Ride On_17 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 1. Steel/Hybrid 2. Airtime 3. This is a tough one for me, but I have to go with speed. 4. Both 5. Giga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I love The Beast and Flight Deck. I guess my perfect coaster would be a combination of the two. Low to the ground, going through the trees, and long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 ^Beast is already all of those things, for the most part, save a few huge drops and a double helix...just saying... Though I also love low-to-the-ground, high-speed coasters...and especially wooden coasters... (4 out of my top 5 favorites are wooden coasters, then again I have only been to Kings Island, Holiday World, and Indiana Beach...and IB was in 1999...) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 ^Then it sounds like you'd better get to Cedar Point! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Now that I'm back on my computer where I can more easily type longish posts, let's see here: 1. Wood vs. Steel: I actually did not want to answer this question at all, because I feel that you cannot compare wood and steel. They are two totally different animals. I have an (out-of-date) ranking of steel coasters and an (out-of-date) ranking of wood coasters, but never would I dream of making a combined ranking. Likewise, I will never say that wood is better than steel or vice versa, because it depends on the individual coaster and as I just said, I cannot rank wood and steel together. However, the system requires me to answer all questions or none at all, so I chose randomly and came up with wood. Therefore, you can reduce the vote count for wood by one when reading the results. 2. Airtime vs. Inversions: This is a close one, because I like them both. However, airtime is airtime, and I like both floater and ejector air with no preference between the two. Inversions, on the other hand, vary; some I like, some I don't, and it's not so much a function of the type of element as it is how well that element is designed and whether it results in painful head-banging. I may love the corkscrew on one coaster and hate a nearly identical corkscrew on another. So I voted airtime because I can consistently love that on virtually all coasters, whereas I can't say the same about inversions. 3. Height vs. Speed: Easy pick. I'll take speed over height any day. I have absolutely zero fear of heights (I'm the kind of person that can climb 40 feet up a 60-foot climbing wall and then look down without panicking when I realize how high I am), so the only cool thing about height to me is the view. Speed, however, always gives me a rush. It's interesting to note here that speed and height often go hand-in-hand with roller coasters, so you usually get both at once, but I'm more interested in the speed than the height. 4. Dream Coaster Airtime/Inversions: As I said in #2, I like both, and so my dream coaster would have both. The inversions need to be smooth, though. The ultimate dream coaster would have airtime and inversions at the same time, as well as speed. This would more than likely necessitate OTSRs, though, so the restraints need to be specially designed to eliminate the head-banging often associated with OTSRs while still allowing significant airtime. 5. Type of Coaster: Oh my. Too many choices. Um... let's start by narrowing it down. Strata, giga, and hyper are height classifications and not types of coasters on their own to me, so we can eliminate them. The one wing coaster I've ridden (GateSleeper) has been extremely underwhelming, so we can kill that; the same goes for the dive coaster (ShieKra). While I love water coasters, they are a third entirely different animal and shouldn't be in the same category as regular roller coasters IMO, so they're out. Launching is a gimmick (albeit one that I like) that can be combined with many of the other types, so it is not a type itself IMO. So after the first round of elimination, that leaves us with sitting looping, sitting non-looping, stand-up, floorless, inverted, and flying. Looking closer, I've ridden exactly one stand-up (Mantis), and while I love it, there are other coasters I love more. Likewise, I've ridden one floorless (Kraken) and only did so twice; it was good, but not memorable, as evidenced by the fact that I remember nothing about the ride 10 1/2 months later. I've ridden a few inverts and they were really good, so they stay as a candidate. Of flyers, I've ridden two, one Vekoma (Firehawk) and one B&M (Manta); I like them, but not as much as the inverts, so they're out. That leaves the two sitting types and inverts. Sitting is obviously what I've ridden the most of, and my all-time favorite wood and steel coasters (Voyage and Millennium Force) are sitting non-loopers. But this is about best type, not type of your best. When we compare sitting to inverts, one thing I've noticed is that inverts are consistently intense, while sitting coasters vary wildly in intensity. We've talked about airtime, inversions, and speed above, but when it really comes down to it, what I love most on a coaster is intensity. And inverts have that more often than sitting coasters, so I have to go with inverts here. Which means that after typing this long paragraph, I now have to go back and change my original vote that I made from my phone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 ^Then it sounds like you'd better get to Cedar Point! I have tried, alas, it being 5-hours away and our limited budget has not helped... We ALMOST went back in June, but my sister's finances broke down at the last minute and it ended up being a trip to the closer & cheaper Holiday World instead. (Still had an awesome day though) I really do want to go to Cedar Point though, as it would offer numerous "firsts" for me if I did: My First Giga Coaster, First Strata, First Blitz, First Arrow Hyper, First B&M Invert, First Stand-Up, First Wingrider, First Impulse, etc etc...not to mention it would likely nearly double my coasters ridden count. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 It's an amazing park with an awesome ride lineup. Be sure to get there sometime--you won't regret it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProdigyRider Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I absolutely adore hyper coasters, especially B&M's with tons of airtime. Steel coasters are the smoothest way to enjoy the speed and height of the ride. Airtime provides an even more thrilling experience than loops that keep you in your seats. I enjoy both height and speed, but the anticipation of a 300-foot ride with trims on it would kill the purpose. having inversions and airtime would balance the forces and create a great ride. The day there is a winged hyper coaster at 230 is the day that I design my own roller coasters (hopefully). That's why I prefer King's Island over Cedar Point, the fact that Diamondback stands over Rivertown with its pride red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 1.)wood 2.)airtime 3.)speed 4.)no, only airtime 5.)sitting Non-looping Guess my favorite coaster. Hint: he's the father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride On_17 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 ^The Beast? It's wooden, has speed and airtime, and is sitting and non looping. And it used to have a son... Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastForever Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 ^ Beast is already all of those things, for the most part, save a few huge drops and a double helix...just saying... Though I also love low-to-the-ground, high-speed coasters...and especially wooden coasters... (4 out of my top 5 favorites are wooden coasters, then again I have only been to Kings Island, Holiday World, and Indiana Beach...and IB was in 1999...) Gee, Get to the Point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 1. Any Arrows, prefer custom loopers & megas 2. Intamin Blitz 3. Traditional woodie w/ PTC 4. Modern Woodies 5. Giga Coasters, any manufacturer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 1. Steel/Hybrid 2. Inversions (I love loops!) 3. Speed 4. Both 5. Sit-Down Looping (I'm a fan of a lot of Arrow loopers, especially Vortex) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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