Every Manufacturer's ROUGHEST Coaster
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- In part 1 of this 2 part series, let's explore every coaster manufacturer and pick out their roughest coaster - mostly based on my personal experience.
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The roughest coaster from Intamin is the single rider line for Hagrids, line moved so slow it gave me a a headache
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@@DispatchProductions Escape from Gringots hour and a half ish on a line saying it was only half an hour then 5 days later i found I had been tested positive for covid 😅
Velicicoaster is around the corner and waited 2 hours in that lol
@@NoahGragsonFan629 I waited an 1hr and 30
@@NoahGragsonFan629 I convinced everyone to single rider Velocicoster but my friends wanted to 'experience the line' for Escape from Gringots and Forbidden Journey. Now I think they are both fun but I may not suggest we go to Universal together again anytime soon if they arnt going to skip an hour in line.....
Insane that Firebird still operates. When it was Iron Wolf, I was glad to see them removing it because it was so rough. That was a decade ago.
It’s crazy to think it was a decade ago
Weirdly, I feel like it ran better when it was a stand-up than now that it’s a floorless.
I don't understand how they can live with themselves for putting that ride out. They took a really janky ride and made it WAY worse
We don’t have anything that could really be considered smooth here, so it’s tolerable in comparison to rides like Roar and Mind Eraser.
For that time period, I don’t think Six Flags could’ve done any better.
Came here to comment that iron wolf went down hill more than a decade ago.
Video idea: something about coaster rivalries, as in pairs of coasters that are commonly compared against each other. Kingda Ka and TTD, Iron Gwazi and Velocicoaster, X2 and Eejanaika, etc.
Let’s hope the Cedar Fair influence can help Six Flags America and St. Louis. They need to RMC Roar and the Boss like, yesterday. That would do wonders for both parks.
Unfortunately, the merger may actually kill the chances of that happening. Cedar Fair refuses to work with RMC anymore. Six Flags was the one willing to work with RMC, so unless the Six Flags influence is far stronger, Roar & Boss won't be RMCd.
@OklahomaCoasterFan because being a Cedar Fair park has really helped Michigan's Adventure and Valleyfair!
SFSTL has has several new coasters since Michigan's Adventure has gotten a new coaster....24 years! Not counting relocated SLC in 2008
@@Posirep I'm confused. I mentioned that Cedar Fair won't work with RMC again. That's not related to what you brought up, which is certainly true. Yes, those parks have been more neglected, but I don't see how that opens the door for Cedar Fair/Six Flags to do RMC Boss.
@@OklahomaCoasterFanIt's difficult to say which manufacturers are going to be frozen out or allowed back in after the merger; it's just too soon, and it's being presented as a "merger of equals" rather than a takeover by one side or the other. It could be that RMC gets frozen out because of Cedar Fair's bad experience, or they're given another chance because of the better experiences in the Six Flags chain. Similar things could be said for Gerstlauer and possibly even Intamin. We just don't know at this point, and we'll need to wait and see how this all shakes out.
I definitely think the RMC projects were more likely to happen prior to the merger than now given CF's relationship with RMC and their CEO being the CEO of this new company
I would love to see you do a video of coasters that are standing but not operating. Like the B&M's in China, Do-Dodonpa, the coaster at the nürburgring, and others. I think you'd be the best guy to do it.
Definitely an interesting topic. Will look into it
do-dodonpa’s dead in the water now
Outlaw Run is actually running really good this year. The pothole at the bottom of the drop seriously needs new track this offseason and they need to retrack the twisted hill after that first large twisting element and the valleys before and after the twisted hill
That pothole about ruined my day cuz I
hit it so bad it jacked up my back
I was like "why do people like this?"
I may actually get back on that soon
I heard from the workers that it was
Getting retractd
Yesterday i went for the Coaster Christmas ACE event and i would say that is true it defiantly needs retrack if your not sitting on a wheel or far in the back you definitely get hurt on the drop due to the pothole
Agree with the Blue Streak honorable mention for PTC. I rode it for the first time in 2019 and found it incredibly charming and built it up in my mind. In 2023 … ouch, my partner thought I was crazy for hyping it up
Ive never felt that BS was rough before this year. It was insane this year
Sad to hear. It's been a low-key favorite of mine for years and years.
It tore me to shreds last summer. I’d say it’s the roughest coaster in Ohio
Normally, I have trouble watching superlatives because so many go to places I haven't been. So in a way, it was "refreshing" to see so much 6 Flags America content here.
Thunderhead isn't rough at all after a lot of retracking last off season. You can easily marathon it now, unlike last year where the first half jack hammered you.
Any manufacterer has a good and bad coaster, but as always, its an amazing video!
All I can contribute is how shocked I was at the rough rides I got on Lightening Rod.
All the remaining wood track is AWFUL.
RCCA: what’s smoothness?
Haven’t experienced any Topper Track or Single Rail RMCs yet, however, Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom threw me into the side of the train hard enough to bruise. Not rough technically but almost jerky like an Arrow corkscrew entrance.
I just rerode Corkscrew at Cedar Point this past summer. It was not an enjoyable experience. Not headache inducing, but definitely not the smoothest track or transitions, even for an Arrow. It’s Cedar Point’s oldest steel coaster, and that’s saying something.
Should be removed ASAP along with iron dragon. Put a much better coaster in such a high traffic high visibility area at the split in the middle of the park!
@@TheBolligerMabillardLoverI think Iron Dragon should stay. It's the oldest and longest operating suspended rollercoaster, and it's the park's second best family rollercoaster. (#1 would be Wild Mouse and #3 would be Woodstock Express, and those are all the good family rollercoasters that the rollercoaster capital of the world has.
But tear Corkscrew down.
I agree, I rode it this summer and it was a bit jarring in the first half but not terribly rough
I’ll say for Premier, as a KI local, our Flight of Fear has been running pretty badly both this and last year. I believe it’s moreso a train issue than a track issue since the roughness varies from ride to ride, I’ve had rides this year that were just kind of rattly and others that were brutally rough. Hoping they get new trains soon to fix that but as it stands, still a fun ride, just, not really worth the crazy long line it always has
100% agree! It was so bad last year I may have skipped it this year.
@@cdnkartflight of fear at ki and KD is definitely the roughest premier coaster ever, with or without ots restraints, and definitely rougher than joker's Jinx, this coming from someone who lived in MD near six flags America for most of my life. The new six flags cedar fair behemoth needs to remove flight of fear and backlot from both ki and KD as soon as possible, along with anaconda from KD. Erase the ugly stain of the paramount era from two otherwise good parks ASAP!
@anthonyfinch8118 would you rather have nothing than those coasters? Sure, Backlot stunt is nothing exciting, but it attracts riders from other rides and is good for families, just like Goliath at sfmm reopening will pull (a few) people, and theoretically make other lines shorter.
I don't know if KD needs the capacity, though as it was a ghost town the one day I was there. It's still a good bridge between family and thrill coasters.
I got a good ride on Firebird when I rode it. Batman at SFNE was the one that banged my head.
I also found Joker’s Jinx to be smooth, but Flight of Fear (Kings Dominion) rough
Corkscrew at Nagashima Spa Land (the usual layout for an old Arrow corkscrew model) is definitely the roughest Arrow I’ve ever been on. It gave me such a headache that I had to go take a break before I got on Hakugei to avoid it being ruined for me. Good thing I waited, since Hakugei was excellent.
Also, pleased to inform you that TMNT’s clone (or original, rather), Takabisha, does not have that pothole to my knowledge. Or I just didn’t notice it. Staying at Fuji-Q, I think it has the one Togo you might actually like - Fujiyama.
Even Fujiyama can be a bit rattly sometimes
FujiQ is just packed with bucket list coasters. I hope dodo reopens though
I haven't ridden a roller coaster in over ten years, but I can remember Anaconda at King's Dominion being a rough Arrow. Especially that random twisted section of track between the mid-course brake and the double corkscrew. It's kind of just "there" and I distinctly remember the part where it suddenly whips through a left-right turn that always knocked my head around.
Definitely a contender for Arrow. Wasnt all that pleasant when i rode in 2022
Ditto.😮 That evil git of a coaster gave me a pounding headache.😮
"You get a solid, reliable product."
*shows footage of the crack on Fury 325*
Glad that you included Firebird. It's the roughest coaster in a park that contains Roar and Mind Eraser if that says something.
That’s what I’m saying. Though I personally find it pretty smooth in comparison to those.
I agree. I'll ride Roar & Mind Eraser every visit, but Firebird is far too rough for me.
I went to SF America this summer. Joker's Jinx, Mind Eraser, and Raging Cajun were closed, Firebird was bad, and Roar was horrific.
I don't think Steel Curtain is bad at all. It is just a personal thing for Chris 😄 I was really surpised, I rode Velicoaster in September and it had a pronounced rattle the entire ride. I had ridden it about 5 times prior on three different occassions and it was nothing but glass smooth. I was almost afraid something was wrong as it was such a different feel from all the other times 😬
Steel Curtain was perfectly smooth on my day. Velocicoaster was almost my pick for Intamin. It's the elevated seating that causes it to rattle. But, Skyrush was easily rougher for me. Those are both still top 20 coasters for me.
Yeah, Veloci has that weird rattle but it still is one of the best coasters in the world. Gotham City Escape was glossy smooth tho, I wonder what may have happened at Veloci... Anyway, GCE > VC
@@OklahomaCoasterFan Skyrush is only rough of youre on the wings. I think the rough bouncing is unavoidable with wings. Even the B&M wings have a bounce to them
@@Posirep I've only really gotten that bouncing on X Flight. I get the strong rattle on Skyrush, even in the middle seats, probably because those are elevated. But it is tolerable for me.
I havent ridden Velocicoaster since opening day so that doesnt surprise me that much
Video idea: Best magnetic launches in North America (or the world)
The best on in Europe I experienced on Fluch von Nowgorod at Hansa Park, that's a very forceful launch.
14:14: old shopping cart with a busted wheel. 😂
Great vid! For what it's worth, Thunderhead is glass smooth now after the big offseason retrack. Amazing ride.
I just rode thunderhead for the first time in September of this year and it was glassy smooth! I was curious if it had off-season work since it was so smooth and forceful.
Cough cough, Magnum, cough cough
I went to King's Dominion a few months back. My idiotic self made the incredible decision to ride the Anaconda in the back row. Worst mistake of my life. My head was getting beaten and bruised by the hard over the shoulder restraint the whole time, and out of all 31 different coasters I've ridden (yes I know I'm a noob) Anaconda places 32nd. Roughest arrow coaster by far. On the bright side of my KD trip, I-305 is the goat and ranks #1 for me
Next time, do Anaconda in an odd-numbered row, the front row of any car. Wheel seats (even-numbered rows) are bad on it, but non-wheel seats are tolerable. Also, grab the restraints and keep your head forward.
Yes. Anaconda's unbearably rough . Intimidator 305 will make your ass leave the seat. It's fun.
I remember Vortex at Kings Island being horribly rough the last year or two before becoming defunct. It’s one of the only coasters to give me an all day headache
Yeah it beat me pretty good when i last rode in 18
3:04 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 best line from Airtime Thrills
I haven't ridden Desperado but defunct coasters Drachen Fire and Steel Phantom deserve shout outs. Drachen Fire was just an endurance contest of violent elements, while Steel Phantom's amazing first half would get mind erased out of you in the inversions.
I've ridden it a few times. It's been SBNO for a while now. As with any Arrow you already know it's gonna be rough...but just HOW rough it will be is always the crapshoot. Of the CLASSIC Arrow Design, Viper at SFMM is one of those Arrows that looks like you will need a chiropractor at the end but surprisingly it's smooth. Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood is a PRIME example of what Arrow Coasters COULD have been but too little too late. Not to add to the echo chamber but Tennessee Tornado is probably the smoothest Arrow you will EVER Ride due to the move from Scaffolding Support Structure to a B&M Emulated Support Structure as well as one of the first Computer Sided Designed Arrows. Alan Schilke did an interview and TT was brought up and he explained how they went about designing and building it
My pick for CCI HAS to be Stampedia at Portaventura. Granted it’s been a long while since I rode it, but i remember it being really rough in its valleys and that first drop feels like a car crash.
It’s not for lack of trying either, Portaventura has done some serious maintenance work over the years, but to this day Ive seen bad reviews of the ride post refurbishment that back up my experiences before the Maintenance. It’s a shame because it’s the only dud in Portaventuras coaster list (hell the little kids woodie that runs through the thrill woodie runs 10X better)
I see that Six Flags America is still our funeral. Imo, the Mind Eraser is the worst SLC (maybe the new trains coming up will see some improvement)
5:35 i rode mystery mine 20 times in 1 visit on october 16, 2023, and I never got a headache
Idk Gold Striker isn’t that rough of a ride in my opinion. I think it’s really fun and it’s decently smooth
When i rode it in 18 it wasnt that good but in 21 it was significantly worse
i rode hellcat in august of 2022, and it is still really rough, idk what it is, but that ride is still awful, so bad, that the back 2 cars are closed off
for Arrow, its got to be Vortex at Kings Island, Mental
Gotta say Steamin' Demon is the worst coaster I have ever ridden idk how some other arrows compare but most people say its one of the worst
Firebird was extremely good probably because I rode it late in the day in July. (After the ride was done we waited on the break run for 20 minutes)
For some reason, I tend to bang my head on the corkscrew on great bear. It might have to do with unknowingly sitting in the bigger seat (row 7?) as a short dude but it’s the only moment I ever brace myself on a steel coaster let alone a B&M 😂
Roughest Arrow looper I can remember would be Steamin’ Demon at Great Escape.
That wasnt pleasant but didnt think it was legendarily bad
Hellcat... i was using so much profanity when going around it in 2013.
Instead of “rust in pieces” you should have just said “rust in peace” for the Megadeth reference
Want to second Boss and Hurricane. Hurricane broke my phone on that last janky airtime hill this summer and I'm not sure my back has been the same since my rides on Boss
Firebird is bad but I think vortex is awful
I guess you can’t go wrong with flashback, but el toro unfortunately is up there in terms or roughness for intamin now.
That retrack was not especially good imo. Really bad pot hole in the first turnaround and from then on the ride is just really rough and jackhammers a lot.
Sad to say, I had to move it down my list this year
Roughest coaster for me is Hurler at Carowinds. What an awful ride that piece of junk is
For SBF Visa it has to be Viking Coaster at Energylandia. It´s a Spinning Wild Mouse that, for whatever reason probably nobody knows, has over the shoulder restraints, it tracks about as well as if drunk interns welded the parts together and another group of equaly drunk interns then assembled it. It´s really shocking how terrible that ride is.
That being said, your comments about Helix sound like the issue is coming from the train. Star Trek at Movie Park Germany has a bouncy / shakyness in one of it´s trains, the other one is completely smooth tough.
roughest Schwarzkopf is mind bender at the mall oooof :(
GCI: Wildcat at HersheyPark or ROAR at Six Flags America.
Rode these coasters a week apart back in 2021 and Roar was slightly 5than Wildcat.
People often talk about Outlaw Run’s roughness, but I didn’t really experience that so much. However, I was pleased to hear you say what DID make Outlaw Run painful for me: during the ride, the lapbar would slip down and clamp down, stapling me in a way that ruined the second half of the ride.
The lap bar is a big issue with Outlaw Run. Really wish they would change the train or the restraints on Outlaw Run to one of their new set-ups. Wheel seat (Row 12) can be difficult to marathon. I actually prefer row 11.
@@alantrotter2077 Glad to hear you confirm.
I also agree that the lap bar is the bigger problem, the bumpiness is not bad at all, but the bar makes it a lot worse.
The bumpiness wasn't horrible, but it gave me a really bad headache every single time. I thought at first it was a fluke because it really wasn't that rough, but multiple times I tried and got the same bad headache
The bumpiness affects the lapbar way more than my head so its not that bad. But its still a ride i wouldnt let Sophie on
Ironwolf was the first coaster I went on with inversions. The next was Shockwave right down the path on the same day. Talk about a rough 1-2 punch.
Good old days at Great America with Shockwave and Wolf.
I haven't ridden Helix yet but I personally think Trace du Hourra at Parc Asterix is the least smooth coaster of MACK, and so are all their bobsled models. it constantly shakes from start to finish and it can hurt a bit for people who aren't tolerable with it
GCI - Apocalypse SFMM
PTC - Great American Scream Machine SFOG.
Schwartzkopf - Zonga SFDK. Similar to mindbender in Edmonton Mall
Zonga is obsolete thank God... Think intamin space diver type ride experience..Apocalypse and GASM i rode this year and both of them are still rough as hell.... Even though both coasters have had EXTENSIVE work done to them it hasn't gotten any better.
Honorable Mention for PTC would be Cannon Ball at Lake Winnepesaukah. I've heard square wheels over pothole laden tracks would improve the ride quality but it's the one coaster i don't have any personal experience with
Chris,
I won't hate on you for having three coasters from my home park (Six Flags America) there.
Roar is somewhat tolerable in colder weather; Joker's Jinx if you get stapled by the lapbars or (like me) have 'thunder thighs' it can be painful. Firebird i just don't have my head back.
kind of surprised FOF KI isnt here since ive heard it has a bad rattle and is rough
Need to give Thunderhead another chance, rode it a month ago and it was honestly butter smooth.
I rode it this spring. Glass smooth.
New Mexico rattler was awful and Kong was pretty nasty too
Airtime Thrills ..... Have you ever done a video detailing how you do your lists??? I mean do you take an audio recorder or pen and paper with you when visiting an amusement park for taking notes. I can imagine riding that many roller coasters it would be difficult remembering your experiences.🤔🤔🤔. just wondering
i feel like this came out already, coaster deja vu?
I grew up in St. Louis and currently reside in DC, so this list feels unfairly targeted with two coasters at each of those Six Flags parks 😂
There's 3 at Six Flags America in the video, so it's even worse 😂😢
Yeah i did pick on those a bit
@@AirtimeThrills somewhat understandable since I know neither park is high up on Six Flags' focus list; still, ooof X-D
Great video! Yeah I definitely agree with you about the Son of Beast one!
Screamin' Eagle has been an interesting one. When I last rode it, I made the mistake of picking a wheel seat (the last seat on a car, where you sit directly on top of the wheel). Do not recommend. But my friends sat in the seat behind me and said it was awesome. So that makes a major difference I guess. It was great on my first visit to the park in 2022 though, so I didn't knock it down considering it was my fault for choosing the row I did lol
Magnus Colossus at Terra Mitica is simple the worst coaster i've ever ridden
Arrow: Corkscrew at MichAdv rode quite smooth on my July rides. Having not ridden Desperado, I'd say Thunderation edges out Steamin Demon.
B&M: Totally agree! I've ridden it 3x, front & back, terrible.
CCI: Based on my July rides, I now say Shivering Timbers is rougher than Boss.
Chance: I was fine with Swiss Toboggan, but it probably is the roughest by default.
Dinn: Wolverine Wildcat was running like a dream in July, so smooth except some bouncing at the end. Timber Wolf was great this year on a non-wheel seat. My active pick would be Thunder Run, but including defuncts, Texas Giant was easily the roughest.
GCI: It was Roar, but now, their roughest is easily Zambezi Zinger.
Gerstlauer: Iron Shark was rougher for me, but the lap bars make it okay.
Gravity Group: Mine Blower was rougher than Hades 360 for me, but probably not anymore.
Intamin: In my experience, I pick Batman the Escape at Astroworld. For current ones, easily Skyrush.
Mack: I guess Manta at SWSD would be my default pick.
Maurer: Tolerable, but yep.
Morgan: Wild Thing for the figure 8 section.
Premier: Flight of Fear KI
PTC: I haven't ridden Screamin Eagle in awhile. Wilde Beast is my pick, barely over Lake Compounce's Wildcat.
RMC: I love that ride, but I agree.
RCCA: I only rode one, Rattler, and it was my 2nd roughest coaster ever behind Mine Blower.
S&S: Steel Curtain was one of my smoothest coasters ever. Hellcat was closed on me, so my pick is easily GaleForce.
Schwarzkopf: Mind Bender's helix was brutal for me, so that's my pick.
Skyline: No experience.
Togo: My only one was the glossy smooth Ultra Twister at Astroworld.
Vekoma: Lost Island's SLC is easily my pick. T3 was one of my smoothest SLCs.
Zamperla: I didn't think Rollin Thunder was bad, but it was the roughest.
Zierer: Haven't done Wicked. Verbolten is my pick.
Wilde Beast absolutely kicked my ass this year but I kinda enjoyed it
As a European, for CCI, choose Stampida. That shit was horribly rough and one of only two coaster I've been on that actually gave me a big headache. It was shit.
Yup. Roughest coaster I've ever ridden, and it's not even close. Given that Furious Baco's at the same park, that's quite the achievement.
I have the honor to have ridden the roughest coaster in the world.
Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2005
yeah that was probably rougher than Timber Wolf is now
Rougoru might be the roughest steel coaster I’ve been on.
With temps pushing 115° during its final years, the back car of Texas Giant was Brutal! But epic. Got to ride four times in one afternoon (very lucky), and I was sore the next couple of days and in my young twenties 😂
I don't understand the scream complaints. I rode it a few days ago for the first time, expecting a painful ride, but it was perfectly fine. I mean sure it wasn't glossy smooth, but never once was i bothered at all by the rattle.
Scream is a great ride, people just complain because it's built over a parking lot and doesn't have a view of a safari like its mirror image Medusa at great adventure.
I've never had problems with any arrow corkscrews, I'll take any of them over a rough woodie. Since you mentioned both, wolverine wildcat is so much worse than corkscrew at Michigan Adventure, its not even close.
Honestly I do not think Outlaw Run is rough at all. Even with a wheel seat it's smoother than any other wooden I've been on
I dont think its painful rough but its definitely not smooth, its bumpy the whole way thru. Mainly just wreaks havoc on the lapbar
SFA having three coasters on this list just reminds me of how much Six Flags hates it and why I drive the extra hour to King’s Dominion.
I got a great ride on Timberwolf early in the season and a torturous ride a couple months later. I'm pretty good at riding a coaster defensively and I know this coaster better than any other, but the pooch beat me up like I owed it money.
I’m in the minority here, but I loved Z-Force when I rode it at SFoG. I rode it 6-8 times and it was great. But I was also 16 at the time.
Those relocations didn't do it any favors it seems
Boss is in desperate need of RMC
Hard agree.
I found El Toro very rough in 2018 and haven't ridden it since. Only ridden Coaster Express and I found the front to be forceless and the back to be about as bad as HellCat's first half in 2018-but its second half was smooth and had good forces. I rode a traveling Toboggan, and it was just okay besides hitting my head. Firebird might be the worst B&M, but its the best B&M in Maryland-you don't have to ride it to know that
The European's pick:
Arrow: Vampire at Chessington, great ride though.
B&M: Never rode a rough one.
GCI: Troy gets faster and rougher every year. Still great.
Gerstlauer: Typhoon at Bobbejaanland.
Intamin: Hyperion at Energylandia. I only got the outside seats, I hear it's better on an inside seat. Still rougher than it should be.
Mack: Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland. Glass smooth in its opening year, got record rough in record time.
Maurer: Insider at Wiener Prater stands out as the only rough spinner. Their mice in general are horrible.
RCCA: Bandit at Movie Park. I came off seriously worried about my ability to procreate.
RMC: Untamed is not rough, but the unforgiving lap brick, shin guards and constant ejector makes for an uncomfortable ride.
SBF Visa: Viking at Energylandia. Spinning mouse. OTS restraints. What were they thinking?
Schwarzkopf: Olympia Looping, mostly due to tightening accordion restraints.
Vekoma: Take your pick, but El Condor, the prototype SLC, stands out. I've yet to try the new trains.
Zampera: Any Volare. Nuff said.
Zierer: The brand-new Farmyard Flyer at Paultons Park stood out for being much rougher than the older Zierer kiddie coasters at the same park.
SLC If you get the chance ride "The Great Nor-Easter at Morey's Pier in Wildwood NJ, oh man what a kick ass ride😮😮😮
@@chrisgardiner2215 I liked the SLC at Energylandia quite a bit, too. If you find a reasonably smooth one, they're great rides.
I enjoyed the chance toboggan I rode 25 years ago lol
For RRR at Universal, I think maybe this is a height thing, but I found the way those weird seats dug into the back of my knees to be absolutely unbearable - made worse by every jerk in the track. It was so bad I might not ride it again if I go back.
Six Flags America got shit on so hard 😂
For me so far:
Arrow - Carolina Cyclone (not terrible, but pretty rough)
B&M - Kumba (fun, but rattles like crazy. Kraken is close)
CCI - Cheetah (also the #1 roughest coaster I've ridden)
E&F - Hurricane (basically everything you said)
GCI - Thunderhead (not too bad)
Gerstlauer - Mystery Mine (never found it rough, just janky)
Gravity Group - Mine Blower (haven't ridden it with the retrack yet)
Intamin - haven't found a rough one yet
Mack Rides - same here
Maurer - Rip Ride Rockit (most of my rides have been smooth, but one was shaky)
Premier - Flight of Fear (both are very shaky)
PTC - Scream Machine (haven't ridden it with the retrack, but I'd imagine it's still rougher than the other PTC's I've ridden)
RMC - haven't found a rough one
S&S - same here
Schwarzkoph - Mindbender (yeah it's quite smooth but I don't have anything else lol)
Vekoma - Twisted Typhoon (ouch, used to be smooth, but I heard they put a "new" train on so now it hurts. Same story with their Boomerang.)
Wiegand - Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster (was pretty shaky)
Zamperla - don't have anything
Zierer - Super Grover SWO (rattled a little)
I traveled from Germany (my home country) to the UK about two weeks ago for the first time to ride coasters. I went to Drayton Manor, Alton Towers and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
If you would have included Designers as well, for Charles Paige the Grand National at BPB would've been an obvious choice I assume.
I rode the left side (when entering the queue I queued in the left line) in the very last row (next to a ride engineer) while riding their other woodies in the second to last row (except for Blue Flyer which I rode twice and I tried it in the last row).
It's the first woodie I would call brutal, especially the valley after the double down. At one point it felt like there was a jump downwards in the track and the train just dropped down. I still rode the right side right after that experience, but I went back to the second to last row.
But, I don't have many credits yet, for the longest time my only wooden credit was Colossos at Heide Park ( I got those other BPB woodies and Wicker Man at Alton during the same trip). So I didn't experience RCCA's Bandit at Movie Park yet.
I’ve ridden the Grand National twice and both times I wondered if it was going to kill me 😂 It’s ridiculously rough, definitely up there with the worst I’ve ridden - although I also rode Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Over Georgia before the retrack which was extreme rough too (but I felt less of a death threat!)
@@edbrown2998 What I forgot to mention, my lap bar came down multiple notches in that valley. I left myself some room but after that I was nearly stapled. There wasn't much airtime, even before the valley. But it was quite cold and a bit moist. I want to go back in the summer, but I don't know if I would ride the last row again 😁
Back on Boss is so unbearable
Lol just went to SF America first time recently, Roar was my 100th credit, and the worst I’ve ridden so far. Terribly rough and a less than inspiring layout.
Some of my roughest credits, Grand National, The Big One, The Smiler, Stampida, Furious Baco, Odyssey, Infusion & Steeple Chase.
Outlaw Run?! Have you been on Goliath? Outlaw runs worst offense is the nasty pothole at the bottom of the drop. Theres like 3 jarring bumps. I could ride it all day, just don't sit on the back wheels. Car 5 is the best. Its smooth compared to Goliath and idk why WW has a rattle, it wasn't rough when i rode it but maybe compared to Railblazer or JDC you could say that. Its the best one though, so fast and forceful. I think Vortex might even be slightly rougher than Firebird. I'll never ride it again and I love stand-up coasters. Roar had work done since and is actually decent now. I like it. Used to be brutal. Also the worst GCI has gotta be, I can't think of the name rn...it's at St Louis. The roughest, probably Apocalypse. The Boss is rough but not The Legend in 2019 rough lol. That rivaled judge Roy Scream and Hades. It's not even that bad. I rode it countless times after getting all the credits. Probably in every car. The Boss is everything lol. There's definitely rougher CCIs. Like the original Ghostrider. Screamin Eagle was a little bumpy at worst, like classic woody bumpy, not rough. It was my 2nd favorite wooden coaster in the park. As much as I praise Kingda Ka, my 1st back row ride was possibly the roughest ride I've ever had on a coaster let alone an Intamin. The vibration was so intense i could not see properly. It jackhammered, it was lurching side to side. Ive seen trains just wagging their tail going down the launch track. You can feel it sitting in the train behind waiting to launch. It depends on the train and maintenance interval. I also had 7 rides back to back in the back one day on a fresh train and it was fine, just a little rattly and shaky like Dragster in the back. I don't like either in the back, but I did enjoy those 7 of 8 back row rides. Never gave TTD another chance in the back after the 1st, hated it. American eagle was nothing in comparison. Honestly Toro can get pretty bad too. It got progressively worse each season til the derailment. Worse than Eagles helix in some of the turns. I think that's it for my disagreements. Idk I like rough coasters sometimes especially wooden ones so I guess I'm less bothered by some of em. Like Hades is my favorite wooden coaster. I even loved Judge Roy Scream cos it's my only RCCA credit and behaved exactly as expected and I wouldn't have it any other way. It'd be like flying Ryanair and not getting a carrier landing from hell 😂. Like what kinda coaster jackhammers so hard it causes ejector moments that aren't even there? It makes the airtime moments even better. Hahaha I'll never visit that park without at least one ride on it. It's so bad, just absoloute trash and I love it😂 RCCA is terrible. Oh and the retrack of Mine Blower only helped a little. It needed more but im fine with it. I like how rough it is. I loved the original. It feels very unique now.
Im so glad Flashback was in here. Many viewers may never know the joy of Flashback. Lets put it this way. No good on-ride video exists of it, because they had not yet invented a camera that COULD get good video through all that shaking. The camera's used floating head and tape, and would get knocked off track by vibrations. So, it was literally SO BAD, no good quality on-ride video exists of it. For me, Ghost Rider at Knotts was one of the worst soon after it was opened. Its gotten a LOT better after multiple re-tracks, but I swore never to ride it again after I chipped a tooth.
For Dinn Corporation you should’ve included Thunder Run at Kentucky Kingdom. I used to love that ride, but this year it’s gotten completely unbearable. I only rode it twice this year and both times I’ve gotten off of it feeling like I got horribly beat up. I heard they supposedly re-tracked it in 2020, but it sure as hell doesn’t feel like it has with how quickly it got rough. They need to either do more work on it to fix it, or just RMC it (if possible)
My roughest were
Gwazi (GCI, Busch Gardens Tampa)
Mean Streak (Dinn, Cedar Point)
NM Rattler (CCI, Cliffs)
Vortex (Arrow, Kings Island)
Wild Mouse (Mack, Hersheypark)
Dishonorable mention to Dinn's Raging Wolf Bobs at Geauga Lake.
For Vekoma, I'd say Joker's Revenge was worse than any SLC I ever rode. All of the Vekoma jank, but backwards!
There’s definitely a few defunct coasters that would’ve made this list if they were still around. Great American Scream Machine at Great Adventure for one comes to mind.
The roughest rmcs are like the smoothest arrows, and probably smoother!
The Roughest Zierer most certainly was Keverbaan at Bellewaerde I went on it closing year and It was comparable to Bandit in terms of roughness.
You could have used X2 for S&S. It's so painful, even on the inside seat.
X2 is an Arrow coasters. Yes, it uses S&S trains now, but was built by arrow.
Bandit is RCCA’s worst coaster. It was absolutely horrifying. Really painful.
I got ripped apart on Reddit for daring to call Blue Streak rough (rode in Sept). Glad to hear another validating my opinion (I guess that also makes you a "*****" lol), but blue streak was an absolute disaster this season.
I haven't ridden Firebird, but I say Vortex at Carowinds is the roughest B&M for me. El Toro has become a rather rough Intamin lately.
SDC is my home park and I love it to death but Outlaw Run is overrated and has not aged well. I also hate RMC's trains, one of the most uncomfortable designs I have ridden in. I personally wish it was a GCI creation.
I don’t know about your choice for premier, last time I rode revenge of the mummy at universal studios Orlando, it jackhammered me. I was in the front row and to the very right of the train. It wasn’t an atrocious rattle. But it certainly wasn’t unnoticeable and something I couldn’t overlook.
Worst Mack? Probably Poseidon at Europa-Park or Spatiale Expérience at Nigloland
Firebird is so shockingly rough I honestly think B&M used plastic for the track
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