Best/Worst Roller Coaster Experience

[Dangit2019]

So, I just got back from a grand trip to Cedar Point, Ohio. "Why would one go to Ohio, ever" you ask? Because this:

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Top Thrill Dragster. Absolutely the best coaster I've been on, hands down. I probably don't have to explain why, but it's the closest you can get to legal crack.

However, I always like to have my "best of" threads have a flipside so that inner cynics and whiners can have their fun. With that, I present this steaming bag of dog shit:

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The Rattler. Easily the worst designed coaster I've been on, riding the thing makes you're back feel like you've been hunched over for 2 days straight and that's being said from someone who rode it when they were 12; and the entire thing feels like it could only be enjoyed by robots who could not comprehend pain.

So, escapists, what are the best and the worst roller coasters/amusement rides that you've ever been on?

EDIT: I forgot to mention my new avatar (whereas my previous one was of Phil from Manhunter). Didn't see any Birdemic love, so I thought I would spread it around, like a song to get stuck in your head, or perhaps just an STD. Either way, CAW CAW CAW CAW BOOM.

 

[ohnoitsabear]

My favorite roller coaster is Hades in Wisconsin Dells. It has a tunnel that goes under the parking lot. Awesome.

My least favorite would be one I went on in Europa Park in Germany, only because the safety bar didn't latch for me. There is no faster way to suck all of the fun out of roller costers.

Also, I must say that that second roller coster looks awesome. But I'm a sucker for wooden roller coasters.

 

[Jonluw]

My best rollercoaster experience was a tiny one in Tivoli, Copehagen. Can't remember what it was called.

Worst: Anything else.
I loathe rollercoasters, and amusement parks in generals. I don't find any amusement there.

 

[smearyllama]

My best experiences recently were at Kings Dominion in Virginia when I went with my sister and her boyfriend. The Intimidator was great, as was the Volcano. Bonus points for the Intimidator because my mom is a huge NASCAR fan. The rest of the park besides the rides, however, was nowhere near as fun. While a place like Busch Gardens at least tries to look nice (and generally succeeds), Kings Dominion is just sort of icky to me.

 

[Pfheonix]

Gotta say, the best rollercoaster I've been on was the Hulk at Universal. Worst was probably... Uh... No idea.

 

[BlazeRaider]

Best or worst depending on how good your euphoric high is before you succumb to death,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

"Let's go again mom!"

 

[Chased]

Best: Kingda Ka. I have a massive fear of falling but my friend convinced me to go on it. Right before I went on the ride he also informed me of how you can hear the break release right before the coaster goes off. Once the coaster arched and went down I thought I was going to have a heart attack and die. Really cool stuff but I would never do it again. Neat-O fact, Kingda Ka is also the tallest roller coaster in the world and the fastest coaster in North America! I waited in line for about 4 hours before I could go on.

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Worst: I went on a wooden roller coaster that I can't recall the name of right now. The ride was super old and though it was not very intimidating I was equally as terrified as when I went on Kingda Ka due to how unstable and poorly constructed the ride was. You could hear the wood creaking on turns...

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[Ryu-Kage]

Best: The Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at the MGM park in Disneyworld. Mainly because I had no idea that one was going to do upside-down (it's an indoor roller coaster), so I found out the hard way that going upside-down in a roller coaster isn't so scary after all. I've been braver in trying roller coasters since then.

Worst: There was this one where you sat in a seat, and it moved slowly (I think it was called "Journey to the Moon"). Then at one point, there was a scary-looking face (imagine the face in the mirror in Snow White) that just blasted wind at you, and the whole dark thing scared me back then. I was a wimp as a kid. Years later, I was going to go back in and face my fears, but the ride was transformed into a big room where people shot foam balls at each other with various contraptions. Since it moved slowly and didn't really dip or turn sharply, I don't know if that actually counts as a roller coaster, but that's still an experience.

 

[FalloutJack]

-WTF?!-

Ninja'd by the OP! What the hell! YOU USED MY ANSWER ALREADY!!!!

 

[Aris Khandr]

Worst: For years, my worst was the Mantis, just for the way that it put pressure on my knees while riding.

Spoiler: Mantis

However, it was surpassed a couple of years ago by Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I was suffering from an iron deficiency. So the first time my friends and I rode the coaster, I got a little dizzy in the loops at the end.

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The second time, I saw little white dots in my vision. This was around lunch time on a hot day, so we stopped to get drinks and some food. We rode Batman, Mindbender, Superman, and Cyclone before we went back to hit Goliath one more time.

I completely passed out in that loop at the end. Something about the angle and the speed just messed with my blood flow, and I went out. Kind of killed our day at the park. We stayed (after I woke up), but the most taxing thing I got to ride the rest of the trip was the Monster Mansion. :\

Best:

Spoiler: Expedition Everest

I love this coaster. The way they theme the rides, the way they switch up the track, no one does a rollercoaster quite like Disney. Sure, others are higher, or faster, or do flips, but I just love the feel of Everest.

Honorable mention to Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom) and Magnum 200 (Cedar Point). I really need to go back to Cedar Point.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Gotta say, the best rollercoaster I've been on was the Hulk at Universal. Worst was probably... Uh... No idea.

Yeah, that ones mine, probably because of my sister more than anything else. We were sat next to each other and I said to her as we started going up -

"Oh, this is the one where it shoots you out the top like a cannonball or something." She looked at me in horror and said,

"IT DOES WHAT?!"

Kaboom.

Worst? My worst one got taken down, but it was the Corkscrew at Alton Towers. It was an older model, the first rollercoaster to feature a corkscrew loop (hm, wonder how they named that one?) but due to it's age, it had a tendency to rattle your head between the restrains and there wasn't a damned thing to be done about it.

I called it the headache maker.

 

[Dangit2019]

-WTF?!-

Ninja'd by the OP! What the hell! YOU USED MY ANSWER ALREADY!!!!

I've been watching you Fallout. Studying ever so precisely just so that I could ninja you on these forums, and now that day has come!

Mwuhahahahahahahaha!

 

[Supertegwyn]

My best rollercoaster experience was a tiny one in Tivoli, Copehagen. Can't remember what it was called.

Worst: Anything else.
I loathe rollercoasters, and amusement parks in generals. I don't find any amusement there.

The small one that looks like a train, or the big one that loops around the park?

OT: I hate rollercoasters.

 

[XandNobody]

The best? That would probably be SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge at the Mall of America in Minnesota. I know, I know, hear me out. Or better yet, you can just look at that starting hill they made so they could fit it inside a dang mall,

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The worst? By far that would be the The Racer at Kings Island in Ohio. The thing is styled to be an ancient wooden coaster, and feels like it. Riding it is like being put into a rock sorter. If you didn't have back problems before the ride, you do now, and you got them from the first straightway rather than the turns.

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[Scarim Coral]

Best- Nemesis in Alton Tower. That ride was fast with many twist and turns.

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Worse- Runaway Mine Train in Alton Tower. That ride is pretty much a kiddy ride compared to the many other awesome tracks in Alton Tower.

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[Tropicaz]

There was one in phantasialand in germany i went on called the black mamba that was awesome, one of my first big rollercoaster experiences when i was about 12. It was awesome.

 

[silver wolf009]

Best: The Anaconda, from King's Dominion.

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Kick ass on its own, but then you find out the way they run the ride ensures you really never have to wait more than five minutes between rides. I'm serious, the longest I had to wait was about 10 minutes, and that was when the line extended clear back the ramp, into the plaza where it starts. I've even gotten tired jogging the way between the exit and the entrance some times. Yes, I got tired because of how much I was moving to get back to a roller coaster. Great times.

Worst: The Volcano, from King's Dominion.

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Remember what I said about the line in the first part of this post? Yeah, invert that for this part. The line is never, ever, ever less than at least twenty minutes at any given time of any given day. Decent ride, but it's a five second thrill ride juxtaposed by an agonizing long wait. Just don't even bother, as once you're in, you're in, and you can't really back out. If you're in the middle of the line, you're committed. It's a one lane climb that just sucks the life out of you, and then ruins any fun the ride might have been when you get off and say, "That's it?"

 

[thesilentman]

Best goes to Fahrenheit at Hershey Park.

Worst? I don't really know.

 

[Jonluw]

My best rollercoaster experience was a tiny one in Tivoli, Copehagen. Can't remember what it was called.

Worst: Anything else.
I loathe rollercoasters, and amusement parks in generals. I don't find any amusement there.

The small one that looks like a train, or the big one that loops around the park?

OT: I hate rollercoasters.

The one that imitates coal wagons going through a mine, I think.

 

[Private Custard]

In terms of favorites, Riding the front of Nemesis is one of the best I've been on. Not for outright speed, it's just a bit mental. In case anyone doesn't know, it's basically like a bowl of spaghetti!

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But that's not saying a lot any more. I've done skydives, bungies and ride a superbike that'll kill you in a split second if you're not awake. 'coasters all seem so sterile in comparison!

I need someone to build one that basically renders me unable to walk properly......but health and safety rules won't really allow it!