Best Arrow Suspended Coaster

[Montuman99]

Jeez, Eagles has only 11 votes? BBW has 109! Swinging through the trees looks like so much fun, but now it's closed! I didn't get to ride it.

[DBru]

^Keep in mind the amount of members who have ridden Eagle Fortress compared to...well, almost every other suspended coaster.

[BigDipper 80]

It's a shame that this type of coaster has pretty much died out. If someone managed to do it right and build one that wasn't as 'meh' as most of the currently-operating ones, then it could turn out to be a good ride.

[rcdude]

I've only been on two, but Ninja is definitely better than Iron Dragon. I really want to ride Flight Deck or Vortex as I've heard those two are best ones currently operating.

[10ryansmith]

First off this is "spitball" question. Would it be possible to extend Flight Deck's layout? Like make the lift higher and have it go around SOB or something like that. S&S Power has to be able to do this right? They wouldn't have fire everyone from Arrow, would they?

 

Again, this is theoretical, I know tha lt this would not happen but could it? Like in the way of accualling changing the ride, not the possiblilty that Cedar Fair would accually do this.

[jamesdillaman]

^ If Kennywood can change Steel Phantom into Phantom's Revenge, then yeah that would definitely be POSSIBLE. It is highly implausible, however, as the costs would be very high, and the ridership isn't even that great to begin with. If Cedar Fair was spending money to redesign the layout of a coaster, I'd like to see them add on and reprofile the Beast with the help of GCI. Think about it: adding elements to the ride besides a helix and tunnels, not to mention recapturing the longest coaster record...

 

It'll still never happen, but a man can dream...

[The Bat]

Easy: The Bat.

 

Eagle's Fortress is the closest thing to The Bat that is out there. Absolutely insane. Miss that ride.

 

But, The Bat still reigns. Long live The Bat.

 

-- Dave

[AndCamSS]

How I would rank the ones I have been on.....

 

1. Big Bad Wolf

2. Ninja

3. Top Gun/Flight Deck @ KI

4. Iron Dragon

 

Big Bad Wolf was easily the best one, its too bad it went before ones lesser than it.

[KDcoasterMAN]

^ Big Bad Wolf was the best. And i t was the best and gave its best rides until its last ride.

 

the remainder of my list goes as follows...

2.Flight Deck

3.Iron Dragon

 

Yeah I'm sad to say I haven't ridden many of these...

[Huge_Wonderland_Fan]

How is Vortex lower than Flight Deck?? Flight Deck is essentially the same thing but slower and uglier!

[jamesdillaman]

^ I'd say they're pretty much tied by looking at the numbers. Let's not forget that Flight Deck is also built in a scenic location and it used to have pretty decent theming when it was top gun...

[Huge_Wonderland_Fan]

^ Scenic.. Oh yes, the mosquito infested ditch While I never saw the theming in person, I have seen pictures and video that made it look quite spectacular. Much better than the theming 'Top Gun' at CW got.

[OldJJman]

Having ridden 7 of the 8 (missing Hayabusa), this is quite easy:

 

Eagle's Fortress by a wide, wide margin!

 

Nothing would come in second.

 

Flight Deck would edge out BBW (despite it's length) as there are no breaks in the action, for third.

 

 

JJ

[CreditCrazy]

Ninja, easily. I love it, and just the suspended coaster concept in general, but unfortunately with the removal of Eagle's Fortress and BBW, no other suspended coaster impresses me. Flight Deck and Iron Dragon are the other two suspended coasters I've ridden and I rank them very low.

[rcg19]

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[Pingu1651]

I only have two suspended credits, but Flight Deck wins by a long shot. Seriously though, it NEEDS to be painted. Otherwise, it was full of twisty goodness!

[coastercrutchfield]

I voted for BBW. Good thing I took a trip there before they took it down. It's such a shame

[Canobie Coaster]

I've only been on two Arrow Suspended Coasters (Big Bad Wolf and Vortex) and I have to say that I liked Vortex more than the Big Bad Wolf. While the Big Bad Wolf had arguably one of the best drops I've ever experienced, I thought that the second lift-hill kind of ruined the ride's pacing. Meanwhile, Vortex is relentless from beginning to end and in my opinion was way more forceful and thrilling. The only weakness of Vortex was how short it was.

 

I'm sure that Eagle's Fortress would have been my favorite had I gotten the chance to ride it; however, unfortunately I never will be able to.

[chrguy606]

I've been on only three of these coasters (XLR8, BBW, and Ninja). BBW was the best of the three in my opinion. Even though I knwo it wasn't the greatest or most thrilling, its kinda sad that XLR8 wasn't even a choice. It has a special place for me, as it was one of the first coasters that I really liked and wanted to ride over and over again. Such a shame about Astroworld.

[CHILLERLC1]

Eagle Fortress

 

I have EF, BBW, IR, FD, Ninja down. Within one month I was on both EF and BBW in 2007.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYou]

Big Bad Wolf was cool, yes...but I still think Eagle Fortress is just insane.

[Andrewoplis]

Ninja! Ive only been on to two, the other one being Iron Dragon which wasn't that great so Ninja wins my vote!

[braztaz]

I really wanna know what Eagle Fortress was like. How did it compare to Big Bad Wolf?

[OldJJman]

I really wanna know what Eagle Fortress was like. How did it compare to Big Bad Wolf?

 

Picture the drop over the Rhine river lasting for over a minute, not just 8 seconds, with NO brakes.

 

Seriously.

 

 

JJ

 

Here's the video, which does a little justice.

 

[larrygator]

I really wanna know what Eagle Fortress was like. How did it compare to Big Bad Wolf?

it seems pretty clear that Eagle's Fortress crapped all over BBW Edited May 30, 2011 by larrygator