Looks Good, Feels Bad!

Millennium Force! Nah, just kiddin' ;)

Not too sure. A lot of people say it's the Mean Streak. I don't know why *shrugs* I thought it was pretty darn fun. BUT then they put those brakes on it... grrrrr.... hehe

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I'm gonna be original and go with Mean Streak. Not that it's a horrible ride. I just doesn't deliver what it promises.

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a few years ago scream machine was not a screaming headache. i hate it when good rides get bad maintenince.

Mean Streak and Hercules both give equally terrible rides, but I'm giving my vote to Hercules because of the absolutely beautiful turnaround after the first drop -- it can't be more than 4 feet above the water. Mean Streak is definitely a close second.

the Deperado looks awesome snaking its way around Buffalo Bills but watch out it hurts, at least in the back seat. They should change the name to rib cracker. When I rode it there were two little kids sitting in the row in front of me and on the way up the lift hill they asked if I was going to hold my hands up. I said of course, like I always do. Well that lasted about one turn at high speed before I held on for dear life. Oh well, I still had fun.

The Grizzly at PGA, as we all know or have heard its is extremely painful to ride, but catch that baby at sunset and WOW! is it beautiful. The sun make the coaster look almost on fire, truely breath taking.

My runner up is The Desperado at Buffalo Bills. Just as Incidentalist said it is rough, although i blame that on the trains. They only go mid way up your back, very unconfortable.

All of you guys have great answers. Uh huh! Flashback: "We are not guys. We are very hot chicks." I think Flashback would be my answer, but I haven't ridden it. Of the ones I have ridden:

1)Windjammer
2)Mean Streak(tie)
3)Hercules(tie)

Son of Beast is not on my list because i love that ride!!! He's really in a love/hate situation and has more moods than a 12 year old girl.

Ninja at SFoG!!

X

Mean Streak is the single prettiest coaster I've ever seen. It's also one of the most wasted rides I've ever been on.

Magnum, Mean Streak, Ninja (SFOG/SFStL), and those damned SLC's!

X?? How can you say that X marks the spot?

Dreamworld's Thunderbolt.

http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1128.htm?Picture=5

It is a very fine looking ride, but unless you really know how to ride (and the only way to perfect it is to practice...), it is very rough and uncomfortable.

As I said in the 'Positive Aspects of SLCs' thread, the Vekoma SLC looks very nice and smooth from the ground, but doesn't really feel that way.

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So what if the best coaster in Australia is a second hand Arrow?

http://frank.drnk.net/gallery/?gal=ep&img=IMG_0913.jpg

Silver Star..

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Not that I've ridden it, but from what I've heard the photogenic to ride quality ratio couldn't be more flip flopped than Goudurix

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery753.htm?Picture=1

*** This post was edited by Dale Picolet on 12/23/2002. ***

Mean-Streak, it is soo good looking, and then you get such a crappy ride out of it! There is one coaster that looks good and rides horrible that is worse than the mean streak, and that is SOB, I seriousy thought I was gonna have some sort of brain dammage on that thing! It is super rough!

The Arrow megaloopers actually were good when they were new, and just haven't aged very well.

My pick: Togo's Viper (SFGAdv) Looks wonderful with that unique restraint system and the barrel roll loop on a sit down coaster. It turns out to be rough, short, and extremely painful with the useless padded shoulder restraints.

How about The Flying Coaster? I think this looks pretty cool:

http://www.pbase.com/image/9392007
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*** This post was edited by PT300 on 12/23/2002. ***

Boss at SFStl. looks fantastic but then the G-Trains go ahead and just beat the h*ll out of you. I've never come off a ride with such a splitting headache.

Coasterman Mike - Megazyph is another good example of how G-Trains ruin what could be a quality coaster

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*** This post was edited by Coasterman Mike on 12/23/2002. ***

Mean Streak issn't as rough as some wooden coasters I've been on. As for this Topic I find it to be an EST topic in disguise.

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"I'm so excited - It's an Arrow ride!"
On Sunday, Oct 27th 2002, I rode The Orient Express @ WOF 60 times.

SFMM Flashback. The restraints are THE WORST ever created. I love the ride's layout, but the OTSR's are just awuful.

Others of note...
Mean Streak (not because its "too rough" but because it looks so good and rides so slow and boaring)
Rattler SFFT (starts and ends well, middle just stinks, and it is all rough)

I disagree with Coasterman Mike about Mega Zeph and the G-trains. Zeph is one of the finest pieces of work CCI has done DESPITE the choice of rolling stock. It is "mostly" straight track, and less lats on the turns. The turns are where the G-Trains are bad, but they are tolerable on Zeph.

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