Best First Drop on a Wooden Coaster? Which one do you think?

[ernierocker]

^Agreed. The Back seat at night was just insane.

 

Would of liked to have tried El Toro before they slowed down the lift hill.

Edited August 28, 2013 by ernierocker

[Angry_Gumball]

Of what I've been on, I will have to go with Gold Striker. It feels so bizarre going down a fully enclosed drop, then what feels like firing out of a cannon as I fly through the rest of the course.

[rolercstrluvr]

Im definitely gonna have to go with El Toro on this. In the front its just insane, you just keep tilting forward and before you know it youre flying out of your seat. I want to get back to ride it asap.

 

Honorable mention, as angry_gumball said Gold Strikers drop is awesome, best way to experience it is in the back. It just pulls you right over the top and twists to the right. Youre already hauling a$$ like a cannonball, with his words.

[booink]

El Toro's at Great Adventure is crazy ! From the passenger POV's it looks vertical and it's insane ! The worst is Mean Streak with all the brakes it's boring and not interessing all. And it's rough !

[Cyrbuzz]

Based on all the woodies I've riden I got to go with Shivering Timbers. After that first drop it just feels like a never ending series of first drops with some of the best airtime I've ever experienced.

[coasterkid124]

I prefer Outlaw Run very slightly to El Toro. Both are amazing in the back seat. I also always liked The Predator at Darien Lake's first drop. Just that feeling of getting thrown over a cliff in a shopping cart gets me every time .

[Coastergenius250]

I haven't been on a lot of wooden coasters, but i really enjoy Cornball Express' drop in the backseat. My Reaction:

[DougMJr]

I prefer Outlaw Run very slightly to El Toro. Both are amazing in the back seat. I also always liked The Predator at Darien Lake's first drop. Just that feeling of getting thrown over a cliff in a shopping cart gets me every time .

 

We need to get Johnny Knoxville to ride it before RMC gets their hands on it.

[daniellazarus]

Iron Rattler has the best first drop of any wooden coaster I have ever been on, even though it is a hybrid. Even after 78 times the first drop is truly magnificent!

[HHNZ]

Medusa Steel Coaster at Six Flags Mexico

 

or El Toro

Medusa Steel Coaster - Drop

[jray21]

Haven't done Outlaw Run yet, but for me, it's El Toro. Such an amazing drop.

[David H]

I haven't been on Outlaw Run yet, but of all the woodies I've been on, I'd have to go with El Toro, especially in the back seat.

[Oryp]

Medusa Steel Coaster at Six Flags Mexico

 

or El Toro

 

Medusa Steel Coaster is not a wooden coaster, as it's name suggests..

 

I have to go with Outlaw Run. I love the way it dips first to pick up a little speed, and the airtime as it pulls the back seat over is incredible.

[cmullin]

Iron Rattler has the best first drop of any wooden coaster I have ever been on, even though it is a hybrid. Even after 78 times the first drop is truly magnificent!

Well, if it's a hybrid, it's not a wooden coaster, so it can't really be the best drop on a wooden coaster...

[XII]

Definetly El Toro with Outlaw Run as a close 2nd favorite first drop.

[IronWolfman]

I also always liked The Predator at Darien Lake's first drop. Just that feeling of getting thrown over a cliff in a shopping cart gets me every time .

 

Timber Terror and Tremors both have drops that are like this, and that is why they are amazing (other than airtime). But Timber Terror has the edge due to buzz bars ;D

[cal1br3tto]

^I've lost track of my opinions on first drops, since there are plenty of great ones, as well as some average ones on otherwise amazing coasters. But I wouldn't be surprised if Timber Terror in the back would still make my top 5. The front is no slouch, either; excepting the first drop, it offers all the air you could possibly want.

[deano]

Even though it isn't the wildest or steepest, I love how Boulder Dash's first drop is always about the same height from the ground and the trees really accentuate its speed.

 

You nailed it, Boulder Dash is my personal fav, followed by El Toro.

[darklingscribe]

I always tend to prefer first drops that don't come immediately after a lift hill. It builds even more suspense and also lets the train gain some speed. Right now I really liked Outlaw Run's little dip before the drop and most GCIs that have a turn around before the drop are pretty great too like Apocalypse. Then of course there is El Toro's awesome first drop after really hauling through it's top of the lift turn around.

 

As for favorite non-first drops on wooden coasters, I'd like to bring up the Voyage's triple down.

[Moose]

For some reason I don't like turns before drops and the only reason is it seems like such a waste of structure to me. The ride would us much less wood if the slow(ish) turn was closer to the ground.

[kailisun98]

Outlaw Run! Its so steep and it really hauls ass because of the great first drop. Silver Dollar City did a really good job of incorporating the coaster into the natural scenery too.

[Parallax]

For some reason I don't like turns before drops and the only reason is it seems like such a waste of structure to me. The ride would us much less wood if the slow(ish) turn was closer to the ground.

 

You don't always have room for that.

[DoinItForTheFame]

Time to bring back a dead thread.

 

We have the "Best drop on a steel coaster going around" So, I figured it would be fun to talk about best drop on a wooden coaster since a lot of new wooden coasters have opened since the last time this thread was active.

 

So, for me... I am going to say that Outlaw Run has the best drop on a wooden coaster. It is steep, and amazing!

[boldikus]

El Toro

 

/endthread

[Coaster Hero]

^I completely second this. Front or back, that drop is freaking amazing.