Favorite Defunct Roller Coaster/Ride

[coasterlover420]

If I go to heaven - Speed: The Ride! It was my first launched coaster, and it definitely helped me overcome a lot of fear I had concerning coasters as a kid!

 

If I go to hell - Son of Beast! I do love wooden coasters

[scbt]

The only coaster i've been on that is currently defunct is the Wolf at BGW, it may have not been the most intense ride ever, but it was one of the most 'fun' rides i've ever been on

[SharkTums]

^I was pretty bummed going there this summer with a 42" Kristen and there not being any Big Bad Wolf...

[CoasterGuy06]

I would have to say Rampage is my favorite defunct ride, for a variety of reasons

[ThatFloridaDude]

Defunt ride?

 

Not defunct, just rethemed but FLying Unicorn. I miss the theming.

Pythong @ BG Tampa Bay

King Kong @ Universal Orlando

Earthquake Universal Orlando

and BACK TO THE FUTURE!!!! I miss this ride.

[3Mutts]

I miss Wildcat at CP because it was a fun little ride and I'm glad that High Speed Thrill Coaster at Knoebels is gone!

[Nrthwnd]

I don't think they're totally "defunct",

with a few still exisiting in the world...

 

But it's been a very, very long, long time,

since I have ridden on a (metal) Mad Mouse

with it's original layout.

 

Still... Looking forward to one "up there" lol.

[Meteornotes]

STAR JET @ CASINO PIER!!!!!!

 

What? Too soon?

 

Never too soon!

 

Seriously though, I would have to say Eagle's Fortress. Such an amazing awesome ride, and I'm so bummed more people didn't get to experience it.

 

My pick as well. The night ERT we had on it was among the greatest riding sessions I've ever experienced.

 

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[mark549]

Texas Cyclone

 

also in their early days:

Hercules

Riverside Cyclone

[SFOGdude25]

I gotta go with Viper at SFOG. It was one of my first looping coasters, and I recall that the bayou theming that went along with it was surprisingly really good for a Six Flags park. That ride was just all kinds of cool to me, and I got MANY laps on it when it was at both SFOG and SFKK. I'm just a big fan of shuttle loops really.

[Rai Fox]

Big Bad Wolf is an easy #1 for this one, for me, but Drachen Fire's not too far behind.

[cfc]

^I never shed any tears over Drachen Fire. Losing the Big Bad Wolf was more of a bummer, but Verbolten is an excellent replacement.

[DougMJr]

Never got a chance to ride Big Bad Wolf, but Verbolten is excellent! Not the most intense ride out there, but it is a very very fun coaster.

[mightypotato]

I haven't been on many defunct rides, but out of the few, I'd say I miss Big Bad Wolf the most. Well...it's more or less the winner by default since all the other defunct rides I've been on (i.e., Wildcat, BGT Python) weren't really all that good.

[Mrlittle]

Favorite defunct roller coaster : All coasters at Six Flags AstroWorld.

 

Favorite defunct ride : Horizons (Epcot)

[historyfreak92]

Me too, I miss the Batman the Escape, my granma, & grandpa took me to Astroworld in May 1999, & guess what I was 7yrs old with some kind of infection that made me grew taller, & I was tall enough to ride to the Serial Thriller when it opened on may, & Astroworld makes me think of my Grandparents who took care of me!

[coasterbill]

GASM?

 

When they got rid of this I was pretty excited because I figured whatever they put in it's place HAD to be better and less painful than Scream Machine. I guess not...

 

Green Lantern sucks so much that I actually want that piece of crap Scream Machine back. A part of me always liked GASM even though it was horrible. No part of me likes Green Lantern. I'm just glad Great Adventure had the decency to put all of the bad rides in one corner of the park so I could easily avoid them. Other than the parachutes (which are stupid but I like them because they're unique) they could bulldoze every ride on the "boardwalk" and I wouldn't care at all.

[Arrow Dynamics fan]

Coasters and flats that I had the pleasure to ride:

-Orient Express

-Tom's Twister

-Acme Gravity Powered Roller Ride (Okay, stop laughing it was my first rollercoaster experience)

-Hannibarrels (SBNO)

 

Coasters and dark ride I didn't get to but would love to experience

-Drachen Fire

-The Bat

-Son Of Beast (with the loop and using Premier trains)

-Jet Scream

-Big Bad Wolf

-Batman and Robin: The Chiller

-Shockwave/GASM (if I get to ride the Viper at SFMM, I will count it)

-Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness (never went to Jazzland/SFNO but based on the video it looked interesting which is more than I can say for Scooby Doo or much, much, much worse Castaway Kids )

 

Ones I want see paying for eternity for its sins against me

-Boomerangs (particularly the one from WOF which sparked my hatred for these coasters and the one St. Louis is getting for ruining everything)

-The original Rattler

-Mantis

-Mean Streak

-Spinning Dragons

[bucsbassdrum]

i would say the one coaster i'm glad is gone is viper from SFGA...worst coaster i was on..the one i miss the most would be High Speed Thrill Coaster. My first coaster i was ever on and i wish my kids could have rode that one as well. the do enjoy kozmos kurves though

[SmokiesFriend]

Not having may coasters under my belt, I will say that my 'flat' ride was Round Up. As an improvement they turned it into Moonraker...sort of.

[rollin_n_coastin]

i would say the one coaster i'm glad is gone is viper from SFGA...worst coaster i was on..the one i miss the most would be High Speed Thrill Coaster. My first coaster i was ever on and i wish my kids could have rode that one as well. the do enjoy kozmos kurves though

 

I totally forgot about High Speed Thrill Coaster! I think I would want this back over any of the Jersey Shore coasters in the ocean.

[Astrojack]

At the time I was upset when Kennywood announced the removal of the Steel Phantom. Just the thoughts of riding it now make me cringe, same with Drachen Fire.

 

But my favorite ones would either be Big Bad Wolf, Wild Cat, or Disaster Transport. I enjoyed all three and was sad to see them go.

[ytterbiumanalyst]

Oddly enough, even though I've only been on 30 coasters, 10 of those are now defunct.

 

The one roller coaster whose demise I mourn is Ozark Wildcat at Celebration City. Parts of it are being used on Outlaw Run, though, so it's not completely lost.

 

The one I'm happiest about seeing go is Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and I'm even happier about its replacement. When next we're in Texas, we'll have to drop by and say hi.

[fraroc]

Techically not defunct, just someplace in Europe....

 

Lazer at Dorney Park was one of the best roller coasters I have ever been on.

[Jew]

Sentimental pick: Wacky Soap Box Racers. Grew up with that ride!

 

Enthusiast pick: Eagle's Fortress. Ridiculous ride for a suspended. So much fun!