What is the most Overrated Coaster Ever?

What is the most overrated coaster you ever heard about

mine is the late Python at BGA My friend said it was the best coaster ever but when I rode it I was like "nothing too new or too thrilling"

top thrill dragster. i love that ride, but some people think that its the best ride ever. like i said, it think its fun, and i ride it, but its the whole overated part that im talking about.

[jayman]

i think both top thrill and kingda ka , sped and hight are nice, but do not make a coaster worth waiting in line for, unless your part of the "general coaster riding public" i'd say he same goes for el toro, a wood coaster who's claim to fame is how much NOT like a wooden coaster it is just doesn't grab me..

pepsi max at blackpool pleasure beach. to the public is massive and the best coaster ever but to me its the great first drop then extreamly slow and boring

yeah, jayman is right. its not worth waiting one hour to ride top thrill or kingda ka. the only time i rode top thrill was when there was only about a 30 minute ride. otherwise its pointless.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Originally posted by jensen-nator

yeah, jayman is right. its not worth waiting one hour to ride top thrill or kingda ka. the only time i rode top thrill was when there was only about a 30 minute ride. otherwise its pointless.

I can't imagine people are crazy enough to wait in line for kingda ka on openingweekend for about 6 hours!

omg, i know, that would be dumb. id never do it. ive never had to wait more then an hour and a half for maverick. i think the most id wait for any coaster would be about 2 hours. just cause i dont like to wait. lol.

[jayman]

i waited 1 and a half hours to ride ghost rider just after it opened , and it was worth every minute and still would be if had to wait 2x as long.. i waited 30 minutes to ride "superman the escape" and was really pissed!

Deffently kingda ka, yes it is a good ride. but after youve been on it 50 + (estimate) times, its just "a ride", yes its still kind of thrilling in some way. but its not as exciting as your first ride.

but i do not agree about el toro, no it doesnt feel like a wooden coaster, but that is my favorite ride ever. its just that great. I think you would just have to experience it to decide though.

yeah, there was one time that top thrill was awsomke, the ride broke down when we were at the gate.(tmv and i). they didnt do a test run like early in the line, and they let us on. so we were the test dummies. lol. it almost got stuck at the top. and im not lieing to sound cool either. that was a fun ride. i love walk on rides like magnum. the ride is amazing, but most people at the park only have one day and want to ride the "better" rides. so i ride magnum. lol

Kingda Ka it's not fun....it's painful and short. The launch is someone okay after 10 rides but then it's just a chore to ride.

X

most overrated ride? i think we've all agreed on Ka, but to me its not always duration that matters,,,i enjoy the short coasters sometimes... as for overrated, i agree with jay... El Toro... who gives a crap? its tall steep, and nothing like an out of control woody... i'm sure its a nice ride and all, but it still seems overrated to me...

Millenium Force

^^ dude your wrong about El toro I don't care if it's tall or if it's steep (although the drop is insane)...it's the airtime, there is nothing that can match the ejector on the hill over rolling thunder.

Originally posted by BROK1

Millenium Force

QFT. That ride did not impress me at all. It was a huge letdown. More than Ka and Dragster for me. El Toro is the best coaster ever. Don't bash it till you ride it.

The Incredible Hulk at Island of Adventure. I mean, it was good, but a lot of people made it out to be the greatest coaster ever.

Mean Streak. I hated it even during its opening season. Some friends sent me email for WEEKS before I got up there, saying that there would never be another coaster this good.

I rode it and told them "I can name at least 65 coasters that are better than this piece of crap RIGHT NOW!"

It's the PepsiMax Big One, only wooden and without the good first drop.

^I second the vote for Mean Streak. It just plain sucks. Trimmed to death, rough as hell unless you sit in the front, no speed, almost no lats, no air whatsoever, and even the big drop sucks because the train hits the trim brakes twice on the way down. How on earth this coaster was rated 'top ten' in a magazine like CP claims, and got a Golden Ticket Award, is beyond me. It sucks!

Texas Giant + the "World's #1 Wooden Coaster" sign =

you do the math.

Definately top thrill dragster becuase its NOT worth waiting 3-4 hours in line for such a short ride. if im going to wait THAT long (for any coaster), it better be the best ride of my entire life! really, the only coasters i'd wait 3 hours for is Batman The Dark Knight @ SFNE & Raging Bull @ SFGAm. I'd also wait that long for Batman The Ride @ SFGAm but thats not an issue because even if the line IS full (which hardly ever happens) the longest it can be is 45 minutes!

im still disagreeing with all of you who say eltoro..

Yeah, jayman, the point of El Toro is not that it doesn't feel like a wooden coaster. That's a plus to most people, but the main attractions are the incredible first drop (one of the best in the world), the insanely high positive g's in spots, enough to prevent many riders from sitting up straight, the crazy fast changes from high positives to ejector airtime that is strong enough to make you feel pressure in your head, the fast pacing over almost all hills, the few very surprising headchoppers and support tunnels, and the crazy first part of the second half.

I'd say the first drop is one of the top 3 drops I've ridden, the other two being Millennium Force's and Apollo's Chariot's, the 2nd hill and definately third hill are probably the best hills of any ride I've been on, including SROS SFNE, and the turnaround is probably the best turnaround of any ride I've been on. The beginning of the twister section is likely the most out of control coaster segment I've ridden, with very high speeds, highly dynamic and surprisingly strong lats, and relatively quick changes in banking.

As you can see from what I just wrote, the smooth ride is just one small part of it. It's not made to recreate the average wooden coaster, it's made to have the best experience possible regardless of material. I don't think it's as close to perfection as Superman SFNE, but many think the intensity through about 2/3 of the ride makes it better.

Sounds like a few of you definately need a ride lol

listen to the first words he says, and he ridden MANY rides.





BUT i think this video actually shows how much airtime the ride had and the ejector over the crossover.

I'm glad I'm going there again this summer. I really want to ride it.