Coasters that dissapointed you

There are only to rides that are on my permanent coaster isht list. There are Magnum, and Stealth.

What's with the bad ratings on Scream! ? if I'm not mistaken the ride doesn't open until saturday (unless they jumped the gun) so how can anyone rate it as good or boring if they havn't even ridden it yet?

Yeah, sounds kinda like the 29+ people who have rated TTD... Stupid people I tell ya. ;)

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I was disappointed by Titan. I was expecting it to be so much better than SROS (my first hyper)
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BATWING FAN SFA said:
What's with the bad ratings on Scream! ? if I'm not mistaken the ride doesn't open until saturday (unless they jumped the gun) so how can anyone rate it as good or boring if they havn't even ridden it yet?

Chris is part of the opening crew on Scream! and was able to ride it around a week ago. Some of us have also ridden it last Thursday during PR day. And media day is this Thursday, so yeah...

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The Emergency Stop

Yeah. I had my first ride last Wednesday night because I am on the opening crew for the ride.

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Xperience The Xtreme

The most disappointing coaster I've ever ridden was....Magnum! (Hope I don't get kicked out of here for saying that!) I rode it while working at CP and woke up at like 6am to film it for a commerical and I had a major headache after ridding it- I tried it another day- later in the day and still didn't like it. Of course I had already ridden SFDL's Superman (man- we need something else at that park badly). Incidently, of the seven theme park companies I have worked for- Cedar Fair (Cedar Point) treated its employees the WORST and unlike other companies- I have not as of yet returned to any of their parks so I haven't ridden MF and anything since (I was there the year Snoopy moved in and 'The Bears' moved out).

I could never love an Arrow

Disappointments? Not too many. But I firmly believe that Son of Beast is refered to as SOB for a reason (I'll let you figure that out).

I was also disappointed with the father, The Beast. This ride is way overhyped. The more I rode it though, the more I like it, but it's still nothing to write home about.

I say that we as coaster enthusiast have to realize that wether a ride is good or not has much to do with weather, and our mood at the time. I have rode rides before and they have been totally lame and other times that same ride was amazing. I personally don't believe any ride is crap. No not even Vekoma's! I think if done right an SLC or Boomerang could give you some of the best rides of your life. Have you ever noticed its more fun to ride coasters with other enthusiasts! Its all attitude and the circumstances!

I know for one especially on wood coasters the deciding factor on a ride are its Trains. I remember the media day for The Boss! The Gerstlauer trains were not quite ready so they took a train off the Screaming Eagle. SE has PTC's and let me tell you The Boss was smooth and amazing! I rode it again the first day with the Gerstlauer trains and the massive airtime was gone. It was alot rougher and hurt. Gerstlauer trains are fine for out and back coasters but not twisters. PTC's flat out track better. Why else would Holiday World of bought new PTC's for The Legend? It must of hit them that their Gerstlauer trains were crap.

I know another ride that let me down was Buzz Saw Falls at Silver Dollar City. O but when I rode it at night! Let me tell you Buzz Saw Falls is a night ride! I will never forget it. Steel coasters are just as moody as wood. We as enthusiasts need to have an appretiation for all rides and remember sometimes its our attitude that makes a ride bad, and not the ride itself.

Ride Safe,

Nathan D. Slater

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THE SCARIEST PART OF THE RIDE IS THE LIFT HILL!

Okay Wildfire, you just overstepped your bounds. No one *need* have an appreciation for *all* rides. I personally would like to take all topspins and rotoshakes and use *them* to bomb Iraq. But that makes me no less a ride fiend. There is *no* reason to expect that all people, from a diverse background, are going to have the same level of love for any ride.

Oh, and to add one to my ANTICIPOINTMENT list, Volcano: The Blast Coaster. I drove from Chicago to Doswell lured by the carrot of being able to ride V:TBC in the opening year. It was not ready (IN AUGUST!!!!). When I *finally* got to ride it 2 years later, I was not impressed. After the blast out of the mountain, the ride was a waste. It is significantly better in the front seat, but still will never be a ride I much care for. Its best purpose is to distract people from that strange looking quasi-governmental "Area 51" building near by ;)

lata, jeremy

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Who doesn't want to see Russian lesbian teens singing in the rain?

2Hostyl All I am saying is don't judge a ride on only one ride! I agree some rides just are hopeless! Windjammer Yes Hopeless! Thats why its gone. But in most cases we judge to quick, and I still stand by the fact of wether a ride is good or not depends on your total park experience, and your circumstances!

Ride Safe,

Nathan D. Slater

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THE SCARIEST PART OF THE RIDE IS THE LIFT HILL!

Dodonpa. The launch was great. The hill wasn't bad. The thing doesn't turn all that smoothly.

Beast. The first part was just plain boring. The helix finale was painful. My wife refuses to ever go on that again. We both had headaches after a ride on Beast.

Son of Beast. Not as bad as Beast but not a great ride either. The loop was about the only interesting part after the first drop.

Villain. Just wasn't impressed with it. Ho-hum performance.

I would say that 90% of theme park woodies are very disappointing. Most are nothing more than average, and lots are slow, overlybraked, and poorly maintained. It seems that most great wood coasters are at small parks. You'd think that the large themers, especially the ones with world class steel coasters would build at least one world class wood coasters. It is very distressing that the large park woodies are so bad typically. A small list of disappointing woodies at large parks:

Rolling Thunder
Le Monstre
Comet (Hershey)
Wildcat (Hershey)
Rebel Yell
Hurler (both)
Grizzly
Racer (PKI)
Beast (WAY disappointing...)
SoB (ditto)
Thunder Road
Psyclone
American Eagle
Mean Streak
Raging Wolf Bobs
Colossus
Wild Wild West (WBMW) - the wimpiest large wood ever!
Thunder Run (ok sometimes)
The Boss( a GREAT coaster, but could use more TLC)
TX Giant(ditto...GREAT..but could use more TLC)

Luckily I haven't been to PGA and SFEG!
I've also heard that PCWo's two large woodies are much worse than when i last rode in '95.

C'mon PKI, CP, BGW, some SF parks...build us the world class woodies that I know you can! At least fix up the wood coasters you have!

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**Rollercoaster Fanatic**
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Disappointing:

Top Gun (PKI). I saw this thing alot when it was new and I was a kid, and was like "WOW". When I finally rode it, I wished I had my time back.... Not that it was a bad coaster, just TOATLLY different then I thought.

Vortex(Carowinds). Man am I glad I didn't know anything about coasters(and companies) then, cause I would have grown to hate B&M, and not love them. It's okay, but I'd rather have a Togo layout with B&M restraints.

Suprises:

Volcano:TBC(PKD) Loved it, though some hated it.

FoF(PKD) ditto!

Raging Bull(SFGAm). I didn't even know this ride was there(course it was it's first year), since i wasn't a full enthusiast yet, and didn't really keep up, but WOW!

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Yeah, if coasters WEREN'T men we'd have Raging Cow instead!;)

Good point Ansley, and yet enthusiasts constantly complain that large themers aren't building new wood coasters. We should know better! :)

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People complain about clones, yet can't even come up with original conversation, which is ten times worse.

Iron Dragon was a big let down. It looks a lot better then to ride. Galaxi at Riverview Park in Wisconsin Dells was a bore too.

I really liked Mantis, Magnum, and Millennuim. When I saw Magnum on America's Greatest Roller Coasters in 3D, my first reaction was so so, but riding in real life was so much better, even though I prefer Raging Bull over it.

My most disappointing coaster are the paper ones you get at resturants. They stick to your glass... annoying. I learned a trick though, if you shack some salt on it, it won't stick anymore, but it still feels weird salting a coaster...

Everyone thinks Goliath at SFMM is a big letdown. If these are airtime-lovers, yes, i agree with you. But Goliath isn't about airtime, its about something else, the recipricle of that, -g's. There are many many many many hyper/giga/mega coasters that give you plenty of air time. But are there many of those that crush you? The "helix from hell" on goliath, i believe, is the best feeling ive have ever felt on a coaster. I love the -4.5 g's. Frankly, the more -g's, the better, hell just tear me apart. I think golaith is unique for that. And thats why I love it. It is intense. INTENSE.(PERIOD) And for me, the more intense, the better. Airtime is a great feeling, dont get me wrong. But the feeling where your on the brink of blackout... thats intense.... thats the best feeling in the world. But then again thats just me, and im a musician (well, im 15, thats good enough) and us musicians like living on the edge. hehehehehe

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formally known as Flying DutchMan, Alpengiest is the best!

Hypersonic XLC

Yes, a good coaster, but way to short. Ride time is 17 sec.

What do you play MF29?

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