Wildest ride in the rain.

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I did Hypersonic XLC in the rain. That was somewhat painful. You couldn't even open your eyes so you have no clue where you're going!

Wildfire, late december in 40 degree weather... downpour at 66mph really hurts :)

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The "best" ride in the rain for me would actually be Flight of Fear @ PKD. I'm not a huge fan of riding coasters in rain.

*BUT* the most fun single in therain ride was me and SuperJewels in the front seat of S:UE the day after CoasterRainia. I remember the first thing I said when the ride stopped was "That was really STUPID". It hurt....it hurt bad...
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I have done Riddler, in a cold rain, front row. My face was numb before the midcourse. I never have wanted a ride to end so much.

Also in the rain at SFMM, I have done Viper, (awesome rain ride) Revolution, and Batman, in a downpour!

I have also done Ghostrider right after a rain when the tracks were still wet, as we were going up the lift, the rain startred lightly again. Talk about making a good thing better, WOW, it was religious.

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I'd have to say that The Beast was the best ride I've ever had "in the rain." This was back when I was a kid and the ride was in its prime: Out of Control.

This summer I had a cool ride on the Thunderbolt at Kennywood right after a morning shower, and several wicked rides on Cornball Express after some afternoon showers.

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I agree Soggy, Ghostrider in the rain is just as you described it, "religious"! :)

joey isch said:
"Back in 97 on Magnum. We were half way up the lift when it started hailing. They anounced over the loud speaker that we were the last train of the night due to the weather. It was the craziest/most painful ride of my life. I ended up with a small cut on my eyebrow. In the end, it was a great ride.
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That is weird I was on the same ride and I got a knot on the top of my head/

I rode S:ROS @ SFNE in the rain on opening day this year and it seemed much faster than normal, it was the best ride I've had on it.

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Mantis was the first thing we rode, it was pouring, but it was coming down moderately. We were the second train out, and there were only 4 people on it, we were all in the front. Probably the best ride I have ever had on Mantis.

Raptor, we went to this next because people started to head back toward Mantis more. When we were going up the lift, it started pouring, it was like the inverted Snake River Falls. When the ride was over, we were soaked. But it was still awsome.

Millennium Force, when the park opened to the GP we jumped in line for this (actually we jumped in about 15 min. earlier than it opened) it was still raining pretty hard. When we got on the rain had lightened up, but not much. It stung just a tad. But it was still good.

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Medusa East in the rain was good (though they only ran one of every three trains with people because the train slid right through the brakes), but the wildest one for me was Kumba in the middle of one of the famous Florida flash storms. It hurt like the dickens as we went up the lift hill, and got worse while going through the course, but I enjoyed it, even as my then-girlfriend and my best friend were beating me up for suggesting the ride. :)

The Beast is the best in the rain. Your so happy when you go through a tunnel because of how much it hurts. SOB is also good. Especialy those first helixes. Also on SOB when you go under other pieces of track the water drips down in big drops and it kills.

Roar at sfa is awsome in the rain! Sfa dosn't seem to close things much when it rains.

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Cyclops in the POURING rain...Wow, that was something! And since it was Big Chief's, we got twice the fun with our two consecutive rides. We were completely soaked when we got off. I believe I was riding in the heavenly back seat as well, so the airtime was unmatched--even better than Jack Rabbit's double dip! I haven't ridden Ghostrider in the rain, but I have at 10:30pm in cool temps and this ride on Cyclops was even wilder.

I rode Raven at SRM in the rain after spraining my ankle earlier that day. That was fabulous except for the pain in my ankle, but I couldn't resist the opportunity. That was the SRM where we all took shelter from the tornado. Anyone else here go to that one?

Drat, it's a beautiful day to ride coasters and Adventureland is closed during the week. Hopefully Saturday, I can get my CCi fix on the Outlaw.
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Villain in a downpour! Me and Mr. Villain rode one lap, and they asked if we wanted to ride again, so we pulled our lapbars down, and they said you WILL get wet! We looked ahead and saw the downpour! We didnt even know it was raining. So that ride was quite fun and FAST!

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I also agree that The Beast is wicked in the rain,

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Haven't ridden too many coasters in the rain, but...

Last year at Kennywood, front seat on the Thunderbolt. They were already loading the trains only half-full to keep from overshooting the brakes. As soon as we left the station, it downpoured. We hit the last skid brake before the station and - whoops, overshot. The ride shutdown and left us stranded out there getting drenched. Of course, when we finally got off the ride, we headed straight for the log flume and rerode 3 times...

And after yesterday at PKI, I must say that the Beast is incredibly out of control in the cold. And the Eiffel Tower in 45+ MPH winds is a very different experience.

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Ever tried XLC during a summer hurricane? That can be a little surprising. The force of the rain kept me from putting my hands up after the hill ... ouch!

the best ride i ever had in the rain would be roar at sfa.

before this past sunday 4/28, my most wild rain experience was Volcano at PKD, front seat, Labour Day 1998...it was nuts, totally stinging pain, however.....

yesterday, i was at SFA with a buddy of mine....we got there at opening, almost in POURING rain...S:ROS was....well, there is no words to describe what it was like...front seat. whew...amazing:) once we started that drop, till the final brake, it was like needles flying through your body!! totally awesome:) will never forget it:)

Tim (who now wonders what MF would be like in rain like that....gotta love Intamin hypers:))

p.s. Does anyone know if that F5 tornado that hit La Plata MD end up getting near SFA?? i guess we would have heard about it on the news....

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