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Mako was my 200th coaster, and what a fantastic ride! It's an airtime machine with an amazing first drop. Yeah, the mid-course brakes suck. Yeah, the ...

Mako was my 200th coaster, and what a fantastic ride! It's an airtime machine with an amazing first drop. Yeah, the mid-course brakes suck. Yeah, the second half isn't nearly as good. But who cares? The main part of the ride is so sublime that any little criticisms I might have don't matter at all to me.

As a hater of water rides and water coasters, this is one of the better examples of all the ones I've ridden so far. Even more surprising when I learn...

As a hater of water rides and water coasters, this is one of the better examples of all the ones I've ridden so far. Even more surprising when I learned it is 27 years old.

Welcome to Siren's Curse Junior! Circuit Breaker is super smooth, has some great inversions with a nice hang time moment. The onboard audio is fun (so...

Welcome to Siren's Curse Junior! Circuit Breaker is super smooth, has some great inversions with a nice hang time moment. The onboard audio is fun (soundtracks make any coaster better). Yes, Circuit Breaker is short, but it still packs a lot in. Front row has that lovely tilt view and flows through the layout. The back row has the added fun of being lifted high into the air and gives you a bit more intensity throughout. The lighting package makes night rides a must-do. Austin needed a great coaster, and now it has one!

This was coaster credit NUMBER 50 for me! And this is only my second wooden coaster ever. Compared to my first, Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Over Tex...

This was coaster credit NUMBER 50 for me! And this is only my second wooden coaster ever. Compared to my first, Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Over Texas, Stingray is very smooth. Compared to an RMC like Iron Rattler, it's not so smooth. That said, it is fun. It throws you around and has some great elements, like the higher intensity turns. I found the front to be just as fun as the back (just a bit less intense). It didn't blow my mind, but I'd happily ride it again and have a great time.

Zadra is a great coaster in the morning and an absolutely incredible one in the afternoon once it has warmed up. The pacing is relentless, and it has ...

Zadra is a great coaster in the morning and an absolutely incredible one in the afternoon once it has warmed up. The pacing is relentless, and it has some truly stellar elements and moments throughout. Is Steel Vengeance, Iron Gwazi, or ArieForce One better? Yes. No. Maybe? These are all world-class roller coasters by RMC, and each one caters to a slightly different taste, but all of them could easily be your #1. The only downside to Zadra is that QUEUE. My god, why is it so wide and so long??? I felt lost before I ever got to the station, and on a busy day, it's chaos. BUT I will happily deal with that if it means I get to ride this truly fantastic roller coaster.

I had the pleasure of riding Kondaa 15 times on my visit to Walibi Belgium. It's an incredible ride that is just so fun from start to finish. It has a...

I had the pleasure of riding Kondaa 15 times on my visit to Walibi Belgium. It's an incredible ride that is just so fun from start to finish. It has a great first drop with a twist. Amazing ejector airtime. Some really interesting elements, like the non-inverting cobra roll. Plus, there is the entire entry area and station theming, which is all top-notch. I enjoyed this much more than other Intamins I rode on my trip, like Taron or Hyperion. The re-rideability of Kondaa is what sold it for me. I found the ride to be fantastic in the back row and equally (or maybe even a touch more) amazing in the front row. Different elements shine in both rows. Usually, it's an easy call of whether front or back is better, but Kondaa really surprises you in both.

Cool location. I was hoping with a coaster like this to have some little surprises, but aside from an interesting setting, it didn't really have anyth...

Cool location. I was hoping with a coaster like this to have some little surprises, but aside from an interesting setting, it didn't really have anything else going for it. I got off the ride having no real desire to ride it again.

An amazing family coaster. It's always a wonderful surprise to ride something intended for families that actually has airtime, great pacing, and inter...

An amazing family coaster. It's always a wonderful surprise to ride something intended for families that actually has airtime, great pacing, and interesting elements. Meclodon has all that and more. I love the look of the entire ride and was very happy to ride it multiple times. Super fun!

Turbine was a great surprise. I love the way it looks from the outside. The giant tubes and big building that houses the loop are super interesting. T...

Turbine was a great surprise. I love the way it looks from the outside. The giant tubes and big building that houses the loop are super interesting. The ride itself is a fun time and a smooth experience. The full ride in the dark (except for the strobe light section) is a nice twist.

Some fun elements and pops of airtime, but it's pretty rough overall, and the trains track in a really odd way around the curved sections. It's not ex...

Some fun elements and pops of airtime, but it's pretty rough overall, and the trains track in a really odd way around the curved sections. It's not exactly comfortable, but also not the roughest wooden coaster either.

Personally, I haven't found any Vekoma SLC to be as bad as most people say they are, but I'm tall, so my head is usually higher up and I don't experie...

Personally, I haven't found any Vekoma SLC to be as bad as most people say they are, but I'm tall, so my head is usually higher up and I don't experience headbanging very often. Vampire was definitely rougher than the other SLCs I've ridden so far, and the hardness/restraint is absolutely terrible. But if you ride in the front or towards the front and if you keep your head forward, this is more fun than you'd expect. One and done for me, though.

The launch is way more forceful than I was expecting, I guess, because I wasn't ready for it, and it hurt my back. In combination with the bad restrai...

The launch is way more forceful than I was expecting, I guess, because I wasn't ready for it, and it hurt my back. In combination with the bad restraints. Aside from that, this is a fun time, it's just a short fun time.