If you could modify one part of any ride...

[Coaster Cow]

Now this is a good bump!

 

I would lower Thriller's opening loops to their original height.

[Cyrbuzz]

Expand Rhino Rally to make up for losing the water part of the ride. My son and I love to ride it together and extending the route would be a plus for me.

[Angle O. Descent]

Skyrush trains.

[rcjp]

^I would just change the restraints. Or is that what you are referring to?

I would also add a nitro-style 540 degrees helix after shambhala's mid course and, if I had the chance, I would make the lift a few feet taller and keep the rest of the layout exactly the same as some extra seep wouldn't harm it at all.

Add a second corkscrew and a helix (before the end) to great bear.

Remove Kinga Ka's trims.

I could go on and on forever....

[Mr Stratosphere]

I would take the vertical loop off of Manhattan Express at NYNY. I think that is the roughest part of the ride, without it, I think it would be a little more re-ridable. But in the end, the general public loves the ride, and that is all that matters.

[simaticable]

Easily add more to S:UF at SFOG. It seems like there could be more to the ride, but they had to cut it early.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Track on Hades360

[Woodie Warrior]

Remove the lift hill on Powder Keg and replace it with a second launch. Expand the ending as well. That would bump it from #3 to #1 on my list.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Replace everything after the lift on the Dark Knight Coaster with Inversions and airtime drops.

[willthegolfer]

I would get rid of the trim brakes on the third hill of Raging Bull.

[AusCoasterFan]

Add a LIM lifthill on Superman the Escape that brings you up to the top of the tower.

 

I've always been saying this! Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld in particular needs this as the shuttle car barely gets passed halfway up the tower. Something like on Mr Freeze would be great! Perhaps would even add a little more hangtime...

[Zcev5454]

Add 90 degree banking ( maybe even inversions) to Gerstlauer Spinners

More padding to all Gerstlauer wood coaster trains

Extend the drop on Sheikra

Add a helix to TTD/Kingda Ka

Remove awkward banking before the corkscrew on Arrows

[Geauga Dog]

The long straight section on Ride of Steel at Darien Lake and replace with another airtime hill.

 

Change the turn around on Diamondback to be like the turnaround on Carowinds' Intimidator.

[Randomman295]

Take out the MCBR on Ghostrider. Holy s**t that thing would ROAR.

 

Add theming on Scream.

 

Make the tabletop turnaround on Iron Rattler happen first on the ride. That way it has more speed going into the second half of the ride.

 

Replace half of the MCBRs on Rip Ride Rockit with inverted camelbacks. That, or make the first drop beyond vertical and add a speed hill before the non-inverted loop.

 

Make the first drop steeper and sharper on Silver Bullet. That, or take out the turnaround after the roll. That thing protrudes too far into Ghost Town.

 

Add something interesting between the overbanks on Xcelerator like a heartline roll. That ride gets boring after the top hat.

 

Add a helix on Pony Express.

[cfc]

I agree with what some others have said--put lap bars back on Revolution and get rid of those wretched OTSRs. I'd get rid of the shoulder straps on DisneySea's Tower of Terror, too, and use just the lap belts.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Add a camelback hill instead of a Splashdown for Sheikra

[Angle O. Descent]

Leviathan - the flat section before the sloped brake run could be another airtime hill.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Remove the trim of Titan SFOT and Goliath SFMM. But I might die for the positive G's.

 

Put the heartline roll back into Maverick.

[Angle O. Descent]

Remove the trim of Titan SFOT and Goliath SFMM. But I might die for the positive G's.

 

Put the heartline roll back into Maverick.

 

This killed Goliath for me. Although you're probably right about the G's.

I first rode Maverick back in '07 but do not remember the heartline. I wish I could go back in time and do it again

[gerstlaueringvar]

I first rode Maverick back in '07 but do not remember the heartline. I wish I could go back in time and do it again

Macerick's heartline roll was removed before opening. I think only Sandor had ridden it with the heartline roll.

[Geauga Dog]

Put the heartline at the top of the hill after Maverick's second launch, kind of like the "flying snake dive" on Storm Runner after the dive loop and then drop down towards the water.

[IrishCasual]

Put the heartline at the top of the hill after Maverick's second launch, kind of like the "flying snake dive" on Storm Runner after the dive loop and then drop down towards the water.

 

 

Really great idea! IT would be a great improvement on maverick, but they would have to slow the launch down to about 50-65MPH.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Put the heartline at the top of the hill after Maverick's second launch, kind of like the "flying snake dive" on Storm Runner after the dive loop and then drop down towards the water.

 

 

Really great idea! IT would be a great improvement on maverick, but they would have to slow the launch down to about 50-65MPH.

Or they can trim it down a bit. Plus, slowing down the launch a little bit can let those who complain about the restraint make less negative comments.

[coasterbill]

-I'd change that one part on T2 that's after the lift hill, but before the brake run. You know, that part that sucks.

 

 

I'd love to ride Skyrush with the Millennium Force trains and I'd love to ride Revolution with lap bars. I'll go with those two.

[ajfelice]

I long for the day The Beast can run trimless or at least a reduction in trims. If this requires running 2-bench trains instead of three and a reduction of capacity from 36 to 28 riders per train, I'm okay with that. Even just tweaking some of the banking and profiling to handle more stress would be appreciated. The Beast could be right back in the discussion as one of the very top wooden coasters once again without those trims.

 

As for Maverick, all I ask is that the reduce the second launch speed just slightly so they do not have to trim it on the hill following the launch. Feeling a slowdown like that just after a launch is kind of a buzzkill. Other than that, Maverick is virtually a perfect coaster in my opinion.