Coaster reviews

Lap Bar Inversions Launch Too short

Though quite short, this ride still show Schwarzkopf's masterful engineering. A smooth launch, a forceful loop, and a fun backwards section. I'm glad this coaster is still around.

Theming Fun Duration

Definitely one of the best family coasters I've ridden. The ride is long, the interaction with the paths and other rides is excellent, and the theming is great.

Airtimes Pace Duration

I rode this ride pre GCI treatment, but I still adored it. This was possibly the first good wooden coaster I ever rode, and it blew me away. Floater airtime, great laterals, huge size and speed, fast pacing, an unpredictable layout, and a great final helix. GhostRider is one of my keystone coasters and I'm glad for that.

Location Pace Too short

I remember enjoying this ride, but the memory is vague. My biggest memory is being disappointed that the ride didn't have a second section after the second lift hill.

Fun Layout Rattle Theming Dead spots

Colossus was fun as far as neutered parking lot racing woodies with minimal maintenance go. This is probably one of the worst coasters of the second golden age, so I don't find its demise regrettable.

Inversions Fun Layout Headbanging

Viper is one of my favorite Arrows. Though a bit rough, it has a long layout, a good location, and fun inversions, and a helix at the end. I remember being pleasantly surprised.

Location Smoothness Layout

Revolution holds up extremely well. Smooth, well paced, with a great terrain layout through the trees. The loop is fittingly dramatic, the positives on the turns are forceful, and the final helix is great.

First Drop Location Fun Harness

This is like a smoother, more exciting wild mouse, essentially. It's twisty, sharp, and fun. And just like Canyon Blaster, the location is excellent.

Theming Inversions Smoothness

This is definitely one of my favorite Arrows. The inversions are smooth and fun, and the turns at the end are excellent too. But what really makes this ride is how it interacts with the landscaping of the park, which I think is really spectacular, and makes the ride look larger than life. This was one of my first looping coasters, and when I re-rode it a couple years ago, it held up in my mind.

Inversions Location Layout

Viper is one of my favorite Arrow coasters. It's relatively smooth, well paced, and the plot of land it sits on is pretty. The inversions are great, the final helix is excellent, and the coaster feels like a classic. I do hope this ride sticks around.

Pace Fun Layout Too short

Tantrum is my favorite Gerstlauer coaster I've yet ridden. Though I've ridden few, I favor this over Dare Devil Dive. It is better paced without any boring moments, and is in a more fitting park for its capacity. An excellent first drop starts off a wonderfully twisty layout that I honestly barely remember. It's so twisted and tangled up in on itself that the experience is constant and so much fun. The restraints are comfy, and the ride is butter smooth. Though it is short, it's also sweet and an excellent addition to the park that I hope stays around under the Six Flags banner.

Airtimes Lap Bar Location Discomfort

There are some janky moments, namely the twisted airtime hill near the end gives some uncomfortable jarring forces. But otherwise I cannot find flaw in this ride. A huge, well profiled first drop. A forceful first turn, a first helix with great positives, a second helix with good laterals, and airtime that gets better as the ride goes on. We're even treated to some high speed straightaways over the water, and excellent intamin T-bar restraints. This is a great ride that I think needs more recognition.

Airtimes Pace Layout Rattle

Predator took me by surprise, and is clearly one of Dinn's best efforts. I think that all it needs is better maintenance and it's a sleeper hit. Well paced with good airtime in the front. Plus it has a varied, creative, and non redundant layout, with a nice location by the water. If this got RMCed we'd lose a pretty great woodie, so I hope it sticks around.

Location Pace Ejectors Rattle

I found that this very long, intense wooden coaster took at toll on me with its wooden feel after only one ride. Otherwise, it's amazing. Constant airtime throughout the ride, and overwhelmingly intense pacing.

Airtimes Pace Layout Harness

A fast paced, intense coaster with plenty of airtime and tight turns. The restraints kinda suck though. So glad this coaster got KK on its feet again!

Airtimes Location Duration Discomfort

I think all this ride needs to be a world class coaster is new trains. If Steel Dragon 2000 can have clamshells, Steel Eel should too. The trains on this ride aren't great. They feel plastic and cheap, and there's a terribly placed knob between the legs. But for the coaster, it's phenomenal. Excellent airtime and laterals, good pacing, and a wonderful location.

Theming Launch Fun

This is simply an excellent family coaster that makes you actually feel like a Jet Ski. Smooth, twisty, well themed, pretty, and very fun.

Inversions Pace Intensity

I have a real soft spot for this Batman clone because of how it's nowhere near a parking lot, which I really appreciate. Plus the loose shark theme I find really dope, in addition to me being a huge fan of the Batman layout and intensity.

Inversions Pace Ejectors Harness Discomfort

Wonder Woman isn't really my cup of tea, though I see the appeal. The pacing feels too fast and too intense, it doesn't even feel like a real roller coaster as much as a giant K'nex model. The vests don't help much either. Still a very fun ride, I'll ride it repeatedly for sure, but it's not top list material for me.

Theming Layout

Like if Windstorm at Old Town was smooth and pitch black, which is actually quite fun and great for a rainy day.

Theming Location Fun

I can definitely see why this coaster type became popular. The theming is great, the final drop is fun, and the layout is... unique, to say the least.

Launch Fun Intensity Theming

Theming isn't as good as Six Flags St. Louis, and the color and location isn't as pretty, but on the surface it's still a fun and forceful ride with a great launch.

Lap Bar Location Rattle Dead spots

Not a very forceful ride at all, kinda rough. But it's still a fun, pretty ride with a classic feel, if feeling out of place in the park.

First Drop Inversions Harness Capacity

Impulse I find very underrated. Aside from the vibration in the final helix, the ride is smooth. The first drop is awesome, the inversions are great with some hangtime, and the layout is well paced. Plus the lap bar is as comfy as a B&M clamshell.

Nice surprise! Fun Smoothness

This coaster is incredibly unique and a must ride for anyone who is interested in coasters. Smooth, with great swinging turns and a legendary backstory.

Airtimes Location Fun

One of the best junior coasters in the world, carrying on the legacy of High Speed Thrill Coaster.

Airtimes Fun Harness

If you think your local hyper coaster makes you feel like flying, wait till you ride Phoenix. The buzz bars and lack of seatbelts make you fly out of your seat on every hill, and the airtime gets better with each hill. Plus, the coaster is butter smooth. That and the setting at the back of the park by the forest makes this coaster a blast for all ages, the tall and the small.

Theming Nice surprise!

This is the best dark ride I've ever ridden outside of Orlando. The theming is excellent, the atmosphere is outstanding, and it was a huge surprise for someone with no knowledge of the ride.

Intensity

Probably the worst version of Superman UF. Very very meh.

First Drop

Meh. The first drop is a big back row meme but other than that, it's an excellent ride when it starts raining.