chavslayer Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) In your opinion what is the best tunnel on a rollercoaster? My favorite is Obivions awesome underground tunnel. It really does feel like your falling into oblivion! Edited February 25, 2011 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I do like "Oblivion" tunnel at Alton Towers, but I have only ridden it once since it opened. One of the best ones must be "The Beast"'s at night when 1/2 of the 2nd tunnel is lit and the other 1/2 is not. Love the covered Helix if this counts as a sort of tunnel. Hades is the clear winner. Never rode it but would like to someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hades without a doubt for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavslayer Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah the Hades tunnel looks really cool. There is probably no straight track in there! Definatly the highlight of the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 The only tunnel on a coaster I've ever had was on Kraken But the tunnel at Hades looks soooo cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaparri Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah, without a doubt Hades. It's hard to beat going 65+mph in a seemingly endless pitch black tunnel that does things a wooden coaster has never done before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Monte Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Tremors... Brilliant opening sequence involving tunnels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Superman Ultimate Flight. It's the tish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nagel Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 My favorates in the order that they popped into my head. - Grizzly at Paramount's Kings Dominion - Steel Force at Dorney Park (both of them) - Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood - Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Resort - Twister at Knoebels Amusement Resort - Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas - Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England (just barely makes the list) Those are the only ones that really impressed me of the 360 coasters i've been on. One that I haven't have the pleasure of riding but looks awesome is the Tunnels of Tremors at Silverwood. I've always loved how you pop out of the first and thirds tunnels only to dive back into another tunnel. Also Hades of course looks awesome but i've yet to ride it. Oh I might add that one of my home park, Six Flags Great Adventure really needs to think about doing a tunnel sometimes. Ya it would have been nice if El Toro featured one. Oh...and I do think Voyage's tunnels will be leaving on a lasting impression on many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Laker Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 SFGam's Raging Bull's tunnel is incredible. I was just a little kid then, and I was afraid to put my hands up, I really thought they would get chopped off. SFDL's Viper also has a sweet tunnel. Most of the helix is in this suprise tunnel at the end of the ride. It's not a suprise anymore, but still just a classic element for that ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Some people might not consider it a coaster, but Supersplash @ Tusenfryd has a very cool tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Superman: Ride Of Steel @ SFNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Grizzly at PKD still gets me everytime. Does any other tunnel have an airtime hill in it? Any airtime in Hades tunnel? which looks amazing BTW JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 ^ There's a bit of airtime. It's hard to describe though. Without being able to see the darkness really screwes with your senses. You can barely even feel the banking of the 90 degree turn. Another one I thought of was Demon at SF Great America. Though in a messed up way. Seriously what's with the christmas lights? That ride is just screwed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Tennessee Tornado's first drop tunnel absolutely blew me away the first time I rode it! It is seemingly endless, and it has great airtime all the way down while taking your onride picture. There might be some airtime in Italian Job's tunnel, too. I really can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 A couple on my list... Raging Bull- Short but sweet. Everyone is totally freaked out about the tunnel while going down the hill. Of course, this is right after the totally amazing airtime in the back part of the train. Demon- There are some weird ones on this coaster. The rocks between the two loops and inside the second one are pretty cool, the light tunnel has some pretty good patterns, and the dive into the corkscrews is just messed up (and brutal!) You dive into the mouth of the Demon, right next to the waterfall, hit a totally messed up piece of track in the tunnel, and do the corkscrews. Bizzare, yet awesome. I also like the tunnels on Kumba, Montu, and ShieKra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterguy618 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I like the tunnel on the Loch Ness Monster. It is nice and long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastakid Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Superman: Ride of Steel @ SFNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Since no one ahs said it yet I'll go ahead and put it out there.... THE BEAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care if you love or hate the ride (I personally love it) but that last tunell around the double helix is awesome, makes theride along with therest of the 3 other tunels. But the helix rocks even with the magnetic trims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I love tunels, they do some much for a ride psychologially, nice thread, but here's a picture of the best one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hades is my favorite runner-ups include The Beast, Loch Ness Monster and although the coaster blows I like the tunnel through the quarry wall on The Rattler @ SFFT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hades for me as well, and behind that the tunnel on the PKD's Grizzly, which is just fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_am_Em0_0 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 The Demon at PGA at night. Whats so cool is that it is just 1 straight peice of track in the pitch black. I feels so cool to just feel speed and nothing else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterzak Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Hades tunnel kicks my butt everytime, I love it. It can be like 90* outside, and then in that tunnel it's like an entire other world and so much cooler. I'd love to get a ride with the lights on though, that overbank is incredibly forceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 SFDL's Viper also has a sweet tunnel. Most of the helix is in this suprise tunnel at the end of the ride. It's not a suprise anymore, but still just a classic element for that ride. Tell me if this is just my friends and I, or if everyone who grew up around Darien Lake would do this. It seems like every time I ride Viper, the train is completely silent, then everybody screams their heads off during the tunnel! And it's concrete, so it really echos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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