The Best Woodie under 75 feet Tall

[pkdcoaster]

I thought The Outlaw at Advendureland was Awesome (in 1998) given its small size (a mere 67 ft) with great changes of direction,airtime and speed.

 

An awesome small coaster and really the first GCI! (even though he was with CCI at the time)

 

JEFF

[dr.gumbo]

The Grand national at BPB (also my overall favorite at the moment).

[PAShawn]

s much as I LOVE Wacky Worms, they aren't wooden coasters Wink

 

My Bad someone needs to make a wooden wacky worm then

[Axman]

s much as I LOVE Wacky Worms, they aren't wooden coasters Wink

 

My Bad someone needs to make a wooden wacky worm then

 

Might I suggest you should read the posting rules? I can barely understad your posts.

[ParkTrips]

^ there are plenty of mods to enforce the rules, I appreciate the help, but we don't really need it, thanks

 

but he's right dude, put some more effort into your posts!

[Scaparri]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the Cannonball at Lake Winnie in GA. Maybe you haven't experienced it, but it kicks total a$$. The airtime is great and the last jump into the station is amazing! It feels like the whole train comes off the track. Good times and great oldies!

 

We must have ridden a different coaster. I loved Lake Winnie so much, I'm almost a closet fanboy, but Cannonball is still probably one of the most "meh" woodies I've ever been on. I rode all over the train and I don't think my ass left the seat once. It was a fun little coaster, but that's just it... a fun, little coaster. Maybe I missed something. I'll of course give it another ride when I'm in the area again, but I can't see a coaster that had no airtime the last time I rode it suddenly having amazing airtime now. Any secrets about where to ride?

[ParkTrips]

dude, yeah. Been on Cannonball easily 20 times by now, and it only had two decent moments of air. Heck even the Great American Scream Machine has better air (of course it hurts more too)

[texcoaster]

Blackpool's wooden Wild Mouse.

 

Scared the bejeezus out of me.

[cal1br3tto]

My top 5, more or less, are:

 

1. Coaster (Playland)

2. Giant Dipper (SCBB)

3. Cyclops (Mt. Olympus)

4. Coaster Thrill Ride (Puyallup Fair)

5. Cornball Express (Indiana Beach)

 

What these have in common is great airtime. Coaster features intense airtime on nearly every drop. Giant Dipper provides a similar airtime experience, but it feels much less dangerous and more simply "fun". Cyclops has not only "THE drop", but some solid airtime on one or two preceding hills as well. Coaster Thrill ride has some average airtime throughout its course plus a "THE drop" that rivals any other. Finally, while I didn't fully "get" Cornball Express, it does have some satisfying airtime in a couple spots.

[eddie200330]

Skyliner at Lakemont Park is actually a pretty fun ride. The so called jack hammering and shuffling are bearable because of the size of the coaster. It doesn't hurt and OMG grab the bar airtime in the back seat on the first drop is insane!

[Jerrykoala2112]

Hellcat is too tall, but Outlaw was also pretty good!

Edited November 29, 2010 by Jerrykoala2112

[ScottBrown]

SCBB Giant Dipper

[BigDipper 80]

On my pitifully short list of wooden coasters, I would have to put Kennywood's Jack Rabbit right there as my favorite "under 75" coaster. That double-down is absolutely fantastic, and was quite the surprise the first time I rode it.

[rcdude]

I'm gonna have to say the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Giant Dipper. That ride has a decent amount of airtime, is very smooth for a wooden coaster, and has one of, if not the best, tunnels on any ride I've been on.

[XII]

Coaster @ PNE Playland. It's already my favorite woodie. But that ride is just amazing. Extreme airtime on every hill along with some damn good laterals. A really good package all under 75 feet.

[Airtime&Gravity]

Easily Cornball Express, that ride is awesome, and it's amazing that it is only 55ft tall. It's really a perfect example of bigger doesn't mean better. Lost Coaster is also pretty good, although it is more for the WTF ride it gives. It is a fun ride, and it does things a wooden coaster, well any coaster, just shouldn't do.

[Turtle Wax]

Definitely Cornball! I love that thing! Haven't been on it all year which makes me sad, but I got enough rides on it in 09 to hold me over. I definitely am going to make a trip out there again next year!

[larrygator]

Now that I've ridden The Coaster at Playland, I change my vote. Nothing else under 75 feet comes close to provide this much air. If the topic was under 79 feet, I'd put Coaster right below Phoenix.

[DBru]

Wow, I had no idea that Cornball Express is only 55 feet tall. That first drop is wicked.

 

With that said, I believe my two favorite coasters under 75 feet would have to be Cornball and Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain (yeah...both at the same park). Cornball packs an amazing layout into an unbelievably small area, while LCoSM is just plain, whacky fun.

[Fooz]

I'm going to second New mexico rattler. Really outstanding ride, one of my top 5 woodens of any type.

[esvadj]

Kingdom Coaster at Dutch Wonderland. Smooth, good pops of air time, and it gains some good speed as it rounds the back. Plus, most afternoons you can ride it over and over again with out getting off.

[texcoaster]

Screechin' Eagle (SBNO) Americana/LeSourdsville Lake

This.

 

Floaters, laterals, and ejectors. Also, the cars fill up with water pretty nicely when you ride in the pouring rain.

[Calicoasters]

I'm going to have to say Giant Dipper @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

[Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess]

Coaster at Playland. A long time favourite of mine at exactly (well maybe not THAT exact) 75 feet. Great airtime and nice wide open classic trains.

[OldJJman]

I too, would say Coaster @ Playland in Vancouver!! Slight edge over Phoenix, due to the insane laterals.

 

(according to RCDB, 68' tall, 67' drop.