Top 10(ish): 2023 Edition - page 118

[FistedColossus]

@Snoo Hyperion gets a weird amount of disrespect, it is insane. That first airtime hill is possibly the best in the world. Agree on Zadra, very good but not quite enough airtime.

1. Steel Vengeance
2. Skyrush
3. Untamed
4. Taron
5. Time Traveller
6. Phoenix
7. Twisted Colossus
8. Magnum XL200
9. Karnan
10. Lightning Rod

...

11. Hyperion
12. Zadra
13. Phantoms Revenge
14. Storm Chaser
15. Ride To Happiness
16. The Voyage
17. Expedition GeForce
18. Helix
19. Mako
20. El Toro

 

[Rob Coasters]

#1 Megafobia - Oakwood Theme Park
#2 München Looping - Hyde Park Fair
#3 Icon - Blackpool Pleasure Beach
#4 Smiler - Alton Towers
#5 Stealth - Thorpe Park (+2 spots)
#6 Saw The Ride - Thorpe Park
#7 Speed - Oakwood Theme Park
#8 Cannonball Express - Pleasurewood Hills
#9 Oblivion - Alton Towers
#10 Nemesis Inferno - Thorpe Park

Revolution and Wicker Man out of the top ten.

I uncovered my first ever coaster ranking which was made back in October 2019, I'm not sure what I was thinking here.

Colossus and Swarm are the most significant differences, with both having dropped twenty spots over two and a half years.

In other news I did another reshuffle, and moved OzIris up to #6 above Saw. Nemesis Inferno is out of the top ten.

 

[Hutch]

I uncovered my first ever coaster ranking which was made back in October 2019, I'm not sure what I was thinking here.

Not quite sure what you're thinking currently. You've still got some... choices in your present Top 10.

 

[Rob Coasters]

Not quite sure what you're thinking currently. You've still got some... choices in your present Top 10.

I'll attempt to tackle the points that are questioned the most when I reveal my rankings:

-I understand that Olympia's prime was four years ago in 2017 now but I still found it to be an excellent ride in 2021
-OzIris would be higher (or lower...?) if I had better memory of its experience. It often jumps around my list
-While I won't deny Saw's occasional rattle, the last time I experienced it on a bad day was in 2020 so I've been pretty lucky with it recently
-Cannonball Express is the raw definition of pure FUN
-Whilst Oblivion only has one element, that element is pulled off absolutely perfectly
-Nemesis isn't there because I didn't ride it in the right mindset

 

[Snoo]

@Snoo Hyperion gets a weird amount of disrespect, it is insane. That first airtime hill is possibly the best in the world. Agree on Zadra, very good but not quite enough airtime.

1. Steel Vengeance
2. Skyrush
3. Untamed
4. Taron
5. Time Traveller
6. Phoenix
7. Twisted Colossus
8. Magnum XL200
9. Karnan
10. Lightning Rod

...

11. Hyperion
12. Zadra
13. Phantoms Revenge
14. Storm Chaser
15. Ride To Happiness
16. The Voyage
17. Expedition GeForce
18. Helix
19. Mako
20. El Toro

I'm thinking some overshadow by an RMC as well as rattle on the latter half of the train (didn't bother me but did others) can certainly hurt it. That said, you do have Magnum AND Karnan in your Top 10. We can't be friends..

 

[EthanCoaster]

After making it out to a couple of new parks this year, here is my top 10:

1. Intimidator 305 (Kings Dominion)
2. Incredible Hulk Coaster (Islands of Adventure)
3. Raptor (Cedar Point)
4. Fury 325 (Carowinds)
5. Millennium Force (Cedar Point)
6. Afterburn (Carowinds)
7. Maverick (Cedar Point)
8. Twisted Timbers (Kings Dominion)
9. Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia)
10. Lightning Rod (Dollywood)

 

[Snoo]

First big changes in a WHILE after my European adventure. Now up to 505 after hitting 400 a shade over a year ago. Bold is new, Italicized is movement up or down:

1 Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
2 Jurassic World Velocicoaster - Islands of Adventure
3 Voyage - Holiday World
4 Hyperion - Energylandia
5 Fury 325 - Carowinds
6 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
7 Zadra - Energylandia
8 Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion
9 Goliath - Six Flags Great America
10 Fønix - Farup Sommerland

11 SkyRush - Hersheypark
12 Jersey Devil Coaster - Six Flags Great Adventure
13 Pantheon - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
14 Wildfire - Kolmarden
15 Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
16 Afterburn - Carowinds
17 Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
18 Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
19 Renegade - Valleyfair
20 Piraten - Djurs Sommerland
21 Mine Blower - Fun Spot Kissimmee
22 Orion - Kings Island
23 El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
24 Lightning Rod - Dollywood
25 Copperhead Strike - Carowinds
26 Maverick - Cedar Point
27 Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk
28 Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
29 Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure
30 Mystic Timbers - Kings Island


Hyperion was P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L. I don't know what they did or changed but this ride is THE sleeper of Europe. This is what airtime should be in it's purest form.. probably the best continually on any coaster I've been on. The rides above it just over a bit more as it's not long. Still.. LOVED It.

Zadra is amazing as well, with a layout full of everything you could want short of my favorite thing.. airtime. It lacked it which hurt it when comparing it to the monster that is Hyperion. That said.. night rides are insanity and it hits ALL over.. all day.

Fønix happened to be 500 but was an ENORMOUS surprise to me. I had to ride it last at Farup to make it 500 which made the anticipation grow. That ride does not spare an element and hits you over and over and over. Nothing disappoints or is wasted in it's layout. Fell in complete love after ride one and ride 10.

Piraten also a fantastic airtime machine, one of those bucket list rides I wanted to get on forever. What a fantastic ride, just a bit short and missing in some spots.

Other then that, two enormous disappoints were Untamed, Colossos, and Helix. All underdelivered by miles.

Well, I ALSO went to Florida.. and rode the Gwussy.. and it blew me away. Absolutely loved it. Rode front and back and it hit like no ones business.

1 Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
2 Jurassic World Velocicoaster - Islands of Adventure
3 Voyage - Holiday World
4 Hyperion - Energylandia
5 Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa
6 Fury 325 - Carowinds
7 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
8 Zadra - Energylandia
9 Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion
10 Goliath - Six Flags Great America

11 Fønix - Farup Sommerland
12 SkyRush - Hersheypark
13 Jersey Devil Coaster - Six Flags Great Adventure
14 Pantheon - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
15 Wildfire - Kolmarden
16 Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
17 Afterburn - Carowinds
18 Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
19 Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
20 Renegade - Valleyfair
21 Piraten - Djurs Sommerland
22 Mine Blower - Fun Spot Kissimmee
23 Orion - Kings Island
24 El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
25 Lightning Rod - Dollywood
26 Copperhead Strike - Carowinds
27 Maverick - Cedar Point
28 Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk
29 Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
30 Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure

 

[TwiTi96]

After years of only going to one park, then hitting up 11 more in 2 years I've acquired around 120 credits. Here's my contribution:

1.Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion
2.Mystic Timbers - Kings Island
3.Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion
4.Millennium Force - Cedar Point
5.Raptor - Cedar Point
6.Renegade - Valleyfair!
7.Phantoms Revenge - Kennywood
8.Orion - Kings Island
9.Lightning run - Kentucky Kingdom
10.Maxxforce - Six Flags Great America

I think the next 10 were even tougher than the top 10:

11.Valravn - Cedar Point
12.Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
13.Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
14.Diamondback - Kings Island
15.The Beast - Kings Island
16.Banshee - Kings Island
17.Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast - Six Flags Saint Louis
18.Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure
19.Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure
20.Medusa(as Bizarro-2021) - Six Flags Great Adventure

Parks not represented: Six Flags America, Carowinds, Mt. Olympus

Home Park: Six Flags Great America

Notable missed credits: American Thunder, Roar, El Toro, Jersey Devil Coaster, Nighthawk

Parks I should have stopped at but forgot existed: Mall of America's Nickelodeon Universe

Next parks to add to the checklist: California's Great America and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Was supposed to be Hershey before the news of the Great America lease

Most anticipated rides: Montu, El Toro, X²

I almost missed Fury325 and Afterburn as they were closed the day I planned to go. Fortunately got a ride in on each the night before.

 

[HeartlineCoaster]

This took far too much deliberation.

1. Helix - Liseberg
2. Ride to Happiness - Plopsaland de Panne
3. Python in Bamboo Forest - Wanda Nanchang
4. Jungle Trailblazer - Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou
5. Twisted Colossus - Six Flags Magic Mountain
6. Skyrush - Hersheypark
7. Taiga - Linnanmäki
8. Flying Aces - Ferrari World
9. Eejanaika - Fuji-Q Highland
10. Wood Coaster - Knight Valley

11. Hakugei - Nagashima Spa Land
12. Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa
13. Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion (bump)
14. Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
15. Zadra - Energylandia
16. Fjord Flying Dragon - Happy Valley Tianjin
17. Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
18. Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
19. Lightning Rod - Dollywood
20. Phoenix - Knoebels
21. El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
22. Untamed - Walibi Holland
23. Kondaa - Walibi Belgium
24. VelociCoaster - Universal's Islands of Adventure
25. OCT Thrust SSC1000 - Happy Valley Wuhan

Taron's gone, I'm scared. Let's do 30.

26. DC Rivals Hypercoaster - Warner Bros. Movie World
27. Taron - Phantasialand
28. Hyperion - Energylandia
29. Maverick - Cedar Point
30. Flying Dinosaur - Universal Studios Japan

Honourable mentions to Mystic Timbers, Pantheon and Phantom's Revenge, they likely crack the 50 mark.
As would Outlaw Run and Goliath, just, but they were a given.

 

[Hixee]

I don't agree with you, but I do respect that list.

 

[TilenB]

Damn, @HeartlineCoaster, my top 5 are the only coasters I have ridden out of your top 30. Makes me excited to get myself on some of the other coasters in that list. You seem to have good taste.

 

[SoCal_Imagine]

This took far too much deliberation.

1. Helix - Liseberg
2. Ride to Happiness - Plopsaland de Panne
3. Python in Bamboo Forest - Wanda Nanchang
4. Jungle Trailblazer - Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou
5. Twisted Colossus - Six Flags Magic Mountain
6. Skyrush - Hersheypark
7. Taiga - Linnanmäki
8. Flying Aces - Ferrari World
9. Eejanaika - Fuji-Q Highland
10. Wood Coaster - Knight Valley

11. Hakugei - Nagashima Spa Land
12. Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa
13. Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion (bump)
14. Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
15. Zadra - Energylandia
16. Fjord Flying Dragon - Happy Valley Tianjin
17. Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
18. Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
19. Lightning Rod - Dollywood
20. Phoenix - Knoebels
21. El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
22. Untamed - Walibi Holland
23. Kondaa - Walibi Belgium
24. VelociCoaster - Universal's Islands of Adventure
25. OCT Thrust SSC1000 - Happy Valley Wuhan

Taron's gone, I'm scared. Let's do 30.

26. DC Rivals Hypercoaster - Warner Bros. Movie World
27. Taron - Phantasialand
28. Hyperion - Energylandia
29. Maverick - Cedar Point
30. Flying Dinosaur - Universal Studios Japan

Honourable mentions to Mystic Timbers, Pantheon and Phantom's Revenge, they likely crack the 50 mark.
As would Outlaw Run and Goliath, just, but they were a given.

Your list above is gonna make me try to hit these for my first Europe trip next month.

1. Helix - Liseberg
2. Ride to Happiness - Plopsaland de Panne

 

[John Knotts]

1) Zadra
2) Velocicoaster
3) Lech Coaster
4) Steel Vengeance
5) Twisted Colossus

6) Voyage
7) El Toro
8) Iron Gwazi
9) Diamondback
10 Wonder Woman Flight Of Courage

 

[Furyous Baco 325]

My top 10 before this Summer was laughable but I think it’s ok now

1. Steel Vengeance
2. The Voyage
3. Fury 325
4. Skyrush
5. Orion
6. Maverick
7. Intimidator 305
8. Phoenix (Knoebels)
9. Mystic Timbers
10. Pantheon

 

[Thunder1981]

Here’s my top 10 coasters ever:

1. X2
2. Steel vengeance
3. Millennium force
4. Maverick
5. Valravn
6. Batman the ride backwards six flags magic mountain
7. Magnum
9. Montu
10. Raptor

 

[rich210uk]

Nothing too unique, all big hitters

1. OzIris
2. Ride to Happiness
3. Zadra
4. Behemoth
5. Nemesis
6. Twisted Colossus
7. Shambala
8. Millennium Force
9. Montu
10. Kondaa

 

[Rob Coasters]

#1 Megafobia, Oakwood Theme Park
#2 München Looping, Hyde Park Fair
#3 Icon, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
#4 Smiler, Alton Towers
#5 Stealth, Thorpe Park
#6 OzIris, Parc Astérix
#7 Saw - The Ride, Thorpe Park
#8 Sik, Flamingo Land
#9 Speed, Oakwood Theme Park
#10 Cannonball Express, Pleasurewood Hills

Oblivion is out of the top 10.

 

[Hixee]

While it's fresh in my mind, here's how I think stuff shapes up at the moment. New additions in bold.

1. Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point
2. Taron, Phantasialand
3. Zadra, Energylandia
4 . Fury 325, Carowinds
5. Dinoconda, China Dinosaurs Park
6. Lightning Rod, Dollywood
7. Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce
8. Skyrush, Hersheypark
9. Voyage, Holiday World
10. Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point

11. Helix, Liseberg
12. X2, Six Flags Magic Mountain
13. Wildfire, Kolmarden
14. Untamed, Walibi Holland
15. Soaring with Dragon, Hefei Wanda Theme Park
16. Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa
17. Kondaa, Walibi Belgium
18. Storm Chaser, Kentucky Kingdom
19. Formula Rossa, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
20. Ride To Happiness, Plopsaland de Panne

Knocked out are Hyperion and Nemesis, although I think the 11-20 slots will get a little rejig in the coming days. Ride to Happiness may not keep that slot after all.

 

[Howie]

Nothing too unique, all big hitters

1. OzIris
2. Ride to Happiness
3. Zadra
4. Behemoth
5. Nemesis
6. Twisted Colossus
7. Shambala
8. Millennium Force
9. Montu
10. Kondaa

Not having a dig - that's a very respectable top 10 that is, kudos to you, Sir... except... uhm... Oziris at number 1? What's that about? Literally every other coaster in that list stomps all over Oziris. Care to explain your reasoning? I can only assume you got married on it or something, cos that's just like bizarre. Like I said, not having a dig, just genuinely curious as to what makes Oziris so special for you?

 

[Inverting_Thrills]

out of 63 credits here are my top 20:
1: Steel Vengeance
2: Maverick
3: Millennium Force
4: Iron Gwazi
5: Goliath (Sfgam)
6: Raging Bull
7: Valravn
8: SheiKra
9: Magnum Xl-200
10: Cheetah Hunt
11: Raptor (Cedar Point)
12: Maxx Force
13: Batman: The Ride (Sfgam)
14: Gatekeeper
15: Montu
16: X-Flight
17: Tigris
18: Viper (Sfgam)
19: Kumba
20: Cobra's Curse