Jarrett
Most Obnoxious Member 2016
What has been the coaster to surprise you the most? Like one that left you getting off absolutely blown away, not because of just how good it was, but because you didn't quite expect it to be.
For me this was simple: Avalanche at Timber Falls Adventure Park. I had heard nothing but bad things about this ride, with the exception of my friend Matt having it in his top ten wood. I knew the design was probably fine, as it's not only an S&S product but one designed by the man and legend Alan Schilke, but I seriously doubted that little putt putt course actually cared to maintain it.
I remember Connor and I rolling into Wisconsin Dells late and parking ten minutes to park close due to a few wrong turns on my end, setting our crap up as we rolled in, and then getting out and making a mad dash in Amazing Race style. We bought tickets and walked up to the ride to the sounds of rural Wisconsin at night, dotted by wildlife that sounded very different to the sounds we're used to in suburban southwestern Ohio. We got in the front of the train, a ride all to ourselves, and prepared for the worst...
This thing was IN-FREAKING-SANE!!!!! Could just be the Son of Beast survivor in both of us, but I didn't find it rough at all. Violent, yes, but not rough. It was a pretty simple idea: a bunch of airtime hills of varying intensities broken up by very sharp, very aggressive 90 degree turns. Skipping along and handling turns that felt like you were getting T-boned by a semi was awesome enough, but doing it at night, alone, and against those lovely rock formations was enough to absolutely blow me away. This is one of the greatest coasters ever built and everybody had told me I would hate it. It currently sits in my top twenty combined and top ten wood, it makes me sad that it's pretty much one of a kind, as I hear the sister coaster at Clementon is nothing like it and is legitimately bad.
Which coaster has surprised you the most?
For me this was simple: Avalanche at Timber Falls Adventure Park. I had heard nothing but bad things about this ride, with the exception of my friend Matt having it in his top ten wood. I knew the design was probably fine, as it's not only an S&S product but one designed by the man and legend Alan Schilke, but I seriously doubted that little putt putt course actually cared to maintain it.
I remember Connor and I rolling into Wisconsin Dells late and parking ten minutes to park close due to a few wrong turns on my end, setting our crap up as we rolled in, and then getting out and making a mad dash in Amazing Race style. We bought tickets and walked up to the ride to the sounds of rural Wisconsin at night, dotted by wildlife that sounded very different to the sounds we're used to in suburban southwestern Ohio. We got in the front of the train, a ride all to ourselves, and prepared for the worst...
This thing was IN-FREAKING-SANE!!!!! Could just be the Son of Beast survivor in both of us, but I didn't find it rough at all. Violent, yes, but not rough. It was a pretty simple idea: a bunch of airtime hills of varying intensities broken up by very sharp, very aggressive 90 degree turns. Skipping along and handling turns that felt like you were getting T-boned by a semi was awesome enough, but doing it at night, alone, and against those lovely rock formations was enough to absolutely blow me away. This is one of the greatest coasters ever built and everybody had told me I would hate it. It currently sits in my top twenty combined and top ten wood, it makes me sad that it's pretty much one of a kind, as I hear the sister coaster at Clementon is nothing like it and is legitimately bad.
Which coaster has surprised you the most?
Some quite exciting bits and a wild out-of-control feel throughout the layout. The ending section with a long fast slope in the dark is impressive too.
