Top 10(ish): 2024 Edition - page 124

[Snoo]

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27

^That's the thing with MF.. it loses it's luster over time tbh. You can get all of those experiences Jarrett described on other coasters.. and more. I've ridden MF 500+ times since it opened and while it's still a good ride, it hasn't maintained that "OMG" feeling that you had when it opened because other rides have come since that have given that exact same or better experience.

Let's not even take into account person preferences as well, which for me have shifted drastically over time. MF used to be my #1 too but I now feel more for the wooden ejector air than something MF delivers, as you can tell below.


1 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
2 El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
3 Goliath - Six Flags Great America
4 Voyage - Holiday World
5 Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
6 Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer
7 Bizarro - Six Flags New England
8 Maverick - Cedar Point
9 Phoenix - Knoebels
10 Cornball Express - Indiana Beach



11 Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk
12 Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
13 Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
14 X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain
15 Evel Knievel - Six Flags St. Louis
16 Prowler - Worlds of Fun
17 Afterburn - Carowinds
18 Thunderbird - Holiday World
19 Diamondback - Kings Island
20 Superman Krypton Coaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
21 SkyRush - HersheyPark
22 Patriot - Worlds of Fun
23 Talon - Dorney Park
24 Tatsu - Six Flags Magic Mountain
25 Goliath - Six Flags Over Georgia
26 Wildfire - Silver Dollar City
27 Batman: The Ride - Multiple Parks
28 Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion
29 Dominator - Geauga Lake / Kings Dominion
30 Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa

 

[Smithy]

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27

At the moment at least;

1. Balder
2. Shambhala
3. Helix
4. Dragon Khan
5. Nemesis
6. The Smiler
7. Swarm
8. Velocity
9. Jubilee Odyssey
10. Rage

Daemonen comes in at 9. That'll be it for the while.

1. Balder
2. Shambhala
3. Helix
4. Dragon Khan
5. Nemesis
6. The Smiler
7. Swarm
8. Velocity
9. Daemonen
10. Jubilee Odyssey

1. Balder
2. Shambhala
3. Helix
4. Dragon Khan
5. Nemesis
6. The Smiler
7. Swarm
8. Superman/La Atraccion De Acero
9. Batman La Fuga
10. Velocity

Superman was very good, more forceful than expected in places and just generally fun to ride. Batman was good, relentless, flies through the second half but possibly just a bit too strong to go any higher.

 

[witchfinder]

My current top ten, which is pretty lame as I haven't been to many parks yet. It'll be interesting to revisit this at the end of the year though after visits to PortAventura and hopefully Efteling...

1. Nemesis
2. Saw
3. Wild Mouse (BPB)
4. Swarm
5. Avalanche (BPB)
6. Grand National
7. Colossus (Thorpe Park)
8. Shockwave (Drayton Manor)
9. Revolution (BPB)
10. Cyclone (Coney Island)

 

[ThomVD]

1. Helix (Liseberg)
2. Shambhala (PortAventura)
3. Silver Star (Europa Park)
4. Expedition GeForce (Holiday Park)
5. Black Mamba (Phantasialand)
6. Junker (PowerPark)
7. Cú Chulainn (Tayto Park)
8. Joris en de Draak (Efteling)
9. Troy (Toverland)
10. Dragon Khan (PortAventura)

Shambhala was my most anticipated coaster since forever, so I was very scared it was going to disappoint me. And it sort of did, but it's still an amazing coaster. The first ride I had on it in the second row was incredible and pretty much what I expected from it. The day after I got a bunch of middle row rides and it was really lacking in airtime. I even considered not placing it in my top 10 at all. Then I got a couple of front and back row rides I went back to adoring it. Seat assignment slightly ruins this coaster, because it's really only incredible in the first and last two rows.

Silver Star has slightly stronger airtime, but Shambhala is smoother, more refined, more varied, much better first drop, has a nicer location and better theming. It was really difficult to choose because in all honestly they are about equally good in their own way, but I'll give Shambhala the edge because it's so beautiful.

Now Dragon Khan is the real surprise. I didn't think I'd love it this much at all. Can't see why people say it's rough, it ranges from very smooth to decently smooth depending on where you sit, and it's so forceful and intense. It also has a great length. It ticks all the boxes of how a multi-looper should be like. Love it <3

The other coasters on the trip don't really come close. Baco has an underwhelming launch (Gerst rolling launches are so much better!) and is rough and dull all the way through. Stampida isn't rough at all, but doesn't do enough to really be more than an average woodie. The Tibidabo vekoma is wonderful though. Great smooth family coaster with a fantastic view.

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27

New entries in bold:

1: Katun
2: Montu
3: Helix
4: Shambhala
5: Kraken
6: Balder
7: Space Mountain
8: Kumba
9: Altair CCW-0204
10: Nemesis

After Japan. New stuff in bold:

1: Katun
2: Montu
3: Helix
4: Dodonpa
5: Pyrenees
6: Shambhala
7: Space Mountain WDW
8: Steel Dragon 2000
9: Balder
10: Kraken

After Europa Park:
1: Katun
2: Montu
3: Helix
4: Dodonpa
5: Pyrenees
6: Shambhala
7: Space Mountain WDW
8: Steel Dragon 2000
9: Blue Fire
10:Wodan

11:Silver Star
12: Balder
13: Kraken
14: Kumba
15: Kawasemi
16: Altair
17: ROTM
18: Nemesis
19: Stealth
20: Raptor

 

[TilenB]

Bit of an update after Catalonia:

1. X2, SFMM
2. Shambhala, PortAventura
3. Goliath, WH
4. Katun, Mirabilandia
5. Nemesis, AT
6. Black Mamba, Phantasialand
7. iSpeed, Mirabilandia
8. Tatsu, SFMM
9. blue fire Megacoaster, EP
10. Troy, Toverland

11. Joris, Efteling
12. Karacho, Tripsdrill
13. Kumba, BGT
14. Giant Dipper, SCBB
15. Goliath, SFMM
16. Air, AT
17. Wild Mouse, PBB
18. Saw, TP
19. Baron 1898, Efteling
20. G'sengte Sau, Tripsdrill
21. Raptor, Gardaland
22. The Swarm, TP
23. Van Helsing, MPG
24. Muntanya Russa, Tibidabo
25. DiVertical, Mirabilandia
26. Apocalypse, SFMM
27. Revolution, PBB
28. Dwervelwind, Toverland
29. Winjas, Phantasialand
30. Silver Star, EP
31. Stealth, TP
32. Olympia Looping, Oktoberfest
33. Dragon Khan, PortAventura
34. Familieachtbaan, BillyBird
35. Smiler, Alton Towers

 

[Anac0nda]

Went to Hansa-Heide and wasn't disappointed:

1. Helix -Liseberg
2. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park
3. Schwur des Kärnan - Hansa Park
4. Junker - Power Park
5. Flug der Dämonen - Heide Park
6. Dragon Khan - Port Aventura
7. Piraten - Djurs Sommerland
8. Juvelen - Djurs Sommerland
9. Tornado - Bakken
10. Fluch von Novgorod - Hansa Park

Although I had read about it, both Kärnan and Fluch surprised me with the immersive theming! If Kärnan was a smooth as EGF, it could have taken the 2. place, but I still prefer EGF's first drop. Flug der Dämonen was silky smooth and super fun every time we rode it (I think a total of 10 times!).

 

[Jarrett]

Re: Top 10(ish): 2015 Edition - page 27

1. Skyrush
2. Fury 325
3. The Voyage
4. Millennium Force
5. Cheetah Hunt
6. Leviathan
7. Maverick
8. Phoenix
9. Banshee
10. Thunderbird
11. Top Thrill Dragster
12. Behemoth
13. GateKeeper
14. Full Throttle
15. Montu
17. Thunderhead
18. Intimidator
19. The Beast
20. Magnum XL-200
21. Afterburn
22. Lightning Racer
23. Wild Eagle
24. The Raven
25. Phantom's Revenge

Now that I'm pretty much done with creds for 2015 I thought I'd update it. Got a few new additions out of Pennsylvania!

Could potentially start to really tear this up with RFII next week followed by New England a month after so I should probably update.

1. Skyrush
2. Outlaw Run
3. Storm Chaser
4. Fury 325
5. The Voyage
6. Millennium Force
7. Cheetah Hunt
8. Maverick
9. Leviathan
10. Phoenix
11. Banshee
12. Thunderbird
13. Top Thrill Dragster
14. Behemoth
15. GateKeeper
16. Full Throttle
17. Montu
18. Thunderhead
19. Magnum XL-200
20. Powder Keg
21. The Beast
22. Afterburn
23. Lightning Racer
24. Wild Eagle
25. The Raven

Coasters that could work their way in potentially this summer are RFII, Wicked Cyclone, Superman SFNE, Boulder Dash, Wooden Warrior, El Toro, and Nitro.

 

[Bat Fastard]

1. Outlaw Run
2. Goliath
3. Maverick
4. Storm Chaser
5. The Voyage
6. Top Thrill Dragster
7. New Texas Giant
8. Millennium Force
9. Banshee
10. Diamondback
11. Lightning Run
12. Raging Bull
13. The Beast
14. Thunderbird
15. Mr. Freeze
16. Prowler
17. Patriot
18. Powder Keg
19. Valravn
20. Gatekeeper
21. X-Flight
22. Manta (San Diego)
23. The Legend (it is quite good with the retrack)
24. The Raven
25. Wildfire

 

[jayjay]

Following France/Germany/Belgium...

Surprise of the trip was Sky Scream, an unassuming thing that seemed to be custom designed to push all of my buttons

1. OzIris - Parc Astérix
2. Sky Scream - Holiday Park
3. Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
4. Thunderbird - Power Park
5. Stealth - Thorpe Park
6. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park
7. Cú Chulainn - Tayto Park
8. Tonnère de Zeus - Parc Astérix
9. The Ultimate - Lightwater Valley
10. Rita - Alton Towers

11. Nemesis - Alton Towers
12. Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa
13. Expedition Everest - Animal Kingdom
14. Rock 'n' Rollercoaster - Hollywood Studios
15. Alpina Blitz - Nigloland
16. Karacho - Tripsdrill
17. Monster - Walygator
18. Revenge of the Mummy - Universal Studios Florida
19. Dueling Dragons - UIoA (as of 2007, when they dueled)
20. The Incredible Hulk - UIoA

 

[Snoo]

New top tenners as of the last few days:

1. Lightning Rod
9. Storm Chaser

Still one more day at Carowinds! Dash is no longer my number one after nearly a decade as my top ride. Crazy fun.

 

[Edward M]

With a new number 1 and 3, my trip was a huge success, and, yes, Lightning Rod is that good (being on the first enthusiast ERT helped). New in bold.

1. Lightning Rod
2. Outlaw Run
3. Fury 325
4. Millennium Force
5. Kumba
6. Beast
7. Shambhala
8. Goliath @ SFOG
9. El Toro
10. Maverick
11. Iron Rattler
12. Nitro
13. Top Thrill Dragster
14. Dragon Khan
15. Magnum
16. Space Mountain A, Disney World
17. Rampage, AA
18. Diamondback
19. Montu
20. Afterburn
21. Hulk
22. Superman SFFT
23. Prowler
24. American Thunder
25. Intimidator

 

[Antinos]

Since CoasterCounter no longer exists, all I have is a top 10 at the moment:

1. Lightning Rod
2. Outlaw Run
3. Goliath (SFGAm)
4. Bizarro (SFNE)
5. Boulder Dash
6. The Voyage
7. El Toro
8. Maverick
9. Banshee
10. Storm Chaser


New additions in bold.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Marc, I was loving your top ten until I spotted Banshee. I still have no idea what the hype is for that ride or why people think it has so much to offer. And, you've been on Fury, right? Or am I mistaken? If so, dafuq is Banshee doing above it!?

 

[Snoo]

^Not everyone loves the same thing remember. I feel the same about Banshee compared to Fury as well. Both are great rides but the G's on Banshee make it superior in my opinion. Of course, looking at my top coasters, you can tell why that's the case.

But.. moving onto my Top 10ish since the US Live is now completed! Bold is new. Italicized is moved.

1 Lightning Rod - Dollywood
2 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
3 El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
4 Goliath - Six Flags Great America
5 Voyage - Holiday World
6 Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
7 Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer
8 Maverick - Cedar Point
9 Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
10 Phoenix - Knoebels

11 Cornball Express - Indiana Beach
12 Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk
13 Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
14 Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
15 Banshee - Kings Island
16 Superman The Ride - Six Flags New England
17 Afterburn - Carowinds
18 Lightning Run - Kentucky Kingdom
19 X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain
20 Evel Knievel - Six Flags St. Louis
21 Prowler - Worlds of Fun
22 Fury 325 - Carowinds
23 Thunderbird - Holiday World
24 Superman Krypton Coaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
25 SkyRush - HersheyPark
26 Patriot - Worlds of Fun
27 Talon - Dorney Park
28 Tatsu - Six Flags Magic Mountain
29 Goliath - Six Flags Over Georgia
30 Wildfire - Silver Dollar City

I only added 5 creds on this trip and was able to get 4 in my Top 30, including a brand new #1 coaster. That's a good time right there.

 

[Ben]

^Whut?

Like, what?

You know Ravine Flyer II is bollocks now right.

And like, Evel Knievel above Fury...? And Skyrush...?

There's some explaining required here.

 

[Snoo]

Ben, do keep in mind I try not move rides until I ride them again. The only real exception is a new cred where others may move down.

I was however on RFII last year and it was just as good as it has always been. I may be back this year but I doubt it. Same with EK. Superman did drop however after re riding it last year and evaluating it's spot in my list this year.

I sort of explained Fury earlier but I can elaborate. The ride is great (don't take being lower than the Top 10 as a bad sign.. really 11-30 are not separated by leaps and bounds) but as I prefer stronger G forces, especially airtime, the swooping and diving on the ride just didn't blow me away, especially in comparison to the G's I got on other rides above it such as Lightning Run, Banshee, and Afterburn (all of which were running fantastic).

It's by far the best B&M Hyper but I've never truly been fond of that ride type, even if Fury doesn't fit the true mold of the standard Hyper. Strong ejector airtime combined with laterals are my cup of tea with some exceptions for ride experience (TTD, Cornball, X2, ect). My Top 10 is very reflective of these feelings which is what I mentioned in my post before.

The ONLY real exception within my list is SkyRush, which caused me physical pain due to the placement of the restraints. It would seem those with smaller thighs tend to be ok but my legs were pinned right between two muscles within my quad, causing a large amount of pain. Worst part, without that pain, it would definitely be in my Top 10.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

1 Lightning Rod - Dollywood
2 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
3 El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
4 Goliath - Six Flags Great America
5 Voyage - Holiday World
6 Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
7 Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer
8 Maverick - Cedar Point
9 Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom
10 Phoenix - Knoebels

11 Cornball Express - Indiana Beach
12 Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk
13 Wicked Cyclone - Six Flags New England
14 Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
15 Banshee - Kings Island
16 Superman The Ride - Six Flags New England
17 Afterburn - Carowinds
18 Lightning Run - Kentucky Kingdom
19 X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain
20 Evel Knievel - Six Flags St. Louis
21 Prowler - Worlds of Fun
22 Fury 325 - Carowinds
23 Thunderbird - Holiday World
24 Superman Krypton Coaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
25 SkyRush - HersheyPark
26 Patriot - Worlds of Fun
27 Talon - Dorney Park
28 Tatsu - Six Flags Magic Mountain
29 Goliath - Six Flags Over Georgia
30 Wildfire - Silver Dollar City

Yah obviously everyone loves different things, which is why I'd never critique someone's top ten for being what it is. I was just curious about the justification for Banshee being so high. Actually, my opinion of it is the unpopular opinion (that it's a bit crap), so maybe something is wrong with me . But, I didn't find it anywhere near the same league as Montu and Nemesis.

Moving on to your top thirty (which, I don't even know how people keep a top thirty, I struggle to do ten)... The top ten is pretty solid, but RFII is where I am getting confused with everyone. It has like, two pops of airtime and the rest is just meh. I mean, back in 2009 it was great, I just feel like the quality has dimished from 2009 to last year when I rode it. Maybe we caught it on a bad day though, who knows.

ALSO, I remember you disliking Skyrush for your thighs, but then what about Lightning Run? That hurt the crap out of my legs and I actually had bruises, but my thighs aren't nearly as big as yours (not saying you're Mr. Thunder thighs or anything, but you're a man and fairly muscular so yours are definitely larger) so how did Skyrush hurt you and not me, but Lightning Run hurt me and not you? WEIRD.

Superman: Ride of Steel and Fury are really low IMO, but that just comes down to opinion I guess. I didn't like S:RoS the first time as much as I loved it last year so I guess it's somewhat justified

 

[Alaeriia]

First Top 10 list for me!

1: Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
2: Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
3: Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
4: Thunderation - Silver Dollar City
5: Maverick - Cedar Point
6: Wicked Cyclone - SFNE
7: Raptor - Cedar Point
8: Bizarro - SFNE
9: Superman Krypton Coaster - SFFT
10: Millennium Force - Cedar Point

N.B. I haven't ridden Kumba since 2002.

 

[Jarrett]

Got two waterside additions to the wooden top ten I thought I'd share:

1. Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City
2. The Voyage, Holiday World
3. Ravine Flyer II, Waldameer
4. Phoenix, Knoebels
5. Thunderhead, Dollywood
6. The Beast, Kings Island
7. The Raven, Holiday World
8. Blue Streak, Cedar Point
9. Great White, Morey's Piers
10. Lightning Racer, Hersheypark

Ravine Flyer II really amazed me with how aggressive it got as the night went on and its lovely setting. Most of the airtime was just floater but there was a lot of it and the rate at which it was applied was still pretty brisk. That "mini Voyage" comment I hear about it couldn't be further from the truth. Not to mention the breathtaking view of the sun setting into Lake Erie from atop the lift and the dashing through the lakeside campground as the orange setting sunlight diffused through the trees. But if this is what it was like if it's "pants right now," I want to see how it rode a while ago...

Great White, while lacking in that aggression category that's the beating heart of my top ten, almost made up for that completely in setting, smoothness, uniqueness, and airtime. A lot more floater than I was prepared for, I liked its setting on the beach, the drop under the pier was an unexpected yet unique start to this CCI gem, but it was literally the smoothest non-RMC wooden coaster I've ridden. The thing practically felt like a toboggan, and in the back we got a decent amount of floater. Fantastic ride.