This was the first major coaster I ever rode, and although my opinion of it has fluctuated, I've come to adore the unhinged airtime. I am SHOCKED that...
This was the first major coaster I ever rode, and although my opinion of it has fluctuated, I've come to adore the unhinged airtime. I am SHOCKED that noone has ever fallen out of the train with how minimal the restraints are. The valleys are glass smooth, every turn has fantastic laterals, and the multiple airtime hills throughout the ride provide some of the scariest airtime you'll find on any coaster. Knoebels has taken great care of this 77 year old relic, let's hope it never changes.
WOW. Raging Bull is a powerful hypercoaster. Even though lots of people seem to dislike the twister layout, I thought it was one of the best hyper lay...
WOW. Raging Bull is a powerful hypercoaster. Even though lots of people seem to dislike the twister layout, I thought it was one of the best hyper layouts I have ever experienced. The drop is no joke, and every moment of airtime is very powerful. Raging Bull has a lot of turns that the train hauls through, some allow you to soar high above the park, while others hug the terrain. The twister section at the end of the ride was EXTREMELY entertaining. There is not a dead spot the entire ride. I should add that I got three rides on Raging Bull, and every single one was in the back row. I can't speak for the experience anywhere else in the train, but I imagine it would be just as stellar. My only complaint was the very strong rattle throughout the entire ride, but it didn't bother me too much. B&M hyper trains are nothing if not comfortable. On top of the quality of the ride, the crew that was working Raging Bull on the day I went was one of the best crews I've ever seen at a park. There was great communication among the members of the team, and each crew member was giving it their all. They had trains ready to go before the previous train had even hit the mid course. Bravo guys, thanks for making my experience even better!
Goliath is an incredible B&M hyper! This is my second favorite B&M hyper as of now. For a B&M hyper, the airtime is surprisingly strong, as are the po...
Goliath is an incredible B&M hyper! This is my second favorite B&M hyper as of now. For a B&M hyper, the airtime is surprisingly strong, as are the positive Gs! Goliath even has some whippy moments! As with all B&M hypers, the trains are amazing and the ride is smooth outside of the first few valleys. It's ranks above Candymonium and Apollo's Chariot for me, it just has so much raw intensity. I'd compare it to Superman Ride of Steel before I'd compare it to Candymonium honestly.
We will never again get a coaster like the original two raptors. These are the best paced coasters on earth. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster hauls t...
We will never again get a coaster like the original two raptors. These are the best paced coasters on earth. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster hauls through it's layout at an unnatural pace, yanking you through the absurdly strong airtime moments and whippy inversions. It's almost perfect, but the terrible restraints really make a couple moments on this coaster painful. Shockingly, it's also a rather rattly ride, which is odd considering RMCs track record. Overall though, the positives aspects of this coaster far outway the minor complaints I have of it. I can't wait to ride this again someday.
Millennium Force is perfect... in the front row, when it's dark out, and the ride is hauling. Morning rides on Millennium Force don't compare to night...
Millennium Force is perfect... in the front row, when it's dark out, and the ride is hauling. Morning rides on Millennium Force don't compare to night rides, but no matter what time of day or row you're in, Millennium Force will still provide a great ride experience. My main complaint with the original giga coaster lie with the two large camelbacks. They just don't give airtime when the ride is running slower. The final airtime hill however, is always incredible. The over-banked turns and low-to-the-ground turns provide a great sense of speed. Overall, Millennium Force is a very important piece of roller coaster history that still hold up today. There's no aspect of the ride that I would describe as "bad", there are just a couple of mid moments sandwiched between the amazing parts. I'm really looking forward to the day that Millennium Force receives a new cable motor.
Iron Rattler was a little disappointing, mostly because I didn't find the cliff dive to have airtime as strong as I was expecting. However, every aspe...
Iron Rattler was a little disappointing, mostly because I didn't find the cliff dive to have airtime as strong as I was expecting. However, every aspect of Iron Rattler is still amazing. The fantastic open air Gerstlauer trains give you an amazing sense of freedom as you fly through the graceful layout. The cliff section, especially the banked turns, felt a little awkward, but it was still fantastic. I need to get back to Fiesta Texas so I can get more rides on Iron Rattler
Steel Curtain is one of my favorite coasters, so you can imagine how excited I was to ride it's sister coaster. I only got two rides on Maxx Force due...
Steel Curtain is one of my favorite coasters, so you can imagine how excited I was to ride it's sister coaster. I only got two rides on Maxx Force due to the hour long line (the capacity is extremely low) but WOW those two rides were amazing. It reminded me a lot of Storm Runner honestly, except with a better launch. Beyond the world's fastest accelerating launch, Maxx Force offers 5 amazing inversions. The Dog Tongue (which is just a weird cobra roll) has amazing hangtime. That is followed by the barrel roll, which has amazing whip and laterals. The roll into the dive loop has whip that is just as strong, if not stronger. The dive itself is killed by the final breaks, just like it is on El Loco. Outside of the layout, Maxx Force has everything I like about Steel Curtain. Steel Curtain and Maxx Force feature the best trains and lapbars on any coaster, in my opinion. Maxx Force is glass smooth and has a great sense of speed, just like it's sister coaster. I don't prefer Maxx Force to Steel Curtain, but I do prefer it to Storm Runner, which is extremely similar.
I LOVE janky old airtime. Magnum has a couple of moments of sustained airtime, and some incredible ejector pops. Surprisingly, it still runs relativel...
I LOVE janky old airtime. Magnum has a couple of moments of sustained airtime, and some incredible ejector pops. Surprisingly, it still runs relatively smooth. My only issue with Magnum is the painful, unpadded lap bar. I really hope this classic sticks around.
Wild One is a smooth, airtime packed, classic wooden roller coaster. It's simple, but it does everything right. Shout out to Six Flags America's carpe...
Wild One is a smooth, airtime packed, classic wooden roller coaster. It's simple, but it does everything right. Shout out to Six Flags America's carpenters for keeping this 107 year old coaster elite. I happily rank it within my top ten.
This isn't the worst ride in the world, but it isn't anywhere close to the best. The drop had some wacky airtime in the back and the loop was rather i...
This isn't the worst ride in the world, but it isn't anywhere close to the best. The drop had some wacky airtime in the back and the loop was rather intense. Everything else is too poorly profiled to enjoy.
This ride is a staple of the Cedar Point midway, but it's a lot more than a pretty structure. This thing seriously intense. The drop, loop, zero-g-rol...
This ride is a staple of the Cedar Point midway, but it's a lot more than a pretty structure. This thing seriously intense. The drop, loop, zero-g-roll, and cobra roll are all very intense and thrilling, the drop off the midcourse is way more fun that it has any right being, the two corkscrews have some serious whip, and the last helix is a great out moment. My only issue with the ride is that the transition out of the first corkscrew and the one into the final brake run are kindof painful. I got 5 rides on this during my two days there, including one front row rain ride that hurt like you couldn't imagine.
Very underrated floorless. I love the helix and S bend. I was very surprised with how much I enjoyed this, because everyone trashes this thing, but th...
Very underrated floorless. I love the helix and S bend. I was very surprised with how much I enjoyed this, because everyone trashes this thing, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.
This ride is crazy! I loved the drop, the first Immelmann and the sideways airtime you get on the zero-g-winder. Y'all need to stop hating on this thi...
This ride is crazy! I loved the drop, the first Immelmann and the sideways airtime you get on the zero-g-winder. Y'all need to stop hating on this thing, the vest restraints are a lot better than the original OTSR restraints and make the ride a lot more enjoyable. I think I prefer this to Griffon.
This is just a bigger Possessed. It is as rough, as intense and as fun. I think I prefer Possessed, just because the straight backwards spike is more ...
This is just a bigger Possessed. It is as rough, as intense and as fun. I think I prefer Possessed, just because the straight backwards spike is more thrilling than the twisted one. I don't know why people hate Impulses so much, they're really intense and very fun!
My main problem with this ride is that it's very boring. It has some awful transitions in the second half, but it takes them way too slow for them to ...
My main problem with this ride is that it's very boring. It has some awful transitions in the second half, but it takes them way too slow for them to be especially bad. I did actually really like the first half of this ride, it was way more intense than I expected and is fairly smooth.
Not a bad little ride. It was pretty smooth. This was my first Pinfari and I was expecting the worst, especially with the over the shoulder restraints...
Not a bad little ride. It was pretty smooth. This was my first Pinfari and I was expecting the worst, especially with the over the shoulder restraints. But the ride defied all odds and was actually smooth, there are one or two bad transitions that jostle you a little, but over all, this ride is better than your average ride.
There are a few uncomfortable elements on this ride, but its still a really fun family coaster. The drop is fun, the first turn is WAY too intense for...
There are a few uncomfortable elements on this ride, but its still a really fun family coaster. The drop is fun, the first turn is WAY too intense for a family coaster, and the helix was nice. I really didn't like the twisty section though, all it really does is slam you repeatedly into the sides of the train.
WOW! This boomerang is incredible! This is a very strong looping coaster! The new trains are very comfortable and the track is surprisingly smooth! A...
WOW! This boomerang is incredible! This is a very strong looping coaster! The new trains are very comfortable and the track is surprisingly smooth! Also, noone ever talks about how freaking intense these boomerangs are. On that backwards lap, you absolutely SLAM into that loop! I wan't a big fan of Sidewinder at Hersheypark, and this ride completely blew that one out of the water, despite being 7 years older.
The downward helix was a lot more fun that I expected. I really enjoyed this ride for a kiddie coaster. It does have SBF Visa's signature, weird, jank...
The downward helix was a lot more fun that I expected. I really enjoyed this ride for a kiddie coaster. It does have SBF Visa's signature, weird, janky tire lift that feels like it's trying to tear the train off of the track.
Rollo Coaster really surprised me, I avoided watching the POV before riding it, because I wanted to be surprised, even if just for a family PTC, but I...
Rollo Coaster really surprised me, I avoided watching the POV before riding it, because I wanted to be surprised, even if just for a family PTC, but I knew the ride was small, old and consisted of mainly some shallow dips and turns, so you can imagine my expectations weren’t high, but I was going on vacation a few minutes from Idlewild and I figured what the hell, wooden coasters are exceedingly rare nowadays, why not run in, grab the credit and leave? I rode Rollo Coaster FIFTEEN TIMES. THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVED IT. Let’s work through the Rollo Coaster experience, shall we? It’s nestled in a corner of the park across from that funky wild mouse, with the station at a weird angle compared to the other buildings and pathways. When you walk up to the entrance, you’ll see a sign that says “Weight per row may not exceed 265 pounds”, which is heavily enforced, and they will weigh you every single time. You’d think that with the coaster being a walk on, and you being the only person who’s ridden it in 20 minutes, they’d realize that you have not gained 130 pounds since the last time you rode, but whatever. Unfortunately, this policy makes it virtually impossible for two adults, heck, an adult and a child to ride in the same row together. So after they confirmed that I, a 5 foot 4 tall 16 year old did not contain a black hole’s worth of mass that pushed me over the limit, they allowed me to choose whatever row I wanted, and unfortunately you can only sit in the left side of the car if you are alone, which I don’t understand because the unbanked downwards turn turns left, and considering it would be a lot more comfortable in the right and there are no other considerably strong lateral moments, this policy makes no sense. Speaking of the trains, let’s talk about these things. hOlY sHiT gUys! IdLeWiLd HaS a wOoDeN WiNg cOaStEr! In all seriousness, these wing, flap things, whatever they are, although they look like the person designing them was under the influence, didn’t bother me. They are angled outward so you don’t bang your head on them or anything, you can put your hands up and you won’t notice them and the only thing they affected was your view from the back of the train. This train may look really wonky, but I actually quite liked it. You can definitely tell that they were only made three years ago, as the padding is still intact and hasn’t been beaten down at all, so sitting in these trains feels like sitting on a couch. I had to look again when I first saw these trains, they have a 2 bench first car, and then three single bench cars behind it. Sorry, what? If you wanted single bench trains that you can’t stick your arms horizontally out of, you could have just gotten Timberliners. Also, I’ve heard people complain about the seatbelts, as if that’s something that affects the ride at all. (Spoiler alert, it isn’t) Ok, I should stop stalling and get to the ride experience. If you watch a POV of Rollo Coaster, you’ll probably come to the conclusion of, “Oh, Boulder Dash kiddie coaster”, and then move on to watching a more interesting POV. But I’m excited to announce that this ride does in fact do things. After a slow left turn out of the station, you rocket up the 15 second long lift hill, before going down a twisting drop that gives you a fun swooping sensation mixed with a little bit of thrill, this is where you realize just how smooth this ride is. Rollo Coaster is like, ungodly smooth for an 80 year old wooden coaster. And you can see it too, the track is very clean and smooth looking, and the metal running plates looked fairly new and none of them were rusty. I don’t know how Palace Entertainment maintains their wooden coasters so well, but whatever they're doing, I hope they keep doing it. The second twisting hill doesn’t really do anything in terms of airtime or laterals, but maintains the smoothness and gliding sensation, same with the subsequent turn, which I love, but for those of you who aren’t pleased by the sheer novelty of moving at a speed on a rolling coaster, the next hill gives some floater/lifter airtime that is about the strength of a B&M hyper hill. This is where the ride gets crazy, you plunge down the hillside into a hill that delivers an uncharacteristically strong ejector moment for a family PTC. Imagine one of Phoenix’s hills, but shorter, that’s what this feels like. I love this moment, especially in the front row, but it still gives great airtime everywhere else in the train. This ejector hill is followed by a snappy lateral valley turn that is a little rough, but it's still very smooth for a wooden coaster, and still smoother than literally any moment on Wildcat. You rise into a slow paced flat turn that gives you a little breather and an opportunity to appreciate the fact that you are in the gorgeous Pennsylvania wilderness, before the ride descends back into madness with an unbanked turning drop down the hill that delivers some sustained laterals that will try to bend you over sideways, preceded by a hill that provides a pop of floater for those up front over the crest and a pop of floater for those in the back down the descent, and some weak sustained floater for those in the middle. Now, this is where the ride dies a little. The return trip of 4 hills doesn’t provide anything in terms of force, but the ride is still going at a moderate pace and these still manage to be entertaining, and it helps that this is the part of the ride where you are in the thickest part of the woods. After this mine train section, you slide into the final brakes and into the totally unnecessary unload station that kills dispatches. I’m sure this was great when Rollo Coaster had two trains, but now with one train, it just means you’re going to be waiting an extra thirty seconds each cycle. My favorite row was by far the front, it's smoother up front and the elements are a lot stronger. In terms of ride atmosphere, this ride nails it in the head, right between the eyes, I love the nostalgic energy this ride radiates. The woods exacerbate the feeling of nostalgia and make the ride feel isolated. Rollo Coaster gives you this great peaceful escape feeling. For a family wooden coaster, I’d say it's on par with Oscar’s Wacky Taxi, maybe better. Definitely better than most wooden coasters I’ve ridden, twice, three times its size. This ride is ten times more intense than Lightning Racer and even smoother than Phoenix at Knoebels. I swear, I love every PA family wooden coaster to death. Oscar’s, Flying Turns and now this have all blown me away. Overall, wow! 9/10, great airtime and setting, I could ride this masterpiece all day.
Wow this ride was running well this year! I wasn't a big fan of this ride last year, but after my rides this year, I love it! There are multiple great...
Wow this ride was running well this year! I wasn't a big fan of this ride last year, but after my rides this year, I love it! There are multiple great airtime pops going off the turnarounds and on the final run of hills, this ride has amazing laterals, and it's very smooth. Morey's has done a lot of retracking work on this ride recently, and you can tell. Great White is a very fun ride
Very nice, fun family coaster. There's nice floater airtime on almost every hill, the ride isn't too rough, and the drops are decently thrilling. Don'...
Very nice, fun family coaster. There's nice floater airtime on almost every hill, the ride isn't too rough, and the drops are decently thrilling. Don't pass this one up.
Skyliner is a very solid PTC wooden coaster. It looks sketchy and mild off-ride, but actually riding it, the ride is fairly smooth, and has crazy airt...
Skyliner is a very solid PTC wooden coaster. It looks sketchy and mild off-ride, but actually riding it, the ride is fairly smooth, and has crazy airtime in the back row. The second half is pretty dead, but everything up until the 4th turnaround is very good. This is one of the better wooden roller coasters in Pennsylvania.
This ride absolutely throws you. This ride has better airtime than the Phoenix in my opinion. Leap the Dips only has a few moments of air, but it's so...
This ride absolutely throws you. This ride has better airtime than the Phoenix in my opinion. Leap the Dips only has a few moments of air, but it's some of the best airtime you'll ever get on a coaster, mainly because the vehicle has no restraint. This ride isn't the most exciting, after all, it's the oldest operating roller coaster on earth, but it manages to hold up. Definitely give this historic coaster a ride. Just be sure to ride in the front row, unless you want your back blown out.
This coaster was a lot better than I was expecting it to be! Some of the drops and hills gave some good float, the drops were decently thrilling, and ...
This coaster was a lot better than I was expecting it to be! Some of the drops and hills gave some good float, the drops were decently thrilling, and it ran pretty smoothly. I really enjoyed this ride, so much so that I place it above Steel Dragon in the same park.
It was ok. It was a lot jankier than Laff Trakk, and the brake runs would really slam you into the sides of the trains, but there's still some enjoyme...
It was ok. It was a lot jankier than Laff Trakk, and the brake runs would really slam you into the sides of the trains, but there's still some enjoyment to be found here.
