Best B&M Standup

[pkdcoaster]

Well with 356+ hits so far, obviously many people do not think its useless...look how many people are talking about these coasters and isnt that what you came here to do? I understand this is not a ABSOLUTE answer to the best. It is just something done for fun. and to compare these rides

 

JEFF

[QuakerOaties]

I thought that GS was a fantastic ride when I rode it. It was much more exciting than the other standups I've been on (All of the options except for Iron Wolf).

 

Mark "I need to get back to SFOG" Luskus

[larrygator]

Well with 356+ hits so far, obviously many people do not think its useless...look how many people are talking about these coasters and isnt that what you came here to do? I understand this is not a ABSOLUTE answer to the best. It is just something done for fun. and to compare these rides

 

JEFF

 

Pretty much any thread can get 350+ hits

 

So why do a poll if you agree you can not get your answer in this manner?

[ScOtT k]

RR is a great standup.

 

Iron wolf and vortex are at the bottem of my list.

[DragonLord]

Riddler's Revenge is not only the best stand-up but one of the best coasters in the world, period. The design would work no matter what trains were on there, but the stand-up trains add a pretty unique experience. To me, stand-ups are either hit-or-miss. 3 are great, 4 are terrible.

[pkdcoaster]

 

Pretty much any thread can get 350+ hits

 

So why do a poll if you agree you can not get your answer in this manner?

 

Why does no one understand?!??! geez..it is JUST FOR FUN and to get people to talk about the pros and cons of these rides...the poll is there for fun...just to see.

 

JEFF

[Teddymonster]

^Jeff, I think people are getting tripped-up on your word choice in the thread's title. Maybe if you reworded it to something along the lines of "your favorite..." instead of "the best," maybe, just maybe, the whining would come to a halt.

[pkdcoaster]

people need to lighten up...I just try to post and have fun talking about coasters. I don't see why that is hard for people to understand....whatever, I think I have made my point many times over. People take things too seriously sometimes.....

 

But I see your point teddymonster

 

JEFF

[verticalzero]

I've only done "Mantis" so this has to be the best for me.

 

Shame Cedar point could not of stuck with "Banshee" name.

 

Did Mantis 4 times in a row just before a Thunderstorm

[PortugePunk]

No love for Vortex @ PGA?! With it's small, compact, extremely short and often-times painful layout?! c'mon! Haha! I thought that ride wa so damn cool when it opened with the tagline: "Vortex: Can you stand up to it?!"

 

In all seriousness, though - RR. Great pacing on the ride and I love that it goes over the queue / exit about a billion times throughout the ride.

[Superdasher]

I've ridden three myself:

-Riddler's Revenge

-Mantis

-Vortex at PGA

 

Riddler's Revenge is my favorite by a long shot. I like the theming, the Dive Loops/Incline Loop, and the green track!

 

Super "It's also the biggest and fastest of the ones I've ridden" Dasher

[ShannonSomerville]

Even though I've been on 4 of them(Mantis,Chang,Vortex(PCarowinds),and Georgia Scorcher),I would say that Scorcher is my favorite B&M Standup. SES

[Milkchan]

I have been on the Vortex at PC, GA Schorcher, and Mantis.

My favorite has to be the Mantis. I personally find the most of the ride fun some headbang but not the worst out there. It is fun atleast you see a decent sized line for it.

[sfmmFREAK]

do i even need to say it?

[woah_killa]

I've ridden Mantis, Iron Wolf, and Scorcher and my favorite is Scorcher...I actually didn't like Mantis that much but, I just liked Scorcher because it blew the other two out of the water when it came to intensity and smoothness.

[Coasterkid20]

I've ridden all except the Vortexs, but let's be honest who really gives a crap about them....

 

I've said it many times before on TPR, but Georgia Scorcher is the only one I find to be an actually a really good ride, Riddler is Ok, but ehhh. It just didn't pack the punch that Scorcher did for me. Scorcher was great because it is small, fits in a small footprint, and only has 2 inversions to completely blow you away with and it did me. Riddler is just to big, and I beleive that is what its downfall is. It is just trying TO HARD to be exciting by being overly long, with big but utterly forgetable inversions and i thought it just lost a lot of energy after the MCBR...... Scorcher has the best pacing of all the standups and I would be willing to say that it has just as good of pacing as the Batmans and Wildfire.

 

And to close my semi rant: Chang was ok a lot like riddler for me, except not even as good. Mantis had potential but the trim on the first drop and the excessive headbanging killed it for me. And then Iron Wolf: Worst B&M EVER!!!

[Satoshi]

riddler's revenge is the most!

[gunslinger]

I think Riddlers Revenge gets more intense after the mcbr. The forces feel much stronger. The first couple of inversions are just too big to provide the force of the smaller corkscrews. Anyway. Riddlers is the best.

[monkeycoaster]

I have never been on any B&M standup .. But I have been on SkyRider at PCW... oooh yeah, Togo goodness!

[Coasterkid20]

I rode riddler for the first time in early 2002, then rode it i nearly 2003 and in 2002 I thought it was pretty kick butt, but in 2003 I didn't think it was as much so for some reason. I'm not saying it is a bad ride cause I'm not, I'd give it a strong 7 out of 10 if not a an 8 out of 10, but I rode GA Scorcher and thought it was the epitame of what a coaster should be, very good, it doesn't rely on the height speed and the length to be good, it relys on the expert engineering to deliver a full forced near perfect ride because it is graceful yet forcefull, intense yet fun....

 

GA Scorcher is the Batman: The Ride's of the standing coasters.... It isn't the tallest, isn't the fastest but it packs so much into such a small area and all the elements hit you 1 2 3.

[jamesdillaman]

Chang all the way, either not many people have been on it, or this coaster is not getting the respect at least I feel it deserves...

[Zack44]

Riddler's Revenge, which is the only one I've ever been on.

[CreditCrazy]

I'm not a fan of stand-ups and I think Riddler's is the only decent one that I've ridden because of the hang-time.

 

The rest:

2 - Chang

3 - Mantis

4 - Vortex (CGA)

 

All are badly rated by me.

[Sir Clinksalot]

I like GA Scorcher more than Riddlers Revenge.

 

I haven't ridden Vortex (PGA) yet, didn't catch it when we were out there in 2005. Hopefully will ride it in a few weeks.

[Team Thriller]

Riddlers Revenge is my favorite. I love how long and smooth it is.

 

--James