Originally Posted By Sunshine84 What is your favorite roller coaster? How many times did you ride it? Mine is the Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - I went on Friday and rode it twice! I went to the park for just the day since I am working with them and I wanted to see everything and ride every ride. I am definately planning on making another trip this summer because it was so much fun! Has anyone else been on the Griffon?
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Mine is TOP GUN at Great America in Santa Clara, CA. My second would have to be Screamin'
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It is an incredible feeling to feel like you are flying. Although I might have to change my thoughts after I ride X2 in a few months I heard it is the most amazing coaster ever.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Well, this will be lame, but here goes: the Matterhorn (if that qualifies as a rollercoaster). It's just my sentimental favorite. When I was a tiny little girl, I went on something called "The Mad Mouse" at Pacific Ocean Park, aka P.O.P. That scared me witless. When I had gathered sufficient courage to try a coaster again, there was the Matterhorn. My friend.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I like Raptor at Cedar Point. Also fond of all the wooden roller coasters at Kennywood.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda My sentimental favorite will always be the Matterhorn as it was my first (and what made me fall in love with roller coasters). But my favorite otherwise is the Mind Bender at Six Flags over Georgia.
Originally Posted By LVBelle Haven't been on too many but, for me, it doesn't get any better than California Screamin'. From the launch to the bunny hills, it's just plain fun!
Originally Posted By alphabetmom I was a naive child, I never knew that the Matterhorn was a rollercoaster. But the one that made me love roller coasters was the small coaster at Santa Cruz Boardwalk around 28 yrs ago. I don't know if it is still there or not. There was two and the smaller one was much more fun and exciting.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I'm not a big fan of big, scary roller coasters, so I love Disneyland's themed coasters. Space Mountain is my favorite. I used to really love the Tidal Wave at Great America. I wonder if it's still there??
Originally Posted By DVC_dad My favorite is EASILY the Expedition Everest. Going backward unexpectedly in total darkness at a very high rate of speed just does it for me every time. IMHO it blows my second favorite away, which is Superman at Six Flags over GA. <a href="http://www.realcoasters.com/images/sixflagsovergeorgia/supermanultimateflight2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.realcoasters.com/im...ght2.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 I think mine is probably Madhattan Express at NYNY, Las Vegas. I love its surprises -- you can't see everything that's coming up. My local theme park is Cedar Point, aka "The Roller Coast." I'd be hard-pressed to choose my favorite from that array.
Originally Posted By dshyates My favorite is Millinium Force at Cedar Point. My 2nd favorite is a tie between Thunderhead at Dollywood or The Jack Rabbit at Kennywood. Hey, I-57 I may get up to CP sometime this season, how close do you live? What do you know about Put-In Bay?
Originally Posted By brotherdave It's really hard for me to choose my favorite coaster, as there are so many great ones out there. Here's a short list of favorite wood coasters and steel coasters, in no particular order. Wood: Thunderhead - Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, TN) Thunderbolt - Kennywood (Pittsburgh, PA) Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure (Muskegon, MI) Lightning Racer - Hersheypark (Hershey, PA) Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer Park (Erie, PA) Phoenix - Knoebels (Elysburg, PA) Steel: Behemoth - Canada's Wonderland (Toronto) Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood (Pittsburgh, PA) Millennium Force - Cedar Point (Sandusky, OH) Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ) Mindbender - Six Flags Over Georgia (Atlanta, GA) Just a few of my current favorites!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice STIL knows P.O.P!! Cool, honey! I went there a few times as a child, too! This is a toughy... I love the Matterhorn and Space Mountain, but for sheer, near-terror and excitement, "X" was outrageously fun! Unfortunately, "X" was the first coaster Mr. Alice and I rode on our first (and probably only, though I'd LOVE to go just for "X2") visit together to SFMM. It absolutely rocked, and we were totally jazzed and ready to go nuts through the park when it was finished. But we followed it quickly with "Viper," which was the favorite of me and my friend Cathy - when I was younger and less prone to whatever motion sickness it delivered to me when Mr. Alice and I were there. I know Viper was MUCH rougher than in the past - which happens to older coasters. It knocked the heck out of my head - back and forth smashing - during every inversion. My "constitution" ain't what it used to be, I'm afraid. I had to sit for about 1/2 hour after that, and after each subsequent coaster the rest of the day. I couldn't really enjoy myself because every ride was a near-barf-run (I never lost my cookies though, thankfully.) Mr. Alice and I decided to forget about SFMM for the second day we'd planned and drove south 65 miles to Disneyland instead. Since that SFMM visit, I've ridden "Screamin'," but it affects me more than it used to - might be psychological. (I'd probably be better off without LVBelle's Bunny Hops... I hate what airtime does to my stomach - what a coaster doof I am! Who doesn't love airtime?? *LOL*) I'm going to give Screamin' another shot in December and see how it goes. Haven't been on it now for about two years. Space, Matterhorn, BTMRR, Mulholland Madness still rock my boat... No motion sickness on those - just FUN! And wasn't THAT way more than you even cared to know about my coaster fave? ;-)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Madhattan Express at NYNY>> Hee hee... "MaNhattan Express" - I'm not sure exactly what kind of Freudian Slip you made there, I57... ;-) And yep... It's a great one!
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 California Screamin is my favorite too. It's so smooth. We went in Feb. once and there was hardly any line. When the ride ended the cast member asked if we wanted to stay on and ride it again. We said yes of course! That was fun!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<"MaNhattan Express" - I'm not sure exactly what kind of Freudian Slip you made there, I57>> Oh, man. Duh. I was sure the thing was purposely named the MaDhattan Express. Guess that must have been the result of having my brain scrambled by those nasty inversions. Okay. Alls I really know is that I first rode it -- in the front seat -- with my little sister. And that we both grew up on Cedar Point. And that when we got off we both turned to each other to exclaim, "That is the first time I have EVER involuntarily screamed on a roller coaster!" <<Hey, I-57 I may get up to CP sometime this season, how close do you live? What do you know about Put-In Bay?>> Hey, dshyates! I'm now about two hours away from The Amazement Park. I'm not sure I can get down there this summer -- but if you're going to be in the area, please let me know! Put-In Bay is a quiet, pastoral, pleasant little place during the day -- and an alcohol-fueled happening place by night. It's great if you're looking for Redneck Party Central in the evening, or if you're going to spend the night on your boat.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh, this is s hard, because there are so many good ones. My most sentimental is the Matterhorn as it was my 1st. My favorite woodie is a cross between Ghostrider at Knott's and Megaphobia at Oakwood in Wales (Grand National at Blackpool is awesome too). For steelies, Dueling Dragons at IOA and Nemesis at Alton Towers in the UK are my fav (I love suspended coasters). For theming, nothing can touch Space Mountain al la Terre de la Lune at DLP. Sadly they killed it and ruined it with Mission 2 :-(
Originally Posted By X-san Gotta make it a top 5, can't chose just one... Fujiyama Hulk Montu Okay, top 3 then. Oh, and for wood there is NOTHING that ever came close to the old Paragon Park Coaster (no name that I'm aware of) in Massachusetts. That sucker was scary, rickety, beat-the-crap-out-of-you rough, and just the coolest old school coaster experience ever (anyone else been on it?). Paragon Park is long gone, but I think they actually moved the coaster someplace else (for a while?).
Originally Posted By brotherdave Yes they did! The Paragon Park Giant Coaster was moved to a park called "Wild World" in Largo, MD, just east of Washington, D.C. It was renamed "Wild One" and is still operational today, although the park underwent two more name changes, "Adventure World", then finally "Six Flags America". It's interesting to note that the park's current name came shortly after Disney announced their "Disney's America" project in nearby Haymarket, VA. Coincidence??? I don't think so... Anyway, the Wild One is still a great wooden coaster. (About the only reason to visit this park, imho, along with the park's other wooden coaster, "ROAR!" and the steel hypercoaster, "Superman: Ride of Steel".) It needs a little TLC to smooth out some rough spots, but, it still gives a decent ride. It's too bad the rest of the park is so poorly maintained and extremely lackluster.
