I love rollercoasters my top 2 are the big one in blackpool england just for the sheer size of the first drop.






and the now sadly closed down black hole at alton towers england which was completely pitch black inside it was great you couldnt see anything all you could feel was the wind rushing past scary.




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I used to love the Revolution at Magic Mountain, but they added the shoulder brace that hits my ears constantly--horrible!

this one's pretty fun, too Viper


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I like the Batman ride at Six Flags. I haven't been on it in about 11 years but as I recall it was fun and I got to listen to Prince as I waited in line.

90 degree 208 feet veritical drop , 6 seconds of weightlessness in the first loop, a drop through a cave, and splash in water--this motherfucker is FUN!

NDRU said:

The first time I ever rode that coaster, my sweetie said to me, "Now, don't let the fact that this coaster is situated on top of a major fault line worry you one little bit. "

Me -->

Bastard.

Can someone remind me of the name of that ride that just goes around in circles upside down. The thing that's scary is that you are only strapped in.

I totally forgot the name. It almost catapults you up and around.

They scare me.

I went on a sissy one with my kid last month, and that was fun. I was giggling my head off. I almost lost my glasses!

This is Millennium Force at Cedar Point, Sandusky in Ohio. I rode it five times in 2000.



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Ghostrider at Knott's Berry Farm

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I have a few...


Nitro / Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson Township, New Jersey
Nitro / Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson Township, New Jersey

[ the first drop is a BEAST. the first time i went on this ride I actually blacked out at the bottom of the first drop and didn't remember anything until I got to the top of the second hill. this ride has so much fucking Gs that I can barely remember how the track winds. I just get on this thing and get gone. The scariest coaster I've been on. and I love to sit in the back car -- I am a BACK CAR fiend anytime I get on a coaster. ]


Colossus / Six Flags Magic Mountain - Valencia, California
Colossus / Six Flags Magic Mountain - Valencia, California

[ this is one of the coasters that sparked my overall love for thrill rides in general. I have sentimental attachments to this ride because for one it's just a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. just the sheer volume of white-painted wood and the effort put into making this is something remarkable in and of itself. it's the most beautiful roller coaster i've ever seen. I love the ricketedy feeling I get when you go around the hills. and I love watching it change colors at nightfall. I remember riding this back in the late 80s and early 90s when both black and red trains were working and it was a dual coaster, so they'd race. I've been on this coaster over 50 times by the time I was 15. I hope it never closes. It should be shrined somehow. This was the first coaster you saw coming into the park as you exit your car. I used to draw this on paper as a kid, that's how much I idolized it. ]

MAVERICK at Cedar Point, Sandusky OH
http://maverick.cedarpoint.com/

This is Cedar Point's 17th Coaster!!

I'm sorry y'all but as far as Magic Mountain goes, The Viper is my favorite rollercoaster.

It's actually my favorite rollercoaster anywhere.

http://video.google.com/v...2852892306

Y'all are brave!
U couldnt pay me to get on a rollercoaster.

dreamfactory313 said:

Bloody hell that coaster sure takes of fast up that first slope! By the way did anybody ever go on the ultimate in england it was supposed to be the worlds longest rollercoaster when it opened?
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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

thast ride gives me an instant headache

TonyWilliams said:

wow

Not in any paraticular order, but I love the fact that I live 50 minutes west of Cedar Point.

Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

The Maverick



Top Thrill Dragster



Millennium Force



Magnum XL 200



Universal Studios Orlando

Dueling Dragons

FIRE



ICE




The Hulk



Kings Island, Cincinnati

The Beast



Son of Beast



Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida

Expedition Everest



MGM / Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Florida

Aerosmith Rock n Roller Coaster




Honorable mentions --

Firehawk, Kings Island, Cincinnati

Tower of Terror, MGM / Hollywood Studios, WDW Florida



Test Track, EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World Florida


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Oh man I would love to go on that how high is that first drop?

A funny story I remember reading about rollercoasters was that fabio the famous romance novel model had his nose broke twice by birds flying into his face when he was riding coasters.
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Here's a video of it. I've been on this about 3 or so times.


Nitro

NONE of my friends will ever get on this with me. They just wait in line with me and then go through the cars and exit once it's time to board. lolll

rolling said:

Try 310 feet tall (95 meters)!! Millenium Force is a beast!

rolling said:

Yes. It feels like you are being catapulted out of a slingshot.

...GREAT! .....another metal death trap !!!!!

myfavorite said:

Its to bad that people are ripped to shreds on some coasters but I still love them.

dreamfactory313 said:

If you´re watching the train go down the first drop, it looks like it`s over the top and on the ground within 3, maybe 4 seconds. But this magical moment when you`re going over the top towards the steepest part of the drop, is like the longest second i`ve ever experienced in my life. It feels like an hour or so. The whole first drop feels like it just never ends. Absolutly awesome. My favorite ride of them all.

...yu gota be kidding me...??? ...


did you see those aftershocks after the initial dip????? god awful shyt

I took this photo here on the then called Batman Knight Flight coaster in Ohio.
Geauga Lake is closed now, the coaster was sold to King`s Dominion in Virgina.

3) Viper at Magic Mountain
2) California Screamin' - DCA
1) Space Mountain - Disneyland

I forgot to put in Revolution & Colossus - this just for sheer historical value (I rode it for the first time when Dipps Granola was big in the mid-80s, and then there was a sign just before the big drop, there was a sign on the left from them that said "Enjoy your dip!" I think I could feel my face drop when I saw how far down we were goin'.