^OK now that is awesome. Definitely best new US coaster of 2019.
Maybe not the
best coaster for me, but certainly the most impressive. I mean, it's a hypercoaster with nine inversions. At 67 meters, it's approximately as tall and fast as Superman at SFNE, but it goes upside down a lot too. Sure, it's likely that Copperhead Strike will be the more finely crafted ride, possibly a better ride experience, but the sheer scale of Steel Curtain surpasses everything built in the US since Fury 325 or so. It brings back pleasant memories from back when certain chains seemed to be building 50-meter multi-loopers in every park every year. It is a rare instance of a park daring to build a
big coaster again without making it a classic hypercoaster.
I'm not sure if it will deliver the best ride experience out there (it all hinges on manufacturing, from a company whose record isn't entirely spotless), but I can say for sure that walking up to that thing, and ascending its lift hill, will feel pretty damn sensational in a way Copperhead Strike can't possibly match.