rcdude Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 As of now... Best Steel: Tatsu followed by Xcelerator (Full Throttle is a very close third) Worst Steel: Excluding kiddie and family coasters, the bottom three are (in no particular order) Knott's Boomerang, Kong, and Vortex Best Wood: Gold Striker followed by Apocalypse Worst Wood: Grizzly, although Belmont Park's Giant Dipper isn't much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 My list changes over time but today: Favorite steel: California Screamin' Favorite woodie: Giant Dipper at SCBB (Haven't been on Gold Striker yet) Worst Steel: Kong Worst woodie: Ghostrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklingscribe Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 When old threads like this reemerge I always have to do a quick scan to see if I posted here or not and also find out out of curiosity if my opinion has changed. It feels almost like opening a time capsule. Well couldn't turn up anything so here are my preferences at the moment. Best Steel: Tatsu Honorable mention: Manta (deserves a mention because it is at my very top of of my reridability list) Best Wood: Giant Dipper at SCBB (Reridabiliy a big factor here too and the fact that every year it seems to run better then I last time I remember) Worst Steel: Kong Worst Wood: Ghostrider (At it's current state) And just to throw some opinion into this I'll try to throw out some guesses as to how I would rank the coasters if I had ridden them in their optimal condition. Best Steel: Revolution (Classic Anton, would probably rule all other rides without OTSR and allowed to run full speed) Best Wood: Ghostrider (Rode it the year Knotts was sold to Cedar Fair and had my mind blown, first time ever I experienced super negative gs) Worst Steel: Pony Express (Because it is a pointless use of space and the layout is an afterthought) Worst Wood: Grizzly (Even if it ran full speed and was smooth, I don't see the layout really amounting to much) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 BEST: Steel- Definitely Xcelerator. Although there's a few other good ones: Tatsu, Superman @ SFDK, Flight Deck, Manta, Full Throttle. Wood- Apocalypse followed by Giant Dipper @ SCBB. I'll get up and ride Gold Striker once Undertow opens and I'm sure it will top the list. WORST: There's two reasons why I wouldn't like a coaster. It utilizes none of it's potential or it just sucks. Steel- Revolution has SO much potential and the way it's run now frustrates me to no end (especially after riding Mind Bender @ SFOG) But Kong is just a terrible coaster in general. Vortex is also pretty bad. Wood- GhostRider wins for not living up to its name! It could be AMAZING, but instead it kills your back... I personally think Grizzly is the worst wood though, it's mediocre by design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 The answer to both is Windjammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 ^Well, it is, indeed, legendary, in a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiemon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 It was fun to read this entire thread, and see how things have changed over the years. Here is mine: Favorite steel: Medusa at SFDK...I have never enjoyed a first drop into a loop more in my life. There are more extreme, I know. For example, I love X2 SFMM, YOLOcoaster SFMM, Superman UF SFDK, and Tatsu SFMM for example. But I just have a permanent smile on my face with every ride on Medusa. Favorite Woodie: Gold Striker at CGA....nothing comes close, but an honorable mention to Apocalypse SFMM. Worst Steel: Vortex at CGA, with a dishonorable mention to Viper SFMM. Many have mentioned Kong SFDK. For me, this is a ride that depends on where you sit. I really enjoyed Kong while riding first car. Anywhere else, it sucked. Worst Woodie: Ghostrider at KBF, with a dishonorable mention to Psyclone SFMM, even though it is gone. Both of these were so good in past days, and they both went to crap. Great coaster turned into a bad coaster: Revolution at SFMM. What a great ride ruined by the OTSR. Best non extreme, just fun coaster: Undertow SCBB...this ride is just plain fun. I just wish they really let these cars spin more. Biggest waste of space: Pony Express....If only we had a ride with a seat like this that was bigger, and more fun. Imagine, cars like a motorcycle, going through an extreme moto-cross track. Most underrated coaster: California Screaming DCA. Long, airtime, launch....and does not shoot it's wad right away. I really like how the loop is later in the ride, instead of right away. Just fun, fun, fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Best: Tatsu (Honorable Mention to Monty, Ninja, Batman and Apocalypse) Worst: Green Lantern (Honorable Mention to X2) Then again I actually kind of liked Pony Express and the Santa Monica West Coaster on our most recent trip to California so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RissaBooBissa Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The answer to both is Windjammer. Windjammer will always have a special place in my heart... my first upside down coaster when I was little! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasternate Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Best Steel: X2 or YOLOcoaster, maybe? Worst Steel: Probably CGA's Vortex, even though it isn't that bad. Everything else is, well, just better. Best Wood: Gold Striker tied with the SC Giant Dipper. GS is just a blast, and it's filled with hidden airtime. The Giant Dipper is a real classic, and also is filled with airtime. An added plus is that it is still smooth after 90 years. Worst Wood: Probably Grizzly; I liked the ride, but everything else is just more interesting. I am going to visit Knott's soon; My new steel may be Xcelerator, and my new worst wood may be GhostRider, but I don't know; that's just based on stuff I've read on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I don't have just one favorite, so here's my top 5 for California in no particular order... Batman-The Ride Flight Deck Xcelerator California Screamin' Space Mountain The worst would probably be Kong and Vortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The49er Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Best Steel: X2 (rode back row inside and found little to no roughness), Tatsu, and YOLO Best Wood: SCBB Giant Dipper (with Gold Striker as a very close second; I still haven't been on Apocalypse) Worst Wood: Roar...which could be awesome if it didn't give me a severe headache every time I ride it. Worst Steel: Kong. I actually don't mind Vortex for whatever reason, even though I noticed a teeny bit of headbanging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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