The 6 Most Terrifying Theme Park Rides Ever Built

^^I doubt it actually went 100 mph. This was long before them but remember all the old wooden coasters back in the day used to make claims of 100mph, which they probably felt like. Remember seeing an old newspaper ad for the Thunderbolt at Riverside park, now SFNE from the 1950s and claimed that it went 100mph...when it's actually around 35 or 40.

In order to go 100 MPH strictly from gravity power, it would need to be quite a bit over 300' tall.

ApolloAndy said:
In order to go 100 MPH strictly from gravity power, it would need to be quite a bit over 300' tall.

Not sure exactly where the Mauch Chunk thing was, but the hills going down into Jim Thorpe, PA are pretty high and steep. Put some track on them and you'd be going along at a good clip when it ended..

Most terrifying?

Try the haunted house at Camden, or the one at Knoebel's. I hurt myself on that one - jumping and cowering at the same time. Ouch.

From different Google and Wiki searches, I found that the elevation of Jim Thorpe is around 689, Summit Hill is 1600, and the height of the plane from Jim Thorpe to Mt. Pisgah is 664 ft. The plane being the motorized lift hill from the town along the "up track." One of the switchback websites I found said at one point you'd be going "around 50 mph."

18 miles.. 80 minutes... no lap bars, seat dividers or seat belts... all for 50 cents.

I don't think it matters. Like Mike G., I was surprised at how factually accurate the article was considering the source, but I wouldn't care if it was riddled with inaccuracies. It's a humor piece.

Actually, that was probably my problem with it. It was so factual, I wouldn't have thought it was a humor piece unless someone told me.

Most (if not all) of Cracked's articles are like this. It's funny because it is true... And because of the way the writers word things and exaggerate. I love that kind of humor.

Cracked.com is the epitome of internet humor: vulgar, satirical, and direct. Us internet nerds love it.

Will GCI please rebuild one of the Traver Cyclones today?

^GCI? No way; they don't build aggressive rides. If anyone would come close, it would be Gravity Group.

Have you ridden Roar? Thunderhead? Evel Kanevil?

Yes, yes, no.

I guess I should have included "very" before aggressive. I think the closest they will get to something like a Traver coaster has already happened. Their rides seem to be more family friendly.

Clint, I'm gonna have to side with Billy on this one...TGG builds wooden coasters that really push the ride envelope. GCI builds fabulous-looking rides that are for the most part a little more family-friendly, nothing AT ALL wrong with that, but not quite the "adrenaline fixes" that you find on most TGG rides. I should note that Prowler really did surprise me in the aggression/intensity area...that is one heck of a ride,