PKI Jizzman Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Son of Beast in the rain was beyond painful for soooooooooo many reasons. So was Millennium Force. Just a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedirtyspaniard Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 If you all really want to talk painful, I've ridden the American Eagle at Six Flags Great America in a small hailstorm... No I'm not making this up. It was a fairly cold, rainy/gray Sunday in April during the 2005 Season and when the train was dispatched, all was well. After making it about 1/2 of the way up the lifthill, it started to hail slightly, about small bb to marble sized hail... then the first drop came and it was hailing pretty hard. It pretty much persisted for the entire ride duration up until the final turnarounds. I just have to say it was a serious miracle that I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt with strings to tie it shut and cover my face. At the time I didn't really think about it, but now when I look back it makes me wonder why they didn't e-stop the ride when the hail started... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I've ridden two coasters in the rain: Kraken at SWO, and Corkscrew at VF. The rain stinging my face was painful enough that those were two of the times were I wanted a ride to end sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I love wooden coasters in the rain. A few years ago, I was at the Great Escape and it was pouring all day. I marathoned the Comet for almost 2 hours and boy was she flying! Then two years ago, I rode Rolling Thunder in the rain and the ride was actually really good. All of the hills on the return leg had air-time which I didn't expect from that coaster. When I rode it a day later in dry conditions, it was back to dragging through the course unfortunately. Green Lantern (SFGAdv) was probably the most painful coaster experience that I've had in the rain. That when combined with the coaster's roughness on its own was a lethal combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Yes, ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcwd2000 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 One of the coolest experiences I ever had on a coaster was riding in the rain on Top Thrill Dragster. When the train exited the station it was barely raining, just misting. Then as we were sitting there right before the launch and the misting turned to drizzle. Then came the launch and up we went and that's when it was full on raining. It was really a rush as we crested the top in the rain and then descended back down the tower. When the ride was over everyone was giving high fives, screaming, and yelling in excitement. It was a good moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 April 15 of this year. It was a nasty, drizzly, rainy day in the northeast and SFGAd was a ghost park. It's 11:30am, misting lightly, feet are soaked to the bone, and we get word they are shutting the park down at noon. We jet over to El Toro and find a handful of people in the station. We sit in the second and third to back rows and start a bit of a marathon. About 11:50 we dispatch in the same mist, only to reach the lift hill and have the clouds suddently unleash a torrent of little water bullets right at our faces. Great, I'm on El Toro in the pouring rain. What have I gotten myself into! It hurt, but it was also a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Rode I232 and the rain felt like hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 One summer (many years ago when I was still in school) I worked at Kings Island, and we operated the Vortex during a heavy downpour. There was no lightning, but it was raining very hard, and the wet track gave a pretty wild experience. The crowd absolutely loved it. They exited the ride soaking wet and asking for repeat rides. One guy left the station and said to me, "That was a GREAT water ride!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heth Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Rita at Alton Towers....it felt like bullets to my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gecomet92 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I love wooden coasters in the rain. A few years ago, I was at the Great Escape and it was pouring all day. I marathoned the Comet for almost 2 hours and boy was she flying! Then two years ago, I rode Rolling Thunder in the rain and the ride was actually really good. All of the hills on the return leg had air-time which I didn't expect from that coaster. When I rode it a day later in dry conditions, it was back to dragging through the course unfortunately. Green Lantern (SFGAdv) was probably the most painful coaster experience that I've had in the rain. That when combined with the coaster's roughness on its own was a lethal combination. The Comet is a different coaster in the rain, I love it and it's by far my favorite coaster in the rain. It's even gotten to the point where when I know it's gonna rain but it's not gonna thunder or lightning I do all I can to get to the park. If I'm in the park and it starts raining I made a B line for the comet. I can't really say I've been on any other coasters in the rain because besides TGE I try to plan my visits around weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai Fox Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Knoebels' Twister in the rain, absolutely incredible. Boulder Dash in the rain, wild and so much fun, but a bit painful. Phantom's Revenge in the rain? Holy crap ow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glucky11801 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have been very lucky to be on many coasters in the rain. A few high points: The Cyclone at Coney Island during a thunderstorm in the 80's. Watching lightning over the ocean while ascending the lift hill was amazing. Riding the Riverside Cyclone in its opening month in a downpour was very wild, definitely my best rides ever on that Bill Cobb monster. SROS at Six Flags America during a driving rain was VERY painful, to say the least! Marathoning on Boulderdash in the rain during the first OctBoulderfest was great- I was soaked to the skin, but who cared? At Holiday World rides on Raven during a rainy Holiwood Nights ERT were surreal, but the BEST rainy rides belong to the Voyage that same night. Those were the most out-of-control coaster rides that I have ever had! Definitely my top coaster memory ever!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnumFreak25 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 A few years ago I was on Thunderbolt (Kennywood) and they dispatched the train without noticing it was raining and by the time we were at the bottom of the drop it felt like we were under a waterfall. It didn't hurt that much but the seats we're slippery so we were sliding around more than usual and the brakes barely stopped us in time at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Millennium Force. Night time, in the rain. Pins and needles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterjunkie1975 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Goliath at LaRonde in 2010.....it was raining so hard that we could'nt see the river beside the ride. The most amazing part was that they kept the ride open during this monsoon and naturally being the nutcase that I am I just kept riding it...one of the best coaster memories I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleRiderCam Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Montu in the rain wasn't that bad because it's just a sprinkle. Incredible Hulk felt like needles hitting my arms and face in the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro_Ryan Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Nitro front row in the pouring rain. Never again. haha Me and my friends had our heads against the lapbars the whole ride to hide from the pelting rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugecoltsfan Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Rebel Yell in a pretty nice downpour. I could not even open my eyes on the lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC_Hoodie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I rode Boulder Dash at night, in the front row, in the rain. WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdwarn01 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I've been on Incredible Hulk in a drizzle, but it was still pretty annoying. I've been on Diamondback at night in the rain immediately after the fire works. Steady rain hitting you at 80mph and diving into a cloud of smoke makes for a rather unpleasant experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Most recently I got to ride The Beast in the rain this past June. I don't think I've ever been more soaked to the bone on a coaster ride before. It had just started to rain really hard as the train before mine was about to be dispatched, then the train was sent, and the crowd cheered. Then it was our turn. As our train was dispatched the ride op on headset said "Enjoy your ride on the world's longest water ride!" We went off and right as we hit the first lift, I was already soaked. The rest of the ride was blazing fast, and the rain felt like pellets it hurt so much. But it was one of the best rides I've ever had on The Beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFChris Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Two that stand out: Ghostrider during the first Winter Coaster Solace...that was kind of insane...and back when Ghostrider kicked ass Goliath at SFMM on Media Day, it rained and then HAILED and we got stuck on the Mid-Course. That was pretty intense and crazy. The next time we rode it was still raining, and one of the wheels on the car I was in broke off during the helix. Mind you, this was before they stopped you on the mid-course so we were FLYING through the course. After the wheel got chucked it felt like a wooden coaster. Good times! I guess I also rode a Wacky Worm in Mexico in the rain if that counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameWalkThrRUS Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I rode Raptor at Gardaland while it was raining over seven times last year. It hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Surprisingly, I rode Maverick in the rain...in the front row. It was phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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