Cavs Fan Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Call me crazy. My least favorite experience on a ride aside from any Boomerang, Corkscrew at CP, and Time Warp at CW was Gatekeeper at CP just recently. I'd rather get thrown around in my seat and bang my head around then be rattled around with the coaster car. With the tight restraints I stayed pinned in so my whole body just shook in place and I felt my eyes bouncing around in my head. Not enjoyable. Yet that's only happened to me once; it was about a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreaminNewEngland Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Top three 1. Goliath SFNE- it went from being one of the best rides in the park to the worst. It's really one of the only coasters that I can't tolerate anymore....it's just tad worse than.... 2.Apocolypse SFA- Good God was this thing horrible. Just smashes your ears the entire ride. Worst stand up ever. 3. Thunderhawk Dorney Park- Not the worst ride ever but it was just too rough. They need to do some work on it. This past weekend I went on Anaconda and Shockwave, two rides that constantly get bashed on. I really don't understand why. They both gave solid, re-ridable rides. Anaconda especially. Obviously their "roughness" didn't affect their popularity, as they were some of the most popular rides in the park. Everyone coming off them seemed to be happy and satisfied. Plus the opperations were good on both, the lines moved quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnastyGnoric7 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 My top 3 roughest rides 1 Thunderhawk at Dorney Park, ugh I would rather deal with Grunty Industries from Banjo-Tooie than ride this piece of garbage. 2 Sidewinder at Hersheypark, just not a fan of Vekoma Boomerangs. 3 Mean Streak, when I rode this in 2008, it shook me up real good, and was not very pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerManic Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 This past weekend I went on Anaconda and Shockwave, two rides that constantly get bashed on. I really don't understand why. They both gave solid, re-ridable rides. Anaconda especially. Obviously their "roughness" didn't affect their popularity, as they were some of the most popular rides in the park. Everyone coming off them seemed to be happy and satisfied. Plus the opperations were good on both, the lines moved quick. Finally. Someone who understands the pain threshold. Shockwave > every B&M standup - Georgia Scorcher. Anaconda was nearly as smooth as Lock Ness, the only difference being the jarring butterfly turn. Both were also smoother than Alpengiest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I must add The Racer at Kings Island to my list. We recently got to ride The Racer, and it was awful. The first drop was tolerable, but everything after that was awful. We rode it once and it seriously ruined the rest of the day. We both got off the ride with a killer headache, that wouldn't go away for the rest of the day. Maybe we just had a bad ride, but it was seriously one of the worst coasters we have ever been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrixmarshalljames Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 1. Manhattan Express 2. Any Stand-Up...(but feel free to insert Rougarou here as well) 3. Superman Ultimate Flight SFGAdv 4. Orient Express (WOF) 5. Mean Streak 6. Old Twister @ Elitch Gardens 7. New Twister @ Elitch Gardens 8. Hades 360 9. Any and all Arrow Loopers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 3. Superman Ultimate Flight SFGAdv Is it just me or this coaster was actually pretty smooth when I rode it (in 2012)? I might have missed something but I wouldn't classify it as "rough". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrixmarshalljames Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I think I fit those restraints in the worst possible way is all...The crazy thing, is that the experience at Great America was totally different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirspud Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 1. Manhattan Express2. Any Stand-Up...(but feel free to insert Rougarou here as well) 3. Superman Ultimate Flight SFGAdv 4. Orient Express (WOF) 5. Mean Streak 6. Old Twister @ Elitch Gardens 7. New Twister @ Elitch Gardens 8. Hades 360 9. Any and all Arrow Loopers Tennessee Tornado, their "too little too late" looper, wasn't at all bad when I rode it last week. The only problem was it was insanely short, even more short than your average two loop and corkscrew variation. If only Arrow could have made rides like this ten years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love pie Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hades 360. I was expecting you to say a chinese knockoff SLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hades 360. I was expecting you to say a chinese knockoff SLC I imagine those are in the bottom five somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoasterKid211 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Toss-up between T2 and Gwazi. I'm glad they're both closed and/or refurbed, they were both creations straight from the depths of hell. -The "at least I got the credits" Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterMateo Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Flight Deck at CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Peabody Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Steel: any Vekoma hang-n-bang (too many to keep separate in my aging mind) Wood: Lake Compounce Wildcat, Williams Grove Cyclone, Wilde Beast at Canada's Wonderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Gwazi, it was so rough that I wouldn't have ridden the other side had it been open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadox17 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 rode mean streak on a wheel seat once... never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrocker Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I will agree with others about Gwazi. It was so bad that my wife actually got mad at me for letting her ride it. One of my worst memories though was of the old Viper at SFGA. After I rode it I made the statement that it should be removed in the next few years. Sure enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksoro2 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Gwazi, Hurler (KD and CW), Every vekoma slc I have been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physical Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Hurler at KD, no doubt. There are some rough coasters with redeeming qualities, then there's coasters that are rough right out of the station, and beat the living crap out of you the entire ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadox17 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 At least hurler is a photogenic trip through the woods filled with airtime... wait never mind, wrong ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellynn4 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Some notables: - Viper @SFGAdv - Hercules @ Dorney - Jersey Short Pinfari looping coasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) Hurricane Category 5 at Myrtle Beach Pavilion. Still probably ended up grabbing 10 or so laps on it. It's gone now, probably for the better. Edited November 3, 2015 by Ed Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterB Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 For wood I'l say Ghost Rider. It was so bad I pulled a muscle under my shoulder blade, good times, Im glad its being refurbished. And for steel El Condor at Walibi Holland was so bad, SLC's are rough anyway but this was on a whole other level, I thought they tested out the vest restraints on it to make the ride more comfortable back along, but on my visit there a few weeks back there were no vest restraints just painful ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelRush Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum or The Great Chase (both SFNE). GCG is obvious why, but The Great Chase is a kiddie coaster, which I went on with my cousin when we were a few inches below the height limit xD Also, the standard SLC Mind Eraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnastyGnoric7 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Roller Coaster at New York New York Casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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