TheDark8 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Oops, I forgot Skyrocket. That ride is butter smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreaminNewEngland Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Steel Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterdude54 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Skyrocket Great Bear I-305 Maverick Sooperdooperlooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 GateKeeper and Wild Eagle feel like they're trying to flap their wings which results in a very bouncy ride. I haven't been on wild eagle and I didn't find gatekeeper that bouncy, still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 X-Flight at SFGAm. There is not a single bit of roughness on that ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I've been waiting for someone to start a thread like this. Â I'm always surprised on this forum when coasters I think are smooth as glass in every seat are referred to as rough. I think at one point or another I've seen people complain about roughness on pretty much every coaster. I know it's not always a simple difference of opinion though as some coasters can definitely give a different ride based on body type / height and many other factors. Â Off the top of my head I can't think of anyone ever complaining about the two American dive coasters (Griffon and Sheikra). I would think those are definitely some of the smoothest coasters out there. Â I don't want to call a realatively new coaster the smoothest coaster of all time because I would expect most new coasters to be smooth. Because of this I'm going to name some slightly older coasters that have proven to stay smooth over a decent period of time. Â Personally I always felt that B&M inverts maintained their smoothness over time better than any other modern steel coaster. Rides like Batman (especially at Great Adventure), Afterburn and Montu pull off amazingly intense maneuvers and show no signs of aging at all. Despite their snappy transitions and high G forces they're as smooth today as they were when they first opened (in some cases 20 years ago). Compare that to floorless coasters and B&M megacoasters and there's a big difference. Those rides are smooth too but they can absolutely develop a rattle over time. That rattle doesn't bother me (except on Nitro's train C) but I wouldn't name those coasters in a thread called "smoothest coaster you've ever ridden". Â Besides inverts, the other steel coasters that come to mind are Schwarzkopf loopers. Rides like Scorpion and Montezooma's Revenge are incredibly smooth despite their age. Â As far as wood coasters go they can change a lot from month to month let alone year to year. I'm tempted to say something like El Toro but it has gotten a bit rougher over the years. Before anyone jumps on me the ride is still pretty smooth, especially in non wheel seats but because it's at a Six Flags park I could easily see the ride deteriorating over time as most of their large wood coasters have (I hope I'm wrong though). I won't mention RMC woodies as they're way too new to judge. Â To simplify... if you're asking me for the smoothest wood coasters right now I'd probably list things like Outlaw Run, El Toro and White Lightning at Fun Spot. If you're asking me for wood coasters that have always been smooth and will probably remain smooth for decades I'll go with rides like Phoenix, the Dragon Coaster at Rye Playland (assuming the park doesn't close) and as much as I bash them... the SFNE Thunderbolt which the park has for some strange reason decided to take great care of. Luckily they let the rest of the park go to sh*t to help subsidize that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sheikra-BGT Griffon-BGW i305-KD Apollo's Chariot-BGW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If you're asking me for wood coasters that have always been smooth and will probably remain smooth for decades I'll go with rides like Phoenix, the Dragon Coaster at Rye Playland (assuming the park doesn't close) and as much as I bash them... the SFNE Thunderbolt which the park has for some strange reason decided to take great care of. Luckily they let the rest of the park go to sh*t to help subsidize that. Â I agree completely with these, especially the last one. If the Cyclone had feelings, it must have felt distressed since the younger child is usually the spoiled one I also want to add the Yankee Cannonball and Great Escape Comet here along with Wooden Warrior. Â For steel coasters, most B&Ms are glass smooth except their stand-up coasters and the Bizarro and Scream floorless coasters. Manta and Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Diego were both perfectly smooth as well along with the newer launched Premier coasters like Superman and Full Throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC_Hoodie Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If you're asking me for wood coasters that have always been smooth and will probably remain smooth for decades I'll go with rides like Phoenix, the Dragon Coaster at Rye Playland (assuming the park doesn't close) and as much as I bash them... the SFNE Thunderbolt which the park has for some strange reason decided to take great care of. Luckily they let the rest of the park go to sh*t to help subsidize that. Â I agree completely with these, especially the last one. If the Cyclone had feelings, it must have felt distressed since the younger child is usually the spoiled one I also want to add the Yankee Cannonball and Great Escape Comet here along with Wooden Warrior. Â For steel coasters, most B&Ms are glass smooth except their stand-up coasters and the Bizarro and Scream floorless coasters. Manta and Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Diego were both perfectly smooth as well along with the newer launched Premier coasters like Superman and YOLOcoaster. Â Â Since when is Bizarro rough? When I visited Great Adventure last year, I found it to be noticeably smoother than Batman at SFNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I've been on Bizarro in two separate visits and both times there was quite a bit of rattling during the second half. It was rough for a B&M but still smoother than most inverting steel coasters. I'm just noting it wasn't glass smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 In the west - YOLO. midwest - X-Flight. east - Dominator, Skyrush. Â I don't get the votes for Millennium Force. I felt this high frequency rattle/ chatter from front, middle and back. Like Ka, like C-train Nitro this year, just not as bad. My Dragster, Maverick, I305 rides were far smoother among the Intamins than MF. And if you can get your mind past the restraints and intensity and absolute awesomeness on Skyrush, one must also remember it is fantastically glassy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 My vote would be Leviathan. Â It has this udderly smooth feeling, even for a B&M. It just glides without any rattle or rough patches (unlike many other B&M speed coasters or other types). Â I have only been on just over 200 coasters, but Leviathan was top for smoothness... Surprising given it was 40-50*F that day as well. Â Talon would also probably be a top one from what I remember (its been a few years) or Great Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiemon Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 My vote is Medusa @ SFDK! So much better than Scream @ SFMM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MIntaminGCI Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Nitro and Diamondback are so smooth in the front. (Granted last time I rode them was in 2010, but it was like glass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3coasters Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If there's one thing Silver Bullet has going for it, it's the smoothness of the ride. Diamondback was also exceptionally smooth, as was Banshee in the first half of the train. Props to B&M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xACEx Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Griffon, Alpengeist, Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDark8 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Griffon, Alpengeist, Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Â Alpengeist? I remember that being one of the roughest B&M's I've ridden. Has it gotten smoother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I rode it this year and it was great, you might hit the restraint once during the cobra roll and into the mid course but it's not painful... it's actually kind of fun. I'll never understand why people complain about that coaster, it's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddytheviper Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 +1 for Kraken at SWO. Â That thing just glides around, unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hey...hey Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I rode it this year and it was great, you might hit the restraint once during the cobra roll and into the mid course but it's not painful... it's actually kind of fun. I'll never understand why people complain about that coaster, it's awesome. Â I agree, you might hang a little against the restraint at that one time. But other than that it is a pretty smooth coaster, and is in my top 10. Also it seems that it has gotten a little quicker with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 ^I haven't been on Alpengeist but I feel sometimes people mix bad/not perfect traditions with roughness. For example, on raptor at CP, if you're not counting on it, you might hit the restraint during the cobra roll and turn into the brakes because those transitions are a bit jerky but it's still (at least when I rode it) a very smooth ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janko828 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 millennium force is pretty smooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitlunchtimeyet Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nitro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Dare Devil Dive at SFoG was "science fiction smooth" when I last rode it. Â Although not very intense - Hydra at Dorney was extremely smooth and quiet to me. Cheetah Hunt is super-smooth as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtrav Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Surprised no one has mentioned the RMC conversions (probably because of all the bolts they hit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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