Noporian Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 BEST: I like how colossus ends in a barrel roll right before the station. WORST: Maybe any coaster that has like 3 brakeruns in a row at the end and half the ridetime is cruising into the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angle O. Descent Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Best: Beast Silver Comet, Martin's Fantasy Island Thunderbolt, Kennywood Verbolten Worst: Ninja, SFMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC_Hoodie Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Best - Wood: Wooden Warrior. Boulder Dash is overall a much better coaster, but its last two hills are a little tame and rampy in comparison to the "airtime buffet" right before it. Steel: Bizarro. The ending does everything Cyclone was supposed to do, plus two extra turns. It's almost as if they designed it with Cyclone in mind. Lamest - Wood: Rolling Thunder. The whole ride was completely forceless. Steel: Batman: The Dark Knight (Kiddie coasters and wild mice aside). It's just not as intense as some of the other steel coasters. But I still love it, and would take it over a Boomerang any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmbgo12 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Best- Wood: Lightning Racer. Hands down best ending on a wooden coaster ever. Twisting crossovers and bunny hops into dueling helixes then a race up an airtime filled double-up to the finish line... Perfection in its greatest form Steel: Tie between Shockwave, Intimidator 305, and Montu. All are great in their own ways... Shockwave is great because of how cheap and primitive it feels compared to most other coasters, those two little bunny hops before the brake run were just so bizarre feeling I couldn't help but laugh. It also helps that I absolutely LOVE stand-up coasters, especially Togo's Intimidator 305 is great because of how unrelenting it is all the way up to the brakes, I seriously can't remember most of the coaster from the first hill after the drop to the surprisingly quick slowdown right before the station! Montu is probably my all-time favorite Invert, and it's totally unique ending definitely makes it the cream of the crop. Lamest Wood: Big Dipper at Camden Park had a pretty lame ending, just starts picking speed then a pop of airtime and whoosh into the brakes. Fortunately the ejector air in the back row on the "Big Dip" totally made up for the lackluster rest of the ride... Steel: Verbolten has a pretty poor ending, it was great on Big Bad Wolf, but on Verbolten it just feels out of place. Would've been better if they'd came up with a more unique second half. Storm Runner also has a pretty poor ending, but that's more because it feels super short not really that lame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcoaster Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 When it comes to lame endings there aren't many worse then Great Bears. After the final corkscrew the train just meanders around until the breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 When it comes to lame endings there aren't many worse then Great Bears. After the final corkscrew the train just meanders around until the breaks. Agreed. I undrstand HP had to squeeze the ride in there somehow with very little room, but they could've at least added a small dip before the brake run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemotblue01 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Silver Bullet....Shwartzkopf looping star coaster located at Frontier City in OKC. The coaster has a nice little airtime hill that launches you way out of the seat just before careening full speed into a tunnel that was added to ride for a thrill then finishes off with a smooth break run. Guests applaud laugh cheer and you know your ready to get on the coaster again. That would be a considered a good ending on a coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbt Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Having just been at Dollywood... Best: Mystery Mine - The themeing leading up to the beyond vertical drop followed up by the barrel rolls into the hangtime before hitting the brakes almost made up for the headbanging mess that was the first half of the ride. Firechaser Express - The backwards launch was surprisingly forceful and the backwards twisty airtime was a ton of fun. Worst: Wild Eagle - The first half of the ride up to the corkscrew took me by surprise by how forceful it was, however, following the corkscrew, the helixes were very tame and the wings seemed to vibrate quite a bit which was rather unpleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoasterKid211 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Best: Cheetah Hunt. After that third launch picks up, it's Intamin airtime heaven! Worst: Big Thunder Mountain at WDW. I like Disney as much as the next guy, but that ending...it's just...lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Wood: El Toro (best), Thunderhawk (worst) Steel: Maverick (best), Great Bear (worst) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Full Throttle has a very anti-climactic ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 ^ Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 ^+3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Best endings: Maverick, Banshee, Kraken, The Beast Worst endings: Adventure Express, Revenge of the Mummy (Hollywood), Superman: Ultimate Flight, Wild Thing Edited October 31, 2015 by VF15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love pie Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Best: Kraken/Kumba/Raptor/Behemoth/Goliath @SFOG Worst: Montu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason82807 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I really like Magnum XL 200 but the last 3 bumps only add unnecessary roughness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro1118 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 My favorites are Boulder Dash and Phoenix for their incredible final runs of bunny hills, El Toro's twister section, and Talon's ground-hugging finale. The worst is probably Thunderhawk at Dorney's highly trimmed finale, or Great Bear's straightaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPfan Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 For me, the best is the Beast. The worst would be Skyrocket at Kennywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Best: El Toro, Bizarro (SFNE) Worst: Steel Force, Great Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halogen Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Best: Maverick, MF, Talon Worst: Corkscrew models, Big Thunder Mountain, all Morgan/Arrow hypers except PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Worst: Big Thunder Mountain Paris would like a word with you. Heading full speed into a cave only to plummet 40 feet under the river, hit a flat curve, then shoot back up into the station and slam into the brakes? Booyeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSum1_55 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 ^I would make that every Big Thunder Mountain in the United States. The one in Japan also has a different ending. This one also looks much better than the ones in the us, but still not nearly as good as the Paris version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Password121 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Best-- From a spectator standpoint, Millennium Force. Nothing gets your blood pumping while waiting in line more than a train full of riders a few feet away at 55 mph, then an overbank, and finally seeing their reaction on the opposite side on the brakes. Worst: I haven't ridden it, but Intimidator at Carowinds looks pathetic. On Nitro, if a train is dispatched just before the previous train climbs into the MCBR, it'll drop off the lift maybe 10 seconds after that train hits the final brakes. If you're dispatched at the same time on Intimidator, the previous train hits the final brakes before the last car begins to ascend the lift. It's really a slow, short, and thoughtless finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Best: Outlaw Run or Fujiyama Worst: Adventure Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 The best: Maverick's twist thingy and final airtime hill The worst: Gatekeeper, the last part after the mid course brake seems so pointless. They should've saved a few dollars and just ended the ride after the last inversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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