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Great addition to Hersheypark. The one thing they didn’t really have is flat rides and theming. 2 in 1 combo

i think something is a coaster when it has normal wheel and upstop wheels+ a bit thats gravity powerd

The REAL questions weren't discussed^^ Biggest debates are about things like a *Zamperla Disc'O Coaster* with its track or the very big debate about *bobsled coasters* and all the consequences with this. Because then there ist the other big question about powered wiegand bob kart (for example Schwaben-Park, Rasti-Land) and summer toboggans. :)

I’m a Georgia local with 104 credits - Arie force one, fury, lightning rod, and velocicoaster are all in my top 10! Can’t wait to ride Gwazi at some point

Lightning rod is an interesting one. Is chain rod a separate credit from the launched version? Is the hybrid retrack a separate credit from the wooden version? Personally, I rode Lightning rod in 2023 and I would count chain rod as a new credit, but I know a close friend who would count them as the same

NOT THE BEAST SLANDER AT 3:53 I got one ride in the front row 30 minute after the park closed and it was absolutely magical sooo much fun

What would you say for something like twisted colossus?

On racing coasters that the tracks stay side by side the whole time I would call them seperate credits because when the track turns left the train on the left goes faster than the train in the right.

Heavy disagree with x coaster arkansas twister takes it for me (magic springs is my homepark

Personally, I don't care enough about credits as much as other enthusiasts do. I care enough to answer 230 when somebody asks me how many I've ridden, but not enough to go out of the way to ride kiddie coasters, which I don't care for, or count double tracked coasters or relocated coasters as separate coasters, which I also don't.

(I have a dream of doing a coaster vacation someday that would just be a tour of Pennsylvania. Or maybe separate tours for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania. The state honestly punches WAY above its weight for coasters. Many enthusiasts might rate Knoebels' Phoenix, or Kennywood's Phantom's Revenge, or Skyrush, or something else entirely as the best--it's amazing that this is the competition. Of the few coasters I've actually ridden in the state, the best would be Fahrenheit--if only the line to ride it weren't so brutal.)

(Maybe we should call the subject of this video "New England plus"? While I have been to Hersheypark, I haven't ridden most of the coasters that are currently there, so my experience is practically limited to New England proper, that is, ME-NH-VT-MA-CT-RI, and I haven't ridden any of the mountain coasters in VT. But here are my thoughts about that.) Boulder Dash has a great layout and an unusual use of terrain and setting, and I *want* to love it, but the last time I rode it, it had gotten so rough that it was kind of unpleasant. Since then, they've replaced parts of it with Titan Track which should help a bit, but not the parts that seemed the roughest to me. Go figure. I need to go try it again anyway. There are some other decent rides at Lake Compounce: a Sky Rocket II called Phobia Phear Coaster which is a lot of fun and was actually my favorite ride on that visit, an old woodie called Wildcat that used to be notorious for roughness but has reportedly been fixed (I need to try that one too), and a Boomerang that isn't too bad. Another noteworthy ride in Connecticut is a Gravity Group junior woodie at Quassy called Wooden Warrior, which I have not tried, but many love it. Wicked Cyclone is a masterpiece and I heartily agree with its place here as the best coaster in MA. It's my personal favorite coaster, period. I've never experienced the last lap being slow, so I think they did something to fix that problem. Mind you, I think Superman: The Ride is currently actually underrated by enthusiasts: it's a masterpiece too and Wicked Cyclone only beats it by a hair. But it does. NH is a genuinely hard choice. Roar-O-Saurus is a great ride, I've ridden it and I do love it, but I've heard it's gotten rougher in recent years (I rode it when it was almost new). Yankee Cannonball is a very smooth ride, but not super intense--it's a crowdpleaser though. I also have a sentimental attachment to Canobie's other major coaster, Untamed, a small Gerstlauer Eurofighter with some great theming. I think it's underrated and it actually may be my personal favorite ride in the state even though it's an off-the-shelf layout. But I realize this isn't a widely held opinion. Maine is NOT a hard choice. Excalibur was my most recent new cred and, God, I love that ride. It's really good and enthusiasts are sleeping on it. Since it's the only really major coaster in Maine, I doubt many people would disagree with its crown. I honestly enjoyed it more than Boulder Dash, though Boulder Dash is more awe-inspiring and SHOULD be the best woodie in the New England region, if only it gets the level of TLC it needs. What Excalibur actually reminds me of a bit is one half of Stampida, the CCI racing/dueling coaster at PortAventura in Spain. That ride probably was the inspiration for Hersheypark's Lightning Racer, but it's also a CCI, unlike Lightning Racer. But it has a twisty layout that combines airtime and laterals in a similar way, and if you took just one side of it and then made it a bit taller and more forceful, it'd be pretty close to Excalibur.

It was hard to follow where you were saying things were at. Like I vaguely remember you saying one of the best coasters is in Indiana but I don't know where. And I think you said to ignore Kings Island but I'm not sure. And maybe there isn't anything in Michigan so you go to Cedar Point in Ohio? And I completely lost you on Illinois. And maybe there is only one place in Wisconsin? And Iowa? And Missouri? Yeah, you kinda lost me.

For those who don't know (it wasn't very clear in the video), Carowinds is located just outside of Charlotte, NC literally on the border of NC and SC. The actual state line runs through the park, hence the "half of a park" reference in the video. It's still one park, one admission ticket, etc.

My favorite roller coaster in Connecticut is Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce. My favorite roller coaster in Maryland is Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America. My favorite roller coaster in Massachusetts is Superman: The Ride at Six Flags New England (Wicked Cyclone is a very close second). My favorite roller coaster in Pennsylvania is Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood (I haven't been to the other parks in the state yet).

Hat happened to Delaware

Bro Mr freeze should have took top for MO I might go to silver dollar city but six flags stl is a good park to thanks for not leaving American Thunder and Mr freeze out.

Iron Gwazi is my #1… Perfect coaster. I have nothing bad to say about it.

Of all to these, literally the only one I’ve ridden is Shivering Timbers. My runner up in Michigan are pretty much the other woodies at MiA and Woodstock Express. I haven’t ridden Corkscrew, Thunderhawk, or Mad Mouse.

Outlaw run is hands down the best coaster in Missouri

Arkansas: X Coaster Louisiana: Ragin Cajun Mississippi: Hurricane Alabama: Rampage Tennessee: Lightning Rod Virginia: Intimidator 305 North Carolina: Fury 325 South Carolina: Thunder Striker Georgia: Arie Force One Florida: Iron Gwazi

add Copperhead strike to the Carowinds list. But thunderstrike was also called the Dale Earnheart intimadator until they didnt renew the rights.

Hades 360 may be the obvious choice for Wisconsin because it's the best coaster at the state's only major park, but don't sleep on the lone coaster at Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, the Zippin Pippin. It's a wooden coaster that features a bunch of nice floater hills, punctuated with a shocking ejector hill near the end of the ride. It's a reconstruction of the signature ride at the defunct Libertyland theme park in Memphis.

Why not Arkansas Twister? Also, uhhhhh, Tempesto? You forgot there’s 2 of them, not just Tigris. Show BGW some love!

Most seem to say Outlaw Run is the best because of the slow launches on Time Traveler, but I’ve seen some people say outlaw run is getting rough. Interesting take!

You didn’t choose Silver Bullet in Oklahoma?

Surprised you didn’t pick El Loco in Nevada

Have you done the northeast yet? We have a ton of bangers up here

kansas has mamba at worlds of fun

Storm Chaser was the 1st RMC in the US to feature the barrel roll down drop but the 1st RMC in North America to feature a barrel roll down drop was Medusa Steel Coaster at Six Flags Mexico. Medusa is also the only RMC I ever ridden so far

My favorite coaster in Sc is probably copperhead, nc is def fury, Tn is big bear mountain (I haven’t ridden Lighning rod) Virginia is verbolten (I haven’t been to kings dominion) and that’s alll of the parks I have been to

Hades 360 hurts so bad I feel like I was going to have a heart attack

I grew up in the Tampa Bay area, and my dad was a manager at Busch Gardens (for 3 departments, in addition to being on the design team for Howl-o-Scream for their first 10 years of operation) between 1999-2009. I went in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018, and 2020. My best memory: Howl-o-Scream, 2008. My second time going, I was 11, and I rode all of the rides at the time: Python (RIP), Scorpion, Sand Serpent (their wild mouse, at the time called Cheetah Chase, but renamed a few years later to avoid confusion with Cheetah Hunt, and unfortunately scrapped last year), the OG Gwazi (both sides, RIP), Tanganyika Tidal Wave (RIP), Montu, Kumba, and (at the time) a very new Sheikra, plus front of line access to all the haunted houses (perks of being the son of an employee) all in the same night. I It was an amazing experience, one of the best memories I have as a kid (clearly, considering I’m talking about it 16 years later), and when I last went to Howl-o-Scream in 2020, I wish it was the same. I understand, things were different because of COVID, but they really reduced the “scare factor” from what it used to be; in the 00s, nowhere was safe, not even the parking lot, restaurants, or bathrooms. If you were there, you were getting scared, and you knew what you signed up for. I love the direction the park has gone, shifting from more of an animal focus, to a thrill based focus. I’ve actively seen it over 20+ years; I did many of their safaris as a kid, and as an adult, and the animal interactions have definitely been reduced, but that’s not a bad thing. When I went there as a kid in the 00s, they had stiff competition as a zoo: Lowry Park Zoo (now called ZooTampa) was a few blocks away, and was objectively better even 20 years ago; The Florida Aquarium, one of the biggest in the country, is 15 minutes away; Disney’s Animal Kingdom, BG’s direct competitor, is 90 minutes away, along with all of Disney, Universal, Legoland, Gatorland, and the hundreds of other attractions between Tampa and Orlando. Their recent focus on rides, I predicted that years ago; they have to compete somehow. I haven’t visited any of the parks since I moved to NC 4 years ago. I have plans to visit all of them soon, especially since I now have 2 kids, and I want them to have these experiences while they’re still (barely) affordable

Corn is midwest

Choosing AireForce as the best coaster in Georgia seems like a hot take in my opinion since many would choose Goliath for its floater airtime and its signature helix

My favorite roller coaster in Florida is Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. My favorite in Georgia is Twisted Cyclone at Six Flags Over Georgia. My favorite in Virginia is Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion. Finally, my favorite in Tennessee is Lightning Rod at Dollywood.

I can’t believe they’re not putting this where snake river falls was

Guys we may be getting an A+ ride in California with an Intamin MDC Spinner Hollywood Drift

If this is the cancelled tilt coaster from Energylandia, then we were totally wrong because we all thought it was going to Six Flags Mexico. I'm okay with that personally as I would prefer that they get a launch coaster instead.

0:38 THANK YOU People always try and convince you that Wild Thing is better but sorry not sorry Renegade is an easy choice

outlaw run because even though it’s a little short, the airtime sends you out of your seat

Awesome video! I would actually argue that Tremors is the best coaster in Idaho. Its pretty intense and I love all the tunnels combined with the roughness of a woodie. Plus the random smooth section where RMC did their topper track test. I also like that its not an out-and-back. Haven't had the chance to ride Stunt Pilot yet, Silverwood is pretty hard to get to when you live in southern Idaho, but it looks awesome. I can't wait to see if I agree with and put it above Tremors in my personal list.

Steel Vengeance is in a league of its own. I got to ride it 21 times back in July, and it's the total package. It made a power play on my coaster ranks, moving to number 3, but it got finicky, and I had to bump it down 1 level. It also caused me to randomly sing the SpongeBob theme song during the ride. It also has a finale similar to the one on Phoenix at Knoebels.

From the states I've been to. My home state is Pennsylvania. MA, Superman the Ride NJ, El Toro PA, Wildcat's Revenge VA, Project 305 NC, Fury 325 SC, Thunder Striker GA, Arieforce 1 FL, Velocicoaster OH, Steel Vengeance TX, Iron Rattler UT, Cannibal AZ, Desert Storm NV, El Loco CA, X2

With the exception of Missouri, which I might get to next summer, I've been to every major park in the Midwest. My favorite coaster in Minnesota is Renegade at Valleyfair. My favorite in Wisconsin is Hades 360 at Mt. Olympus. My favorite in Michigan is Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure. My favorite in Indiana is The Voyage at Holiday World. My favorite in Kentucky is Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom. My favorite in Iowa is Monster at Adventureland. My favorite in Ohio is Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point. Finally, my favorite in Illinois is Maxx Force at Six Flags Great America.

There *was* landscaping, look at the older photos on roller coaster database.

My favorite coaster in Washington is Timberhawk at Wild Waves. My favorite and only roller coaster that I've ridden in Nevada is Canyon Blaster at the Circus Circus Adventuredome. It's a tough call, but my favorite coaster in California is Wonder Woman: Flight of Courage at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Did you get permission to use video footage from other channels?

Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas was closed when I visited three months ago. But even if it was open, Iron Rattler would probably still be my favorite roller coaster in the state of Texas.

Iron Rattler is the weakest of the 3 RMC in the state. I rode it in all times of day in June and the ride still crawled on the quarry wall