Double0Kevin Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I would have to go with Son of Beast closely followed by Vortex (KI) and Mind Eraser (SFA). All of them were just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Finn Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 It's rather hard for me to pick. But from the standpoint of a bad layout and a bad execution OF that layout, both Hurlers are probay at the top though I have ridden worse coasters, roughness wise. It's just a combination of the layout being dumb and the ride killing you ion every turn. I don't mind riding it though. It's fun to make fun of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarnes84 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Without a doubt, my vote goes to a coaster that really shouldn't exist anymore but still persists year after year, Tornado at M&Ds Scotland. This is a coaster most of you wouldn't have ridden, but need I say more than a 14 year old, 80ft Pinfari with those awful trains made for 5 year old kids and not one but TWO loops. I can't even imagine what this thing must have been like when it had a corkscrew. Tornado is proof that Pinfari really should have stuck to building kiddie coasters, or at the most, their Looping Star model. As far as I know, the only other version of this in the World was built in Argentina and lasted just 7 years before it was torn down. I came off this thing with bruises that then started bleeding from colliding with various parts of the train, along with whiplash to last a few days. Any SLC after this seems like a B&M Invert and in a perverse way I'm glad to have been on Tornado to bring my understanding of smoothness/roughness into perspective. Seriously people, this is a coaster from Damian himself Here's the proof (and this is when it was only a year old, I went on this crapfest in it's 13th year) Edited November 22, 2012 by andybarnes84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 ^Wow, that looks truly disturbing. I had no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Well Volare in Wiener Prater for me... Just hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperLover Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 The Traver Cyclones seemed brutal. They had so many accidents. I would like to see one built today with a RMC track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfelice Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 It's hard to isolate the absolute worst coaster I have ridden, but the most painful moment I have experienced in the past couple years was going into the helix on KD's Shockwave. That was a nasty blow to the head/jaw. The final bunny hops didn't help either. Surprisingly enough, CW's Skyrider was actually a decent ride in 2012, and there was no hint of such a jolt when we banked into the helix. The worst coaster of the 2012 season was Green Lantern at SFGAdv. This ride makes Mantis seem flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Bottom 5 Wood. 5. Mean Streak @ Cedar Point 4. Grizzly @ California's Great America 3. Anaconda @ Walygator Parc 2. Wild Beast @ Canada's Wonderland 1. Bandit @ Movie Park Germany Bottom 5 Steel 5. Manhatten Express @ New York New York 4. Flashback @ Six Flags Magic Mountain 3. Ninja @ Six Flags St. Louis 2. Dragon @ Adventureland 1. Gouderix @ Parc Asterix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimidator305rocks Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Kong, Ghostrider second row, Anaconda, Corkscrew at Cedar Point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double0Kevin Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Without a doubt, my vote goes to a coaster that really shouldn't exist anymore but still persists year after year, Tornado at M&Ds Scotland. Visually it looks kind of cool. It looks like something Schwarzkopf would have made, only it would have been regarded as a masterpiece if it was (because face it, Anton knew how to build a damn good coaster). The Traver Cyclones seemed brutal. They had so many accidents. I would like to see one built today with a RMC track. You take that back! I would give my left foot to have gotten a chance to ride one of those things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarnes84 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Exactly, it looks just like a Schwarzkopf design but then you realise that Pinfari built this, the company that never quite understood the basic concepts of banking and transitions. If it was half the size then I wouldn't have mentioned it but this thing reaches 45mph in those evil tiny trains which have no consideration for the fact that most riders will probably have legs. My vote for worst wooden coaster would be Roar at SFA, I'm sure there are much worse but once was more than enough, and I managed 3 rides on the Coney Island Cyclone no probs the week before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Back seat of Texas Giant before it was retracked. Some coasters give you bad bumps here and there but this was pure pain. I wanted to get out of the coaster half way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The two worst rides I have ever experienced occured within days of each other during TPR's 2008 Europe Trip: Bandit at Movie World and Anaconda at Walygator. They were simply exercises in endurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noporian Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Twister has to be probably the worst coaster i've been on. It's not THAT bad but i really haven't been on any that bad coasters. Tho another ride couple that both suck are Insane at grönalund and Green Lantern First Flight. Zacspins are awesome otherwise, but this model with the braking sections sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatdan Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Zyklon at the now closed Indiana Fun Spot. Take a pretty darn brutal compact coaster, and for some reason add miserable over the shoulder harnesses to it so that at every bad transition you smash your head on the harness. It made Shivering Timbers roughness later that day (and it was pretty darn brutal that year) seem not that bad. I also found both Space Mountain and Indiana Jones at DLP to be completely brutal rides. I feel like a second ride on Space Mountain may have fixed that, but I don't need to do that over. For wood, Shivering Timbers was bad and Son of Beast was really bad. Shivering Timbers you could at least tell had some real possibility to be awesome, and I heard it got retracked since I've been on it and it is again, but that year was rough. I also didn't ride Mega Zeph a second time when it was a walk on during my visit to SFNO because it was so rough. Sad, that thing looked awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaxster Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The kiddie coaster at my local carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeine_demon Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Twister has to be probably the worst coaster i've been on. You need to ride some bad coasters.... anyway - mine are: Bandit - movie park and mean streak at CP - just shakes violently around the whole track making you worry that you're going to chip a tooth or something! Furius baco - Portaventura - horrendously rough and shaky throughout, and far more uncomfortable than any other intamin restraints - great launch though! Mantis at cedar point - extremely painfull (FAR worse than apocalypse at SFA) Mumbo Jumbo - flamingoland - surprisingly uncomfortable and very poor throughput Flying fish at thorpe park - this is one of the occasions when I don't think it's off to brand a family/kiddie coaster as bad - I normally like powered coasters, and I love a good family ride - but this just bumps it's way slowly around the track and does nothing of any interest! Diablo at PortAventura - AKA lift hill, the ride - 3 lift hills strung together by bugger all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmTree55 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Anaconda at Kings Dominion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomman295 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Journey to Atlantis at Sea World San Diego. Half-assed theming, bumpy coaster section, terrible capacity, terrible restraint design, terrible soundtrack, terrible pacing, and the only good part of the ride is the first drop. Not to mention it still looks like it's under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai Fox Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hercules at Dorney. The only ride I've ever outright refused to go on a second time. I've never been in such pain from a ride; I had to take a couple hours off until my head stopped hurting too much to ride anything else. On top of the pain, it wasn't even fun; the brakes on the first drop just turned it into a complete tragedy without any redeeming factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supkarma Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 http://rcdb.com/497.htm?p=763 Typhoon at Santas Village or NYNY coaster in Vegas would be my submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrynerdjosh Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Flashback SFOT screaming Eagle SFSTL. so painful I only rode once Why does everyone hate the ninja? Poor STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai Fox Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Steel: Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens. I know this is an old post, but... Whaaaaaaaat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 There are actually so many bad coasters in the world to choose from, yes? No? Can't decide, really. Although Bandit in Movie World Germany, Goudurix in Parc Asterix, White Canyon in Yomiuriland and Anaconda in Parc Walygator immediately come to mind. Painfully. EDIT to add: Actually my Worst - Coaster - Ever experience, AND one of "My Most Embarrassing Moments in Theme Parks", happened in Walibi World on the first SLC ever built, El Condor. This is correct, I remember? When we came off of it, Robb was there at the exit with mic and video going on for our immediate reactions to it. And one of the main owners of the park right beside him. I come off, he asks me, and I say "Best Coaster Ever - NOT", look over to the owner, then realize who HE is, and sheepishly move along. I don't remember him smiling at me - it's all a blur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have been on some crappy coasters but the two rides that literally caused me physical pain was Psychlone at SFMM and Hurler at Kings Dominion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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