MNCoasterlover Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 Hahahaha. I forgot about the YOLO joke. In that case, Full Throtle (spelled wrong to hopefully not be YOLO)
CpBluestreakCp Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 I've always been a fan of: -Maverick -Millennium Force (Just sounds like something big and intimidating) -Goliath -Titan -Oblivion -Griffon -El Toro -Skyrush There's a lot more cool names but I don't need to list them all.
Zcev5454 Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 Maverick Dueling Dragons( God I miss that name) Screaming Eagle Scorpion Thunderation Wildfire SheiKra
Moose Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 I think Baco probably loses something in translation, to me I just see bacon.
rcjp Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 ^ I guess that's likely to happen, yeah. But it's pronounced quite differently and you can't really translate it as it's a name. Actually I'd never noticed that it is spelled in a similar to bacon (probably because English isn't my first language).
narkitty Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Some of my favorites: The Voyage Shockwave Boardwalk Bullet Tatsu (Mayan) Mindbender XLR-8 Phoenix Titan Serial Thriller The Rattler/ Iron Rattler Iron Shark Sheikra Manta Steel Eel Great White Great Bear Expedition Everest
Randomman295 Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 I really like these ones: Manta Kanonen Steel Venom Renegade Verbolten
reissecup Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 •Wicked •Fahrenheit •Stormrunner •Skyrush •sooperdooperLooper •DiVertical •Kingda Ka •Nemesis •Oblivion •Rita •Top Thrill Dragster •Sky Rocket •Sidewinder •Beast •Venom Rail (I have no idea what it is, I just heard of it before but I forget where) •Coal Cracker (log flumes count as coasters, right?) •Great Bear •Drachen Fire •Devil's Flight (from final destination 3) •Firey Fist O Pain (you all know where this is from ) •Joker's Jinx •Millenium Force •Hellcat •Leviathan •Texas Giant •Mean Streak now for some roller coaster tycoon ones •Whiplash •Mean Squeak •Frightmare •Halitosis •Shooting Starr (the added R makes it outright amazing) •Roller Coaster 1 also a cool idea for a racing coaster could be "twinsanity"
Schrecken Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Some names that I like are: Alpengeist Drachen Fire & most of the other Busch Gardens names Leviathan (not as crazy about its counterpart Behemoth, since the word behemoth makes me think of a hippopotamus - actually I think that in the Bible the word is said to refer to a hippo, which would make that a better name for a massive water ride or slide IMO - speaking of the Bible and Leviathan, there leviathan refers to a crocodile, so not too much of a stretch for a serpent of some sort.) Raging Bull El Toro (an angry bull is a great metaphor for a coaster, especially anything with good airtime) Goliath (would have been much better if not so over-used, also like this name because one of my dogs is named Goliath - but his previous owner named him that so no, I don't go naming my pets after rides. I also have a cat named Maverick, again, named by his previous owner long before Maverick the coaster was ever built!) Deja Vu - fit the type of ride it was really well. Furious Baco also sounds cool - but I was also one of those who had no idea what it meant - I thought it was some kind of reference to some cartoon character I had never heard of (which wouldn't be uncommon, since I don't have kids and quite a lot of cartoons have come out since I was a child). I was picturing some kind of Tasmanian Devil-like nasty little animated critter that the coaster was themed to! Millennium Force is also a good name - it will be forever dated to a specific time in history. Others I like: The Beast Grizzly Thunderhead Skyrush (didn't care for that one at all initially, but it has grown on me - actually the only coaster name at HP I still don't care for is Great Bear - would IMO be much better for some kind of flat ride. Fahrenheit fits well because it can be so darned hot standing in that line!) One thing I wonder about with coaster names is why there aren't more coasters with the word "cheetah" in the name (yes, there is Cheetah Hunt, which isn't particularly fast at all), since that is the fastest land animal and the name evokes extreme speed. Sort of like with cars - you have Jaguars and Impalas, but no cheetahs.... Also, speaking of speed, you'd think there would be many coasters with the name "falcon" (rather than hawk, which aren't even the fastest birds of prey, but that seems to be mostly a CF thing) since the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal period.
Dr. M Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 It's easy to have a bias towards your local parks for stuff like this, but I really like Thunderhawk, Storm Runner, and Black Diamond, plus I love how they named all the coasters at Mt. Olympus. WAIT, I nearly forgot my favorite one of all. Kingdom Coaster. Bad. Ass.
gerstlaueringvar Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 All three RMCs Maverick SkyRush Intimidator 305 Expedition GeForce Blue Fire Fluch von Novgorod California Screamin' Revenge of the Mummy Phantom's Revenge El Toro Top Thrill Dragster Speed Monster
DougMJr Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 The Busch Gardens / Seaworld parks have a good collection of cool names for their coasters. My favorites are; SheiKra Kumba Montu Verbolten Alpengeist Scorpion Manta Steel Eel Kraken Other honorable mentions; Shockwave Powder Keg Psyclone Bandit Banshee Renegade Raptor Divertical Ravine Flyer II White Lightning
XYZ Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 One of my favorite coaster names is GhostRider, I think it fits perfectly with the ride.
rcjp Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 The new lsm intamin at Vialand: Nefeskesen sounds pretty cool (even though I have no idea whatsoever how to pronounce it) and apparently it means Breath Taker which is also pretty sweet.
DanM64 Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 Expedition GeForce and Skyrush immediately come to mind! I always thought Deja Vu was actually a pretty good name for the GIBs as well. Here are a few others: Iron Rattler Thunderhead Outlaw Run Hades (that ride is EXACTLY how I imagine a trip to hell) Dueling Dragons (before they got renamed- and worse yet-stopped dueling!!) Cheetah Hunt
willthegolfer Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 I have always liked Raging Wolf Bobs. I also like Aplengeist, Montu (and most other BM inverts for that matter). I think Busch Gardens has good names in general. Taz's Texas Tornado was one of my favorites as well.
ArizonaGuy Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 Diamondback Iron Rattler XLR-8 Poltergeist Banshee Outlaw Run Manta Great White and Full Throttle
cal1br3tto Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Here's a new one in the "odd" category: Leap of the Liquor. No idea if that's really the intended translation from the Chinese 飞跃酒天, but it's not just a quick Google translate, since when I tried that, it came up with "Leap Wine Days." Okay, now that I see the park is named "Spiritsland," things make a bit more sense...I think?
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