Ryan P. Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 IMO I never understood Hershey's "SuperDooperLooper" it only has one loop :/ idk maybe it's just me. Now I know that this thread is worst names, but one of my favorite names is "Thunder Dolphin" haha it's so funny but just think about a dolphin creating thunder when it speaks I love Japan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 ^ When SDL debuted in 1977, looping coasters were new and a complete novelty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan P. Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 ^yeah I know it was the first looping coaster in the east, but still it only goes upside down once. The name makes it sound like it will go upside down more than once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 ^yeah I know it was the first looping coaster in the east, but still it only goes upside down once. The name makes it sound like it will go upside down more than once... I'm sure it isn't the only coaster with "Loop" in the name that only loops once. (Plus, it worked well as the title for a science fair project I did using a K'nex roller coaster set. Here are my top 10 bad ride names out of all of the ones that I have mentioned 10. Pandemonium 6. Speed: The Ride 3. Disaster Transport 1. Big Spin (without Tony Hawk!) I agree with these four. However, Big Spin with Tony Hawk still in the title was just as horrible. And I like the name Pandemonium, it just doesn't fit the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Thunder Dolphin Wow! I never understand Japanese people that they name a giant coaster after their food! Even though El Toro and Trimming Bull are related to food as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electerik Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Cheetah Hunt. They built a ride to celebrate cheetahs, but they gave it a name that says you're going to be hunting cheetahs. You don't think the name implies that? Substitute the word "duck" for "cheetah" and try to argue that it sounds like you're a duck hunting things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Here are my top 10 bad ride names out of all of the ones that I have mentioned 10. Pandemonium 6. Speed: The Ride 3. Disaster Transport 1. Big Spin (without Tony Hawk!) I agree with these four. However, Big Spin with Tony Hawk still in the title was just as horrible. And I like the name Pandemonium, it just doesn't fit the ride. Well, the name "Pandemonium" doesn't really fit in with the skateboarding theme for the former Tony Hawk coasters. We could have a debate over weather or not "Pandemonium" is good name for a skateboard themed coaster until the cows come home, but let's not get in to that discussion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willthegolfer Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Here are 10 strange ones I found in China. Dragon in Snowfield Dizzy Love & Whirling Passion Hand Roller Coaster High Altitude Rolling Sliding Coaster Harvest Time Lovely Fruit Worm Pulley Small Fruit Worm Coaster Stress Express Pig Bug Coaster Bull Fight in the Sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Small Fruit Worm Coaster That's so bad it is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I'd like to nominate Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Cheetah Hunt. They built a ride to celebrate cheetahs, but they gave it a name that says you're going to be hunting cheetahs. You don't think the name implies that? Substitute the word "duck" for "cheetah" and try to argue that it sounds like you're a duck hunting things. Context: Do ducks hunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Here are 10 strange ones I found in China.Dragon in Snowfield Dizzy Love & Whirling Passion Hand Roller Coaster High Altitude Rolling Sliding Coaster Harvest Time Lovely Fruit Worm Pulley Small Fruit Worm Coaster Stress Express Pig Bug Coaster Bull Fight in the Sky These are what happen when they directly translate Mandarin to English (these coasters are not in Canton area luckily ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willthegolfer Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Here are 10 strange ones I found in China.Dragon in Snowfield Dizzy Love & Whirling Passion Hand Roller Coaster High Altitude Rolling Sliding Coaster Harvest Time Lovely Fruit Worm Pulley Small Fruit Worm Coaster Stress Express Pig Bug Coaster Bull Fight in the Sky These are what happen when they directly translate Mandarin to English (these coasters are not in Canton area luckily ) I thought there had to be some sort of translation error, but they still make me laugh when I see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 ^Yeah, those are awesome. I can't help but try to think of, um, "alternate" meanings for some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 ^Yeah, those are awesome. I can't help but try to think of, um, "alternate" meanings for some of them. There's no error. They just translate every word one by one and put them together. For example: Happy Roller Coaster, in Chinese order, Happy-Roller Coaster. They might just used Google translator or even some Chinese Knock-off translator. I'm still glad that there's no Roller Happily Coaster or Fighting Sky on the Bull etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneRider92 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Stress Express I can live with. It's kind of catchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Flight Deck. Eeewwww....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Capitale Express in the Galeries de la Capitale in Québec city is a pretty weak name. Also, all the Batmans and Supermans : come on Six Flags, be original..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharman19 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Viper is a great name, it's just overused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Parrot Coaster... Sounds like a Zierer Tivoli at BGW right next to a bird show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMtationX Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Goliath. The world doesn't need another roller coaster named "Goliath". Dear Six Flags. Stop it. Madusa Steel Coaster is a pretty terrible name as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Name Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Great names that are overused: Goliath: Great name for a ride but it is so overused. It really should be kept for rides at least above 250 feet, to which there is only one. Viper: I know vipers are pretty fearsome snakes and the the word makes a great name for a ride, but alas it has been used too many times. There are other dangerous snakes out there. Generic names (how awkward) : Roller Coaster: It's fine for older coasters (since usually the rides named Roller Coaster were either the first or in some cases only coaster in the park), but not when it's a new ride. The worst offense goes to what was then known as Manhattan Express, which I thought was a clever name. Flight Deck: Of all the Cedar Fair renames of the Paramount rides, this one is/was probably the worst. Dominator actually sounds cool (and possibly a better name than Batman: Knight Flight), and Afterburn goes better with the fighter jet theme from the Top Gun movies the rides had. Flight Deck just sounds so bland. Ride of Steel: I liked the original Superman: Ride of Steel name for the 3 coasters (4, if you count the Spanish name). It was a witty take on Superman's title "The Man of Steel." When Darien Lake was offloaded from Six Flags the Superman part was dropped from the ride. Could they not rename the ride to something? At least Predator wasn't renamed "Ride of Wood." Big One: What's the biggest coaster at Blackpool? Coasters that share the model name of the ride: Yes, that means Boomerang, Wacky Worm, Big Apple, Zyklon, Wildcat, Wild Mouse, etc. The worst is Suspended Looping Coaster, especially if it's one of the Chinese knock-offs (though that said from what I have seen most Chinese knock-off coasters use the model name for the actual ride name), or one of my least favorites, Boomerang: Coast to Coaster. Ugh. Rides that have the height in the name: Intimidator is a great name for a ride, and while I can understand putting the heights at the end of that name to differentiate the two coasters, why is Fury Fury 325? Like Intimidator, Fury is an excellent name for the ride and for now there's only one Fury built. Just plain bad names: Sooperdooperlooper: I know it was the first vertical looping coaster in the eastern part of the US but the name is just so...dorky. Rita: What's next, "Tamara?" "Jason?" "Elizabeth?" Coastrider: Really any pun on "roller coaster" can apply here Smiler: Sounds like something for a kiddy ride, though in that sense it works well in an oddly twisted way. Kinda makes me want to see a hyper coaster named Wacky Worm. All that said there are plenty of great names for rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 10. Pandemonium9. Nightmare at Phatom Cave/Crackle Axe Canyon 8. (insert intellectual property here): The Ride 7. Iron/Steel (insert some fierce creature here) 6. Speed: The Ride 5. Smiler 4. Ghoster Coaster 3. Disaster Transport 2. Crazy/Wild (inert some animal here) 1. Big Spin (without Tony Hawk!) Here are some rather much (dis)honorable mentions to the list .Rudolph 2 Loop Coaster .Fury 325 (come on, Cedar Fair, not this again with the bad ride names!) .Backlot Stunt Coaster .Flight Deck .Ride of Steel (without Superman, it not longer makes sense for Darien Lake to use the name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mater Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Maliboomer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugEyed Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Lovely Fruit Worm Pulley If I was in China I'd definitely line up for some Fruit Worm Pulley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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