Rollercoaster Bucket List

[Trihunter]

What would you consider to be rollercoasters that every enthusiast should ride? Post it with (or without, it doesn't really matter ) a reason why it's so important. So far, I've come up with the tallest (Kingda Ka), fastest (Formula Rossa) & most inversions (Smiler, but may be returned to Colossus).

 

[elephant58]

^I think we're pretty certain that the Smiler isn't going anywhere.....

Surely most enthusiasts would want to ride the ones considered the best? So coasters such as Expedition GeForce, Bizarro, Millennium Force, El Toro, Boulder Dash, Nemesis, etc. That's what I remember being Top 10s in the Mitch Hawker Poll anyway.

 

[CoasterConnor]

The Beast....at night, like when it's pitch black out. Only way to ride that coaster.

Not only does it feel a lot faster at night (because you can't see where you're going), it just feels like a completely out of control ride and anyone that has ridden it at night would say the same. Going through the tunnels hearing the roar of the train and the screams all around you is an awesome experience. If only the second lift hill didn't have a trim break at the top </3

 

[Trihunter]

^I think we're pretty certain that the Smiler isn't going anywhere.....

Surely most enthusiasts would want to ride the ones considered the best? So coasters such as Expedition GeForce, Bizarro, Millennium Force, El Toro, Boulder Dash, Nemesis, etc. That's what I remember being Top 10s in the Mitch Hawker Poll anyway.

I'd just added some world records & some of the good ones in the UK that I knew about, didn't think of using the poll & have added some from that. I just wanted some personal opinions on this.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

The Voyage. 24 seconds of airtime in the woods with 3 90 degree banked turns. That's enough to draw enthusiasts in.

 

[Hutch]

Nobody needs to ride Smiler or Kingda Ka, world record holders or not.

I wouldn't necessarily say any specific ride, but just go with essential ride models. Everyone should try out an RMC, Intamin airtime machine, Mack launched, B&M hyper, intense B&M invert. Just to name a few ideas.