"Coaster Hits" 70's 80's 90's and Today
These were and are my personal favorites for the era they were created.
What's your list
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The "FAB 5" needs to give Mean Streak a "makeover"
*** This post was edited by Coaster Bob 8/11/2003 11:04:43 PM ***
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1-S:RoS @ SFNE
2-Boulder Dash
3-Yankee Cannonball
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80's: The Bat? Hits don't suddenly disappear when they're on the playlist. Not even R. Kelly.
70's: How about The Racer? Or Screaming Eagle? Or the original Corkscrew?
When making top-whatever lists, try to avoid VH1's mistake of ignoring the past. Most of your picks opened at the end of the decade they opened in.
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Come on fhqwhgads!
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The "FAB 5" needs to give Mean Streak a "makeover"
Snap43 said:
Whats the criteria here?
Going to take a wild guess and say:
List your three favorite coasters from the era in which they were built, starting with the 70s, and going through today.
ie:
70s: 1. Beast 2. Gemini 3. Lochness monster
80s: 1. Magnum 2.Shockwave 3. The Bat
90s: 1. Raptor 2. Medusa 3. Shirvering Timbers
00s: 1. X 2. TTD 3. Superman SFNE
Not "what was your favorite coaster in 1970" but "what is your favorite coaster from the 1970s"
80s:Big Bad Wolf,Vortex,Magnum
90s:Raven,BTR SFGam,Kumba
00s:MF,Hypersonic XLC,Legend
Bartman
80's : Um, I was born in the 80's... so whatever coasters I rode messed up my head
90's : Hypers (Magnum) and B&M (BTR, Iron Wolf... etc)
"Today" : Intamin (MF and the SROS gang)
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80's King Cobra, Big Bad Wolf, Intamin's Free falls (not really a coaster)
90's Batman SFGAM, Raven, Ridler's Revenge
Now TTD, Son Of Beast, X
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It's all about Coleman Spas
Are you saying there was something wrong with the original? ;)
Dawg ByteII Said: the ones that were SIMILAR to CBC...
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Now tell me Cedar Point is running out of space.
l. Coming out of the sixties, two Pittsburgh parks reigned supreme. Kennywood had the Jackrabbit, Racers and Pippin. West View had the Dips and Whippet. People came from everywhere to ride those.
2. In the early seventies Cedar Point started growing and Kings Island replaced Coney Island. Kennywood met that competition by rebuilding Pippin into Thunderbolt, which was declared the new top wooden coaster.
3. Then, one by one, you had the rise of the steelers and the birth of The Beast, Mean Streak, Shivering Timbers, and lately Raven, Legend, Hoosier Hurricane and Cornball Express. In the year each debuted, it received most of the attention. On the steeler side, one by one, you had the Phantom, various loopers, The Bat, Magnum, Millenium, Top Gun, the whole Busch Garden array, and Phantom's Revenge. In the year each debuted, it received most of the attention.
4. The truth is, the daily newspapers and general magazines focus on coasters in a narrow geographic area. Ohio and Pennsylvania parks receive a disproportionate share of attention. Enthusiasts may know about coasters all over the nation, but the general public does not.
Remember, I'm not evaluating coasters here. I'm just mentioning which ones got the most attention.
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