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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:14 AM
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Favorite Roller Coasters?
Tommy_C's Disneyworld thread got me thinking about this.
My top three are:
The Beast, Kings Island Ohio..Longest wooden coaster in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(roller_coaster)
The Son of the Beast (same park)

And The Volcano from Kings Dominion in Virginia..
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:16 AM
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1. I'll second the Volcano.
Edited on Tue Apr-27-10 11:18 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
Awesome coaster. Just awesome.

Although Son of the Beast looks pretty cool as well.

The Hulk at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure is a good one.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:09 PM
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13. Son of the Beast has the only loop on a wooden coaster
that I know of. The original is pretty damn good though
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:17 AM
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2. Lightening Racer, Hershey Park.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:20 AM
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4. I love Lightening Racer but I'm so old school I have to admit the Comet still rocks
I grew up on that roller coaster (grew up 20 miles from Hershey).

Lamest Roller Coaster - Super Dooper Looper. Hershey should just tear that coaster down although it is a good starter rollercoaster for a young child doing their first looping coaster.

(btw my first looping coaster outside of Super Dooper - the Beast in Virginia)
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:28 AM
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8. I went on the Super Dooper Looper the year it opened - there was NOTHING else like it!
Yeah, with the Great Bear and Storm Runner, it seems a little mild now but it was a real trip when it first came out. I still like to ride it - nice mellow fun ride with no line.

The Comet is starting to worry me a bit. The damn thing doesn't even stay on the tracks at some points. So far it hasn't had a wreck, but it is good for a headache. Curiously, it always has a long line.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:17 AM
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3. Space Mountain
at Disneyland, for the darkness, music, the queue and loading station, really the entire experience is more than just a roller coaster ride. Same for the Matterhorn too, it's much more than just a roller coaster, it's the total theme, atmosphere, effects seen along the way, the whole package. However Tatsu at Magic Mountain is pretty awesome.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:26 AM
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5. I have so many.
I'll just go by theme parks.

Colossus, X and Deja Vu at Magic Mountain. I would have included Psyclone but they tore it down.

The Volcano and The Grizzly at King's Dominion.

Apollo's Chariot, Alpengeist and The Griffon at Bush Gardens.

Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's Berry Farm.

The Big Dipper at Mission Beach (one of the last stand alone wooden coasters on the West Coast)

... And I really like the music they play in the car when you ride the revamped Space Mountain at Disneyland.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:27 AM
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6. El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure



Also Nitro from Six Flags Great Adventure


Finally for the Quick Thrill, Kingda Ka from the same place
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:28 AM
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7. The old Texas Cyclone at Astroworld
Still my favorite
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:29 AM
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9. 3M -
Millennium Force, Maverick, Magnum XL. All at Cedar Point.

The Beast at King's Island isn't bad either.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:12 PM
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14. Cedar Point might be the best park for coasters in the US.
I really need to get there. I went once or twice as a child...
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:24 PM
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17. I'm 35-40 minutes away. Used to be 20 minutes away.
Edited on Tue Apr-27-10 12:25 PM by HughBeaumont
Every other day in the late 80s-early 90s summers, we'd go and stand up on the Gemini and Blue Streak. Can't do that now . . . they have more secure bracing. We also had friends that worked there who'd give us free Cheeseburgers and then ride with us when they got off their shifts.

I think sometime this summer, we're getting the old crew together and going there again. Those really were the best times, although there'd be two things I'd change -

1. Have today's rides back then.
2. Have the old video games in place of the new ones (CP's Arcade has LOTS of retro machines, but only half of them work).
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 08:58 AM
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25. can I come visit?
Cedar Point is on my list of "must take" vacations.
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niteryderdc Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:20 PM
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15. Maverick
My vote is for Maverick at Cedar Point.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:33 PM
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22. Cedar Point was great
I used to visit my grandparents and assorted family near Toledo every summer, and we always got to go to Cedar Point at least once while I was there (early-to-mid '80s).

I'd love to go check it out sometime as an adult.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:32 AM
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10. I'd probably say Viper at Magic Mountain.
Although I hate that knock in the head it gives you at the end. I mean, what the fuck.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:40 AM
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11. It's not as much fun now
I remember standing in line for 2 hours to ride that thing 20 years ago. Last time I went to MM I was kind of 'meh' over it. Plus, X is right next to it and holy hell, is that a ride.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:05 PM
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12. I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, I haven't been there in like 17-18 yrs.
Man, time flies.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:21 PM
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16. This is about my speed.


I just don't like the roller coasters.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 02:34 PM
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18. that one gets my vote too n/t
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PRETZEL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 02:40 PM
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19. Thunderbolt
Kennywood Park,

The old ones are the best.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 05:28 PM
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26. I like that one. Spoiler
The first drop immediately out of the gate is unique.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 02:50 PM
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20. Every roller coaster is my favorite!! I love them all!!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 03:51 PM
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21. Goliath at SFMM


255 ft drop, 85 mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPRROryFNoI
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 11:38 PM
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23. The Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens is pretty cool.
Interlocking loops, and a great setting. The whole thing is suspended over a lake, and at one point it drops you *into* the lake, via an artfully disguised tunnel.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:19 AM
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24. Definitely a classic.
I've only been on it once. Have to go back again.
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