State with the richest coaster history?

What is PA's best coaster than?

IN which park? Kennywood, Dorney, Conneaut, Knoebels, Waldameer, Hershey, Bushkill, etc....

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youngstud98 said:
Pennsylvania has 0 coasters.....

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Storm Runner,Lightining racer,Comet,Great bear,Trail blazer,SooperdooperLooper,sidewinder,rollersoaker,wildcat,wildmouse,Steel Force,Hydra,talon,lazer,mouse,Phoenix,twister... Should I keep going?

Pa is and has been home to many parks. While a good number were trolley parks and now defucnt they still helped shape the coaster industry. Have you ever heard of PTC,GCI or defunct parks such as carsonia, pendora,rocky glen. PA still has a considerable number of operating parks. and as far as your question "What is PA's best coaster than?" Is an opinionated question. There is no factual answer because a factual answer does not exisit. The term "best coaster" is a persons perception of a coaster.

Do a web search and learn something! You sound like an undeducated fool. *** Edited 6/10/2005 3:46:12 AM UTC by nickpa610***

Ohio

Gemini - breaks 125 foot barrier
Magnum - world's first hypercoaster (look what that has turned into)
Millenium Force - first to break 300 feet
TTD - first strata, first coaster over 400 feet, first coaster to surpass 100mph.

Just my opinion.

Having done a substantial amount of research on defunct parks and coasters over the past 20 years, I would have to go with PA., the home state of PTC. Ohio runs a close 2nd.

It's hard to imagine the sheer amount of coasters these 2 states had during the 1920's and 30's. Many of the small parks are barely known, yet had decent woodies, some only lasting a few years due to the depression.

I am currently helping out with the Herb Schmeck book that will hopefully be out late this year or next. That man probably designed some of the best woodies to ever exist.

Anyway, my 2¢...

Actually, TTD was the 4th coaster to break 100. And the second to surpass it. One could argue that it wasn't even the first 400 ft coaster even though S:TE onle travels like a max of 320 vertical ft or whatever.

Deleware.......

I think ita Pa in my opinion. If we are talking rich history. I mean they have alot of older coasters, i think that is what they mean, correct me if im wrongs but they have some old coasters there, they have like been there since the amish moved into lancaster.

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swampfoxer said:
I am currently helping out with the Herb Schmeck book that will hopefully be out late this year or next. That man probably designed some of the best woodies to ever exist.

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I wholeheartedlhy agree with that statement. I hope you will let us know when this book is out, swampfoxer? I must have it...

The 4th coaster to break 400? what are you smoking? Not the 4th...the second for arguments sake if you count S:TE but that's not a coaster technically....but if you don't count that as a coaster you can't count an impulse as a coaster, so I guess it is a coaster. So it would be the 2nd coaster to break 400 feet. :)

I said 4th to break 100mph, Kyle, which it was. First was Tower of Terror (Austrailia), then a few weeks/months later came S:TE, then Dodonpa, then Dragster.

No offense to Dragster or Ka, but based on my recollection of H:XLC, I want a Dodonpa clone just a LITTLE closer to home. S&S launches are the most intense...

Back to the topic, I thought it was one of those $100 Jeopardy questions....certainly doesn't qualify for Double Jeopardy. Alex, there's only ONE answer to that question, and it is Pennsylvania. Normally I'm more than willing to debate the merits of various responses, but on this topic there's not really even room for reasonable minds to disagree....IMO.

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kRaXLeRidAh said:
It's got to be California's rich history of coasters - whether defunct or currently raising white knuckled terror :

More wooden roller coasters than other state in the U.S.

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You're kidding right? PA has 16 wooden coasters, and Ohio has 12. I only come up with 7 for California.

But Colasis counts for too rite? ;)

Yah, I'll chime in with PA. Now where was NAD located? PA right?

Its PA. End of discussion.

But...but....I still want to talk! Why does it end here??? Dang Moosh! Now that you're 40, you're no fun and stuff.

What part of "end of discussion" did you not understand, Erick? ;)

Hey Moosh, "C" your private messages. ;)

right moosh. PA is king of coaster history, home to the Mauch Chunk Railway, the First "coaster" if you would put it that way... sort of like a very tame Boulder Dash!

PA without a doubt is the home of coasters with PTC, with Leap-the-Dips at Lakemont, and c'mon... the whole place is forest! What else do you do with miles of lumber?

NY is a close contestant, with Coney Island leading the coaster boom of the 20s, and Illinois, New Jersey, and Ohio come third each with their own parks (Riverview, Palisades, Cincinnati Coney Island).

The west never really got involved until the latter half of the 20th century. The only notable coasters were La Marcus Thompson's Scenic Railway at Venice Beach, and the Cyclone Racer at Long Beach Pike.

PA has 0 coasters that I want to ride! All look to be boring like Nickpa610!