new coaster recently announced, it's almost time to lurk indoors during the offseason and stalk the construction of upcoming coasters.
What are coasters are you most excited for next year? Overall I think it'll be a pretty good year with plenty of new coasters at for a variety of park chains (and 4 RMCs!), but here is my Top 5:
1. Flying Aces - I wasn't too excited for this at first but as the construction started and I found that it'd be somewhat similar to my favorite coaster, this quickly became my most anticipated ride. I don't even know what the entire layout will be, but from what I've seen so far there are some pretty insane airtime hills and other transitions and that was enough to boost my excitement.
2. Lightning Rod - This and #3 are very close (honestly they could interchange), but I think the first drop looks more intense and the quadruple down helped give it the edge. The Maverick style lift hill should be pretty fun and there's a huge wave turn along with some other crazy RMCnes, so definitely something to look forward to.
3. Wildfire - Nice long layout with plenty of elements to keep things interesting. Could possibly be better than LR, maybe due to the inversions it'll offer. I found the inversions on Wicked Cyclone pretty fun, some I'm up for more inversions.
4. Taron - Gorgeous theming, tight layout, plenty of near misses, and airtime. Absolutely something to keep an eye on. My only concern is if it will have enough intensity.
5. Storm Chaser - I prefer this over Joker because it seems to have more and better airtime moments. Only minor complaint is the length.
Honorable mentions that I'll be keep an eye on:
Joker - Another RMC; no need for another explanation
Mako - Fun little B&M hyper with some cool over banked elements (also looks beautiful).
Valravn - Big ass dive machine trying out some new features.
What are coasters are you most excited for next year? Overall I think it'll be a pretty good year with plenty of new coasters at for a variety of park chains (and 4 RMCs!), but here is my Top 5:
1. Flying Aces - I wasn't too excited for this at first but as the construction started and I found that it'd be somewhat similar to my favorite coaster, this quickly became my most anticipated ride. I don't even know what the entire layout will be, but from what I've seen so far there are some pretty insane airtime hills and other transitions and that was enough to boost my excitement.
2. Lightning Rod - This and #3 are very close (honestly they could interchange), but I think the first drop looks more intense and the quadruple down helped give it the edge. The Maverick style lift hill should be pretty fun and there's a huge wave turn along with some other crazy RMCnes, so definitely something to look forward to.
3. Wildfire - Nice long layout with plenty of elements to keep things interesting. Could possibly be better than LR, maybe due to the inversions it'll offer. I found the inversions on Wicked Cyclone pretty fun, some I'm up for more inversions.
4. Taron - Gorgeous theming, tight layout, plenty of near misses, and airtime. Absolutely something to keep an eye on. My only concern is if it will have enough intensity.
5. Storm Chaser - I prefer this over Joker because it seems to have more and better airtime moments. Only minor complaint is the length.
Honorable mentions that I'll be keep an eye on:
Joker - Another RMC; no need for another explanation
Mako - Fun little B&M hyper with some cool over banked elements (also looks beautiful).
Valravn - Big ass dive machine trying out some new features.