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Best Coaster of Each Type

CrashCoaster

CF Legend
Not sure if there is already a thread for this (I had a brief look), but I'm interested to know what your favourite coaster is of each major type. I will use all the types from RCDB, in that order:-
  • Sit Down
  • Inverted
  • Suspended (Family)
  • Wing
  • Flying
  • Stand Up
  • Bobsled
  • Pipeline
For me, it would go something like this:-
  • Sit Down - Shambhala (Number 1)
  • Inverted - Nemesis
  • Suspended - Vampire
  • Wing - Swarm
  • Flying - Manta
  • Stand Up - Shockwave (Drayton Manor)
  • Bobsled - Avalanche (Blackpool)
  • Pipeline - N/A
Will be interesting to see what you lot come up with!
 
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Mysterious Sue

Strata Poster
  • Sit Down Kärnan (No. 1)
  • Inverted Nemesis/Black Mamba
  • Suspended Kavasten (I adore the theme and the station)
  • Wing Thunderbird (without a doubt - miles better than the rest)
  • Flying Tatsu (that pretzel <3)
  • Stand Up Riddler's Revenge (they're all a bit crap though)
  • Bobsled Avalanche (controversial)
  • Pipeline The one at Nagashima (only one I've done)
Don't have time to think of more categories right now so I might post some more later.
 

Matt N

CF Legend
  • Steel Sitdown - Mako (SeaWorld Orlando) (Present #1)
  • Wooden Sitdown - Wicker Man (Alton Towers)
  • Inverted - Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa) (controversial, I know, but it's just like Nemesis but longer, so what's not to like?)
  • Suspended (Family) - Vampire (Chessington World of Adventures) (By default as it's the only one I've done.)
  • Wing - The Swarm (Thorpe Park) (By default as it's the only one I've done, even though it is my overall #4 at present.)
  • Flying - Manta (SeaWorld Orlando)
  • Standup - N/A
  • Bobsled - N/A
  • Pipeline - N/A
 

Edward M

Strata Poster
  • Sit Down: Lightning Rod (I think everyone on the site knows by now)
  • Inverted: Montu (Afterburn is close behind but this wins for length and theming)
  • Suspended: Bat (solid ride)
  • Wing: Wild Eagle (seem to be the only one who doesn’t love Thunderbird)
  • Flying: Manta (spited by Tatsu so I don’t have anything that compares)
  • Stand Up: Georgia Scorcher (by a lot)
  • Bobsled: Disaster Transport (RIP you B-Movie of a coaster)
  • Pipeline: I was going to make a joke about being in line to buy a pipe, but it was too bad.
  • *4th Dimension: X2 (I don’t feel comfortable putting this is in sit down or wing category, too unique)
 

GuyWithAStick

Captain Basic
  • Sit Down Voyage
  • Inverted Batman The Ride(SFGAm)
  • Suspended N/A
  • Wing Thunderbird
  • Flying Superman Ultimate Flight(Although that isn't saying much)
  • Stand Up Mantis(again, not saying much)
  • Bobsled N/A
  • Pipeline N/A
 

davidm

Strata Poster
4D classes as wing coasters (on RCDB).
If you want to get pedantic (and we all do love it when you get pedantic don't we ;) ), what you have done in your original post is list the various terms that RCDB uses when describing the design of a roller coaster not necessarily the type (category) of coaster.
Ref ; https://rcdb.com/g.htm

But its your "question" so its your rules ; just thought I'd clarify the design-ness of the question rather than the category-ness. :)

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And just to be OnTopic;

  • Sit Down - Wildfire
  • Inverted - Nemesis
  • Suspended - Ninja
  • Wing - Eejanaika
  • Flying - Tatsu
  • Stand Up - Riddlers Revenge
  • Bobsled - Trace du Hourra
  • Pipeline - Ultra-Twister (Astroworld, just to be a geek)
 

Hixee

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  • Sit Down - Lightning Rod, Dollywood (#1 overall)
  • Inverted - Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa (#10 overall)
  • Suspended - Bat, Kings Island (all of these I've done are very forgettable)
  • Wing - Dinoconda, China Dinosaurs Park (#3 overall)
  • Flying - Starry Sky Ripper, Joyland
  • Stand Up - Riddlers Revenge, Six Flags Magic Mountain
  • Bobsled - Bobbahn, Heide Park Resort
  • Pipeline - N/A
 

Hutch

Strata Poster
  • Sit Down - Skyrush (current #1)
  • Inverted - Nemesis
  • Suspended - Bat
  • Wing - Gatekeeper
  • Flying - Manta
  • Stand Up - Green Lantern
  • Bobsled - Disaster Transport
  • Pipeline N/A
 

Peet

Giga Poster
  • Sit Down Shambhala
  • Inverted Nemesis
  • Suspended Vampire, Chessington
  • Wing X2
  • Flying Tatsu
  • Stand Up Riddler's Revenge
  • Bobsled Bobbahn, Heide Park
  • Pipeline N/A
 

Ben J

Roller Poster
Sit Down: Twisted Colossus (Current No.1)
Inverted: Nemesis
Suspended: Ninja
Wing: X2
Flying: Tatsu
Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge
Bobsled: Avalanche
Pipeline: N/A
 

hendrixmarshall

Roller Poster
Kinda tough knowing that this list is going to change dramatically in about 42 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes and 28 seconds. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who's ready to ride.
  • Sit Down El Toro
  • Inverted Montu
  • Suspended Ninja (SFMM)
  • Wing Thunderbird
  • Flying Superman (SFGAm)
  • Stand Up Mantarou...jk- probably riddler's but I hate 'em all equally
  • Bobsled Avalanche
  • Pipeline N/A
 

DelPiero

Strata Poster
  • Sit Down - Lightning Rod, Dollywood (#1 overall)
  • Inverted - Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa
  • Suspended - Flight of the Pterosaur, Paultons
  • Wing - Does Lost Gravity count as wing? if so then that, if not then GateKeeper, Cedar Point
  • Flying - Manta, Seaworld Orlando
  • Stand Up - Green Lantern, Six Flags Great Adventure (doesn't say much tho)
  • Bobsled - Bobbahn, Heide Park Resort
  • Pipeline - N/A
 

Lofty

CF Legend
  • Sit Down - Taron
  • Inverted - OzIris
  • Suspended - Kvasten
  • Wing - Thunderbird
  • Flying - Manta
  • Stand Up - Shockwave, lol JK n/a ;)
  • Bobsled - La Trace du Hourra
  • Pipeline n/a
 

Howie

Donkey in a hat
Helix
Nemesis
The one at Canada's Wonderland, forgot the name.
X2
Tatsu
Riddler
Bob
N/A
 

Joey Schadenberg

Roller Poster
  • Sit Down Taron
  • Inverted black mamba
  • Suspended N/A
  • Wing Lost Gravity?
  • Flying N/A
  • Stand Up N/A
  • Bobsled Bob (Efteling)
  • Pipeline N/A
Well that was my big list
 

CanobieFan

Strata Poster
Uhh
  • Sit Down Boulder Dash... <3
  • Inverted Nemesis
  • Suspended Vortex
  • Wing X2
  • Flying Tatsu
  • Stand Up Georgia Scorcher
  • Bobsled Flying Turns
  • Pipeline I mean, I saw the pieces of one laying at SFA.......
 

Virus

Roller Poster
  • Sit Down - Fury325, easily.
  • Inverted - Montu
  • Suspended - Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)
  • Wing - Thunderbird
  • Flying - Tatsu
  • Stand Up - Riddler's Revenge
  • Bobsled - Flying Turns
  • Pipeline - N/A
 

Will

Strata Poster
  • Sit Down - Helix
  • Inverted - Katun
  • Suspended - Kvasten
  • Wing - Swarm
  • Flying - Galactica (that's bleak...)
  • Stand Up - Shockwave, DMP (...that's... also bleak)
  • Bobsled - Bobbahn
 
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