UPDATE: Indiana Beach removed the shoulder restraints shortly after the release of this video. People are saying All American Triple Loop is much better now.
Thank you and Please let's just keep the Italians out of any modern manufacturing or construction . Oh, and the French, too. Yikes, as if their shitty cars weren't enough
I don't see many people mention it, but thank you so much for putting in the effort to provide accurate captions. I appreciate it! Even though I'm not hearing impaired, I always have subtitles on, because I process better when I see the words. The auto-generated subtitles on other channels are maybe better than nothing, but are often so wrong they're useless. Thank you again for putting in that extra effort 😊
As a Wisconsin native and friend of the Merricks (owners of Little Amerricka) it was absolutely SURREAL to see the Swiss Toboggan featured here. This amusement park is chock full of bizarre retro rides you won't find anywhere else these days. I remember loving to ride this multiple times in a day as a kid but now as an adult I wouldn't touch it. Awful, claustrophobic design and the cart always feels like it's going to fly off the tracks on those end bumps.
YES! I keep seeing coaster enthusiasts talking about how rare of a “credit” that ride is and I was confused since I rode it at like 10 at Little Amerricka. It was so tiny and cramped, but it was a fun little ride!
Same! Glad to see Little Amerika featured! I'm thinking that rude was designed only for younger children, not adults? Also, Mad Mouse deserves a mention!
Morals of the story. Don't let RCCA or Togo build your coaster, make the transitions smooth, don't use shoulder restraints, riders are better off sitting down, don't make the coaster car a cage, and strangest of all don't make a Green Lantern roller coaster since two of the three that exist are on this list.
@@tiffanybond1373Vekoma? You better check your information online because that company is majorly kicking ass and is now considered to be one of the Top 3 coaster manufacturers in the world. Their models have been nearly flawless since 2018.
22:56 Legend has it the Son of Beast was killed by the Banshee (which is the coaster that replace the ride) while his father The Beast looks from a far distance hoping for revenge.
I have ridden that coaster few years back. At first I was thrilled to be put in first row but coming out of it I had to rest an hour just to get rid of the Headaches. My back and legs still hurt a few days after. So yea, I 100% agree. xD
Whenever someone asks what the world's worst coaster is, I simply ask, "Did it send 27 people to the hospital for possible back & neck injuries? No? Then it's not worse than Son of Beast."
But that was a ride accident. Shockwave at Six Flags Great America sent way more people to the hospital during normal operation. I'm surprised it's not on this list, but I don't know many people that have ridden it.
I'm an enthusiast who loves Arrow Dynamics. They are one of my favorite coaster manufacturers and I'm used to every "Worst Coaster" list being FULL of Arrow rides. This is the first list I have ever seen that didn't go in that direction. Only Ninja popped up, which makes me believe that more enthusiasts are beginning to appreciate (or at least forgive) the unique fun that can be had on some classic old steel coasters. This is a rare list where I understood and agreed with most of the choices.
A coaster enthusiast who's favorite manufacturer is arrow!? Now I've seen everything. Jk 😂 I like most of their coasters Tennessee tornado is one of my favorite by them. I get a gray out every time!
@@Chillguy99 The slow paced ones are really good, I'm a big fan of Anaconda and Loch Ness. The fast paced ones jerk you around a little bit, but even those aren't unbearable. Arrow got in trouble when they pushed the limits of their design like with Steel Phantom and Drachen Fire.
I just want to thank you for doing the "stand" bit and NOT doing the thing all RUclipsrs do when they do corny word play and acting like you are sorry for it. They are never sorry, and they shouldn't be. Corny wordplay is just fine tyvm.
17:22 I was literally imagining TPC’s voice sprouting brainrot . I was laughing my butt off when he said that (not in a good way) I still love you TPC.
@@OgreJoe i watch alot of TPC so i can make him say anything in my mind so i thinking about how funny it would be if he just said brainrot and he said “not very sigma” (tbh it was kinda corny the joke i made)
I rode "Scream Machine" at Expo 86 as a kid and always wondered where it ended up. Now I know that it is "Ninja" at Six Flags St. Louis. Thanks for educating me about that lol! I also used to ride the Toboggan at the Puyallup (WA State) Fair every year as a kid in the 80s too. Trust me, you aren't missing much! Great video as always, thank you.
I love coasters, and so I'm sad that I've "aged out" of riding the extreme ones. There's a reason why you don't see many grannies and grampies on coasters, so I enjoyed your video A LOT, reliving the pain, er, fun. Your comments are hilarious; I was either laughing or cringing through your list. Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, my husband and I rode all the extreme coasters here in Southern California. We learned to avoid some of the over-the-shoulder harness ones. His back would scream at him, but he had it easy. I'm a shorty, blessed/cursed (take your pick) with big b**bs, so my rides were especially eventful as my entire head was flung left and right into the restraints and my b**bs were flung up and down. No sports bra could withstand the challenge. I'd get off those rides feeling like a Rubic's cube that needed to be solved. Wish I could be that Rubic's cube again for a day or two. Thanks again for the great content!
Toboggan doesn't even look like a real Roller Coaster, it looks like some kind of weird Bond villain trap. I can almost picture Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan having to escape this thing before it explodes or something. Also, I don't understand why Six Flags got a Rotating Coaster if they didn't want it to rotate a lot.
@@MichaelRei99 I rode these things many times as a kid. Was also my first roller coaster. Found one at a carnival/fair in Michigan annually when I used to live there.
The problem was they would not distribute the weight equally on the trains, so 1 side would rotate constantly and the other not at all. So the braineacts at six flags thought that by putting the side panels up this would help. It did not. People would come into the station still upside down. Men found it especially horrible, as it would crush their nutsack like a squirrel with a acorn
this carnival company that came through my town every summer actually had one of the Swiss toboggans. I always went on it because it’s not like you get many roller coasters with a traveling carnival. and yeah, they were able to be moved. I think that was their selling trait.
I'm honestly shocked at how Indiana Beach has screwed up All American Triple Loop so badly. Hopefully they can fix it in the coming offseason and maybe even try and give it new and improved trains, but for this coaster to be a total flop after having so much excitement surround it (and also being delayed) would be a disaster for the park.
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Exactly. IB somehow managed to make a Schwarzkopf rough. Even Revolution during the OTSR days was not considered rough, just merely uncomfortable.
I wonder how much you can blame on IB or how much the track suffered in Mexico wen the ride ran with no trim brakes. I am sure that didn't help. The fact that it was relocated alone can't be it. Alpina Bahn may not have a loop, but was built by the same people one year earlier and has been traveling ever since. It's ntwhere near bad.
I don't agree with All American Triple loop..I rode it and I thought it was fine..it was janky the shoulder pads are unnecessary and u kinda had to ride defensively but ive ridden way rougher and boring..my cons were those and it was loud..but i had no jawbreaker headbanging and didn't get hurt after..the ride operators actually tell you how to ride defensively too which was nice even if that's a huge con
There was a Toboggan at Santa's Village in Dundee Illinois, my mom and uncle road it together, my uncle was in pain afterwards. He is 6'2". I remember Z-Force, but never road it.
The fact that Cobra: Lost Kingdom Coaster in Freizeitland Geiselwind didn't even get an honorable mention baffles me 😬 That ride is a torture device for anybody with limbs
I remember the Toboggan. I rode it MANY times as a kid. it was portable enough to be at carnivals as well as permanent enough for traditional amusement parks.
I rode the Tobaggon(#16) years ago at a carnival with my Mother. It was so kookie and fun. We laughed our heads off. We especially loved going straight up inside the tube. Click click click click. We were scared we'd drop backwards. Then ya come out on top. I hope there is still one around somewhere! Vintage Carny ride. I'm glad you included it!
Oh boy, that made memorys come back. I‘ve been on the SLC in Gardaland a few years ago and have never regretted riding a coaster that much! I‘ve got a few ear piercings and never ever had any problems with them, even in other rides with over the shoulder restrains. Let‘s say I had a nice time at the doctor afterwards and lots of Ibuprofen to take…
Personally I loved it, rode it 3 or 4 times in a row - the queues are short because of its reputation and everyone wanting to go on the new fancy ones instead. But none of them had the Gs of the SLC so it's fine in my book
Welcome to the worst SLC in the world for headbanging even Condor wasn't that bad with old restraines in that regard. But to be honest thats the only SLC i actualy think they need to demolish. A there are couple of others i won't ride more then 2 or 3 times in a day but i normaly just push me head to the left on the harnass and i'm fine on that one it didn't work.
I road Green Lantern when it was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom, I don’t remember much about the ride experience but it was the first large scale looping coaster I ever rode. But I remember it being a fun layout, so consider that Great Adventure already has a Floorless Coaster, I would love to see Green Lantern get either the Surf Coaster trains or even Old school sit down trains like Kumba.
Kentucky Kingdom is my home park. T2/T3 was never open any of the times we went. Even as a kid, I wondered why they hadn’t torn it down since it just sat there. Green Lantern used to be called Chang and was at Kentucky Kingdom. One of my core memories is the time my thrill seeking dad rode it and then immediately stuck his head in the nearest trash can to throw up. I thought it looked cool, but was never tall enough to ride and sounds like that was a good thing.
I distinctly remember almost blacking out thru the loop on Chang back in the day and suffering a very intense headache immediately after riding. I seem to recall it claimed to pull 5Gs. KK is my home park too (though I haven't been in several years).
My family started going the year they reopened, and T3 wasn't available for a while when we went either. But once it did start being open when we went, it became my favorite ride there, even over my previous favorite of Lightning Run. But they both got left in the dust after Storm Chaser was opened and I got over my initial fear of it. I sometimes wish I was born a couple decades earlier so I could've experienced some of the rides that got retired before I could even see them
I rode Flashback in 8th grade for our grad night. There was no line. When we got on, I was with two girls in my class. One of them suggested we pull the shoulder restraints down on her friend after launch. We succeeded too well. The bottom of the restraint dug deep into her gut, and every bump made her grunt. At the end, it knocked so much air out of her she couldn't say no and we got 3 re-rides in. Once we got off the ride, she pulled up her shirt, and her stomach was red from riding it. I felt bad because we didn't realize how bad it was.
Coasters are like Ex's. Sure you can get a good ride every once in a while. But, most days it will smack you around, scream in your ear and leave you with injuries!!!
pirate's hideaway was not only the most painful thing i've ever ridden but also the most terrifying. the inside is a liminal space. my cousin and i got off and agreed to never ride again.
My family and I just came back from a day at The Great Escape and the canyon blaster tore my husband knees up. It some how managed to be both boring and bone crunching at the same time.
I rode The Big Apple Coaster when I was 8 and did it like 10 times. I’m 24 now, and now looking back on it..for the rest of that week, I experienced the worst shoulder pain I’ve ever had.
The thing about RCCA coasters is not only are they incredibly rough, there's also nothing to the layout. All they knew how to do was wide sweeping turns, basically.
Love your videos. Always great content. I appreciate that you accept others may have differing opinions to yours and I like that you try to share as much footage and history of a coaster as you can. Keep up the awesome work!
@@TinySwanGrandAdventures Did it 2 weeks ago it was fine. Could be cyclone cose the where ripping out the tracks when i was there. Defently not Hades loved that ride even if it did eat my car keys.
I’ve had the (mis)fortune of riding Magic Mountain’s Green Lantern and I can confirm, it’s the worst I’ve ever been on. I also rode the Big Apple coaster in the late 2000s and don’t remember it being that bad. I mostly remember it for how high it is.
Flashback was the only coaster of these 20 that I had the Horror.. HONOR yeah.. of riding. Having been to the Park tens of times, I rode Flashback ONCE. It made me sick, and tore my back up. So I am going to agree with all of your picks as you nailed this one.
Alright. Hard disagree with number 12. I absolutely love green lantern. It’s not only super intense, but has a great layout, and additionally if you get a comfortable ride, the track work is quite smooth. Green lantern is my number 17/211, and my highest B&M because of the pure intensity. I adore the ride but get why people don’t like it. My favorite force is positive g’s so it’s like the ride was made for me lol.
I love the ride as well and is one of my top ones but the only thing is I'm 4'11" so my head is covered by those restraints and I pinball HARD. Doesn't help I have a few ear piercings that got smashed the first ride with a migraine but rode it this year with minimal head banging so no headache!
There’s a reason why the SLC at Elitches in Denver is called Mind Eraser since it gives you a concussion every time you ride it especially in the back.
It's a real shame to see All American Triple Loop on this list. Here's hoping Indiana Beach can get their act together and fix its problems, because it pains me to see a classic Schwarzkopf deteriorate like this.
I remember the toboggan ride at the Southeastern Fair every year in Atlanta. I would ride it every year. It was nothing to write home to Mother about. But it was enjoyable to a point.
Im 42 and my fav coaster ever was The Mantis at Cedar Point. A standup that was shutdown too. I understand why. Knowing how to ride it was key for it to be amazing or not suck. You had to bend the knees and sag your weight about 2-4"s until the ride cart locked. Once you did, it was the greatest 90's sky surfing you could imagine. Smooth, comfortable, fun and intuitive. It gave you a lil feeling of control like a fake skateboard. Over and over. However.... If you did not adjust yourself while boarding, and stood up tall while being locked in, it would take your tailbone and manhood in a 4 minute process of unique torture. RIP Mantis, a Ferrari amongst Hyundais. 😔 The most known bruising coaster at Cedar pt through the 80s/90s was wooden The Mean Streak. Good luck to any knees over 6' and all necks snapped. Teenagers avoided it.
@@WhatAG23trust me if you even see a stand up coaster, don’t ride it, not worth the credit, only 2 that are good are literally Georgia Scorcher and riddlers revenge.
The fact that Montezum isn't in this list is just crazy! Except for Time Warp at CW, it's easily the worst coaster I've been on. Montezum is rough even during the lift, that RCCA is just terrible, had a much better experience at Coaster Express My top 10 worst coasters are 1. Time Warp 2. Montezum 3. Manhattan Express (rode it w/old premier trains) 4. Mighty Canadian Minebuster 5. Soarin' Eagle at Coney Island 6. Kong at SFDK 7. Raptor at Fantasilandia 8. Wilde Beast 9. Demon at CGA 10. Grizzly at CGA
@hurricanegproductions5525 yes. Montezum is the terrible RCCA woodie at Hopi Hari, near São Paulo in Brazil. Montezooma appears to be quite a fun shuttle loop
I loved the Chase Toboggan. We used to get one every year at the state fair, and I would always pay and wait in line for it. It was a blast, even if a little uncomfortable.
And Z-Force at SFoGa was a lot of fun, too. That is, when it wasn't breaking track (they had a full-time welding crew on staff) or breaking backs (that's why it left SFoGa).
Had a feeling Son of Beast would be on here. The loop was absolutely the best part of the ride, but the rest was more rough than this video can describe. At a little over 6 feet tall the cart was cramped to where my knees were constantly pressed against and bumping the front and were in pain for several minutes walking around the park
I dunno about the Carowinds ride but it looks really similar to Vortex at California's Great America (same manufacturer, stand-up cars until 2017, and the track layout looks really similar) and I always really liked that coaster.
There is a tobaggan roller coaster in a small amusement park called lakemont located in Pennsylvania. I was 12 or 13 when I first rode it, it was an experience. I enjoyed it and get on it every time I go to lakemont
I have to agree with you on the Vekoma SLC. I remember I rode Infusion at Blackpool Pleasure beach. I was in row 7 and the headbanging was so bad that I came off with a slight headache. But immediately after, I rode the Big Dipper which is an over 100 year old ride and I had a much more enjoyable ride....And that was on a wheel seat
Coasters that would’ve probably made this list if it was longer Goliath - SFNE Coast Rider - Knott’s Berry Farm Viper - SFGA Firebird - SFA Great American Scream Machine - SFGA Rattler - SFFT Mean Streak - Cedar Point Vekoma Hang’n Bangs Shockwave - Kings Dominion Mighty Canadian Minebuster - Canada’s Wonderland
When I was at Kentucky Kingdom a few months ago, I saw T3 track and support pieces organized in the back parking lot. It seems that the park is selling the coaster for relocation
People who say Vortex is painful are wimps. That ride is pretty darn smooth and has an intense fun layout. Every floorless conversion has made the ride worse. Same with Green Lantern how is that possibly on this list? it’s a fantastic coaster.
Idk about you but feeling like my balls are getting kicked over and over and getting my head banged against the damn restraints was horrific. I will say though that I rode Vortex back in the day, and it may have changed since my last ride (2016). But by god was it fucking horrid
@@fleshtorn I can see how the ball thing could affect taller guys but I’m 5’10” so I fit perfectly between the seat and the shoulder harness. I also didn’t think either ride was rough enough to cause head banging, they’re not perfectly smooth either but still not too bad.
Green Lantern First Flight reminds me of the thrill ride I went on at the AZ State Fair called "OMG" that is a cross between Topscan and Loop Fighter at the same time.
I feel so validated that Green Lantern is the worst. Short story: After my family rode this for the first time we were all complaining about how much it hurt, especially in the nether regions. Shortly after riding we walked past a custom wooden sign souvenir shop named “Woody’s Woodshop” and my Dad stated that after the experience we just had on Green Lantern, he’s going to need to pay a visit to Woodys Woodshop 😉🤣. Even though this coaster is gone it is certainly not forgotten.
As a Dutchie, I have ridden in Condor (the SLC prototype) many times, and I for one have come to love it, despite its reputation. I know it's not for everyone, and it can absolutely do with a retrack and new trains (scrapping this one should be an absolute no-no), but I always look forward to riding in what I've come to dub the "Stick Shaker", after the warning system planes are equiped with.
I rode the Toboggan ride once they had at a county fair when i was a kid and I think about it all the time because of how bizarre it was. They literally just sit you down in the cage and I've never seen anything like it. It was a blast but undeniably painful😂
I’ve revisited Little Amerricka recently and went on the Swiss Toboggan. Its been several years since I’ve been to the park so I wasn’t as quite as I am now so never had an issue with hitting my head from what I can remember. However I’ve grown quite a bit from the last time. My head was practically touching the top of the cage so I was pretty squished which made it uncomfortable. The turns are still pretty fun though. I just wish the carts design was better to make the ride more comfortable. I’m really happy that this roller coaster model was included since I’ve had a lot of childhood memories at Little Amerricka.
I somehow knew Flashback/Z-Force would show up on this list, but I adored it. It was the first "adult" roller coaster I ever rode, and I loved how different it was from all the others in the park.
An absolute awesome job! I was researching one particular coaster thinking it might be on this list, alas, it was not. However, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Thank you for sharing!
The Yellow one in the back corner at either Canobie Lake Park or Riverside(Six Flags NE) that was either called Sidewinder or Corkscrew and certain sections towards the back of the trains would smack your head in between the shoulder restraints if you werent holding yourself steady
El Condor is terribly rough for sure XD, and I loved my visit to Parc Asterix in France, but Goudurix has some really rough moments as well, like u need to get in a good position and prepare for some elements during that ride lol, and after one ride I was like enough of this which happened rarely before, but weirdly enough my brother wanted more so we went again, and then he regretted as well XD.
The new trains for the SLC at Six Flags America make it an entirely new experience. I use to refuse to go on Mind Eraser, it’d always give me a massive headache. But these new trains are amazing, the ride is so smooth with zero head banging!
The one at M&D's in Scotland has been there since the 80's. It was a neck breaker and people were complaining about getting whiplash from it. It sat unused in the park for years. It was horrendous.
I never rode the Wind Jammer but I do remember watching the commercials for it when the coaster came out. I lover the Excelerator! It's one of my favorites rides along with the Ghost Rider and Silver Bullet.
Excellent video. Just got back for a roller coaster road trip and I concur with your assessment of Pirates Hideaway at Casino Pier. 22:57 On that trip we also experienced Zamperla's Volare model at Luna Pier (Soarin' Eagle). Couldn't wait for that ride to end. 20:09 Interestingly, both of these coasters have a similar "lift hill" drive mechanism.
Though I miss it: LETHAL WEAPON PURSUIT from Warner Bros. Movie World Germany (or later known as COO Car Chase in then renamed Movie Park Germany) was one LOUD and RATTLING experience. A racing coaster where later only one of both where operating. A loop in the dark with flash lights and a burning car fying over your head before a double barrel roll was really something. But the noise. Dude, the NOISE and the rattling. Felt like, IDK a animal in a factory, knowing it will be slaughtered any time
Astroworld in Houston had one of those (#16) Toboggan coasters way back in like 1973-1974. It was called the Swamp Buggy or something like that, and I believe it was only there for two operating seasons. I was in elementary school back then and don’t remember all that much about it, other than that it looked TERRIFYING and I wanted to ride it!!! I convinced my dad to take me on it and we both regretted our decisions. I think it threw my dad’s back out, and it left me really dizzy and motion sick. Back then, Astroworld only had two coasters, Dexter Freebish’s Electric Roller Ride, a very tame steel-tube coaster, and the Alpine Sleigh Ride, which was a much-tamer version of Disneyland’s Matterhorn. I mean MUCH tamer. It was as much a dark ride as it was a coaster, although it had a few small drops. The wooden Texas Cyclone coaster didn’t open for a few more years, so the Swamp Buggy was a failed attempt to put in a real thrill ride, I think. I have no idea why it was only there for such a short period, but I imagine it was because everyone who rode it hated it.
I rode Triple Loop several times at Indiana Beach. The front seat wasn’t too bad. The park is planning on removing the over-the-shoulder restraints for 2025.
Wee Toboggan ride… Been on it in Glasgow. Loved it, named it the Postman Pat ride cos it looked like his wee van. Middle climb was pretty scary, won’t lie. X
I'm only a moderate coaster rider, but for me the two worst coasters I've been on was the New York/New York you mentioned, and Ghost Rider at Knott's Berry Farm, in the mid 2010s. I literally could feel my brains rattling in my head, and was worried I would have a seizure. I've been told it has been re-tracked and is much better now, but I haven't had the chance to ride it again. The Toboggan was the 1st non-kiddie coaster I rode. I don't remember much about it other than I was able to ride a "big boy" coaster. I think I rode it once since then, and don't remember anything good or bad about it.
@@DT-hg7te Good to know. I was there a couple of months ago, but there was only 1 train running and the wait was over 2 hours, so I passed on it. Xcellerator, Hang Time, and Silver Bullet were the ones this time (and all 3 were great)
@@kcreeves199 Ghost Rider is without a doubt the best ride at the park. Try to catch it as your first ride of the day, and later that day you'll find yourself waiting in the line to ride it again.
I always get a little excited hearing about Vekoma SLC models, especially because Mind Eraser, considered to be one of the worst, is located at my home park Darien Lake. I used to love it as a little kid, but everyone around me absolutely despised it.
I grew up within fifteen minutes of Kings Island, and one of my cousins was on the Son of Beast the day it had its big breakdown, on the train RIGHT before the one that sent people to the hospital. I remember him talking about the fact that he and some other people were talking about how the coaster felt rougher than they remembered. And then...
My first experience with Chance Toboggans was in Hersheypark, PA. They were meant to be carnival rides, but they were used at theme parks as attractions. Chance needed to think taller - like "skyscraper" taller. That would be fun.
About the Volare, I've ridden that one in Pyongyang (there's an off-ride video on my channel), and honestly, I actually quite enjoyed it! Sure, it was my first ever flying coaster, so just the novelty of that might have helped. But it was actually very smooth. But then again, I rode it just weeks after opening, maybe it gets (much) worse over time?
UPDATE: Indiana Beach removed the shoulder restraints shortly after the release of this video. People are saying All American Triple Loop is much better now.
Ok
I get it.
Thank you and Please let's just keep the Italians out of any modern manufacturing or construction . Oh, and the French, too. Yikes, as if their shitty cars weren't enough
Ohh ok
It's an amazing ride now with the otsr gone.
I don't see many people mention it, but thank you so much for putting in the effort to provide accurate captions. I appreciate it! Even though I'm not hearing impaired, I always have subtitles on, because I process better when I see the words. The auto-generated subtitles on other channels are maybe better than nothing, but are often so wrong they're useless.
Thank you again for putting in that extra effort 😊
As a Wisconsin native and friend of the Merricks (owners of Little Amerricka) it was absolutely SURREAL to see the Swiss Toboggan featured here. This amusement park is chock full of bizarre retro rides you won't find anywhere else these days. I remember loving to ride this multiple times in a day as a kid but now as an adult I wouldn't touch it. Awful, claustrophobic design and the cart always feels like it's going to fly off the tracks on those end bumps.
Is it weird I want to ride it just for kicks? Cause I would no question.
YES! I keep seeing coaster enthusiasts talking about how rare of a “credit” that ride is and I was confused since I rode it at like 10 at Little Amerricka. It was so tiny and cramped, but it was a fun little ride!
Same! Glad to see Little Amerika featured! I'm thinking that rude was designed only for younger children, not adults? Also, Mad Mouse deserves a mention!
No wonder why those rides died out
I liked the thing did it 2 weeks ago. Ok its not much of a coaster and i'm glad i'm not 6 feet tall but i had a big smile the entire ride.
Morals of the story. Don't let RCCA or Togo build your coaster, make the transitions smooth, don't use shoulder restraints, riders are better off sitting down, don't make the coaster car a cage, and strangest of all don't make a Green Lantern roller coaster since two of the three that exist are on this list.
LOL or vecoma
not that you'll have to worry about Toga building anymore coaster in the US since they went bankrupt here after Windjammer SurfRacers closed!
@@ironmania2003RCCA is gone also
@@tiffanybond1373Vekoma? You better check your information online because that company is majorly kicking ass and is now considered to be one of the Top 3 coaster manufacturers in the world. Their models have been nearly flawless since 2018.
Green Lantern: Cursed Blight
22:56 Legend has it the Son of Beast was killed by the Banshee (which is the coaster that replace the ride) while his father The Beast looks from a far distance hoping for revenge.
Big Apple Coaster is perfectly themed to an authentic New York City street mugging.
"This coaster pretty much slaps you in the face and tells you to go fuck yourself - it's that bad"
I choked on my ice cream😂😂
I have ridden that coaster few years back. At first I was thrilled to be put in first row but coming out of it I had to rest an hour just to get rid of the Headaches. My back and legs still hurt a few days after. So yea, I 100% agree. xD
@@fast_schon_kreativ 😳😳 yeah I don't classify that as "amusement" false advertising for sure😂
Whenever someone asks what the world's worst coaster is, I simply ask, "Did it send 27 people to the hospital for possible back & neck injuries? No? Then it's not worse than Son of Beast."
But if the harm isn’t enough to go to a hospital, it is debatably worse because it will happen again
But that was a ride accident. Shockwave at Six Flags Great America sent way more people to the hospital during normal operation. I'm surprised it's not on this list, but I don't know many people that have ridden it.
The Smiler amputated people's legs
are you a homosexual??
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21:46 you know it’s bad when it’s so bumpy that it literally knocks the color out of the pov😂
I'm an enthusiast who loves Arrow Dynamics. They are one of my favorite coaster manufacturers and I'm used to every "Worst Coaster" list being FULL of Arrow rides. This is the first list I have ever seen that didn't go in that direction. Only Ninja popped up, which makes me believe that more enthusiasts are beginning to appreciate (or at least forgive) the unique fun that can be had on some classic old steel coasters. This is a rare list where I understood and agreed with most of the choices.
A coaster enthusiast who's favorite manufacturer is arrow!? Now I've seen everything. Jk 😂 I like most of their coasters Tennessee tornado is one of my favorite by them. I get a gray out every time!
The one at the Great Escape is rough as all hell.
Arrow have to be respected for their innovation. There is a fantastic documentary on RUclips about the rise & fall if you haven't seen it
@@Chillguy99 The slow paced ones are really good, I'm a big fan of Anaconda and Loch Ness. The fast paced ones jerk you around a little bit, but even those aren't unbearable. Arrow got in trouble when they pushed the limits of their design like with Steel Phantom and Drachen Fire.
@@danielplainview2584standard for their looping coasters, the mine train model is a bit less painful
new fear unlocked : getting stuck in the tube of the Toboggan, when the ride is on fire
Lol
It's the worst ride I've ever ridden, so yes.
Green Lantern: the superhero with a crappy movie, and a crappy theme park attraction
i literally just went on that ride on six flags yesterday, and its not bad for a stand up but ya stilla. stand up
I rode green lantern when it was chang at Kentucky Kingdom right beside t2
@@SuperBlueeyes892 of the worst rides next to eachother..
Call that a 1 2 PUNCH 😂
@@DexLikesMinecraftYes an actual punch
Hey it's not that bad😡
Unless you mean the one at Magic Mountain 😂
I just want to thank you for doing the "stand" bit and NOT doing the thing all RUclipsrs do when they do corny word play and acting like you are sorry for it. They are never sorry, and they shouldn't be. Corny wordplay is just fine tyvm.
There was a Toboggan that used to go up with our local county fair. It was *so bad* but, you know, when you're a kid, that's fun.
I loved it. It was so cool
Going straight up on your back and then getting the view of the fair and town below.
I still find it mildly amusing that the speedrun strategy for RCT2's Magic Mountain level involves deleting Flashback.
It does? Nice 😂
12:07: this coaster pretty much slaps in the face and tells you to go *beep* yourself. LMAO what a great comment
17:22 I was literally imagining TPC’s voice sprouting brainrot . I was laughing my butt off when he said that (not in a good way) I still love you TPC.
ME TOO.
Can you explain the joke?
@@OgreJoe i watch alot of TPC so i can make him say anything in my mind so i thinking about how funny it would be if he just said brainrot and he said “not very sigma” (tbh it was kinda corny the joke i made)
I rode "Scream Machine" at Expo 86 as a kid and always wondered where it ended up. Now I know that it is "Ninja" at Six Flags St. Louis. Thanks for educating me about that lol! I also used to ride the Toboggan at the Puyallup (WA State) Fair every year as a kid in the 80s too. Trust me, you aren't missing much! Great video as always, thank you.
I love coasters, and so I'm sad that I've "aged out" of riding the extreme ones. There's a reason why you don't see many grannies and grampies on coasters, so I enjoyed your video A LOT, reliving the pain, er, fun. Your comments are hilarious; I was either laughing or cringing through your list. Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, my husband and I rode all the extreme coasters here in Southern California. We learned to avoid some of the over-the-shoulder harness ones. His back would scream at him, but he had it easy. I'm a shorty, blessed/cursed (take your pick) with big b**bs, so my rides were especially eventful as my entire head was flung left and right into the restraints and my b**bs were flung up and down. No sports bra could withstand the challenge. I'd get off those rides feeling like a Rubic's cube that needed to be solved. Wish I could be that Rubic's cube again for a day or two. Thanks again for the great content!
The Chance Toboggan looks like something I would make in RCT. A really tall lift hill with a helix that goes all the way back down to the ground.
I’ve tried making it in RCT a few times 😂 I even found someone who made a replica in Planet Coaster one time
It was a fun little coaster capacity is crap end i don't think you fit if your taller then 5.8 but for a kiddy ride i was smilling when i did it.
So the All American Triple Loop got both its track and its trains from two other coasters that had tragic accidents. Sounds like fun! 😀
Toboggan doesn't even look like a real Roller Coaster, it looks like some kind of weird Bond villain trap.
I can almost picture Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan having to escape this thing before it explodes or something.
Also, I don't understand why Six Flags got a Rotating Coaster if they didn't want it to rotate a lot.
Toboggan was clearly before your time. Back in the day it was very popular and I loved riding it!
@@MichaelRei99 I rode these things many times as a kid. Was also my first roller coaster. Found one at a carnival/fair in Michigan annually when I used to live there.
The problem was they would not distribute the weight equally on the trains, so 1 side would rotate constantly and the other not at all. So the braineacts at six flags thought that by putting the side panels up this would help. It did not.
People would come into the station still upside down. Men found it especially horrible, as it would crush their nutsack like a squirrel with a acorn
I used to love the toboggan as a kid, it's been years since I've ridden it but the experience is very unique
POV you’re a Carowinds casual and find out that the vortex got a new paint job ensuring it stays longer
this carnival company that came through my town every summer actually had one of the Swiss toboggans. I always went on it because it’s not like you get many roller coasters with a traveling carnival. and yeah, they were able to be moved. I think that was their selling trait.
I'm honestly shocked at how Indiana Beach has screwed up All American Triple Loop so badly. Hopefully they can fix it in the coming offseason and maybe even try and give it new and improved trains, but for this coaster to be a total flop after having so much excitement surround it (and also being delayed) would be a disaster for the park.
Exactly. IB somehow managed to make a Schwarzkopf rough. Even Revolution during the OTSR days was not considered rough, just merely uncomfortable.
I wonder how much you can blame on IB or how much the track suffered in Mexico wen the ride ran with no trim brakes. I am sure that didn't help.
The fact that it was relocated alone can't be it. Alpina Bahn may not have a loop, but was built by the same people one year earlier and has been traveling ever since. It's ntwhere near bad.
I don't agree with All American Triple loop..I rode it and I thought it was fine..it was janky the shoulder pads are unnecessary and u kinda had to ride defensively but ive ridden way rougher and boring..my cons were those and it was loud..but i had no jawbreaker headbanging and didn't get hurt after..the ride operators actually tell you how to ride defensively too which was nice even if that's a huge con
Honestly, given all the wear and tear it already suffered before it was accquired by Indiana Beach, I'm not sure why they bothered to acquire it.
It was desaster wen i went to ride it...... Nope it was down so i wouldnt know.
Maybe it's just personal experience talking but Mean Streak from Cedar Point even as young and spry as I was back then still gives me nightmares.
There was a Toboggan at Santa's Village in Dundee Illinois, my mom and uncle road it together, my uncle was in pain afterwards. He is 6'2". I remember Z-Force, but never road it.
hehe i'm 5.75 and i could bearly fit in it i can imagine. Must say i had a big smile when i rode it in Little A.
Thank you for including me ❤️ 0:00
The fact that Cobra: Lost Kingdom Coaster in Freizeitland Geiselwind didn't even get an honorable mention baffles me 😬 That ride is a torture device for anybody with limbs
Isn’t that the really small coaster with an inversion?
@@bubblegaminglol It is indeed rather small with one sidewinder
hehe my nr 2 maybe nr 3 on the worst coaster list yup i was wondering that to guess not maney americanes made it to Geiselwind.
I remember the Toboggan. I rode it MANY times as a kid. it was portable enough to be at carnivals as well as permanent enough for traditional amusement parks.
17:17 This part killed me, Jesus Christ
It caught me so off guard lol
Same I wasn’t ready
Brainrot warning
Also, this part is now in 15:04
With a defect like that, it makes you wonder how on earth it received a _Safe to operate_ certificate... 🤔
I rode the Tobaggon(#16) years ago at a carnival with my Mother. It was so kookie and fun. We laughed our heads off. We especially loved going straight up inside the tube. Click click click click. We were scared we'd drop backwards. Then ya come out on top. I hope there is still one around somewhere! Vintage Carny ride. I'm glad you included it!
15:03 I can feel my brain cells dying one by one
While I agree, I appreciate his dedication to staying up to date on slang 🤣
Bandit is constantly being retracked. But the heavy trains don't take long to ruin all the work they put into it.
Oh boy, that made memorys come back. I‘ve been on the SLC in Gardaland a few years ago and have never regretted riding a coaster that much! I‘ve got a few ear piercings and never ever had any problems with them, even in other rides with over the shoulder restrains. Let‘s say I had a nice time at the doctor afterwards and lots of Ibuprofen to take…
Blue tornado is awful, as are limit and MP express - but condor at walibi is in it's own league of awfulness!
Personally I loved it, rode it 3 or 4 times in a row - the queues are short because of its reputation and everyone wanting to go on the new fancy ones instead. But none of them had the Gs of the SLC so it's fine in my book
Welcome to the worst SLC in the world for headbanging even Condor wasn't that bad with old restraines in that regard. But to be honest thats the only SLC i actualy think they need to demolish. A there are couple of others i won't ride more then 2 or 3 times in a day but i normaly just push me head to the left on the harnass and i'm fine on that one it didn't work.
I road Green Lantern when it was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom, I don’t remember much about the ride experience but it was the first large scale looping coaster I ever rode. But I remember it being a fun layout, so consider that Great Adventure already has a Floorless Coaster, I would love to see Green Lantern get either the Surf Coaster trains or even Old school sit down trains like Kumba.
Kentucky Kingdom is my home park. T2/T3 was never open any of the times we went. Even as a kid, I wondered why they hadn’t torn it down since it just sat there.
Green Lantern used to be called Chang and was at Kentucky Kingdom. One of my core memories is the time my thrill seeking dad rode it and then immediately stuck his head in the nearest trash can to throw up. I thought it looked cool, but was never tall enough to ride and sounds like that was a good thing.
I distinctly remember almost blacking out thru the loop on Chang back in the day and suffering a very intense headache immediately after riding. I seem to recall it claimed to pull 5Gs. KK is my home park too (though I haven't been in several years).
I never trusted any of the coasters. They all seemed to have issues, except Thunder Run.
My family started going the year they reopened, and T3 wasn't available for a while when we went either. But once it did start being open when we went, it became my favorite ride there, even over my previous favorite of Lightning Run. But they both got left in the dust after Storm Chaser was opened and I got over my initial fear of it. I sometimes wish I was born a couple decades earlier so I could've experienced some of the rides that got retired before I could even see them
@@ItsDaJaxStorm Chaser and Lighting Run are awesome though!
I rode Flashback in 8th grade for our grad night. There was no line. When we got on, I was with two girls in my class. One of them suggested we pull the shoulder restraints down on her friend after launch. We succeeded too well. The bottom of the restraint dug deep into her gut, and every bump made her grunt. At the end, it knocked so much air out of her she couldn't say no and we got 3 re-rides in. Once we got off the ride, she pulled up her shirt, and her stomach was red from riding it. I felt bad because we didn't realize how bad it was.
Coasters are like Ex's. Sure you can get a good ride every once in a while. But, most days it will smack you around, scream in your ear and leave you with injuries!!!
pirate's hideaway was not only the most painful thing i've ever ridden but also the most terrifying. the inside is a liminal space. my cousin and i got off and agreed to never ride again.
My family and I just came back from a day at The Great Escape and the canyon blaster tore my husband knees up. It some how managed to be both boring and bone crunching at the same time.
From experience, if you want it to be just boring, ride in one of the middle rows of a car.
I rode The Big Apple Coaster when I was 8 and did it like 10 times. I’m 24 now, and now looking back on it..for the rest of that week, I experienced the worst shoulder pain I’ve ever had.
The thing about RCCA coasters is not only are they incredibly rough, there's also nothing to the layout. All they knew how to do was wide sweeping turns, basically.
Love your videos. Always great content. I appreciate that you accept others may have differing opinions to yours and I like that you try to share as much footage and history of a coaster as you can. Keep up the awesome work!
I thought at least one Coaster from Mt. Olympus in Wisconsin dells would've made the list
Pegasus?
Pegasus 😩 It got a retracking recently though so supposedly it's much less painful now?
@@TinySwanGrandAdventures Did it 2 weeks ago it was fine. Could be cyclone cose the where ripping out the tracks when i was there. Defently not Hades loved that ride even if it did eat my car keys.
I’ve had the (mis)fortune of riding Magic Mountain’s Green Lantern and I can confirm, it’s the worst I’ve ever been on. I also rode the Big Apple coaster in the late 2000s and don’t remember it being that bad. I mostly remember it for how high it is.
I know it's not the main focal point of the video, but let me just say that the transition into the sponsor is absolutely SEAMLESS! XD
But the transition out was a gut punch!😂
Flashback was the only coaster of these 20 that I had the Horror.. HONOR yeah.. of riding. Having been to the Park tens of times, I rode Flashback ONCE. It made me sick, and tore my back up. So I am going to agree with all of your picks as you nailed this one.
Alright. Hard disagree with number 12. I absolutely love green lantern. It’s not only super intense, but has a great layout, and additionally if you get a comfortable ride, the track work is quite smooth. Green lantern is my number 17/211, and my highest B&M because of the pure intensity. I adore the ride but get why people don’t like it. My favorite force is positive g’s so it’s like the ride was made for me lol.
I legit had some really fun rides on it, and I even included it in a video about the most underrated coasters I've been on. But a vote's a vote 😅😅
It’s legit a 10/10 ride, enthusiasts are wimpy cowards
I love the ride as well and is one of my top ones but the only thing is I'm 4'11" so my head is covered by those restraints and I pinball HARD. Doesn't help I have a few ear piercings that got smashed the first ride with a migraine but rode it this year with minimal head banging so no headache!
Same, 10/10 I loved that ride!
I agree, I’m able to get the little seat down so it doesn’t bother me down there and it’s not that rough at all. It’s intense and a great ride imo
There’s a reason why the SLC at Elitches in Denver is called Mind Eraser since it gives you a concussion every time you ride it especially in the back.
It's a real shame to see All American Triple Loop on this list. Here's hoping Indiana Beach can get their act together and fix its problems, because it pains me to see a classic Schwarzkopf deteriorate like this.
Thank you for what you do!
0:26 "As voted on by Da viewers"
I remember the toboggan ride at the Southeastern Fair every year in Atlanta. I would ride it every year. It was nothing to write home to Mother about. But it was enjoyable to a point.
15:58 you just had to mention bandit (not the coaster, bluey’s dad)
Im 42 and my fav coaster ever was The Mantis at Cedar Point. A standup that was shutdown too. I understand why. Knowing how to ride it was key for it to be amazing or not suck.
You had to bend the knees and sag your weight about 2-4"s until the ride cart locked. Once you did, it was the greatest 90's sky surfing you could imagine. Smooth, comfortable, fun and intuitive. It gave you a lil feeling of control like a fake skateboard. Over and over.
However....
If you did not adjust yourself while boarding, and stood up tall while being locked in, it would take your tailbone and manhood in a 4 minute process of unique torture. RIP Mantis, a Ferrari amongst Hyundais. 😔
The most known bruising coaster at Cedar pt through the 80s/90s was wooden The Mean Streak. Good luck to any knees over 6' and all necks snapped. Teenagers avoided it.
Iron Wolf from Six Flags Great America was the worst ride ever, known to give riders concussions 😅😂
My dad would agree with that… I still wish I had a chance to ride it one time in standup form just to see what it was about.
@@WhatAG23trust me if you even see a stand up coaster, don’t ride it, not worth the credit, only 2 that are good are literally Georgia Scorcher and riddlers revenge.
Iron wolf was a good coaster when it opened. After the restraints were changed, it was uncomfortable to ride.
I love the Toboggan coasters! I've ridden 2 different ones that were travel ones.
The fact that Montezum isn't in this list is just crazy! Except for Time Warp at CW, it's easily the worst coaster I've been on. Montezum is rough even during the lift, that RCCA is just terrible, had a much better experience at Coaster Express
My top 10 worst coasters are
1. Time Warp
2. Montezum
3. Manhattan Express (rode it w/old premier trains)
4. Mighty Canadian Minebuster
5. Soarin' Eagle at Coney Island
6. Kong at SFDK
7. Raptor at Fantasilandia
8. Wilde Beast
9. Demon at CGA
10. Grizzly at CGA
that’s different than Montezooma, correct?
@hurricanegproductions5525 yes. Montezum is the terrible RCCA woodie at Hopi Hari, near São Paulo in Brazil.
Montezooma appears to be quite a fun shuttle loop
I actually really enjoyed Mighty Canadian Minebuster. Wilde Beast on the other hand was the worst, felt like I was about to die.
I actually like Demon. I have not been on the California one, but I have ridden the Illinois one dozens of times.
@@tigerrocks503 its so good i love it
I loved the Chase Toboggan. We used to get one every year at the state fair, and I would always pay and wait in line for it. It was a blast, even if a little uncomfortable.
And Z-Force at SFoGa was a lot of fun, too. That is, when it wasn't breaking track (they had a full-time welding crew on staff) or breaking backs (that's why it left SFoGa).
Renegade is super rough at Valleyfair😮😮
Had a feeling Son of Beast would be on here. The loop was absolutely the best part of the ride, but the rest was more rough than this video can describe. At a little over 6 feet tall the cart was cramped to where my knees were constantly pressed against and bumping the front and were in pain for several minutes walking around the park
Vortex is a fine ride. This is the hill upon which I will die.
I dunno about the Carowinds ride but it looks really similar to Vortex at California's Great America (same manufacturer, stand-up cars until 2017, and the track layout looks really similar) and I always really liked that coaster.
I liked it wasn;t the best coaster in the world but it was ok.
There is a tobaggan roller coaster in a small amusement park called lakemont located in Pennsylvania. I was 12 or 13 when I first rode it, it was an experience. I enjoyed it and get on it every time I go to lakemont
Lakemont also has the OLDEST rollercoaster standing in the US. The figure 8 Dips
I would ride the green lantern one ngl…
it’s gone now lol
It’s defunct
@@XZPLSSUBI think they mean the standup coaster
No I mean the side ways one
Nice to know, but what about the rollercoaster?
I have to agree with you on the Vekoma SLC. I remember I rode Infusion at Blackpool Pleasure beach. I was in row 7 and the headbanging was so bad that I came off with a slight headache. But immediately after, I rode the Big Dipper which is an over 100 year old ride and I had a much more enjoyable ride....And that was on a wheel seat
Coasters that would’ve probably made this list if it was longer
Goliath - SFNE
Coast Rider - Knott’s Berry Farm
Viper - SFGA
Firebird - SFA
Great American Scream Machine - SFGA
Rattler - SFFT
Mean Streak - Cedar Point
Vekoma Hang’n Bangs
Shockwave - Kings Dominion
Mighty Canadian Minebuster - Canada’s Wonderland
Amazing video as always! Keep up the great work!
15:04 THE BRAINROT GOT TO HIM
Lemme fix this
15:04
@@kotchapakmaneechote2062 thanks
When I was at Kentucky Kingdom a few months ago, I saw T3 track and support pieces organized in the back parking lot. It seems that the park is selling the coaster for relocation
Rumoured to be coming to the uk
People who say Vortex is painful are wimps. That ride is pretty darn smooth and has an intense fun layout. Every floorless conversion has made the ride worse.
Same with Green Lantern how is that possibly on this list? it’s a fantastic coaster.
Fr I rode it for the first time like 2 weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised
Idk about you but feeling like my balls are getting kicked over and over and getting my head banged against the damn restraints was horrific. I will say though that I rode Vortex back in the day, and it may have changed since my last ride (2016). But by god was it fucking horrid
@@fleshtorn I can see how the ball thing could affect taller guys but I’m 5’10” so I fit perfectly between the seat and the shoulder harness. I also didn’t think either ride was rough enough to cause head banging, they’re not perfectly smooth either but still not too bad.
Green Lantern First Flight reminds me of the thrill ride I went on at the AZ State Fair called "OMG" that is a cross between Topscan and Loop Fighter at the same time.
I feel so validated that Green Lantern is the worst. Short story: After my family rode this for the first time we were all complaining about how much it hurt, especially in the nether regions. Shortly after riding we walked past a custom wooden sign souvenir shop named “Woody’s Woodshop” and my Dad stated that after the experience we just had on Green Lantern, he’s going to need to pay a visit to Woodys Woodshop 😉🤣. Even though this coaster is gone it is certainly not forgotten.
It was the most popular coaster here as Chang.
As a Dutchie, I have ridden in Condor (the SLC prototype) many times, and I for one have come to love it, despite its reputation. I know it's not for everyone, and it can absolutely do with a retrack and new trains (scrapping this one should be an absolute no-no), but I always look forward to riding in what I've come to dub the "Stick Shaker", after the warning system planes are equiped with.
I rode the Toboggan ride once they had at a county fair when i was a kid and I think about it all the time because of how bizarre it was. They literally just sit you down in the cage and I've never seen anything like it. It was a blast but undeniably painful😂
I felt no pain!! I'm kinda small.
I was so worried drachen fire was gonna end up on here. I honestly liked that coaster. Love your videos. Keep up the great work.
I’ve revisited Little Amerricka recently and went on the Swiss Toboggan. Its been several years since I’ve been to the park so I wasn’t as quite as I am now so never had an issue with hitting my head from what I can remember. However I’ve grown quite a bit from the last time. My head was practically touching the top of the cage so I was pretty squished which made it uncomfortable. The turns are still pretty fun though. I just wish the carts design was better to make the ride more comfortable. I’m really happy that this roller coaster model was included since I’ve had a lot of childhood memories at Little Amerricka.
The Tobaggan at Conneaut Lake Park gave me a literal concussion when I went there in 2006. Not surprised that was it’s last season,
I somehow knew Flashback/Z-Force would show up on this list, but I adored it. It was the first "adult" roller coaster I ever rode, and I loved how different it was from all the others in the park.
An absolute awesome job! I was researching one particular coaster thinking it might be on this list, alas, it was not. However, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Thank you for sharing!
The Yellow one in the back corner at either Canobie Lake Park or Riverside(Six Flags NE) that was either called Sidewinder or Corkscrew and certain sections towards the back of the trains would smack your head in between the shoulder restraints if you werent holding yourself steady
El Condor is terribly rough for sure XD, and I loved my visit to Parc Asterix in France, but Goudurix has some really rough moments as well, like u need to get in a good position and prepare for some elements during that ride lol, and after one ride I was like enough of this which happened rarely before, but weirdly enough my brother wanted more so we went again, and then he regretted as well XD.
The new trains for the SLC at Six Flags America make it an entirely new experience. I use to refuse to go on Mind Eraser, it’d always give me a massive headache. But these new trains are amazing, the ride is so smooth with zero head banging!
The one at M&D's in Scotland has been there since the 80's. It was a neck breaker and people were complaining about getting whiplash from it. It sat unused in the park for years. It was horrendous.
I never rode the Wind Jammer but I do remember watching the commercials for it when the coaster came out. I lover the Excelerator! It's one of my favorites rides along with the Ghost Rider and Silver Bullet.
Excellent video. Just got back for a roller coaster road trip and I concur with your assessment of Pirates Hideaway at Casino Pier. 22:57
On that trip we also experienced Zamperla's Volare model at Luna Pier (Soarin' Eagle). Couldn't wait for that ride to end. 20:09
Interestingly, both of these coasters have a similar "lift hill" drive mechanism.
Though I miss it: LETHAL WEAPON PURSUIT from Warner Bros. Movie World Germany (or later known as COO Car Chase in then renamed Movie Park Germany) was one LOUD and RATTLING experience. A racing coaster where later only one of both where operating. A loop in the dark with flash lights and a burning car fying over your head before a double barrel roll was really something. But the noise. Dude, the NOISE and the rattling. Felt like, IDK a animal in a factory, knowing it will be slaughtered any time
Astroworld in Houston had one of those (#16) Toboggan coasters way back in like 1973-1974. It was called the Swamp Buggy or something like that, and I believe it was only there for two operating seasons. I was in elementary school back then and don’t remember all that much about it, other than that it looked TERRIFYING and I wanted to ride it!!!
I convinced my dad to take me on it and we both regretted our decisions. I think it threw my dad’s back out, and it left me really dizzy and motion sick. Back then, Astroworld only had two coasters, Dexter Freebish’s Electric Roller Ride, a very tame steel-tube coaster, and the Alpine Sleigh Ride, which was a much-tamer version of Disneyland’s Matterhorn. I mean MUCH tamer. It was as much a dark ride as it was a coaster, although it had a few small drops. The wooden Texas Cyclone coaster didn’t open for a few more years, so the Swamp Buggy was a failed attempt to put in a real thrill ride, I think. I have no idea why it was only there for such a short period, but I imagine it was because everyone who rode it hated it.
I rode Triple Loop several times at Indiana Beach. The front seat wasn’t too bad. The park is planning on removing the over-the-shoulder restraints for 2025.
Viper at six flags Chicago is AMAZING when it's raining! Very fast and smooth for a woodie
The villain at the old Geauga Lake theme park should have made it on here imo. I remember feeling like I got jumped when I rode it
Wee Toboggan ride… Been on it in Glasgow. Loved it, named it the Postman Pat ride cos it looked like his wee van. Middle climb was pretty scary, won’t lie. X
I'm only a moderate coaster rider, but for me the two worst coasters I've been on was the New York/New York you mentioned, and Ghost Rider at Knott's Berry Farm, in the mid 2010s. I literally could feel my brains rattling in my head, and was worried I would have a seizure. I've been told it has been re-tracked and is much better now, but I haven't had the chance to ride it again. The Toboggan was the 1st non-kiddie coaster I rode. I don't remember much about it other than I was able to ride a "big boy" coaster. I think I rode it once since then, and don't remember anything good or bad about it.
I rode Ghostrider in 2020 just before the pandemic and I can tell you it's super-smooth now.
@@DT-hg7te Good to know. I was there a couple of months ago, but there was only 1 train running and the wait was over 2 hours, so I passed on it. Xcellerator, Hang Time, and Silver Bullet were the ones this time (and all 3 were great)
@@kcreeves199 Ghost Rider is without a doubt the best ride at the park. Try to catch it as your first ride of the day, and later that day you'll find yourself waiting in the line to ride it again.
I always get a little excited hearing about Vekoma SLC models, especially because Mind Eraser, considered to be one of the worst, is located at my home park Darien Lake. I used to love it as a little kid, but everyone around me absolutely despised it.
I grew up within fifteen minutes of Kings Island, and one of my cousins was on the Son of Beast the day it had its big breakdown, on the train RIGHT before the one that sent people to the hospital. I remember him talking about the fact that he and some other people were talking about how the coaster felt rougher than they remembered. And then...
My first experience with Chance Toboggans was in Hersheypark, PA. They were meant to be carnival rides, but they were used at theme parks as attractions. Chance needed to think taller - like "skyscraper" taller. That would be fun.
I rode the Swiss toboggan ride when I was 6 back in 1967. I rode it alone.I was really popular at fairs in the 60s.
Goudarix was actually my second favorite ride at Parc Asterix! When I rode it, it was more smooth than Tonnere de Zeus.
About the Volare, I've ridden that one in Pyongyang (there's an off-ride video on my channel), and honestly, I actually quite enjoyed it! Sure, it was my first ever flying coaster, so just the novelty of that might have helped. But it was actually very smooth. But then again, I rode it just weeks after opening, maybe it gets (much) worse over time?
FYI - There is an eternal flame that burns at Kings Island where Son of Beast used to stand in memory of the coaster.