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Gosh, that's a hard question....Best Roller Coaster in the US...if I *HAD* to choose *one* to survive and all others would be destroyed I would go with:

 

S:RoS at SFNE

 

Elissa "but don't hold me to that!" Alvey

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As of this moment in time, I'd also have to say Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England. Now how it will hold up in a few more years, a few more pitched people, and ever decreasing maintenance budgets, that may not be true. I'm not too fond of the park, the clientelle, or the operations of the ride, but the ride is kickass from lift to brake.

 

Kumba has been running for over 10 years, and its still just as forceful, fun, and efficient as the day it was built. It may not be as smooth as it once was, but its still a great ride, and may be the best looping coaster in America, though it isn't very rerideable due to its intensity.

 

As for wood, it may not be the tallest, fastest, or longest, but I've always had a consistently great ride on Phoenix at Knoebels. Add in the fact that it IS Knoebels and they are proud of their coaster and put some TLC into it every day, and I'd say Phoenix is the best coaster. Its definitely the best wood, IMHO.

 

If a park like Knoebels had a monster like SROS, you know it'd be running great every day for the next 30 years.

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Also add the park name of the roller coaster, what city and country it is in also...

 

Thanx,

Froggies111

 

Just a quick question, wouldn't all of these be in the US, if that's what you asked in the title?

 

Best steel: S:RoS at SFNE

Best Wood: Thunderhead at Dollywood

 

Katie

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The Raven, Holiday World, Santa Clause Indiana. Of the coasters I have ridden only GhostRider on a good day can compare to Raven's otherworldly pacing and airtime. And considering out of the 70 some rides I've had on Raven were all suppurb it just shows that Raven runs amazing all day and all the time.

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Tough question, but I think I can get an answer...

 

HADES ! Awesome speed, awesome tunnel, great airtime, surprisingly good airtime and speed before the lift, steel beams that would cut your head, the 90degree bank curved...

 

Sorry X, Millenium Force and The Beast, I had to make a choice !

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Umm, that's quite difficult to answer......I can't choose just one, but I can choose the best ones out of a ceartin category:

 

Best Inverted: Alpengiest @ Busch Gardens Williamsburgh, USA

Best Terrain Hyper: Phantom's Revenge @ Kennywood Park, USA

Best Floorless: Hydra: The Revenge @ Dorney Park, USA

Best Stand-Up:Mantis @ Cedar Point, USA

Best Giga: (That's Easy) Millennium Force @ Cedar Point, USA

Best (all around) Looper: Raptor @ Cedar Point, USA

Best Woodie: Villian @ Geauga Lake, USA

Best Strata: Top Thrill Dragster @ Cedar Point, USA (Kingda Ka was closed the 4 times that I visted SFGAdv. This summer)

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Yeah, that's hard. I'm gonna go with the above formula:

 

Best Inverted: Top Gun @ PGA - Santa Clara, CA

Best Floorless: Superman: Krypton Coaster @ SFFT - San Antonio, TX

Best Stand-Up: GA Scorcher @ SFOG - Austell, GA

Best Hyper: Goliath @ SFMM - Valencia, CA (Pretty much by default)

Best Woodie: GASM @ SFOG - Austell, GA

Best Launched: CA Screamin' @ DCA - Anaheim, CA

Best Rocket Coaster: Xcelerater @ Knott's - Buena Park, CA (Also by default, but it's still a good ride)

 

Overal favorite: Superman:Ultimate Flight @ SFOG - Austell GA

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First of all I can't pick my favorite wooden coaster. Everyone loves a woodie! (wow... that kinda sounded dirty... lol!) but seeing as right now my big hype is all about Top Thrill Dragster cause I just rode it for my first time and about peed my pants. The moments where you are rolled out and waiting for the lights to turn were the SCARIEST moments of my life and all I could do was hold on and pray we cleared the hill! (the train before us had a rollback)

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wood: cyclops (mt olympus). that ride is perfection when ridden in the back seat...the only thing i hate is its so short

 

steel: vortex (pki) the only looper i know of that produces at least 2 pops of air regardless of where you sit. and let me tell you...that is some sweet air

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