Best and Worst Arrow Mine Trains

[ArizonaGuy]

RoadRunner Express at SFFT is probably the best Arrow Mine train I've ridden.

 

I liked the one King's Island as well.

[TOPGUN1993]

Out of the Arrow Mine rides I've ridden.

 

#1 Adventure Express - Kings Island

#2 Runaway Mine Train - SFGAd

#3 Cedar Creek Mine Ride - Cedar Point

#4 Dahlonega Mine Train - SFOG

#5 Carolina Goldrusher - Carowinds

#6 TrailBlazer - Hersheypark

[screaminkid2005]

My two favorite are Road Runner Express and Thunderation.

 

My least favorite would have to be Big Bad John at Magic Springs. I just thought it was rougher and not as fun as others i've gone on in the past.

[gerstlaueringvar]

My two favorite are Road Runner Express and Thunderation.

 

My least favorite would have to be Big Bad John at Magic Springs. I just thought it was rougher and not as fun as others i've gone on in the past.

This is EXACTLY my list. But I would like to add River King Mine Train with Big Bad John for the layout.

 

If despite for the historical value and the theming, Runaway Mine Train could be the worst.

[screaminkid2005]

^Not going to lie, that's one of the reasons it's not the worst for me too. Lmao

[gerstlaueringvar]

Forgot to say, if Mini Mine Train counts as a mine train, it is definitely the worst.

[screaminkid2005]

^Omg it's an Arrow Mine Train so it does! lol

 

I'm changing mine to Mini Mine Train at SFOT also! That thing was god awful!

[Double0Kevin]

The original Big thunder(not really arrow now with the new track) at Disneyland would have to be my favorite.

 

Least favorite would have to be Cedar Creek Mine Ride, just didn't do anything for me.

[coasterbill]

My favorite would be Adventure Express... least favorite has to be Traiblazer. They weren't even trying when they built that ride.

[mike541x]

My favorite would be Adventure Express... least favorite has to be Traiblazer. They weren't even trying when they built that ride.

 

Sadly, Trailblazer is the only Mine train I've been on.

[Werner]

My two favorites are: Adventure Express and Thunderation.

 

My least favorites are: Diablo: El Tren de la Mina and also the Mini Mine Train...

[Geauga Dog]

Adventure Express is my favorite followed by River King Mine Train and Carolina Goldrusher.

 

Worst - Dahlonega Mine Train due to the restraints being a bit too tight.

[A.J.]

Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Great Adventure feels like it was lifted directly out of RollerCoaster Tycoon. Seriously.

[YoshiFan]

My favorite is Runaway Mine Train at Great Adventure. I like how it has individual lap bars which are better for taller riders than the original Arrow Mine Train lap bars and how it only has 1 lift hill. I don't like mine trains with multiple lifts since it seems like every time the ride starts to pick up speed, there is a brake run and another lift hill. The layout is really good too with the double helix at the beginning, the banked drop after the MCBR, the small ejector air time hill and the turn right over the water.

[Woodie Warrior]

Best:

 

Thunderation at Silver Dollar City is amazing. It has a great helix, a great last drop, and some positive-G's as well. The queue is very well themed as well. Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder is a close second.

 

Worst:

 

River King Mine Train at Six Flags St. Louis. It is boring, slow, shaky, and it has THREE lift hills. Just a really bad ride.

[KBrylczyk]

Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder is a close second.

 

"Best Arrow mine train."

 

I love the Big Thunders above every other mine train, as well. To be honest, I can't even remember how many Arrow mine trains I've been on. I've ridden every one I've ever come across, but they're never memorable rides. I'm gonna vote for SFGAdv's simply because I grew up riding that one and it's the only one that sticks out to me, haha.

[DanTheBooker]

Best Arrow mine train? Obviously Excalibur at VF. Obviously. I mean to crack the top 350 on the Hawker Poll. That's gotta say something, right?

[mattnz]

Thunderation at SDC is my favourite followed by Road Runner Express at SFFT then perhaps Adventure Express. I would also have to give a vote to the very first model from Arrow, Runaway Mine Train at SFOT. I thought that was excellent!

 

The worst I've been on is Great Escape's Canyon Blaster, which was pretty dire.

[cal1br3tto]

Rough top three...

1. Thunderation: Probably the most awesome setting and layout, and it has a bit of force to it if you're lucky. Seems to have turns, lifts and drops in just the right places to keep it interesting.

2. SFOT: One of the better-themed ones, and the drop is a memorable surprise moment (though it can be rough).

3. SFFT: Seems to be one of the more forceful ones, though that isn't saying much.

 

Ones I "remember as forgettable": SFGADv, Hersheypark, Magic Springs, SFOG, Cedar Point, The Great Escape, KI.

All with little to no forces, though some have a decent wooded setting.

 

Gold Rusher wins points only for being one of the most authentic terrain coasters of the bunch, but it has sometimes-painful laterals and no other forces to speak of.

 

The Carowinds one I forgot existed.

 

River King Mine Train is terribly dull until the surprise drop. Mini Mine Train is the worst of all by default.

[ratdogg68]

I liked the Rock 'N Roller Coaster at Opryland U.S.A., the setting was Beautiful.

[Dr. M]

My favorite is Runaway Mine Train at Great Adventure. I like how it has individual lap bars which are better for taller riders than the original Arrow Mine Train lap bars and how it only has 1 lift hill. I don't like mine trains with multiple lifts since it seems like every time the ride starts to pick up speed, there is a brake run and another lift hill. The layout is really good too with the double helix at the beginning, the banked drop after the MCBR, the small ejector air time hill and the turn right over the water.

 

Oh come on, just because the ride is located next to El Toro does not make that an "ejector" air time hill. That's abother word we need to ban from the lexicon, clearly. Nobody knows when to use it.

 

Still, that is a fun hill, and it's a fun ride. For me I like that and CCMR about the same, I'm big fans of both. Trail Blazer is awful.

[rctneil]

I've only ridden 3 of them:

 

- River King Mine Train

- Gold Rusher

- Thunderation.

 

I think out of them I have to say I enjoyed Thunderation the most.

[Mrlittle]

I always enjoy a fun mine train coaster. Perhaps it's because one of my first coasters I remember riding was Excalibur at Six Flags Astroworld. Anyways, my favorite now is Thunderation. A close second or maybe even tie is Road Runner Express at SFFT. The worst one I think is Big Bad John at Magic Springs.

[VF15]

I've ridden three Arrow mine trains: Thunderation, Adventure Express, and Cedar Creek Mine Ride. I rode Thunderation when I was 7, so I don't recall too much about it, although I do remember it being a fun ride. Adventure Express has some good moments and decent laterals that made for a fun ride despite the anticlimactic ending. Cedar Creek Mine Ride is my least favorite of the three, jerky transitions and not much excitement.

[woolandmammoth]

I'd have to go with either Runaway Mine Train at GADV or Adventure Express at Kings Island. Runaway train is a great coaster, but I think the edge might go to Adventure Express. Its hard to pick.