coasterbill Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 SooperDooperLooper at Hershey is the obvious choice for you. If your first inverting coaster sucks then you may think you don't like inversions and a lot of the rides you've suggested really suck. At Great Adventure I'd suggest Bizarro (Batman is smoother but more intense) but go to Hershey and ride SooperDooperLooper because it's the best choice by far. It's smooth, fun and you'll definitely get off wanting to do it again. Or if you want the "go hard or go home", "YOLO" method drive down to Ocean City Maryland and ride the Zipper. It's not a coaster but if it doesn't kill you nothing will. Please don't really do this. It's amazing but if you don't like inversions you might die.
Moose Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 If a boomerang was my first coaster with inversions, I am not sure if I would have gone on any others.
simon8899 Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 I would say Busch Gardens Tampa is a great park for inversion newbies. They have Cheetah Hunt which is a fine paced coaster having one inversion - a heartline roll - which is smooth as glass. Next up - and a little more forceful - would be Scorpion, one of the great classic Schwarzkopf loopers. If doing well after a single inversion one could then go on to test the collection of nice B&M multi-inversion coasters there. Choosing a boomerang is a little unique as one would start with overall six inversions. And the backwards stint is getting used to if one has only done non-Shuttle inversion coasters before IMO: The loop is on return quite intense as the train needs enough momentum to travel all the way back while the last leg of the Cobra Roll can give considerate hangtime depending on the train used. I found Arrow trains having the least hangtime, followed by Vekoma and offering some good hangtime is the SAT-Rides train at the Prater Boomerang, maybe due to the fact the latter only has lapbars.
Steveg1988 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 I would say Busch Gardens Tampa is a great park for inversion newbies. They have Cheetah Hunt which is a fine paced coaster having one inversion - a heartline roll - which is smooth as glass. Next up - and a little more forceful - would be Scorpion, one of the great classic Schwarzkopf loopers. If doing well after a single inversion one could then go on to test the collection of nice B&M multi-inversion coasters there. Choosing a boomerang is a little unique as one would start with overall six inversions. And the backwards stint is getting used to if one has only done non-Shuttle inversion coasters before IMO: The loop is on return quite intense as the train needs enough momentum to travel all the way back while the last leg of the Cobra Roll can give considerate hangtime depending on the train used. I found Arrow trains having the least hangtime, followed by Vekoma and offering some good hangtime is the SAT-Rides train at the Prater Boomerang, maybe due to the fact the latter only has lapbars. The boomerang near me has the Vekoma trains, and seems to be one of the better kept ones. http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=128&linkid=1265
jynx242 Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 ^ Heck - if it works out that Morey's is the best option for you financially (to actually enjoy your day as well as ride,) Sea Serpent is fine. As far as Boomerangs go it is pretty good. Just remember that you will be doing all three inversions forwards and then bakcwards. Also - the Cobra Roll (boomerang) element is a little jerky since the train changes directions quite often. It would definitely be tamer than Great N'oreaster - as the Vekoma SLC's are fairly intense. The new trains on that one make it really good as far as SLC's go, but it is still more intense than a boomerang. Hope this helps. David
Dragon Khan Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Just to add my 2 cents: My local Boomerang at Bellewaerde Park (Belgium) might have been the second to be built but if my information is exact, it was the first to ever open to the public, and IT WAS MY FIRST EVER COASTER !!! not only first looper, first coaster period. This is the one that started the crave for riding more and more, so you should be fine too. Admittedly, before I started riding coasters, I had been drawing coasters since the first time I saw one but was too short to ride ... my first coaster spotting triggered my fascination for them, but OMG that first drop in 1984... I remember that day as if it had happened yesterday...
boldikus Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Sea Serpent in Wildwood was my first ever steel/looping coaster and I've ridden it hundreds of times to the point where even the drop is kind of boring now. Its a good coaster. I was just a little kid when I first rode it. It will beat you up though. I think it rides much rougher than the Noreaster, which I've also ridden hundreds of times, and is my fave out of the three in WW. Noreaster has a bad rap but it rides so much smoother with the newer trains they installed a few years back. Bizarro @ SFGA I rode for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. Very smooth ride, nice drop, nice layout, nice effects, some great inversions. Was a walk on when we rode (early in the day on a Saturday last September).
boldikus Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Also rode Batman @ SFGA last year and hated it compared to the Noreaster. Couldn't help but compare them as the layouts are so similar but Batman was a really rough ride. I'll always stay on when they ask me if I want to but when they did on this I got off.
gerstlaueringvar Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Wouldn't be wrong if you choose a Schwarzkopf looper. But maybe except for Tsunami as it has bad reviews about the OTSR's.
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