Gemini's is great, and common to popular belief, it isn't a gazillion times better with the brakes off.
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Don't touch the watch.
Best ending: Raptor hands down with the "corkscrew", the wicked helix pushing you tighter in to your seat every inch of the way and finally the fast whip to the left into the station brake run.
Worst ending: Alpengeist, a slow moving helix and the really slow easy turns. The ride is great all the way until the ending.
No i dont always rate B&M inverteds. I just think those are the best and worst.
I like the Steel Phantom's ending. Whenevrr you make that big turn around the PittFall, you can't beat it. Then whenever you go up into the brake's by the station and the momentum throws you against the harness. Too bad it won't be there anymore. =(
The best close I've ever ridden was the Wildcat at Idora,
Before the maintenance people added brakes in the late '70s, the train would roar into the station and take an "S" curve at full speed, then hit a brake run.
It was totally unexpected that first time you rode it -- you were coming into the station and you expected a typical ride ending. Then, bam to the right, and bam to the left. What a rib tickler!
Texas Giant has one of the best endings out there.
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TITAN IS GONNA ROCK TEXAS
I think that Raging Bull, Montu, Kumba, MF, Gwazi, and the dragons are all awesome endings, but i can't choose, even if i were to think about i could think of many more.
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Raven and Legend at Holiday World have two of the best endings around...Boss has a pretty sweet one too.
-Raven_Rider
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"Hold on tight, with all your might, and enjoy your flight on the Raven!"
While it may be a relatiely slow part of the ride, I happened to like Montu's corkscrew into the station.
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I'd Rather Be Riding Rollercoasters
www.mycoasters.homestead.com/mycoasters.html
THe Beast's helix is so awesome! It's just sooo huge and rough!
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(Who at 16 years of age would be more than willing to pay a $15-$25 dollar subscription in order to keep this site running)
Well, the Beast has the best element on any coaster ever created as its ending, so I guess that means I have to go with the Beast!
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Coasters...the best natural buzz available.
I really do like the ending of the Iron Dragon down through a lagoon fill of steam and then a sharp jump up and to the side and yur in the station I know the ride is very boring but it is still a must at CP
B&M Webmaster said:
"Hands down, Top Gun at PGA.
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Your are sooo RIGHT! That tight corkscrew plunging into a helix just about 5 FT above the lake! It feels like you're skimming the surface of the ocean!
Beast by far! I still get shocked by it everytime you hit the tunnel in the helix. Nothing better than a jolt of lateral g's injected into your body!
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"I can be the walrus, I'd just have to bum rides off of people..." --Ferris Bueller
Steel aint better, WOOD FOREVER!!!
top4 coaster endings
Boomerang
Kong
Medusa
Roar
Hmmmmmm. DUH THIS ONES EASY! Its The Texas Giant at SFOT!
Beast ending, hands down literally. It's hilarious riding with newbies to the park and hearing them scream, "ARE WE GOING TO FIT INTO THAT TUNNEL???!!!???" and jolting their hands down just before we get into the first helix. You can't beat it, especially at night.
Worst ending I've ridden is also a PKI coaster called Adventure Express. I don't see what's great about cool animatronic statues saying, "You will pay!" Then they dump you (slowly) into the station. I thought we were in for a huge drop, or fast helix or...well...ANYTHING other than being finished with no excitement. Thumbs down.
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Boogity boogity boo!!
The Beast by far has the best ending. Atleast out of the coasters I've been on.
raptorfan00 said:
"I like the Steel Phantom's ending. ... Too bad it won't be there anymore. =("
I don't know if you've been to Kennywood yet this year, but Pittfall looks a
hell of a lot different without that helix floating around it.
While we're on the subject (sort of), a friend of mine pointed this out to me today. Sure, Pittfall looks weird nowadays, but this takes the cake. Check picture #1 on the card:
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