Best Ride to Ride at Night

GhostRider for me, I agree with Moosh this is easily the most aggressive wooden coaster on the planet, it is just unforgiving. Plus the DROP, rise and swoop then drop are just pure coaster bliss. The last half of GhostRider are what coaster what dreams are made of, and at night it becomes even more exagerated.

Mine used to be the Beast, like many other people. But after I rode the Raven one time in the dark, it instantly became my favorite. After the first tunnel you have your fly-by of the lake, and then it's pitch black the rest of the ride. Not to forget, this coaster cooks in the daytime, at night, it's insanely fast and out-of-control. Love that thing!

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2Hostyl said:
...the "Most Improved by Darkness" award, IMO, goes to little sister Raven. That *5th hill-mist-"S"turn* especially in the backseat is an experience to treasure.

After that, I'd have to say S:ROS @ SFA in the pitch-black is amazing. Even that much maligned straight track before the 3rd hill is more exciting.

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Well said, as usual, on both counts...Supes at night is still the only steel coaster to make me literally weak in the knees in a non-event setting...those RoSs are the ultimate steel *non-Anton* creations.

All that being true, ANY coaster, ANY flat, is just better after dark, when the lights come on and the park takes on a new life...ALWAYS hard for me to leave a park at night.

My Favorites are:

The Beast: The name says it all.

Wildfire: Only runs at night near and durring the Christmas Season. Its real awesome with very little light pollution from the nearby cities, you can really see the stars in the sky. If you can get the crew to turn off the lights it will even be better.

Powder Keg: I bet this one will beat Wildfire when it comes to Christmas Time. I am hoping there issn't gonna be as many lights on this ride as there was for Wildfire. Also much of this ride is in the woods so it most likely to be dark there.

My picks are:

Nitro - Most of the ride is in the woods at the back of the park, nothing but blackness.

Millennium Force - Love the lights on the lift, the View of the park at night from the lift, and how fast it feels at night.

Beast - flying buy the trees in the dark, nothing is better.

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ShaneDenmark said:
I haven't ridden MF at night yet, but I hear it's great. SRoS @ SFDL is pretty good, its course isn't lit after the lift hill...

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Millie at night is scary as hell. You tend to underestimate just how high you are because the lift goes so fast, but that first drop at night feels so much steeper...that, and the fact that, when the fog rolls in just right, you can't see the ground and have no concept of how long you're gonna drop. It's a pretty amazing experience.

I think Nitro comes to life at night because of the atmosphere. I love it how you "leave" the park and travel over the pond (?). S:ROS at SFA is great in the dark (as is Batwing). I'm still waiting for the day that they build more stuff down there and it gets ruined. S:ROS at SFNE was amazing at night (as it was during the day. Man, I could ride that thing all day). The Beast was plain scary going through those tunnels for the first time. Magnum actually had me a little bit scared when we went out towards the pretzel turn around.

The one ride that surprised me at night though was Drop Zone at PKD. They have these large white flood lights that point up at the tower. If you're on the Richmond side, once you start climbing higher and higher, you feel very disconnected from the park, like you're on the only ride at PKD. You're not quite sure where anything else is and you lose perspective of how high you are. Staying with the PKD theme, Tomb Raider Firefall is just amazing at night due to all the fire.

My husband drags me on (I'm not a big night rider fan).. he says its great.. Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce. He seems to like were in the woods and have no idea when the drops will be :)