What Is The Most Overrated Roller Coaster?
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rollermonkey
Strata Poster
rollermonkey said:
Uh... Tatsu has a Corkscrew...[/quote]
Tatsu's cork is OK. Probably the best part of the ride to me. All of Manta is great, IMHO.
Agree to disagree?
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
^ Then you've not been on a good one. I didn't like wooden coasters much until I actually got out and rode some of the best ones out there. You can't beat a good woodie 
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IntaminToWin
Mega Poster
I thought i305 wasn't as good as everyone says, but I cannot pinpoint a reason.
I do probably need to ride it again as it was a rainy day at Kings Dominion and it was hard to get on the rides as they kept closing them for the lightning.
I do probably need to ride it again as it was a rainy day at Kings Dominion and it was hard to get on the rides as they kept closing them for the lightning.
SaiyanHajime
CF Legend
^ Do that many people really think I305 is that great?
Outside Mitch's poll, I don't see much praise for it.
Outside Mitch's poll, I don't see much praise for it.
Expedition Ge Force. I want to love it but I just get this feeling of mediocrity when I rode it. From the laborous lapbar/seatbelt checking (especially compared to the easy Silver Star) to the meandering helixes over some water and trees which are lacking force and speed and enjoyment. Thinking of it actually sends me to sleep. And then the trims which attempt to decapitate any air time from the last part of the circuit.
The first drop definitly doesn't save the rest of the ride.
The first drop definitly doesn't save the rest of the ride.
Colossus
Giga Poster
Rita and Thirteen for me,
Rita, well, is just boring as heck, slightly painful, ugly, uncomfortable, smelly, this list could go on. Its hugely popular though, the queue for it is always long. WHY? Its not new, its been there for 7 years, this tells me people like it, which for me makes it overrated.
Thirteen, this is really Alton Towers fault here, marketing, I has expecting big things from this, until I saw construction pictures, its a family ride, so market it as a family ride, not a big thrill ride, because unless your 10 years old its not. Overrated!
PS: I know its not open yet, but I wish we had Verbolten, looks 10 times better then Thirteen.
Rita, well, is just boring as heck, slightly painful, ugly, uncomfortable, smelly, this list could go on. Its hugely popular though, the queue for it is always long. WHY? Its not new, its been there for 7 years, this tells me people like it, which for me makes it overrated.
Thirteen, this is really Alton Towers fault here, marketing, I has expecting big things from this, until I saw construction pictures, its a family ride, so market it as a family ride, not a big thrill ride, because unless your 10 years old its not. Overrated!
PS: I know its not open yet, but I wish we had Verbolten, looks 10 times better then Thirteen.
Jake
Strata Poster
Thirteen isn't overrated, like, at all.
If you go by marketing, most rides would be overrated surely? To my knowledge, not many parks diss their own creds...
If anything, Thirteen is underrated. It gets slated so much by a load of idiots who took Alton's words as gospel, ignoring fundamental facts which they knew even before construction began. I can see why the GP would be annoyed at Thirteen, but I was very suprised at the reaction from many enthusiasts who quite frankly, should have known better.
I'm not saying it's an amazing coaster, as it obviously isn't. It's not even good really. It's meh, which is exactly what we knew it would be like, so why everyone (enthusiasts) was shocked I'll never quite understand.
I guess Alton had NEVER carried out melodramatic marketing before, so everyone was caught off guard.
Oh, wait...
If you go by marketing, most rides would be overrated surely? To my knowledge, not many parks diss their own creds...
If anything, Thirteen is underrated. It gets slated so much by a load of idiots who took Alton's words as gospel, ignoring fundamental facts which they knew even before construction began. I can see why the GP would be annoyed at Thirteen, but I was very suprised at the reaction from many enthusiasts who quite frankly, should have known better.
I'm not saying it's an amazing coaster, as it obviously isn't. It's not even good really. It's meh, which is exactly what we knew it would be like, so why everyone (enthusiasts) was shocked I'll never quite understand.
I guess Alton had NEVER carried out melodramatic marketing before, so everyone was caught off guard.
Oh, wait...
Youngster Joey
Strata Poster
I thought Kumba was really overrated. It was good, but to me it wasn't anything special.