Standing coasters?

[Yankee cannonball]

What is the idea of a standing coaster? is there some sort of thrill knowing your crotch is gonna get pounded into oblivion?

[Goliath513]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_roller_coaster

 

 

They're not as bad as people say they are.

[Yankee cannonball]

I know they aren't too bad, but what's the point? I really don't get how standing is more exciting.

[DBru]

Have you ridden one?

[Angry_Gumball]

Well, having ridden 2 stand ups (both B&M and both in CA) I'd say they offer something that standard sit-downs don't: full force on positive g's. If you're sitting, the feel of the positive g's seem to end at your butt as it's plastered in the seat. On the standup, you get the whole feeling in your entire body. It does sound kind of funny though if you said/thought "I stood and waited an hour to stand up even more for 2 minutes..."

 

BTW, shouldn't this be in the Theme Parks, Roller Coasters & whatever the name says now section as it has to do with the actual standup coaster design and not about any of these coaster sims/games/models?

[WillMontu]

They were a bit of a novelty in the 90s and you don't see them built anymore. People though that parks would try and top Riddler's Revenge but after that we only saw Scorcher in 1999 and nothing after that.

[kraken613]

Ive ridden Vortex at Carowind alot its good but nothing amazing. I would rather be on Top Gun for sure!

[TheRapidsNerd]

Wasn't there a similar discussion to this a couple months back?

 

I think the short answer, at least for the 80's, was gimmick. It hadn't really been done and coasters like Rail Blazer (converted River King Mine Train) and EXT (converted Scream Roller corkscrew) didn't fair too well even though it was a crazy idea for the time.

 

I had a lot of friends that rode KI King Cobra and KD Shockwave (which had Togo bicycle type seats verses whatever's on the B&Ms). They basically said, it felt a little wierd to stand up, but your manhood wasn't in danger, despite what one would think.

 

Frankly, when I run my RCT3 version of King Cobra, apart from a slightly higher camera perspective, it really doesn't "feel" any different from riding, say, a sit down Schwartzkopf. You don't think, "hey, I'm riding a stand-up coaster" you just ride like normal.

 

Hope that helps answer your question.

[astroworldfan1]

I rode the Georgia Scorcher and it was fast and it was fun! What a rush standing up!

[Tanks4me05]

Havin ridden Mantis at Cedar Point, I can say that your manhood is not in danger. At least on B&M Stand Ups. However, there was a bit of head banging, but IMO that's what's fun about it. Also, as people have stated in this thread before, the G forces are seemingly amplified by a large amount due to standing up. Having been on 83 sit downs (sit down, invert, floorless, spinning, etc.) and one Stand Up coaster, I can say that Stand Up coasters are definitely a very unique experience. Personally, if B&M just makes the OTSRs with softer materials, Stand Up coasters can be a GREAT design. They have a lot of potential.

[Golfie]

It's called pushing the seat down a little before they lock the seats so it's not up in your crotch when you ride it. The only thing I don't like about stand ups is the positive g's making your legs and feet feel like they're going to explode

[sfotkid]

See, Johnny Some people like having there balls squished. Maybe by a woman in leather and a wip with a apple in your mouth, or maybe by a coaster, Now lets go outback and play some catch, we can talk about the trouble your having in school and why girls are so interesting all of the sudden. Come on sport!