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TilenB

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Tell which are the best coasters you have ridden so far (by type)

sit down: iSpeed (Mirabilandia)
Inverted: Katun (Mirabilandia)
stand up: Riddler's revenge (SFMM)
flying: Tatsu (SFMM)
4th dimension: X2 (SFMM)
bobsled: Schweizer Bobbahn (Europa Park)
suspended: Ninja (SFMM)
pipeline: /
diving machine: Sheikra (Busch Gardens Tampa)
wing rider: Raptor (Gardaland)

EDIT:
Mega: Goliath - SFMM
Looper: Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
Wooden: Big Dipper - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Launched: iSpeed
Floorless: Scream! - SFMM
Travelling: Reverchon Spinning Mouse
Spinning: Euro Mir - Europa Park
Wild Mouse: Matterhorn Blitz - Europa Park
Powered: Alpenexpress - Europa Park
Jr / Kiddie; Leprotto Express - Mirabilandia
Shuttle: Deja Vu - SFMM
Enclosed: Rock'n'Rollercoaster - Disneyland Paris
 
Here are mine, I have added Launched as i feel it's a totally different experience to a normal sit down and i have taken away options i haven't been on.

Sit Down: Rage (Southend Adventure Island)
Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Flying: Air (Alton Towers)
Suspended: Vampire (Chessington World of Adventures)
Launched: Stealth (Thorpe Park)
Diving Machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)

Saw comes very close to being my favourite sit down but 3 out of the 8 times i've been on it, i have came away with a headache. So Rage smaller but still very intense and extremely fun Euro Fighter beats it. But only just beats it.
 
Sit down: Saw (Thorpe park)
Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Stand up: Shockwave (Drayton Manor)
Flying: Air (Alton Towers)
Bobsled: Avalanche(BPB)
Dive machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)
Launched: Stealth (Thorpe Park)
Wood: Grand National (BPB)

Considering I've only been on one of a few of them, Thats quite a good list.
 
Sit down: The Hulk (IOA)
Inverted: Nemesis Inferno (Thorpe)
Stand up: Mantis (Cedar Point)
Flying: Time Warp (Canada's Wonderland)
Bobsled: N/A
Dive machine: Skeikra (Busch Gardens Tampa)
Launched: TTD (Cedar Point)
Wood: Mean Streak (Cedar Point)

I've based this off coasters I'v actually ridden I can't say it's my favourite if I have ridden it yet. Time Warp sucks but it's the only Flying coaster I've ridden.
 
Here are some of my choices :D

Inverted: Montu - Busch Gardens
Flying: Manta - Seaworld
Wood: Balder - Liseberg/Colossos - Heide Park
Launched: Blue Fire - Europa Park/Superman Escape - Warner Bros Australia
Dive Machine: Oblivion - Alton Towers
 
Sitdown - Dragon Khan
Invert - Nemesis
Flyer - Air
Stand-up - Shockwave
Wood - Stampida
Dive - Oblivion
Launch - Furius Baco
Bobsled - Avalanche

Only visited SeaWord Orlando, Disney World and PortAventura outside of the UK so my list is pretty limited.
 
Sitdown - Dragon Khan - Port Aventura
Invert - Black Mamba - Phantasialand
Flyer - Manta - Seaworld Orlando
Stand-up - Shockwave - Drayton Manor
Wood - Colossos - Heide Park
Launch - Rock n Rollercoaster - Disneyland Paris
Bobsled - Schweizer Bobbahn - Heide Park
Dive Machine: Sheikra - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
 
Sit Down: Dragon Khan (PortAventura)
Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Stand-up: Shockwave (Drayton Manor)
Flying: Air (Alton Towers)
Bobsled: Avalanche (Pleasure Beach)
Suspended: Vortex (Siam Park City)
Dive-Machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)
Wing-Rider & Launched: Furius Baco (PortAventura)
Wood: Stampida (PortAventura)
 
Inverted: Jubilee Odyssey
Wood: Grand National
Sit Down: Colossus
Stand Up: Shockwave
 
Sitdown looper: Dragon Khan (Port Aventura)
Sitdown hyper: Goliath (Walibi Holland)
Invert: Black Mamba (Phantasialand)
Flyer: AIR (Alton Towers)
Wood: Troy (Toverland)
Launch: Stealth (Thorpe Park)
Bobsled: Schweizer Bobbahn (Heide Park)
Dive Machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)
Wing Walker: Furius Baco (Port Aventura)
Spinner: Winjas (Phantasialand)
 
Sit down: Colossus (Thorpe park)
Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Stand up: Shockwave (Drayton Manor)
Flying: Air (Alton Towers)
Bobsled: Avalanche (BPB)
Dive machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)
Launched: Stealth (Thorpe Park)
Wood: Grand National (BPB)
 
Sit down: Th13teen (Alton Towers)
Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Launch: Rita (Alton Towers)
Stand up: Shockwave (DMP)
Flying: Air (Alton Towers)
Diving machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers)
Wing rider: Raptor (Gardaland)
 
Moved from General Discussions.

Hyper: Fujiyama - Fuji Q
Giga: Steel Dragon 2000 - Nagashima Spaland
Looper: Dragon Khan - Port Aventura
Invert: Pyrenees - Parque Espana
Suspended: Eagle Fortress - Everland
Floorless: Superman - Parque Warner Madrid
Flyer: Tatsu - Magic Mountain
Bobsled: Trace du Hourra - Asterix
Wooden: Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
Dive Machine: Oblivion - Alton Towers
Launch: Storm Runner - Hershey Park
Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge - Magic Mountain
 
I don't usually get OCD, but the randomness of everyone's categories is making me uncomfortable. Anyyywaayyy here's my list:

Wood: El Toro
Invert: Black Mamba
Launch: Stealth
Sit Down: according to my top ten it's Piraten, but I'm going to write Shock because it's not as if my top ten is in any particular order and that is still holding a special place in my heart.
Sit Down Looper: Kumba
 
Wood: Only been on Tonner de Zeus.
Invert: Either Nemesis or Vampire.
Launch: Stealth.
Sit Down: Saw the Ride or Oblivion.
Water: Loggers Leap or Tidal Wave.
Spinning: Dragons Fury
 
Hyper: Goliath, Walibi World and Behemoth, Canada's Wonderland
Looper: Dragon Khan, Port Aventura
Invert: Talon, Dorney Park
Floorless: Um, probably Scream?
Flyer: Tatsu, Magic Mountain
Bobsled: Trace du Hourra, Asterix
Wooden: Mountain Flyer, Knight Valley
Dive Machine: Sheikra, BGT
Launch: Storm Runner, Hershey Park or Extreme Rusher, Happy Valley Beijing. Also Ka.
Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge, Magic Mountain
 
4D: Eejanaika - Fuji Q Highland
Giga: Mellenium Force - Cedar Point
Looper: Dragon Khan - Port Aventura
Invert: Anaconda - Gold Reef City / Nemesis - Alton Towers (Joint Best)
Wooden: Troy - Toverland
Dive Machine: Tower Of Terror - Gold Reef City (Note not a B&M)
Launched: Storm Runner - Hershey Park
Stand Up: Mantis - Cedar Point
Floorless: Superman - Parque Warner
Flying: Manta - Sea World
Suspended Swinging: Eagle Fortress - Everland
Beyond Vertical Drop: SAW - Thorpe Park
Travelling: Olympia Looping - Oktoberfest
Spinning: Dragons Fury - Chessington
Bobsled: Bobbaan - Efteling
Hyper: Superman Ride Of Steel - Darien Lake
Wild Mouse: Rattlesnake - Chessington
Powered: Runaway Train - Alton Towers
Jr / Kiddie; Tomahawk - Port Aventura
Shuttle: Golden Loop - Gold Reef City

(These choices are of the coasters I have ridden)
 
Looper: Colossus, Thorpe
Invert: Nemesis, Alton (back above Black Mamba after riding at night <3)
Suspended: Vampire, Chessington
Stand up: Shockwave, Drayton Manor
Flying: Air, Alton
Bobsled: Avalance, Blackpool
Dive machine: Oblivion, Alton
Wing rider: Raptor, Gardaland
Wood: Troy, Toverland/Megafobia, Oakwood
Racing: Grand National, Blackpool
Sit down/enclosed: Space Mountain, Hong Kong Disney
 
Steel Sit-Down Looper: Fahrenheit, Hershey Park
I've yet to ride any of the good sit down B&M loopers. I suspect that Dragon Khan or Kumba will easily take the top spot when I eventually get to ride them.

Invert: Katun, Mirabilandia
It's a bit rattly, but it's got some incredible forces. It's exactly what a big B&M invert should be (Alpengeist, are you listening), and just edges out Nemesis by being just a tiny bit better.

Wooden: Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce
I'm not going to repeat here why it's so amazing as I've talked about it at length before. Suffice to say, it's a LONG way ahead of El Toro (which occupies my no. 2 slot). It's not even close.

Dive Machine: Oblivion, Alton Towers
The hole makes all the difference. Griffon was typical modern B&M - good, yet forgettable.

Launched: Rita, Alton Towers
It looks a lot worse for its re-theme, but it still has an amazingly powerful launch and some fun moments of airtime. Stealth is a solid no. 2. Kingda Ka just felt underpowered and is a rattly little bugger - it's an amazing experience, not such a great ride. Storm Runner and iSpeed should both have been great, but were too uncomfortable.

Stand Up: Shockwave, Drayton Manor
It's the only one I've ridden. Shockwave at Kings Dominion spited me.

Floorless: Dominator, Kings Dominion
It's the biggest and the best. They all seemed a bit "meh" to me though.

Flying: Batwing, Six Flags America
Air is the only B&M flyer I've ridden, and whilst I like it, it's not a great thrill coaster. Batwing has a good, forceful layout, and due to the seat and restraint design, it's not uncomfortable either. Take sunglasses for the lift hill though.

Suspended Swinging: Big Bad Wolf, Busch Gardens Williamsburg
It was a lot better paced than it's only competition here, Vampire at Chessington.

Beyond Vertical Drop: Fluch Von Novgorod, Hansa Park
Part dark ride, part launched coaster, an enclosed beyond vertical drop and some downright amazing theming. What's not to like?

Travelling: Laser, Dorney Park
I rode it before it moved to Europe, got refurbished and renamed Teststrecke. It kicked ass then, and I'm told it's even better now. I still want to ride Olympia Looping though.

Spinning: Dragon's Fury, Chessington
Next!

Bobsled: Schweizer Bobbahn, Heide Park
It's a good, fun ride and it just keeps on going. It's also got a more varied layout than Blackpool's Avalanche, and actually gains some momentum unlike the pointless thing at Kings Dominion.

Hyper: Superman Ride of Steel (now Bizarro), Six Flags New England
It's the best steel hyper coaster I've ridden, but that's not saying much. It is a very good ride, but definitely isn't my best steel. El Toro kicks its ass by a significant in the "smooth airtime machine" category anyway.

Wild Mouse: Who cares? I've yet to ride one I've enjoyed. They're a +1, and a laugh if I'm with friends.

Powered: Runaway Mine Train, Alton Towers
All the other ones have been decidedly "meh". At least Alton's has the tunnel and a reasonably fast, forceful helix.

Junior: Mine Train Ulven, Bakken
What Th13teen should have been. Intamin can make great kiddie coasters when they try. The first drop was amazing.

Shuttle: Voodoo (now Posessed), Dorney Park
I can't think of any other shuttle coasters I've ridden. The impulse coasters are quite good though.

Racing: Grand National, Blackpool
It's a close call between this and Lightning Racer. Somehow, Grand National wins out. I think it's just more fun to race friends on the Nash. I think the ride's roughness and character really help out here. Lightning Racer was a good ride, and great racing coaster, but in retrospect just seems a bit soulless in comparison.

Enclosed: The Rat (now Raptor Attack), Lightwater Valley
I've not ridden many enclosed roller coasters, hence why this one takes the top spot. It's a smooth, fun Schwarzkopf Wildcat that still rides as well today as it did when I first rode it around 15 years ago. The new Raptor Attack theme may technically be better, but I originally rode it as the Rat and prefer the atmosphere it had as the Rat.
 
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