This is still a small enough community that I think we can get away with this discussion without a ton of replies that no one reads ;)
What’s everyone’s top 10 list for coasters? Here’s my current top 10:
#1 - Voyage - Holiday World
#2 - VelociCoaster - Universal Studios Islands of Adventure
#3 - Mystic Timbers - King’s Island
#4 - El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
#5 - Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa
#6 - Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer
#7 - Skyrush - Hersheypark
#8 - Twisted Timbers - King’s Dominion
#9 - Intimidator 305 - King’s Dominion
#10 - Phantom’s Revenge - Kennywood
Before anyone asks, yes, I’ve been to Cedar Point… SteVe doesn’t appear until 22 in my list…
I haven’t ridden a ton of coasters, but here are a few of my favorites:
Phoenix at Knoebels. I like Twister, too, but Phoenix is great.
Expedition Everest at Disney World. That’s another one I can ride again and again.
Space Mountain at Disneyland. The one at World is good, but Land’s is better.
Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers are both extremely intense for me, I can ride them once per visit, and that’s about it. They’re both great coasters though.
I haven’t tried Skyrush - the last time we were at Hersheypark, it kept breaking down, and then Covid, etc, so despite having family in the area, we haven’t made it back. I also want to try Candymoniun. And they have a new Rocky Mountain conversion that just opened. I’ve heard good things.
It sounds like you’ll absolutely love Candymonium… SkyRush is tied with i305 as the most intense coaster(s) that I’ve ever been on but it’s so glorious. Where i305 has a ton of positive G forces, SkyRush has insane negative G forces.
I’ve not been on Expedition Everest as I haven’t been to Disney since I worked there in 1999 but if you love that coaster you’d probably absolutely love Hagrid’s Magical Creatures at Universal Orlando.
I visited Cedar Point before I started riding coasters (long story), but I’m pretty certain I’ll love Millennium Force when I get back there. It looks fast and fun.
I’ve tried a few “twisty” coaters and just don’t enjoy them as much. So, i305 should be a slam dunk, but my vision “graying out” on that first turn the first time I rode it is a memory I can’t shake.
They gray out doesn’t really bug me… One thing you can do to reduce it is use SaltStick FastChews right before you ride… that and just generally make sure you hydrating with electrolytes through the day.
MF is a great ride… other than “thoosie hate” that it gets I don’t know anyone that truly doesn’t enjoy a ride on it.
Yeah it didn’t happen the second time I rode it.
I don’t know what “thoosie hate” is. I don’t spend much time in the enthusiast community, just saw this in the all feed.
It’s part echo chamber and part a form of self affirming bias. In large enthusiast groups you often end up with certain coasters that are cool to hate on for one reason or another. You might have one coaster that a small group of vocal people dislike and they’ll start explaining all these bad things but then people who haven’t rode it prior will now look for those bad things and dislike the ride despite those things either being made up or being minor that you wouldn’t have even noticed if someone didn’t point it out. The frustrating part is it’s nearly impossible to distinguish from actual popular opinion.
Hopefully that description makes sense 😀
Oh, yeah. It’s why I don’t hang around Star Trek fandoms, despite loving it. I don’t need to hear why I’m wrong for liking this series or whatever. It’s not enough that they don’t like it;they actively tell you you’re wrong for having a different opinion.
No one hates Star Trek more than Star Trek fans. (I stole that from Star Wars fans, but it’s true for Trek fans too.)