With some of the great coasters that have come out in the last few years, it's my opinion that "bigger is better" is outdate and as far from my personal preferences as you could get.
If I had top make a definitive top 10 list, probably 6 of those coaster's biggest drops would be under 200 feet. And 2 or 3 more would be right around that mark.
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Anyway... I agree with Gonchar. Bigger is not always better, and personally, I considered the coasters at SW, BGT, IOA all to have average to above average first drops.
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Kind of hard to take a post as objective if a park or coaster name is part of the "user name"
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*** This post was edited by DorneyDante 6/12/2003 9:29:27 AM ***
As for steels, well bigger aint nesicarily better just look at my top five: Alpengeist, Magnum, MF, Raptor, X-Flight.
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The only thing that confuses me is that most coasters in FL are B&Ms, which have a much higher height restriction than other manufacturers. One would think that this would be an important factor, and may have played a part in the recent choices of Disney going with Vekoma, and Universal going with Premier. Sure, B&Ms are the most reliable, but they lower the amount of riders considerably since most visitors in FL have children under 54 inches.
As far as the "bigger & better" rides go, there really is no competition for that market, except with the other parks in the area. I know Sea World used to advertise that Kraken was the tallest, fastest, and only floorless coaster in Orlando.
Personally, my favorite FL coaster is the Dania Beach Hurricane. The airtime is INCREDIBLE, it's inexpensive to ride, and there is never a line! It's definately not the tallest or fastest in FL, but it's a great ride!
-Matt
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I-4: The scariest ride in all of Orlando!
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