ATTACKHAMMER
Strata Poster
The lady bird coaster at Telford Winter Garden.
Worst Coaster you've been on
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LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
I don't think anyone has mentioned Sequoia Adventure in this topic yet. I forgot about that one, and even though it was actually somewhat scary for me, it was still the stupidest and most pointless coaster ever!
valleyfair!
Hyper Poster
gavin said:
Two of you to mention Space Mountain in Paris! I really enjoyed it actually. Yes it had its moments, but nothing over the top in my opinion to take away from the ride. (Could have been distracted by great theming? I was able to re-ride no problem though.)caffeine_demon said:
As for Revolution, I definitely would put that in my list of least favorites. My top ones are:
Dragon, Adventureland - Absolute Pain.
Iron Wolf, SFGAm. - Don't know how it is now after being moved, but I thought my ears were bleeding.
Judge Roy Scream, SFOT - Never heard anyone else really complain about this one, but I hated it.
Chris Coasters
Strata Poster
In my opinion Roller Soaker was pretty awful. It was just to boring and it was not worth the amount of time i waited for it.
Chris Coasters
Strata Poster
Ya I don't plan on going on it when I go back in August. I was having trouble thinking of what the worst one I ever went on was and then i remembered Roller Soaker.
Chris Coasters
Strata Poster
I agree i'd rather go on a log flume or some other kind of water ride.
Youngster Joey
Strata Poster
Roller soaker as a coaster is crappy but using the water cannons below is fun
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SaiyanHajime
CF Legend
I don't even think about roller soaker because of how un coaster like it is.
I think its good fun for a water park ride, which is what it is. The queue, loading, crap capacity and general burden of wetness, however, is terrible.
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I think its good fun for a water park ride, which is what it is. The queue, loading, crap capacity and general burden of wetness, however, is terrible.
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Yes, because people like you keep riding it at the wrong time and giving it a bad reputation 
I suppose I should also answer the question, but for me it requires such a huge number of factors.
First of all, there's what the coaster is designed to do. A Big Apple Coaster is clearly utter rubbish for me, but that's because it's a coaster for the under fives and Jake and Ben. So they may actually be the worst coasters I've been on, but they're not bad coasters in the correct context.
The same with old woodies. They were often built without quite enough engineering or physics knowledge to produce a tight ride - plus over the years they've shifted and evolved from their natural forms. The Nash is probably worse now because of modern trains that it was when it ran slower with the older trains thirty years ago. Adding the natural wood twisting, rebuilds and fasters trains the ride is now bad - but it wasn't always. You need to cut it a bit of slack.
So the worst rides have to be ones where they're not just badly designed, but badly made too with no excuse.
We live in a computer controlled world, with the ability to work out quite tight forces and produce mechanisms with incredibly tight tolerances. Look at B&M for the kind of quality that the manufacturing process can produce now.
Then look at the bollocks Vekoma push out with massive differences from track to track, train to train, wheel assembly to wheel assembly.
There's a difference between making a crap ride because you couldn't do it any better and making a crap ride because you're ****.
Even Roller Soaker is fine because while it's a crap coaster, it's a good water ride. It's a "wet Big Apple" if you like?
However, look to the SLCs, to Stampida or to overly forceful Intamin rides like I305 or Baco. These are the worst coasters because the manufacturers (or re-fitters) should have known better. Professionally produced rides that don't work because somebody somewhere wasn't doing their job as well as they could have been.
I can't decide if it should be an SLC or Baco that is the worst coaster I've been on - both have the advantage of a brilliant start and then I want to get off. So I can't decide and then I remember.... X:\No Way Out.
Worst. Ride. Ever. It's just complete balls and it's a "thrill ride". It fails on all fronts and is the most boring, pointless and dull ride. It does nothing and it doesn't do it well.
I suppose I should also answer the question, but for me it requires such a huge number of factors.
First of all, there's what the coaster is designed to do. A Big Apple Coaster is clearly utter rubbish for me, but that's because it's a coaster for the under fives and Jake and Ben. So they may actually be the worst coasters I've been on, but they're not bad coasters in the correct context.
The same with old woodies. They were often built without quite enough engineering or physics knowledge to produce a tight ride - plus over the years they've shifted and evolved from their natural forms. The Nash is probably worse now because of modern trains that it was when it ran slower with the older trains thirty years ago. Adding the natural wood twisting, rebuilds and fasters trains the ride is now bad - but it wasn't always. You need to cut it a bit of slack.
So the worst rides have to be ones where they're not just badly designed, but badly made too with no excuse.
We live in a computer controlled world, with the ability to work out quite tight forces and produce mechanisms with incredibly tight tolerances. Look at B&M for the kind of quality that the manufacturing process can produce now.
Then look at the bollocks Vekoma push out with massive differences from track to track, train to train, wheel assembly to wheel assembly.
There's a difference between making a crap ride because you couldn't do it any better and making a crap ride because you're ****.
Even Roller Soaker is fine because while it's a crap coaster, it's a good water ride. It's a "wet Big Apple" if you like?
However, look to the SLCs, to Stampida or to overly forceful Intamin rides like I305 or Baco. These are the worst coasters because the manufacturers (or re-fitters) should have known better. Professionally produced rides that don't work because somebody somewhere wasn't doing their job as well as they could have been.
I can't decide if it should be an SLC or Baco that is the worst coaster I've been on - both have the advantage of a brilliant start and then I want to get off. So I can't decide and then I remember.... X:\No Way Out.
Worst. Ride. Ever. It's just complete balls and it's a "thrill ride". It fails on all fronts and is the most boring, pointless and dull ride. It does nothing and it doesn't do it well.
Jer
Strata Poster
^ So i'm going to follow your logic of: Professionally produced rides that don't work because somebody somewhere wasn't doing their job as well as they could have been
And say my worst is Hydra because as far as B&Ms so it's completely force less, boring, and even a little bit rattly which shouldn't happen on a B&M. It had potential to be something unique and great for B&M, but somewhere it just lost all it's forces and B&M feel to make some weird mush of a coaster.
And say my worst is Hydra because as far as B&Ms so it's completely force less, boring, and even a little bit rattly which shouldn't happen on a B&M. It had potential to be something unique and great for B&M, but somewhere it just lost all it's forces and B&M feel to make some weird mush of a coaster.
caffeine_demon
Strata Poster
now you mention it - roller soaker was pretty bad - it was pretty good at the "soaker" bit, but the "roller" bit was where it had so many problems - in terms of both quality and reliability!
JJLehto
Hyper Poster
Besides, you wanna get soaked at Herhsey? That's what tidal force is for. Hell you don't have to wait in line and go up the slow lift...just stand on the overpass. Even on the sidewalk if you only want to get kind of soaked!
Then you don't have to deal with roller soaker lol
I wouldn't say these are the worst I've done but just to keep convo going:
You guys know the misfortune that was Great American Scream Machine and Viper at SF:GA?
GASM was at least kind of fun for its size, but it gave me brain trauma and was so slow...
God that MCBR felt like it broke ribs and then it just crawled through the rest.
Viper, when it was open, was rough and short! At least it never had a line and they layout was pretty unique.
Then you don't have to deal with roller soaker lol
I wouldn't say these are the worst I've done but just to keep convo going:
You guys know the misfortune that was Great American Scream Machine and Viper at SF:GA?
GASM was at least kind of fun for its size, but it gave me brain trauma and was so slow...
God that MCBR felt like it broke ribs and then it just crawled through the rest.
Viper, when it was open, was rough and short! At least it never had a line and they layout was pretty unique.
tribar
Mega Poster
furie said:Yes, because people like you keep riding it at the wrong time and giving it a bad reputation
I suppose I should also answer the question, but for me it requires such a huge number of factors.
First of all, there's what the coaster is designed to do. A Big Apple Coaster is clearly utter rubbish for me, but that's because it's a coaster for the under fives and Jake and Ben. So they may actually be the worst coasters I've been on, but they're not bad coasters in the correct context.
The same with old woodies. They were often built without quite enough engineering or physics knowledge to produce a tight ride - plus over the years they've shifted and evolved from their natural forms. The Nash is probably worse now because of modern trains that it was when it ran slower with the older trains thirty years ago. Adding the natural wood twisting, rebuilds and fasters trains the ride is now bad - but it wasn't always. You need to cut it a bit of slack.
So the worst rides have to be ones where they're not just badly designed, but badly made too with no excuse.
We live in a computer controlled world, with the ability to work out quite tight forces and produce mechanisms with incredibly tight tolerances. Look at B&M for the kind of quality that the manufacturing process can produce now.
Then look at the bollocks Vekoma push out with massive differences from track to track, train to train, wheel assembly to wheel assembly.
There's a difference between making a crap ride because you couldn't do it any better and making a crap ride because you're ****.
Even Roller Soaker is fine because while it's a crap coaster, it's a good water ride. It's a "wet Big Apple" if you like?
However, look to the SLCs, to Stampida or to overly forceful Intamin rides like I305 or Baco. These are the worst coasters because the manufacturers (or re-fitters) should have known better. Professionally produced rides that don't work because somebody somewhere wasn't doing their job as well as they could have been.
I can't decide if it should be an SLC or Baco that is the worst coaster I've been on - both have the advantage of a brilliant start and then I want to get off. So I can't decide and then I remember.... X:\No Way Out.
Worst. Ride. Ever. It's just complete balls and it's a "thrill ride". It fails on all fronts and is the most boring, pointless and dull ride. It does nothing and it doesn't do it well.
That's a good way to think of it
Kebab
Giga Poster
Hm... Th13teen is a huge disappointment, and next to it; Rita is a waste of a good launch. Shockwave at Drayton is just dull, short, uncomfortable and far from fun, whereas G-Force didn't deliver in it's name and tried to kill people. Saw: The Ride was fantastic through the first year, now it rides like absolute ****, X://NWO is just pathetic. Big Dipper is diabolically rough, and The Big One is a waste of a great first drop (I prefer Infusion overall).
However, the worst 'coaster' I've been on is this:
How people find this fun I don't know. :?
However, the worst 'coaster' I've been on is this:
How people find this fun I don't know. :?