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Post March 14th, 2009, 6:39 pm

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Smooth: Katun
Rough: Super 8erbahn - I could feel every single segment. Well, feel might be an understatement...

Post March 14th, 2009, 10:23 pm

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Smoothest- Millenium force, Cedar Point

Roughest- Mean Streak, Cedar Point

Post March 15th, 2009, 12:40 am

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Originally posted by guitarplayer673

Smoothest: Raging Bull or Millenium Force
Roughest: Zeus at Mt. Olympus or Hershey's Wildcat


I agree with the smothest, but I don't think zeus is that rough.
Roughest: Mean streak at CP or the Boss at st. louis

Post March 15th, 2009, 12:51 am

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Yeah, I thought Zeus was the smoothest of all the coasters in the Dells, actually.

smooth- Goliath at La Ronde, Definitely. Mummy @ USH next.

rough- cyclone @ sfne's pretty bad. But really fun.

I dont understand XLC being rough. I rode it in its last days, and its first or second year. It was fine both times, in front and back. Hmm


XLC was rough to me in that it was really bouncy. It didn't hurt but it tracked really awful. It also had the worst brakes ever, in my opinion. And my last ride on Cyclone was really amazing. Airtime everywhere, and I'd almost call it smooth (definitely aggressive though). I've said it before, if not for those damn trims at the end, it would probably be top 3-5 for me based on that last ride.

Post March 15th, 2009, 1:40 am

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Smoothest- 3 way tie between wildfire, maverick, and mf
Roughest- another difficult one. Mr freeze, powder keg, adn mean streak are all aerious contenders. But mr. freeze is one of my favorite rides and mean streak beat me like a rag doll. proabaly mean streak

But boss is very rough and i love it.

Post March 19th, 2009, 1:41 am

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i love the first drop on SOB, and the loop was amazing back in the day. the only rough part about the ride is the rose bowl. that thing is the most beautiful and painful element ideas for a wood coaster. like a rose it is stunning, but every rose has it's thorn, and it's got a whole bowl lol.

Post March 20th, 2009, 2:13 am

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Smoothest Ride: Dueling Dragons - Universal Islands Of Adventure

Roughest Ride: Drachen Fire (2nd car) - Busch Gardens Europe (Williamsburg)

Post March 20th, 2009, 2:18 am

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Post March 29th, 2009, 8:12 pm

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Smoothest - Apollo's Chariot (Busch Gardens, Williamsburg) & Riddler's Revenge (Magic Mtn)

Roughest - The Grizzly (Kings Dominion) & Ghost Rider (Knott's Berry Farm)

Post April 3rd, 2009, 6:37 pm

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Post April 3rd, 2009, 7:49 pm

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Smoothest-Nitro,Apollos Chariots and oddly Titan(smooth violence?). Roughest are The Rattler before big reprofile(mean ejector air and painful slam at first 166 drop) also Texas Giant and Texas cyclone(early version).

Post April 3rd, 2009, 7:57 pm

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^you posted just before me, you know The Rattler Pain.

The smoothest would probably be MF.
The roughest coaster would be The Rattler at Fiesta Texas. But not the current version. I'm talking the 1st year it opened. OUCH...I guess I like pain because I did 67 circuits that day.

I'll have to agree with Mean Streak, I wish they would just let her run brake less, as they did when it opened. Was still pretty rough, but it was at least out of control.

I also had a pretty horrible experience of in terms of roughness on Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion.

Post April 3rd, 2009, 8:36 pm

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Smoothest(by a long shot) Millenium force!!!!![:D]
Roughest has to be Great American Scream Machine at SFGV

Post April 5th, 2009, 7:53 pm

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Smoothest: Millennium Force @ Cedar Point
Roughest: Iron Wolf @ Six Flags Great America

Post April 6th, 2009, 7:40 am

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Location: pescara, italy, Italy
smoothest: millennium force, nitro, katun...
roughest: blue tornado

Post April 6th, 2009, 7:50 am

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Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands

Smoothest: Black mamba, Blue fire
Roughest, Eurosat, Mack wild mouse things

Post April 7th, 2009, 2:44 am

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Location: Oakland, Ca
Smoothest: Medusa@SFDK, Goliath, SheiKra, Giant Dipper@Santa Cruz
Roughest: Grizzly@Ca'sGA, Texas Giant, Viper, Kong@SFDK, The Hulk@IOA

Post April 8th, 2009, 5:27 pm

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Smoothest is by far AIR or Nemesis Inferno, but they became so smooth it felt like you was hardly moving.

Roughest is Stampida and there is no need to explain that [:)]

Post April 11th, 2009, 3:21 pm

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I haven't ridden a lot of coasters around the country, but I would say the smoothest I have ridden would be Lightning Racer at HersheyPark. The roughest would be between Son of Beast at Kings Island or Hurricane at Myrtle Beach Pavilion.

Post April 11th, 2009, 3:38 pm

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Location: San Jose, California, USA
Smoothest: Milllenium Force, Mummy(USH), TTD...

Roughest: Grizzly@Ca'sGA, made a BIG mistake by sitting in the very back.

Post April 11th, 2009, 4:10 pm

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Post April 11th, 2009, 8:40 pm
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Smoothest- El Toro (opening season)
Roughest - A tie between Viper @ SFMM and Kingda Ka.
Phoenix|Maverick|Skyrush|RFII|Leviathan|Bizzaro[SFNE]|Bdash|Griffon|El Toro|Verbolten
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Post April 11th, 2009, 10:02 pm

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Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA
Smoothest: Tie between Tatsu and Silver Bullet

Roughest: Psyclone

Post April 12th, 2009, 1:53 am

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Smoothest-Superman Ultimate Flight at SFGAm (It was so smooth it was boring though...)

Roughest-Boss at SFSTL during the 2007 season. It hadn't been retracked for quite some time and those Morgan trains aren't very nice to the track. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain would have won, but it was sort of intended to be jerky and screwed up.

Post April 14th, 2009, 10:04 am

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Smoothest: Millennium Force (by a long shot)

Roughest: Mean Streak

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