viking86 Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 My first ride on Thundercoaster was right after one hell of a shower and it was amazing. It was my first coaster however, so Im not sure how a ride like that would feel now.
SharkTums Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 Apparently Tonnere de Zeus. It ran AMAZING, and from what I've heard the only way to get rides like that is either in the rain, or right after!
DragonKhan Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 ^^Dragon, that gurl in the second row is either in a ridiculous amount of pain or is grossed out by all you half-nekkid mens!!! Â I'd say both... They were quite "amused" when we took our shirts off on the lift...
WW Goliath Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 My best rides in the rain on a coaster would be on Megafobia. It flys in the rain. I would agree that Tonnere de Zeus is also excellent in the rain. Â I rode Millenium Force 12 times straight in the pouring rain in late August, it kills, why - because there was no line. Â I was also at Cedar point at this time and one of the rides on Millenium Force would have to go down as my most painful ride ever. at 90+mph those raindrops don't half sting. With no queue however it didn't stop me going round for another ride or two. Â Ther best part of torrential rain was that the next day (wed 8/31) the park was deserted even if though the weather is good. Â Wasn't it great. Millenium Force was walk on and Dragster had a five minute queue.
ShannonSomerville Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 Best ride ever in the rain has to be Thunderhead at Dollywood,especially in the front seat. I was also lucky to have layers of clothing on at the time,or I would catch a cold. SES
MSLSM Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 Viper(SFGAM) is amazing during the rain. I might be saying this since my best ride on Viper was in the rain. I got so much air time , and the ride seemed a lot more intense than a normal day.
larrygator Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 I agree with whomever said none of them during anything more than a misting. I have ridden too many coasters in the rain (and some of them in close to freezing rain). The only beneift is shorter to non existent lines if the coaster is running. My best rides in light rain were at Knoebels with Phoenux and Twister. Â Worst experiences besides freezing on the CI Cyclone and at Knoebels would be SFNE S:ROS and Borg Assimilator. With SFNE S:ROS I went on a Sunday and my eyeballs hurt me until Wednesday (no joke). With Brog Assimilator it started pouring as we pulled out of the station and lying on your back out of the station and up the lift as the rain poured down was not fun. Â Flight of Fear is indoors but becomes a nightmare wait in the rain if lightning is a possibility because the transformers sit outside and are prone to lightning strikes.
downunder Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 WM Goliath wrote Wasn't it great. Millenium Force was walk on and Dragster had a five minute queue. Â What a day that was, rode dragster ten times straight, slept in and didn't even use my early entry, didn't need to. Here is photos of the Dragster and Millennium queues that day: Top Thrill Dragster line Millennium Force Line
verticalzero Posted December 13, 2005 Author Posted December 13, 2005 Any woodie as "Robin Hood" at Walibi World gains 5 seconds in the wet.
Joe Cool Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I've only rode one coaster in the rain and that is Batman and it felt like I was getting rocks thrown at me. Pain is awesome haha
niiicolaaah Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 magnum in the rain... OUCH! Â the best ride i had in the rain ever was skyrider at PCW... togo standup. it started pouring as soon as we got into the station... DOWNPOUR.. it was great. i had my eyes closed the entire ride and it was very disorienting. The rain was warm and soft so it was a lot of fun. and the rain stopped as soon as we got off the ride!
dougr Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 If you think 90 MPH in rain is painful, try 120 MPH in a downpour! Got on TTD right as a downpour came in. After my ride, they closed it! It was at night too, so it was really cool. Better than any other in the rain or at night.  when you go on rides like TTD of S:TE, rain drops feel like rocks!  I had a similar experience on the Corkscrew at the PNE. We were loading and a shower was starting. They quickly dispatched out. Ouch! Brrrrr! Even at 55 mph, the raindrops feel like hail pellets and it takes about 90 seconds to soak through and go from warm to freezing cold.
coasterlover420 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 ^yeah, but I'm talking 120 MPH! Â Yay, 200th post!
ebl Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I've ridden Goliath, Viper, Superman--The Escape, Riddler's Revenge, Batman--The Ride, and Ninja at SFMM in the rain, as well as the old Roaring '20s Corkscrew at Knott's. Â Some hurt, some don't. I guess I'm surprised that those rides don't shut down. Â Eric
CoasterExpert13 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I've ridden many coasters in the rain, but these one's stood out amongst the rest: Â Phantom's Revenge: Loved it while raining, and at 82mph the rain drops hurt a little, but felt great in a weird way. Â Millennium Force: I thought it was awesome in the rain. Mainly because it was one of those dark overcast days, where the clouds were dark as charcol. It wasen't raining hard, but the wind was fierce and thats what made it twice as fun. Â Raptor: Raptor, if even more possible, seem to be smoother than ever! The best part of riding it in the rain was the Heartline-Roll and the Cobra-Roll....it was great! Â Katun: It started to pour, just as my train crested the lift hill. This was by far the best ride i've ever experienced in the rain til' this day. As I said before, the ride seemed smoother than ever...though it was raining, the sky look just as it did on september 11, 2001....beautiful and bright..super sunny...with rain though.
Guy T. Koepp Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 X in freezing rain. Depending on how the rotation is you get pelted from many different angles. Â What a rush!
verticalzero Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 Wishmaster - You can't really compare Robin Hood to Zeus as they are different types of wooden coasters by different companies.  Robin Hood is a more Out n Back Coaster  Of course Zeus will be faster as it is a more twisted compact layout and it is built by Custom Coasters Inc who also build Megaphobia in Wales UK.  I have been on Megaphobia and this is a great USA design coaster, lots of Airtime (standing up in the back seats down 1st drop), I have not been on it's brother Zeus but planning to visit it soon.
viking86 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Thundercoaster @ Tusenfryd: When its dry, its too slow and has mostly floater airtime. Its also quite rough. But when the track gets wet it becomes a completely different ride with the train flying over the hills. And this coaster doesnt have the smooth airtime that can be found on Balder a few hours away. Thundercoaster throws you into your lapbar so fast its almost painfull. I cant belive how big the difference is between wet and dry track...
jamesissoocool Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 bbw in the rain is cool until it starts thunder and lighting  think what it would be like ride mf in a lighting storm
thefitness Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 One time i rode Hulk when it was raining and when i got off my face was bright red from being pelted with rain
ECZenith Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 It's NOT SROS at SFNE... that's for sure. I thought I was going to need rehabilitation after the ERT a couple years ago. Â Most wooden coasters seem better in the rain to me. Not too fast... but faster enough.
socalMAN123 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 IMO, riding coasters in the rain hurts... A LOT. But really, it's kinda cool to ride Goliath in the rain. ---Brent
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