dougstanton Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 ^ Haha. Thank you. I have seen so many people say Gwazi is rough. I literally rode it like 3 or 4 months ago. There isn't anything wrong with it.It is suprizingly my #2 wooden....right behind good ole Voyage. Thunderhead is down at about #5 because unlike most of you, I can't stand those trains....well, correction, I love the trains, the comfort of the seats, the way they look, the way each car moves independently providing a smoother ride, but I can't stand the lap bars. They are so heavy and just fall into your lap. It takes away from all opportunities of airtime and the lap bar actually gets me in the gut, so any airtime moments is painful. Anybody else think the lapbars are poorly designed? Out of my common sense, something that would help alot would be to have the bar that is coming from the floor to go into the bottom of the bar instead of the top.... rcdb.com/ig2451.htm?picture=4 see what I mean?
jmccalip Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Wow, Thunderhead's seats look better than my couch!
BDG Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Anybody else think the lapbars are poorly designed? Vekoma trains have the same heavy "block" acting as a lapbar. You have to set your foot against the "bar" to prevent it from hitting your stomach, or staple it real hard. Just make sure it doesn't have a chance of continuously hitting you during the ride. Hydraulic lapbars are a welcome innovation. No presets, it just stays where you want it.
dougstanton Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 ^ Exactly. Those would be great to have on that ride. That is why I love Intamin hypers. They also never fall down in the middle of the ride. I actually sent an email to GCI's train designer with my opinion on their trains. I haven't gotten a response back yet, but that was only like a week ago that I sent it. I also suggested that if the lap bars locked in place before you left the station it would be an amazing ride also. It is a shame that I have to judge a ride based on its lap bar...
LiVeToThRiLl90 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 my worst would be the now defunct Viper that was at Six flags Great Adv. i waz in pain everwhere after riding that. Thank god they got rid of it to make room for the awesome El Toro.
shepp Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Will wonders ever cease? Retracking and extensive braking has, I found out last week, turned Psyclone into a rideable (even rerideable!) puppy.
vjgx Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 I can't remember if I posted in here yet... Oh well. Since I'm a coaster newb who's only ridden 4 big coasters, I'd have to say Viper at SFMM. Smoothest: Tatsu! EDIT: DANG IT, I already posted this in here earlier... Sorry.
coasterlover420 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Wood=Psyclone at SFMM Steel=x at SFMM (but still fun as hell!)
jdsmartdude911 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 psyclone,SFMM my back hurts by just looking at it
JulieWent Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Corkscrew at Cedar Point! It is just flat out terrible! My first words getting off it was,''That was awful!"And my mom flat out agreed with me! We did not do that ride again for 2 reasons- It was rough, and we wasted 1 minute of our lives, because it was so short! The only entertaining thing on that thing was this teenager shouting,"My cat's name is Rebecca!'' on the lift hill. Austin
lapseofreason Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Hands down, it's Psyclone. I rode it for the first time last week and all I can say is that is the worst coaster I've ever been on. Someone else mentioned the Villian and that one feels smooth compared to this POS. It doesn't even feel like they retracked it; don't tell me it was worse before! I will NEVER ride Psyclone again!
shepp Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 ^ Okay, I only rode Psyclone once last week, and hadn't ridden it for a couple of years (after which I swore "Never again"), but I went expecting the absolute worst and it seemed rather...docile. Certainly less grueling than, oh, Viper or one of X's now-infamous outside seats. And I'm no fan of roughness... Maybe it has somethng to do with expectations?
DATman Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 ^That's because the worst bits on Psyclone were retracked. It's still pretty bad though. A drastic improvement from before, but still pretty bad. ^^^ Consider yourself lucky if Corkscrew is your most painful ride...
coasterbuzz36763 Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Hands down, it's Psyclone. I rode it for the first time last week and all I can say is that is the worst coaster I've ever been on. Someone else mentioned the Villian and that one feels smooth compared to this POS. It doesn't even feel like they retracked it; don't tell me it was worse before! I will NEVER ride Psyclone again! IT is so smooth compared to SFOG's GC. Before I made it to the lift, everywhere (I MEAN EVERYWHERE) hurt.
zingo Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 A Zamperla Powerd in Kernie's Familien Park. Damm, I had brushes afther 2 rides. And it didn't even go fast!
mummyjohn Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 I heard Gouderix is the roughest coaster in the world. Is that true? Goudurix is probably the only modern coaster in the world, containing "stretched track". Vekoma manufactured a piece or two mirrored or something and they didn't bother to redo them, so they twisted & stretched them a bit. This was told by an engineer / designer at the Vekoma HQ in Vlodrop, The Netherlands ! Not a rumor, not a joke. They weren't too happy with the end result either... http://www.parkfunworld.be/coasters_reviews/pictures/Goudurix2.jpg (warning: disturbing ! ) That picture is sick and twisted! (No pun intended there). How could psyclone be so rough? I heard it's an exact replica of the New York Cyclone. I wasn't able to ride it when I was last at the Mountain, for it and [obviously] Deja Vu were closed.
Erik Johnson Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Hands down, it's Psyclone. I rode it for the first time last week and all I can say is that is the worst coaster I've ever been on. Someone else mentioned the Villian and that one feels smooth compared to this POS. It doesn't even feel like they retracked it; don't tell me it was worse before! I will NEVER ride Psyclone again! IT is so smooth compared to SFOG's GC. Before I made it to the lift, everywhere (I MEAN EVERYWHERE) hurt. You got to ride in the magic row. Last car, front bench. I too did not like this coaster until I rode in that row. The 4th hill has some really great ejector airtime.
Erik Johnson Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I would have to say the Mind Eraser at SFA. There is pads and all but it hurts your ears because it hits your ears alot and has alot of head banging. Yep, that one is the worst one for me as well.
Erik Johnson Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I would have to say Ninja at SFOG. The headbanging is killer, but now it looks so tempting to ride with its new paint job Nope, it is worse. Even the magic row does not seem to work as well.
Golfie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 My sister would say Iron Wolf at SFGAm - there's a LOT of head banging. I'd say Python at BGA... you can even see the pain in the people's faces as they go through the corkscrews.
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